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Showing Original Post only (View all)McConnell: Obama will be ‘dragged kicking and screaming’ to get spending cuts [View all]
By David Edwards
Sunday, January 6, 2013 12:32 EST
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed on Sunday that Republicans would force significant spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling even if President Barack Obama had to be dragged kicking and screaming.
What were saying is that the biggest problem facing the country is our excessive spending, McConnell told NBCs David Gregory. Weve watched the government explode over the last four years. Weve dealt with the revenue issue, and now the question is will the president lead? Why should we have to be bringing him to the table?
Gregory pointed out that trillions of dollars in spending cuts had been part of last years Budget Control Act and Republicans had refused to accept significant cuts in entitlement programs as a part of a larger deals offered by Democrats going back to debt ceiling negotiations in 2011.
You can re-litigate the past if you want to, McConnell laughed. I wish the president would lead us on the discussion rather than putting himself in the position of having to be dragged kicking and screaming to discuss the single biggest issue facing our future. You know, until we adjust the entitlements so that they meet the demographics of our country, we cant ever solve this problem. The time to solve it is now.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/06/mcconnell-obama-will-be-dragged-kicking-and-screaming-to-get-spending-cuts/
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DonViejo
Jan 2013
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McConnell is so disrespectful of Pres. Obama. I am donating to the Dem running for SE in KY in 2014
Justice
Jan 2013
#5
That was a very good interview. McConnell came off like a vindictive, prissy little shitheel.
MADem
Jan 2013
#12
OMG! David Gregory Pointed Out That Trillions In Spending Cuts Have Been Made!
TomCADem
Jan 2013
#21
repugs really don't want to accept the non-white guy as President - they are so condescending
samsingh
Jan 2013
#26
This sounds as racist as one can get. He seems to be referring to what happened in Texas
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#28