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Media Won’t Budge on Ridiculous Size of Budget

By Dan Gainor
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:00 AM EST

Liberals hate government. Huh?

Sure seems like it. Across America from Washington to Wisconsin, the left is threatening to shut down the seats of power and blame it on conservatives somehow. In Wisconsin and Indiana, legislators nicknamed “fleebaggers” have fled their responsibilities to democracy to hide from tough budget battles. In the nation’s capital, they are gearing up to shut down government over a few billion in cuts. Meanwhile the president wants a budget that adds $7.2 trillion more to the national debt. All he needs is a stringed instrument and we could call him Nero.

And the media are going predictably nuts – blaming conservatives. The GOP is “slashing” or making “severe” or even “historic cuts,” journalists argue. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews explained that Republicans are causing a government shutdown, claiming “in the end, they’re the ones shutting the door on government.”