WH 'surprised' GOP laughed at Geithner offer

Washington Examiner ^ | 11/30/12 | Joel Gehrke

[Nachum]

President Obama’s spokesman said he was “surprised” that Republicans laughed at a proposal from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner that would raise taxes by $1.6 trillion, increase spending, and give the president unilateral control over the debt ceiling.

“I was surprised they [the Republicans] were surprised,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters today during the press gaggle when asked about the proposal Geithner made in a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “There is no reason for anybody to be surprised.”

Geithner foreshadowed this proposal with comments made to Bloomberg TV last week. “It would have been time a long time ago to eliminate it,” he said.

McConnell said Obama “ought to be embarrassed” about the proposal. “[H]ere we are witnessing the President running around the country thinking the campaign is not over yet,” he told Hugh Hewitt. “And they’re presenting laughable suggestions from the Secretary of the Treasury . . . It’s a serious blow to his credibility.”

[Nachum]

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

[Nachum]

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[1rudeboy]

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

Don't you mean, "surprised?" Are you surprised the WH is surprised?

[Fido969]

Is “Surprised” the Obama 2.0 version of “Unexpected”?

[lurk]

I still expect that the GOP will wimp out again, but notice something. The Leftists in the Senate and White House are getting a bit arrogant.

Arrogance equals temporary.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” . It’s a serious blow to his credibility.””

WHAT credibility?

[geologist]

It worked like a charm during the first 4 years ...

So why would he do anything different? It worked!!! Change requires not simply words but true intentions. If we buy lies then we will get lots of them coming our way.

If you fool me once, shame on you ... if you fool me twice or a dozen or multiple times shame on me!!!

[COBOL2Java]

My favorite "Surprised" quote is from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation":

Eddie: You surprised to see us, Clark?
Clark: Surprised Eddie?... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.

[ecomcon]

I hadn’t heard about them wanting to give the President unilateral control of the debt ceiling.

Another unconstitutional dictator - like power grab from the Stalinist wanna be.

Obama is communist scum.

[Nachum]

Don't you mean, "surprised?" Are you surprised the WH is surprised?

I am definitely surprised. Shockingly surprised.

[gunnyg]

Must have been some of that “nervous” laughter the shrinks mention now an then....but then again, maybe they’ve been reading Alinsky...he always said the enemy cannot stand being laughed at!!!!!

;)

Semper Grinning!
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[RedEyeJack]

When this story appears in your local paper sent them this as a letter to the editor about the situation...

"That jug-eared fool smoked pot in college, bows to foreign dictators, and let four American diplomats die in Libya because he was afraid of getting a bad headline – you're going to listen his fiscal cliff plan? Don't make me laugh!" (I copied this from another Freeper)

[Nachum]

He was not laughing.

(he he he)

Was not.

(ha haw hee hee)

Not.

(hahahahahahahahaha)

[Democrats hate too much]

"I still expect that the GOP will wimp out again"
-I actually think the more Obama talks the more insulted the Republicans will be which will actually transform them into not wimping out. I also am seeing signs that it looks like the longer this debate about not cutting spending the more democrats look bad to the public. Republicans should stretch out this debate as long as they can because the longer it goes on the more the Democrats look bad to the public. We are looking at an Obama miscalculation. Why? because the mandate that people gave Obama the reason why the voted for him was to protect social issues NOT be fiscally liberal. The vast majority of Democrats are actually fiscally liberal.

[Democrats hate too much]

I meant the vast majority of Democrats are actually fiscally CONSERVATIVE.

[cripplecreek]

I could never be a senator.

I’d counter offer by climbing up on the table, dropping my drawers and leaving a steaming pile right in from of Turbo Tax Timmy.

[KarlInOhio]

Right now what the Republicans should do is vote to continue current tax rates through 2013. Then either the Democratic Senate will vote against it or the President will veto it. Then one the first paycheck in 2013 when everyone's taxes goes up the Republicans should say "we tried to stop, but the Democrats raised your taxes."

What they will do is surrender in late December.

Nuts!

[Logical me]

Just part of the communists takeover of America. Not much new here.

All hail King Obama, our beloved dictator. /s/

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I laugh every time I look at Geithner...he’s a buffoon.

[MAexile]

McConnell said Obama “ought to be embarrassed”

Of course part of the problem here is that Obama lacks any sense of shame whatsoever.