Squawking Parrot Conservatism

Squawking Parrot Conservatism
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The Republican Party needs a new image: may I suggest the Squawking Parrot? In times of prosperity, it screamed, "Tax cuts." When the budget was balanced, it screamed, "Tax cuts." And now, in the face of economic catastrophe, it still screams, "Tax cuts."

As House Republicans demonstrated this past week, squawking parrot conservatives are incapable of independent thought.

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