Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president.
If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.
We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.
The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle: that's where you've gotta look because that's what got you into this mess.
Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.
For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.
We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.
No one is accountable anymore for anything. No one did anything wrong. Well, you're to blame. That's to blame. This is to blame.