Obviously the President has a say in the proceedings. However, S & P clearly stated that the onus did not majorly fall on Obama's administration, but as a gradual progression towards this end for quite a while. Blaming Obama for this is utterly ridiculous.
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US Credit Rate Downgraded - Obama should resign.....
- 06/08/2011 04:12:48 AM
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you, it was the tea party republicans that caused this
- 06/08/2011 05:57:16 AM
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- 06/08/2011 04:12:48 AM
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Que tonterías.
- 06/08/2011 04:23:49 AM
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Really?
- 06/08/2011 05:05:48 AM
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Leaders have to lead.....
- 06/08/2011 05:18:21 AM
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Cuts aren't up to him, though.
- 06/08/2011 05:37:50 AM
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Yeah, sure, the President has no say or control.....good grief.....
*NM*
- 06/08/2011 06:13:49 AM
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*NM*
- 06/08/2011 06:13:49 AM
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I did not say that.
- 06/08/2011 06:51:35 AM
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S&P didn't demand cuts, they demanded fiscal responsibility.
- 06/08/2011 03:18:10 PM
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and haters gotta hate..... *NM*
- 06/08/2011 05:49:25 AM
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I admit it, I hate what Obama is doing to our country..... *NM*
- 06/08/2011 06:12:39 AM
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you, it was the tea party republicans that caused this
- 06/08/2011 05:57:16 AM
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As ever your disinterest in facts seems to be central to your posting.
- 06/08/2011 11:34:20 AM
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Which would be less annoying if so much of Congress didn't suffer from the same delusions.
- 06/08/2011 03:48:04 PM
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Does Timmy G play sax like his brother Kenny? *NM*
- 06/08/2011 01:11:17 PM
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Fun fact - I dated in HS Kenny G's niece.....
- 06/08/2011 03:13:52 PM
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S&P specifically cited GOP refusal to raise taxes among their reasons.
- 06/08/2011 03:10:22 PM
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Of course one could just read the actual S&P report
- 06/08/2011 04:01:07 PM
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Sure.
- 06/08/2011 04:53:47 PM
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Right, ABC new's summary of the report is not the report
- 06/08/2011 07:02:46 PM
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Link works, but I'm not sure why you think it refutes snoops assessment or mine.
- 06/08/2011 08:35:10 PM
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It doesn't refute it, it just isn't this simple distillation you're offering
- 06/08/2011 09:23:33 PM
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It's more than half a sentence; I quoted several paragraphs.
- 06/08/2011 09:56:31 PM
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Well yes, after I gave you the report, I think I'm pretty obviously refering to before that 
- 06/08/2011 11:02:17 PM
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- 06/08/2011 11:02:17 PM
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Before that I was referring to the paragraphs quoted in the ABC report.
- 07/08/2011 01:21:18 AM
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not really
- 06/08/2011 10:15:32 PM
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"the mix of spending and revenue measures"
- 06/08/2011 10:23:06 PM
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So you read the statement that they take no posistion as they take the dem position?
- 07/08/2011 04:51:58 AM
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I read a "mix" to be a mix.
- 09/08/2011 12:14:35 AM
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So in other words you just ignore the actaull words and read it say what you want it to say *NM*
- 09/08/2011 02:07:57 PM
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A mix of something and nothing is impossible; one thing is one thing, not a mix.
- 09/08/2011 04:56:00 PM
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US politicians are too busy fighting over who gets to play the fiddle. *NM*
- 06/08/2011 05:53:32 PM
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You are either really naive or just stupid. Which is it? *NM*
would him resigning really help?
- 07/08/2011 10:24:00 AM
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not as long as he has the high functioning moron Joe Biden as VP.
- 08/08/2011 12:34:32 AM
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In reality, its Congress (BOTH parties) AND the President who are to blame.
- 08/08/2011 01:59:13 AM
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40% is not a small tax increase and a small spending cut
- 09/08/2011 04:20:28 AM
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Why are people making a deal about the debt ceiling increase?
- 09/08/2011 03:42:13 PM
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Because, when you get down to it, the debt ceilings very existence was always a political threat.
- 09/08/2011 05:02:12 PM
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