Thursday, January 15, 2015

"Hostage-Taking" and "Comprehensive Legislation" Examples: 2014

EXAMPLES AND ANALYSIS: 2014 "Hostage-Taking" and "Comprehensive Legislation"
"This is a ransom, this is blackmail. You don’t get a bill unless Wall Street gets its taxpayer coverage. It’s really so sad."
-- House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (CA), posted December 11, 2014, commenting on an omnibus bill supported by both President Barack Obama and Republicans.

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"Well, our view is and our position is what it has always been. The American people cannot and the president will not on their behalf pay a ransom, an ideological ransom so -- just so that Congress will do its job and pay the bills that Congress has racked up. That’s just irresponsible. It would be, again, to inflict serious damage on the economy and the middle class at a time when the economy is poised to grow further and to create even more jobs. So, you know, we're not going to pay a ransom. When it comes to insuring that the United States doesn't default for the first time in its history. We saw this movie before, and a lot of republicans, including senior republican leaders on Capitol Hill, said aft the shutdown and after that disastrous ideological effort that they would not go down that road again. So we certainly hope that that's the case."
-- White House briefing with Press Secretary Jay Carney, posted January 27, 2014.

Comment: This is "ideologues" and "hostage-taking" rhetoric.

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