Month: July 2011

“Ugh. Not now, Al.” - Everybody

Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the Democratic leadership, said he told fellow Democrats that Obama should both veto any House GOP plan for a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and invoke the 14th amendment, which says that the validity of the nation's public debt "shall not be questioned."

This just in: Cantor then tells Boehner that as chief he should just order the freshman to work harder. Boehner admits that even if he called a meeting, the group would agree to five minutes of work and then "wander off to go hunting."

Except for Barack Obama, there is nobody left in the country who thinks that the Republicans are negotiating in good faith. Everyone knows that the Republicans are simply out to create mayhem in the hope that Obama gets left holding the bag when the economy progresses from gutter to cliff, to chasm. Everyone knows it, but nobody will say it - nobody that is except for Donald Trump.

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Now they want to make sure Obama pays Social Security, Soldiers and makes sure bond holders are not adversely impacted in the event of a default. I don't think they know what the word "default" means.

The White House said on Tuesday that the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was "not available" to President Barack Obama to avoid the August 2 deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

They want a default. They want an explosive, "Mad Max" end to history in order to validate all their hatred, racism and pessimism. This comment from a TPM commenter nailed it - and in so doing, explains why it is eventually going to be a 14th Amendment solution, or bust.