A hack writer once said that, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.”^*

Well, John Kyle just had a bit of a gaffe.

He just said that tax cuts never need to be paid for, just spending:

You cannot run a hospital with people who believe in bleeding and leeches.^†

There is simply no basis for rational cooperation with moonbats.

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I should note that insanity is the best spin on what Kyle said. A more likely interpretation is that the real goal here is to create deficits at such a level that cuts government, particularly to social services,^‡ are inevitable.

It’s called, “starve the beast.”

H/t Ezra Klein.

^*Michael Kinsley, who is evidence that mindless contrarianism is never a substitute for real insight.
^†Yes, I am aware of the fact that there are actually medical treatments that involve bleeding and leeches,most notably iron poisoning and reattaching limbs, it’s a metaphor.
^‡But of course, we must never ever reign in our bloated wasteful Pentagon.