Cantor to GOP: Quit whining and vote (Cantor sabotages GOP)

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[wilco200]

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) delivered a blunt message to the Republican Conference Tuesday morning: Quit the “grumbling” and “whining” and come together to rally behind Speaker John Boehner to pass his debt ceiling plan.

[wilco200]

Good grief. We won and Cantor decides to bail. Hold tough conservatives, don;t listen to the establishment. VOTE NO!!!!!

[vbmoneyspender]

Waiting for Boehner to explain himself on Limbaugh - supposed to be happening in the next few minutes.

[Arm_Bears]

Boner’s on—FAIL!

Rush sure has become his butt boy.

[rwfromkansas]

Boehner’s plan is conservative, and S&P said unless we cut $4 trillion, we WILL BE DOWNGRADED.

That is serious.

Unfortunately, even Boehner’s plan doesn’t reach that, but at least it’s a start trying to find the money.

We won by not getting taxes. I don’t understand why you believe we should not raise the debt limit when there are serious consequences to follow if we don’t.

[rwfromkansas]

And I do agree his plan cuts way too little.

[Revel]

I would not trust S&P at all. They are very political, and not on our side.

[vbmoneyspender]

Boehner just confirmed it is only a 7 billion cut this year.

[vbmoneyspender]

He said that 38.5 billion was cut in the continuing resolution in April. But that is a false statement (a lie in common parlance). Boehner only cut 350 million in the April CR.

[kevao]

LOL. Boner saying he fully expects we’ll blow through the first $1 trillion in debt increase by April next year! And that is under *his* plan. How in hell is this progress?

[vbmoneyspender]

And I do agree his plan cuts way too little.

You're being too hard. Boehner's plan is only 3.93 trillion short of the 4 trillion number you site.

[rwfromkansas]

Frankly, only CCB reaches that goal.

The problem is, I can’t see it passing unless 4 Democrats just don’t show up when we vote on it again in the Senate.

Not sure what we can do. Boehner’s plan isn’t enough, but frankly we need to do something just to stop the prospect of default.

But, we need to CUT 4 TRILLION ASAP as well.

I just don’t know, and honestly I’ve had it with Washington on both sides.

[TigersEye]

VOTE NO!!!!!

[TigersEye]

Stuart Varney, on Fox News, just said that 30 out of 55 economists believe our credit rating will be downgraded no matter what deal is struck. Why should we make any concessions on more spending and higher taxes when we're going to lose our AAA rating anyway? We might as well hold fast and get the pain over with.

Hold fast!

[pallis]

Demand to see Obama’s compromising plan before moving on.

[mrmeyer]

I concur.

When the balance budget amendment failed in the 90's the national debt was 5 trillion. It has nearly tripled in less than 15 yrs time. It is projected to hit 25 trillion within the next decade. How is increasing the maximum on the national credit card going to address the drunken spending habits of the fedgov?

If the feds are permitted to keep spending more than they take in we have won nothing.

[BRK]

You're being too hard. Boehner's plan is only 3.93 trillion short of the 4 trillion number you site.

Actually that's 3.993 trillion short.

[SUSSA]

None of the plans being voted on has any REAL cuts. They cut from a base line already inflated by 9 trillion dollars of proposed new spending.

The the establishment is trying to pass off increased spending as cuts.

We are getting screwed again.

[vbmoneyspender]

What’s 63 billion among friends . :-)