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Originally posted by cluckerspud
What a big baby. What kind of example is this?!
These are our leaders?! This is certainly not assuring and should be an example of just how out of control the problem is.
Originally posted by nyk537
Come on out here to the American people Mr. Obama....we've got a few things we'd like to talk about.
Originally posted by SpaDe_
This right here is why there is no headway in these meetings. It comes down to a "My way or the highway" attitude, and we all know that isn't how things get done. This kind of action from the leader of this country makes me sick. Being the president doesn't mean you can be the kid in the sandbox that decides he doesn't like to share so he takes all his toys and leaves in a fit.
My honest opinion here is that Obama wants there to be no compromise so this country can experience more change. I think he will balk at every compromise thrown at him, all the while putting forward no solid plan of his own.
Originally posted by AdamAnt
reply to post by SpaDe_
this guy [Obama] would like to raise the debt ceiling to continue to give the elderly their government checks, yet this is being stopped because republicans refuse to raise the ceiling. It seems he is trying to help the people, yet the repubs dont want to let him, so he is going to the people he is trying to help.
Originally posted by OUNjahhryn
I can see why hes upset, if this doesn't go well he'll secure infamy in the history books. but he's definitely not handling himself well.
-more like a kid on the playground.
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.
It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills.
It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally.
Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.
In 2007 and in 2008, when the Senate voted to increase the limit by $850 billion and $800 billion respectively, Obama did not bother to vote. (He did vote for TARP, which increased the debt limit by $700 billion.)