Christie Vilsack comments about Biden’s remarks

Thought you would be interested to take a look back at some comments Democrat Christie Vilsack made in 2004 in light of Vice President Biden’s inappropriate remarks during the debt ceiling debate. As you may remember Biden just this week called conservative Americans that were pushing for spending cuts "terrorists."

Vilsack Says She Gets “Angry” When People Refer To Organizations As “Terrorists” And Asks “What Message That Sends To Our Children About Civility”: “I’m angry that this administration would refer publicly to the leaders of my professional organization as ‘terrorists.’ What message does that send to our children about civility and tolerance for differing opinions?” (Christie Vilsack, “By The Way,” Offenburger.com, 7/27/2004)

Leading up to a compromise agreement for spending cuts, Democrats accused Americans pushing for Congress to cut as much spending as possible of acting "like terrorists."

• VP Biden Accused Tea Party Of Acting “Like Terrorists”: “Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit.” (Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan, “Biden: Tea ‘Terrorists’,” Politico, 8/1/2011)

• After Biden Said Tea Party Has “Guns To [GOP] Heads”: “Earlier in the day, Biden told Senate Democrats that Republican leaders have ‘guns to their heads’ in trying to negotiate deals.” (Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan, “Biden: Tea ‘Terrorists’,” Politico, 8/1/2011)

NRCC COMMENT: “Iowa families are tired of Washington politicians’ double talk. It is time for Christie Vilsack to kept her word and demand Joe Biden apologize for calling Iowa working families terrorists.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Andrea Bozek