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Boehner “flabbergasted” by Obama’s cliff proposal

“Right now I would say we’re nowhere. Period. We’re nowhere. We’ve put a serious offer on the table by putting revenues up there to try to get this question resolved, but the White House has responded with virtually nothing,” Boehner said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Boehner said the reason negotiations are going so poorly is that Obama administration officials – in particular, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner – aren’t taking Republicans seriously. Boehner said he was shocked at Geithner’s proposal to Republicans last week.

“I was flabbergasted. I looked at him and I said, ‘You can’t be serious.’ I’ve just never seen anything like it,” Boehner said.

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You can fool most of the Americans, all of the time.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM

Thugs and charlatans rule the land.

The last shred of decency is dead in the once freest country on Earth.

Now she is just the stupidest.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:03 PM

Boehner needs to stand up, do a national press conference and SPELL OUT the ridiculousness of Obama’s proposal POINT BY POINT and reiterate that it’s the SPENDING which got us to this cliff, and tell folks that even if we DOUBLED taxes we can’t catch up to the TRILLION in deficit spending every year AND the fact that Obama/Libs DOUBLED the pace of “unpatriotic” spending that Bush did. Simple, easy to understand SOUND BITES of Obama’s proposal and the facts.

bob77 on December 2, 2012 at 5:05 PM

But will he cry about it?

Maybe if he had paid attention to many months of campaigning and Obama’s winning platform he wouldn’t have to feign panic over what was known for a long time.

lester on December 2, 2012 at 5:05 PM

Geithner has said his plan included cuts to Medicare and additional stimulus spending, but also an expiration of Bush-era tax cuts to those making over $250,000 a year.

Let all the rates go back to the Clinton level.

It will demonstrate to the middle and lower classes how much Obama hates them.

The rich will never pay more. It’s all talk. They will just add the increase to the prices of what they offer/sell.

Only fools don’t get this.

Obama hates and wants to destroy the middle class.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:06 PM

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:03 PM

Obama’s got the media and racial politics, what do we got?

IR-MN on December 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM

lester, I hope that you and your relatives will be totally destroyed by Obama. May you starve, in the cold/dark. YOU deserve NO less.

Those from the right who brung Obama, you and yours should suffer the same fate.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM

Obama’s got the media and racial politics, what do we got?

IR-MN on December 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM

Obama and the media are literally in bed together. May they suffer the cripples they give birth to. Just look around. It’s all in front of your eyes.

May God damn them all.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:08 PM

Obama is a narcissist whose vision is paramount to him. So, he doesn’t work well with others. His vision is for the greatest transfer of wealth to the poor, and for the greatest government control. To him, this shows he cares, and is a compassionate person. The effect will be to stifle economic growth.

But just as in the capital gains tax rate debate, where he stated he’d raise them for the purpose of “fairness” and no other reason, he has his narrow, utopian vision of what is fair and right and just and good, and it doesn’t include setting up fair rules and then letting the free market work its magic with its “invisible hand”. No, it’s Obama’s hand that will decide who gets what. Because, mirror, mirror on the wall, he’s the fairest of them all.

Paul-Cincy on December 2, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Boehner needs to stand up, do a national press conference and SPELL OUT the ridiculousness of Obama’s proposal POINT BY POINT and reiterate that it’s the SPENDING which got us to this cliff [..]

bob77 on December 2, 2012 at 5:05 PM

I wish ROMNEY had done that. Take the insane nature of this borrowing directly to the electorate. Now, Boehner’s staff insisted he go on Fox News Sunday today with Chris Wallace, and Boehner clearly said, this borrowing burdening our children and grandchildren has to stop now. No more kicking the can down the road. So, at least he went out and said something.

Paul-Cincy on December 2, 2012 at 5:14 PM

Question: “Do you think the country will be better off or worse off four years from now?” A pretty simple measure of Americans’ expectations. Results show the country’s expectations about an Obama presidency have changed dramatically in these past 48 months — and not for the better.

Answer: Four years ago the question found an impressive 76% of Americans figured the country would be better off by now. Silly, silly people.

Well, now barely half (56%) expect life in America to get better, a drop of 20 points, or 26%.

How about people who expect things to stay about the same? Four years ago 4%. Today, only half that.

OK then, how about America’s pessimists who expect things to get worse? In 2008, only 19% thought that. How right they were, eh?

But today, 1,487 days after the United States electorate bought Obama’s Hope and Change bill of goods, the percentage expecting worse things before he’s gone has more than doubled — to 40% expecting negative change.

Fools, enjoy the self-maded demise. YOU deserve NO less.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM

self-made

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:22 PM

WELL boehner, if you are so bent out of shape at the proposal, how about going the doctor, get a shot of testosterone and stand up bho and the thugs? If you have a good nurse the shot won’t hurt you one bit!
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letget on December 2, 2012 at 5:28 PM

Its our money and our future. Why are the negotiations not televised?
No seriously…what is the excuse that is used for this not being done?

Mimzey on December 2, 2012 at 5:40 PM

Keyser Soze Option

fossten on December 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM

The rich will never pay more. It’s all talk. They will just add the increase to the prices of what they offer/sell.

Only fools don’t get this.

Obama hates and wants to destroy the middle class.

Schadenfreude on December 2, 2012 at 5:06 PM

This is exactly the crux of these fools. They simply don’t understand. Businesses with equal expenses, taxes or otherwise are only successful if they can pass those expenses on and retain their profits. Personally I didn’t like price increases but business wise as long as my competitors got the same thing it didn’t matter.

BullShooterAsInElk on December 2, 2012 at 6:03 PM

Boehner “flabbergasted”

Over his head too, in this brave new world of ‘progressive’ Chicago politics.

We are so screwed.

petefrt on December 2, 2012 at 6:34 PM

Accordingly, the speaker said going over that cliff is a distinct possibility.

Lindsey Graham: ‘I think we’re going over the cliff’

Erskine Bowles Predicts ‘We’re Going Over The Cliff’

Everyone got their parachute ready?

lynncgb on December 2, 2012 at 6:50 PM

Let’s all hope that he remembers that reaction when he starts taking heat from the media

katiejane on December 2, 2012 at 6:59 PM

Whenever one of these lily-livered, spineless GOP twits stands up and “talks tough” like this, is anyone else reminded of the “Harrumph” scene from Blazing Saddles, or is it just me?

Left Coast Right Mind on December 2, 2012 at 7:08 PM

Boehner needs to stand up, do a national press conference and SPELL OUT the ridiculousness of Obama’s proposal POINT BY POINT and reiterate that it’s the SPENDING which got us to this cliff, and tell folks that even if we DOUBLED taxes we can’t catch up to the TRILLION in deficit spending every year AND the fact that Obama/Libs DOUBLED the pace of “unpatriotic” spending that Bush did. Simple, easy to understand SOUND BITES of Obama’s proposal and the facts.

bob77 on December 2, 2012 at 5:05 PM

Boehner’s platform is what, exactly? Pretty small. Nobody would even notice if he did something like that. Now, if we had a presidential nominee. Whee, doggie. Then we could get some attention. Now, a presidential candidate who drew contrasts and promoted free market principles and solutions and their benefits over socialism, could really get somewhere … Isn’t there supposed to be a presidential election in 2012? I’m anxiously awaiting these arguments!

besser tot als rot on December 2, 2012 at 7:42 PM

But will he cry about it?

Maybe if he had paid attention to many months of campaigning and Obama’s winning platform he wouldn’t have to feign panic over what was known for a long time.

lester on December 2, 2012 at 5:05 PM

He probably will cry. And piss himself. And cower in a dark corner.

Doesn’t change the fact that nothing about this proposal bears any resemblence to anything that Obama campaigned on.

besser tot als rot on December 2, 2012 at 7:45 PM

I honestly think these Democrats think they’re the Wehrmacht marching into Poland.

Seth Halpern on December 2, 2012 at 8:31 PM