So desperate for a government takeover of the U.S. auto industry, some on the left are now stooping to borrowing rhetoric from Vice President Dick Cheney to make their case for the bailout of Detroit’s Big Three. Commenting on Cheney’s warning that “If we don’t do this, [the GOP] will be known as the party of Herbert Hoover,” The Washington Monthly‘s Steve Benen writes: The Neo-Hooverite caucus apparently seems willing to wear the label with pride. Well let’s just see who else, besides conservatives, has called for the auto companies …
