McManus was clearly tired of taking blame for the service tax and what has become months of budget emergencies. An allegation by Granholm that legislators were not tending to fiscal problems agitated her.
"I have never been in session on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I'm getting a little tired of the governor and her propaganda," she said.
The heart aches, doesn't it? Poor Michelle had to interrupt her third two-week vacation this year to be at work and fix the problem that the Senate Republicans brought about in the first place.
Of course, instead of fixing it, they just blew it all up again, reneging on the budget deal and presenting a bill that they knew wouldn't pass muster with the House or Granholm.
But hey, it's not Michelle's problem. She just goes back to blaming the governor, the typical fallback position when a Senate Republican is trying to dodge responsibility.
"I didn't come up with the service tax. I didn't vote for it. That was (Granholm's) caucus. I'm a little perturbed that she thinks it's my problem," added McManus.
Well, no, actually we have learned from MIRS that this was Valde Garcia's idea, it originated back in April, he spent the summer trying to work something out, and in the end it was a bipartisan agreement that put it in place.
Garcia said he talked with a bipartisan group of about a dozen representatives and senators leading up to the showdown in late September. During that fateful, final weekend, Garcia said there were about four members of the informal service tax caucus, though he refused to name names.
Things get dicey after that, with Garcia "taking credit for the tax going forward", and Marsden immediately trying to blame Dillon for tie-barring it to the income tax, which, of course, was necessary for any of this to work out.
Doesn't matter. It isn't Michelle's problem. Can't be bothered with such things.
McManus sure did like to spend the money though. Just check the record at Michigan Votes. But for some reason she was "baffled and frustrated" when something was cut in her district.
You can see why McManus would get a little perturbed. Here she is spending the money, and now she is being asked to find a way to pay for it! During her vacation!
Shame on you, Democrats. This fiscal responsibility stuff is getting old, don't you think?