Rep. Joe Walsh: U.S. 'Would Have Been Downgraded Months Ago' Without the Tea Party
Deadbeat dad, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) Tuesday rejected the notion that tea party Republicans' brinkmanship and refusal to raise taxes contributed to S&P's decision downgrade U.S. credit.
Both Obama adviser, David Axelrod and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) had referred to S&P action as "the tea party downgrade" Sunday.
"If it wasn't so pathetic, I mean, it's almost comical," Walsh told CNN's Kyra Phillips. "We were told months ago that a downgrade was likely, because this economy is falling off a cliff, and we have a debt crisis. That's all on the door of the president. His policies are responsible for this. And for him here at the last minute, him and his minions, to trot out this thing called the tea party downgrade, is comical, and it won't work, because most Americans see right through it."
When he asked to explain why congressional approval was at an all-time low, Walsh again attacked the president.
"This president never ceases to not provide leadership. Why is he focused on name calling now?" the congressman wondered.
"But this downgrade has happened because of how the debt deal turned out," Phillips noted. "It is a reaction to what happened among lawmakers during the debt deal. So, are you saying that the trillions of dollars that have been lost now in the stock market, you know, has been worth all that back and forth and that bickering? I mean, is partisan politics helping this country move forward at all?"
"Kyra, folks in the market are a lot smarter than you and I are," Walsh insisted. "It had nothing to do with an August 2 deadline. It had to do with our debt crisis. We've known about this for ages. And I got to tell you something, thank God for all these troublesome House Republicans who came to this town. Can you imagine what life would be like if we hadn't? We would have raised the debt ceiling without thinking about it last February or March. We'd be spending money every single day. We would have been downgraded months ago."
"These House Republicans have forced this town to finally get serious about spending. That's a good thing."
If we would of been downgraded "months ago", what stopped them?
And then they ended up downgrading us anyway, so what is Joe's point? That "electing teanuts delayed an inevitable downgrade"???
* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
"Mugsy's Rap Sheet": Recording history for those who seek to rewrite it.
He meant to say "Downgrading the U.S. credit rating would never have been considered but for the actions of the Tea Party and its moronic members, like me."
me-oww!
face bitch slapped and I think his ex wife is about to do it!
cnn should be ashamed to have this dead beat on!
contact them: cnn.com/contact
Do these Teabaggers have any grasp on reality?
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Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
No! Absolutely none whatsoever.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
is this deadbeat prick on TV? Biggest asshole CNN could find on short notice?
Trumps been in seclusion since the beat down at the correspondents dinner.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said Tuesday that he would appoint Senate Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry of Massachusetts to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Max Baucus , great , how's Jack doin these days Max ?
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
it would have been fair to ask how they prevented the downgrade until now and why it happened now.
that stemmed the librul onslaught on our financial standing, with some help from God. That's all he can say.
Their new talking points are gelling, something equally idiotic from the queen of morons:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/...
is this deadbeat on the Corporate News Network.
shame, shame, shame on you both CNN and Rep Joe Walsh - Deadbeat Dads.
I don't get how these guys keep their heads so deeply up their own deluded asses. Its like they were all handed "reason filters." How are these morons getting elected? Infuriating.
Lou Reads: The Internets Worst Read in Pleasant Manner"
...electing them.
A major education is required to understand that its usually in your best interests NOT vote against your best interests.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
I wonder what happened to this guy...
What a waste of a human being.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Hey! Joe Walsh!
Pay your bills!
Support your family FFS!
You useless ass.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Standard & Poor's downgraded the U.S. credit rating NOW because of the shenanigans of the Tea Party, which threatened not to pay America's bills. So the question is not whether the U.S. is able to pay, but it's questionable whether it would pay due to the political posturing of the Tea Party and the GOP. The majority of Americans realize this. Whether Tea Partiers will survive the next Congressional election will likely hinge on whether the Democratic Party can make it clear who's to blame. And it is NOT Obama. Why in the WORLD does CNN give this deadbeat dad, who's in trouble with the law, a forum to spout his absolute NONSENSE? Glad I no longer watch CNN!!
We listen to Rep Deadbeat why? Do the Teabaggers even listen to this piece of shit anymore?
"Kyra, folks in the market are a lot smarter than you and I are,". As he didn't specify which market, I can only assume he meant the fish market.
"we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and [to] bid defiance to the laws of our country." …..Thomas Jefferson
I suggest that Kira Phillips take what Deadbeat Walsh said as an insult!
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Lying deadbeat piece of shit. Keep running yer pie hole nobody cares. Go back to lying about your own debt. We don't need your made of economic fantasies. You vile fetid fly covered stool. Look forward to getting bounced next election TeaChoad.
Hey Joe you have calls on lines 1 , 2, and 3. It's your family telling you to pay up you fucking piker.
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We were told a downgrade was likely if the Teabagging Republicans continued to take us to the brink. That is what happened and we got downgraded (even though the downgrade is bullshit). It is not on the door of the President. He shit on his base to take it in the ass from the Teabaggers. It is the Teabagger policies that are responsible for this and Obama better get out there and start screaming it. This turd Walsh should be put in his place NOW by Obama!
...don't hold your breath.
Support a Primary Challenger who is Progressive.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
This turd Walsh should be put in his place NOW by Obama
ROFLMAO!
You wre kidding, right?
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
Wasn't there a pickpocket or used car salesman they could have interviewed? We would have learned more.
Has one major Republican, Boehner, McConnell, Cantor, any of these gutless wonders called for Walsh to resign and pay his back child support - do his time in jail? How about Vitter, not one word from any of these gutless wonders for Vitter to resign. Guess the Republican/Teabagger party is the place to go for these losers, they'll be accepted, protected, supported - anything but blamed. What a system!!!! Makes me laugh when I hear Nancy Pelosi blamed for all troubles not caused by Obama.
as Anthony Weiner might say. At least Walsh was right about one thing, Obama never ceases to not provide leadership.
Maybe he made enough profit on the downgrade to finally pay his child support.
"These House Republicans have forced this town to finally get serious about spending. That's a good thing."
So why did not one single Congressional Republican make as much as a peep of protest when Bush was in office spending money like there was no tomorrow?
For that matter, while we're on the subject of spending and fiscal responsibility, Mr. $164K-Per-Year Congresscritter...when do you intend to cough up the thousands of dollars that you reportedly owe your ex-wife for child support????? If we were talking about any other man, you'd probably be making smug references to "taking personal responsibility" and telling this person that "you shouldn't breed 'em if you can't afford to feed 'em" -- but you seem to be remarkably nonchalant about the fact that you evidently see no reason why you should be expected to make sacrifices for the children which you fathered.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
....don't count? All that republican't obstruction and denial of the legitimacy of the democratic president didn't have one bit of effect? Out of touch, out of mind, best left out of sight.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
...you know as well as I do that only the business end of a gun would ever sufficiently motivate a Republican like Walsh to acknowledge that Obama deserves any credit at all for the spending cuts already made (and perhaps not even that would do it). My point is that Walsh doesn't have a leg to stand on either personally or professionally -- personally because he reportedly refuses to help support the children whom he apparently chose to father (his ex-wife didn't get pregnant all by herself, after all!) and professionally because the Republicans hypocritically regard government spending as a serious issue only when their party is not the one in power.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
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CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
Is that why our credit rating was never downgraded before the rich created the teabaggers?
"When you're president -- as opposed the head of a private equity firm -- your job is not simply to maximize profits. Your job is to figure out how everybody in the country has a fair shot." - President Barack Obama
joe walsh doesn't know the difference between
a dick and his fingers or which he should not
put into his mouth.......null on the brain cells here......
he has no credibility since he owes over $115 thousand
in child care.....deadbeat dad teabagger bastard.
The Lying.
It.
Never—stops.
As read by William Shatner.
One of them sometimes covers news. This guy and all his ilk are the reason we almost defaulted. It's obvious he can't read and CNN can't ask questions.
When you are overdue on your credit card, interest climbs up, say 30%. But when the US governments' debt is decades overdue it prints more money to make the incredible high debt interest payments with very, very low interest charges. Banks that lend you credit card money borrow from the Federal Reserve at 0% and charge you the moon. Anyway the US debt is sooo large, a credit rating decline was long overdue. So politicians blaming each other are full of shit and deserve to be oused at the next opportunity, including the aimless Obama. Can the Donald be worse?
Since you asked, The Donald has gone to bankruptcy four times, so yes, he not just could, but would, be worse.
Tea Party's Shenanigans hit America's 401k hard
It was quite obvious to many in America and around the world (as elaborated by this blog earlier) that Tea Party's intransigence in Debt Dialogue would eventually hit the markets hard and that is exactly what has happened. Even the senior members of Republican Party, who knew better or should known better, also demonstrated a complete disdain for a reasonableness accommodation.
The unfortunate message from Washington DC is that America is ungovernable. This is a very un-comforting thought. It has caused a downgrade of US credit rating and a decline in stock markets.
Retirees and those near retirement, have built their nest eggs with hard earned savings over their lifespans. They had barely recovered from the 2008 crash that they once again face a major decline in values of their investments. This time, the market decline was entirely avoidable. Had Washington entered into a responsible debt deal a few months ago, the message to markets would have been positive. But Tea Party's one point agenda - defeat Barack Obama in 2012 no matter what the cost, became a stumbling block to arriving at a timely settlement.
The 600+ point drop in Dow Jones on August 8 is most unfortunate. As in the past, the markets will ride out this storm too, but for many retirees, their 401K is a worth a great deal less today, than it was a few months ago.
Hopefully, the American electorate will remember all this in 2012 elections and send all those Congressmen and Senators packing, who put their warped ideology ahead of their nation's interests.
Rep. Walsh: truly a guy who knows about debt reduction. For instance, he's "reduced" his child-support debt the Teabagger Way: by REFUSING TO PAY IT!
They know this guy is a flame thrower. A male Sarah. Okay okay that's sexist. I apologize to the lady. Sorry congressman Walsh.
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What is the connection between Walsh and the judge that oversees his child support? This guy should be in jail or his pay should be garnisheed to pay his child support. Some one is getting bribed or just negligent in his duties but I smell a rat.
... when he was in the James Gang. "Funk 49"! (google it, kids.)
"Government is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex." - Frank Vincent Zappa
Hey Joe, before you talk about finances....how about putting food on the table for your kids.
Deadbeat.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
for extortion?
and i might add that the president's policies are just a continuation of bush's policies (bush's tax cuts, the wars, the bailout)
We are sooo screwed.
Unless the moron Teabirchers get a clue and freakin' fast (yeah, right), these GOP nazi's will completely destroy every last vestige of what made this country great.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
...douchebag, douche, liar, douche, idiot, dumbass, douchebag, deadbeat dad.
I'm just superstitious enough to hedge my bets.
I guess if your need somebody to lie about the economy you go to a bonafide full time liar. Don't have to worry about one little eentsy bit of truth slipping out, he's incapable of telling the truth. Can't happen. You'll win the lottery before this guy ever tells a bit of the truth.
OMG i am so tired of this anti Fed speaking. Get over it. This is how we as a country decided to run OUR money. Deal with it. This isn't the 1700's. We don't back are money with Gold. god i hate these people.
But what's worse than this dead beat telling me I need to "cut the fat" is these morons on the news, who just let him spit out lie after lie. Why doesn't she say " No sir you are lying. Obama has done nothing but do Repug policy since he was in office. He's cut more taxes for the middle class than any other president. Even though he is wrong and his policies are wrong. They ARE repug policies. " I hat eyou all you news people. You have the backbone of a jelly fish, nigh, I wouldn't want to insult the Jelly fish.
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