Deficit Peacock Evan Bayh Hits 'Far Left-Wing Blogs'

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Deficit Peacock Evan Bayh Hits ‘Far Left-Wing Blogs’ For Criticizing Obama’s Spending Freeze As Too ‘Austere’

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), appearing on Fox News Sunday, attacked “far left-wing blogs” for criticizing President Obama’s proposed non-security discretionary spending freeze. Bayh burnished his anti-spending credentials by noting his opposition to recent omnibus spending bills, although he supported the much larger American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and has repeatedly promoted the federal spending for creating thousands of jobs in his state. Speaking to Fox’s Chris Wallace, Bayh sided with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, and an advocate of draconian spending cuts during the recession:

If you look, I suspect Paul does not, but if you look at the far left-wing blogs and that kind of thing they’re severely criticizing the president for being too fiscally austere. My own take on this, Paul is right. Domestic discretionary spending increased last year. I voted against the omnibus, I voted against the “minibus” and that’s last year. the question is where do we go now? The freeze is important. He identified $20 billion if you aggregate over the next ten years is $250 billion less spending. Does it solve all our problems? No. But it’s a step in the right direction.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/31/bayh-freeze/


Bayh is a “deficit peacock” — someone who likes to harp on deficits, while at the same time voting for budget-busting expenditures like a $250 billion tax cut for the heirs of wealthy families. Despite Bayh’s preening, “far left-wing” blogs haven’t been the only critics of Obama’s freeze. Additionally, part of why progressives are criticizing Obama about is not that the spending freeze is too “austere,” but that it doesn’t go after defense spending. As Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Lawrence Korb has argued, “If President Obama is serious about controlling spending, he can’t exempt the Pentagon.” And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) concurs, telling reporters that the entire defense budget “should not be exempted” from the freeze.

[Hannah Bell]

1. bayh wants to cut social security too. had an org devoted to that goal long before obama.

he's some "d"

[grahamhgreen]

2. Be careful, Bayh, left wing bloggers know how to HIT BACK!

[Yurovsky]

12. Something tells me he's about to find out...

but then again, he might just want that to happen so he can show independents and GOPers how conservative he is. So if he can pick up some votes on that side of the aisle, and enough uninformed Democrats blindly pull the lever for him, he wins re-election easily.

I hope somebody can dig up some dirt on him, and does it soon enough that the party can get an ACTUAL DEMOCRAT to run for the seat.

[Zoeisright]

3. Where do we go now? Where do we go NOW???

Raise taxes on the wealthy, you little dipshit. It's the only solution to save this country. There's plenty of money out there, all concentrated at the top.

Bring back the 90% tax rate for anybody making millions.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Bayh?

I say SELL!

[Union Yes]

5. Why doesn't he just show up here on DU and confront us? I'd like to have a respectful back and forth

with Sen Bayh-DLC Indiana.

knr

[LaPera]

6. Bayh (and his wife) are slimy duplicit corporate tools - far closer to being a republican

than a true democrat....Every-time Bayh opens his right-wing mouth it's to support some corporation over workers or to trash progressives.

[regnaD kciN]

9. Exactly -- a disgrace to his father...

He should just jump to the Republican party and be done with it. :puke:

[lumpy]

7. Evan doesn't come close to being the statesman his father was.

ugh

[asdjrocky]

8. Rich boy Evan Bayh.

Senator's son, Evan Bayh, can suck my left nut.

[Ardent15]

10. Bayh is the epitome of DINO

[Yurovsky]

11. And some were pushing for him to be Obama's VP ...

amazing.... Should't both candidates on the ticket belong to the SAME PARTY?

I hope the people of Indiana wake up. He does have a primary opponent, Tamyra D’Ippolito, but she's got an incredibly tough uphill battle against the deep-corporate-pockets Bayh.

[OHdem10]

13. The only reason he calls them FAR LEFT WING is that he is so

RIGHT WING, the Center looks LEFT to him. Center Left
is far left to a RWer.

[AlinPA]

14. Is he going the way of Lieberman (electorally, I mean)?