Posted on 09/18/2013 7:59:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
President Barack Obama has accused his critics of extorting him over raising the US debt ceiling, as a Republican budget gamble brought the prospect of a government shutdown ever closer.
Obama and his Republican foes in Congress are locked into entrenched positions over lifting the $US16.7 trillion ($A17.9 trillion) borrowing cap and a government operating budget.
If there is no compromise - an increasingly likely prospect - government operations will grind to a halt on October 1 and the US could default on its debts by the middle of next month, a scenario which could have alarming domestic and international implications.
'You have never seen in the history of the United States the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party,' Obama told business leaders.
The president is angry that conservatives in the House want to make an 'ideological fight' over the debt ceiling by making its extension contingent on a delay in implementation of his cherished health care law, known as Obamacare.
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He doesn't seem to know what budgeting is....
http://therightscoop.com/mark-levins-epic-monologue-on-republicans-being-forced-to-defund-obamacare/
Levin tells it like it is.
Was thinking about the bamster’s peculiar speech the other day and it seems that since he only mentioned the shooting in passing, then went on to demonize republicans over Bamstercare, shows that he is not in charge, and is just a spokemouth for the people that write his cue-cards. In fact the same could be said for pretty much every public statement he makes. It just always sounds wrong and ill-timed regardless of topic, like there is no concern for the present moment... only the prepared script matters.
“More and more it looks like the MSM may be starting to allow Obama to fight his own battles.”
They can afford to play “unbiased” now that they have him in for another four years; they need to claw back some credibility and viewers to impact the congressional races. Obama and the media have the same masters/owners; this is just theater.
Onoz!
However, I think maybe the factions that are now appearing in the Democratic party may also be coming to pass in the MSM.
“However, I think maybe the factions that are now appearing in the Democratic party may also be coming to pass in the MSM.”
All of these Dems that support Obama when it is the most destructive (with their votes, not their words) can’t just forfeit their upcoming races; they need the media to help them, and that media haas to conceal their crimes against the American people for them (as they did for Obama in his re-election).
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