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.
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?
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!
Obozo would have went golfing....
That’s because we actually had a budget at the time ... Carl!
Desperation is growing - they are using inane screeds about things that they are usually oh-so quick to condemn in others.
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.
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.
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!!!
Hey Levin,if the TEA Party had the power to shut down the government, it would have shut down LONG AGO!!!
Senator Nine-E-Levin sounds more like a jihadist than he does a Jew, which is what he is. What’s up w/that?
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