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Boehner: Obama doesn't have 'the guts' to tackle deficit
Fox News ^ | Feb 12, 2013 | Bret Baier

Posted on 02/12/2013 12:32:15 PM PST by what's up

House Speaker John Boehner, in advance of President Obama's State of the Union address, said Tuesday that he doesn't think the president "has the guts" to seriously address the country's debt and deficit.

The speaker aired his concerns during a breakfast outside his office on Capitol Hill with anchors and reporters covering Obama's address Tuesday night.

He said he's pessimistic about the odds the president will tackle the country's long-term spending problem, which he sees as the biggest threat to America's future.

"I don't think he has the guts to do it. He doesn't have the courage to take on the liberal side of his own party -- never has," Boehner said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 113th; bho44; bhodod; boehner; coward; defensespending; demagogicparty; obama; ohio; partisanmediashills; sequester
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Obama has urged Congress to craft a short-term bridge bill to avert the cuts if lawmakers cannot come up with a long-term plan in the next few weeks. But asked Tuesday about Congress voting again to delay the date the sequester kicks in, Boehner said, "We're not moving it."

Boehner insisted that whatever package comes forward, it must not have new taxes in it.

"The president's gotten his revenue. Period," Boehner said, referring to tax rate hikes on top earners enacted in the fiscal crisis deal. Pressed again, Boehner repeated, "The president's gotten his revenue."

He said a solution will only happen if the president and Senate Democrats act.

1 posted on 02/12/2013 12:32:19 PM PST by what's up
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To: what's up

Boehner doesn’t either.


2 posted on 02/12/2013 12:34:30 PM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: what's up

Neither does the GOP from what I have seen in the last 20 years or so.


3 posted on 02/12/2013 12:36:25 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: what's up

LOL!!!! Gutess talking about guts!


4 posted on 02/12/2013 12:36:33 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: what's up

LOL!!!! Gutless talking about guts!


5 posted on 02/12/2013 12:36:58 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: what's up

Boehner is pathetic. Obama has more of a spine than anyone in Congress. Obama has actively set out to use his second term to destroy the GOP, while he reduces America to a pile of rubble.

Anyone who has attempted to stand up to him has been crushed by the Obama media.

Here’s a clue crybaby Boehner: Get sober, then call things as they are. Obama has the guts, not the will.


6 posted on 02/12/2013 12:37:13 PM PST by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I think the Republicans are not going to break this time. With every other scandal about to break on the Democrats, the Republicans can withstand the media scrutiny if the sequester goes through.

No way the media will keep that in the news for 2 years.


7 posted on 02/12/2013 12:39:19 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (I own a weapon to protect my family from those wanting to take that weapon away.)
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To: Timber Rattler

LMAO at Boehner saying someone else doesn’t have guts.


8 posted on 02/12/2013 12:39:29 PM PST by Venturer
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To: what's up

I thought he didn’t have the guts to say he wants to repeal the Second Amendment?

I guess we know the one phrase that focus-grouped well for the GOPe.


9 posted on 02/12/2013 12:39:55 PM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: brownsfan

Boehner whines about Obama’s lack of guts as he and the GOP keep authorizing deficit spending?! I think Boehner’s brain is pickled from all his drinking.


10 posted on 02/12/2013 12:40:06 PM PST by AtlasStalled
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To: brownsfan

“Obama has actively set out to use his second term to destroy the GOP, while he reduces America to a pile of rubble.”

Wrong. The GOP has destroyed itself, and in the process enabled obama to reduce America to a pile of rubble.


11 posted on 02/12/2013 12:42:01 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (A return to Jesus and prayer in the schools is the only way.)
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12 posted on 02/12/2013 12:42:25 PM PST by THE_RAIDER
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To: what's up

Boehner lacks the guts.

Obama lacks the inclination.


13 posted on 02/12/2013 12:42:36 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: what's up
Nice try, but Obama IS the left side of his party. And why would he even think about reeling in spending when the true purpose of his fiscal irresponsibility is forcing his true goal, good old Marxist income redistribution.

But at least ol' John tried to play.

14 posted on 02/12/2013 12:43:06 PM PST by skeeter
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To: what's up

This from crybaby.


15 posted on 02/12/2013 12:43:06 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: what's up

Whoa...sounds like Boeher is calling Obama out...

Too bad he will fold like a cheap lawn chair the first time the media makes him cry...

I do have to give him a certain amount of credit....at least he grew a pair ...if only for a moment...


16 posted on 02/12/2013 12:44:49 PM PST by Popman
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To: what's up

Boner still seems to have a very weak fundamental understanding of 0bammy.


17 posted on 02/12/2013 12:47:57 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: what's up

The nutless wonder has the nerve to talk about “guts.”


18 posted on 02/12/2013 12:49:11 PM PST by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
, the Republicans can withstand the media scrutiny if the sequester goes through.

Especially because Obama supported it and even said last year he would veto a change in sequester.

I do believe we have a winning issue this time....

19 posted on 02/12/2013 12:50:10 PM PST by what's up
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To: what's up

Do you have any bite where that bark came from, Boehner?


20 posted on 02/12/2013 12:51:00 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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