{"id":5277,"date":"2011-07-01T02:22:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T09:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2011-07-01T02:22:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T09:22:41","slug":"how-republicans-sabotage-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/01\/how-republicans-sabotage-america\/","title":{"rendered":"How Republicans Sabotage America"},"content":{"rendered":"

It finally happened.  A Senate Democrat actually grew a pair, and not just little ones.  He grew BIG BRASS ones.  Chuck Schumer (D-NY) actually came out and said what many of us have been saying for years.  Republicans are sabotaging America\u2019s economy, causing untold suffering on Main Street, for political gain.  Both Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow took this to the bank.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1brass-balls\"…And now, Senator Schumer has hammered that home in this speech at EPI<\/a><\/font>. <\/font><\/p>\n

And we need to start asking ourselves an uncomfortable question \u2013 are Republicans slowing down the recovery on purpose for political gain in 2012? It’s one thing for them to block programs they have always opposed. But when they start to contradict themselves by opposing programs they have supported\u2014such as pro-business tax cuts\u2014we are left to wonder.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Let’s not forget \u2013 Senator McConnell made it clear last October that his number one priority, above everything else, is to defeat President Obama.<\/font><\/p>\n

And now it is becoming clear that insisting on a slash-and-burn approach may be part of this plan \u2013 it has a double-benefit for Republicans: it is ideologically tidy and it undermines the economic recovery, which they think only helps them in 2012.<\/font><\/p>\n

The result is that Republicans aren\u2018t just opposing the President any more. They are opposing the economic recovery itself \u2013 and all that means for America’s working and middle class families.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

It’s about damn time someone called the naked emperor out. I am so tired of hearing the press memes about Obama this, Obama that, and how it’s all going to land on the head of Obama. No. These crazy lunatics on the right are colluding with their corporate brothers to bring down this economy with the assistance of the media\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em><\/span>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Crooks and Liars<\/a>><\/p>\n

On Countdown<\/a>, Keith interviewed both Schumer and Markos Moulitsas.<\/font><\/p>\n