CBS Frets Sinema ‘Could Torpedo’ ‘The Biden Agenda,’ Dismisses ‘Possible Recession’

mrcNewsBusters ^ | 8/4/2022 | Curtis Houck

[Signalman]

Thursday’s CBS Mornings followed yet another segment extolling Kansas voters for defeating a pro-life referendum by similarly cheerleading leftist spending in Congress through the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” and fretting that Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) “could torpedo the whole plan.”

“Well, a bill covering other big elements in the Biden agenda could be close to getting a vote after months of negotiations. But Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has not promised her support, and that could torpedo the whole plan,” fretted CBS Saturday Morning co-host Michelle Miller.

Usually obsessed with January 6, congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane lamented that Sinema hasn’t committed to the tax and spend boondoggle penned by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and specifically “one of the tax provisions of the bill which would scale back an existing tax break for investment fund managers, some of whom have donated significantly to Sinema's campaign.”

MacFarlane played the part of focusing on liberal priorities (such as tax breaks for the rich and protecting ObamaCare) as a positive and that passage would mean “a big victory” for their team:

For the Biden administration and for congressional Democrats, this would be a big victory less than 100 days til the midterm elections. The bill has popular tax breaks for people who buy energy-efficient appliances or fuel-efficient cars. Also billions of dollars to extend some health care subsidies for the Affordable Care Act in an effort to lower some prescription drug costs and an effort to try to lower the hulking national debt with new taxes on some corporations.

Only in the final seconds did MacFarlane provide an opposing view and some disinformation: “Republicans criticize that name and have told CBS News raising taxes at a time of inflation and possible recession is potentially dangerous to the economy.”

“Possible recession,” Scott?

At the end of the day, you have to at least somewhat admire MacFarlane’s commitment to doing the bidding of his liberal overlords, even if it means ignoring facts about our economy.

[Caipirabob]

Given the election in Arizona, she may either feel invulnerable or terrified. Guess we’ll know in a few hours.

[MtnClimber]

The communism agenda could fail!...Oh noes....

[Scrambler Bob]

Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) “could torpedo the whole plan.”
= = =

‘Torpedo?”

Sexist, phallic comment.

Shame on CBS.

[Dr. Sivana]

Given the election in Arizona, she may either feel invulnerable or terrified.

She is playing the smart long game. She has gotten an outside amount of conservative/Republican support even though she is as left as other Democrats on most issues. Machine Democrats will give her a pass at the state level because she can hold the seat.

She is comparably charismatic, especially when the AZ Republican machine keeps on throwing up losers like Martha McSally.

She is a bi-sexual woman, which gets her over enough hurdles among the Dems, and oddly is less problematic to some Independents and Republicans than some other favored Dem groups.

If she decides to run for president, she would be up against a Bernie Sanders-type hard left white lib and a candidate who gets the black vote, leaving her with non-black Democrats who aren't raging socialists but are quite left socially, but don't want to scare the horses. That's a sizable bloc, and a good long-term play.

[BenLurkin]

Biden's agenda is "death to America."

[Zathras]

Sinema is now worried about her job.
The political front in AZ has changed.

[V_TWIN]

Oh I wouldn’t worry about it if I was see Bee ass....promise her a pipeline in her state and she’ll be bought and paid for lock stock and barrel.

[adorno]

Better that Sinema torpedo the bill than to allow the democrats to continue torpedoing the U.S. economy and the American people.

[RetiredTexasVet]

I really love it when CBS frets. It gives me such a warm feeling.

[metmom]

Dear Lord, let it be so.

[qam1]

Nah it’s all Kabuki Theater

She will vote however Chucky Cheese wants in the end.

If Chucky Cheese says vote yes, she is just pretending to oppose it right now to get some pork or some other kickback

If Chucky Cheese says vote no, then Democrats know these bills will increase inflation which could harm their chances so in order to save face they will allow her to vote no and be the fall guy. This way she gets more Conservative brownie points and the Dems can claim they tried but she stopped them.

[cowboyusa]

Wipe your chin, CBS.

[Fledermaus]

Possible recession my butt.

[Caipirabob]

If she decides to run for president, she would be up against a Bernie Sanders-type hard left white lib and a candidate who gets the black vote, leaving her with non-black Democrats who aren't raging socialists but are quite left socially, but don't want to scare the horses. That's a sizable bloc, and a good long-term play.

Now you're scaring me. :D

Good assessment!

[Reily]

That analysis if right might give Manchin some pause to reconsider. He’ll be competing for the sameleftist demographic for the Rat nomination.

[Da Coyote]

She’ll fold. They will just sprinkle a bit more money/corruption/slime/threats and if those don’t work, Camilla Cackles will visit.

All kidding aside, come on, corruption IS the DemocRAT party and we will sooner or later realize that there is only one way to change things. It’ll not be an easy or pleasant one.

[dfwgator]

Every whore has their price.

[chopperk]

Ms. Sinema must torpedo this bill......It will destroy our economy. The bill will make waste of millions of tax payers.

[Mark]

Happy Days Are Here AGAIN!(/S)