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Boehner Lays Down the Debt-Ceiling Gauntlet
Townhall.com ^ | May 10, 2011 | Larry Kudlow

Posted on 05/10/2011 5:37:07 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 05/10/2011 5:37:09 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
And the cuts should be greater than the accompanying increase in debt authority the president has given.

If cuts are greater than the accompanying increase in debt authority, why raise the debt ceiling?

2 posted on 05/10/2011 5:39:57 AM PDT by deadrock (Be kind to most, some you meet are fighting a hard battle. -Apologies to Philo)
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To: Kaslin

They’ve watched him bluff and fold before.

There’s no concern he’s able to play even a strong hand.

That’s the problem with folding early, pretending you’ll fight hard next time...


3 posted on 05/10/2011 5:42:26 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: DEADROCK
If cuts are greater than the accompanying increase in debt authority, why raise the debt ceiling?

Because they will play the same "spend now cut later" game they always play. Unfortunately later never comes.

This will not end well for the country.

4 posted on 05/10/2011 5:43:35 AM PDT by BoringGuy
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To: DEADROCK

>>> If cuts are greater than the accompanying increase in debt authority, why raise the debt ceiling? >>>

The cuts wouldn’t happen instantaneously — but in general, that is the bargain we’re talking about: You raise the debt ceiling in order to get the Democrats to go along with the huge cuts. That’s the other side of the leverage in this issue.


5 posted on 05/10/2011 5:44:27 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: G Larry

Maybe you would prefer Nancy Pelosi as speaker.


6 posted on 05/10/2011 5:45:00 AM PDT by Perdogg (0bama got 0sama?? Really, was 0sama on the golf course?)
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To: Kaslin

I have been sorely disappointed with Boehner as House Speaker. He comes across as being all show and no go.

This is what we get when the Establishment GOP has their boys in charge.

We need to avoid the “weak sister” RINO at all cost.


7 posted on 05/10/2011 5:47:32 AM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November (2012) from my house.)
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To: Kaslin

What is he going to do demand real fake cuts this time. Are will it be more fake, fake cuts.


8 posted on 05/10/2011 5:47:58 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Kaslin

They’ll cave.


9 posted on 05/10/2011 5:50:28 AM PDT by crosshairs (Say what you want about the South, but you never hear of anyone retiring and moving north.)
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To: DEADROCK

That’s it you need to leave the room, no common sense allowed in congress.


10 posted on 05/10/2011 5:50:28 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Perdogg

Maybe you would grow up and find a way to demand our side fight rather than fold, or there will be no difference between the two?


11 posted on 05/10/2011 5:51:28 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: Kaslin
Enough of this Beltway Kabuki Theater

Can't we elect anything but phonies?

12 posted on 05/10/2011 5:51:43 AM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Kaslin

When he folded on the Continuing Resolution (CR) he used phrases such as, “there is a political reality” and, “it was the best deal available.”

Expect more of the same as he gets steamrolled again.


13 posted on 05/10/2011 5:52:51 AM PDT by JohnG45
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To: Kaslin
House Republican Speaker John Boehner will give an important policy speech on the debt ceiling tonight ...

... meanwhile, Senor Wee Wee will be in El Paso on another campaign junket sucking up to the illegal alien vote rather than exerting any vestige of leadership.

14 posted on 05/10/2011 5:58:01 AM PDT by Zakeet (U.S. Navy SEAL cocktail - two shots and a splash of water)
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To: DEADROCK
LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL~!

http://www.speaker.gov/Contact/

15 posted on 05/10/2011 5:58:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (this administration is WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY~!! [Palin/Bachman 2012])
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To: Kaslin

Boener Lays Down


16 posted on 05/10/2011 5:59:43 AM PDT by bray (What do you think of water boarding now, Obama?)
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To: Kaslin

No real substance, just a theater production with Kabuki performers


17 posted on 05/10/2011 6:00:58 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: Kaslin

Harry Reid: “Jump”!

Boehner: “How high”?


18 posted on 05/10/2011 6:05:54 AM PDT by JohnG45
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To: Kaslin

Wimpy little crybaby....


19 posted on 05/10/2011 6:06:31 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: iontheball

You got that right! If Boehner really gave a rats arse, he wouldn’t be kowtowing - he is establishment all the way. Is this the best you can do CINCINNATI????

Defunding EPA, DO-ENERGY, DO-EDUCATION, DO-HEALTH&HUMAN SERVICES would be a good start. Let the citizens and the States keep their tax dollars to take of their own business. You can do that all right now, Speaker (Talker) Boehner - so get on with it.


20 posted on 05/10/2011 6:06:46 AM PDT by Sioux-san
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