More accurate

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Comments

[blueduck37.livejournal.com]

I see the Republicans going into this wanting bigger cuts and not wanting to raise the debt ceiling at all. Now they've compromised on both and have actually passed bills to deal with it.

So, simply in agreeing not to send the nation into default... they are the true compromisers. Genius! Jeff, you are the best.

PS- When these cuts that the GOP has now succeeded in forcing through damage the economy and recovery, as is expected, will the GOP be honest and accept responsibility and blame for that? Or will they just pin it on Obama?

PPS- Still waiting on the jobs that renewing the Bush tax cuts to give more "certainty" to the "job creators" last year were promised to give us.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

So, simply in agreeing not to send the nation into default... they are the true compromisers. Genius! Jeff, you are the best.

Their position was that they should simply cut spending as opposed to raise the debt limit. A smarter solution, but not entirely politically viable.

PS- When these cuts that the GOP has now succeeded in forcing through damage the economy and recovery, as is expected, will the GOP be honest and accept responsibility and blame for that? Or will they just pin it on Obama?

I wouldn't expect that at all. Not that any of these cuts are actually cuts in spending as much as slowed growth in spending, it appears.

Regardless, there's no chance it could do as much damage as Obama's agenda has to this point.

PPS- Still waiting on the jobs that renewing the Bush tax cuts to give more "certainty" to the "job creators" last year were promised to give us.

Unfortunately, the health care bill has fucked that up worse than we thought. And a two year deal isn't much certainty, as I noted at the time.

[blueduck37.livejournal.com]

Me: "When these cuts that the GOP has now succeeded in forcing through damage the economy and recovery, as is expected, will the GOP be honest and accept responsibility and blame for that? Or will they just pin it on Obama?"

You: "there's no chance it could do as much damage as Obama's agenda has to this point."

OMG... you're already pre-blaming him. That is genius!

Moving on to....

Unfortunately, the health care bill has fucked that up worse than we thought.

GOP 2010: "Renew the tax cuts! It will create jobs!"

GOP 2011: "Still no jobs, huh? Okay, that's because.... umm, OBAMACARE!!! Job-killing! Marx! Engel!"

Jeff, here is why I love you. Unlike some of the conservatives on TV, I think you actually believe all this BS. And, frankly, that's really precious and warms my cholesterol-filled heart.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

OMG... you're already pre-blaming him. That is genius!

"Pre-blaming" assumes we're not already in a bad situation thanks to him.

Jeff, here is why I love you. Unlike some of the conservatives on TV, I think you actually believe all this BS. And, frankly, that's really precious and warms my cholesterol-filled heart.

Of course I do. There's no way I couldn't, unfortunately.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Confirmation Bias is a strong taskmaster, innit?

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Indeed. It's hard to fight that problem in this community.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Find your own solution.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Working on it.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

Good.