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This week's Sunday talk shows saw Republicans sloppily blaming President Obama wholesale for America's economic woes. On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) used his bully pulpit to claim President Obama made "every problem" he inherited from Bush's failed economic polices "much worse." On Face the Nation, RNC Chair Reince Priebus took the same tack by claiming DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz couldn't "point to one economic statistic in this country that Barack Obama has made better." Graham also absurdly claimed that cuts to the defense department triggered if the super committee fails to reach a compromise would "destroy the Defense Department." And on State of the Union, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) struggled to absolve the Tea Party of blame for a third budgetary standoff in the House, instead accusing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) instead of 'manufacturing a crisis.'

September 22, 2011 9:22 pm ET filed under Video

Romney: "President Obama Has Done Everything Wrong" On The Economy

From the September 22, 2011, GOP Presidential Fox News/Google debate:

September 21, 2011 1:18 pm ET filed under Video

Sen. Graham Ignores The Main Reason For Weak Hiring

From the September 20, 2011, episode of Freedom Watch on Fox Business:

If Sheriff Babeu Can't Maintain His Own Budget, How Will He Fix Washington?

Newt Gingrich Again Claims He Balanced The Budget "For Four Straight Years" While Speaker

Rep. Paul Ryan Lies In Email Urging People To Vote For Lie Of The Year

Rep. Gohmert: Congress Lures Young Women Into Out-Of-Wedlock Pregnancy

Sen. Olympia Snowe Does Not Understand Budgets

Speaker Boehner: Only Middle-Class Tax Cuts Have To Be Paid For

Rep. Bachmann Still Thinks The Debt Ceiling Deal Was A "Blank Check"

Rep. Huizenga's $1 Trillion Lie

Rep. Hensarling Touts "Progressivity" Of Regressive GOP Tax Plan

Gingrich Can't Decide Whether CBO Is "Socialist" Or Essential Truth-Teller

Why The Super Committee Was Destined To Fail

The Problem With The GOP's 'Family Budget' Argument

Rep. Paul Ryan: GOP Compromised By Offering Plan To "Replace" The Bush Tax Cuts

Rep. Scott Rigell Says Fellow Republicans “Not Dealing With Reality” In Debt Debate

Rep. Scott Rigell Says Fellow Republicans “Not Dealing With Reality” In Debt Debate

Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - November 6, 2011

Will Rep. Paul Ryan Denounce "Gimmick" In Jon Huntsman's Praise Of Ryan Budget?

Rep. Paul Ryan Knows A Thing Or Two About 'Straw Men'

Reps. Forbes And Akin: Obama Is “Hacking Away” At The Marine Corps

Sen. Coburn Caught Denouncing Non-Existent Government Spending

Rep. Paul Ryan Has No Idea What He's Talking About

Reminder: Sen. Coburn Is Not A "Fiscal Hawk"

Republican War On Women's Health Redux

GOP's Latest Funding Cuts Package Riddled With Same Old Ideological Riders

Sen. Barrasso: "If An Emergency Happens Like It Does In Your Family, You Have To Find A Way To Pay For It"

Rep. Gohmert: "Just Defund The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt For A While" To Offset FEMA Costs

Rep. Gohmert: Offset Disaster Relief By Defunding Muslim Brotherhood

Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 25, 2011

Romney: "President Obama Has Done Everything Wrong" On The Economy

Sen. Graham Ignores The Main Reason For Weak Hiring

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