Boehner defends criticism of financial overhaul as excessive

Source: Washington Post

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) fired back at the White House Wednesday, arguing that "they're the ones who are out of touch" with the American people while defending his critique of the financial regulatory reform bill as excessive regulation.

Led by President Obama, Democrats pounced on the Republican leader for comments he made to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review earlier in the week, when he likened the pending financial legislation to "killing an ant with a nuclear weapon."

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"If the Republican leader is that out of touch with the struggles facing the American people, he should come here to Racine and ask people if they think the financial crisis was an ant . . . These Americans don't believe the financial crisis was an ant," Obama said in prepared remarks that were released by the White House.

The rhetorical volleys helped frame the debate that will dominate the fall elections. Boehner and the Republicans claim that Obama has unleashed a torrent of government spending and regulation that threatens the economy and the personal freedoms of Americans. The president and his Democratic allies argue that Republican indifference could have turned the deep recession into a depression and that the GOP is more interested in protecting banks and big corporations rather than struggling families.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063003397.html

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Well, there you have it. Republicans are looking to the November elections to validate their arguments that the American people demand deregulation and tax cuts. Wait a minute! Where did I here that before? Oh yeah, during the eight years under Bush!

Are the Repubs campaigning for Dems now?

all your racist homophobic ignorant insensitive bile.

The voters will get the message and send you into retirement, or maybe a spot on Fox News with loony Sarah P.

I really cannot believe how fucking stupid they are. It's incredible. Obama has really driven them completely insane, they've lost all sense of tact and subtlety. In the past they've been MUCH more circumspect with their insidious and devious plots to destroy the country.

"Rhetorical volleys?" Saying Boehner's retort to Obama's criticism is a "rhetorical volley" is like saying an ant can target a nuclear weapon!

better for dems. Palin or Boner (oops, I mean Boehner).

great prep for wooing the women :rofl:

on every stupid thought, idea, word they have. And then we need to remind the democrats that we are going to hold them to their promises. It is the only way we can get out of this mess.

...The better analogy might be the financial reform is like trying to kill a Mastadon with a blow dart. Then he would be in the ball park, and indeed, Russ Feingold would probably agree that financial reform does not go far enough. But, from a Republican perspective, the modest reforms go way too far. Democrats may not always be right, but they are far less wrong than the Republicans.