Are you really throwing that old canard? The stimulus didnt work. DOesnt matter who took the money.
I beg to differ -- the stimulus was a resounding success.
Of course, its purpose was not to stimulate the economy, but pay back Dem Party donors and cronies.
Resounding success.
Really? Then why not "No-bid" contracts? Remember the no-bid contracts in Iraq? Remember USMB saying how important they were to get things done quickly?
Remember the no-bid contracts after Katrina and all the carcinogenic trailers Republicans wanted those left with nothing to live in. Well, maybe not live in for long. They were carcinogenic.
Strange the way Republicans take the worst things they've done and blame them on Democrats. They don't take responsibility for anything. Iraq, the economy, the depleted military, the tens of thousands maimed for life in Iraq. Nothing is their fault.
Guess who gave Haliburton its first no-bid contract?
Clinton. Was he a Republican?
Say, here's an interesting bit about a no-bid contract after Katrina:
La. Lawmaker's Kin Won Katrina Contracts
NEW ORLEANS -- The uncle and father of a Louisiana lawmaker won three no-bid contracts worth $108 million to provide temporary housing for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, stirring complaints of a sweetheart deal from rival businesses and prompting a state investigation.
A state agency is investigating because the lawmaker's family did not have a Louisiana license to sell new trailer homes until well after the company provided the first ones to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Rep. Gary Smith, D-Norco, Monday, Nov.14, 2005, attends a committee meeting at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Smith's uncle and father have won three no-bid FEMA contracts to sell travel trailers. They won the contracts worth $108 million to provide temporary housing for Hurricane Katrina evacuees even though their motorcycle shop didn't have a license to sell new trailers until after the first deal was signed.
(AP Photo/Arthur D. Lauck)
Rep. Gary Smith, D-Norco, Monday, Nov.14, 2005, attends a committee meeting at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La.
Smith's uncle and father have won three no-bid FEMA contracts to sell travel trailers. They won the contracts worth $108 million to provide temporary housing for Hurricane Katrina evacuees even though their motorcycle shop didn't have a license to sell new trailers until after the first deal was signed.
FEMA wants 125,000 campers and mobile homes for those who lost their homes in the storm that struck Aug. 29. The New Orleans-area motorcycle shop owned by Rep. Gary Smith's family received FEMA contracts to provide 6,400 trailers.
Smith's uncle, Glen Smith, said he was able to secure the contracts because he has worked with the federal government for nearly four decades during disasters, removing debris, dredging rivers, and providing mobile housing following Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
"We know what it takes to get them satisfied," Glen Smith said. "They didn't just walk up and give us a jackpot. It's not like that."
Trailer dealers were upset that Smith's motorcycle business did not have a license from the state Recreational and Used Motor Vehicle Commission to sell new trailers until mid-October.
Glen Smith said he already had a license to sell used trailers and was not aware he needed another one.
Oh, look -- a Democrat giving a lucrative contract to a family member.
It's a shame Democrats won't take responsibility, isn't it?
