Posted on 07/21/2011 1:21:59 PM PDT by iowamark
RUSH: We're so happy to have with us the Speaker of the House, John Boehner. I'm glad that we had a chance to talk to you here, Mr. Speaker, because people are confused with all of these leaks as to what's going on.
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Well, Rush, there is no deal. No deal publicly. No deal privately. There is absolutely no deal. Our focus --
RUSH: Are you talking about a deal, though?
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Pardon me?
RUSH: Are you talking about a deal in secret?
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Our focus right now is getting the Senate to follow us in the House and pass cut, cap, and balance. I believe that we've got to act to prevent a default and to prevent a downgrade of our nation's credit rating, and the best way to do that is to enact cut, cap, and balance. But let me be clear: I believe that is the best course of action. I've said all the way along that we've gotta keep the lines of communication open. That's why Leader Cantor and I have talked with Mitch McConnell. We've talked to Nancy Pelosi. We've talked to the president. We talked about fallback options if in fact cut, cap, and balance does go down; and I do think it's our obligation to have a fallback plan if that doesn't work.
RUSH: Well, but that's what everybody is worried about: What is the fallback plan? A congressional aide is out there today saying that the deal's been struck. He's unnamed, he's on Fox, he's saying, "It's $3 trillion of cuts with no tax revenue." National Journal says three trillion in cuts with "insignificant" tax revenues. So a lot of people out here are of the opinion that Obama is the one who ought to be caving. He's the one that doesn't have a plan. He's forcing you to compromise with yourself. He's done great damage to the economy, and people want it to stop.
SPEAKER BOEHNER: I understand. I'm concerned about the nation defaulting on its credit rating. I'm concerned about us not doing anything about our debt, which will cause our credit rating to fall -- and which then would mean everybody's interest rates go up. I think that's irresponsible. Frankly we've had looked at a half a dozen fallback plans. None of which, none of which, are all that appetizing. That's why we continue to support cut, cap, and balance.
RUSH: So you're convinced that a default would make us unable...? We were to be unable to service our debt if there's a default?
SPEAKER BOEHNER: I'm concerned that we're getting into uncharted territory that could wreak great havoc on our nation, and I don't think it's necessary to get into that unknown zone and take the chance -- and I, frankly, believe that we've gotta find a way to cut our budget deficit, cut our debt, and balance our budget.
RUSH: Why is it not Obama's responsibility to do that? He's the one that's put us in this position.
SPEAKER BOEHNER: It would have been nice if the President would have put a plan to the table months ago, but the President has refused to put any plan on the table. It's obviously been driving me right up a wall.
RUSH: He wants you to take the heat for whatever happens.
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Yeah, but I think at the end of the day he knows that he's the commander-in-chief, he's the president of the United States, and HE will take the heat.
RUSH: Well, a lot of people are concerned that you are his lifeline to reelection and that that's how he sees you, and that if he can get you to act in any way that can be portrayed as a cave that he wins, and that's what people are deathly afraid of.
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Rush, I'm trying to do what I taught my kids to do; the same thing my parents taught me to do: You do the right things for the right reasons, good things will happen.
RUSH: All right, Speaker Boehner thanks much.
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Thank you, Rush.
RUSH: I wish we had more time, but we don't. Thanks very much for the time here. END TRANSCRIPT
boehner can’t seem to be able to stand up to pressure.
“How’d you like Arlen Specter ‘04-’10 because Rush went in the tank for the GOP in the ‘04 primary? Sorry, HT, Rush was worth something back in the 90’s. Now, he’s a party tool.”
That happens when you drink too much iced tea. ;-)
Dear Southack,
I completely agree with you RE: whodat.org. A fly-by disrupter, I say. This person is here to annoy and will cause perfectly normal folks to go balistic.
I call LIAR and DISRUPTER as well.
btb
” Mr. Geek vs. “The Undertaker” in WWF language.”
Not a bad comparison ;-)
I, too, heard the call and both of you are correct, IMHO. Read the transcript and Boehner backed off is earlier assertion that there was no deal:
SPEAKER BOEHNER: Rush, I'm trying to do what I taught my kids to do; the same thing my parents taught me to do: You do the right things for the right reasons, good things will happen."
That just didn't sound like a strong "no deal" comment to me.
While I can admire the attempt to interject a little lightheartedness into things, unfortunately we're hard on course to "seeing the violence inherent in the system".
Yeah, he’s not nearly as lockstep as some. But he’s a far cry from the guy who was touting Buchanan in ‘92. Or the guy who apologized for calling Bush II a conservative. I rarely listen to him anymore :(
The evil Dingy Harry not only gave the Senate the weekend off (after just excoriating the Repubs for taking it off), but he’s now thrown CCB in the garbage, refusing any discussion (let alone a vote) whatsoever.
Yet I heard late last night that either Moody’s or S&P endorsed CCB and said it satisfies their criteria.
Shame on you, Harry Reid. And FUBO.
“Amen - call your senators — whether they are D or R - make them feel the heat”
Unfortunately, “my” senator is Claire McCaskill :-( Although, since she’s up for re-election next year, she’s trying to talk more conservatively these days.
I think Dingy Harry 86’d CC&B, which 66% of Americans support (according to a CNN poll!), because I think he was afraid it would pass in the Senate and land on Obama’s desk and BHO would veto it, showing him to be the saboteur he really is. So Reid took the fall for him.
That’s my theory, anyway, FWIW. :-)
“If he floats a deal that contains any tax increases of any kind, or a 10-year horizon for cuts, the Tea Party Caucus needs to remove Boehner from the Speakership.”
Believe me, he’s feeling the heat. If he caves, I think he knows that Paul Ryan will likely be the next Speaker the first of next year. I don’t care which motivator, personal or altruistic, works - just as long as it DOES.
And when are the Republicans going to take their case to the people and explain it well? I’m so sick of seeing all these POS tv commercials by BHO’s fans the AARP with the old folks scolding about medicare and social security cuts.
The R’s, at the very least, should run some telling everyone about the $500B in Medicare cuts guaranteed in Obamacare. And they should also do one telling people the truth that even if the debt ceiling isn’t raised, there’s enough revenue to pay the debt interest, social security checks, medicare/medicaid, military pay and pensions with some left over.
The public is woefully ignorant and easy prey to all the media propaganda from BHO and the Left.
“When he said those things about not wanting to be in uncharted territory by allowing a default, he effectively cut the legs right out from under the CC&B bill.”
I think, again, that a case needs to be made immediately (via tv/radio ads) to the people about CC&B and how S&P says it satisfies their credit rating standards, so that the public will put pressure on Reid for CC&B to be reconsidered by the Senate. Oh, wait - he’s in for another 5 years, so he doesn’t give a s**t what the American people want.
But how do we argue the case for not raising the debt ceiling under any circumstances, losing our credit rating, our T-bills devalued and having interest rates on everything rise astronomically? People would be out with torches and pitchforks, going after...the evil Republicans, and BHO will be guaranteed a second term.
CC&B would’ve been the perfect solution. But I do wholeheartedly agree that the R’s should NOT agree to any tax increases. The mistake of trusting the Dems that Bush 41 made must never be repeated.
Stick it where the sun don’t shine. Boner is a Milly mouth weasel looking for a way to cave, he has already proved that point twice.
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