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The president's shameless posturing and pandering to his base during the recent crisis evidently paid dividends in convincing you and the other 21% of the country who constitute his base that the Tea Party is the villain in this drama.
A record 52% of us, however, failed to fall for that crap:
And the bottom line is that there is a group of politicians -- who are affiliated with the Tea Party -- who have lost their damn minds and can no longer be trusted to honor America's debts. America has the ability to pay. That's not the question.
You know what? My Congressman said on Tuesday that there was plenty of money in the treasury to take care of all bills up through about August 11 or 12. I posted the graph he spoke from the other day, even did it twice and nobody was interested in it. What he was saying was that Geithner and Obama picked Aubust 3 as the drop dead date because Obama wanted to use that date as threat to old people. He used it and then they just forgot about it. BTW, this man is one of the beginners who surely does belong to the Tea Party and voted against the very illegally passed law that forced this thing on us.
They waited until Friday evening to do this precisely because the markets are closed at that time. With all the panic selling going on the last few days, they knew that if they announced it during trading, people would have freaked out and the markets would have gone down the toilet. We'll still probably have a down day on Monday, but I guess they're hoping that it won't be as bad if professionals who make up the bulk of trading have a time to process the information.
Obama wanted 4 trillion. However, our lovely Republicans didn't want to COMPROMISE to get there. So the REAL idiots are the TP and GOP.
Your allegiance to a political party is laughable. It's time to clean out the sewer in Washington. Tea Party, GOP, Dems. It's time to go, fellas - the incompetence is pathetic.
Re Obama: He should have caved in more to get to the 4 trillion - or he could have paid attention to this epic s**t show early on instead of shoving a healthcare bill down our throats.
They can spin it anyway they want... the Democrats outnumber the TP by HUGE margins... The TP isn't even necessary to pass ANYTHING... S&P is trying to play politics because it doesn't want to alienate the President... think about, would you want to upset the possible president for the next 5 years? The truth of the matter was what they said at the beginning... 4 TRILLION cuts or ELSE!! That's it... that's all you need to know...
That's just cuckoo. They are a large part of the Rep majority in the House.
Once again, the TEA Party did not cause the S&P to downgrade.
Well...if they were the hold up with the debt ceiling being raised, as Dems and Reps have both said, then yes, in part, they were. Read the statement by S&P. There is an entire paragraph that talks about a loss of faith due to the infighting in our system, especially this latest round.
Now I don't agree their reasons and think its a bunch of bs but based on what they said, the tea party can take a share of the blame too.
They can spin it anyway they want... the Democrats outnumber the TP by HUGE margins... The TP isn't even necessary to pass ANYTHING... S&P is trying to play politics because it doesn't want to alienate the President... think about, would you want to upset the possible president for the next 5 years? The truth of the matter was what they said at the beginning... 4 TRILLION cuts or ELSE!! That's it... that's all you need to know...
Evil, I know you are a partisan hack, but perhaps you will free your brain for just long enough to allow a single ray of truth in. Obama was pushing for a $4 trillion deal. He wanted to get there with $3 trillion in cuts, and $1 trillion in tax increases. The overwhelming majority of Americans support this. I think many responsible Republicans support this. John Boehner seemed to support this. The Tea Bags did not. Rather than get behind a bill that could have averted this catastrophe, which will be felt by ALL of us, they spinned their ideological wheels pushing for futile measures and political theater. This is their fault. They are going to get the blame for this.
(If Bush weren't such a rotten coward, he'd man up and take some of the heat on himself though.)
Your allegiance to a political party is laughable. It's time to clean out the sewer in Washington. Tea Party, GOP, Dems. It's time to go, fellas - the incompetence is pathetic.
Re Obama: He should have caved in more to get to the 4 trillion - or he could have paid attention to this epic s**t show early on instead of shoving a healthcare bill down our throats.
You can spin it all you want. You and I, and the rest of the world knows, the GOP failed to compromise and meet in the middle to reach the $4 tril in cuts needed.
It seems so elementary, but many don't seem to grasp it. You cannot keep raising the debt ceiling without making cuts. It is simple math. The United States deserves to be downgraded for irresponsible spending on the part of both parties. How much money did we spend to put shrimp on a treadmill? Those special interest wastes of money have been around for years. How about the brilliant move to shut down farmland to save an endangered fish species? People need to come to grips with reality. We voted these fools into office, let them keep spending like drunken sailors and now act shocked?!
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