Kyl Links Tax Cut Vote To Nuclear Weapons

[babsbunny]

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/01/kyl-link/

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) said Wednesday that he is going to hold the nuclear security of the United States hostage in order to pass the tax cuts for rich. Kyl said Obama must reach a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts by Monday if a nuclear arms treaty has a chance of passing the Senate by the end of the year:

Kyl said if negotiators don’t reach a deal on the Bush taxes within a week “then you’re not going to have time to do START.”… The emerging conventional wisdom has been that Senate Republicans would agree to ratify START if Obama and Democratic leaders agreed to a temporary extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. It's the only thing that matters to those bastards, the only thing.

[LonePirate]

2. I have reached the point where I want the Dems to say F*** You and let all cuts expire

Then leave the filibuster rule in place and then do not allow any votes on the tax cut bills the Republican House will pass in January. It is time we start fighting back and hitting those bastards in their pocketbooks is the only thing that will do it.

[ShadowLiberal]

3. On the day Putin threatens to build MORE nukes if we don't sign it, Kyl gets more outrageous daily

Is it wrong to say Kyl's actions border on treason?

If we had a competent media then they'd be screaming their heads off at Kyl, and making him look so bad for this dangerous stunt that puts our national security at risk that he'd be forced to cave in to national pressure of outraged Americans. But no, instead we had a corporate media that's in the pockets of the republican party, and democratic leaders who are too scared to try calling out Kyl and creating that outrage.