If Boehner lets the government default, he will be seen politically as an hero.

[LoZoccolo]

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. more like a zero.

[LoZoccolo]

2. He definately risks not getting re-elected.

[Drale]

3. I disagree, in fact

I would say he would be lucky not to end up dead.

[DinahMoeHum]

25. the same goes for every GOoPer around. . .DMFWs, all of them.

Dead. Mother. Fuckers. Walking.

:nuke:

[Autumn]

4. Just like Newt was a hero for shutting down the

government.:rofl:

[RKP5637]

9. Yeah, Go Boner, be like Newt! n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. By who?

Teabaggers? Sure - until their SS/SSDI/Unemployment is cut off.

Wall Street? They will have his head mounted on the horns of the golden calf they worship in lower Manhattan within a day.

Democrats? Nothing need be said here

Run-of-the-mill Republicans who haven't been paying attention? They will beat the former 3 in line for the pitchforks.

This is a Lose-Lose for ALL of us.

[keith0]

6. His corporate masters won't tolerate that

unless something bigger is in play e.g. Fire Sale

this looks more like the Rope-a-DOPE strategy to me.

[LoZoccolo]

8. Yes, even corporations who prefer Republican policies will suffer.

[hlthe2b]

7. When their interest rates go up, credit tightens further...

and inflation starts up again in earnest.... I am not so sure Boehner will look like a 'hero'...

[MadHound]

10. Once again demonstrating how lacking you are in political acumen

No big surprise there.

[LoZoccolo]

15. Haven't you posted twice that you think we should default?

[MadHound]

19. No, just the 14th amendment option,

But nice way to misread.

[girl gone mad]

11. nevermind.

[FreakinDJ]

12. What ever your smoking you need to share

[MadMaddie]

13. Hmmm to what the 15% of Teabaggers?

Wall Street loses Billions
World Markets crash
Americans loans, car, college, credit cards interests rates go through the roof. Yea, not isoloated to Democratic citizens but all citizens..
Don't forget since many U.S corporations are involved with international business contracts, goods sold by AMerican companies will be at risk. Interest rates go up...countries and businesses cost will go up and orders will get cancelled.


All of this so a Black President doesn't succeed?

Here is their mistake, Americans are paying attention and now are actually educating themselves. They also realize that this simple sentence of raising the debt ceiling has happened 70 times prior and there was no issue. There was no issue with Junior..

It is clear the Republicans honor the 2% Richest of the Rich, Grover Norquist and his pledges (which are un-American)and the TeaParty nutss....It is also clear that the United States of America and the welfare of the 98% of it's citizens doesn't even show on their radar....


No, I think you are wrong...Boehner's legacy will be that he will be the first Speaker of the House to have failed to write a simple sentence to raise the debt ceiling in the entire U.S history. His legacy will be worse than Newt Gingriches...

[LoZoccolo]

20. I think the group will be smaller than that.

[RKP5637]

14. Soon we're going to see him with his drinks on the podium while he cries. n/t

[OmahaBlueDog]

16. To about 30% of the nation, but yes, that's true.

..but if he's seen as the one to blame for grandma not getting her Social Security check, or Grandpa having to postpone his appointment at the VA, then he's a villian.

[Motown_Johnny]

17. by 5% of the country, yes

[Bluenorthwest]

18. Do not agree at all.

He will be done, finished, over, his name will be Mudd, he will be among the most detested of his peers, who will all be detested if we default or if they cut Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid in any way.

[RKP5637]

22. The ones that show up with misspelled signs and look/act like sorry fools will really

wake up if they cut Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid in any way. Maybe this is what's needed to wake them that their heroes are F'ing them over and they aren't going to make them rich like they are.

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. By whom?

Teabaggers and other basement dwellers?

[City Lights]

23. By you? eom

[JHB]

24. More like "sh*t on a shingle"...

...slathered in marmalade.

[AlinPA]

26. A hero to most republicans, but that's all.

[LLStarks]

27. "an hero" means you kill yourself

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=an%20hero

[Forkboy]

37. The OP knows this. This is his attempt at being clever to goad people.

[undeterred]

28. I don't think so.

[elleng]

29. By whom?

[Zorra]

30. If the stock market crashes, wealthy republicans will lose their investments.

Boehner won't be a hero for long.

They'll hang him.

[spanone]

31. i doubt it

[Historic NY]

32. Not when the markets and investments tank.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

33. Not According To The Polls

Every poll I've seen on the subject says that if the government defaults, between 70% and 80% of Americans would blame the Republicans.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. Just like Newt got all that praise for shutting the government down in the 90s

Oh, yeah, he'll be REAL popular.

[Rex]

35. Are you asking that as a question or is that a statement?

Sometimes I cannot tell.

[Marr]

36. He's a clown. Ronald McDonald doesn't get to rewrite the menu.

Big business wants a debt ceiling increase, and they'll get it. John Boehner doesn't get to just say "no".

The same goes for every Tea Party stooge in the House. They are no revolutionaries, and when their bosses tell them to sign an increase, they'll tuck their tails between their legs and sign it, no matter what deal is on the table.