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Palin warns Boehner on debt ceiling
The Hill ^ | July 10, 2011 | Erik Wasson

Posted on 07/10/2011 4:36:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has issued a stern warning to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) as Boehner sits down with President Obama Sunday night to negotiate a raising of the debt ceiling: don't do it.

Palin, in an interview appearing in Newsweek, “made it clear that she’s against any deal that raises the debt ceiling and would hold House Speaker John Boehner’s feet to the fire if he agreed to one” according to the magazine.

“No, we have to cut spending. It is imperative, and I will be very, very disappointed if Boehner and the leaders of the Republican Party cave on any kind of debt deal in the next couple of months,” she said.

Palin last month told Fox News that she would be against any raising of the debt ceiling and favors holding the line and slashing spending across the board instead.

But she acknoweldged that Congress will likely raise the debt ceiling anyway.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner again on Sunday said that the U.S. credit rating would suffer if the debt limit is not raised by Aug. 2—a prospect that would lead to higher interest rates and lower economic growth.

Only a small minority of Republicans in Congress, such as presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) are taking the “just say no” approach to the debt ceiling. Most Tea Party-backed members in the House favor tying a raising of the debt ceiling to cuts, spending caps and a balanced budget amendment.

In the Newsweek interview, Palin brags that she could win the White House if she chooses to run for it in 2012.


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To: GOP_Muzik
Rush to judgement? He's the Speaker of the freekin house for crying out loud!

Unbelievable... Hopey Waitey doesn't work either way.

181 posted on 07/11/2011 5:10:42 AM PDT by MaxMax
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To: Sea Parrot
Sarah Palin is the one person who holds the power to totally destroy the GOP with just two words, “THIRD PARTY.”

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Sarah Palin(™) is the one person who holds the power to totally destroy THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with just two words, "THIRD PARTY".

182 posted on 07/11/2011 5:17:50 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma
This is absurd. It is IMPOSSIBLE for Palin, or anyone else to KNOW who can win what. Right now, Palin has very high negatives and I wouldn’t put my money that she can win.

Your second sentence contradicts the first. Where did these high negatives come from? Polling. Which we know can be easily manipulated.

Is that who you are going to vote for, the candidate who's least offensive to democrats? If so, we've lost already. Me I'll go down with the ship. You can blame me if Palin can't beat Obama. I say she'll cream him.

183 posted on 07/11/2011 5:23:32 AM PDT by McGruff (Why do they fear her so?)
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To: editor-surveyor
THAT....is a flat out AWFUL thing to say about another, ESPECIALLY a person who has managed to do whatever he's done with his life and make it to a position such as he's in now.

How disrespectful and just mean. Disagree with the man's policies, but do not stoop to such playground name calling.

184 posted on 07/11/2011 7:27:15 AM PDT by NordP (Common Sense ConservaTEAves - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: Aevery_Freeman
Thank you ;-) I love my country so much I frequently well up while signing the national anthem. I DO NOT think that's weird or that I'm mentally ill as some others here have cruelly stated.
185 posted on 07/11/2011 7:30:46 AM PDT by NordP (Common Sense ConservaTEAves - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: AAABEST

You just aren’t a nice person...


186 posted on 07/11/2011 7:32:25 AM PDT by NordP (Common Sense ConservaTEAves - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: editor-surveyor

Whoops, —must be “mentally ill” myself, God forbid, I just typed signing instead of singing-—probably because I was typing while “emotional.”


187 posted on 07/11/2011 7:37:36 AM PDT by NordP (Common Sense ConservaTEAves - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

“This is absurd. It is IMPOSSIBLE for Palin, or anyone else to KNOW who can win what. Right now, Palin has very high negatives and I wouldn’t put my money that she can win.”

When Palin makes these comments (I can win), who is she talking to? Is she expecting an upswell of the masses to rally around her and force her to run?


188 posted on 07/11/2011 7:40:38 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: GOP_Muzik
HAL-LE-LU-JAH!!! SOMEONE finally gets it around here--actually posting something with thought and reason, instead of posting a bunch of pictures, critizing because THEY KNOW MORE about what to do, and calling people mentally ill.
189 posted on 07/11/2011 7:45:57 AM PDT by NordP (Common Sense ConservaTEAves - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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To: NordP

Its not name calling; Boehner is clearly not stable, and should not be in a leadership position. The seniority system is a disgrace to this country.


190 posted on 07/11/2011 12:58:16 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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