“due to the Dems, had no way to adhere to the 72 hour rule”
BS. That “immoveable deadline” shtick is getting a bit stale by now, the statists use it too much. Boehner has learned a lot from his pals Pelosi and Reid. What do you suppose would happen if there were no deal tomorrow? I think nothing would happen. I would not be surprised if they could find tricks and gimmicks to extend the “immovable deadline” out to the end of the year if they had to. They already moved the “immovable deadline” once, from June to now. The reason they rushed this through is the same reason they rushed through TARP, Obamacare and other statist wet dreams. It is because this deal massively sucks, Boehner knows it massively sucks and he wanted to get it done before conservatives found out just exactly how massively it sucks. That is why Boehner reneged on his three day promise. This deal supposedly cuts around $2 trillion in spending according to the CBO over the next ten years. Does anybody believe they will really make even these anemic “cuts” in the out years? If absolutely zero was done to the budget for 10 years, the CBO would score it as a $9.5 trillion cut. That means this great republican negotiated deal only slows the out of control rate of government growth by about 20%. It does not really cut a damned thing, government will continue its explosive growth at 80% of the speed it is growing now. The republicans elected last year promised to cut government and reduce spending. Seen any of that yet? I haven’t. They promised to do something about Obamacare. Have they repealed or even attempted to defund Obamacare? They promised to reign in out of control government regulation. Have they repealed the light bulb ban? Boehner was particularly treacherous in how he handled that vote. The truth is that Boehner, Cantor, McConnell and the rest of the establishment republican crew are not that different from the Pelosi/Reid establishment rat crew. The difference between the two groups is in degree, not in direction. Boehner’s action speak louder than his words and they tell me that the two groups have a common goal in growing the government. Why should the people who voted republican in 2010 expecting a change in direction support these liars again? Will they promise to do more cool conservative stuff they will renege on once they get re-elected? If I was trying to get a third party movement started in the USA, I could never handle it as effectively as Boehner is doing it now.
“They promised to do something about Obamacare. Have they repealed or even attempted to defund Obamacare?”
Yes, they did try, and because we don’t have the votes, it got nowhere. Geez, what is wrong with the brains of some Freepers? WE DON’T HAVE THE VOTES!!!!!!! Comprende?
You expect miracles where there aren’t any. And drag the debt limit crisis out endlessly? Let’s say for just a few more weeks. The markets would go totally negative, we would be downgraded by Moody and S&P’s, and to what end? And the damage to our credit would mean we would incur millions more in debt added on top of what we currently have. The outcome would be the same anyway three weeks later or even later than that, as WE DON’T HAVE THE VOTES.
Geez, what thick heads one runs into, incapable of understanding the obvious. Dragging this out would just damage the Pub Party further, and make winning in 2012 that much harder. This is what must happen. We must win in 2012, not fight a war that we can’t win right now. I just don’t understand how anyone can deny the obvious, unless they are running on pure emotion, and no rationale.