Blame Game Hinders Debt Ceiling Debate (MUST READ)

NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 | Chris Freind

[MegaSilver]

Water is wet. The sky is blue. The United States is insolvent. None of these will change anytime soon.

Yet as The Great Debt Ceiling Debate continues, it is fascinating to watch both sides spin their rhetoric. President Obama, saying the U.S. must raise its debt limit or the government will default, has apparently forgotten that he and his party have spent incomprehensible amounts of money to put us at that level.

Many on the right seem content to play the blame game, arguing that Obama and the Democrats are solely responsible, conveniently forgetting that George W. Bush (who inherited a budget surplus) and his Republican Congress more than doubled the national debt during their watch...

[MegaSilver]

The fascination with the big, pioneering frontier has long been a staple element in American culture. In the past this produced an unquenchable thirst for adventure and discovery that led to one of the most technically innovative civilizations the world had ever seen (for where there is a will, there is a way).

Unfortunately, beginning with at least the Baby Boomers, the thirst for largeness expressed itself in terms of the consumption rather than the production of largess. What was once the strength of American society has become cancerous and we must destroy this cancer.

But we do so at the risk of destroying ourselves... or at the very least of changing to the point of unrecognizability.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus...

[tsowellfan]

The liberals are already attacking it on Am Radio - Time to take control of the debates

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/WGANMorningNews/posts/232385903461277?notif_t=share_reply

[Flintlock]

Crap.
Stop blaming the two-thirds of the population that’s sane.
We have been fighting this stuff since FDR, for God’s sake!
We have known SSI was insolvent since LBJ raided it back in the 60’s.
Term Limits??—Lefties on the courts killed the one thing that would have helped.
Barry’s boys have just speeded things up—by a factor of TEN (or more).

[SF_Redux]

President Obama walked jauntily to the White House briefing room to embrace it as “broadly consistent with what we’ve been working on here in the White House.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/19/gang-of-squish/

[SF_Redux]

” Yet as The Great Debt Ceiling Debate continues,....”

and will continue until they bury Fast & Furious

[BuckeyeTexan]

“To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.” ~Ronald Reagan

[radioone]

"In all likelihood, the debt ceiling will be significantly raised (good for Obama), with promises of big “deficit reductions” (red meat for the GOP)."

Don't get your hopes up to high on that last part. It'll never happen.

[LibLieSlayer]

abc (this morning) is reporting that the American people blame the republicans 80% to 20% who blame obama... for the debt talks being so partisan... we know it is all lies but they are controlling that vast amount of mush brains in America... because the repulicowards refuse to engage in PUBLIC DEBATE to defend reason and logic. Bush and rove's "kinder gentler loser" syndrome.

LLS

[MegaSilver]

Stop blaming the two-thirds of the population that’s sane.

Two-thirds?

Not what I've seen in my generation (Y). Not what my parents saw in theirs (Baby Boomers). Even Republican-voting financial "experts" have assured me that "it pays to have debt!" Of course they were referring to the practice of leveraging, which is itself highly risky.

[MegaSilver]

Don't get your hopes up to high on that last part. It'll never happen.

It's the PROMISES that are red meat for them. Never mind that even if they do get the opportunity they'll squander it.

[Darth Reardon]

MUST READ? Well, I made it this far

conveniently forgetting that George W. Bush (who inherited a budget surplus)

Bush was bad on the budget, but the surplus is a blatant lie.

[screaminsunshine]

The only hope now is that the House stands up and simply refuses. Then Obama will have to do it himself. He will. Then we can attack. The House still has 18 months. This road will lead to the Obama 2nd term with the RATS in charge of all 3 branches. We tried. Looks like it was too late.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

There might be another way of looking at Bush 43 spending. Bring back Bush. http://media.townhall.com/townhall/Medved/Medved_Show/chartlarge.gif

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

because the repulicowards refuse to engage in PUBLIC DEBATE to defend reason and logic

Are you saying the Republicans in congress are refusing to engage in debate? You cannot possibly be serious. This goes beyond all common reason and logic.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

The only hope now is that the House stands up and simply refuses. Then Obama will have to do it himself.

Isn't this exactly what McConnell's plan will do?

[screaminsunshine]

No. McConnells plan will allow obama to come out smelling like a Rose. If the House stands Obama will have to try and use the 14th amendment excuse to spend anyway.

[muawiyah]

I blame ABC. None of their reporters can feel safe in the future.

[screaminsunshine]

Get ready for Rove to trot out Jeb Bush as the new improved GOP candidate.

[LibLieSlayer]

When did you become a republican party hack? When have you seen any elected Congressional republican leadership take obama on head to head in the media. I can do it... any FReeper worth his or her salt could do it... but last week when brett interviewed boehner and asked, “What will you do if no compromise can be reached”... boehner sat silent for seconds... looked stunned and answered, “I don't know”.

You need to get your head screwed on correctly grandma... you are not thinking straight this morning... this is your second attack on me today... and You have the gall to defend romney on FR (in another thread attacking me this morning)... sad day.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Amen!

LLS