Lefties are trying to paint the S&P downgrade of US credit as due to the GOP and specifically the Tea Party. Today I talked to a member of the S&P who off record told me that in fact had Congress done exactly what the Tea Party wanted the chance is that downgrade wouldn’t have happened.

The S&P had demanded a 4 trillion cut in spending. The Tea Party called for that and more. Like the S&P the Tea Party didn’t like the deal cut on August 2nd. The MSM, the majorities of leftwing pundits did. Looking at the statement of the S&P there is nothing that remotely blames the Tea Party or their position as a reason for the downgrade. Lefties can talk all the noise they want, the fact is that this is squarely on the shoulders of Barack Obama and Tim Geithner and no one else.

Any other position is intellectually laughable.