Quote of the Month (With Update)

"When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, he's just being America's accountant ... This is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for. So it's not on the level."

-- President Obama.

Yes, that's right -- Obama actually said this (along with a bunch of other things that were very critical of the GOP). My only problem with the comment is that he said it during what he thought was a private chat. He needs to be saying this stuff openly. He needs to repeat this in every speech that he makes on the budget.

The GOP caused the mess that we're in and the country should be constantly reminded of this. As Bill Maher once said, the Republicans are just like some guy who throws shit on you and then tries to sell you relief from the flies.

UPDATE: It been suggested that Obama knew the microphone was on when he made his comments, which makes me feel a little better. For example, Jed Lewison at Daily Kos stated:

[I]f this was indeed a classic open mic incident, it sure was a convenient one. I'll put it this way: I don't know if the audio was left on intentionally or not, but there's not a chance in hell Fox News is going to do much reporting on what President Obama said, because what he said about Republicans was tough as nails.

I still think he should be saying this stuff openly instead to pretending that he didn't know the microphone was on. But it is definitely a step in the right direction.