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   braindead08 said, 12 months ago

   Well, Paul Ryan was one of the Republican participants.
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   Paul Ryan, the fiscal conservative who voted for both Bush tax cuts, both unpaid wars, Medicare Part D and the Bush stimulus, not to mention all his earmarks.
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   Paul Ryan, the budget policy wonk who’s proposed budget didn’t balance until ten years out. Even then, he couldn’t explain it to Fox “news”. The budget policy wonk who proposed a budget, but ’hadn’t run the numbers’.
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   Who, indeed?
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   Radish said, 12 months ago

   They made it themselves and then act like it is unchangeable and was imposed upon them.
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   Rockngolfer said, 12 months ago

   Obama didn’t have anything to do with it, he is not in CONgress.
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   douthett72 said, 12 months ago

   @Rockngolfer

   And it’s not like he’s the leader of the US and should be able to get the two sides to sit down and figure something out
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   mikefive said, 12 months ago

   @Rockngolfer

   The threat of veto to a bill has a lot to do with what congress proposes, though.
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 12 months ago

   @mikefive

   You are correct Mike, however that certain veto has not stopped the House of (Mis)Representatives from proposing and passing many bills that couldn’t even get through the Senate much less have a prayer of avoiding a veto. In short the republicans in the HoR do NOT care what the Senate or Democrats want, what the President wants or will sign nor do they care what the NATION wants. They simply do what they please with no regard to it’s ability to become law. So long as they think their radical base that votes in primaries is satisfied they will do whatever that fringe demands regardless of how destructive it is to this nation. And don’t think about arguing the Democrats do it too, because yes some of them do, but most vote according to their constituency as a whole, not a few far out nut-bags like the republicans. So whereas your statement holds a great deal of validity in normal circumstances, it does not pass the test under this Congress and especially with this HoR.
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 12 months ago

   @douthett72

   President Obama is the leader of the US. It is unfortunate though that the republicans have vowed themselves to be the enemy of this President. And they are willing to destroy this country in order to oppose ANYTHING the Democrats or especially this President propose. This they have demonstrated time and again. It has been reported and substantiated and demonstrated by the current crop of republicans that if they support something, once the President agrees all of a sudden the republicans no longer support it. The most recent example of which is McConnell filibustering his own bill.
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   masterskrain said, 12 months ago

   Just remember: “A Camel is a Horse that was Designed by a Committee”, and "Con"gress is the world’s biggest, and MOST Ineffective Committee ever!
   Most of the members couldn’t pour water out of a boot with the directions written on the bottom of the heel!
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   ossiningaling said, 12 months ago

   A roller coaster, although thrilling at times, is by it’s very nature in balance. As long a you don’t count the stimulus power to get it back to the top.
   This illustration is lacking an actual ‘cliff.’
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    Bruce4671 said, 12 months ago

    @Rockngolfer

    Hey fellow citizen, maybe you would like to check out then Senator Obama’s voting record. Take a close look at how he voted on fiscal issues. You may want to change your mind about how complicit he is in the looming fiscal crisis.
    
    http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/9490/barack-obama-ii/?p=5#.UNsTIHfbPAM
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    NebulousRikulau said, 12 months ago

    @douthett72

    And it’s not like Congress is a kindergarten class that needs Teacher to hold their hand to get anything done.
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    Or is it?
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    ARodney said, 12 months ago

    Remember that Obama’s power of negotiating with Republicans is limited more than any prior president. Anything he’s for, they’re against; even if is a great idea that was their idea in the first place. They hate the president more than they love their country. The only way to lead them is to ask them what they want, and when they completely fail to come up with ideas, step in with a solution that doesn’t require their cooperation.
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    D PB said, 12 months ago

    @TheTrustedMechanic

    It’s truly fascinating when the opposing side complains about the tactics used by their opponents.
    
    Of course it only points to the short term memory who make those types of accusations. The same tactics, stalling, submitting laws that are not designed to pass but to communicate a message, changing tune after agreeing, all tactics that have been used by both parties.
    
    Trying to qualify the party you support as having done it less only proves my point, and it doesn’t matter how much one or the other does it, they both do. I’m curious, do you use that failed logic on your children? “Well, you only took three cookies, Tim took six, he’s bad!”
    
    Of course if you had any integrity you wouldn’t disagree, but . . . . . .
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    D PB said, 12 months ago

    @Bruce4671

    Now now Bruce, don’t confuse them with facts, they would rather you appeal to the emotional aspect, facts are to dry and uninteresting.
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    lookinside said, 12 months ago

    Republicans are ALL racist. I’ve seen quite a few admit it. My “Plan B” is simple. If the US economy collapses, I’ll be eating roast Republican for the rest of my life.
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