As much as I can tell, the people who can save the nation work in the House. So far Boehner is doing the job. So far the troops are, as well.
This is not the whole story. It’s just the part designed to p*ss you off.
Outrageous, if true. That weasel McConnell is selling us out to Obama and his Marxist scheme to bankrupt America. Screw the GOP and it’s ‘leaders’ that simply lead us into being screwed over by Obama and the Democrats. McConnell’s tough talk is BS and he is a traitor to anyone that thought we might get real change in congress by electing Tea party candidates last November. Not as long as hacks like Mitch McConnell are still running things in the GOP Congressional delegations. Our only hope is House Speaker Cryin’ John Boehner will not play along and that this attempt to hand Obama a huge victory will be thwarted. I’m not holding my breath but I am exasperated by RINO sell-outs such as the weasel McConnell. This guy definitely needs to be soundly defeated in 2014. His constituents should not forget this treachery born of the genetic RINO desire to be loved by the leftmedia.
I’m not buying any of this for a second. Sheesh.
It reminds me of when Tom DeLay said, “That’s it, we’ve cut to the bone everything that can be cut.” He was, of course, being sarcastic and slapping at his Republican colleagues, but some morons - - on our side! - - took what he said as his honest conclusion. Head-shakingly un-freaking-believeable.
Anyway, I think McConnell is playing a similar game here. Remember when the Senate voted 97 - 0 AGAINST the president’s budget a few months ago? And, going back 15 years or so, remember when the Republicans made the Senate vote on Hillarycare and it was defeated unanimously (or near-unanimously)? Well, I bet McConnell is daring the scumbag rats to vote FOR this latest wacky proposal of his.
(As a side note, if there is one thing that I sometimes find disappointing here at FR is the complete lack of strategic thinking on the part of many and the resulting frenzy of outraged idiocy. I know a lot of it is trolls, rat operatives, and other agent provocateurs, but some of it comes from long-time freepers who should know better. Calm the eff down.)
Come on Republican Party, call me for a donation. I dare your asses. Sorry, I’m folding like a cheap tent.
This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. After battling with them for months, the GOP just gives up. Gives them more than the Dems asked for, and sandbagged future politicians who might want to really try to solve this problem.
“He would be required to couple each request with a corresponding set of spending cuts that exceed the dollar amount of his sought-after debt limit hike. These cuts would be of his choosing alone. The first pair of requests would come prior to the August 2 deadline. It would be for roughly $700 Billion. The next requests, for $900 Billion, would come in the fall, and the final tranche (also for $900 Billion) would be scheduled for summer of 2012 — in the thick of the campaign cycle.”
From another article. So which is it? Couple with cuts or not?
And I can’t believe there are FReepers saying that those of us who can see this CRAP for what it is are knee-jerking.
I guess they can’t read or only read one or two sources who agree with them.
This is inside DC BS and McConnell needs to lead or get out of the way. Marco Rubio for Senate Minority Leader! Or Pat Toomey.
Any conservative to get rid of the worthless track record of GOP majority/minority “leaders” in the Senate that do nothing but bend over and take it from Dems.
Leave it to Republicans to figure out a deal that leaves them powerless when they finally have the majority numbers they hid behind when they were in the minority. Snatch a castrated minority from the jaws of a majority. Eunuchs. Oxygen thieves.
Not an accurate description of what mitch proposed...