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How the Tea Party ‘hobbits’ won the debt fight
The Washington Post ^ | July 31, 2011 | Marc A. Thiessen

Posted on 07/31/2011 6:47:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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I hope he's right.
1 posted on 07/31/2011 6:47:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

IF THE WASHINGTON POST SAYS WE WON WE ARE REALLY f’ED.....


2 posted on 07/31/2011 6:48:19 PM PDT by stockpirate (Proud member of the TEA Party Hobbits.........remember the hobbits won the day)
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The deal allows the Bush tax rates to expire, that is a tax increase......

Call and tell them to vote HELL NO.


3 posted on 07/31/2011 6:49:40 PM PDT by stockpirate (Proud member of the TEA Party Hobbits.........remember the hobbits won the day)
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He’s with AEI, not WaPo.


4 posted on 07/31/2011 6:50:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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This is about the third article I have read from the Post saying how the Repubs won.

We are truly screwed.


5 posted on 07/31/2011 6:50:42 PM PDT by Venturer
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So if I spend $1 dollar less every year, why do I need to borrow $1 more every year?


6 posted on 07/31/2011 6:51:11 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
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It’s just best not to pay attention to the MSM period. Most of the time you can observe them from a distance, but now you might as well just shut them off entirely.


7 posted on 07/31/2011 6:51:17 PM PDT by CommieCutter (Promote Liberal Extinction: Support gay marriage and abortion!)
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NOONE has won anything, because the Bush tax cuts will expire, and that’s a tax increase. The military budget will be gutted, if the 3 dems and 3 GOP miss deadline on reducing spending cuts in October, and cannot agree.
Obama is master deceiver, and they only get a vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment...that’s not a win.
How many things has REID tabled without a vote. This is not a win, and 2 trillion over ten years is chump change, and the debt climbs.
The ony hope is Obama loses in 2012. Today I heard thousands of layoffs are coming from several companies, on top of bad news already...double dip recession in the next year...count on it.


8 posted on 07/31/2011 6:51:30 PM PDT by Kackikat
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I’m not holding my breath on this one, especially with the “super committee” provision, which is a complete joke.


9 posted on 07/31/2011 6:51:32 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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Hobbits kneel for no man.


10 posted on 07/31/2011 6:51:51 PM PDT by paul in cape
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LOL, the debt will be 26 trillion in 10 years, how many more time can we afford to win. A super tanker could not carry thy load of BS.


11 posted on 07/31/2011 6:54:17 PM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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Hobbits rule the WAPo has to acknowledge.


12 posted on 07/31/2011 6:54:24 PM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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LOL, the debt will be 26 trillion in 10 years, how many more time can we afford to win. A super tanker could not carry thy load of BS.


13 posted on 07/31/2011 6:54:33 PM PDT by org.whodat (What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
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Well, to be accurate the Bush Tax Cuts expire in October 2012. This will have to be renewed. If not, the markets will head south just a month before the general elections.


14 posted on 07/31/2011 6:55:01 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: paul in cape

Doesn’t everyone love Hobbits?


15 posted on 07/31/2011 6:55:31 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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if we cut a dollar of spending for every dollar we raise the debt limit, we will balance the budget in 10 years

Now I’m really confused. I cut my monthly spending by a dollar each month. But I raise the amount I CAN spend every month. And that’s a balance?


16 posted on 07/31/2011 6:55:40 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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The reported debt-limit deal appears to be a victory for the Tea Party. It includes around $1 trillion in spending cuts and creates a special committee of Congress to recommend cuts of $1.2 trillion more.

Hilarious. Even if the get the full 2.2 trillion, it's nowhere near what Obama's already spent since 2009.

17 posted on 07/31/2011 6:57:10 PM PDT by edpc (I disagree. Circle gets the square.)
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I suppose this “hobbit” comparison would mean the Dems are orcs and Obama is Sauron.


18 posted on 07/31/2011 7:01:01 PM PDT by edpc (I disagree. Circle gets the square.)
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“The deal allows the Bush tax rates to expire”

No way Obama has the guts to defend that during a Presidential Election year.


19 posted on 07/31/2011 7:01:06 PM PDT by radioone (Capitalism does More with Less, Government does Less with MORE...)
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I am glad to be called a Hobbit. The Hobbits had a small government. They had mayors and sheriffs, but virtually no governmental bureaucracy. While Hobbits could be called naive and were all too willing to share, they did not steal from each other and believed in private property. So yes, I am glad to be a Hobbit!


20 posted on 07/31/2011 7:03:20 PM PDT by MichaelNewton
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