David Axelrod: Republican Congress Could Be 'More Extreme' Than Bush

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Source: Huffington Post

With polls and prognosticators predicting a massive Republican rout -- and the likely election of uncompromising, out-of-the-mainstream conservatives -- in the fall, the Obama administration has begun raising dire alarms in its pitch to voters. Remember the Bush administration, the argument goes. It could be worse.

"I saw that Joe Miller said that he would abolish Social Security if he had the chance and he is not alone," said chief adviser David Axelrod. "This is akin to what Sharron Angle has said in Nevada and also a number of these other Republicans. So, this could go one step beyond the policies of the Bush administration to something more extreme than we have seen."

In an interview with the Huffington Post from his West Wing office late last week, Axelrod's criticism of the president's Republican critics were some of the most sweeping to date. The senior adviser called the GOP strategy for scuffling Obama, "insidious" if not "clever." Republican leadership, he ventured, has "put emphasis on throttling things down... hoping that the mess that they created... would be so difficult to clean up that they could then blame us for their problems."

"I think realistically what you have is a Republican Party that is now thoroughly focused on one thing and they have been frankly from the beginning: which is to try and regain power," he said. "And their strategy is to lock everything down and not let anything happen."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/07/exclusive-david-axelrod-r_n_707211.html

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Uh... Duh!

[opihimoimoi]

1. SOUND THE ALARM...The Pubs are Coming, The Pubs are Coming ..Runaway Runaway

They come to Plunder, Pillage, Loot and Rape

Like they did the last time

Hide your pretty people

[Skink]

2. Poltergeist.

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. No one could have ever predicted, I guess. n/t

[cosmicone]

4. No kidding !!

Obama was supposed to be a tough fighter like JFK ... he turned out to be an overly accommodating nice guy like Jimmy Carter. Sad.

[No Elephants]

22. He and his peeps worked to have us identify him with Lincoln, FDR and JFK.

Btw, this "fucking retard drug addict" has a lot of respect for Carter and does not find Obama an overly accommodating nice guy. At all.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. How about saying that they will "FUCKING DESTROY THE ECONOMY.". What is it

with this fucking guy and his mealy mouthed bullshit? Do these fucking people ever learn?

[SoapBox]

6. Yup! But...the lemmings of America will do anything to get that "black guy" out of the White House.

The Idiots, Morons and Bigots of this country will bring us
down in flames if it means that they can stop (2010) and then
remove (2011) that "ni66er" and his lot from power.

It's all, ALL about the color of our President's skin.

[Solly Mack]

7. Bush should be in prison for his crimes. (and not just him)

So yeah, I well remember the Bush administration. Don't really need reminding how criminal the Bush administration was....it goes so far beyond bad that calling the Bush administration bad is snort worthy. It's like calling Ted Bundy disagreeable.

I get reminders all the time - primarily because they're freely flaunting their criminality around the country, so above the law.

Prosecuting war crimes is not only the right/decent/honorable thing to do - not only the legal thing to do - not only the "rule of law" thing to do....but it would also expose & discredit the party & people that enabled him and supported him for what they are....and that would go a long way to removing them from office because they did enable war crimes...and removing them from office would go a long way into preventing the GOP & their pundits from mounting their attacks on the American people.

War crimes aren't policy differences. War crimes are crimes - with everything that implies.

Allow Bush and his enablers to get way with their crimes and the GOP will be emboldened to do anything they can...since they know they will get away with it anyway. If you can get away with torture and other war crimes, then no outrage is impossible. No low is too low. No extreme is too extreme.


So yeah, I know the danger of the GOP....but I also know they've been emboldened by the lack of prosecutions.

[Iowa]

13. This is the best post I have seen in a long time. You nailed it Solly Mack.

[Lost4words]

19. so very vey true 100%! nt

[lunatica]

21. The problem is that those who look innocent now may be as guilty

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid may be covering their asses and their colleagues' asses too when she said 'off the table'. They went along with Bush at the time, maybe not because they're into war and torture, but for political expediency. At that time they would have appeared to be unpatriotic. Appearances are everything to politicians.

What we have hea, is a failure ta communicate...

[MannyGoldstein]

8. So then FUCKING DO SOMETHING NOW FOR WORKING AMERICANS

so that they vote for Democrats. It's clear that the DLC "we suck less" strategy is not working (nor ever has), and elected Dems actually have to do something that helps the millions of clusterfucked working Americans, and do it now.

Fucking $50 Billion stimulus will help, at best 1% of the unemployed. In a year. If it passes. Which it won't.

STOP PLAYING GAMES AND DO SOMETHING.

[Frisbee]

10. The first step in the right direction...

is staring us right in the face from your avatar, though at this point it many be too late for him to help in 2010.

[Iowa]

14. +1

[grahamhgreen]

9. THEN stop outsourcing and get us out of the greed trade agreements, or we are screwed. Tarrifs now!

[JDPriestly]

11. So why wasn't Robert Gibbs fired after he was so rude to the "professional left."

(Are you a member of the "professional left"? Am I? Is everyone on DU? Who belongs to the "professional left?" I'd like to know the answer to my questions.)

[Iowa]

15. I am proud to be a member of the "professional left".

[JDPriestly]

18. I just want to know how Robert Gibbs defines it, then I will know

whether I belong to it. (I probably do, but I sure don't get paid for any of my work in politics.)

[nradisic]

12. Could be?

They are batshit insane and crazy! What do you mean could. WILL BE WORSE THAN BUSH!

I cannot believe we have as many dumb ass people in this country, that would even remotely consider voting for Republicans, which if you have been paying any attention at all, are lower than pond scum!

Jesus H. Christ!

[savalez]

16. +1

[Rex]

17. You know Mr. President, I think YOU should get off your ass and stop

ALL repukes in their tracks...NOW. If Repukes win, it is because of weak Dem leadership. Oh and rigged elections in some states...sign of the times.

[lunatica]

20. Is this a Vote for us because we aren't as bad as Bush message?

Because if Axelrod is serious then why are they still kissing Republican ass?