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.
I hope he LISTENS!!!!
...hope you are doing better, too!
Let’s make him cry. Ring his phone off the hook. No new taxes. Hold the line. Return to the 2007 budget levels
She could win...she doesn’t cry 1/8 as much as Boehner does.
Sarah may have hurt his feelings.
The House Freshmen and about 1/2 of the more senior caucus knows that if they get blasted by Palin, based on their own constituency, they will not be elected again.
We will NOT have a deal by Aug 2nd unless it's a total and complete cave by the dims.
And, given their own hype, a dedicated GOP can extract just that.
How much do we need to get to Oct 1?
Surely it can’t be more than 750 billion.
Why would we EVER agree to 2.5 Trillion?
Spending and borrowing got us into this mess... and they tell us we need to borrow more and spend more to get out of it?
Just damn.
Sarah-gonna-take-Bonehead-to-the-woodshed-if-he-folds-like-a-cheap-tent Ping
Sorry. I love that about Boehner and Beck. ----Matter of fact, that and/or goose bumps when you hear our anthem SHOULD BE A QUALIFIER for cititzenship!
There, I'm climbing down from my soapbox now....
Satah is the Merrill Lynch of the Conservative movement. She doesn’t have to yell. She could whisper and everyone would pay attention. This sounds like a thinly disguised warning to me.
To Late! He is welling up as we speak!
SARAH
Dang!
That said, if that SOB doesn’t stand firm on NO TAXES AND CUT SPENDING... I’ll make him cry, myself ;-)
I wonder how much she will raise the first 24 hrs after she announces. Bet it’s a record... by a lot.
Madame President weighs in..
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