Rep. Rangel: Dems Didn’t Pass Budget In 2010 Because ‘It Was A Hot Potato’

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by Frances Martel | 9:09 pm, April 7th, 2011

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With the government on the verge of shutting down, many are wondering how the nation will run if Congress refuses to compromise on the budget. For Bill O’Reilly, the bigger issue appeared why the budget is an issue now anyway, given the typical budget determinations at the end of the year. Asking Rep. Charlie Rangel, O’Reilly got an admission that the budget was a “hot potato” and a lengthy condemnation of Congressmen who think they can “slash and burn” through the national budget.

“I have a series of very, very foolish questions,” O’Reilly began his segment, eliciting a smile from the colorful (today, magenta and yellow) Rep. Rangel. The first question had nothing to do with the current budget issue, and Rep. Rangel made it clear he intended to distinguish it from the current crisis: “you guys [the Democrats] had the majority– why didn’t you do it?” O’Reilly added that, with the majority, the budget could have included many of the programs in contention today, including Planned Parenthood and NPR. “We didn’t get to it,” Rep. Rangel said earnestly. “We didn’t do it. It was a political hot potato, but that has nothing to do with where we are today.” Pressed further by O’Reilly, Rep. Rangel added that, not only was the budget a “political hot potato,” but “there was no uproar in November about whether or not we passed the budget” and that the legal budget “was merely a guideline,” anyway.

Rep. Rangel than took a shot at answering why the budget crisis was happening today and, for the most part, appeared to blame inexperienced new legislators. “There are a lot of people down here that really don’t understand the process,” he noted, adding later that “you can’t say it’s either my way or the highway.” O’Reilly agreed that he saw the problem with that perspective, but that there was a lot of waste in government. Distinguishing health care from NPR or Planned Parenthood, O’Reilly retorted that, with these programs, “nobody’s life is at stake.” When Rep. Rangel added to the list environmental legislation, O’Reilly hollered “Environmental programs are what? Trying to get climate control money? God controls the climate, come on!”

While this debate, as well as the one going on in Congress, ended at a stalemate, the pair were satisfied with their debate and agreed to disagree on the budget.

The segment via Fox News below:

Bill O'Reilly, Charlie Rangel, Democrats, Government Shutdown, O'Reilly Factor, Republicans

ohwell

“God controls the climate, come on!”

LOL

Silly BOR. Takes one step forward one day….and five big steps back the next.

How many more months until he cracks like Glenn Beck?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tucker-Peterson/721293033 Tucker Peterson

Anybody else notice Bill is scraping the bottom of the barrel for guest these days . Unless it is somebody on a book tour . Or Fox employee’s from other shows . I don’t get it .
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

“god controls the climate!”… if thats true then why didn’t he take the radiation out of the rain from Fukushima before it just fell on Scotland? I guess he thought iodine rain was a good idea?

Boy, that God certainly works in mysterious ways…
BeckFinallyDemoted

“God controls the climate, come on!”

And how do we know that?

Because “Tide goes in, tide comes out. Never a miscommunication.”
Colorado_Conservative

I thought Charlie Wrangle was in prison where he belongs!!!!
cjd ohio 1

i love when the tolerant left mock God and religion, too funny
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

cjd ohio 1 said:
i love when the tolerant left mock God and religion, too funny

We have different definitions of tolerant, heh.
BeckFinallyDemoted

COME ON!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u613pJSLcfk
The Lantern of Truth

The Democrat shutdown is the result of Obama and the Dems cowardice and nothing else .

This better not mess up King Barry’s vacation this weekend .

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-williamsburg-mayor-president-obama-coming-to-visit-this-weekend-20110406,0,6881733.story
cjd ohio 1

Snowspot said:
We have different definitions of tolerant, heh.

i know you do
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

You know, it’s funny if god didn’t take the radiation out of the water from Fukushima, perhaps he really has no “stakes” in the earth’s well-being, he just let’s things happen. So I guess if we pollute everything he won’t give a shit… I guess that’s why conservatives support waste and pollution, cause god doesn’t care either.
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

cjd ohio 1 said:
i know you do

I don’t care, lol.
cjd ohio 1

Snowspot said:
I don’t care, lol.

i know that too ,you are a liberal, but thanks for the news flash
Dem4Ever

I predict that obama and the democrats will cave and finally pass a budget.
Davo

ohwell said:
“God controls the climate, come on!”

LOL

Silly BOR. Takes one step forward one day….and five big steps back the next.

How many more months until he cracks like Glenn Beck?

Yeah…………..God doesn’t control the environment. Demoncrits do. And they do it with lots and lots of money confiscated and conned out of hard-working Americans. Just ask ‘um.
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

Davo said:
Yeah…………..God doesn’t control the environment. Demoncrits do. And they do it with lots and lots of money confiscated and conned out of hard-working Americans. Just ask ‘um.

Yeah while republicans drill for oil and coal and leave tax-payees to clean up mess. You corporate puppets are pitiful.
TfT

Nancy was incompetent and couldn’t do the budget; Harry is incompetent and didn’t do his job.

Obama looks like a fool; the leader couldn’t get his own party to pass his own budger and now they are trying to blame the pubbies for their own inadequacies; it is a good thing that the american people are a heck of a lot smarter than the stupid media who are working with hehimself to blame the pubbies, when it is the dems who are at fault, clear as day.
Barack Must Go

Snowspot said:
We have different definitions of tolerant, heh.

allah and sharia law,more to your liking…yes?
ChrisNH

It’s marvelous seeing Liberalism crash and burn. Communists like Rangel and Obama need to be politically bludgeoned, and I’m pleased to see this continue unabated.
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

Barack Must Go said:
allah and sharia law,more to your liking…yes?

No one in the US wants Sharia law, retard.
http://www.snowspot.net Snowspot

ChrisNH said:
It’s marvelous seeing Liberalism crash and burn. Communists like Rangel and Obama need to be politically bludgeoned, and I’m pleased to see this continue unabated.

I think you might be confusing the word liberalism with Tea Party, nice try though champ.
timzank

Snowspot said:
Yeah while republicans drill for oil and coal and leave tax-payees to clean up mess. You corporate puppets are pitiful.

You don’t use cars or lights huh?
slickerwick

cjd ohio 1 said:
i love when the tolerant left mock God and religion, too funny

Except for Islam. They don’t mock Islam.
Black and Gold Brad

slickerwick said:
Except for Islam. They don’t mock Islam.

Well, they’re corrupt – not suicidal.
slickerwick

Snowspot said:
Yeah while republicans drill for oil and coal and leave tax-payees to clean up mess. You corporate puppets are pitiful.

Obama is in the pockets of Wall St. and big-money corporatists. As are many Dem officeholders. Or didn’t you notice? But then the left does call him a crypto-Republican. Right before the BP oil spill he was wanting new drilling. Oh, and launching predator drones in Pakistan and Tomahawk missiles in Libya doesn’t exactly help the environment. And speaking of “corporate puppets” you do know about Rangel, right? You know, the Dem guy sitting there with O’Reilly. Google him.
ChrisNH

Snowspot said:
I think

There’s your problem, ‘champ’…you don’t.

Lib-rul-ism requires nothing but ‘feelings’ and ‘good intentions’ and the ability to sit on a porch waiting for ‘titlement checks.
Pablo

“Doing our Constitutionally mandated duty was just too much trouble. Is my paycheck in yet?”

What sort of morons keep electing these scumbags?
Joe C

Bill let Chuck off way too easy. Kid gloves.
murf

To be fair Rangel doesn’t pay his own bills, why would he expect the government to pay theirs.
Zandandido

Rangel just proved that the Democrats played politics first in this budget debate, how? Instead of ACTUALLY passing a budget, they decided not to, to try to make the Tea Party and Republicans looks irrational and foolish. Only the Democrats are to blame if the Government does shut down. They had months, upon months to do something, and what did they care about? A hot potato.
Zandandido

Who here can tell me if humans can control the weather? Can fully control the weather.
Kutulhu

Why is no one bring this up:

“Distinguishing health care from NPR or Planned Parenthood, O’Reilly retorted that, with these programs, “nobody’s life is at stake.”

I have several friends who had early cancer screens done by Planned Parenthood. (where cancer was found) The idea that “these programs” affect no one’s life if preposterous.
RichS

ohwell said:
“God controls the climate, come on!” LOL Silly BOR. Takes one step forward one day….and five big steps back the next. How many more months until he cracks like Glenn Beck?

You mean God, either in the Spinoza sense or the religious sense, doesn’t control the weather? Who does?
RichS

Snowspot said:
“god controls the climate!”… if thats true then why didn’t he take the radiation out of the rain from Fukushima before it just fell on Scotland? I guess he thought iodine rain was a good idea? Boy, that God certainly works in mysterious ways…

Belief that there is a God and belief that there isn’t a God are both based on faith not hard facts.
RichS

Snowspot said:
Yeah while republicans drill for oil and coal and leave tax-payees to clean up mess. You corporate puppets are pitiful.

Didn’t President Obama get lots of campaign cash from BP?
Pablo

Snowspot said:
Yeah while republicans drill for oil and coal and leave tax-payees to clean up mess. You corporate puppets are pitiful.

Yeah, while you Democrats kill 1/3 of all Black babies.

Man, this wildly off topic flailing sure is fun.
More Liberty5

Rep Rangel siad:
“and that the legal budget “was merely a guideline,” anyway.”

And hence our $14.1 trillion debt, and $1.4 trillion deficit.

Kutulhu said:
I have several friends who had early cancer screens done by Planned Parenthood. (where cancer was found) The idea that “these programs” affect no one’s life if preposterous.

Good point. I believe there are plenty dead babies that might agree with you.
BadGenome

I love how stupid leftists always credit Obama with not running his war “off budget” like that evil Bush when he’s been working WITHOUT A BUDGET (unlike that evil Bush).
snatchax

luckily the republicans have oven mits.
CAconservative

Rangel says it was a hot potato? So if it’s too hot this clown would rather pass it on to the next Congress? That’s this idiot’s excuse?! There was no uproar in November? Nation wide over 700 Democrats lost their seats but, according to Rangel, there was no uproar? According to Rangel, compromising is giving in to Liberal nonsense. This thief has been in Congress for 30-years. That’s 30-years, too damned long.
J Baustian

Kutulhu said:
Why is no one bring this up:

“Distinguishing health care from NPR or Planned Parenthood, O’Reilly retorted that, with these programs, “nobody’s life is at stake.”

I have several friends who had early cancer screens done by Planned Parenthood. (where cancer was found) The idea that “these programs” affect no one’s life if preposterous.

The pro-life organization Live Action phoned Planned Parenthood branches all over the country, asking to set up appointments for mammograms. In every instance the caller was told that Planned Parenthood did not offer that service.
http://liveaction.org/blog/planned-parenthood-ceos-false-mammogram-claim-exposed/

So how were your friends’ cancers discovered? I’m guessing they had some other form of cancer? If Planned Parenthood didn’t exist, or did but did not perform abortions, wouldn’t your friends get their health care from a clinic that didn’t perform abortions on the side?

Why should those who object to abortions on moral grounds be required to pay for them? Do you admit that abortion is a moral issue?
TeaPartyPatriot

“Rep. Rangel: Dems Didn’t Pass Budget In 2010 Because ‘It Was A Hot Potato’”

The only thing surprising about that is these lunatic-left d-crat socialist COWARDS didn’t also run off to Illinois and hide from the budget !.
X-3

Rep. Rangel: Dems Didn’t Pass Budget In 2010 Because ‘It Was A Hot Potato’

In other words, it required work.