Republicans Have No Principles.

You want proof? You need to look no further than the Stimulus Bill. Indeed, Eric Cantor has said that the GOP has rediscovered its footing and principles in the unanimous opposition to the Bill.

But watch as all these GOP Representatives say as they return home during the President’s Day Recess:

Rep. John Mica was gushing after the House of Representatives voted Friday to pass the big stimulus plan.

“I applaud President Obama’s recognition that high-speed rail should be part of America’s future,” the Florida Republican beamed in a press release.

Yet Mica had just joined every other GOP House member in voting against the $787.2 billion economic recovery plan.

But Mica wasn’t alone in touting what he saw as the bill’s virtues. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, also had nice things to say in a press release.

Young boasted that he “won a victory for the Alaska Native contracting program and other Alaska small business owners last night in H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.”

One provision would have made it harder for minority businesses to win contracts, and Young explained that he “worked with members on the other side of the aisle to make the case for these programs, and was able to get the provision pulled from the bill.”

So if it is wasteful spending that will do nothing to stimulate the economy, and if you are so proud about opposing it, then why are Republican congressmen also proud of the Bill?

It is because they have no principles. There is no moral guiding center in a Republican. They do what is best for them individually and for the party generally at all times. At home in their districts, it is good for them individually to laud these new programs.