‘Peeved’ Obama Knocks Boehner: ‘I’ve Been Left at the Altar’
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama Friday night on a deal to make major cuts in federal spending and avert a threatened government default, sending already uncertain compromise efforts into instant crisis.
Within minutes, an obviously peeved Obama virtually ordered congressional leaders to the White House Saturday morning for fresh negotiations on raising the nation’s debt limit. “We’ve got to get it done. It is not an option not to do it,” he declared.
For the first time since talks began, he declined to offer assurances, when asked, that default would be avoided. Moments later, however, he said he was confident of that outcome.
At a rebuttal news conference of his own a short while later in the Capitol, Boehner said, “I want to be entirely clear, no one wants default on the full faith and credit of the United States government, and I’m convinced that we will not.”
The two men offered sharply different accounts of the compromise efforts so far and who was at fault for the collapse.
“I’ve been left at the altar now a couple of times,” Obama said wryly.
“It’s the president who walked away from his agreement,” Boehner contended.
The speaker said Obama wanted higher taxes and not enough spending cuts.
The president countered that he had offered an “extraordinarily fair deal” that totaled $2.6 trillion in spending cuts and $1.2 trillion in additional revenue.
Strikingly, the two sides had agreed on two highly controversial changes, according to aides on both sides of the talks. One would raise the age of eligibility of Medicare gradually from 65 to 67 for future beneficiaries, while the other would slow the increase in cost-of-living raises in Social Security checks.
Given that accord, it seemed likely those agreements would be among many carrying over to the broader meeting Saturday morning and beyond.
Barring action by Congress by an Aug. 2 deadline, the Treasury will be unable to pay all its bills. Officials say a default could destabilize the already weakened U.S. economy and send major ripple effects across the globe.
Even by the recent standards of divided government, Boehner’s decision triggered an extraordinary evening in which first the Democratic president and then the Republican speaker maneuvered for political position on an issue of enormous national import.
Unspoken, yet unmistakable in all the brinkmanship was the 2012 election campaign, still 18 months away, with the White House and both houses of Congress at stake.
In a letter circulated earlier to the House Republican rank and file, Boehner said he had withdrawn from the talks because the president wanted to raise taxes and was reluctant to agree to cuts in benefit programs.
The disconnect was “not because of different personalities but because of different visions for our country,” he said, and he announced he would now seek agreement with the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Obama was having none of that, announcing instead a morning White House meeting where he said he expected to hear proposed solutions from the top leaders of both parties in both houses.
“One of the questions the Republican Party is going to have to ask itself is, ‘Can they say yes to anything?’” Obama said.
The president avoided direct criticism of Boehner, although he did mention that his phone calls to the speaker had gone unreturned during the day. Administration officials said the president had tried to reach Boehner twice over two days. Asked about the spurned calls, Boehner said he didn’t think his relationship with Obama had been “irreparably damaged.”
He said he would attend the Saturday meeting at the White House.
Private, sometimes-secret negotiations had veered uncertainly for weeks, generating reports as late as Thursday that the two sides were possibly closing in on an agreement to cut $3 trillion in spending and add as much as $1 trillion in possible revenue while increasing the government’s borrowing authority of $2.4 trillion.
That triggered a revolt among Democrats who expressed fears the president was giving away too much in terms of cuts to Medicare and Social Security while getting too little by way of additional revenues
“Failing to raise the debt ceiling would do irreparable harm to our credit standing, would undermine our ability to lead on global economic issues and would damage our economy,” former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, a Republican, told reporters during the day.
Current administration officials and Federal reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have said much the same thing for weeks — while gridlock persisted in Congress.
Obama said his only requirement for an agreement was legislation that provides the Treasury enough borrowing authority to tide the government over through the 2012 election.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., agreed in a written statement, saying a shorter-term extension was unacceptable.
His counterpart, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell supported Boehner for “insisting on reducing spending and opposing the president’s call for higher taxes on American families and job creators.”
Not for the first time, he said, “it’s time now for the debate to move out of a room in the White House and onto the House and Senate floors.”
The two Senate leaders will be among the lawmakers at the White House meeting called by the president, presumably joined by Boehner and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader.
At the same time Obama and Boehner sought to define the clash to their political advantage, their aides provided details of the abortive talks.
Republican aides said Obama has upped his demand for higher taxes during the week, in the wake of a proposal by the bipartisan “Gang of Six” in the Senate. The group called for an overhaul of the tax code that would increase revenue by $1.2 trillion over a decade.
Additionally, the aides said the two sides were not able to bridge their differences over the triggers designed to force Congress to enact both tax reform and cuts to Medicare and other benefit programs by early next year.
Yet aides on both sides said the negotiations had yielded agreement for cuts of $250 billion from Medicare. Obama said Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security combined would have accounted for $650 billion.
An additional $1 trillion or slightly more would come from hundreds or thousands of government programs that are funded annually. Assumed savings from the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan totaled another $1 trillion.
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Comments (300)
freedomring
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:59pmAltar he has been at is his pagan god altar and his sacrifice has been this country
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:13pmWho the @#$ does this !@#$%**@ think he is?
Report Post »Ordered to the white house?
You’re not king yet OBAMA!
The republicans should skip out of Washington like they did in Wisconsin.
buckster6.0
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:17pmspot on randy.ordered my a#@!!!
Report Post »buckster6.0
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:25pmits gonna take a lifetime to fix all this s@#$ this thug has pulled off and still the media spins it like its all fine and dandy.
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:34pmWont things be a lot better when we have a dictator and we can avoid all these pesky negotiations?
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:37pmPotus, get a grip, your policys are the cause of the problems. Time for yoy to take a right turn, NO MORE MONEY for your sorry ass and programs, Bye Bye Obama
Report Post »TheCrusader007
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:48pmInteresting is always: It is never his fault.
Report Post »And in the same breath he blames everybody else.
In europe the media presents him exactly like this: He wants to help but everybody is against him.
Watch the other hand.
banjarmon
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 12:08amMr BO you’ll be left looking for a job in 2012….bub bye!!!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 12:41amObama will be left at the alter once more on 4 Nov 2012.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 12:45amObama will be left at the alter for the last time on Nov 4th 2012. Just go back home to Kenya or Chicago, whichever is easier. And take your fat @ss lobster eating wife with you. Leave my eating habits alone and take Cass Sunbeam with you!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 1:01amAgreed – STAND strong Boehner, we are with you.
So, why does Boehner not tell everyone from the mike that we have plenty of INCOME to NOT DEFAULT.
And $3.6 trillion over 10 years is a freaking joke. So deficits moving forward will average $1.2 trillion per year. THIS WILL CAUSE AN INEVITABLE DEFAULT.
Report Post »Petire
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 1:37amcorrect me if i’m wrong, but doesn’t the president have the constitutional ability to “order a special session of congress.” Isn’t that what the president is doing? what’s wrong with that?
sure it sounds a little pompous, but it’s constitutional is it not?
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 2:03amA 100 billion her and there over ten years, when we have an annual deficit over a trillion. Kiss my ass, these people are either evil or stupid. We’re toast, it’s past time for torches and pitch forks!
Report Post »junkman
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 4:38amIt was the Dems who skipped out in WI………..
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 5:17amBoehner really needed a drink and might as well call it a night.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 7:04amThe commie in chief is on schedule for the fundamental transformation of America. This insidious evil monster and his handler Soros have their plans in place and nothing will stop them. Your witnessing the collapse of freedom as we know it.
Report Post »Everyone needs to prepare for the carnage.
aafriend
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 7:07amCode word: Debt Ceiling, Must Raise it at least through the next election ! Raising the debt ceiling is just campaign contributions. if the debt ceiling is raised the money will go directly to new social programs, unions, and other groups that will work to re elect Obama.
If the republicans raise the debt ceiling you can pretty much count on a Obama re election win. why is Obama so fearful of not getting the debt ceiling raised ? Answer: poll numbers down, donors and media starting to take a second look: promises being broken. its unraveling right in front of him.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 7:41amThey really ought to hand out academy awards to this guy – everything is a crisis and he is always the victim. When his a** is out in 2012 he really ought to move to Hollywood, they could use a good actor that has to use a teleprompter to say his lines.
Report Post »LOOKINGFROMTHERIGHT
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:00amWell said!
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:22amI am ever hopeful the spineless speaker will grow a backbone and Stand Up for America! Watching to see if a BackBone is appearing or if this is more of the famous Boehner Posturing and Posing Routine.
Email Boehner, America! Tell him to GET OUT OF THE BACKROOM MEETINGS and Stay Out in the Open and In The Light. YA DON’T NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS AND SOCIOPATHS!
Report Post »jcknccmret
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:55amThe sad part is the American people will re elect this slime ball for a 2nd term. Just 2008 the public will not do their homework and listen solely to the mainstream Media. So Sad that we will then become a third world nation
John
Report Post »MasterChief USN Ret
GREENDOG
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:07amThis little ***** is full of crap!
Report Post »NE1HOME
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:30amIf either side were genuine, they would televise these negotiations. As long as they go on behind closed doors the only result will be a disaster for the American people.
Report Post »We must demand that they stop meeting privately on public policy negotiations that have no “secret” or “classified” information in them.
Sunlight will disinfect intractability and positions that are indefensible.
Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:36am@ RANDY
Report Post »What! You think the Bamster should go the other way? REALLY?! He’s a busy guy, AND thats really early
StonyBurk
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 11:14amI recall the show in Denver where the image reflected when he was appointed Messiah strongly mirrored Hitler when that fellow spirit of Barry Soetoro aka Barak Hussein Obama II chose the Seat of Satan Pergama for his Nazi Propaganda. Barry complaining about being left at the altar is an insult to the Republican Leader. I can‘t imagine Boehner as being one of Barry’s kind –given to the fraud of same sex marriage.
Report Post »Paydert33
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 1:06pmo-loser is doing all of this for political reasons concerning the debt ceiling. There‘s a reason he doesn’t have a plan or hasn’t put anything on the table besides blank pieces of paper. o-loser agrees with the 800 billion increase, then at the last minute when it is time to agree and sign the bottom line, o-loser changes his mind and says……I want 400 billion more. 0-loser will keep doing this. He will blame everything on the Republicans. The more increases in taxes the Republicans agree to, o-loser knows they will be in big trouble during 2012. The people spoke in November, and o-loser came out the next day at his tele-promter press conference and said he got a sha-lacking. So, he is well aware of what “We the People” said, but he is ignoring what we said on purpose. We have to get him out of office. Any Republican, any Republican at all will be better then this arrogant, inexperienced, marxist, socialist, lying low-life ever in the White House.
Report Post »AnnMarie
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 3:07pmI guess Obama is “Left” at the altar and Boehner is “Right” at the altar…. Even at the altar the political views come into play.
Report Post »Tuner
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 3:58pmObama is “LEFT” wherever he goes! I can not think of a politically influential person, not considered a dictator ON his left in anyway. He is “left” in that regard all by his lonesome.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on July 24, 2011 at 10:43amObama could not run a profitable lemonade stand, let alone run this country. When you put our country in charge of a person who has never signed the front of a paycheck and only knows how to sign the back, all you will get is demagoguery, vilification and unworkable solutions.
Report Post »tbconrad
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:58pmboy he thinks it’s tough now. Wait until 2012.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:33amI look forward to seeing that U-Haul leave the White House with the Obama’s and dog in tow.
Note to security, count the china and drapery before they leave.
Report Post »tankyjo
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:52pmWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaahahah! Got to be Bush’s fault, right? Tea!!!!!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:33pmNow that you mention it, about 2/3 of it was accrued by the last three Repub Presidents.
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:56pmThe debt ran up in the last 100 years would have been 10 trillion.. Obama has 4 and a half in two years.. Left unchecked he would necessarily bankrupt the nation.. He is the ultimate shp-a-holic with the taxpayers credit card.. Time for treatment
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:16amWell, THEY did leave him at the alter people.
Much to his ((ahem)) disliking, he is simply going to have to take control of everything himself.
Afterall, grandma will not be getting her check and have to start eating Kobe dog food like the White House dog does if he doesn’t get his way.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:06am@Tiffy
Report Post »Your turn- it sure ain’t spin- bit I digress. If you can‘t make ’em interesting- try humor!
TomFerrari
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:23amNow that YOU mention it, obama HAS ALREADY put us further in the hole in THREE YEARS, than even Bush2 did in EIGHT !
Bush2 gave us 4T in new deficits of 8 years.
Obama has given us more than that in just his first 2.5 years!
You can FABRICATE all you want, but FACTS are FACTS.
Report Post »You can ignore FACTS all you want , ‘tifo’, but you’ll be living in the rabbit hole like Alice in Wonderland.
michael48
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:40amwhat’s your point tiffy????…then its OK for Omama to break it off in your azz????…keep believing that crap, as you get back under YOUR ASSIGNED BRIDGE…idiot!!!!
Report Post »Daddymac10
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:51pmWith all of his lies and illogical demands, he deserves to be left at the alter. Republicans and the Tea Party have the higher ground because nothing can’t get passed without our approval. If the debt ceiling is not raised, life will be OK come August 3rd, and the majority of people would rather it not be raised anyway. That sound like checkmate to me. Never trust a lying fear-mongering politician…
Report Post »TheCenturion
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:13pmI beg to differ on the fear-mongering theory, and I hope and pray that I’m wrong, but, this “president” intends to destroy this country, it has been his goal since he began his political career. What is viewed as fear mongering, (his suggestion that the debt may not get serviced and SS checks may not go out) is ACTUALLY A THREAT.
Think about what happens if the debt is not serviced……. it WILL achieve his goal….. and Soro’s too. Why should Obama care? He KNOWS he’s gone in 2012, as do the liberals, so what does he have to lose? Either way, he gets his way. The only reason he would like to stay in power is because they haven’t managed to get our guns……. yet.
Don’t doubt me, there is FAR too much evidence supporting this.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:51pmCenturion:
I am afraid your right, I have had the same thoughts. He probably did do what Boehner said, they probably came close to a compromise so he had to throw something new in that he knew was unacceptable to the Republicans. I dont think he wants us to make the deadline, if an agreement were reached he’d probably veto it. This is what they have been working towards, collapse the system. Cloward and Piven. That‘s why they haven’t put out a budget in 2 yrs, they wanted it to come to this.
Report Post »Windwalker
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:16amCenturian and USAMomma you’ve nailed it. Not sure Obama can pull it off………yet. I believe the only reason August social security checks and other guaranteed payments would not be issued as usual would be the direct result of the Treasury ordering them not to be issued. They money IS there and Obama knows it. This is fear mongering at its finest.
Report Post »Bonaventure
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:50pm“Left at the altar”???
Report Post »He’s been a desecration of the altar since the day he took office!
VShagios
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:47pmNext time I want to buy a house and the bank says you can’t afford this house, I will just raise my debt ceiling. After that, I will print some money to put in the bank, collect some interest, then get some real money back out to buy the house. Once this is all done, I can spend 20-40 years in prison.
Why the hell aren’t these morons in DC all in prison!?!
Report Post »FlushTheLibs
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:57pmIt’s time to FluthTheLibs -2012. Those who don’t vote in elections are basically voting to leave the rascals in. Time to clean house.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:11pmBecause it’s a crime when we, the People, do it, but it’s business as usual when they do it.
Report Post »Daddymac10
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:44pmNow Obama refer to the American people as “those folks”?? Wow…
Report Post »meamerican
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:52pmI can say yes to a new President in 2012!
Report Post »Captain Whamo
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:43pmI can’t wait to see how peeved Obama is when we kick his can to the curb in November 2012.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:30pmI’ve been predicting for some time that he will resist “his can getting kicked to the curb” and will try to cling to power. I hope I’m wrong but he shows every sign of a dictator. It would bring this country to it‘s knees but then again that’s what he wants to happen.
Report Post »Bald1
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 12:39amIf you read some of his ‘candid” comments, Obama does not believe he will be re-elected. Of course, if he is not…he will blame everyone under the sun for his demise.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:36amBALD1
I doubt as a registered Democrat, BO’s dog would even vote for him.
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:42pmThank you Mr. Boehner. If Obama is the bride at the altar, you are better off a bachelor!
Report Post »FlushTheLibs
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:51pmIt’s time to pull in the purse strings, trim our nations budget and get back on the track of recovery. I hope Congress has the kahonees to stick to it and not give into Barry O and Harry Reed and the purple Rino’s. An equal increase in the debt ceiling for an equal cut in spending is the only acceptable compromise until we can pass a balanced budget amendment. It’s time to FlushTheLibs – 2012.
Report Post »123gone
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:20pmAGAMEOFTHRONES –
Obama wanted to claim Boehner as his Bi*ch; he was wise to walk when he did. BTW, Who in the he!! does he think he is, demanding / ordering Congress to be in his office at ANY time?!
I hope they send him a message to meet with them somewhere else.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:21amIt’s rather hard to be left at the altar when you keep moving the damned altar!
Report Post »jmgair
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:42pmRun out of time ?? The deadline was imposed by Obama and it is a phoney deadline just like his GITMO deadline was and just like his iraq & Afganistan deadlines were. He says “ I want to have a deal done before the next election ” ?? The next election is all he is worried about instead of the future of this country, what a PUTZ. Leave him at the alter, who really cares of he is a cry baby ?
Report Post »Patriot760
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:39pmWe need a real patriot in the White House, as our Senate leader, and Speaker of the House! BO is a stench not a patriot! Patriots people! Remember that when you vote and hold your rep‘s and senator’s feet to the fire! They take an oath to uphold the Constitution. Don’t let them off the hook. There’s hope. I met a couple of conservatives from San Francisco! Go figure!
Report Post »junkman
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 4:46amConservatives in San Fran. ? Must’ve been lost looking for the Grapevine…
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:38pmObama learned to speak at Harvard, but he learned to be a politician in Chicago.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:34amHe still talks like a fool from the block.
Report Post »IMAWAKENOW
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:37pmHow about you explaining to us why you need to take more from those that work only to give it as bribes to your base. Time to stand up to this spoiled child and say NO and stand by the decision.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:13pmNo, actually he wants to take more from those that make money and give it to those who don’t work (or want to work) for their money. That’s redistribution of wealth, and as he told Joe the Plumber, that’s what he believes in.
Report Post »JohnPaulus
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:37pmWho cares if Obama is peeved. I’m peeved too. I’m peeved that I have to work 10-12 hours a day and 41% of my income goes to federal, state, city, and county taxes each year while others sit home all day watching The View and eating Bon Bons that purchase with their welfare card. I’m peeved that each time we borrow more money we have to pay interest to the Chinese. Republicans need to stand firm- Obama will acquiesce. The man has no backbone.
JohnPaulus.com Conservative Blogger
Report Post »tom
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:37pmObama, the golf game trick didn’t work!
Report Post »VShagios
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:36pmI say keep telling Obummer…NO!!! Cut taxes, cut spending or no deal. If we do what Obummer wants, the economy tanks. If we get no deal and don’t raise the debt ceiling, the economy tanks. We only have one options.
Report Post »skinnydipinacid
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:36pm“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
- Senator Barack H. Obama, March 20, 2006.
Report Post »Viking64
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 4:59amHow quick a true lier spins the facts, when it is to their advatage. He was one thing as radical left wing senator and now a total over spending , finger pointing ,disoriented, debt raising and lousy left wing president. He is the ultimate left wing political spin artist and he is ruining this once great republic
Report Post »Paleo Archer
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 5:43amSomeone needs to shove this quote in his face…….Oh never mind, that was then, this is now….
Report Post »Pray for our President Psalm 109:8 …my his days be few….
moonlight on the bay
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:26pm(to skinnydipinacid — just in case this doesn’t post right under his/her statement):
I wonder, if during a press conference, some journalist read that statment from ‘06 to him, without citing the source, would Obama RECOGNIZE it as HIS own words? And, to loosely quote one of the radio talk show hosts I listen to daily, “Do you believe Obama then, or do you believe Obama now?” (The actual quote is, “Do you believe Obama the candidate, or Obama the president?” THAT statement from ‘06 should be all over the news, played over and over, so more people see how this guy can flip-flop when it suits him.
Report Post »I Stand With Israel
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:35pmI only wish there was a way to section off a part of this country so that Obama could have a spot where only he and those who support him could live. That is the only way the bunch of liberal deadbeats who think he is doing a good job will ever see the truth. As long as the good and decent people put all in to save our loved country, the others will hold him up.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:00pmWe’re almost there friend, it’s called Texas! Texas will be the only place that is the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 2:44amTexas, the land of the free and the home of the illegal aliens.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 9:55amI’m joining you all in TEXAS.
No joke!
The move starts in 2 weeks.
See you soon!
Any fellow conservative bikers around? I‘m thinking of starting a club once I’m in TX.
Right now, it looks like NW Dallas area, but I‘ll rent until I’m sure.
Also, good school district information would be appreciated, along with neighborhoods, real-estate agent referrals, house/land tips, etc.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:26amI think you’re on to something. Been considering a move for when I retire….and yes, I’m a conservative biker, Tom!
Report Post »Patriot760
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:35pmWhat is there to say? Obama has no clue how the economy works or is supposed to work in this country,. They”re not seriouse about true entitlement reform. My opinion is that entitlements are unconstitutional anyway, so get rid of them! Social Security is a joke! Even the socialist FDR new it wouldn’t work, he admiitted it, but signed the bill anyway.We have people coming to this country that never paid in, never paid US taxes and they get a check!
I’ll stop. I’m so fed up, I’m going to just start rambling like BO, what a stench! Barry save yourself the trouble an don’t even think about running for re-election. Go back to Kenya!
Report Post »butterfly53
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:34pmobama looks like a floundering, usless president. I think the Speaker has obama’s back in a corner and the prez knows it. Anyone else notice the extremely gray hair on dear leader these days? Has he quit using his Just For Men? Probably so as to look like he workin’ and fighting hard for us. NOT!
Report Post »Elucidate
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:32pmSo glad Obama felt healthcare was so important to address before the economy.
Report Post »junkman
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 4:52amHealthcare “reform” was so important, because it’s the means by which Obama will collapse the economy, his ultimate goal……
Report Post »notasheep
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:31pmAdd your comments
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:58pmHey!
Report Post »DeVain
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:30pmThe Democrats were offered a deal, it was called Cap, Cut, Balance. They turned it down.
Report Post »Their plan has been….uh…they don’t have one. They haven’t had one for YEARS.
Stand strong Republicans…the people have your back.
Greenwood
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:52pmHarry wouldn’t even allow it to be put up for a vote. The GOP are the only ones that have any plan.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:29amIn his soft-spoken tender voice, Reid has a SINISTER agenda for this country and himself.
As a Mormon, he is an absolute DISGRACE.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:30pmWho in their right mind wouldn’t want to leave him at the altar. He is a crybaby narcissist who wants only what is best for him and Democrats and to bring this country to its knees. Leaving him at the altar is the only thing that might save this country.
Report Post »Charles
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:25pmHe is a spoiled child not used to being told no.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 8:19am((rolls up newspaper to swat nose))
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:44amhe is just that. a child… every single thing that liberals/progressives do is exactly comparative to a child… Except, for one little thing… their innocence.
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