Grinch, Scrooge references on the rise as Christmas approaches

“In this end-of-the-year drama, Republicans play the role of the Grinch who stole Christmas,” Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) added Wednesday morning.

On Tuesday, Edwards called Republicans “the Grinch” because they want to “deny an unemployment check” to the unemployed. That same day, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said the GOP solution to the economy “would do Ebenezer Scrooge proud.”

{mosads}On Dec. 6, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) offered the somewhat hazy comment that “Scrooge would not find a place of comfort in this House.”

And on Dec. 1, Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) said, “Like the Grinch who stole Christmas, the Republican majority with devilish grins are tipping through Whoville or, in this case, across the country attempting to steal the holiday cheer from hardworking Americans with these tortured rationales as to why they oppose these much and desperately needed benefits, while continuing simultaneously to work to ensure that the rich get richer through maintaining tax cuts.”

While use of the Grinch and Scrooge are natural for Democrats looking to cast Republicans as tight-fisted when it comes to federal spending, one of these low-hanging fruits of holiday metaphors were also used this week by a Republican. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) read a list of holiday wishes that Americans want that reflected GOP goals for the year, many of which were included in the payroll tax bill.

“To my colleagues, don’t be a Grinch,” she said. “Please help grant America’s holiday wishes.”