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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:32 PM Original message |
Boehner abandons efforts to reach comprehensive debt-reduction deal |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Translation: |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Boner is an asshole. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He's saying he'll accept the cuts already agreed to |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. I didn't see that in the article. Please tell me he isn't saying that. |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. "my way or highway" GOP non-compromise....nt |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. So when is Boner arrested as a terrorist? /nt |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. when will the man with the Bully Pulpit answer this bully shit? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. OBAMA'S A TRAITOR! IMPEACH! |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
86. Remember when we all thought he had balls? nt. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I still do |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #88 |
99. I hope you turn out to be right and not me. Really I do. nt |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pic: |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Notice how the two guys on the right |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. They do! |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. There you go again boner telling lies |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. +1 n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. just another attempt to push obama even further to the right. been working so far lol nt |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Maybe Repubs wanted to bait Obama into putting Social Security on the table |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Well, they succeeded. And you're right: the damage is done, but |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good. SS stays off the table. nt |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. i had the same thought |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
56. The article does not say that. Besides, everything should be off the table. |
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MinneapolisMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Obama should walk away now |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. I wish he would but have no hope he will. He should not negotiate with terrorists. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. AOL headline just now: “Boehner rejects $4 Trillion dollar debt reduction deal” |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I'm glad the rethugs decided to let a drunk get behind the wheel of their congressional automobile. |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
97. Boner's not drunk. Far worse than that. He's texting. At least a |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 01:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. Best idea yet! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Two trillion in cuts in exchange for something the Rethugs will do anyway |
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Ragnarok (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Everyone hates each other these days... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. how about you just vote on the debt ceiling by itself and then worry about the other shit later. |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. hahahahaha |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. They Had That Vote In The House Already |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. That was before they began admitting the 14th amendment "might" |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
94. The Supreme Court didn't say anything about the debt ceiling. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #60 |
98. The only thing I can think... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Time. Two years past time for Obama to address the people and call out the GOP for what they are... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. A mid size deal where the rich get everything |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well at least there will be no cuts in Medicare or Social Security... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You sure? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No, we don't, but the Social Security/Medicare cuts were discussed... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I prefer republcians to refuse to negotiate and for Obama to use the "Constitutional Option" |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
95. There is no "constitutional option." |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
93. Exactly right |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Looks like Andrew Leonard and Ezra Klein had it right. There was never a serious debt deal. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. So he's saying Obama wouldn't agree to colossal cuts without a tax hike |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thats how I see this too |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Spot on. |
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blackbart99 (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
61. If they blow it all up the rich won't suffer.... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
92. Agreed |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. Little Boehner can't achieve large package n/t |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
63. LMAOROTF - So True it hurts |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Once again, it is the GOP that is doing all it can to make PO look bad... |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Sounds like he's following Newt's playbook from 1993. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Truer words were never spoken! nt |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Boehner gets smaller |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. What "Tax Hikes" |
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OneMadVoter (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Too bad we couldn't drop him and Cantor off in Pakistan on an Airlift |
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Cereal Kyller (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Good! |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. Boner is a Nazi. nt |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
40. what's this? Obama was ready to shit on SS and Medicare/aid? |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. When do Bush's tax cuts expire? (I know I should remember, but I don't) |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. 12/31/2012 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Bush tax cuts expired December 2010. Maybe you're thinking of the Obama tax cuts. |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
83. No |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. December, 2010. |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #53 |
84. Stop The Misinformation |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. Boner is such a cry baby |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Scumbag |
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Mr Noodlebrain (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. The 14th amendment calls this whole conversation a scam on the American people. We are not required |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
96. The 14th only says the government can't repudiate debts |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. How about a comprehensive war-reduction deal?? |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. The Republican party is facing disaster. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
51. Good Faith from Boehner |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
55. Rethugs want $2 trillion in cuts for doing something the Constitution requires them to do? |
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bloomington-lib (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
64. Boehner says broad debt deal unlikely |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Oops, I was thinking today is Sunday. Okay, aren't they |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. translation -" Obama gives in every single time, I expect he will keep doing so" |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Are you and I reading the same article? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. What tax reform did the Speaker propose again? |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. A-OK chicken shite boehner just remain NEOCON firm |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #67 |
85. I will give credit where credit is due |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. yup |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Nice double-speak. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. The Boehner goes smaller |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. So When Taxes, Social Security and Medicare |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Elected representation. |
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FreeBillClinton (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. I think he's misunderestimating Obama's willingness to give stuff away. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
73. The "good faith" line is total bullshit, okay? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Back to a 14th amendment deal? Obama took the 14th amendment "off the table." |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Classic political suicide, even base R's are ticked off at the... |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
79. A-OK chicken shite boehner just remain NEOCON firm |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
80. So the Republicans aren't THAT concerned about the deficit |
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jimmydwight (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
81. Why are they still calling the shots? |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
82. Obama now appears to have lost control of the presidency ceding leadership to the pukes' Boner |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. "He created this mess and has mishandled it from the beginning" - fucking horseshit |
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eringer (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
89. Time for the "Giant Gold Sell-Off of 2011" |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
90. GOP 1000...........,Democrats 0 |
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N7Shepard (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Too early to do that. Let the republicans show themselves to be the fools they are first. |
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