MSNBC’s Mitchell and Maddow Agee on Scrapping the Debt Ceiling, Labelled It as a ‘Dumb Idea’

Andrea Mitchell: ‘No Reason for the Debt Ceiling’; ‘It’s a Really Dumb Idea’  (Newsbusters)

Members of the liberal media continue to pile disrespect on the debt limit as the drumbeat for Congress to raise it grows louder. On Thursday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell called the debt limit “a really dumb idea” and said there was no reason for it. That's right, she wants to get rid of it altogether.

Mitchell was talking to Rachel Maddow about the coming debt ceiling showdown in Congress when she made her comments. Maddow had just expressed hope that the country would reach an “adult moment” when Congress came together and raised the debt ceiling just in the nick of time. Mitchell seized on the “adult moment” line:

"By the way, speaking of adult moments, you're an adult, and you’ve got a big platform. We should just join forces, all of us. There is no reason for the debt ceiling. It's not in the Constitution. This should not be happening all the time. We should figure this out."