Harry Reid Accuses Eric Cantor Of Economic Sabotage
Source: Talking Points Memo
If economic growth continues to slow ahead of the election, Democrats pitch to voters may have to sharpen as the partys odds of victory in the presidential and congressional elections would likely worsen.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) floated one possible trial balloon Tuesday afternoon when he accused House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) of deliberately sabotaging the economy for partisan gain.
You have heard, as Ive heard, that theres a battle going on between Cantor and [House Speaker John] Boehner as to whether or not there should be a [highway] bill, Reid told reporters. Cantor, of course Im told by others that he wants to not do a bill to make the economy worse, because he feels thats better for them. I hope thats not true.
Its a theory that progressives have grown sympathetic to as Republicans make it ever-more difficult for President Obama to govern and thwart initiatives in Congress to stimulate the economy. Democratic operatives have loosely floated the claim in broad ways by suggesting the GOP is hoping for economic failure, but Reids pointed accusation took it to a new level.
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cindyperry2010
(846 posts)pansypoo53219
(21,010 posts)bring back sedition.
Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)unfortunately too late
Is absolutely demonic.
Uncle Joe
(58,562 posts)Thanks for the thread, kpete.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)..and TERRORISM.
daaron
(763 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)Better late than never. Hope it's not too late.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)that Reid is just now figuring this out.
BlueIris
(29,135 posts)cstanleytech
(26,361 posts)they have been doing as they have been taking hostages (the poor, disabled and elderly) and literally putting a gun to their heads and threatening to shoot if they dont get their way when it comes to things as simple as raising the debt limit.
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)dinopipie
(84 posts)except for maybe Biden and Sanders.
newspeak
(4,847 posts)of course, it's economic terrorism. Isn't that why cantor and the boys had the little meeting when obama was elected? To make sure there was no recovery, so they could gain power again and just finish off the american people?
and then you have a person like joan (one too many facelifts)rivers, going on the telly exclaiming that obama shouldn't be traveling around the country during election year, he should be taking care of the unemployment. Hey Joan, why don't you tell that to the repug econ terrorists in congress!!!!!
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)to defang that argument.
castnet55
(62 posts)Poor old Harry has forgotten one important thing here, He hasn't passed a budget in years.
newspeak
(4,847 posts)cantor did meet after obama was elected, to make sure they obstructed any type of recovery; unless it benefited them.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)Amazing how shill, sellout, pieces of shit like Reid and Pelosi always -- but always -- seem to dilute and obfuscate any real message with qualifications, stuttering, and sheer incoherent syntax.
If they really stood for us, they would execute simple-to-understand messages to the people.