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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 07:59 PM Original message |
Just a thought about the McConnell proposal... |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well technically speaking |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Ok, well there won't be anymore debate on that |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The thing is it doesn't matter if they give him to power or not |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. You are confusing the debt ceiling with the debt. |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. debatable |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. A lot of things are debatable. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. It wouldn't matter for 2 reasons. |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Just like the tax cuts, right? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I don't think you understood what I was saying. |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Which is a function of the congress |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It is well within the right of the Congress to pass this temporarily |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. McConnell's proposal HAS to be a trap -- there is NO WAY |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. His big bosses aka wall street |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Understood and agree -- but I don't think this particular |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. This is not a victory, |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Your not understanding |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So if this doesn't matter... |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No programs where ever in danger |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. So he couldn't have threatened to pick something less |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. It seems to me that you are arguing from both sides of your mouth here. nt |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. But he didn't give them what they wanted, otherwise they |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Honestly? I'm less concerned about that with this Administration |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. You're falling for the sleight of hand. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Perhaps they think that having the 3 votes about the debt ceiling |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Its a bad deal |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Can you please think about this? There's no way in hell that the president is going to take this |
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stuckinarut (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I was writing this in response to all the victory parades around the site |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I've been saying all along, it's a set-up and Obama won't fall for it. nt |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. All this talk about the 14th relies on a mistaken interpretation |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Nothing yet, but I know that most constitutional scholars have already cast doubt |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If you're talking about using the 14th to end run Congress |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yep. I was referring to Section 4 of the 14th Amendment. I'm thinking that they've |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. The people who run the government |
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