Everyone needs a scapegoat to point the finger at when the true responsibility is staring at them in the mirror!

"When the debate is lost slander becomes the tool of the loser" -Socrates

Democrats blaming the tea party for the credit downgrade, is like a thief blaming their imprisonment, on the person who turned them in to police, rather than their own responsibility in committing the crime. 


Here is an article that demonstrates just this; 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/7/democrats-seek-to-pin-credit-downgrade-on-tea-part/