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Obama to offer “scalpel, not machete” for entitlement reform in response to Paul Ryan.
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| 04/11/2011
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 04/11/2011 7:24:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
No one is offering a Machete for entitlement reform.
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:27:49 AM PDT
by
frposty
(I'm a simpleton)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:28:21 AM PDT
by
C210N
(0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
To: SeekAndFind
Scalpal?
How about C4???
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:29:30 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
To: SeekAndFind
This pretender & criminal, nobama, blows more taxpayer money IN HISTORY over his 2+ years and, then, starts acting like he wants to control the deficit. This is just a continuation of Bizarro world.
nobama hates you, hates your family, hates Free America, hates Americans, hates the Constitution and hates the Bill of Rights. nobama is a hate crime foisted upon the USA. nobama is the Destroyer.
nobama is purposefully and intentionally undermining the USA. nobama should be in a cell in Leavenworth.
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:31:07 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
To: SeekAndFind
Obama's machetes are reserved for the American people,
for anyone who resists Obama, and for anyone
who dares to support the US Constitution.
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:31:15 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. - Bene Gesserit Coda)
To: SeekAndFind
In other words, Obama plans to cut zilch (unless it is a programme into which taxpayers actually paid money). Wanna bet that Obummer will not touch the gravy train for freeloaders?
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:31:15 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SeekAndFind
I don't mind the constant repetition of the phrase “entitlement reform” when referring to benefits people have paid for their whole life......
I just wish someone would discuss “un-entitlement reform” concerning the billions that are paid to people that have NEVER paid one red cent into the system.
To: SeekAndFind
Well, scalpels are fine when the problem comprises a small part of the overall whole. The federal budget deficit now runs $1.6 trillion, and were borrowing 40% of all the money we spend each year. Exactly.
And the first thing to notice, is that Obama has joined the debate now, and he has essentially done so on the Republicans' terms.
If the R's play their cards right, they can focus the debate on Obama's insane deficit, and how it hurts us in all its various ways.
And if the R's really play their cards right, they can continue to squeeze the Senate Democrats between the GOP-controlled House and and the Obama WH. As a matter of electoral strategy for 2012, pushing a wedge between Obama and the Congressional Democrats could be a key factor in getting rid of this awful president.
The weakest parts of the plan? There are two:
1. The fact that the Dems will be dragging up all their usual "puppies and kittens" stories, and the R's not wanting to seem mean; and
2. "Conservatives" such as those who inhabit FR threads, who shout and moan and stomp away because they didn't get everything they wanted all at once.
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:36:22 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: SeekAndFind
Contrasting the presidents approach with what Republican leaders have put forward, Plouffe said Obama will use a scalpel and not a machete as he seeks to preserve funding for education and other areas he considers crucial to the countrys long-term economic success.
It doesn't matter what he chooses to use, really. His incompetence prevents him from using either properly.
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:40:06 AM PDT
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: SeekAndFind
Call me when they go past “machete” and start talking “chainsaw.”
}:-)4
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:41:36 AM PDT
by
Moose4
("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
To: SeekAndFind
Now Obama is acknowledging the need for budget cuts.After spening trillions the scalpel is useless in a chainsaw fight.
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:42:31 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: SeekAndFind
Actually it is more like chainsaw time.
To: SeekAndFind
Actually it is more like chainsaw time.
To: SeekAndFind
Imagine if a bunch of tea party folks brandished machetes at their next rally. Think the Dems and their fawning media wouldn’t have a cow over that?
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posted on
04/11/2011 7:49:22 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
To: SeekAndFind
Cut it to the bone and then get out the bone saws.
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:10:12 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! Tea Party extremism is a badge of honor.)
To: OrangeHoof
Imagine if a bunch of tea party folks brandished machetes at their next rally. Think the Dems and their fawning media wouldnt have a cow over that?Great idea. But make them out of cardboard, else the whole lot will be arrested on some charge of endangering the public or causing a disturbance.
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:12:36 AM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
(New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
To: SeekAndFind
What Plouffe is going to offer is a big serving of BS, as usual.
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:36:00 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
To: SeekAndFind
Would it be racist to suggest Obama’s already reneging on the deal? What is it with Democrats that keeps them from acting in good faith? This is similar to when Bush told Daschle they’d get along fine, as long as Daschle didn’t lie to him. Daschle promptly stepped before the press ... and lied about their meeting.
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:44:13 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
To: SeekAndFind
Dr. Obama is a Specialist at Microcutting and Macro Spending.
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posted on
04/11/2011 8:46:47 AM PDT
by
screaminsunshine
(Obama Sucks and so do the RINOS.)
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