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White House adviser blames tea party for downgrade (Axelrod)
Yahoo ^ | 8/7/11 | AP

Posted on 08/07/2011 10:08:27 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser is blaming the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating on tea party Republicans, whom he says were unwilling to compromise on how to reduce the federal debt.

The adviser to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, tells CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday ..

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.. also criticized GOP presidential candidates for not speaking up in favor of compromise.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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To: NormsRevenge

Sure.

Anyone but Zero.....


141 posted on 08/08/2011 5:26:57 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: NormsRevenge

The bill that was marginally acceptable to the TEA party was CC&B.
Harry Reid tabled it in the Senate. Never got a vote there.

The CC&B bill passed the House three weeks before the version that actually passed. The TEA party voted against it, but there were enough RINOs and democrats to pass it anyway.

Other than preventing Congress from continued reckless spending, the TEA party didn’t get its way.

Axelrod’s “blame” is all political blather.


142 posted on 08/08/2011 6:18:35 AM PDT by kidd
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To: Tzimisce
Chicago = broke. Illinois = broke. The Executive branch of the US government is now run by Chicago Politicians. And it’s OUR fault we’re being downgraded?

They submitted NO BUDGETS. They have no plan to reduce spending. They defy the raters. They blame everybody who tried to save them. Now they Blame the Tea Party.

They cannot do much worse.

143 posted on 08/08/2011 7:51:59 AM PDT by Rapscallion (All Democrats are equal but some Democrats are more equal than others.)
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To: Rapscallion
They cannot do much worse.

And yet, they will.

144 posted on 08/08/2011 7:53:20 AM PDT by Lazamataz (America. Great idea. Couldn't last.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“A top White House adviser is blaming the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating on tea party Republicans, whom he says were unwilling to compromise on how to reduce the federal debt.”

Gone are the days when Tom Ayers (WU terrorist’s father) could rely on his point man Axelrod to line up local promoters, a/k/a astroturfers, to praise whatever initiative ComEd wanted. Now Axelrod, at the pinnacle of power, can only rely on making up his fantasies in shilling for the WH by peddling them himself to unwitting talk show audiences. The Tea Party should eat his lunch.


145 posted on 08/08/2011 11:20:37 AM PDT by corvus
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Dow 10,810.83 -633.78 -5.54%


146 posted on 08/08/2011 1:24:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
RE: "All it cost Obama was a bottle of scotch."
Pretty good. Rates a ROLF.
147 posted on 08/08/2011 1:50:06 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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To: DoughtyOne
RE: "The sad thing is, the Republican leadership probably did get 95% of what they wanted."
Unfortunately both sides for the past fifty years have gotten us into a scenario with little options to get out of the hole. Of course when one is faced with long term majority hold of both or either side of Congress by the left, what can one expect.
148 posted on 08/08/2011 1:55:01 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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To: sickoflibs
RE: "...but it turned out that it was Boehner that would do that against House conservatives. Fail!"
We have been screwed with our pants up, pardon my French.
149 posted on 08/08/2011 1:57:35 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....Duncan Hunter Sr. for POTUS.)
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To: Rapscallion

They say it’s our fault and they’re sort of right: we were dumb enough to elect them......

Well, not us. But a majority of ignorant...


150 posted on 08/08/2011 2:07:37 PM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: Marine_Uncle

You expect to get screwed. The real problem is, that once our team got power from 1994 until 2006, they didn’t do squat.

Okay, that’s not entirely true. Under Clinton they forced reform and balanced the budget. Then when we had our guy in the White House, Congress governed as Democrat Congresses do.

That’s the pisser!


151 posted on 08/08/2011 2:19:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Reid and Boehner step down. Let's hold a general election in November and boot the Pride of Kenya..)
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To: NormsRevenge

This administration never, ever, ever takes responsibility for anything, not ever, nohow.


152 posted on 08/08/2011 3:38:28 PM PDT by left that other site (Psalm 122:6)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

They are in on it too.


153 posted on 08/08/2011 4:06:54 PM PDT by freedomtrail (EEOC- Eventual Elimination Of Caucasians)
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To: NormsRevenge

They have too many overpaid idiots in the White House.


154 posted on 08/08/2011 8:50:30 PM PDT by Grey Eagle
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