Posted on 07/10/2011 4:36:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has issued a stern warning to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) as Boehner sits down with President Obama Sunday night to negotiate a raising of the debt ceiling: don't do it.
Palin, in an interview appearing in Newsweek, “made it clear that she’s against any deal that raises the debt ceiling and would hold House Speaker John Boehner’s feet to the fire if he agreed to one” according to the magazine.
“No, we have to cut spending. It is imperative, and I will be very, very disappointed if Boehner and the leaders of the Republican Party cave on any kind of debt deal in the next couple of months,” she said.
Palin last month told Fox News that she would be against any raising of the debt ceiling and favors holding the line and slashing spending across the board instead.
But she acknoweldged that Congress will likely raise the debt ceiling anyway.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner again on Sunday said that the U.S. credit rating would suffer if the debt limit is not raised by Aug. 2—a prospect that would lead to higher interest rates and lower economic growth.
Only a small minority of Republicans in Congress, such as presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) are taking the “just say no” approach to the debt ceiling. Most Tea Party-backed members in the House favor tying a raising of the debt ceiling to cuts, spending caps and a balanced budget amendment.
In the Newsweek interview, Palin brags that she could win the White House if she chooses to run for it in 2012.
She’s acting like a red-meat conservative.
It’s time to leave Boner alone and start beating up on Obastard who is getting none of the heat. Obastard just keeps pressing buttons that he knows will keep the right eating their own,
To God’s ears...:))
BWAHAHAHAHA!! STOP! JUST STOP! You are killing me!! ROFLOL!!
No, It’s time to make Bonehead and the rest of the RINOS act like a Republican that follows the party platform, not let him further destroy the party with his Dem/Lib BS and weepy golfy theatrics.
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This is what will happen - we all know it. Who are we kidding. The FIX is in.
I don’t expect anything to happen.
They will raise the debt ceiling. Not raise taxes and pretend to have spending cuts “over 10 years” that never materialize.
That is what will likely happen.
I don’t expect anything to happen.
They will raise the debt ceiling. Not raise taxes and pretend to have spending cuts “over 10 years” that never materialize.
That is what will likely happen.
I don’t expect anything to happen.
They will raise the debt ceiling. Not raise taxes and pretend to have spending cuts “over 10 years” that never materialize.
That is what will likely happen.
It will be smoke and mirrors - sham
What would you expect her to say Conservategreatgrandma? That she thought that she didn’t have a chance?? In fact, I think she has as much chance at this stage of the game as any of the knuckleheads announced and about as much Ronald Reagan did in the Summer of 1979! There is something special about the lady that reminds me of Maggie Thatcher. If she has the “fire in the belly” she is going all the way!
Palin needs to save her breath. Tammy Faye is going to cave and we all know it. If she really wants to save this country Palin needs to announce, get in it and get to fighting. Otherwise its going to be Michelle Bachmann and/or Herman Cain. Both fine candidates.
I recently had a go-around with a PDSer and made that point. There are a growing number of people I see saying they are going to max out for Palin, and that’s in addition to all those who have committed to donating whatever amount they can.
Team Palin better have a server that can handle big financial traffic on Day 1.
There ya go!
“Palin needs to save her breath.”
Nope. She needs to do just what she’s doing. Spreading her influence and helping to make a difference.
Bohner will cave of course and that will set into motion a backlash.
and she is sure she can win because she is confident her ideas are with the American people.
Thank you. Now at least you are at least admitting that you only have the opinion that Palin will win. Before you said it is a FACT that she will win. The later is impossible for you to know
Her high negatives are a fact. She and Newt both have very high negatives.
I like it.
Maybe so, I’m not going to say she can’t as I don’t know. I have no idea what is going to happen. There are likely to be surprises along the way.
Her high negatives are a media created myth. That 60% nonsense has been debunked repeatedly. Why help to spread a lie?
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