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ThinkProgress.org reports 130 Republicans who are in congress today voted to hike the debt ceiling under Bush, without hostage threats.
White House and congressional negotiators are currently in the process of striking a deficit reduction deal, as most Republicans in Congress are refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling without deep cuts to public investments and social insurance programs like Social Security and Medicare. By doing so, these Republicans are essentially holding the country hostage, threatening the United States with default unless Democrats agree to these cuts.
Yet these Republicans were not always demanding hostages in exchange for allowing the country to pay its own bills. In November of 2004, Congress voted in both the House and Senate to hike the U.S. debt limit by $800 billion, which raised the total ceiling to $8.1 trillion.
So why are Republicans having such a hard time believing in their line that deficits don’t matter? Surely it’s not because there is a Democrat sitting in the White House.
It’s not because there’s a Democrat sitting in the White House…
It’s because there’s a BLACK Democrat sitting in the WHITE House.
(There are a couple of other schizoid and delusional elements, but largely it’s because the President is one of THOSE people.)
katyaitch, ur darn right!
They are, I say again, committing treason by these actions. And because Obama does not call them out on this, it only strengthens the argument that there really is ONLY ONE PARTY, with the names and faces changed as need be to implement the control – witness: how did the GOP get the South, traditionally Democrat, to switch? Elect a black president. And here come the racist Teaneck Party, just as planned…
This whole deficit thing is a red herring, and we *all* fell for it. The Repubs are fantastic at crafting and controlling their message, and even better at some very simple propaganda techniques. This is a gigantic waste of time, and is only on the front burner as a calculated way to bring down President Obama. I hope he’s learned how to outmaneuver them, because they’ll never negotiate with him in good faith.