Damn, I wanted to see this. "This video is Private"

Here's a news broadcast of the event.

http://youtu.be/zbpGbAyEjeg

Hmm guess i should kill it.

Toss yours up boise_lib

Try the video here: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/gop-rep-walsh-argues-with-constituents-i-am-tired-of-hearing-that-crap.php

And I know all three of these were sparked by Michael Bloomberg, but here's three different awesome takedowns of the "government created the crisis" bullshit:

http://rortybomb.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/bloombergs-awful-comment-what-can-we-say-for-certain-regarding-the-gses/

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/mike-bloombergs-marie-antoinette-moment-20111103

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-caused-the-financial-crisis-the-big-lie-goes-viral/2011/10/31/gIQAXlSOqM_story.html?sub=AR

Feel free to deploy any or all of them on anyone who ever says that to you.

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I'm glad for this guys kids that he's not around anymore.

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Maybe if he said that what screws everything up is government colluding with banks and corporations, when they should have been saying no, that's a bad idea, he'd be right. Isn't that what it all basically comes down to?

Walsh uses the example of the post office going bankrupt to prove how useless big government is, but if you get specific, it was the Bush administration changing the retirement fund rules to something obviously unsustainable that may kill it.

Sabotaging government programs, and then claiming they weren't working in the first place is sick.

Oh, and here's Bush saying everybody should own a home, and how he's gonna make that happen:
http://videosift.com/video/President-Bushs-American-Dream-of-Everybody-Owning-a-Home

The problem is your government. Government shouldn't be in the business of helping people own a home. Government is the DEVIL!

And that's why I'm running for office.



/sarcasm off

You gotta love the republicans. Their talking points are so circular that they themselves hardly understand them.

Government is there to do that which private interests can't address. It does not have to compete with private market places. Idiots.

Looks like he's living a life of illusion.

Oh wait, wrong Joe Walsh.