Obama: What If Dem Speaker Told A GOP President No Raising Debt Ceiling Unless Gun Control Passed?

[kpete]

Obama: What if a Democratic speaker told a GOP president they wouldn't raise debt ceiling unless gun control passed?

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"Imagine if you had a Republican president and a Democratic speaker, and the Democratic speaker said, well, we're not going to pass the debt ceiling unless we raise corporate taxes by 40% or unless we pass background checks on guns or whatever other list of agenda items Democrats were interested in. Does anybody actually think that we would be hearing from Republicans that that was acceptable behavior?"

-- President Obama, quoted by the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/27/heres-what-obama-was-really-saying-about-the-debt-ceiling/
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/09/27/extra_bonus_quote_of_the_day.html

[Laelth]

1. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[Enrique]

2. that's pretty good

it's a great point and I haven't heard anyone make it before now.

[Thinkingabout]

3. I think bringing gun control into the equation is a good response to the current GOP demands.

[Snotcicles]

4. Bah Dah Bing. nt

[Turbineguy]

5. They'd gun that dude down, for sure!

[elehhhhna]

6. Great idea actually! oUR SIDE (IF WE HAD ONE LOL) shoudl be loading the bills with

our own extreme shit. More to negotiate with right?

[wandy]

7. It would be preferable to NOT have a GOP President, ever. nt

[bvar22]

8. Shhhhh!

What are you trying to do??!!!
Ruin the "We don't have 60 Votes Kabuki Theater??!!!"



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[GeorgeGist]

9. False equivalency doesn't work that way.

[Jenoch]

10. The problem would still be the same as far as guns in concerned.

There are a lot of Democrats who would be lost in the fallout.

[Kingofalldems]

11. Never trust a republican.