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McConnell unveils debt limit ‘Plan B’
washington post ^ | 7/12 | Felicia Sonmez

Posted on 07/12/2011 1:03:07 PM PDT by RummyChick

Edited on 07/12/2011 7:46:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday unveiled a

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabber; default; democratsympathizer; economy; mitchswitch; regulations; rhinodance; sellout; spineless; taxes; traitor; treason
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Well said. We are in a battle of survival. It matters not what letter is behind the names of the political elites if the result is the same. The vast majority of them favor big government and out of control spending. There is not a dime’s worth of difference. McConnell’s surrender is just an example of the blame game in Washington where posturing is more important than principle. The only motivation is to move the can down the road rather than face the problem. As Rush said today, we are running out of road.


141 posted on 07/12/2011 3:25:24 PM PDT by kabar
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To: In Maryland; Drill Thrawl
Drill Thrawl wrote:
"Yes it is always preferable to stay with an adulterous, abusive spouse."

In Maryland replied:
"Well, it is if the ONLY other choice is an adulterous, abusive, drunk, ego-centric, muderous spouse."

And what do we call a person who stays with an adulterous, abusive spouse to avoid her other choice of "an adulterous, abusive, drunk, ego-centric, muderous spouse?"

FRiends, don't be women of ill repute. Let's avoid buying anything that we don't need, and become more self-sufficient every month. Learn to manufacture an item of necessity as a hobby for now. Starve the beast, then step into leadership and rebuild after the final repudiation of debt!


142 posted on 07/12/2011 3:26:23 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in a thunderous avalanche of rottenness smelled around the earth.)
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To: gunner03
-- Did you happen to catch the floor speech from McConnel, shown here on FR? Doesn't sound like a cave to me. --

Watch what they DO, not what they SAY.

143 posted on 07/12/2011 3:31:07 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: RummyChick

The left is spinning this as “oh no, this means there will have to be 12 votes on the debt between now and the election!”

What they really mean is “don’t throw me into dat dere briar patch!”

I’ve been thinking about this since I heard about it and have concluded it stinks 6 ways to Sunday. Just dare Zero to hold SS checks from the oldsters and pin it all on him.

Why are they negotiating with the White House anyway? Just send Zero some good legislation with lots of cuts NOW (whole programs) and let him own the failure to raise the debt ceiling.

Stupid, stupid Republicans!


144 posted on 07/12/2011 3:34:29 PM PDT by GatorGirl (Herman Cain 2012)
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To: Califelephant
Norquist is another one of the inside the Beltway legends in their own mind who thinks that McConnell is making some kind of brilliant move. The problem is that the American people, especially the Tea Party movement, will see this as a victory for Obama. The MSM will play it that way, i.e., a strong and courageous Obama faced down the "terrorist" GOP that tried to cut Medicare and SS to protect tax cuts for the rich.

The McConnell plan will be a political disaster for the GOP. It will be divisive and self-defeating. A GOP that reaped the rewards of the historic 2010 midterms is on probabtion with the people who put them back in control of the House. Surrender to Obama will lead to a third party. This may be the straw that broke the camel's back for conservatives.

145 posted on 07/12/2011 3:34:29 PM PDT by kabar
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To: In Maryland; Drill Thrawl





I ain't gonna be no ho', cause..."That ain't right!"

;-)


146 posted on 07/12/2011 3:35:16 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: novemberslady
-- Doesn't this remove power belonging to the Congress? --

Sort of. Congress has set up conflicting laws. It has already passed legislation that results in spending, and it has erected a debt limit. When the mandated spending exceeds the mandated debt limit, one or the other has to give. Since Congress created both, it's really up to Congress to choose which has priority.

But, the one thing that Congress does not want is accountability, so it is blaming the president for the spending, and now, it aims to make the president accountable for the debt limit.

At any rate, it's Congress that is out of control.

147 posted on 07/12/2011 3:36:57 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: RummyChick
God in Heaven! What lust for power, greed and recognition by media, leftists, and Democrat polititicians does to make low-life weasels like these two lie, cheat and steal to get elected by honest people thinking they were something different than they really are.

This proposal (I cringe to call it that) is nothing more than abject abdication of their elected duties. I sincerely hope you show them what thunder and lightning is really for.

148 posted on 07/12/2011 3:38:08 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: RummyChick

Thanks. I’m sorry that I didn’t make it clear that the comment was meant for everyone. And yes, you understand what’s going on.


149 posted on 07/12/2011 3:39:22 PM PDT by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: antonico

I agree. Nicely put.


150 posted on 07/12/2011 3:44:34 PM PDT by DeusExMachina05 (I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
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To: RummyChick

Being from Arizona, I just sent this to Sen Kyle:

Good grief! The deficit will be $1,600 Billion just this year alone! Yet you want to give Obama a blank check - because you know DAMN WELL that your scheme will make it possible for him to raise the debt limit forever!

Stop being such a pathetic pansies and FIGHT for a change! Grow a spine! Borrow one! But stop rolling over and kissing the Democrat’s rear ends!


151 posted on 07/12/2011 3:46:23 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Cboldt

Obama and his cohorts are out of control.


152 posted on 07/12/2011 3:47:03 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: Gaffer

tweet:President’s meeting with Congressional leaders over federal debt has ended after 2 hours, source tells Reuters

http://www.gallup.com/poll/148454/Debt-Ceiling-Increase-Remains-Unpopular-Americans.aspx


153 posted on 07/12/2011 3:48:11 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Was anyone watching Boehner just now of Special Report? He said that HE TRUSTS OBAMA! WHAT?!?!?? Boehner needs to go!


154 posted on 07/12/2011 3:49:33 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: RummyChick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQj9o4APqRc

nice ad..but let me add..if Obama wins...Your all outta there...


155 posted on 07/12/2011 3:51:03 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

The GOP is just DUMB!! I can’t believe how dumb they are.


156 posted on 07/12/2011 3:51:06 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: novemberslady
-- Obama and his cohorts are out of control. --

That too. But when it comes to government spending, government programs, and public debt, all of those items originate from and require Congress.

And, should Obama be out of order, Congress has the power of impeachment and removal.

157 posted on 07/12/2011 3:51:54 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: antonico
It’s a bad option that McConnell put forth. He also knows it has no chance of getting support from his own members in the Senate - Rubio, Paul, DeMint, Johnson, Toomey - none of them would support this.

The Dems control the Senate. McConnell doesn't need many Reps to carry his plan forward. The House is where the battle will be fought. The House Dems will support the McConnell plan. It depends how much arm-twisting Boehner can do to get enough Reps to work with the Dems and get a bill passed. Don't forget that it was the Reps who helped Bill Clinton get NAFTA passed.

158 posted on 07/12/2011 3:52:24 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kcvl

Mitch has said along that no one was seriously talking about not raising the debt ceiling. Were we not believing him?

Note my tagline, I will never again vote for a RINO just because he is better than the other guy, they both travel the same road and that always leads to a gulag.

I don’t want to hear how it is a vote for Obama, not when the RNC is no better.


159 posted on 07/12/2011 3:52:35 PM PDT by itsahoot (Fair warning--I will vote for Palin, if I have to write her in. --He that hath an ear, let him hear.)
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To: RummyChick

jaketapper Jake Tapper
Alan Simpson says Cantor undermined Boehner. “It’s the stuff going on in my party where the pettiness overcomes the patriotism”


160 posted on 07/12/2011 3:53:25 PM PDT by RummyChick
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