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S&P demanded more DEFICIT REDUCTION. Joel Send a noteboard - 06/08/2011 03:55:19 PM
The S&P demanded more cuts, Obama refused, our rating was downgraded. Once you wake up from your silly liberal dream, reply to this post so we can have a reasonable chat.

You can get that through spending cuts, but you can also get it by raising taxes; S&P explicitly cited GOP inability to grasp that latter concept in their statement downgrading US bonds. They further cited Republicans turning a routine debt ceiling extension into a doomsday scenario. So all of Obamas blame in this boils down to granting all Republican demands instead of holding the line even if it cost him the Presidency (like he said he would). Ironically, and poetically, NOT holding the line is now likely to cost him re-election.
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US Credit Rate Downgraded - Obama should resign..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 04:12:48 AM 1403 Views
Que tonterías. Larry - 06/08/2011 04:23:49 AM 937 Views
How... foolish? Ghavrel - 06/08/2011 05:13:30 AM 956 Views
Sip Larry - 06/08/2011 05:38:15 AM 925 Views
I took it to translate to "argument." *NM* rebelaessedai - 08/08/2011 01:27:55 AM 467 Views
A mí me parece que él no merece que le digas "usted", tampoco. Legolas - 06/08/2011 11:03:22 AM 750 Views
Verdad Larry - 06/08/2011 04:09:52 PM 875 Views
Really? Amelia Pond - 06/08/2011 05:05:48 AM 989 Views
Leaders have to lead..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 05:18:21 AM 810 Views
Cuts aren't up to him, though. Great Lord of Chaos - 06/08/2011 05:37:50 AM 850 Views
Yeah, sure, the President has no say or control.....good grief..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:13:49 AM 475 Views
I did not say that. Great Lord of Chaos - 06/08/2011 06:51:35 AM 925 Views
S&P didn't demand cuts, they demanded fiscal responsibility. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:18:10 PM 1089 Views
Obama caved spectacularly to avoid a default. Great Lord of Chaos - 06/08/2011 04:37:21 PM 900 Views
Obama caved spectacularly to ease re-election. Joel - 06/08/2011 05:34:04 PM 1076 Views
and haters gotta hate..... *NM* Aisha - 06/08/2011 05:49:25 AM 451 Views
I admit it, I hate what Obama is doing to our country..... *NM* trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:12:39 AM 465 Views
It's not Obama, but the Tea Party Amelia Pond - 06/08/2011 06:16:38 PM 938 Views
The biggest? why that is pretty damn big!!! random thoughts - 09/08/2011 06:29:24 PM 867 Views
you, it was the tea party republicans that caused this Roland00 - 06/08/2011 05:57:16 AM 942 Views
Your momma is more to blame than the Tea Party..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:12:05 AM 816 Views
S&P demanded more DEFICIT REDUCTION. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:55:19 PM 963 Views
As ever your disinterest in facts seems to be central to your posting. snoopcester - 06/08/2011 11:34:20 AM 911 Views
Which would be less annoying if so much of Congress didn't suffer from the same delusions. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:48:04 PM 794 Views
Does Timmy G play sax like his brother Kenny? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 06/08/2011 01:11:17 PM 451 Views
Fun fact - I dated in HS Kenny G's niece..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 03:13:52 PM 803 Views
Re: Fun fact - I dated in HS Kenny G's niece..... TaskmasterJack - 06/08/2011 04:50:35 PM 900 Views
Sadly, not that niece!!! *NM* trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:40:39 PM 462 Views
S&P specifically cited GOP refusal to raise taxes among their reasons. Joel - 06/08/2011 03:10:22 PM 973 Views
Of course one could just read the actual S&P report Isaac - 06/08/2011 04:01:07 PM 972 Views
Sure. Joel - 06/08/2011 04:53:47 PM 983 Views
Right, ABC new's summary of the report is not the report Isaac - 06/08/2011 07:02:46 PM 1284 Views
Link works, but I'm not sure why you think it refutes snoops assessment or mine. Joel - 06/08/2011 08:35:10 PM 1075 Views
It doesn't refute it, it just isn't this simple distillation you're offering Isaac - 06/08/2011 09:23:33 PM 896 Views
It's more than half a sentence; I quoted several paragraphs. Joel - 06/08/2011 09:56:31 PM 780 Views
Well yes, after I gave you the report, I think I'm pretty obviously refering to before that Isaac - 06/08/2011 11:02:17 PM 799 Views
Before you and Joel continue on with dragging my name into this snoopcester - 06/08/2011 11:47:00 PM 907 Views
That's the trouble with a highly partisan environment: Joel - 07/08/2011 01:37:57 AM 921 Views
Before that I was referring to the paragraphs quoted in the ABC report. Joel - 07/08/2011 01:21:18 AM 1211 Views
not really random thoughts - 06/08/2011 10:15:32 PM 845 Views
"the mix of spending and revenue measures" Joel - 06/08/2011 10:23:06 PM 928 Views
So you read the statement that they take no posistion as they take the dem position? random thoughts - 07/08/2011 04:51:58 AM 926 Views
I read a "mix" to be a mix. Joel - 09/08/2011 12:14:35 AM 842 Views
So in other words you just ignore the actaull words and read it say what you want it to say *NM* random thoughts - 09/08/2011 02:07:57 PM 519 Views
A mix of something and nothing is impossible; one thing is one thing, not a mix. Joel - 09/08/2011 04:56:00 PM 1026 Views
Would 99.99% to 0.01% be a mix? random thoughts - 09/08/2011 06:25:08 PM 1104 Views
Yup, but 100% to 0% is not. Joel - 09/08/2011 06:35:13 PM 936 Views
They should all resign Praziquantel - 06/08/2011 05:47:56 PM 960 Views
US politicians are too busy fighting over who gets to play the fiddle. *NM* Nate - 06/08/2011 05:53:32 PM 466 Views
You are either really naive or just stupid. Which is it? *NM* everynametaken - 06/08/2011 06:31:58 PM 442 Views
Reply to everyone whining about the Tea Party..... trzaska2000 - 06/08/2011 06:58:40 PM 990 Views
When did Boehner agree to $800 billion in revenue increases?! Joel - 06/08/2011 08:49:51 PM 937 Views
Wait Wait Wait.... Dominic - 07/08/2011 05:31:20 AM 934 Views
In Jersey The Doctor - 07/08/2011 06:13:23 PM 1027 Views
would him resigning really help? Yunalesca - 07/08/2011 10:24:00 AM 887 Views
not as long as he has the high functioning moron Joe Biden as VP. random thoughts - 08/08/2011 12:34:32 AM 882 Views
In reality, its Congress (BOTH parties) AND the President who are to blame. MrFarstrider - 08/08/2011 01:59:13 AM 903 Views
40% is not a small tax increase and a small spending cut Roland00 - 09/08/2011 04:20:28 AM 782 Views
Why are people making a deal about the debt ceiling increase? Nate - 09/08/2011 03:42:13 PM 816 Views
We do have a debt ceiling for a reason random thoughts - 09/08/2011 04:05:59 PM 832 Views
Because, when you get down to it, the debt ceilings very existence was always a political threat. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:02:12 PM 788 Views
Ultimately, I'm forced to agree completely. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:09:19 PM 864 Views
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