Marsha Blackman (R) TN was just on MSNBC talking about out-of-control spending so,

[chelsea0011]

if deficits are dropping how can there still be out-of-control spending? And when will anyone on TV call them out on this? Or, do Republicans ever think that spending is in control? I don't have to answer that.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Did anybody ask her why the US House is costing the country $300 million a day

with their extortion?

[bunnies]

10. Of course not.

I was practically screaming that same question at my screen. Not that I would expect Chuck Todd to ask a real question like that.

[whttevrr]

20. oh... chock todd...

yeah... that explains it:

Chuck Todd: "It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Obamacare Falsehoods"

[freshwest]

27. Of course not. Their bosses would fire them if they did!

[BeyondGeography]

2. Just once I'd like one of these ciphers to say Reagan tripled the national debt

and he's your patron saint, so why should we take you seriously?

[Cha]

14. Yeah, like a cipher would mess with their pre-programmed robotic message..

"Obama-Uncontrolable spending!"



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023750081

[BeyondGeography]

16. Oh, that's lovely

In a whacked out way...

[BlueCaliDem]

18. Good find, Cha! eom

[mnmoderatedem]

23. posted this yesterday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023774589

[truebluegreen]

25. And Booosch doubled it!

Plus the well-known conservative Clinton was the last President I can remember to balance the budget.

Good thing they can't actually absorb facts contrary to their beliefs or we would have heads exploding all around us.

[BeyondGeography]

28. They never call out R's on the simplest factual points

It's about being scared of their own bosses or losing access to the army of MSM suck-ups they compete with. But it's also about them sucking at their jobs.

[Barack_America]

3. They're just randomly grasping at talking points that polled well. nt

[winter is coming]

5. +1. Anything to get them back on ground they think they can defend.

This shutdown has been a losing proposition for them, but they don't know how to get out of it, so they're going to throw increasingly weird stuff at the wall, hoping someone will focus on the shiny.

[malaise]

4. Marsha Blackburn is as sane as the poor lady who was

shot and killed in DC yesterday

[BlueCaliDem]

19. Yep. And her constituents are just as batsh&t for electing her time and again.

I guess Republicans love to be lied to because Blackburn is one of the biggest I've ever had the displeasure of hearing.

[Old and In the Way]

6. They raised the debt limit 18 times for their borrow and spend icon, St. Ronald Reagan.

Deficits definitely didn't drop during his reign, though.

[edhopper]

7. Didn't you get the Chuck Todd memo

Facts are no longer the responsibility of journalist. Just reporting what each side says.

[City Lights]

8. GOPeers just repeat the same talking points over and over and over.

It doesn't matter whether they're true or not. On rare occasions someone in the "liberal" media will call them out on their lies. The corporate media bears a great deal of responsibility for the state of the nation because they rarely do their job.

[StrictlyRockers]

9. Cough cough *bullshit* cough cough

It's almost like there is a mountain of it.

These guys don't have anything to harp about if spending is under control. Maybe that is why they are wrecking the economy (and the tax base).

[LiberalArkie]

11. Spending is out of control.

People are getting SNAP, people are getting Pell grants, people are getting Social Security and Medicare. As long as those people are getting benefits, then there is way too much spending.

Even if some of THOSE people are white Republicans, it makes no difference, because THOSE people are still TAKING from the people at the top.

[PearliePoo2]

12. Later Chuck Todd told his panel..

that his opinion of his interview with Blackburn (R) was that she was, "Talking in circles".

[StrictlyRockers]

15. Wow, if even the Toad could figure that out, then it must have been pretty blatant.

n/t

[Doctor_J]

21. Why didn't he say that to the teabagger herself?

Todd is a worthless POS

[DURHAM D]

13. So my teaparty neighbor was going on and on

about the debt yesterday because he is all for the Repubs not increasing the debt limit. He kept saying that the government should not buy on credit, etc. He was also bragging that he didn't buy more than he could afford.

Then I asked him if he had a mortgage on his house. He shut up.

[mnhtnbb]

17. LOL. Good one.

[GoCubsGo]

22. Because Marsha Blackman (R-TN) is a deluded idiot.

ANY spending is too much for this nasty-ass piece of work. Unless it's DOD spending or for corporate welfare.

As for when anyone on TV will call her or her ilk out on that, unless one of them appear on the shows hosted by Rachel, Ed, Thom Hartmann, etc., it won't happen. And, NONE of them have the courage to appear with these hosts.

[spanone]

24. marsha is an extreme partisan. she only toes the rightwing meme. ignore her.

[Bandit]

26. A Deficit is just that A DEFICIT and that means we are spending more than we are receiving.

I totally agree with the Republicans on this. I just don't agree with how and where our money should be spent. I would like to cut Defense Spending in half and the same for CIA and all the BLACK spending. I want more spending on the Nation, such as schools and roads and bridges, and airports and harbors and...well you get the picture. I still would like for us to stay within Budget and NEVER have Deficit Spending again.

[Xyzse]

29. That's always been odd to me.

There was even a post here mentioning something like:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023758143
"Since everyone is well aware that our deficit, which has been cut in half still results in the debt growing"

Which makes no frickin sense to me.

They talk about out of control spending, but they only take it from the most vulnerable.
It is idiotic.