This US downgrade, it seems to me, has the potential to be a huge political adva

[Freeper]

Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Fri Aug-05-11 09:46 PM
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This US downgrade, it seems to me, has the potential to be a huge political advanatge if one . . .
   
. . . were inclined to take it.

I expect, based solely on past performance, the repubicans will take advantage and the Dems will bobble it.

America's low information masses have little or no clue who S&P are and what a rating is. They just know that three As are better than two. They could also understand the concept that someone dissed the USofA. Beyond that, few of the details will sink in before eyes glaze over.

S&P is fundamentally full of shit here, so it can be treated, pretty safely, as a strawman. The team (yes, today's political landscape is all a game of team combat anymore) that spins this best will win.

How easy would it be to pin John Cantor, Mitch Boner, and Eric McConnell to this mess? Show Michele Bachmann yammering her special brand of stupid. Talk about the austerity. The "let it default" calls from the House Freshman crazies. Show Mittens all flummoxed while he was for/against/for/not sure about the debt seal.

Spin this mother****er. It is a golden goose who is just now laying a great Ova d'Or.

Or just sit by and watch the turd as it orbits the porcelain bowl.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1674394

At least he admits they are going to have to lie and spin this in order to help the dims.

[GOBUCKS]

Another in a long string of firsts for our first black, first muslim, first foreign-born, first community-organizing chief executive.
First blemish on the full faith and credit of the United States.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1674394

At least he admits they are going to have to lie and spin this in order to help the dims.

This is a perfect example of why liberals should never have any power. 

[Freeper]

This is a perfect example of why liberals should never have any power. 

Yep look how far they have taken us since 2007. We went from having a debt problem to having an outrageous debt problem.
Of course we will hear how it's all Bush's fault and the Tea Party. Meanwhile 0bama, Reid and Pelosi will get a free pass.

[USA4ME]

Stinky The Clown

S&P is fundamentally full of shit here, so it can be treated, pretty safely, as a strawman.

While I might agree that the downgrade was a slap on the wrist and a wakeup call, it was hardly a strawman.  As the USA continues to spend more than it takes in, and as the national debt continues to be a greater percentage of GDP, husb2sparkly might want to hang onto that strawman to eat for supper since that's all he'll have.

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[Freeper]

While I might agree that the downgrade was a slap on the wrist and a wakeup call, it was hardly a strawman.  As the USA continues to spend more than it takes in, and as the national debt continues to be a greater percentage of GDP, husb2sparkly might want to hang onto that strawman to eat for supper since that's all he'll have.

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Dude doesn't understand that when you spend like a drunken sailor you tend to lose your credit rating. I bet you he doesn't pay his bills on time and wonders why his credit score is so low. 

[Traveshamockery]

Well, Obama can definitely make the claim that he is truly "historic" and his actions are "unprecedented." 

Way to go, Obamalamadingdong!   

[Freeper]

Well, Obama can definitely make the claim that he is truly "historic" and his actions are "unprecedented." 

Way to go, Obamalamadingdong!   

At least he won't be in the history books as the first black President, without something else to add to it.
 

[BlueStateSaint]

At least he won't be in the history books as the first black President, without something else to add to it.
 

Before this, I would have added, at the very least, the word "incompetent."

Now, . . . "vacuous" in addition to "incompetent."