Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Beleaguered Boehner Agrees to Senate Deal

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Tea Party Pushes U.S. Towards Default Brink

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Epic Rant about Ted Cruz On Morning Joe 10-15-2013
Mika Brzezinski: Later this morning Senator Mitch McConnell will present a bipartisan plan to fellow Republicans that could end the shutdown and extend the nation's borrowing limit for at least a couple of months.

Joe Scarborough: Yay! (laughter)

Mika: Haven't we heard this before? . . . The Senate could vote on the bill as soon as tomorrow, however the deal does not include any language to dismantle Obamacare, nor would it include a repeal of the medical device tax - two sticking points for the Tea Party Caucus.

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Mika: Senator Ted Cruz says he is still unsure whether or not he'd block a vote on the bill - come on.

Joe: Lots of Luck, Pal. You go ahead and do that.

Mika: It's unbelievable.

Joe: Just try it, Buddy. Go ahead ... (laughter) Go ahead, Big Shot. You put the full faith and credit of the United States of America on your shoulders. Have fun with that. Good luck. Do it. Do it. I dare you. I'm daring you right now. Go ahead and do it, Hot Shot.

Or are you gonna just sit in the back? And when people are responsible and actually give a damn about this country, and give a damn about the full faith and credit of the United States, and actually care about the people who are working day in and day out hoping to keep their job. You're going to keep posing and hurt those people? I don't really get it -

It's kinda like - it's great for you, I know. I know it's really great for you politically, but it's just like the Veteran's Memorial that you used as a political backdrop. It's a great backdrop until the next day, the Vets who actually organized the rally came out and were really upset that you had used their rally for your own political points.

So you guys go ahead. Just go ahead. Just keep using America as your political backdrop. And hurt all the people you want to hurt. Hurt, by the way, small government conservatives. Republicans. Working class Americans that actually used to support our party, but are now wondering what in the world - keep doing it. And I hope it really helps you out because it's sure not helping the conservative movement. It's not helping the Republican Party, and it's not helping this country, but go ahead, go ahead.

. . . This isn't about conservatism. This is about tactics. What makes me so angry is some Republicans are going to have to step up and they see that 24% conservative approval rating and they know it's going to go lower. They know the Senate's now in jeopardy. They know that the White House could be in jeopardy down the road. ...Independents who broke for Romney last time have even moved away from him (Cruz).
. . . So now a few Republicans are going to save the full faith and credit of the nation either on the day of the Default or a few weeks later, and a few guys are going to sit in the back and throw potshots at them because they know they have to do it. And they don't have the guts to stand up and say 'You know, we're the ones who screwed this up. We're the ones who screwed up the Republican Party's ability to do well during this time.'

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. . . we’re watching now, what might be called the Koch Brothers’ “Samson Option,” pulling down the temple to destroy their enemies even if doing so is also destructive to them and their fortunes.
~ Robert Parry on TruthOut

We face a mutated GOP. Ted Cruz is the leader of the dominant faction in this amalgam of what I call totalitarian Christians (their interpretation of the Bible supersedes the US Constitution), racist white Southerners (whose DNA contains the slavery gene), Ayn Rand dystopian ideologues...and plutocrats.
~ Shockwave on Daily Kos

. . . you know at every stage, my prayer to God is that His will be done. As it will be.
~ Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX, Tea Party architect of the Government Shutdown

What planet are you living on here?!
~ Reporter Chuck Todd on MSNBC's Morning Joe speaking of Senator Ted Cruz

We are now five days away from a very dangerous moment.
The closer we get to the deadline the greater the impact will be for the developing world.
Inaction could result in interest rates rising, confidence falling and growth slowing.
If this (U.S. Default) comes to pass it could be a disastrous event for the developing world and that will in turn greatly hurt the developed economies as well.
~ World Bank President Jim Yong Kim via BBC News

There's an expectation that has to change and that sometimes takes attempting to do things that won't work. It's a tough vote, but the fact is all of us have to realize the reality of the situation, and that is that two months have been blown on the wrong subject.
~ Senator Bob Corker, R-Tennessee

They had the gun to our head because of Obamacare. They gave up on that, so why is the gun to our head still? Now it's like we have the gun to our head and we have to figure out why.
~ Bill Maher, Friday, 10/11/13

We'd better wake up. Defunding Obamacare is not achievable. So let's not delude our supporters by telling them that it is under the present circumstances, because elections have consequences.
~ Senator John McCain on Fox News



. . . there are some tactics that go too far, alienating even voters who are ideologically or politically sympathetic to the GOP. And, unfortunately for Republicans, one of those tactics was extortion. Going into the shutdown, more people opposed Obamacare than supported it. But the idea of shutting down the government or threatening a debt default to undo Obamacare was massively unpopular.
. . . The polls trickle in and they are horrific. The pragmatic wing of the party is completely demoralized. It lashes out more violently than before. The national media both encourages and adds to their derision of conservatives. Suddenly every Republican in town is shopping his own terms of surrender. The biggest challenge for Democrats isn’t getting their way. It’s that there are so many offers, it’s hard to know which one to take. Politico labeled the spectacle a “buyer’s market” for Barack Obama, massively understating the point. It is a buyer’s market in the sense that the day after the Super Bowl is a buyer’s market for pork rinds.
~ Noam Scheiber on New Republic

We gave the Democrats one incredibly early Christmas gift. I’m not going to fault Ted (Cruz). He believes what he was doing was going to be helpful. But at the end of the day, you look and you ask, ‘Are we any close to defunding Obamacare are ridding ourselves of it than we were?’ The answer is no.
~ Conservative Radio Host Mike Huckabee, possible 2016 GOP Primary contender against Cruz

So you have this neighbor who has been making your life hell. First he tied you up with a spurious lawsuit; you’re both suffering from huge legal bills. Then he threatened bodily harm to your family. Now, however, he says he’s willing to compromise: He’ll call off the lawsuit, which is to his advantage as well as yours. But in return you must give him your car. Oh, and he’ll stop threatening your family — but only for a week, after which the threats will resume.
Not much of an offer, is it? But here’s the kicker: Your neighbor’s relatives, who have been egging him on, are furious that he didn’t also demand that you kill your dog.
And now you understand the current state of budget negotiations.
~ Economist Paul Krugman in NYT

Representative Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, on Young Turks via Raw Story
The Young Turks caught up with the Texas Republican on Friday at the Values Voter Summit and asked him if he would vote on any deal to raise the debt ceiling.
“It just depends on what it is,” he replied. “The word ‘deal’ concerns me… if it’s good for America.”
“Would you allow us to default on our debt?” a reporter from The Young Turks wondered.
“No, that would be an impeachable offense by the president,” Gohmert declared.


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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Whether Freudian Slip or Gaffe, Paul Ryan Wants to Destroy Healthcare

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"This to us is something that we're not going to give up on, because we are not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people."
~ Freudian Slip by Republican Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, while unveiling his budget plan to "Repeal Obamacare" and to cut Medicare and Medicaid for millions of poor and needy Americans


A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth - some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say.
~ Journalist Michael Kinsley

Now that's some funny stuff right there...or at least it would be if the stakes weren't so high for the American people.
So much for the meme that Republicans are capable of learning from their defeat in 3 of the last 4 elections.
~ John B. on Maddow Blog

OMG...this is at least 47% as damning as Mr. Romney's ill-fated utterance...just sayin.
~ Going to Texas on Maddow Blog

Ayn Rand, when she was eligible, signed up for both Soc. Security and Medicare.
~ blatcat on Maddow Blog









Just ’cause it has numbers in it doesn’t make it a budget. Right? My lottery ticket is not a budget just ’cause it’s a bunch of numbers on the page.
He’s not a deficit hawk, he’s a health care hawk.
~ Ari Melber on MSNBC, via Political Carnival

I'm guessing that Paul Ryan thinks those manly biceps are just going to dazzle the media so much that they'll just glide right over the most truthful Freudian slip to ever cross those PX90-lovin' lips.
~ Crooks and Liars

I hope this accidental moment of honesty dogs you for the rest of a short and miserable political career.
~ Mr. Flibble on Crooks and Liars





Thanks Paul. Now, tell us something we didn't already know.
~ Jed Lewison on Daily Kos

The Very Serious People "value" Sadism.
~ Egalitare on Daily Kos

Freud is laughing from whichever afterlife he's in. Now that's a Slip!
~ Icicle 68 on Daily Kos

Quintessential Kinsley gaffe. Pretty much the textbook definition.
~ Purple2Blue on Daily Kos

Ryan's nickname: The Grim Reaper.
~ Eyeball Kid on Daily Kos

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Respectfully,
The American People
~ GomezAdams on Huff Post

If Ryan had his way we'd all be goose stepping to his jingoisms.
~ cecilok on Huff Post

I see republicans have softened their message.
~ makemyteabagmoist on Huff Post

President Romney will sign this into law when it reaches his desk
~ ThreadKiller on Huff Post

If Ryan truly believes that Obamacare will collapse under it's own weight, then why is he working so hard to repeal it? Answer: what the Republicans are really afraid of, is that it will be a smashing success.
~ coraggio on Raw Story

More proof Republicans are not interested in governing or in compromise.
~ transformer1 on Raw Story



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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Ryan Reruns Plan to Repeal Obamacare

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Paul Ryan and Chris Wallace on Fox News
WALLACE: Are you saying that as part of your budget you would repeal — you assume the repeal of Obamacare?

RYAN: Yes.

WALLACE: Well that’s not going to happen.

RYAN: Well, we believe it should. [...]

WALLACE: This was a big issue in the campaign between Romney-Ryan vs. Obama-Biden. They think they won and they think that’s one of the reasons they won, and there are, Congressman, a lot of independent studies that say if you put this into effect, the net effect will be that seniors will end up having to pay more of the share of their healthcare cost. [...]

RYAN: I would argue against your premise that we lost this issue in the campaign. We won the senior vote.




Chairman Ryan coming out saying one of the marquee issues in the budget is going to be the repeal of Obamacare. I think we fought that battle. I think it’s over and it’s been over for some time. Good luck with that one - that doesn't make it anymore realistic.
~ Jim Nussle, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush on CNBC

Paul Ryan, the Health Bomber
. . . My question is why the newspapers keep acting as if this guy, Paul Ryan, is some kind of big Republican brain. Is this the person with whom the President needs to strike some type of Grand Bargain? If so, we've got problems.
~ Chris Matthews on Hardball

Paul Ryan comes out as if 2012 didn't happen, it's like Back to the Future. He got in a time machine!
~ David Corn on Hardball
















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Friday, August 10, 2012

Paul Ryan Vice-Presidential Buzz

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From Breitbart ~ Read the Signs
1. Ryan has surged on InTrade's prediction market in the past two days, making him the #1 contender ahead of Ohio Senator Rob Portman.

2. Ryan was on vacation in Colorado this week, but appeared at a memorial service today near Milwaukee for victims of Sunday's shootings at a Sikh temple...

3. ...and a mysterious charter plane from Boston to Ryan's hometown of Janesville, WI was reported this afternoon.

4. Breitbart News has learned that one major news network was alerting producers that Romney could announce his choice today...

5. ...and Romney is due to begin a bus tour tomorrow that will take him through several swing states--and which is thought to be a chance to showcase his running mate.

6. It is not unprecedented for campaigns to announce the candidate for Vice President on a Friday night. Barack Obama announced Joe Biden as his pick on a late Friday night/early Saturday morning in 2008.

7. Update: Tagg Romney was also in southwestern Wisconsin today--with Paul Ryan--to attend the Sikh memorial ceremony and represent his father.

Take note, veep watchers: Earlier today, a charter plane took off in Boston, stopped in Chicago, then flew to the tiny airport in Janesville, Wis. Janesville, of course, is the hometown of Representative Paul Ryan, a top vice-presidential contender. According to a source on the ground, the plane is still in Wisconsin.
~ The Drudge Report

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, himself often mentioned as a top-tier candidate for vice president, today recommended Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan for the job.
Speaking this afternoon at RedState Gathering 2012 in Jacksonville, Fla., Jindal’s message of responsible spending and education reform had plenty of attendees sold on him as the vice presidential candidate.
~ Twitchy.com

Paul Ryan Is a Great Choice . . . By which I mean, Paul Ryan would be a terrible choice for vice president, so by all means, Mitt, proceed!
. . . Tapping Ryan would very unusual for the risk-averse Romney, but boy, if this is the one risk he decides to take, will it be revealing of his character and his priorities for the country. The one "bold" thing he does is aimed at pleasing Bill Kristol and 29 other Beltway insiders who want to privatize the universe. As the man once said, bring it on!
~ Michael Tomasky on The Daily Beast

I’m almost hoping it is Paul Ryan. Number one, I would love to see a national referendum on this Medicare scheme Paul Ryan is pushing. Number two, if Paul Ryan is the vice presidential nominee … you will see Eddie Munster trend every day on Twitter until after Election Day!
~ John Fugelsang on Current



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Friday, April 27, 2012

The Catholic Church Sends Paul Ryan a Message

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For you have the poor always with you...
~ Jesus Christ, Matthew 26:11

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"
~ The Holy Bible, Matthew 19:24-25

I suppose there are some Catholics who for a long time have thought they had a monopoly of sorts . . . not exactly on heaven, but on the social teaching of our Church. Of course there can be differences among faithful Catholics on this.
. . . The overarching threat to our whole society today is the exploding federal debt. The Holy Father, Pope Benedict, has charged that governments, communities, and individuals running up high debt levels are “living at the expense of future generations” and “living in untruth.”
. . . My mentor, Jack Kemp, used to say, “You can’t help America’s poor by making America poor."
~ Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), speaking at Georgetown University, transcript Here

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Dear Rep. Paul Ryan, Welcome to Georgetown University...We would be remiss in our duty to you and our students if we did not challenge your continuing misuse of Catholic teaching to defend a budget plan that decimates food programs for struggling families, radically weakens protections for the elderly and sick, and gives more tax breaks to the wealthiest few.
~ Excerpt from a letter signed by 90 Georgetown University faculty and administrators, including a dozen Jesuit priests, numerous members of the Theology and other departments. Read the complete letter on Huffington Post
 
Blessed are the rich, the reign of this world is ours. The rich rule the world, and the rest suffer and die, often in misery. Do not let this be you my brothers! Easier to use your riches to genetically engineer very small camels that can fit through the needle's eye…
~ GOP Jesus, protesting Ryan's speech at Georgetown University, April 27, 2012, from Mother Jones

GOP Jesus at Georgetown
Via Mother Jones


"If Paul Ryan knew what poverty was, he wouldn't be giving this speech."
~ James Salt, the executive director of Catholics United quoted Here

Paul Ryan's Catholicism probably calls communion a "hand out."
~ Lizz Winstead, Satirist and co-creator of the Daily Show on Twitter

Paul Ryan Says He Takes His Inspiration from St Thomas Aquinas, Who 1st Proposed Hedge Fund Managers Should Pay Lower Taxes than You in 1268.
~ The Daily Edge on Twitter

The truth is that the filler modern food manufacturers add to their products may be disgusting — think pink slime — but it nonetheless has nutritional value. Mr. Ryan’s empty promises don’t. You should think of those promises, instead, as a kind of throwback to the 19th century, when unregulated corporations bulked out their bread with plaster of paris and flavored their beer with sulfuric acid.
Come to think of it, that’s precisely the policy era Mr. Ryan and his colleagues are trying to bring back.
~ Economist Paul Krugman in the New York Times

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