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tweakabelle -> RE: Obama blames GOP (9/21/2012 8:46:20 AM)
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Australian politicians don't as a rule, comment on the internal politics of other countries. However, our Treasurer, Wayne Swann made an exception to this rule the other day when he passed a few choice remarks about the GOP's looney Right wing, the Tea Party.
You may like or dislike Swann, but as he is running an economy that is the envy of the Western world, with unbroken growth for the last 20 years or so, presiding over 5% unemployment, kept Australlia free of the negative effects of the Global Financial Crisis, and won the prestigeous Euromoney Magazine Treasurer of the Year award 2 years ago, he might know what he is talking about. Here's what he had to say about the Tea Party:
"Let's be blunt and acknowledge the biggest threat to the world's biggest economy are the cranks and crazies that have taken over a part of the Republican Party"
"Despite President Obama's goodwill and strong efforts, the national interest was held hostage by the rise of the extreme right Tea Party.wing of the Republican Party. The consequences were grave."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/mad-republicans-the-key-risk-treasurer-wayne-swan-warns/story-fn59niix-1226478452777
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