MoveOn.org Jumps on Kerry's 'Tea Party Downgrade' Bandwagon
John Kerry's claim on Sunday's "Meet the Press" that Standard and Poor's U.S. credit rating decision Friday is a "Tea Party Downgrade" is already catching on in liberal circles.
The far-left MoveOn.org has taken it on as a rallying cry:
This “tea party downgrade” is a shameful blow to our nation’s honor and risks throwing us right back into recession. Worst of all? It was completely avoidable.
But when given the choice between extremist posturing and responsible leadership, tea party Republicans chose wrong. And now, amazingly, they’re trying to pin the blame on Democrats.1
We have to set the record straight. Can you share this image with your friends and family today?
The folks at the perilously liberal website Daily Kos have also gotten into the act.
If you wondered how the Obama-loving media were going to deflect blame for this downgrade away from the President and his Party, now you know.
(H/T NB reader Jammie Younce)
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wow
Submitted by Walker01049 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:22pm.
The tea party has become the new George Bush. You deserve the break President Bush.
The more...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 9:26pm.
the left attacks me the stronger I become! The more the left attacks me the bigger the Tea Party becomes! The more the left attacks me the more I'll remember who they were! The more the left attacks me the harsher I will be in dealing with them after I take POWER! Take your best shot you leftist trash! You only embolden me! Make my day you leftist scum!
John Kerry? JOHN KERRY???
Submitted by theduck6 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 7:24am.
I should know that name from somewhere. Wheeeeere do I know that name from?
I've got nothing. Anyone?
John Kerry and honor.
Submitted by MrLuigi on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:22pm.
John Kerry has a lot of nerve mentioning our nation's honor. After all, isn't he the same guy who testified before congress comparing US soldiers in vietnam to ghengis kahn? He also somehow finagled 2 or 3 purple hearts for wounds he received while shaving.
It was even better than shaving...
Submitted by HockeyKid on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:45pm.
for one of his "battle wounds", he tossed a grenade into a pile of rice and then reported to the infirmary with white "shrapnel" in his ass.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Mr. Luigi
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:47pm.
You are so right!! And his buddy just got busted for kiddy porn and is off to the slammer
John Kerry is a very honest and respectable man who has
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:59pm.
never told an untruth in his life. Here is video proof that John Kerry, who served in Vietnam, treasured the medals and ribbons he received while honorably serving his country:
I hope that after watching this video that you and other posters who denigrated the Honorable John Kerry, who served in Vietnam, will retract your negative posts and issue an apology. ♥♥ :-) ♥♥
Wrong.
Submitted by HelloDare on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:37pm.
Kerry jumped on MoveOn's 'Tea Party Downgrade' Bandwagon. Or maybe it was Axelrod's.
You might actually make a point
Submitted by theduck6 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 7:26am.
saying S&P has a checkered history but blaming the Tea Party when their plan was what S&P was looking for to maintain the AAA rating is ludicrous... but predictable.
Obama's Anger at S&P
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:37pm.
Shows that Obama knows that the S&P's downgrade is aimed at his out-of-control spending.
Clearly the memo has gone out
Submitted by Reaver on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:37pm.
Clearly the memo has gone out “tea party downgrade” may be the most spoken phrase in the media this week.
Talking Point
Submitted by Walker01049 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:41pm.
Just started thinking how the media will pick up on this liberal Tea Party talking point. Terrorists, job killers, killing old people and babies, etc. etc. Destroying education and the American way of life?? The main stream media is the progressive socialists mouth piece. Wake up liberals. Government needs to be trimmed and held accountable. The libs are only going to galvanize the tea party movement at the same time Al Gore and the other idiots are calling for the Arab Spring in this Country. What the hell is he calling for. Maybe for the blacks we have seen in mob action against whites doing even more beatings and killings? America, just wake up. Our community organizer in chief wants crisis after crisis. That's what they need to make us into Hugo's Venezuela. Someday maybe we can be proud of this Country again. Of course Michell my bell won't be quite so giddy!
"Never waste a good crisis". Rahm and Hillary Clinton
They'ved moved on alright...
Submitted by jp615 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:41pm.
from reality.
More desperate blame, denial
Submitted by TerryWest on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:55pm.
More desperate blame, denial & parroted panic paranoia...
It only demonstrates to American's and the rest of the world how we got where we are today, and why allowing these intentionally clueless spoiled children who engage and who remain on the same unsuccessful chapter instead of flipping the page to stay in power, will only prolong the struggle to lift our country back off her knees.
Here is Ace of Spades take on it.
Submitted by HelloDare on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 7:47pm.
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/319805.php
This ain't
Submitted by Vonu on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:10pm.
Your father's AstroTurf.
The left shifting blame on
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:10pm.
The left shifting blame on their political enemies. So... before the tea party, came into being, why were our finances still in the tank? We were still trillions in debt.
If it's not the Tea Party it's Bush, the GOP, Palin, vast right-wing conspiracy agenda....
Who's in charge? Obama.
Anybody here at NB really believe that comrade Soros is upset...
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:16pm.
...over S&P's downgrade?
Anybody here think Obama is torqued about it?
If you do, shoot me a PM, 'cause I have a killer deal on some rather moist land in Florida.
And I'll throw in the bridge for free.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Do these yahoos even know who
Submitted by kareling on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:15pm.
Do these yahoos even know who signed the debt deal?
Oh, and get ready for a slew
Submitted by kareling on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:24pm.
Oh, and get ready for a slew of polls this next week with the theme of "Who do you blame for the S&P downgrade?" so the Left can see how well this week's newest talking point is resonating, since it seems last week's terrorist meme--if you'll pardon the expression--blew up in their faces.
I am sure this is just the
Submitted by tcm14 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:28pm.
I am sure this is just the first salvo in the campaign we all knew was coming to blame the economy on the tea party. Too bad it won't work. The tea party ain't the President and doesn't control anything.
Just when the media outdose itself
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 8:35pm.
They take the bar higher.
Yeah, that's what did it.
Submitted by Order270 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 9:39pm.
The 17 House Congressmen of a grassroots organization brought this country to its knees. A monstrous party of 4% didn't vote for a deal that destroyed our country's credit rating. Even if that were true, it would only exemplify Democratic weakness. The talking point falls apart either way.
"TEA Party Downgrade"
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:39pm.
"Foodstamp President"
Don't forget
Submitted by gr29az on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:33am.
President "Dead Beat". He'll wear that forever
MoveOn: ".......It was
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 10:42pm.
MoveOn: ".......It was completely avoidable....."
Correct, it certainly was. Now go round up all politicians for the last 100 years who caused it. The debt wasn't $0 when the tea party showed up. Shhhhhhhhhh, don't tell moveon.
It was inevitable th
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:46pm.
It was inevitable th conservatives would be blamed if anything went wrong. So we should have stuck by our guns and agreed to nothing. Lucy just pulled the football away, will we never learn?
Blame the Tea Party?
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:49pm.
If it weren't for the Tea Party, spending cuts would have been negligible. nuf sed
So now MoveOn is quoting
Submitted by celator on Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:51pm.
So now MoveOn is quoting golddigging gigolos as experts on the Tea Party. This gets funnier by the day.
From the far left we have
Submitted by TerryWest on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 12:43am.
From the far left we have Move On enjoying tax exempt status crying that the American people aren't taxed enough.... I dont know where S & P got the idea our country's prioritys are ass backwards and we are out of control.
It is understandable that the Left would use the strategy and
Submitted by Rush Fan on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 1:02am.
tactic of blame, in this instance blaming the Tea Party. They are just taking their cue from the Supreme Commander in Chief of the extreme left, President Barack Hussein Obama. Obama is an expert in shirking responsibility and redirecting blame.
However, let's give credit where credit is due. President Obama's speaking skills. are unsurpassed, even without a teleprompter. Unfortunately, there is no one on our side that comes anywhere close to Barack Obama's excellence in oratory.
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"The Tea Party downgrade memo has been successfully circulated." So wrote Doug Powers in an article at MichelleMalkin.com titled: John Kerry and the ‘Tea Party Downgrade’.
Leftists and so-called
Submitted by Andrew H. on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 4:36am.
Leftists and so-called democrats always blame the right for things they screw up. It is how they prey on the ignorant for their votes.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
Check out Rush today
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 7:31am.
I'm betting he'll have an audio montage of the "tea party downgrade" phrase.
Votes for debt celing
Submitted by ferv888 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:02am.
Go look at the votes for the agreement. More T Party people voted for than Democrats. More Democrats voted against, than the TParty folks who did.
So again explain to me afer having a virtual lock on the House and a fillibuster proof Senate for two years, that it is the TParty folks????
You know someone once said to John McCain, that elections have consequenses, well 2010 was the beginning, more to do in 2012 and hopefully we will get the spending under control.
FERV888
C'mon... Really now...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:22am.
Who didn't see this coming? As predictable as night follows day!
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
I'm in a financial audit
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 12:11am.
and the auditor asks me what I'm going to do about my debt. I demonstrate a plan to double my debt in 10 years. And you know who's to blame for that not satisfying the auditor--the people who told me I needed to cut more!!
Why does the reception from Bizarro world have to be so clear from here?