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Vice President Joe Biden Denies He Called Tea Party American Lawmakers TERRORISTS
I guess we will see if anyone has a tape recording of the caucus meeting.
Vice President Joe Biden tells CBS News that published reports that he compared Tea Party-linked lawmakers to “terrorists” during a closed-door meeting Monday are “absolutely not true.”
“I did not use the terrorism word,” Biden told CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Scott Pelley.
Politico, citing “several sources in the room,” reported Monday afternoon that the vice president, during a closed-door meeting with House Democrats about the deal to raise the debt limit, agreed with an argument by Rep. Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania, who reportedly asserted that “[w]e have negotiated with terrorists.”
The report said the vice president asserted in response, “They have acted like terrorists.”
Biden told Pelley he let lawmakers “vent” about the deal, which includes spending cuts but may not include revenue increases. (Some liberal House Democrats have vowed not to back the deal.) But he says he did not assert that he agreed with the terrorism comparison.
“What happened was there were some people who said they felt like they were being held hostage by terrorists,” he said. “I never said that they were terrorists or weren’t terrorists, I just let them vent.”
Added Biden: “I said even if that were the case, what’s been happening when you now have taken and paid the debt and move that down so we can now discuss, the nuclear weapon’s been taken out of anyone’s hands.”
OK, until I hear otherwise, I will accept what the Vice President has said. But, what are these comments about a nuclear weapon?
Slow Joe Biden has a habit of shooting off his mouth before his brain does any cognition. I would not be surprised, if he simply blocked out of his head what others have reported.
But, for now….Biden gets a pass.
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House Votes 269 – 161 To Raise Debit Limit and Cut Spending
The House has passed legislation designed to keep the government from defaulting on its debts. The measure also sets a course for reducing the federal deficit in the future.The Senate, where support is stronger, is expected to take up the bill on Tuesday, the deadline for Congress to act before the government loses its ability to pay all its bills.
The 269-161 vote in the House came after Republican leaders spent the day urging recalcitrant conservatives to support the bill.
The bill would raise the debt ceiling by more than $2 trillion and cut federal spending by a similar amount over the next decade. A special congressional committee would be set up to consider entitlement and tax changes.
So, the long Washington drama is over and default has been averted.
On a happy note, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of an assasination attempt in January returned to the House and cast her vote for the Debt Limit bill.
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 1st on 07:32
These are my links for August 1st from 07:32 to 14:24:
- Vice President Joe Biden Likens Tea Party Americans to TERRORISTS | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Vice President Joe Biden Likens Tea Party Americans to TERRORISTS #tcot #catcot
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Weekly Approval at 42% – A New Weekly Low | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Weekly Approval at 42% – A New Weekly Low #tcot #catcot
- LIVE COVERAGE: BOEHNER SAYS HE HAS THE VOTES, PELOSI WILL SUPPORT – RT @businessinsider: LIVE COVERAGE: BREAKING: Report: Boehner says he has the votes #tcot
- Follow Me on Google Plus – August 1, 2011 Edition | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Follow Me on Google Plus – August 1, 2011 Edition #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert July 31, 2011 – Defense? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert July 31, 2011 – Defense? #tcot #catcot
- Photo of the Day: What Wives Are For? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Photo of the Day: What Wives Are For? #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: A Dental Ad You Probably Won’t See Today – A Dental Ad You Probably Won't See Today
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Daily Extraction: August 1, 2011 – The Daily Extraction: August 1, 2011
- Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st through August 1st | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st through August 1st #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Mitt Romney FINALLY Weighs Into Debt Ceiling Deal | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Mitt Romney FINALLY Weighs Into Debt Ceiling Deal #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 1, 2011 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection #tcot #catcot
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Flap’s Links and Comments for August 1st on 07:32
These are my links for August 1st from 07:32 to 14:24:
- Vice President Joe Biden Likens Tea Party Americans to TERRORISTS | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Vice President Joe Biden Likens Tea Party Americans to TERRORISTS #tcot #catcot
- President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Weekly Approval at 42% – A New Weekly Low | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Weekly Approval at 42% – A New Weekly Low #tcot #catcot
- LIVE COVERAGE: BOEHNER SAYS HE HAS THE VOTES, PELOSI WILL SUPPORT – RT @businessinsider: LIVE COVERAGE: BREAKING: Report: Boehner says he has the votes #tcot
- Follow Me on Google Plus – August 1, 2011 Edition | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Follow Me on Google Plus – August 1, 2011 Edition #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert July 31, 2011 – Defense? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Dilbert July 31, 2011 – Defense? #tcot #catcot
- Photo of the Day: What Wives Are For? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Photo of the Day: What Wives Are For? #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: A Dental Ad You Probably Won’t See Today – A Dental Ad You Probably Won't See Today
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Daily Extraction: August 1, 2011 – The Daily Extraction: August 1, 2011
- Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st through August 1st | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st through August 1st #tcot #catcot
- President 2012: Mitt Romney FINALLY Weighs Into Debt Ceiling Deal | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Mitt Romney FINALLY Weighs Into Debt Ceiling Deal #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: August 1, 2011 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection #tcot #catcot
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Vice President Joe Biden Likens Tea Party Americans to TERRORISTS
Good ol’ Slow Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth again.Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit.
Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) at a two-hour, closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting.
“We have negotiated with terrorists,” an angry Doyle said, according to sources in the room. “This small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money.”
Biden, driven by his Democratic allies’ misgivings about the debt-limit deal, responded: “They have acted like terrorists,” according to several sources in the room.
Biden’s office declined to comment about what the vice president said inside the closed-door session.
Earlier in the day, Biden told Senate Democrats that Republican leaders have “guns to their heads” in trying to negotiate deals.
The vice president’s hot rhetoric about tea party Republicans underscored the tense moment on Capitol Hill as four party leaders in both chambers work to round up the needed votes in an abbreviated time frame. The bill would raise the debt limit by as much as $2.4 trillion through the end of next year and reduce the deficit by an equal amount over the next decade.
Democrats had no shortage of colorful phrases in wake of the deal.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) called it a “Satan sandwich,” and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) called seemed to enjoy the heat analogy, saying: “the Tea Partiers and the GOP have made their slash and burn lunacy clear, and while I do not love this compromise, my vote is a hose to stop the burning. The arsonists must be stopped.
The Vice President of the United States should immediately apologize. This statement is just BULL.
Rep. Mike Doyle should apologize as well.
I thought President Obama and the Democrats called for “CIVILITY” after the Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting?
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President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Weekly Approval at 42% – A New Weekly Low
According to the latest Gallup Poll.President Obama’s weekly job approval rating for July 25-31 is 42%, by one percentage point a new weekly low for his administration. Though his approval rating is down among all ideological groups in recent weeks, the broad pattern of the president’s approval ratings across these groups remains similar to what it has been, with low support among conservatives, somewhat higher support among moderates, and high approval from liberals.
From all indications President Obama is continuing to sink in the polls. He is now at the low point and down among most subgroups.
Now, whether the debt limit deal gives him a bump is unclear. Another week of polling will tell the tale.
Although President Obama’s job approval rating hit the low point of his administration during the past week and is down among most subgroups, there are no signs yet that he has taken a disproportionate hit among his traditional base of liberals and Democrats. On a relative basis, both of these groups remain as loyal to Obama compared with Americans overall as they have been on average since he took office in January 2009.
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Follow Me on Google Plus – August 1, 2011 Edition
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Dilbert July 31, 2011 – Defense?
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Photo of the Day: What Wives Are For?
My wedding anniversary is coming up this weekend, but I don’t think this will be one of the gifts……. -
Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st through August 1st
These are my links for July 31st through August 1st:
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Morning Drill: August 1, 2011 – The Morning Drill: August 1, 2011
- DrBicuspid Hygiene – DrBicuspid Hygiene:
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- Day By Day August 1, 2011 – Targeting the Next Generation | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 1, 2011 – Targeting the Next Generation #tcot #catcot
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-01 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-08-01 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st on 14:29 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st on 14:29 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st on 14:29 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for July 31st on 14:29 #tcot #catcot