Blaming the Tea Party?

I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of all the finger pointing.

During the 2008 election, I wish I had a nickle for every time I heard "Four More Years of Bush's Failed Policies", and all of the other attacks on the then sitting President. Now, I am not a Bush fan. But, he was the President.

It's ironic, because I just heard a Congresswoman from Texas claiming that Obama is the most abused President of all time. Hmm. Really? I will never forget a bumper sticker on a car in Virginia that read "Buck Fush". Other than talk radio, I have not heard near the criticism of President Obama that President Bush had to put up with. Even today, Bush is being blamed for the economy.

I could not believe my ears this morning. I heard a couple of the talking heads saying that the Democrats were blaming the downgrade of the US credit rating on the Tea Party. Wow. How does that make sense?

A credit rating is based on the ability of the borrower to be able to repay the amount borrowed. You have a credit card right? Well, what happens if you just keep spending and spending? Is your credit rating going up or down? Perhaps we could use some common sense here. Continued deficit spending is the real financial crisis.

It looks to me like the government elitists want us average working class Americans to believe that the Tea Party caused the downgrade. Are you serious? The Tea Party are the ones that were advocating fiscal responsibility - the only ones. So, how is it possible that the Tea Party is responsible for the downgrade? This is like blaming the person who is telling you to stop getting credit cards, or you will be in bankruptcy.

This is the ultimate and most despicable spin by the government elitists I have seen to date. This is why I say that our elected officials are either corrupt or incompetent. How can any rational person claim that the Tea Party is responsible for the downgrade, when all they were doing was advocating fiscal responsibility?

The fact is that this latest debt ceiling legislation does not reduce real spending one bit. It reduces the automatic budget increases for the next ten years, assuming the future Congresses agree to the proposed spending. In short, it is politics as usual. It was the Tea Party that forced the inclusion of the Balanced Budget Amendment in the legislation. It was the Tea Party that wanted to reduce spending, and to balance the budget. These are things that make fiscal sense. So, how can you blame the Tea Party for the downgrade?

I mentioned earlier that blaming the Tea Party for the downgrade is the most despicable thing I have ever heard. I was wrong. I heard that the Vice President of the United States called the Tea Party a bunch of Terrorists. Now, I heard this from one of the talk radio shows this past week; I have not heard the actual statement by the Vice President. So, I do not know if this is a "sound bite" from the talk radio crowd trying to get a reaction. Let me say this, if the Vice President did call the Tea Party a bunch of Terrorist, he should resign. This is not the kind of attitude I want from my Vice President. This is despicable behavior. And, if any of us working class Americans did this, we would probably be fired. Mr. Vice President, if you called the Tea Party a bunch of Terrorists, you need to do the right thing and resign.

From my point of view, the Tea Party are the ones that are fighting for fiscal responsibility. To blame them for the downgrade is just plain idiotic.

God Bless the Tea Party.