Obama camp: GOP trying to destroy economy on purpose

[Cali_Democrat]

Posted at 03:38 PM ET, 10/11/2011
Obama camp: GOP trying to destroy economy on purpose
By Greg Sargent

The Obama campaign, in an email to supporters today, goes there:

The U.S. Senate is supposed to vote on the American Jobs Act as early as tonight.

It’s a bill that will put people to work immediately, and it contains proposals that members of both parties have said in the past that they’d support.

But Senate Republicans want to block it. Not because they have a plan that creates jobs right now — not one Republican, in Congress or in the presidential race, does. They only have a political plan.

Their strategy is to suffocate the economy for the sake of what they think will be a political victory. They think that the more folks see Washington taking no action to create jobs, the better their chances in the next election. So they’re doing everything in their power to make sure nothing gets done.

There’s still time for principled Republican senators to declare their independence from this kamikaze political strategy. And the only way it can happen is if they hear from constituents like you today.

Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/obama-camp-gop-trying-to-destroy-economy-on-purpose/2011/10/11/gIQAPdX5cL_blog.html

They're finally saying it. It's about time. Now instead of saying this only in an email to supporters, Obama should address the nation from the Oval Office and call out the GOP for trying to destroy the economy in order to hurt his reelection chances. Mitch McConnell said himself that the number one goal of the GOP is to make sure Obama is a one term President. There it is.

It's time to get confrontational.

[democrat_patriot]

1. It's about time. Now repeat it every day.

"They are destroying it on purpose to drive their political agenda"

[formercia]

2. It finally sank-in

How many of us have been flogging this for years?

[FrenchieCat]

3. They are holding the economy and American hostage......

just like they were there to facilitate holding Americans hostage back in Iran,
during Carter's term.

[polichick]

4. High time to call out the sociopaths for what they are! k&r

[nichomachus]

5. I love him

when he's in campaign mode. Now, if he'd just stay that way after the election.

[jwirr]

6. Haven't we been saying that here for a long time? No more damn

negotiating with the enemy. Give them hell.

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[dennis4868]

8. Obama has said this before...

PLUS it's dems in the senate that are going to help kill it (but here at DU we can't blame them, only Obama).

[Nancy Waterman]

9. Excellent!

Keep saying it!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. The GOP wants war with Iran

they have an agenda they will solve the job problem with the draft.

[Arugula Latte]

11. No kidding. That's been apparent for years.

How's the bipartisanship going?

[Cali_Democrat]

12. I just pray that there will be no more bipartisanship

I mean, how much more evidence do you need to know that the GOP will never act in good faith?