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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I think Obama pushed for this deal and why I think it'll work. [View all]Jack Sprat
(2,500 posts)10. You were drunk and paniced
I told you that we were in the driver's seat over the cliff. Boehner was desperate heading into New Year's Eve and the tax cuts (all of them) due to expire. There's no reason to have not gotten a guarantee on raising the debt ceiling and gotten that out of the way, especially since we had yielded the extra 200K on revenues.
Now as 2013 begins, we are going to be defending SS/Med cuts while the Repubs have that debt ceiling card ready to throw down. We had them reeling against the ropes. You got drunk again and let them recover. We are crowing now, but you have set them up to draw real blood from us later.
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Why I think Obama pushed for this deal and why I think it'll work. [View all]
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2013
OP
I think you're right, DI. Unfortunately, typical voters don't pay a lot of attention
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#7
Excellent analysis as usual, DI. From one Drunken Irishman to another. K&R :)
Grown2Hate
Jan 2013
#9
Well Done Drunken Irishman! The Stephanie Miller show just read parts of this!
Raine1967
Jan 2013
#17
Well I hope DI gets a chance to enjoy my little sound effects. :) I've got more! n/t
Raine1967
Jan 2013
#31
Accepting that there will always be wars over Social Security doesn't mean accepting
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#34