Debt Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson Unleashes Weird Analogies On Deficit Deniers

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by Matt Schneider | 6:30 pm, February 6th, 2011

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Co-Chair of the recent Debt Commission, former Republican Senator Alan Simpson appeared on State of The Union and unleashed a series of somewhat humorous, always weird jabs at current politicians in both parties who are not taking the deficit problem seriously. Simpson, no stranger to making controversial comments in the past, even called some critics “jerks” for lying about his budget saving plans for Social Security and suggested people don’t “howl and bitch” about a raise in the retirement age.

Simpson unloaded even more:

“The next time you hear any politician . . . get up and say ‘I know we can get this done we’re going to get rid of all earmarks, all waste, fraud and abuse, all foreign aid, air force one, all congressional pensions’ [sticks out tongue and makes noise] that’s just sparrow’s belch in the midst of a typhoon. That’s about six, eight, 10 percent of where we are. I’m waiting for the politician to get up and say, there’s only one way to do this, you dig into the big four, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and defense. And anybody giving you anything different than that, you want to walk out the door, stick your finger down your throat and give them the green weenie.”

What might have been even funnier than Simpson’s random references of “sparrow’s belch” and “green weenie” was host Candy Crowley’s serious tone despite the comic absurdity of some of Simpson’s analogies. Sure deficits are a serious topic, but Candy could have given Simpson an extra chuckle here and there, comedy is hard! And Simpson wasn’t done yet, declaring, “deficit denial is dead as a dodo bird. And if they want to keep playing the violin, well, deficits mean nothing, well, I’ll buy the drinks.”

Maybe Simpson’s willingness to make strange comparisons is just the way to shame current politicians into taking his deficit-reducing proposals seriously? And why not, nothing else has worked so far.

Watch the clip from CNN below:

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Color Me Badd

What is a green weenie?
Color Me Badd

Oh I remember what it is Alan Simpson stuck his dick in a watermelon at a CFR luncheon and called it a green weenie.
Mr.Papshmer

Color Me Badd said:
What is a green weenie?

Look in your dildo drawer, you’ll see what he means. Right there, next to the ass beads you made out of stolen bowling balls.
jo hoochie

Mr.Papshmer said:
Look in your dildo drawer, you’ll see what he means. Right there, next to the ass beads you made out of stolen bowling balls.

Now that was Funy! Her and nice_thought must be a ouple.
Color Me Badd

jo hoochie said:
Now that was Funy! Her and nice_thought must be a ouple.

You retarded?
Firstrate

THE GUY IS A HERO. The country is going down the debt sewer. The politicians aren’t listening yet because The People aren’t serious about it yet. The golden age of America is past and the rest of the world knows it. We need to look in the mirror.
The Real Royal King

Firstrate said:
THE GUY IS A HERO. The country is going down the debt sewer. The politicians aren’t listening yet because The People aren’t serious about it yet. The golden age of America is past and the rest of the world knows it. We need to look in the mirror.

The Golden Age of America passed the day Raygun was sworn into office and invented budget deficits and the exportation of jobs overseas. Still, we have a path for a return to greatness. That path is not the British austerity road which has created three (3) quarters of declining GNP, but targeted stimuli and investment in infrastructure. We do have to get serious about deficit reduction, and Simpson is correct that we have to look at the Big Four. All the talk of cutting funding to the arts, cutting out earmarks, turning our backs on HCR, in other words, all of the diamelles in the tawdry Tea Party coronet, are of no consequence in any serious deficit reduction plan. They are not even a first step, but only a form of self-induced orgasm.
Firstrate

The Real Royal King said:
They are not even a first step, but only a form of self-induced orgasm.

as is your diatribe
The Real Royal King

Firstrate said:
as is your diatribe

You obviously don’t know what a diatribe is.
Z_man723

Finally someone who is real about the issues who doesn’t result to partisan bickering. Very glad Crowley didn’t follow the “what are you going to cut?” crowd who always follow up with “but that’s only $250 million and the budget deficit is $1.5 trillion. Give be another example.” I want to punch those asshats in the face.
Larkinvos

And one more thing…get off my lawn, you kids!
X-3

So, it’s a classic case of someone telling the truth and those who hear that truth become angry with the facts presented. The case is this: Either our government stops spending money it doesn’t have or the national debt will continue to increase, the US dollar will become even more worthless than it already is, our economy will completely collapse, and we will owe our souls to our debtors.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-McGinnis/100000472625231 Richard McGinnis

Give Republican Senator Alan Simpson the green weenie.”.. Smile :-)