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Former Rep. Dick Armey, (R-Texas), on the blame game in the sequestration debate.
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I recognize that speaker -- -- Challenges.
In his caucus sometimes I reflect you know is there something else -- could do to.
Make these guys but paint horns on my head.
With the president not naming them but it is break Larry's blaming the tea party for this sequestered mass sent.
So the mainstream media is giving tea party's credit of course bagging a victory and taking this domestic RB says blaming.
Tea Party is for all the budget pain to come.
Might -- the media to entity but it is no pain at all -- -- the cuts go relatively unnoticed as appears likely.
Is -- the media.
That's the one about to be bags.
Dick Armey joins us for another former house majority leader of the former freedom works founder the -- -- there.
All of a -- tea parties in power again look at that.
-- bowers.
Fascinated by the rhetorical.
-- BO losses between the president and his fantasies.
And on our press.
That president now Pena and sequestration which was his idea.
As a dumb idea and a bad thing bad things will happen he also of course and part of one another one of his little scenarios -- Tea Party are bad people who do bad things therefore the Tea Party did this bad thing and bad visual happening in your life.
Had -- -- just parity is this nonsense first of all.
That -- -- most Tea Party activists are constitutionally limited.
Small government activists who believe in sensible restraint of big government.
They also recognize that across the board cuts.
Are perfect formula for not thinking not surprised that the idea came from this White House because it's on economics and finance its.
It's pretty well badly schooled in the first instance.
But not impressed with yes.
What most activists are said oh my goodness they stumbled -- ball Malden and -- along -- they got into some.
Very nominal metal -- little baby step.
Little tiny cuts that are really in fact.
As indeed every race has lots -- very.
That's a very good clarification know -- it's cutting editing this is -- slicing curator of we show this chart again and again guys are to Canada what we get without this.
Vs what we get with the ECB is facing cuts is just slowing the rate of growth in the same programs Al be it.
So imperceptibly would now having said that -- I do find it interesting that one day the Tea Party is dead and gone.
And those interest are dead and gone and -- something like sequestration.
Pops up over which the Tea Party had no say no.
No no -- bloodshed and not a care in the world -- administer.
On and and now it's to blame for whatever to commonality begs the question let's say nothing comes it's -- -- owners it's not the end of the world.
Then all of a sudden.
We've called your bluff right I mean Mr.
President you you cried wolf one demanded time.
-- present president of course she's exhausted George Bush.
You know I -- Time has run out on that he can't.
Through gotta have so well relative to know our guys now -- filmed in a rap on him Sharif picked us up.
But I promise you -- and it turns out that although these horribly frightening things that he's been projecting with his stage shows.
Last week -- so don't happen.
Then the press will be happy they're joined him in -- you know -- -- dead again.
We'll be about as dead as al-Qaeda was before they are horrible raid.
-- Guess our embassy.
But he well if it suits his fantasy world to call -- dead again he will do so.
In the next a what do you make of the argument he's making good that odd it all of -- say I think he actually is it John Boehner is held hostage.
To extremists like Tea Party -- -- Wanna -- -- cut.
And the first of all this is not a different than it was when we have the majority in 95 and 96 within the Republican majority.
There are essentially two.
Two factions the hardcore fiscally conservative faction and the more moderate factions that are feel more comfortable with -- we had to manage that.
Before this had to be management threat in the past Democrats have factions within their congress they have.
To manage I remember when I was a majority leader trying to manage that I came home told my wife -- I think -- a two -- dog.
Because both sides tell me I'm not an adult will coexist and that -- what -- -- all that.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Yes hello with -- body of 435.
People who know they can do his job better than -- -- and -- never had a responsibility to try it.
So you get a lot of -- moment right -- you said to me.
Who's the best man for the American people in office in Washington today.
I'd say it's John Boehner and why because it begins -- the fact he's in touch with reality.
You can't find anybody -- -- White House that has any idea what's going on in a real world.
If anybody -- -- White House today we're just watch your show all tonight.
Their economic and finance IQ would more than double -- they read one.
Article written by Thomas -- they would be considered brilliant and therefore lose your job and a widening.
-- -- -- -- Dick Armey you -- is guaranteed.
A weekly spot and ourselves but seriously they're very good CI you're right about that you're right about just use some common sense stuff out there.
Dick Armey the former house majority leader former freedom -- founder.
Very much present in your face guys Oracle side of the time.
