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ZRT2209

(1,357 posts) Tue Oct 8, 2013, 09:56 PM Oct 2013

If default is "no big deal," then why is GOP using it to extort concessions from POTUS? [View all]

If GOP contends that default is no big deal, why would they expect Obama to give them anything in exchange for avoiding it??? Why avoid it if it is, in fact, no big deal???

THE GOP POSITION MAKES NO SENSE.

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If default is "no big deal," then why is GOP using it to extort concessions from POTUS? [View all] ZRT2209 Oct 2013 OP

That is pretty much what the President said today. DURHAM D Oct 2013 #1

good question gopiscrap Oct 2013 #2

I thought the same thing when I heard all the GOP idiots explaining how the debt ceiling wasnt rhett o rick Oct 2013 #3

Some actually believe the aeffect of a default would me minimal Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #4

I don't hear many saying not paying the bills is no big deal Lifelong Dem Oct 2013 #5

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