Boehner's Straw Man

John Boehner has an op-ed in the Washington Post today talking about rebuilding the Republican party and offering a strong alternative to the Democrats. It contains the following:

Our most immediate challenge is creating new jobs and getting our economy moving in the right direction again. While Republicans have put forward a plan for economic growth and job creation, congressional Democrats are proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in new government spending masquerading as "economic stimulus." To rebuild 401(k) plans and keep jobs here at home, we'll offer tax relief for families and small businesses. And to lower fuel costs and create as many as a million new jobs, we'll offer a comprehensive plan for more American energy.

We'll also offer health-care reforms that empower patients and doctors, promote a strong military that keeps us on offense to protect the American people, and demand fiscal and ethical reforms to fix a broken Washington tarnished by scandals on both sides of the aisle. We have a responsibility to the American people to make sure our ideals are heard, and we expect these to be vigorous debates.

Let's take a look at a few things, shall we?

• John McCain's economic stimulus plan.
• Barack Obama's plan to cut taxes for the poor and middle class and small businesses, who will then use that extra cash to buy things from the already rich.
• Barack Obama's plan to create 5 million jobs based on renewable energy.
• Obama's lengthy record on ethics reform.

I look forward to this apparently very civil debate.