tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post6002453820393331075..comments2024-03-26T17:44:07.430-04:00Comments on Viking Pundit: Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-39509355694372484742011-11-22T22:31:59.495-05:002011-11-22T22:31:59.495-05:00But how much of that debt is Obama-generated? And...But how much of that debt is Obama-generated? And how much did he inherit? Most important of all, how do we stop the majority of Americans who continue to recognize the difference from voting in 2012?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-14848812104619509542011-11-22T19:43:39.323-05:002011-11-22T19:43:39.323-05:00Well, I'll ask this: after three years of far-...Well, I'll ask this: after three years of far-and-away record deficits and increasing the national debt by 40%, what happened to that guy who stood on the Senate floor voted against raising the debt ceiling because it represented a "failure of leadership."<br /><br />WTF indeed.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911276942829790135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-42153577288148025782011-11-22T17:29:09.082-05:002011-11-22T17:29:09.082-05:00Why didn't Obama antagonize his supermajority ...Why didn't Obama antagonize his supermajority to push through a non-binding package that he and his party opposed? Phew, that's a toughie. <br /><br />Answer: Because the President didn't want to. And thanks to his friends the Republicans, he didn't have to.<br /><br />Paul Ryan, the fast-rising fiscal seer of his party, killed the recommendations... but now Obama's being Lest's get seriousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-63258563913327936532011-11-22T12:21:30.208-05:002011-11-22T12:21:30.208-05:00And four Democrats voted against it, so they'r...And four Democrats voted against it, so they're 33% more culpable.<br /><br />But so what if the commission didn't have a "formal" recommendation? Obama could have pushed forward with his filibuster-proof supermajority in Congress and done something to cut the deficit. But then I guess that superpower is reserved for popular mandates like Obamacare.Let we forgetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053585.post-12575054588151204262011-11-22T11:32:32.548-05:002011-11-22T11:32:32.548-05:00Yeah, that's rough on Erskine "Irritated&...Yeah, that's rough on Erskine "Irritated" Bowles. <br /><br />You know who else abandoned the commission's recommendations? The commission.<br /><br />The recommendations failed by 3 votes. Paul Ryan, Jeb Hensarling and Dave Camp snuffed the report by voting no. Those three Republican Congressmen must have been possessed by the bill-killing specter of Barack Obama, who is of This again?noreply@blogger.com