All 53 Senate Democrats Sign Letter to Boehner Threatening to Default on US Debt

All 53 Senate Democrats signed a letter tonight to House Speaker John Boehner saying essentially that they would rather the US default on its debt than pass the House GOP plan that would cut spending and force another vote next year.

Democrats would rather default on the debt they racked up than pass the Boehner plan.

The Caucus reported, via HotAir:

Fifty-three Democratic senators have signed a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner saying they intend to vote against his plan for an increase in the debt ceiling, virtually assuring its defeat in the Senate even as the speaker lines up Republican votes to pass it in the House on Thursday.

Votes are not final until they are cast. But if the Democrats hold to their promise in the letter, Mr. Boehner’s plan for a six-month increase in borrowing authority will not make it to President Obama’s desk.

“We heard that in your caucus you said the Senate will support your bill,” the senators say in the letter. “We are writing to tell you that we will not support it, and give you the reasons why.”

In the letter, the senators argue that a short-term extension of the debt ceiling would “put America at risk” and “could be nearly as disastrous as a default.”

The speaker has been arguing publicly that he is confident that the Senate will pass his plan if the House approves it. Senate Democrats and President Obama have argued that the legislation cannot pass muster in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

#1 July 27, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Jim commented:

So now who is the Party of NO?
#2 July 27, 2011 at 11:01 pm
LC Lobo commented:

So, that’s 53 morons who need to be tossed to the curb.
#3 July 27, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Tom in CA commented:

From the party that has not had a budget for over 800 days….
#4 July 27, 2011 at 11:06 pm
bg commented:

++

re: Threatening to Default on US Debt

yep, i’d say that’s one heck of a bluff..

Just 6% believe that Congress is doing a good or an excellent
job. Forty-six percent (46%) now believe that most members of
Congress are corrupt.

A Generic Republican continues to lead President Obama in an early
look at Election 2012. Republicans continue to lead Democrats on
the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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#5 July 27, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Bluesboy commented:

Oh they have had a budget all right. The sky is the limit.
#6 July 27, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Ella commented:

And when are we taking to the streets?
#7 July 27, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Redpillpatriot commented:

Please shut down the govt. I dare you, you morons will see how little we the people need you!
#8 July 27, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Got Billy Ayers on Speed Dial commented:

This will hang around the heads of Claire McCaskill, and other red state democrat senators seeking reelection.
#9 July 27, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Jean commented:

They will be blamed for the default because they will not support anything the republicans pass in the house. This has been their plan all along to disregard what the American people want, which is to stop the wasteful spending.
#10 July 27, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Atlas Shrugged commented:

We’re not even asking them for meaningful cuts, and STILL they refuse to cooperate. If we don’t unite across party lines, hold the Democrats accountable for this crap, and force them to capitulate, we’re finished as a country. The time is now people.
#11 July 27, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Redwine commented:

Stupid, spineless Boehner and the rest of the gutless GOP congressmen who followed him or proposed other useless plans should have stuck to CCB and called the Dem/regime’s bluff.
#12 July 27, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Dan commented:

What does Krauthammer say we do now then? lol He says we should pass the Boehner plan, so now that it is dead in the senate too does he think we should just capitulate further or what? lol

Lets go to the deadline and see what happens. Obama still has no plan!!!! Why is this all our responsibility? We passed a plan already in the House and the dems have done nothing!
#13 July 27, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Pat the First commented:

So they own the consequences. Fine with me.

OT: Here is where the Norwegian terrorist who will spend his 21 years for murder.

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1989083,00.html
#14 July 27, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Randy commented:

I think it’s time to roll the tanks into DC.
#15 July 27, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Pat the First commented:

What happens from now on belongs to the Dems. The GOP met them part way but still stuck to their guns regarding decreasing the deficit without increasing taxes. The Dems have no plan. This is all on them. If I were Boehner and the rest of the GOP, I just walk away and tell them to get back to the House when they have a plan. Then, they might talk again.
#16 July 27, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Redwine commented:

Of course Dear Leader has no plan. He wants the weak members of the GOP to get all tangled up with stupid in-fighting and dopey plans. CCB is the only thing with teeth, and the congressmen of conscience who staunchly stood by the plan stood out in stark contrast. No wonder weak, toothless RINOs started spouting inanities at the Tea Party. Morons.
#17 July 27, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Francesca commented:

I bought a magnetic bumper sticker that says, “Throw the Bums Out!”. Tomorrow it goes on the car to accompany the one that says, “Stop Spending!”. I knew it would come in handy. Depressing.
#18 July 27, 2011 at 11:34 pm
bg commented:

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ht squeaky via a previous post:

Democrat Congressman Admits Debt Limit Debate Is a ‘Charade

[“I’m afraid that the Democrats have done that in the past, threatened to shut down the government. I don’t think there’s a chance that it will happen. I think the last time somebody did, they lost enough seats in the House of Representatives to convince them it was a dumbest thing they ever did. [It] doesn’t get us anywhere, it doesn’t help anybody, and to extend the Debt Limit is nothing more – than people have described it – than that the government’s credit card doesn’t run out of resources.]

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#19 July 27, 2011 at 11:36 pm
BarbaraS commented:

Last ditch bluff. They think the GOP will fold like they did in 1994. They could be right but I hope not. That picture makes me kinda sick. Durbin with that self rightgeous glare playing chicken. A Chicago thug in a seat of power along with the other Chicago thug in the WH. You know, they are not even trying to hide it anymore. They want to bankrupt this country.
#20 July 27, 2011 at 11:36 pm
Ella commented:

GOP, walk away. THEY OWN IT.
#21 July 27, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Rock commented:

More likely WTF would role the tanks into small town America first.

Damn Dems want 4 more years of blank checks. So they can buy the ballot boxes. Gloves come off the day someone shows up at the front door demanding any more skin.
#22 July 27, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Mike commented:

In 1981, I took part in a college seminar that discussed the inevitable financial crisis that medicare and medicaid would cause. Anyone and everyone knew since their inception these programs would bankrupt the U.S.

The only way that anything will change is utter collapse; collapse will occur either now or later but it will occur because the craven political and bureaucratic class that runs this country refuses to give up their precious careers and powerful positions.

In the end, it won’t matter. The demographics favor the takers and the lawyer/politicians who service them in exchange for the benefits that they enact for themselves.
Just a matter of time, folks. We go quietly or not so quietly.
#23 July 27, 2011 at 11:45 pm
bg commented:

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Redwine #16

Dear Leader IS the plan..

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#24 July 27, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Valerie commented:

It’s late. I’ll write to my congresscritters tomorrow. After all, the Democrats kept me from writing to John Boehner right away, they can wait.
#25 July 27, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Valerie commented:

PS.. This liberal says, call them on it.
#26 July 28, 2011 at 12:15 am
Rob De Witt commented:

Go John!!!

Walk away and let them own it.

Period,
#27 July 28, 2011 at 12:21 am
rbosque commented:

Yup, call their bluff. They own the economy and they’ll all pay with their “jobs”.
#28 July 28, 2011 at 12:24 am
dallasdan commented:

Pass it in the House and call the Senate’s bluff. The Senate will not put the country into default. If it does, Repubs’ Senate gains in the 2012 election will exceed expectations.
#29 July 28, 2011 at 12:33 am
arnonerik commented:

What a surprise! The “tax and spend” Party bets that there are more mooches among the voting public than there are grown-ups. It’s time to find out if the people prefer fiscal irresponsibility with the inevitable near-future economic collapse or real government spending cuts which will give us the ability to salvage most of our safety net and essential services. Our only hope is replacing Obama and at least half of these 53 Democrat Dinosaurs with fiscal Conservatives.
#30 July 28, 2011 at 12:36 am
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

All 53 Senate Democrats signed a letter tonight to House Speaker John Boehner saying essentially that they would rather the US default on its debt than pass the House GOP plan that would cut spending and force another vote next year.

As much as the Boehner plan stinks, this is the Republicans’ golden opportunity to hang this whole debt ceiling debacle completely around the Democrats’ necks.

Are the Republicans up to it, or will they yet again prove they are deserving of the “Stupid Party” label?
#31 July 28, 2011 at 12:37 am
Redwine commented:

Yes, bg (#23), you’re right. Dear Leader is indeed the plan. The timer has been set.

And the stupid children of the GOP squabble on.
#33 July 28, 2011 at 12:56 am
czekmark commented:

The Demorats are once again trying to misdirect their incompetance as coming from the Republicans. The Dems were never going to accept any Republican plan. The Republicans need to tell the Dems to take their letter and put it in a place where the sun never shines, up their sorry butts.
#34 July 28, 2011 at 1:39 am
Estragon commented:

The main thing is that House Republicans will have passed two separate debt ceiling hikes, the Senate has passed none, and Obama has proposed none (other than claiming the land would be covered in rainbows and unicorns if his plan passes, but you have to pass it to find out what’s in it).

Whatever the final form of the Boehner bill, once it passes he needs to announce this is the most the House will consider, and note that there are no plans on the table except the two the House has passed. The ball must be put in the Democrats’ court.
#35 July 28, 2011 at 1:53 am
Molon Labe commented:

The gauntlet has been laid done.

My bet is that Boehner and the RINO’s will use their Vichy French strategy once again.

Is it too much to ask for a Republican leadership as tough minded as the Dhimmies?
#36 July 28, 2011 at 2:15 am
Garrison commented:

This should be quiet a seen here for next few days as the congress claw each other. Hopefuly Bahner can overcome.
#37 July 28, 2011 at 2:18 am
Rancid commented:

Let’s face it, Obama and Reid have the Republicans right where they want them.

No balls or backbone, the GOP is going to roll over again – what a bunch of cockroaches, scurrying around trying to make ‘deals’ instead of holding onto principles. The Dems have every intention of spending America into bankruptcy – and they’re not going to let 2 or 3 GOP sissies stop them. Boehner is going to get boned – and the propaganda machine (MSM) of the liberal progressives are going to make sure of it.
#38 July 28, 2011 at 2:40 am
Bob Zimmerman commented:

We need more conservative republicans
#40 July 28, 2011 at 5:24 am
Militant Conservative commented:

Why the sound of me getting rich.

You can always count on democrats to do the wrong

Thing. Too easy tomake money. A crash has never

Been so welcome , for those that have prepared.

Bring it on. Yew haw! Powder is dry
#41 July 28, 2011 at 5:25 am
Justavoter commented:

Rancid, I for one want the Republicans to send up the plan and walk away and then demand the Democrats CBO rated plan.

The Democrats are severly miscaculating that they can get a redo of the government shut down of old.
People are still livid over them not having a budget for the past three years and ramming through Obamacare against the overwhelming majority of the people (ignore skewed pols that said otherwise).
That coupled with the fact that their media monopoly is now defunct, they won’t be able to go into the ” tell a lie often enough and it becomes truth” mode.

There is already an investigation into collusion between the Obama administration and S&P over intentional and premature, public rating downgrade gambit.The people no longer trust the government and most,but not all of that is from what we have seen over the last three years.
#42 July 28, 2011 at 5:27 am
a former dem commented:

wtf??

so the house passes CCB, idiot harry won’t even bring it up for a vote… NOTE TO MEDIA: it wasnt voted down, it wasn’t even brought up for a vote!

now boehner passes this new item which contains many of the items agreed upon by the illustrious gang of 6, but it has actual cuts, etc.

and the senate dems, what the hell have the actually passed? They sure have time to sign some stinkin letter, the haven’t passes a single thing! I expect this nonsense from Harry reid and chucky schummer, what about people like Tester, Nelson from NE, Warner of VA, Nelson of FL….. I used to think at least they were moderate dems, somewhat conservative, hell they aren’t even that.

The entire undemocratic party has gone down the toilet, no plan, nothing, they say they have a plan “over 10 years”, why they hell should anyone believe a word they say when they haven’t even passed a budget in the last 3 years!
#43 July 28, 2011 at 5:31 am
jorgen commented:

Congress should do its job: make a budget with lots of cuts. Then it is up to the Senate and President to sign it or not – and own it.
#44 July 28, 2011 at 5:55 am
Rose commented:

I never thought ion all my life there would be ANY 53 Democrats I would agree with ON ANYTHING, much less ALL SENATORS.

But I sure do on this Boehner plan.

FOR OPPOSITE REASONS.

I don’t agree with a debt ceiling HIKE and it hasn’t BEGUN to have enough spending slashes.

But I’d rather see default than RINO ENABLING, even if the enabling is only half of what they really want.

I want to see Depts close, Agencies dismantled, salaries slashed, SEIU and ACORN dismantled, Marxist Policies boiled out of the system like dross from the foundries’ pots. I want to see Green subsidies and foreign aid to dictators decimated.
I want to see the embezzlers charged with felonies.
Cut the Depts of Education and Interior and Homeland Security. Dismantle EPA, NEA/NPR/PBS, anything spent on the UN, FEMA dismantled, FCC dismantled…
Lands held by the Interior Dept released to Private CIVILIAN CITIZENS. To TAXPAYING lower Middle Class who know what to do with it, and to such under that who AGREE TO BE TAUGHT AND TRAINED by PRIVATE sources who know how to do things properly for their families’ best interests and taking care of land management, properly. NOT for the drunken “entitlement”-minded buffoons. NOT for ILLEGAL ALIENS and/or ANCHOR BABIES who are also illegal and immorally IN this nation IMPROPERLY.
#45 July 28, 2011 at 6:04 am
Militant Conservative commented:

I love gubmnt shut downs. The world is better off

Without the leaches, we can govern ourselves

accordingly. No nanny needed. Power is dry.

Bring on the shut down, please!
#46 July 28, 2011 at 6:05 am
Multitude commented:

Was that their resignation letter? I don’t see a plan submitted by any of these 53. An open declaration to oppose, obstruct, block and deny the only plans offered?

I’ll be calling Tom Harkin’s office today and will encourage my Iowa friends to call him too to press on this issue of resignation. It’s actually time for them to resign. The people of the United States gave an overwhelming mandate to reduce the size of government in 2010. The polling now confirms it’s even stronger, with approximately three quarters demanding a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, as well as a percentage well larger than the actual percentage of citizens who pay net taxes, demanding lower taxes.

When the Democrats overtly obstruct and block the will of the people, we no longer have a representative democracy. We have tyranny. Rather than lead us down the path to rebellion, which is the inevitable consequence when an unaccountable and irresponsible government becomes fully disconnected with the people, we can have the “revolution” prescribed for in our constitution. Resign, Senators. Resign, Obama. You’ve failed the people and the urgency of the times require a capable government who is responsive and representative of the democratic will.
#47 July 28, 2011 at 6:08 am
squeaky commented:

i picked this up yesterday on free republic….and it bears repeating. all of our congresscritters need to be on notice and i mean all. they have the advantage of knowing that once elected removing them takes time – given that we’re not a banana republic YET. beware of wolves in sheep clothing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGyVNippvA&feature=youtu.be
#48 July 28, 2011 at 6:16 am
Gimme a Break commented:

Shows the priorities, doesn’t it? To the Party of Marx, it’s more important to keep spending taxpayers’ money than resolve the debt crisis.
#49 July 28, 2011 at 6:25 am
Smarty commented:

So the world takes away our credit cards- so what. We can get them back after we demonstrate some responsibility and pay down our existing debt. A year of pain now and we could be much stronger as a nation in the future.
#50 July 28, 2011 at 6:29 am
Gideon Reed commented:

Democrat Senators.
Despicable, worthless, both un and anti-American
and totally beyond any shame.
But I repeat myself.
#51 July 28, 2011 at 6:31 am
backhoe commented:

Bring it on. I have ceased to care.
#52 July 28, 2011 at 6:42 am
gorgo commented:

The Dems are not stupid…reckless, untrustworthy and dangerous, but not stupid. They know passing nothing kills them. Obama knows that, too.

This is a bluff. They forced idiot Boehner to water down his plans to the point they will sign it if it gets to them. They HAVE to sign it. They just knew all they had to do is apply light pressure and Boehner would continue to “compromise” his plans and make them more suitable to their needs. They were right.

Now, once the plan passes, it will be “the Republican’s plan” and any bad spin the Media cares to put out will land squarely on Boehner and the House. Obama will say he and the Senate were “forced” by the House “terrorists” (note well how that meme is already out there); that it was the Republicans who held the gun to America’s head because – after all – Obama and the Senate never had a plan…which was the plan all along.

And it’s worked brilliantly.

Obama may well get a 2nd term out of this and Boehner will have handed it to him and f*cked his own voters to do it. Watch and see.
#53 July 28, 2011 at 6:45 am
gorgo commented:

HAD Boehner listened to the patriots around him and just walked away and shut up after sending over CCB, the next elections would be a lock for conservatives. Not now…the media will now be able to place all blame on the Republicans.

And on the off chance the Senate and Obama do refuse to sign Boehner’s final plan, the Media will AGAIN be able to blame it all on the Republicans. Obama wins again.

If only Boehner had walked away after CCB…but now we’ll never know.
#54 July 28, 2011 at 6:49 am
Bill Mitchell commented:

Well you gotta give Senate Democrats points for balls. No budget from them for almost 3 years and they actually have the nerve to talk publicly about being responsible?

Lol, I am REALLY starting to dislike these people. It’s like a cluster-douche.
#55 July 28, 2011 at 6:59 am
Studious Citizen commented:

Newsflash, folks: there will be no default. Obama has been lying through his teeth about this. Monthly tax revenue: $200 billion. Monthly interest payment: $29 billion. Interest payment, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans benefits, and military salaries all add up to $134 billion per month.

That leaves $66 billion to spend on war funding and bureaucrat skeleton crews. And good! I want to see the biggest layoff of government workers in history!
#56 July 28, 2011 at 7:02 am
tommy mc donnell commented:

once again the democratic party is in opposition to the will of the majority of the american people. could wasserman-schultz tell me again who wants to have a dictatorship in america.
#57 July 28, 2011 at 7:11 am
Michael commented:

The debt ceiling is a fabrication just like our currency. How many “defaults” by foreign governments have the US bailed out with restructured loans and in the past 100 years? This is all designed to keep the Fed in business.
#58 July 28, 2011 at 7:22 am
Indy commented:

The cuts are not even a rounding error

$22 billion 2012 “cuts” per the revised Bill
$3.8 TRILLION 2011 spending
#59 July 28, 2011 at 7:25 am
Bobbi commented:

“all”? You mean Bernie Sanders and Republican Scott Brown.
#60 July 28, 2011 at 7:26 am
bobdog commented:

Democrats would rather force the country’s economy into chaos than allow Republicans to win.

That’s pretty screwed up thinking. When politics is more important than the economic survival of the country, it’s time to replace the politicians.
#61 July 28, 2011 at 7:34 am
Mikey commented:

I say stay firm Boehner and the House Republicans. The Democrats now own this mess with NO COMPROMISE. The Republicans did their job. It is time for the Democrats to do theirs. No plans or budget. Just bash bash bash the Republicans. Well, that is not working this time. The country sees what is happening. HOLD FAST REPUBLICANS. It is now in their hand. DO NOT FOLD. CALL THEIR BLUFF.
#62 July 28, 2011 at 7:43 am
gorgo commented:

I say stay firm Boehner and the House Republicans. The Democrats now own this mess with NO COMPROMISE. The Republicans did their job. It is time for the Democrats to do theirs. No plans or budget. Just bash bash bash the Republicans. Well, that is not working this time. The country sees what is happening. HOLD FAST REPUBLICANS. It is now in their hand. DO NOT FOLD. CALL THEIR BLUFF.

* * *

Are you serious? The only time the Republicans did their job was when they sent over CCB. Since then they’ve been doing Obama’s job by dividing the Republicans in the House and alienating the very people who would likely vote for them next time around. THAT was the plan Obama never would detail, and it’s working perfectly. Almost as if Boehner is in on it.
#63 July 28, 2011 at 7:46 am
gorgo commented:

And the Democrats do NOT own this mess in the mind of the stupid majority of Americans. I read that the Media is blaming Republicans 3 to 1 for this (no surprise there) but now the CINOs have ALSO pissed off their base.

Obama just cannot lose.
#64 July 28, 2011 at 7:47 am
CoolCzech commented:

In the letter, the senators argue that a short-term extension of the debt ceiling would “put America at risk” and “could be nearly as disastrous as a default.”

Well, if the short-term extension is only “nearly” as disastrous as the default, why would the Democrats choose the MORE disastrous default option?

Because they are un-American sociailist @ssh@les, that is why.
#66 July 28, 2011 at 7:57 am
tarpon commented:

Democrats, always the patriot …. Their plot line is right out of the movie Animal Farm. Yeah I watched it this weekend, might explain their world view for you,
#67 July 28, 2011 at 8:08 am
Knox commented:

Both sides are playing a dangerous game of chicken for political advantage. Everyone is going to lose.
#68 July 28, 2011 at 8:17 am
arnonerik commented:

Now we find out that the new Boehner plan only cuts a few billions the first year when we need cuts of trillions. Any cuts promised past one year are only empty promises that Congress never keeps. (They never have and never will!)
You don’t have my ass in line Mr. Boehner. You may get some independents but you will lose the base when the truth of your smoke and mirrors plan gets out. And you can bet the friendly media will get it out!
I am tired of the Democrats and Republicans playing “good cop, bad cop” while the country goes to hell.
#69 July 28, 2011 at 8:24 am
Joe Camel commented:

Ah Claire McCaskell, you have just added a ton more folks to the list of “disenfranchised” seniors to those who will vote against you in Missouri. Thank you for more “fodder” to wake up those seniors who you have duped for all these years. Just can’t thank you enough.
#70 July 28, 2011 at 8:27 am
donh commented:

It is time to write a bill that removes the Balanced Budget Amendment vote , raises taxes on General Electric, and cuts spending by an even larger amount than the current proposal. The threat to default is a threat for the big gobvernment spenders to committ suicide. Shutting government hurts most the very people who are the problem. Its a bluff that should be called every time.
#71 July 28, 2011 at 8:39 am
Jerry C commented:

@#22 Mike

Amen. Though, I didn’t need to take a college seminar to figure it out.
#72 July 28, 2011 at 8:41 am
mamagriz68 commented:

It’s my understanding that during the Reagan years, the debt ceiling was adjusted 18 times. I haven’t verified this, just heard a sound bite from Charles Krauthammer talking about it and saying that “apparently no one in the White House” can divide 8 by 18. That looks to me like at least 2x a year the debt ceiling was changed. So all this fear mongering from the WH and the Dems about how the GOP is being reckless by only giving a 6 month extension is BS. Why isn’t anyone in the GOP pointing this out? Why are we playing Charlie Brown to their Lucy, yet again?
#73 July 28, 2011 at 8:41 am
Noovuss commented:

Does this mean that voting has consequences or are we still electing American Idols?
I guess we have run out of other peoples money, this will be a real learning experience for many on the fence independents. If they can figure it out……………
#74 July 28, 2011 at 8:41 am
AnnaS commented:

It seems to me that the Democrats have figured a way to make Republicans take responsibility no matter what! They are screaming a deal must be made but they are doing nothing. The Republicans are bidding against themselves! If this Boehner bill passes, Reid can make the changes they want and dare the Republicans to deny it (and take the blame for govt shutdown).
#75 July 28, 2011 at 8:52 am
bg commented:

++

CoolCzech #64

excellent logic..

that’s what i call exposing something that is “hidden in -plain sight”, it’s
also apparent throughout Obama’s speeches, sort of his second skin so
to speak..

“one can lead a prog-lib-dem to knowledge,
but one cannot make a prog-lib-dem think”- bg

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#76 July 28, 2011 at 8:58 am
Robert commented:

The spendaholics can’t even cut spending just 1% per year from current levels.

They are sick with an exaggerated view of themselves.
#77 July 28, 2011 at 9:09 am
Robert commented:

To build on CoolCzech’s idea;

Dems: A short-term extension would be nearly as disastrous as a default, so we choose default.

only in a Democrat-controlled Senate does reasoning lead to choosing the worse of two options and then blaming the Republicans for the result.
#78 July 28, 2011 at 9:10 am
StrangernFiction commented:

If Boehner is the conservative leader that many of you say he is, now is where we are going to find out. I say he gives in further. Hope I’m wrong.
#79 July 28, 2011 at 9:12 am
bg commented:

++

“Hey I guess you’ve just figured out we’re full of shi…nola” moment.

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#80 July 28, 2011 at 9:20 am
Robert commented:

“We don’t like your plans that you have contributed over the last several months,
so vote for ours that we came up with the day before yesterday. And hurry up it’s
an emergency.”
#81 July 28, 2011 at 9:20 am
bg commented:

++

mamagriz68 #70

wow, great point!! thank you..

and thanks to all, i enjoyed reading everyone’s post..

me thinks “critical thinking” is making a come-back!! Woot!!

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#82 July 28, 2011 at 9:23 am
Robert commented:

“And Obama doesn’t have to propose a plan, because then he would be
responsible for having a plan, but he will veto your plan if he doesn’t like it.”
#83 July 28, 2011 at 9:32 am
bg commented:

++

Rpbert #78

deja vu, deja vu..

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#84 July 28, 2011 at 9:41 am
bg commented:

++

Robert #80

BlutObama: Okay, Shorty, from now on the world is gonna be double
taxed. Triple taxed. Quadruple taxed. Over taxed. Exercised taxed. And,
thumb taxed.

[amazing how many quotes are "fitting" in relation to today's reality]

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#85 July 28, 2011 at 10:31 am
Sandy commented:

According to an article on Huffington/AOL the Dems are pressing Obama to launch the Nuclear option which means bypassing Congress and raising the Debt Ceiling on his own. This may not even be legal, the article says duhhhhhhhhh!
#86 July 28, 2011 at 10:33 am
kansas commented:

Funny I don’t see it mentioned on any of the communist outlets how the Democrats voting down the House plan is a problem. They still blame it on the Republicans.
#88 July 28, 2011 at 10:38 am
liberty60(Veteran, Great War of Yankee Aggression) commented:

@55
“That leaves $66 billion to spend on war funding and bureaucrat skeleton crews.And good! I want to see the biggest layoff of government workers in history!”

You do realize that we currently spend about 300 Billion every month on Defense/ Homeland Security.

Is it really your desire to have us cut that spending by 80-90%?
#89 July 28, 2011 at 10:49 am
TigerEyes commented:

Get Boehner out of the Speaker position now before he shows up with his stupid bill and makes a bigger fool of himself.
Boehner giving our Advantage to the Democrats on a silver platter is one of the dumbest moves I have ever seen in any negotiation.
Remove him now before he does any more damage.
#90 July 28, 2011 at 10:51 am
Finncrisp commented:

Harry can’t seem to wait to put it to the public one more time. He had such glee when he killed the last House measure. He can’t wait to tell us “America – dead and buried”. What a patriot.
#91 July 28, 2011 at 12:03 pm
rbosque commented:

Thomas Jefferson warned, “To preserve independence … we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and Liberty, or profusion and servitude. … The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.”
#93 July 28, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Czar of Defenestration commented:

CLASS WARFARE is all the Democrats have left. What LOSERS!

“President Barack Obama has threatened to veto the bill and a majority of the Democratic-controlled Senate has vowed to vote against it.”

HERE’S your HONEST news Headline:

OBAMA, Senate Democrats Work To Ensure DEFAULT for America
#94 July 28, 2011 at 1:35 pm
bg commented:

++

Sandy #83

wouldn’t be the first or second, etc.. time..

btw: Obama & Dems in ‘05: 51 Vote ‘Nuclear Option’
Is ‘Arrogant’ Power Grab Against the Founders’ Intent

irony is, it’s also NOT a secret.. fact is, we’re just inundated with a
majority of powerful duh-fuhs throughout our Academic, Militaristic
& Journalistic Institutions..

WHAT I KEEP TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS.. THIS IS DEJA VU ON TOP OF
DEJU VU ON TOP OF DEJA VU.. aka: SAMO SAMO PATTERN NEVER FAILS
TO EMERGE WHEN CONGRESS WISHES GO AGAINST WE THE PEOPLE’S

Obama is akin to an an abuser, he tells US what he thinks we want
to hear, then he does exactly what he wants, wash, rinse, repeat..

bottom line imho:

Obama et al (alas, he is most certainly NOT alone, he’s just the
enforcer so to speak) want to dissolve US Constitution, period..

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#96 July 28, 2011 at 4:45 pm
willi commented:

All 53 are crazier than a $h!+house rat.
Way past time to set out the D-Con.
#97 July 28, 2011 at 6:35 pm
afella commented:

Release it to the press.