Those big, mean elections are scaring Mitch McConnell

How did my state manage to elect this idiot - 5 times, no less?

Senate GOP head honcho Mitch McConnell said today that we should rewrite the Constitution because elections haven't worked. He feels we should amend the Constitution to force outcomes favorable to conservatives, because the people keep electing folks who aren't right-wing enough for him.

Mitch the Glitch endorsed the proposed balanced budget amendment - because he thinks it's still 1989 when people still gave a shit about it. He seethed, "No more games. No more gimmicks. The Constitution must be amended to keep the government in check. We've tried persuasion. We've tried negotiations. We've tried elections. Nothing has worked."

"We've tried elections"??? Did he really say that???

In other words, he's mad because elections prove that the public doesn't want his balanced budget amendment. Doesn't he grasp that?

Why doesn't the public want it? Well, every so often - and on an increasing basis as long as Republicans are in charge - there's a little thing called a recession. It's an economic emergency that requires the government to spend more of our money than it takes in. Besides, over the past 21 years, America has been at war just as often as not. These wars were entered into by Republican regimes. Wars cost money.

When the GOP dominated everything in the 2000s, I don't think they'd have cut war spending if we had a balanced budget amendment. They'd have slashed other programs for sure.

On the other hand, if we had a balanced budget amendment, the Republicans would be the first ones to violate it. They've become synonymous with fiscal mismanagement, as deficits have always worsened under their watch. The only time we might appear to need this amendment is when they're running things!

We want a balanced budget - not an amendment. Unfortunately, the Gingrich/Bush recession has made deficit spending a necessary evil.