Good quotes on the debt ceiling brouhaha - from Bizzy Blog

Quotes of the Day (072311, Morning)
<http://www.bizzyblog.com/2011/07/23/quotes-of-the-day-072311-morning/>

Filed under: Quotes, Etc. of the Day
<http://www.bizzyblog.com/category/quotes-etc-of-the-day/> — TBlumer @
10:41 am

What's going on here is pure political calculus. Republicans have
done their job, offering a plan that raises the debt ceiling,
sharply cuts current spending, reforms future spending authority and
asks the states to ratify a Balanced Budget Amendment to the
Constitution.

… The debt battle of 2011 is all about getting Republicans to betray
their spending and tax promises so that Barack Obama can be
re-elected in 2012.

– From an Investors Business Daily editorial
<http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/579223/201107221832/Tax-Obsessed.htm>
("Democrats
Are Obsessed with Raising Taxes"), July 23

As noted in my latest Pajamas Media column which also appeared at
BizzyBlog <http://www.bizzyblog.com/2011/07/23/the-fear-based-economy/>
this morning, tax increases (not needed anyway) would cripple the
current "Fear-Based Economy," which has weakended considerably in the
past two-plus months.

___________________

The Republican Congress has handed the President an unparalleled
opportunity. Using the UNLIMITED power provided by the 14th
Amendment, President Obama can single-handed set right the myriad
social injustices that have been plaguing the working poor and
middle class for decades. Reversing 30 years of Republican and
Corporate skullduggery. If he has the courage, and if he is actually
a Democrat.

… I felt it important for someone to at least, even if tongue and
cheek, layout what IS possible if Obama was of a mind. He isn't, he
is too much of a conservative lump to ever have that kind of courage
to do what is REALLY in the nations best interest.

– From The Daily Kos
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/22/997577/-The-Case-for-Martial-Law?via=search>
*("The Case for Martial Law")* , July 22

"The Jester," if he gets enough heat, will probably back down and say
"You guys can't take a joke." No, I can't. Not this one.

___________________

"We have run out of time and they are going to have to explain to me
how it is that we are going to avoid default" on Aug. 2, the
president told reporters at a hastily scheduled news after Boehner's
announcement.

– From an Associated Press report
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEBT_SHOWDOWN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-23-08-11-35>
Saturday morning

The "how" is simple, sir. Have the Senate revote and pass Cut, Cap &
Balance.

Then you can separately bring your overpowering case for tax increases
in a separate bill. If the people want it so bad, their pressure should
cause it pass in a straight up-or-down vote.

From this point on, if the government shuts down or defaults, it's on
the Senate and the President. The House has done its job. All the media,
Senate, and White House spinning will never change that fundamental truth.

___________________

The so-called mainstream media is engaged in a bizarre propaganda
effort, aimed not so much at persuading voters to agree with Obama
but at convincing politicians that voters agree with Obama.

– From Jim Taranto's Best of the Web at the Wall Street Journal
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903461104576462142788961966.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion>,
July 22

It's beyond propaganda. They're making stuff up trying to influence what
goes on in the discussions themselves. How many times have you seen
indications that "they're close to an agreement" in the past several
days? John Boehner has put it on paper
<http://www.speaker.gov/UploadedFiles/boehner_07-22-2011.pdf> that "A
deal was never reached, and was never really close." The primary
motivation for relaying the false White House and Democratic leaks has
been to build pressure on Boehner to make the reports true and agree to
something unacceptable.

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