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The Spectacle Blog
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.
Clint| 7.23.11 @ 10:04AM
Over Here ObamaBoy Micky.
"RCP Average 5/8 - 7/17 -- Republicans: 44.3 Democrats:42.5
Republicans: +1.8 "
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Box Of Tissues, Crybaby ?
beebop| 7.22.11 @ 6:39PM
Melt down without benefit of the teleprompter. Fortunately this manchurian candidate has an IQ less than 110 ....
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 7.22.11 @ 6:55PM
These politicians are devious liars.
Without a strong showing of throwing them all out of office next year we are doomed.