Operation: Blame the Tea Party

“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” - John Burroughs

Do I know anyone who constantly blames others? Hmm … oh yea, Barack Obama and the members of his Administration do that often. In fact, they lay blame to anyone who is of an opposing political party or they deem threatening while rarely, if ever, admitting their own failures. Mr. Obama even holds primetime press conferences with the primary purpose of telling the American Citizens who is to blame for the current state of America (by the way, it isn’t him). How can this Administration try to fix the problems of this country if they cannot admit that many of their own policies are failing? The answer is they can’t because they choose to ignore reality.

A great example of Obama blatantly ignoring reality is when he filled out his Census form in 2010 and checked the box “Black, African American, or Negro” and didn’t check the box labeled “white” despite the FACT that he is 50% white (or Caucasian). This should not only be considered ignoring reality, but lying on a Census form subject to a $500 fine. Don't hold your breath for that government deficit reducer. This example does not have any real direct effect on Americans, but should not be considered an insignificant occurrence. If Obama can ignore his race when it suits him, what else could he choose to ignore or lie about in order to push his agenda? A person who is in a powerful position and chooses to believe something not based on fact or reason, but based on what he wishes to be true is a dangerous person.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that I think Barack Obama is a good person, but unfortunately his idealistic naivety is putting the United States in a precarious position. The modern day Roman Empire may be crumbling right before our eyes and Barack Obama is playing the violin for himself.

David Axelrod, a top White House Advisor of Barack Obama’s, prompted me to write this blog post because of what he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Please see the AP article below for his absurd accusation. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser is blaming the downgrade of the U.S. credit rating on tea party Republicans, whom he says were unwilling to compromise on how to reduce the federal debt.

The adviser to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, tells CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that the decision by the Standard & Poor's credit agency to downgrade the U.S. from AAA to AA+ for the first time was strongly influenced by weeks of standoff between Democrats and Republicans over the debt.

Axelrod calls the action, in his words, "a tea party downgrade" and says it's clearly on the backs of lawmakers who were willing to see the country default to get their way.

Axelrod also criticized GOP presidential candidates for not speaking up in favor of compromise.

A sign at a Tea Party protest.

As you read above, Mr. Axelrod implies that the credit rating downgrade was caused by the Tea Party. Let’s put this assertion against the reality test. The Tea Party Caucus in the United States House of Representatives is made up of 60 members and the Tea Party Caucus in the United States Senate is made up of 4 members. There are 435 members in the House of Representatives and 100 in the Senate. The Senate and Presidency are controlled by the Democrats. SO …. Mr. Axelrod states that the Tea Party, which makes up 13.8% of the House and 4% of the Senate with a Senate and Presidency controlled by Democrats, created the credit downgrade from AAA to AA+.  That’s quite the stretch. You might even call it a lie. At this point in time, the Tea Party has very little power over what policies are enacted. What makes Mr. Axelrod’s statement even more ridiculous is that the Tea Party members were pulling for a balanced budget amendment and a larger amount of spending cuts, the very things that would have blocked the credit downgrade.

John Kerry has also recently stated that the credit downgrade was the Tea Party’s fault. Did the Democrats rent a conference room somewhere and say to each other "let's blame the credit downgrade on the Tea Party?" Sadly some will believe their message, but most will get upset over such outrageous reality defying statements. I predict the Obama Administration's blame game strategy will back fire in the 2012 elections. The American people know there are many people to blame for the current problems, members of the Obama Administration included. What they don't want is to hear someone issuing blame and making excuses, they want solutions! Where are your solutions Mr. Obama?

Returning to the AP article, David Axelrod continues on by criticizing the Republicans (the Tea Party) for not compromising. Why should the Tea Party compromise? Their existence sprung about out of opposition to the bad policies of the last 19 years that have left this the United States in such poor condition. If Tea Party members were willing to compromise Mr. Axelrod, the credit rating may have been lowered further.

Messrs. Axelrod, Kerry, and Obama have weakened the political discourse in America. The tactic of blaming others wouldn't be necessary if they had strong policies to offer. Instead of presenting the American people with truthful information and statements that are said because they are believed instead of statements that are said to convince others to believe with the hopes of getting reelected, the politicians of 2011 blame, make excuses, and lie while not offering sound plans to fix the quandaries of the United States. It is truly a sad state of affairs. ..... Vote wisely in 2012.