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Sen. Carl Levin attacks the Tea Party: 'We weren’t shut down on 9/11'
michiganradio.org ^ | October 01, 2013 | Steve Carmody

Posted on 10/01/2013 8:45:59 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

Democratic Senator Carl Levin says House Republican leaders bowing to the Tea Party is the reason for the federal government shutdown.

Levin accuses the Tea Party of doing what the 9/11 terrorists could not: shut down the federal government.

“We weren’t shutdown on 9/11. We kept going. There was a physical attack on us,” Levin told reporters on a conference call today, “Now you got people who are doing an economic attack on us, saying they will not allow this government to function unless they get their way on a particular issue.”

Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act is behind the standoff between House Republicans and Senate Democrats and the President in the budget stalemate.

Levin says he feels passionate about many issues, including gun control, but Michigan’s senior U.S. Senator says he would not shut down the government just because he’s not getting his way.

Levin adds the cost of restarting the federal government, depending on how long the shutdown lasts, could be in the billions of dollars.


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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Flying stooped immediately and for a week

Never saw hubb til after midnight on 9/11 Never even spoke with him all day. Communications on base were completely reserved for real world stuff

When will we not have to suffer the disrespect of these horrible democrats in power?


41 posted on 10/01/2013 10:29:25 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I have a question...where are all the Republican Senators?
Cruz/Lee are out there alone...Paul is helping a bit, Rubio even less.

This fight is about 0bamacare!!!! And its winnable if we all take a stand!


42 posted on 10/01/2013 11:15:58 PM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: berdie

Obozo would have went golfing....


43 posted on 10/01/2013 11:22:13 PM PDT by esoxmagnum (The rats have been trained to pull the D voting lever to get their little food pellet)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Too bad he's exempt from obamacare.


44 posted on 10/02/2013 3:51:01 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Tailgunner Joe

That’s because we actually had a budget at the time ... Carl!


45 posted on 10/02/2013 4:10:04 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Desperation is growing - they are using inane screeds about things that they are usually oh-so quick to condemn in others.


46 posted on 10/02/2013 4:10:16 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Levin is retiring so he's breaking new radical ground. I encourage all to lean heavily on Gary Peters who wants the seat and it trying to play moderate democrat on Obamacare.

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47 posted on 10/02/2013 4:49:36 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: stanne

He’s retiring but if you’d like to encourage the hopefuls, Gary Peters is the democrat candidate and Terri Lynn Land is the GOP candidate.


48 posted on 10/02/2013 4:51:44 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

And where are our Tea Party lawmakers? Why aren’t they in front of the microphones shoving this back down his throat?

The left uses rhetoric like this as a weapon. If we cannot or will not fight back in-kind, then we have already lost the battle. Either we learn to control the debate and turn these weasel words back on them, or we will never truly win.

Stand up Tea Party and fight back.


49 posted on 10/02/2013 4:59:27 AM PDT by Have Ruck - Will Travel (It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion...)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Fortunately for Americans Sen. Carl Levin’s brain is shut down 24/7 and he has retired from politics and his life long seat in the Senate will now be replaced with another Tea Party American who will represent the will of the people and not the liberal socialist party!!!


50 posted on 10/02/2013 5:06:51 AM PDT by PotatoChop (Respect is earned, not demanded by this out of control socialist government!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hey Levin,if the TEA Party had the power to shut down the government, it would have shut down LONG AGO!!!


51 posted on 10/02/2013 11:43:32 AM PDT by jch10 (The greatest threat to America is the Democrats.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Senator Nine-E-Levin sounds more like a jihadist than he does a Jew, which is what he is. What’s up w/that?


52 posted on 10/05/2013 5:17:44 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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