The irony is TOO delicious: Hard-core conservatives who have spent the last year telling us that the economy is robust are now having to get in line s
November 9, 2006

The irony is TOO delicious: Hard-core conservatives who have spent the last year telling us that the economy is robust are now having to get in line side-by-side with those "lazy, entitlement queens" they've maligned. How bad are those socialist programs now, kids?

Raw Story:

With hundreds of Republican aides set to lose their jobs as Democrats take over Congress, K Street veterans tell Roll Call that some may have to file for unemployment benefits.

"The hundreds of Republican staffers - not to mention more than a few Members - who will lose their jobs in the next few weeks are going to face a hostile marketplace on K Street as unemployed Republicans flood the market," Kate Ackley writes for Roll Call. Read on...

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