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   wolfhoundblues1 said, 3 months ago

   Rember, the sequester was Obama’s idea during the last tax hike proposal.
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   wolfhoundblues1 said, 3 months ago

   Funny how CNN and others are not reporting that little fact.
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   antiquetracman said, 3 months ago

   not to worry, the black hole of democrats will suck the life out of anything
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   Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

   Isn’t that responsible TEA party members knocking the rockhead dems?
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   ODon said, 3 months ago

   CNN has reported on the sequester including the vote.
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   ARodney said, 3 months ago

   The sequester was proposed as a possible ransom when the Republicans had a gun to the economy’s head, were eager to pull the trigger, but could not articulate any specific demands. It was not Obama’s desire to have a sequester. He wanted to not have America go down in flames. It was an escape valve he thought he could live with. It was the Republicans who designed and implemented it, and voted for it overwhelmingly, because of their basic inability to actually govern by negotiating budgets and laws. The “it was Obama’s idea” blame game is about as credible as the “cover up” in Benghazi.
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   Nancy said, 3 months ago

   Thanx @howgozit. I totally agree.
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   zekedog55 said, 3 months ago

   @Mr. King

   Ka-blamm!!! Poor Howie…
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   ansonia said, 3 months ago

   I’ve been trying to give obama the benefit of the doubt, that he wants what is best for America.
   He probably does want that, only his view of what’s best for America is not my view.
   If obama is as smart as the Left wants us to believe, then his plan can only be to purposely bankrupt us, not out of his own incompetence.
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   He appears to be following the Saul Alinsky plan, which calls for never-ending fanning of the flames of class warfare. Wall Street occupiers were supported by the obama administration, even when it was obvious that they were a societal problem.
   A progression of ever-expanding social welfare programs could push the capitalist system to the breaking point, eventually causing the collapse of capitalism. Then the US can be reconstructed as a socialist state.
   If a case can be made, with proof of some sort that obama is NOT doing this, I am interested.
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   Before all you Lefties start hammering me for being a wingnut conspiracy theorist, tell me – do you think obama is so inept that he doesn’t know that he is dividing us and that he is driving us into a bankrupt state?
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   Leftists keep saying “the deficit doesn’t matter!” But it does matter. Obama will print more money, further devaluing the dollar, our credit rating will go down, our interest rates will go up, and I do not see one real attempt by Democrats to stop the spending.
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   So I have opened myself up to attacks. I know that. But please refrain and keep this a respectful debate. If anyone on the Left knows what obama’s plan is and how it is going to make us a stronger nation, rather than weaker, please reply with respect.
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   But commenting on the cartoon – if the Right are “rockheads” for trying to stop the spending and government bloat, that is not a bad thing.
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    ansonia said, 3 months ago

    @zekedog55

    Jeeeze. You do realize the video applies to you also, don’t you?
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    Respectful Troll said, 3 months ago

    Asteroids and meteorites are a threat, however,
    The US Capital building is being destroyed from the inside out by both parties. The foundation upon which it was built weakens as the foundation cracks under the weight of hubris and arrogance. The walls and support columns weaken from the divisive diatribes Dem and Rep heap on one another while they stuff their pockets with pay and benefits from voter taxes and bonuses from lobbyists seeking to keep them in power.
    Mr. Benson’s cartoon is as divisive as the parties upon whom he makes his money critiquing.
    Elephants and donkeys deserve better humans representing them.
    Sadly,
    C.
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    Bruce4671 said, 3 months ago

    @ARodney

    You know Arod, you are not correct.
    
    First and foremost, the Senate (democrat control) has failed for 4 years to negotiate and pass a budget.
    
    Now there have been ample opportunities to address the problem. What has congress done? Argued like small children neither one giving an inch.
    
    Remember the Budget Control Act of 2011?
    
    The Budget Control Act of 2011 authorized an increase in the debt ceiling in exchange for $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction over the following ten years. This total included $1.2 trillion in spending cuts identified specifically in the legislation, with an additional $1.2 trillion in cuts that were to be determined by a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives known as the “Super Committee” or officially as the United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
    
    The initial proposal from the Democrats on the committee offered 3 trillion in deficit reduction, including 1.3 trillion in new revenue and 400 billion in Medicare savings, but was rejected on partisan lines for the level of tax increases. The Toomey plan proposed 1.2 trillion in deficit reduction, including 300 billion in new revenue, but was rejected because it lowered the top marginal tax rate from 35% to 28%
    
    The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act (GRHDRA) of 1985 created a congressional procedure, now known as sequestration.
    
    The budget control act of 2011 created a trigger mechanism to implement drastic across-the-board spending reductions using that procedure, “sequestration”.
    
    Now go to the congressional record and see exactly who voted for and who voted against ALL these laws.
    
    You will find that both parties had members in both the yes and no list of votes. And the President HAD TO SIGN them into law.
    
    So your blame game is ludicrous.
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    phperry said, 3 months ago

    stevie, it is teh dems who won’t play nice.
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    pirate227 said, 3 months ago

    That last one is a self-inflicted disaster.
    Keep up the good work, Dumb(o).
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    mdavis4183 said, 3 months ago

    Obama is the rockhead.
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