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Republicans: Let’s face it, Obama wants to go over the cliff
“I think he sees a political victory at the bottom of the cliff. He gets all this additional tax revenue for new programs. He gets to cut the military, which Democrats have been calling for for years and he gets to blame Republicans for it,” Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said on “Fox News Sunday.”
His sentiment was shared by Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina.
“I believed from the very beginning and continue to believe that the president has no interest at all in not going over the cliff,” Mulvaney told CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley on “State of the Union.” “He wants to go over the cliff. Everything I’ve looked at and seen out of the White House.”
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Well, duh.
novaculus on December 23, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Stupid republicans. Better slow learners than non-learners though.
cozmo on December 23, 2012 at 2:43 PM
He needs a scapegoat for the coming recession.
jhffmn on December 23, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Good.
As a “chucklehead” conservative, I also want us to go over the cliff.
Let’s explode any remaining trump card the Dems might have.
And if Republicans get blamed partly or mostly for the cliff-diving, so be it. After all, wasn’t it negotiated by the pathetic Speaker Boehner and Senate Minority Leader McConnell?
TheRightMan on December 23, 2012 at 2:54 PM
If Obama really is that cynical and uncaring then God help us for the next four years. I don’t believe it…yet.
blue13326 on December 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Thanks for stating the obvious, Mick.
Most of us figured out this clown several years ago. No surprises here.
Cody1991 on December 23, 2012 at 2:59 PM
It’s been obvious for quite a while that Obummer wanted to go over the cliff.
dczombie on December 23, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Then you are not paying attention. It’s what he and the other evil dems want. win/win for them.
VegasRick on December 23, 2012 at 3:08 PM
New age bipartisanship:
Barry says, “I won”.
Translation: “Na na na na na”.
fred5678 on December 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Go for it!
However,
at the last second they will all come up with some type of legislation to delay any “fiscal cliff” actions…more time needed…blah,blah, blah.
Obama would prefer to delay it until the 2014 mid-term elections to blame the Republicans…
albill on December 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Pretty much. He knows he can’t blame Bush throughout his 2nd term. Even the drive-bys are gonna have a hard time carrying his water on that one. But the entire opposition party? That’s a much easier foil. Especially since unlike Obama’s predecessor who’s been sitting at home in Dallas for nearly 4 years now, the GOP actually does wield some power in DC at the moment.
The question is what do the Republicans do to counter this? If you’re gonna end up caving and giving Obama everything he wants in late January or early February once people notice their taxes have gone up, then just give him what he wants now and at least make him own it. If he vetoes it or Harry Reid blocks it so we go over the cliff anyway, then at least he won’t be able to blame everything on the GOP.
Doughboy on December 23, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Obama and the Democrats can submit their middle-class only tax bill, but it still must come from the House which the GOP controls. The GOP can amend it any way they choose including a larger tax cut for all and massive spending cuts. The Dems will have the onus of hjgh taxes and deficits. It only takes courage.
FirelandsO3 on December 23, 2012 at 3:58 PM
The comments posted at the article are reasons why I have joined the “let it burn” crowd. I firmly believe that while I will be forced to give up more of my income in the coming months and years, I think those of us who are resourceful will weather the storm.
The Liberals believe two very wrong myths. First, that Republicans are the source of all the problems of this country. While I never was a fan of some of Bush’s adventures in his second term, one cannot ignore 4.5% unemployment and a boom created by the tax cuts. We also cannot ignore the damage done as far back as 1989 that lead to the housing bubble bursting and millions of Americans losing their lifestyle as a result.
The second myth is that taxing the “rich” will balance our budget. The notion that if we just tax the rich a little bit more, all the country’s financial problems will be fixed.
Let’s go over the cliff! Let’s go over on fire yelling our lungs out. When we hit the bottom, it will be liberals who find their wealth wiped out and them out of work. The pain needs to be swift, and sharp for people to notice. It needs to be so unavoidable that even the deafening silence of the main stream media will be unable to totally ignore it.
The GOP needs to vote present on whatever the President wants. That isn’t sacrificing your principles or caving to demands. It is understanding that the country needs to experience the government it elected. Like it or not, several million Republicans who stayed home voted for Obama too and they need to feel this pain as well.
The country needs a hard dose of the bad medicine it asked for. We will survive and return to prosperity. America has survive much worse than President Obama and this low information voter army that put him into office.
Flashwing on December 24, 2012 at 1:13 AM