Sun Sep 23, 2012, 07:40 PM
Automatic Budget Cuts Now Spook Some Key Republicans (Obama to be scapegoated)...
Source: SEATTLE TIMES
Rep. John Boehner, once "pretty happy" with the cuts, now calls them a threat. ________________________________ WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders are backing away from a trigger system of forced spending cuts that they hailed 13 months ago as a herald of fiscal discipline and for which GOP lawmakers voted by large margins. With the forced cuts — called sequestration on Capitol Hill — scheduled by law to take effect Jan. 2 and no deal in sight to replace them, the Republicans say the reductions could harm the military, and they're blaming President Obama. Obama, in turn, is accusing the Republicans of flip-flopping by rejecting the strong budget controls they once championed... Read more: http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019235215_fiscalcliff23.html
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Author | Time | Post |
 Automatic Budget Cuts Now Spook Some Key Republicans (Obama to be scapegoated)... (Original post) |
Indi Guy | Sep 2012 | OP |
| a geek named Bob | Sep 2012 | #1 | |
| Downwinder | Sep 2012 | #2 | |
| Overseas | Sep 2012 | #3 | |
| bluestateguy | Sep 2012 | #4 | |
| elbloggoZY27 | Sep 2012 | #5 | |
| shraby | Sep 2012 | #6 | |
| Angry Dragon | Sep 2012 | #7 | |
| Indi Guy | Sep 2012 | #8 | |
| beac | Sep 2012 | #9 | |
| Indi Guy | Sep 2012 | #10 | |
| Trajan | Sep 2012 | #11 | |
| MADem | Sep 2012 | #12 |
Response to Indi Guy (Original post)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 07:45 PM
Downwinder (7,109 posts)
2. Don't blame Obama, blame Ryan.
Response to Indi Guy (Original post)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 07:53 PM
Overseas (10,855 posts)
3. They're just desperate for reasons to give voters to save Republican seats. After they have failed
Response to Indi Guy (Original post)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 07:55 PM
4. Nothing from the Pentagon is being "cut"
Response to Indi Guy (Original post)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 08:02 PM
shraby (15,451 posts)
6. Didn't Boehner say they got 98% of what they wanted??
Response to shraby (Reply #6)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 08:07 PM
7. yes he did and that is 'weeping boner'
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Response to Indi Guy (Reply #8)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:23 AM
beac (9,339 posts)
9. Hope DNC is readying both clips to use in an ad. n/t
Response to beac (Reply #9)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:50 AM
10. Yeah, and the ad should go something like this...
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"I was for The Budget Control Act, before I was against it!" |
Response to Indi Guy (Original post)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 01:42 AM
Trajan (15,933 posts)
11. Obama is going to be scapegoated ?
Response to Indi Guy (Original post)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 03:29 AM
12. Bonehead shouldn't have made devil's bargains in the first place.
