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Mini-Deal Ahead?

By Joseph Lawler on 7.22.11 @ 4:25PM

Nancy Pelosi hints that the likeliest debt deal will indeed be a smaller bill that reduces spending without significantly cutting entitlements or raising taxes:

"We're willing to bite the bullet and make serious cuts in discretionary spending," Pelosi told a small group of reporters and bloggers. "That could go to a trillion dollars or more. And the interest saved on that can take us to like a trillion and a half dollars saved."

"We could go even further with non-health mandatories, could take us almost to two trillion. We could use the offshore -- the Overseas Contingency [the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan] -- could take us to two-and-a-half trillion dollars. Which is the dollar-for-dollar for the lifting the debt ceiling. I don't think we have to have dollar-for-dollar, but for those who think they do, there's a path to get there."

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Warrior| 7.22.11 @ 5:03PM

Smoke and mirrors since the wars were never budgeted items. Even taking her numbers as in the best context possible, this still means we are running over a trillion dollar a year deficit.

Clint| 7.22.11 @ 5:39PM

That's Not All Pelosi Bites.

Mike | 7.22.11 @ 6:24PM

Boehner bailed.

I've said it before. Boehner couldn't lead f^*king Cantor and the TEA Party POS out of the front door of the capitol during a fire drill.

Tea Party Patriots. Bulls^*t. These patriots are unwilling to pay a little more tax, at a time taxes are at their lowest, to save their country.

TEA Party Motto: Screw somebody else. I got mine.

F^*k the TEA Party and the master, the traitor Grover Norquist.

Clint| 7.22.11 @ 6:52PM

Uh Oh ! Mickey Musta Read The Rasmussen Polls.

"The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15 "

Now, Try To Have A Better Evening.

Take Two Entitlements & Call Nancy In The Morning.

The Tea Party Rebellion Dances On Mickey's Face.

Wipe Your Feet.

Mike| 7.22.11 @ 8:21PM

Hey, clown.

Look at the polls concerning the congress, read TEA Party traitors.

Clint| 7.23.11 @ 9:30AM

Uh Oh !

Micky's Mancrush Obama 's Is Crappin' Out.

" Gallup Polling:
July 7, 2010
Obama Job Approval Rating Down to 38% Among Independents
Overall job ratings for the president continue to be below majority level
PRINCETON, NJ -- Thirty-eight percent of independents approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, the first time independent approval of Obama has dropped below 40% in a Gallup Daily tracking weekly aggregate."

Box Of Tissues, Micky ?

The Tea Party Drives Over Micky's Bike.

Here's Your Handlebar.

Clint| 7.23.11 @ 9:47AM

Oooohhhh Micky !

"Democratic Party Image Drops to Record Low
Favorable images of Democratic, Republican Parties now tied
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' favorable rating of the Democratic Party dropped to 41% in a late March USA Today/Gallup poll, the lowest point in the 18-year history of this measure. Favorable impressions of the Republican Party are now at 42%, thus closing the gap between the two parties' images that has prevailed for the past four years."

The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.

Carpe Diem.