Democratic politicians and liberal commentators are suggesting that Republicans
are deliberately sabotaging the economy in order to bring down President Obama. It is an old argument.
On November 13, 1991, the first President Bush tried to blame congressional
Democrats for the worsening economy. At a fundraiser for Senator Christopher
Bond of Missouri, he said:
So, we've got a growth program. It's there. It is a sound agenda. But
while the people seek action, the liberals in Congress go out and hold a lot of
press conferences, sell their funny little T-shirts, and sabotage the
initiatives that the American people want. And I'm getting sick and tired of
it.
They even refused to permit a vote on our capital gains tax cut to propel
the economy when we had majorities in both the House and the Senate for this a
couple of years ago. Couldn't even get it to the floor by some fancy
parliamentary procedure out there.
They talk about fairness, and what they're really talking about these
days, you listen to the proposals and listen to the load they're putting on me,
they're talking about class warfare. And America grew out of that years ago.
We're all in this together. And we cannot be divided by Democratic
demagoguery.
We've got a good agenda, and they've got an agenda.Their agenda is to block our agenda. And so far I regret to
report they're having some success because they've got our good troops here
outnumbered.
