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Where does the quote you are using to support your argument disprove the point you are arguing? Nothing in your quote makes mention of the GOP, but in fact makes specific mention of POLICY MAKING. Who is making all of the policies that are being blocked? Isn't it Obama's policies that were not effective?
You can play coy about it but it was the debt ceiling political gamesmanship they are referring to. That is why and when they downgraded us. As evidenced by the S&P's director:
A Standard & Poor’s director said for the first time Thursday that one reason the United States lost its triple-A credit rating was that several lawmakers expressed skepticism about the serious consequences of a credit default — a position put forth by some Republicans.
Without specifically mentioning Republicans, S&P senior director Joydeep Mukherji said the stability and effectiveness of American political institutions were undermined by the fact that “people in the political arena were even talking about a potential default,” Mukherji said.
“That a country even has such voices, albeit a minority, is something notable,” he added. “This kind of rhetoric is not common amongst AAA sovereigns.”
linkypoo...
The GOP was right to oppose Obama's failed and ineffective bills as they are not in the best interest of the American people as a whole.
It is cool how you tried to use "cherry picking" as an excuse to ignore a fact and then tried to "cherry pick" a different line from the same article that just disproves your point even further. I wish I could learn that trick so I could become a liberal.
Yeah... if you call cherry picking choosing a reference to "MOST" versus digging down into the article to find some "oh and this might have been a small part" bit. What was the "MOST" cause of it is rather the relevance of my quote.