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White House: We’ll take a short-term deal on the debt ceiling
Hot Air ^ | October 7,2013 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 10/07/2013 8:30:11 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: rockinqsranch

Thank you for disagreeing agreeably.

I am not a political tactician or strategist. I have reservations about being politically aggressive on all fronts at once - but I have no compelling data to show why it cannot work.

I sincerely hope there are people with more insight than I have coming up with a viable approach - although the whole “aggressive” thing with the GOP is so new as to be untried, with the current bunch of pols.

Have a great day.


41 posted on 10/07/2013 9:26:22 AM PDT by MortMan (Disarming the sheep only emboldens the wolves.)
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To: Hojczyk

Americans are driving 1/3 fewer miles today than they were 10 years ago. The gas money just isn’t there, so we think twice before we get in the car.

If we can, they can.

Notice the pronouns; government is no longer ‘we’.


42 posted on 10/07/2013 9:26:52 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Hojczyk

This is like the Iranians negotiating re their nuclear program. Or Lucy holding the football. In my opinion.


43 posted on 10/07/2013 9:32:19 AM PDT by Thebaddog (I'm a cracker! Sucka.)
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To: Hojczyk

The debt level must be increased because Congress hasn’t defined spending priorities with a budget. That’s what we really need. We need Congress, both the House and Senate, to pass a budget the properly funds government, and that must (at this point) include compromise. Congress needs to make hard choices about which programs will be scaled back to eliminate the deficit. Why? Because they’ve promised far more than they can afford.

The alternative? Do you all really want the Obama administration to determine what gets cut off if the credit card is simply chopped up? I believe that’s what will happen if the debt limit isn’t raised. Payments on the debt and mandatory spending will still be required. Everything else, discretionary spending, will be Obama’s call.

Correct me if I’m wrong.


44 posted on 10/07/2013 9:37:28 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Conservatives are not anarchists!)
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To: Hojczyk

The debt ceiling my oh my! It’s the debt stratosphere. The reality is that most have no grasp of what a trillion anything is much less 16.7 of them.
This eat your peas pResident has no problem spending an extra trillion dollars more or less per year that we don’t have and now wants to punish his enemies over it.
Imagine fact...

One trillion pennies = 2.75 million tons
One trillion $ in pennies = 275 million tons

Now load extra debt in the boot of Obama’s mythical car and no wonder.


45 posted on 10/07/2013 9:41:55 AM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not just selectively for Democrats.)
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To: CitizenUSA

Don’t give in to the treasonous duplicitous moron LIB/DIMs. Send them single bills authorizing spending to each department. Follow tradition. This omnibous bill foolishness and the lack of budget only feeds the insane LIB/DIMs. Never trust a LIB/DIM...NEVER.


46 posted on 10/07/2013 9:47:26 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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"We’ll take a short-term deal on the debt ceiling"




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47 posted on 10/07/2013 10:10:12 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Colonel_Flagg
Offer a temporary increase in the debt limit for each equal offsetting delay in ObaMaoCare. Make a well-known RINO present a very public proposal of the same.

As long as the focus can be presented as "We just want to give individuals the same opportunity granted to big business and big labor unions to delay implementation until the law is fixed", then it might actually be an argument the GOP can present over the big media smokescreen.

48 posted on 10/07/2013 10:38:49 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Hojczyk

Good. Give them a short-term deal on the SAME EXACT terms as the long-term deal: require cuts equivalent to the increase in deficit spending.

This will show everyone how easy cuts can be made.


49 posted on 10/07/2013 10:40:44 AM PDT by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: unlearner

easily (gramar)


50 posted on 10/07/2013 10:41:28 AM PDT by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: Vigilanteman

I don’t favor Obamacide under any circumstances, but I’m sure the GOP-E will find a way to give it to us regardless of what we think. Of course, the media battle is important and your way makes sense from a PR standpoint.

I also don’t favor increasing the debt limit. Enough is enough.


51 posted on 10/07/2013 10:49:22 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (My PV2 is my hero.)
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To: Hojczyk
What ever happened to the plan to send a bill to fund only the debt obligation?
52 posted on 10/07/2013 12:33:44 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Hojczyk

No deals. Let them surrender and RESIGN.


53 posted on 10/07/2013 3:25:32 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: CitizenUSA

The Dems refuse to pass a budget. They don’t need no stinkin’ budget. It is so much more profitable for them to go through this dog and pony Kabuki crap every few months.


54 posted on 10/07/2013 7:23:10 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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