If I was a sleazy character like "Dingy" I might find those folks a little disconcerting myself. In what provided us with somewhat of an indication regarding just what role it was that was played by the Tea Party in the finally concluded debt debate, and how it changed the conversation on Capitol Hill, the concluding remarks of both "Dingy" Harry and "Spineless" McConnell, before the vote in the Senate, provided us with some idea. Their remarks focused on what the message was that the Tea Party has sent. Moments before the Senate prepared to vote on the debt deal, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said this debt ceiling debate will be a template for all future debt ceiling hikes and declared that those conservatives, the Tea Party, won. Senators passed the debt deal just after 12:30 p.m. I'm still finding it a little difficult to describe the resulting legislation from those past debt discussions as a victory. I still can't help but wonder if we didn't miss a grand opportunity here. But, be that as it may, it now heads off to Barry "Almighty's" desk for his signature before he heads off to Chicagoland for his big birthday bash/fundraiser.
“The American people sent a wave of new lawmakers to Congress in last November’s election with a very clear mandate: to put our nation’s fiscal house in order,” McConnell said, “And I want to assure you today that although you may not see it this way, you’ve won this debate. Most, if not all of the Tea Party Senators will vote against this deal today." McConnell said that he understands their frustration that they could not enact something more ambitious. And he attempted to assure them that they have made a difference in the way Washington works and will work going forward addressing the debt ceiling in the future. “It creates an entirely new template for raising the nation’s debt limit,” McConnell said, “One of the most important things about this legislation is the fact that never again will any president, from either party, be allowed to raise the debt ceiling without being held accountable for it by the American people and without having to engage in the kind of debate we’ve just come through.” Concluded McConnell, “the legislation the Senate is about to vote on is just a first step.” Wonderful sounding words, but I'm afraid not much else. These guys can always make these grandiose speeches while patting themselves on the back, but they don’t amount to a hill of beans.
Then we heard from "Dingy" Harry Reid, who countered, that it was the American people, and not the Tea Party, who are the real winners in this debate. “The winners without trying to outline who the winners are, there’s one winner throughout all of this and that’s the American people,” Reid said on the Senate floor, adding that McConnell “boasted” about the Tea Party Senators. “I welcome them all,” Reid said of the new Tea party Senators, “but as result of the Tea Party direction of this Congress these last few months has been very, very disconcerting and very unfair to the American people.” Reid said the Tea Party “stopped us from arriving at a conclusion much earlier,” to this problem. I would argue that what was the biggest roadblock in this entire process and what actually prevented the arriving at a conclusion much, much sooner was the pure intransigency of the Democrats lead by "Dingy" and our stellar president. That's what forced this discussion to drag on, becoming nothing more than some bizarre circus right out of the "Twilight Zone." It was very easy to see as the Republicans offered, and passed, plan after plan, who it was that was doing nothing more than saying without ever offering up a plan of their own.
In what can only be described as the under statement of the century, "Dingy" admitted that more needs to be done to reign in the country’s debt and deficits, and already started positioning for the work of the "super committee," that this bill will set up, will have to do. “We need to do something because the trigger that kicks in is very, very difficult,” "Dingy" said “And it has to be one that’s fair…it can’t be more cuts to programs that have made this country what it is. There must be a sharing of sacrifice.” I've heard this shared sacrifice bit until I wanna puke. Only 50 percent of us in country are paying income tax. How about those freeloaders who are living off of the rest of be asked to pony up a little something? These parasites are permitted to suck the rest of us dry so that they can then go back out and continue to vote for scumbags like "Dingy" Harry and his cadre of malcontents.
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