Well, I guess the fact that an election is now right around the corner, and with many now talking as if it’s pretty much of a done deal that old ‘Dingy Harry’ will lose his coveted leadership position, he has now resorted to grasp at every last straw in an effort to prevent that very thing from taking place. His latest attempt came just this past Monday when ‘Dingy’ actually accused Republicans of having helped Russia annex Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. Actually, when going in search of those who may have actually encouraged Vlad to make his move, ‘Dingy’ might start by looking a little closer to home.
This has become standard fare for ‘Dingy’ and came ahead of a test vote on a bill authorizing more U.S. sanctions on Russia as well as a $1 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine. Outlining the Senate's agenda after a one-week recess, old ‘Dingy’ said the first item would be the Ukraine bill that Republicans blocked just before lawmakers went on break. ‘Dingy’ urged Republicans to consider "how their obstruction affects United States' national security as well as the people of Ukraine" and said their delay of any congressional action "sent a dangerous message to Russian leaders."
‘Dingy’ said, "Since a few Republicans blocked these important sanctions last work period, Russian lawmakers voted to annex Crimea and Russian forces have taken over Ukrainian military bases." And of course he then went on to say, "It's impossible to know whether events would have unfolded differently if the United States had responded to Russian aggression with a strong, unified voice."‘Dingy's’ charge comes despite widespread support among Republicans and Democrats for providing Ukraine with economic assistance and hitting with additional sanctions.
Republicans objected to the inclusion in the Senate bill of reforms of the International Monetary Fund, which the United States, Europe and others are working with to stabilize Ukraine's economy. The IMF's 2010 reforms increase the power of emerging countries in the lending body and shift some $63 billion from a crisis fund to a general account it can use for economic stabilization operations around the world. Republicans have long spurned the administration's attempt to ratify the IMF changes, saying they'd increase the exposure of U.S. taxpayers in foreign bailouts managed by the fund.
However, ‘Dingy’, in once again exhibiting his rather bizarre fixation with the Koch brothers, used them as being the reason that the Republicans blocked the bill. ‘Dingy’ made the claim that that did so only to "protect the anonymity of their big-money donors" such as the Koch brothers, two of America's wealthiest men who've strongly supported conservative causes. He was referring to an unsuccessful attempt by some Republicans to include an amendment to the bill halting new IRS regulations on groups claiming tax-exempt status. Like ‘Dingy’ Harry would NEVER do such a thing.
So ‘Dingy’ went off on what was yet another of his long-winded and rather insane tangents saying, "Republicans objected to moving forward with this aid package unless Democrats agreed to allow the Kochs and billionaires like them to continue to anonymously spend millions trying to buy America's democracy." He went to add, "It's hard to believe. But that's the truth." And in one of those rare instances that I agree with John Boehner, his office said that old ‘Dingy Harry’ "sounds completely unhinged" after having charged that Republicans are partly to blame for Russia's invasion of Crimea.
So I’m guessing that, at this point in time, there is pretty much nothing that we won’t be hearing come out of the mouth of ANY Democrat as they set about trying to find some way to salvage the November midterm elections. I’m sure the voices will become much more shrill, the accusations even more insane and the rhetoric much more incendiary as well as toxic. That’s how the Democrats do business. And I’m quite sure that those in our state-controlled media complex will be only too happy to assist in any way possible. So I guess it’ll be left up to American people as we see just how much of this tripe they’re going to be willing to swallow.
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