https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/11/a-victory-for-demagoguery/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:30:32 -0400<![CDATA[Consider that the Democratic party is now committed, body and soul, to defending “the middle-class tax cuts.” They are the party of the middle class, they trill. Yet when these tax rates were enacted, every living Democrat denounced them as “tax cuts for the rich.” Every Democratic tongue swore that Bush had passed “tax cuts for the rich.” The Republicans piped in response: “No, they were tax cuts for everyone.” But they were drowned out. The libel stuck, and it persists even now as Democrats go to the mat for those Bush middle-class tax rates.]]>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:00:29 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/11/a-victory-for-demagoguery-n280559