Comments on: DEBT CEILING A DONE DEAL?

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:11:51 +0000

My last entry on this sorry story today….Marc A. Thiessenk @ The WashingtonPost: "Tea Partyers should recognize just how much Obama and the Democrats caved: $2 trillion in spending cuts. No tax increases. A new precedent that debt-limit hikes must be accompanied by equal or greater cuts in spending. And the potential for a balanced budget in 10 years. That the Tea Party accomplished all this in just six months — at a time when the GOP controls one-half of one-third of the federal government — is remarkable." Read: "How The Tea Party 'Hobbits' Won The Debt Fight"http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-te…

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:47:13 +0000

Quote Of The Day We were creamed because we were more responsible than the House GOP with respect to default. But the super-committee will put revenues back on the table and we can take that case to the public next year and win. I remain skeptical. For all of the support for a more balanced approach, it will be very hard to run for election, promising to raise taxes on the rich. It has never worked in America in modern times. All in all, Obama played this terribly, in my opinion. Leading from behind can be a strategy when all the actors are responsible. When one isn't - and has no problem destroying the conomy in order to save it - you have to get out in front. Obama didn't have the courage to do that in January. He has paid the price. ~ Andrew Sullivan

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:36:41 +0000

"I think everybody take a political hit on this one. Gonna hurt the Repubs more though in election year." @BD -I wholeheartedly Agree with your first point. Not so sure about your second point though because honestly, I don't have that much faith in the electorate. Moreover, at this point can one really say that a Democratic President is that much "better" than a Republican president??? I sure can't. It appears "We The People" are in a Lose-Lose situation, constantly being played by BOTH parties. But back to the President: IMO, Obama displayed extremely poor judgment AND…quite frankly…LACK of Courage in his total mishandling of this entire matter which has now resulted in a Tea-party drafted deal (they got about 98% of what they demanded). Time and time again I've watched THIS President (a supposed man of "The People." A man of "Hope" and 'Change") CAVE to the extreme demands of the GOP. I have seen him fight for NOTHING and NO ONE. NOT the poor. NOT seniors. Not working middle -class families. And certainly NOT minority groups discriminated against (LGBTs, Muslims, Latinos). He saved Wall Street and gave the command to take out Osama Bin-Laden. That's it. End of story. And now, thanks to his LACK of Leadership when it's needed most, this country must face the grim reality that a small but very VOCAL and very POWERFUL group of right-wing crazies, haters and know-nothings..aka The Tea-Party…is actually running the show in D.C. That dangerous bunch is dictating the terms by which the so-called Republican "leadership" AND the President UNconditionally surrenders on issue after issue. As Peter Beinhart put it: "Barack may be President, but the Tea-party is running Washington."

By: BD

BD — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:03:43 +0000

I knew they would find a way to work it out at the last minute but they still look like a bunch of wining babies. I just took the poll and I'm sorry but I think everybody take a political hit on this one. Gonna hurt the Repubs more though in election year.