Hypocrisy was in full view Thursday
night following Governor Edwards’ address to Louisiana citizens.
After the governor finished his
speech about the financial crisis facing Louisiana, John Kennedy, State
Treasurer, the man once regarded by our Republican legislators as a non-entity,
had been elevated by his cohorts to that of the savior of the state and anointed
with the honor of presenting the official Republican rebuttal speech. The fact
that it was designed to kick off his bid to run for David Vitter’s job is of
little consequence. What was amazing was, that for eight years during
Jindal’s reign, Kennedy had preached the same thing and during that time our
esteemed Republican legislators considered him a malcontent and ignored his
suggestions; 400 according to Kennedy’s latest count. Even when he questioned
the Jindal administration’s budgetary projections they religiously ignored him
and accepted the Jindal voodoo. In their eyes Kennedy had no viable
solutions.
The legislators supported Jindal’s
Republican conservative fiscal mismanagement for eight years and share equally
in the present fiscal disaster. However, by selecting Kennedy as
their rebuttal speaker they are now portraying him as a fiscal expert, someone
to which Governor Edwards should pay allegiance. What a group of
hypocrites! How dumb do they think we Louisianans are in not being able
to see through this hypocritical veil.
After Edwards’ speech, the social
media ignited bashing Governor Edwards’ proposals to raise revenue, which
include tax increases. Tangipahoa Parish, in particular, was extremely
vocal.
However, let’s step back and take a
deep breath. The governor of Louisiana can propose whatever he wishes;
for they are just that, proposals. It is the legislators in the
Republican dominated House that create revenue generating bills and pass them
on to the Senate Republicans for modification and/or approval. If the final
bailout includes any tax increases, it will be the doing of the House and
Senate Republicans, not Governor Edwards, for he can only approve or veto the
legislation presented to him.
Eight years ago most Republican representatives
elected by the voters in this state, including Tangipahoa Parish, boarded the
Jindal train to fiscal destruction and rode it silently to where we are today.
Yet, now these same Baton Rouge folks would like you to believe that the
present disaster was all Bobby Jindal’s doing. Not true, he only proposed
the voodoo, they made it a reality. Hypocrisy is alive and well
among Republicans in the Capital.
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