Some Republicans can never stray from their talking points. Certified cracker Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby on Fox this morning answering the slanted, leading softball questions. WALLACE: Sen. Shelby, you say that the Obama administration is taking us down the road to socialism. Explain. SHELBY: Well, obviously. So, they intervene last fall in the bank crisis. No one has ever done it on that scale before. Now the automobile crisis."Well, obviously"? When did Obama take office? Shelby seemed to catch himself moments later, saying, “you have to go back to the Bush administration. They started it.” You know the Fox host would never call him out on the inaccuracies. Say it with me: Bush is the "socialist" who federalized Fannie Mae, Freddy Mac, bailed out the banking industry and bought AIG. It was his $700 billion stimulus Congress approved last fall. Source: ThinkProgress
Today’s contestant is Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. On Fox News this morning, Shelby reaffirmed his belief that Obama was taking us “down the road of socialism”. The big thing he blamed?WALLACE: Sen. Shelby, you say that the Obama administration is taking us down the road to socialism. Explain. SHELBY: Well, obviously. So, they intervene last fall in the bank crisis. No one has ever done it on that scale before. Now the automobile crisis.And because seeing is believing:So now the whole TARP was the work of Obama? I almost forgot that it was Obama who took the unprecedented action of suspending a presidential campaign to work on this issue. Oh wait – that was John McCain. It was also Bush’s TARP program. With lying morons like Shelby out there making the case one can only assume the Republicans really love being in the minority.
This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) why he believes the Obama administration is “taking us down the road to socialism.” Shelby said it was “obviously” the case, and pointed to last fall’s bank bailouts as the prime example:WALLACE: Sen. Shelby, you say that the Obama administration is [...]
This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) why he believes the Obama administration is “taking us down the road to socialism.” Shelby said it was “obviously” the case, and pointed to last fall’s bank bailouts as the prime example:
WALLACE: Sen. Shelby, you say that the Obama administration is [...]