Posted on 08/08/2011 10:36:36 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
DNC chairwoman blames Tea Party 'tyrants' for US credit rating downgrade By Alicia M. Cohn - 08/08/11 12:38 PM ET
The head of the Democratic National Committee joined Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on Monday in casting blame for the U.S. credit downgrade on the Tea Party movement.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) quoted Kerry's comments made Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press" and noted, "Truer words never spoken."
Kerry, commenting Sunday on Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the national credit rating from AAA to AA+ on Friday, cast the downgrade as a reflection of the influence of the Tea Party movement on the deficit negotiations.
“This is the Tea Party downgrade because a minority of people in the House of Representatives countered even the will of many Republicans in the United States Senate who were prepared to do a bigger deal," Kerry said.
Wasserman Schultz noted in a tweet Monday that she agreed with Kerry, calling the Tea Party "tyrants" who blocked a more comprehensive bargain on the debt ceiling.
The White House also indicated on Saturday that Standard & Poor's downgrade could have been avoided if congressional leaders had reached the "grand bargain" promoted by President Obama.
"The president repeatedly called for substantial deficit reduction through both long-term entitlement changes and revenues through tax reform, with additional measures to spark jobs and strengthen our recovery," Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement.
The credit rating agency announced that its decision was based both on last week's debt-limit deal, which it said "falls short" of expectations, as well as doubts as to whether Congress and the White House can reach a broader deficit solution "anytime soon."
I see all the rats received their DNC talking points.
But....but....but....I thought Bawney Fwank said it was because of military spending.......
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1357186
These lunatics must be in a state of utter panic behind closed doors trying to get this loser re-elected in this economic mess.
...Another TIMD, (turd in my drink)...
Yup. They’ve got it bad!
Typically Democrat…such bold, yet incomprehensible stupidity.
I remember when he was campaigning for president and was still talking about the Bush National guard memos weeks after they had been proven forgeries.
If you want to know the latest Democrat talking points word for word then listen to John Kerry talk. He is the equivalent of the Democrat's trial balloon or canary in the mine shaft.
The memo has gone out to blame the Tea Party. They march in jackbooted lockstep so well don’t they.
I remember when he was campaigning for president and was still talking about the Bush National guard memos weeks after they had been proved forgeries.
If you want to know the latest Democrat talking points word for word then listen to John Kerry talk. He is the equivalent of the Democrat's trial balloon or canary in the mine shaft.
The DNC is such a colossal joke now no one listens to a word coming out of their disgusting traps anymore. They are looking for anyone to blame because they know that Obama is a HUGE failure and caused all this to happen. This happened on HIS watch..they know he is done so they are running around like chickens with their heads cut off
Man, those ‘rats sure seem to draw the bimbos.
My wife could totally demolish this idiot-ess in a debate.
(Of course, my wife - a blonde - was a chemistry major...and therefore successfully completed courses completely out of the range of this stupid wench.)
If we had listened to the tea party we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Democrats know this. We don’t republicans ever reply?
“We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place,” Wasserman Schultz
Project much, Debbie?
She’s right according to boner. This is 98% the fault of the GOP. Remember? “We got 98% of what we wanted.” Such an idiot.
Gee, let’s see... The Democrats wanted to increase the debt limit and claim deficit reduction by increasing taxes while avoiding entitlement reforms. The Republicans wanted to increase the debt limit, tackle spending and entitlements and not raise taxes. The Tea Party wanted to cut the spending, cap the debt and balance the budget.
What we got was an increase to the debt limit, no entitlement reform and the likely expiration of the tax cuts... and the Tea Party won?!
Barney’s fat little fingerprints (and those of his pal Herb Moses) were all over the housing crash. Fannie/Freddie downgrade is substantially his fault, and now the nasty man is going on offense to once again cover his rotten butt.
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