Nov 14, 2016

Lessons In Politics From The Republicans 4 - Attack The Economy & Blame It On Your Opponents

Background; 
Lessons In Politics From The Republicans 1 - Oppose The Leader At All Costs 
Lessons In Politics From The Republicans 2 - Oppose The Leader At All Costs, Part Deux 
Lessons In Politics From The Republicans 3 - Demonize Your Opponents

This is a GREAT example of Republican hypocrisy when it comes to economic patriotism. 

ARMADEBTDON 2011 - MEN OF A CERTAIN RAGE JULY 14, 2011 - Republicans abdicate the "doing s**t" part of debt ceiling responsibility to Obama, but retain the "complaining about the guy doing s**t" part for themselves. (3:29)

1. "I would advocate that we pass legislation giving the president the authority to REQUEST of us an increase in the debt ceiling that would take us past the end of his term" - "that [legislation] would be subject to disapproval. That resolution of disapproval, if passed, would then go to the president, he could sign it or he could veto it." - McConnell - Theme: Passing legislation to 'disapprove it later.

2. "The reason default is no better idea today than when Newt Gengrich tried it in 1995, is it destroys your brand [i.e. America's credit rating] and would give the president the opportunity to blame Republicans for bad economy" - Defaulting was seriously tried by Newt in 1995.

3. "Look, he owns the economy. He's been in office almost 3 years now and we refuse to let him entice us into co-ownership of a bad economy" McConnel - The co-ownership is referring to the United states economy.

Important Republican Party Position: McConnel admits that making sure Obama is a one term President is his primary political goal. This means that the worse the economy is the better chances are that Obama will be a one term president.

At one point, McConnell said: "I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is unattainable." In an interview with CBS News, the president noted that McConnell has described his major political goal as making Obama a one-term president.

i.e. He won't negotiate or help the country IN ANY WAY as long as Obama is in office IS the basic GOP political strategy since Obama took office.

In other words, while 'Obama wants Trump to succeed cause that would mean America succeeds', the Republican approach has been somewhat different over the last several years. i.e. The Republican strategy is to oppose ANY measure that could improve the economy, destroy the economy if possible... and then blame Obama for it to win elections. (America and thier constituents be damned)


ARMADEBTDON 2011 - NONFICTION CAPTAIN AMERICA JULY 25, 2011 - When it comes to resolving the debt ceiling crisis, Congress is the equivalent of a skunk with its head in a jar of Skippy peanut butter. (4:56)

Not to mention that standard hypocrisy of opposing debt ceiling increases for the 2 wars that they funded with debt... 

ARMADEBTDON 2011 - RIGHTANS JULY 26, 2011 - John Boehner reveals the Republican plan to destroy government and create a super-race of right-wing Titans. (3:01)
[Note: Left out unfunded Bush wars + the huge reduction in taxes for the rich which is the single largest contributor towards the debt i.e. if you don't remove the causes of a problem the problem will persist.]

... and for which they INCREASED the debt ceiling for 7 times! (Do they think that debt disappears after their President leaves office?)...

DANCING ON THE CEILING JUNE 2, 2011 - Republicans show their Tea Party base that they're against raising the debt ceiling, while reassuring Wall Street that it's political theater. (3:45)

Above: George Bush increased the debt ceiling in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006. 2007 and twice in 2008

Rather than defaulting on debts it makes more sense to raise the ceiling and solve the budget problem. THEN, over time, the debt will decrease if that is how the budget is balanced. 

The ex-Speaker of the House (who supported the current Speaker of the House) voted for spending that led to the current debt...

ARMADEBTDON 2011 - RIGHTANS JULY 26, 2011 - John Boehner reveals the Republican plan to destroy government and create a super-race of right-wing Titans. (3:01)

[Note: Left out unfunded Bush wars + the huge reduction in taxes for the rich which is the single largest contributor towards the debt i.e. if you don't remove the causes of a problem the problem will persist.]

Republicans have taught us that when things don't go your way it's best to attack the economy... that way you can blame the bad economy on the President (that you caused) and win elections cause "people only care about economic matters during elections". Only problem is thatthe media seems to be the the GOP's pocket.

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