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In reply to the discussion: Boehner Threatens To Take The Debt Limit Hostage Again [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,989 posts)7. Foolish?
Foolish like a fox, says I! And President Obama can pop up and tell the nation that they worked out a deal in good faith last year that allows him to raise the debt ceiling through to 2013 (Congress was supposed to just be able to register "disapproval" if I remember correctly) and mandated specific spending cuts if the fiscal "Supercommittee" couldn't get the job done (which it didn't). Republicans, of course, are trying to squeeze out of that deal with the Ryan Budget v.2.0. Hopefully, voters can see who's clearly behind this fiscal insanity and vote accordingly.
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And Damned Few People Liked It, Sir, and All Of them Knew It was Boehner And His Crew To Blame
The Magistrate
May 2012
#4
If the President still does not use his 14th amendment perogatvie we're doomed.
xtraxritical
May 2012
#34
Kind of like waiting for the public to wake up to how the nixon&RAYgun ESCALATED Drug War has
supraTruth
May 2012
#12
It led to a shift towards Democratic candidates and away from Republican ones.
Fearless
May 2012
#38
President Obama should exercise his executive power under the 14th amendment before November sixth.
xtraxritical
May 2012
#35
If President Obama receives a second term the republiCON agenda is still to trash him.
xtraxritical
May 2012
#36
It got Clinton reelected and it got us a Dem controlled Legislature last time.
YellowRubberDuckie
May 2012
#25