Several years back, when Bush asked Congress for permission to attack Iraq they voted in a bipartisan manner to give him permission. Both Democrats and Republicans thought it was a good idea. Then, when things didn't work out quite right, Democrats began claiming that Bush lied and that's why they voted for the attack. They called Bush stupid, an imbecile, an idiot. But they voted for attack based on the information provided to them by that same imbecile. I always wondered what that said about them.
Today, Jay Carney, Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats said that the Tea Party Republicans, a minority (in their words) is running things in the House of Representatives and that minority is dictating what is happening with the government shutdown. Jay Carney just said "The President is not going to pay ransom to the Tea Party in order to end the government shutdown." Really? Ransom?
Just a few years ago, after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot, the President himself went on national TV to plead for a calming, less violent rhetoric and civil dialogue. These days the Democrats are comparing Republicans to terrorists. They are saying Republicans are "holding a gun to the President's head", and they are "legislative arsonists." One liberal pundit yesterday compared Republican Ted Cruz to Khalid Sheik Mohammed, one of the masterminds of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. And that's less violent rhetoric?
What's truly sad is that the President, the Democrats and even some establishment Republicans believe the Tea Party is running things in Washington. If that was true, President Obama and Harry Reid would be long gone. The Tea Party is a very small minority and the Tea Party backed elected officials, people like Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, etc., are doing exactly what they were elected to do. Most Republicans who ran for re-election in 2010 ran on a platform of repealing or changing Obamacare. Sadly, only a few of those will now stand up and continue to fight for that repeal or change. Once they won re-election, the majority of Republicans forgot their campaign promises.
Jay Carney just said "The President has asked for nothing in return for Congress funding the government so it can open back up." Now that is a true statement - with maybe on small change. The President has demanded nothing in return for Congress opening up the government. The Republicans have offered numerous plans for re-opening the government and every time the President or Harry Reid has said "There is absolutely no way we will negotiate." Carney keeps saying over and over that the Tea Party shut down the government; the Tea Party is hurting the American people; the Tea Party is causing our economic downfall. He continues to say "We will not pay ransom to re-open the government." The Obama administration and Jay Carney are liars and your basic con men. And they continue to bamboozle a majority of American liberals. I'm continuously amazed.
If President Obama, Jay Carney, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid believe the Tea Party is running the Republican party they show their ignorance. If the Tea Party ran things there would be great hope and change in Washington. The Constitution would be the law of the land rather than the President being the law of the land. The way Mr. Obama wants to do things is nothing short of tyranny. And informed Americans know that.
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