A Snake Eating its Tail and saying, "Taste like Chicken"

That last part made no sense really but I couldn't resist.

I got this from Daily Kos, but it does strike me as humorous as Republican voters find out how shitty it is to be a Republican voter.

A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions of dollars in subsidies to big cotton growers has struck at a core GOP constituency, setting off a battle in Republican congressional ranks that pits budget cutters and prairie-state populists against traditional agricultural interests.

The Bush plan threatens an elaborate government safety net that is the handiwork of such legendary southern Democrats as Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) and James O. Eastland (Miss.), as well as a new generation of Republican leaders from the region. The move reflects growing pressure to hold down soaring federal deficits and a recognition that even a business woven deeply into the history, economy and politics of the South must come to terms with dramatic changes underway in global trade.

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Already, the initiative has scrambled GOP politics in Congress. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), whose small corn and soybean farm receives federal subsidies, said he strongly backs the president and his willingness to take on "southern agriculture in Washington."

Cotton interests, which have long fielded one of the most effective lobbies here, have begun to move up their big guns. These include Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), chairman of the Senate agriculture committee. Both have expressed strong reservations about changes in the current farm program, which does not expire until 2007.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), who represents the cotton trading center of Memphis, has yet to spell out his position. Grassley's fellow Iowan, House Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle (R), opposes changes in farm subsidies this year.

The president's decision to take on the farm lobby has caught many by surprise. He gave no hint of it during his reelection campaign, which was based on winning the South and most of the upper Midwest farm states. The president himself comes from a major cotton-producing state.

I really think that the GOP guys freaking out about their pet subsidy, cotton, being cut have to be patient.

Look at the long-term picture fellas. Those budget deficit and bankruptcy reform packages you are passing, combined with the minimum wage bills you are not will bring back slavery just in time to save the cotton industry again!