Just a few days ago, Republican Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey blamed President Obama for the failed background check bill he co-sponsored with Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, saying:
"I would suggest the administration brought this on themselves. I think the president ran his re-election campaign in a divisive way. He divided Americans. He was using resentment of some Americans toward others to generate support for himself."
After seeing his poll numbers go up in light of his helping push the before-mentioned gun control bill and seeing some fellow Republicans' numbers go the direct opposite direction after voting against the measure, Toomey seemed to have a change of heart on who really was to blame for the bill's failure, telling Digital First Media editors the following in a recent interview:
"In the end it didn't pass because we're so politicized. There were some on my side who did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do it."
One has to really admire Congressional Republicans. Recent polls show approximately 90% of people in this country support mandatory background checks on gun purchases, yet a strong majority of Republican Senators voted against the measure, and why? Because they didn't want to be seen helping the president. That's priceless. Approximately 90% of people in this country feel that expanding background checks would help they and their families, yet since it would also be seen as helping President Obama, Republican Senators flipped the bird to the president and with that, to 90% of the country. That is indeed the party of family values right there...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/pat-toomey-background-checks_n_3192690.html
"I would suggest the administration brought this on themselves. I think the president ran his re-election campaign in a divisive way. He divided Americans. He was using resentment of some Americans toward others to generate support for himself."
After seeing his poll numbers go up in light of his helping push the before-mentioned gun control bill and seeing some fellow Republicans' numbers go the direct opposite direction after voting against the measure, Toomey seemed to have a change of heart on who really was to blame for the bill's failure, telling Digital First Media editors the following in a recent interview:
"In the end it didn't pass because we're so politicized. There were some on my side who did not want to be seen helping the president do something he wanted to get done, just because the president wanted to do it."
One has to really admire Congressional Republicans. Recent polls show approximately 90% of people in this country support mandatory background checks on gun purchases, yet a strong majority of Republican Senators voted against the measure, and why? Because they didn't want to be seen helping the president. That's priceless. Approximately 90% of people in this country feel that expanding background checks would help they and their families, yet since it would also be seen as helping President Obama, Republican Senators flipped the bird to the president and with that, to 90% of the country. That is indeed the party of family values right there...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/pat-toomey-background-checks_n_3192690.html
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