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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 03:16 PM Sep 2013

White House has released a list of concessions it's willing make in exchange for the GOP....

...raising the debt limit.


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The White House has released a list of concessions it's willing make in exchange for the GOP raising the debt limit.


4:35 AM - 26 Sep 2013


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White House has released a list of concessions it's willing make in exchange for the GOP.... (Original Post) Playinghardball Sep 2013 OP
lol. you are on fire with these links Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #1
Caught my breath there for a moment...then the thread opened. Yes. libdem4life Sep 2013 #2
dammit - me too. We ought to slap him silly with a Ted Cruz promise! rurallib Sep 2013 #15
I loved his reported conversation with Boehner last time Recursion Sep 2013 #3
I love the Michael Corleone school of negotiations! :) nt Buns_of_Fire Sep 2013 #18
The GOP Ransom Note on Mother Jones Coyotl Sep 2013 #4
MotherJones should also indicate Iliyah Sep 2013 #14
Good. cui bono Sep 2013 #5
Perfect. lamp_shade Sep 2013 #6
I like it. bvar22 Sep 2013 #7
What I can't get a handle on is,,,,, Cryptoad Sep 2013 #8
To paraphrase Mark Twain,..... lastlib Sep 2013 #11
You scared me! n/t Greybnk48 Sep 2013 #9
K & R SunSeeker Sep 2013 #10
STAND FIRM, MR. PRESIDENT!! STAND FIRM!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2013 #12
Even if he did nothing but delay the personal mandate for one year, Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #13
Exactly. Delaying the implementation of the ACA truebluegreen Sep 2013 #17
And that's the point jmowreader Sep 2013 #22
Yup. Above all else they can't let the voters discover truebluegreen Sep 2013 #25
Let's hope they stick to that. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #16
A la true romance Boom Sound 416 Sep 2013 #19
I'm for every one of those tblue Sep 2013 #20
Good Ohio Joe Sep 2013 #21
Kick Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #23
You had me going there for a moment nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #24
Where is the red line? dkf Sep 2013 #26
OK, You Got Me!! Liberal_Dog Sep 2013 #27

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
3. I loved his reported conversation with Boehner last time
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 03:21 PM
Sep 2013

Boehner: "What do I get for raising the debt ceiling?"

Obama (no hesitation): "You get nothing"

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
14. MotherJones should also indicate
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 05:31 PM
Sep 2013

The American People - zero as well

Ransom and pointing a gun at the hostages heads telling the "negotiator" which one gets shot first.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
7. I like it.
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 05:00 PM
Sep 2013

I approve of a policy of Never Negotiating with Terrorists.
It only makes them stronger.

Thank You, President Obama
for STANDING strong on this issue.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
8. What I can't get a handle on is,,,,,
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 05:02 PM
Sep 2013

does the GOP leadership really , honestly and truly believe their own bull . Or are they just playing a large section of ignorant Crazy people in our society!

lastlib

(23,264 posts)
11. To paraphrase Mark Twain,.....
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 05:17 PM
Sep 2013

...are they smart people who are just putting us on, or are they imbeciles who really mean it??

Mr.Bill

(24,312 posts)
13. Even if he did nothing but delay the personal mandate for one year,
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 05:25 PM
Sep 2013

They will just pull the same crap they are pulling now next year times ten. Which is conveniently around Congressional election time.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
17. Exactly. Delaying the implementation of the ACA
Thu Sep 26, 2013, 05:41 PM
Sep 2013

would be the stupidest move evah. The program was designed to go into effect on an off-year in order to provide time to iron out glitches and have the public get used to it before there can be a referendum-type vote.

If they delay a year, they will be doing it a month before the mid-terms.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
22. And that's the point
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 07:34 AM
Sep 2013

The Republicans will be doing everything they can to ensure a bad launch happens a month before the election, so they can run a billion or two worth of ads asking for a Republican majority in both houses so they can repeal it once and for all.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
25. Yup. Above all else they can't let the voters discover
Sun Sep 29, 2013, 12:00 PM
Sep 2013

that all the lip-flapping about the ACA and the end of freedom in America was...just that.

tblue

(16,350 posts)
20. I'm for every one of those
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 12:52 PM
Sep 2013

concessions. Yep. Looks about right to me.

About time! I hope our POTUS acquires a taste for this. There is still so much he can do for the common good. We need him so.

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