Comments on: Heads I win, tails you lose

By: Deets

Deets — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:43:33 +0000

TSUGambler

You are 100% correct. It will become a bi-partisan plan where no one could have seen the consequences – thus the blame falls on the Republicans for holding it up until December. In all reality, Obama could pass this by EO and the Republicans would still get all the blame and the media would be more than happy to push that.

By: TSUGambler

TSUGambler — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:24:58 +0000

I think the two bills for extending the Bush tax cuts are a great idea... but aside from that, if we're going to give the Democrats what they want and let them see what actually happens, the Republicans will need to vote "present," rather than actually voting FOR any of the Democrats' bills. If we vote for them, they'll come back and say they passed with bipartisan support. If we vote against them, they'll say we're obstructionist. The only way to let them get burned and have no one but themselves to blame is to vote "present" or abstain altogether. (Caveat: I have no knowledge of the parliamentary procedures used in House/Senate votes, so I'm not completely sure this is even possible. Feel free to enlighten me.)

By: TSUGambler

TSUGambler — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:21:47 +0000

It's "cojones", not "cajones". /nitpick

By: Adjoran

Adjoran — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:13:53 +0000

The people ignorant enough to support Obama and swallow the media line are going to blame the GOP no matter what.

The country is headed into a recession, as evidenced by the revised personal consumption numbers from the Q3 GDP (all of upward revision was government spending and inventories, personal expenditures are weakening). There is nothing to be done about it now.

By: letget

letget — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:02:15 +0000

If we had people on our side, r’s that is, with an ounce of testosterone to ACTUALLY stand up FOR the US and the citizens who put/funded those worthless slugs to stand up for us, a huge herd of pigs would fly for months over dc! I am so sick of these spineless worms caving if they think for one minute that bhopress/d’s will say something nasty about them! bhopress/d’s WILL always say nasty things and blame r’s and those of us who voted for them for everything!
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By: mnjg

mnjg — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:58:40 +0000

Why are Republicans still negotiating? Just give Obama what he wants and let the whole economy go to hell… Just to be on record they need to put two bills to be voted on:

Bill # 1: Extend the Bush tax cuts to people making up to $ 200,000 a yaer per individual and $ 250,000 per couples. This bill will pass and signed by Obama.

Bill # 2: Also extend the Bush cut to people making more than $ 200,000 a year per individual and $ 250,000 per couples. This bill may not pass the democrat senate and for certain it will be vetoed by Obama. However Obama and the socialists now will own the disaster of taking the economy to hell by increasing taxes on the job creators.

So stop the negotiations and submit these two simple bills tomorrow for vote…