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Tea Party Favorite Allen West Explains Why He Supports Boehner’s Controversial Plan

The Republican Party isn’t a unified front right now. At least not in the House. There are some congressman who don‘t think that Speaker John Boehner’s debt plan goes far enough. There are others who think that even though Boehner‘s plan isn’t perfect, it’s the next-best thing. And many have accused the Tea Party Reps. of being in the former camp and sabotaging any compromise. But there’s one Tea Partier who is breaking the mold — Allen West.

(Read our update: West Responds to Tea Party ‘Schizophrenia’ Over His Boehner Support)

West appeared on Fox News Friday morning to explain why he is supporting the Boehner plan even though it may be unpopular among staunch conservatives to do so. According to him, it’s a position he arrived at after “I searched my own heart and I understood that this still allows me to stay within my principles.”

“We can sit around and wait for the 100 percent plan, but as I said in a short speech I [gave] at a GOP conference a few days ago, this is a 70, 75 percent plan that gets us to continue to move the ball forward down the field, and that’s why I’m supporting it,” he explained.

“This is not the perfect plan as I said. One of the things that I’m not warmed over about is this joint Congressional committee,” West said. “But I know you can’t come up here expecting that you are going to get your way each and every time. I think John Boehner’s plan is far more superior to Harry Reid’s plan and is far more superior then anything to come out of the Senate, which has not passed a budget in 820 days.”

You can watch the interview below, in which West also explains the closed-door GOP meeting that included a clip from the movie “The Town:”

In other words, he wouldn‘t fit into John McCain’s definition of a “hobbit.”

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  • dsm
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:36am

    You people are unbelievable. I am a tea party member. What do you people want with only controlling the house. And let’s not forget, yes rep have the majority in the house but alot of the rep are progressive. We need more conservatives in the house and we need a majority in the senate. I am not wild about Boehners bill but we have to take what we can get.

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  • The Toad
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:35am

    West is a disappointment and a turn coat. He is TOAST! This guy is a clown and the less I hear about him the better!

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    • HopinForBetter
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:45am

      The Toad,
      Please Mr. Toad, Rep West is America’s best chance for recovery. He can serve as a congressman, a senator, or preferably as our next President. What we need is LEADERSHIP, and Allen West displays it all over. Rep. West‘s decision shows that he is able to think something through to it’s most logical and best conclusion. When a person is inextricably ‘locked’ into something he is probably doomed to failure. ‘Smart’ compromise can actually be a good thing. It sure beats abject failure as the alternative.

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:47am

      No he’s not. The repubs need to pass Boerners bill. Why? Because they are NOT going to get ALL the spending cuts or the reform we so desperately want until they control both the senate & house AND the presidency. With the dems controlling even 1 of them they will block EVERYTHING the repubs oput on the table. IF they don‘t pass Boerners bill now then the dems will move on Harry’s so called solution and will win this battle.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:48am

      I say they put something together and just send it to the Senate. Once voted down go on every site, station and location stating we tried four times and all times was shot down. Mr. President, what is your PLAN? Put the pressure back on him… this is a BS show for the Nazi administration. Let them take the fall…

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:55am

      In a Republic, the law of the land rules it’s citizens…..the law of the land!! Democracy is mob rule. Search democracy and see what leaders in the past have said about democracy. It will not last, it is corrupt, the biggest mob makes the rules!! WE elect these people to represent us…MOST of them have sold us out, but that is the system we currently have. We break down the Republic…..history shows countries usually go to tyranny. Still trust West more than most….AND I am not willing to go into tyrrany under the 44th!!!!!!

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    • bandi9
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:01pm

      you are a phony, and Toad is a perfect name for you. I have to totally agree with West. lets pick our battles wisely. Analogy: we just picked up a first down, not a touchdown. Most importanat thing is to win WH and Senate in 2012. then we can repeal this, change it, etc. People, we have got to stay together for another year for the sake of our country’s future.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Sorry…..not willing to go into tyranny!!

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    • hauschild
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:02pm

      Yes, West has disappointed.

      I don‘t understand why some of these people are so scared they’re not going to be re-elected? I mean, you do good work and you’re gonna get rewarded. And, if you do good work and don’t, well, would would want to remain in a situation like that???

      Too bad.

      I’m sure Cry Baby will add a few additional meaningless things to get the rest of those not on board, on board.

      Sad.

      Pay now, or pay way more later. You decide.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:05pm

      You RINO’s that just “want something passed” need get yer heads outta yer asses. You’re coming at this thing all wrong. You actually think there is a way for the republicans to have their cake and eat it to, but it won’t work.

      Better off passing a meaningful bill and then letting the chips fall where they may. It is too big of a mess to not expect the majority of Blind Sheep Americans will be irate either way. Your method just prolongs the anger and will make it that much more difficult to deal with when it all goes South.

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    • Alky
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:08pm

      The correct thing to do is walk away from increasing Obamas credit card limit. The CBO says doing nothing is a 9 trillion dollar cut over ten years. Doing nothing makes Obama live inside the current debt ceiling, much the same as balanced budget now! Let God and the stock market put the whole thing back on track!

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    • 70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:08pm

      @hopeforbetter
      Everybody is saying that we are already downgraded unofficially and we will be downgraded officially with either bill passing. The agencies wanted 4 trillion in real cuts not to downgrade. This is just an exercise to avoid blame. Weeks from now we will again find out we have been duped and West, Bonner, and the rest well intentioned failed to see the big picture. Palin sees the big picture and she is the true hope America needs. Even this clip from morning Joe with a guy from Business week and a scholar tells the real truth. Telling why we should be focusing on the fiscal gap.

      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/vp/43942083#43942083

      TEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • dagny6
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Your are correct, Toad. Lawyers compromise and see where that has gotten our country.

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    • tncdel
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:21pm

      You are the clown. And the less we hear from you the better. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.

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    • mdlwoods
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:21pm

      The House and the Senate can continue in a dead stalemate or, the House can pass a bill that goes far toward cutting spending and not raising taxes. If Boehner’s bill passes. then the House has done its job and it will be on the backs of the Dems to either pass it or not. If they don’t pass it, then who is going to get the blame if the August 2 deadline comes and goes without a bill? The Dems. They can try to spin it all they want but if they don’t have a viable alternative and they refuse to pass the House bill or to sit down with the House to come up with a compromise, then it is all on the Dems and Obama’s back. I think the Repubs have made their case pretty well that spending must be cut at least equal to the amount of the raise in the debt ceiling. Its the Dems that are wanting to continue to spend us into oblivion. My prediciton is, no matter what plan the House or the Senate come up with, Obama will veto it because he WANTS the default. It will go far to creating the crisis he has been waiting for to bring this country down. I say, pass the House bill, put it on the backs of the Dems. But Boehner and West and the rest of the House Repubs need to go on every news channel and talk show they can and explain their bill and the reasons behind it, preferably before the Dems have a chance to make up some good lies about why they won’t pass it.

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    • nick e l
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:27pm

      What part of the video or his message do you NOT get.. Cut Cap and Balance will NOT even be voted on.. When you have only 1/3 of the power.. you CAN NOT win.. you must keep moving the ball down the field until we can get the Senate and or the Presidency. Making yourself look like the radical left socialist will nullify you in the long run. In other words you will turn the ball over at the 20. Get it?

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:31pm

      No he’s not toast .
      I still trust Mr West & the debt problem is not a simple issue as a yes or no answer .

      Robert-CA  
    • finsout
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:44pm

      this is exactly why the Tea Party is finished.

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    • 70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:49pm

      @nick el
      Are you saying that passing either bill will keep us from being downgraded? No way! Your the nut who is not listening to commentators saying that many economist say we will still be downgraded!
      TEA!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • copper
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:06pm

      On Anderson-Cooper they were astonished that there are those in Congress who cannot be bought off by the party. The REAL TEA PARTY PATRIOTS are those telling leadership that they DON’T CARE if they get another term. They were SENT by THE PEOPLE to do a job.

      Now we see who are the REPRESENTATIVES of WE THE PEOPLE VS THE PARTY HACKS!!!

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:15pm

      THE TOAD,
      Your screed belies the wisdom you’ve exhibited in choice of posting name.

      Congressman(COLONEL)Allan West is one of the best things to hit the “Hallowed” halls of our Federal Govt. since Franklin,Jefferson, Adams, etal, were perambulating the halls in Philadelphia!
      If you and others like you had even a hint of historic knowledge
      you would understand that the “DEBATE” going on in the Republican house is HEALTHY!

      What you are witnessing TOAD is a REFOUNDING!
      A REFOUNDING that will reduce the likes of Reid,Pelosi,Boxer,Snowe,Feinstein,Durbin,Menendez,Cardin, Schumer,Kerry,Collins,and the many other self serving twits that suck up the largesse of this nation while abetting it’s ruin.

      “WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US!” Pogo

      Had the sycophantic,brain dead, media that we have today been present and operating back when our FOUNDERS were debating our Constitution, we would STILL be a colony!

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:28pm

      Save up your $1 Federal Reserve Notes, kids – at least they’ll be good for kindling fires to keep warm at night.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:58pm

      Hey Toad are you old enough to vote? Or do they just send a ballot to your house and you fill it out because you got it before everybody else and your told who to vote for. Have you been elected to school ASB or any other elected Office because the way you’re posting shows your did not learn enough in Civics Class about how to Govern instead of give fancy speeches.

      In Politics of a Representative Republic sometimes you have to say that is as far as I can get to my goal, take a rest rejuvenate and then go at it again. Because your just one in a group and if the group does not go your way completely, if you decide to move in a different direction than you initially started that if you stay with the group that when their plan does not work you can still be there with the group to tell them let’s try my way.

      So let’s stop with the Extremism, I believe in the T.E.A. Party and its principles. I will defend them until I die, but sometimes reality deals you a hiccup and you have to be smart enough to adapt to the hiccup and move on towards the ultimate goal, which here is a “BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT” so that it would take a 2/3rd majority to create it and a 2/3rd majority to repeal it, repealing it is harder than creating it, just look at the HealthCare Bill that was crammed down the Halls of Congress by the Apollo Alliance, you know that Senators and Representatives could not string that many words together to hide panels and tax increases inside a 2K page bill.

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:59pm

      @The Toad, Hauschild, and Alky

      I agree with you folks. Allen West just gave the RINOs, Democrats, and Mr. Obama more power the instant he voted for John Boehner’s weak bill. Compromising your principles just to befriend the opposition is one of the reasons why we’re in this financial quagmire. I would much prefer seeing the government being engaged in gridlock and even shutting down over seeing the government passing a bill that does nothing except potentially exacerbate existing problems. When the government is engaged at a stalemate, or is shut down (and I prefer the latter), it means that Mr. Obama will be forced to allow the debt ceiling to stay where it‘s at and we won’t have to worry about being slammed with new taxes.

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    • jnobfan
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:06pm

      I am in district 22 and gave my time,money and sweat putting up signs and making endless calls for the man. He is a very articulet,intellegent man but I always had a sinking feeling that he was looking for a carreer more than changing Washington. He needed a job,had some shaky financial deals but he told me what I wanted to hear and I bought it all. I’m afraid I helped create another carreer politician and for that I apologize to you all.

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    • Jediusetheforce
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 2:26pm

      Good call, Allen West is joining the darkside…Too bad :(

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    • bruce_baker
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Is that Tea or Troll? West is one of the very few Republicans I have any respect or admiration for. I’ve heard nothing but rock solid conservative statements from him, and he’s ex-militarty, to boot.

      On the other hand, you obviously believe he should be saying… he should be doing… What?

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 4:36pm

      I agree TOAD .. .he has lost my support … Pigford was bad .. this is WORSE!

      TEA!

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:14pm

      Gee how fast and far one can fall in the ********* world; one wrong word, one reasonable position and everybody is measuring your neck for a rope.

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    • Jezcruzen
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:18pm

      I don’t know if West is toast, but he certainly has disappointed, and it didn’t take long, did it.

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:19pm

      Rush is right. This is a sham. Col. West and all but a few Conservatives are being fooled and lied to. The bill that’s gonna pass has been locked-up in a vault somewhere, throughout this entire charade.
      The leadership of both houses are schmucks and liars.

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    • IREFUSEOBAMACARE
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:45pm

      Sorry people, but Bohner’s plan b, plan c, or whatever you would like to call it, does not reduce spending. Please let me explain this “cut”, if i spent $100 on pencils and next year i plan to spend $200 dollars in pencils, but I’m going to spend $150 on pencils. Only in Washington would that be considered a $50 cut.
      For the ones that want to move the football down the field and just pass something that the senate and Obama likes then we might as well let them write a bill and pass it because the Democrats and Obama are not going to like anything that the republicans pass, in other words, the republicans will write a bill, and Obama will say no, republicans will keep writing bills until its something that Obama likes.

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    • Fear The Voices
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:49pm

      Lt. Col. & Congressman West is probably one of the most honorable and principled members we have in Congress. I would follow this man into the gates of Hell. If he believes this is worth supporting at this time, I can accept his decision, even if I think we are going way too light in spending reductions.

      Besides, the odds are the left isn’t going to pass this bill anyway; but at least we can once again show the American people we repeatedly provided plans which the regime supporters scrubbed. We can show that we compromised; they cannot even show an attempt to come to the table.

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    • Nick_D
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:55pm

      100% correct he got sent there to fight and do what real Americans want not the beltway ruling class

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:01pm

      He may be the only man with the b-lls to carry this country on his back !

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    • cruzinbill
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:38pm

      Your full of sh*t,

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:39pm

      DAMN, ALKY,
      You should run for congress you could of killed that bill DOA! SAVED US 9 TRIL?
      i’M BUMMED NOW GONNA GO DRINK ! TALK U ALL LATER !
      still like west .

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:50pm

      West is not anyone’s favorite anything.

      Where did this come from? The Tea Party does not need a black man to legitimize its existence, November 5, 2010 legitimized our existence. West is your typical American RINO and looks like Obama.

      I have to go now, my pot of bitter tea is boiling over.

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    • tess q
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 7:01pm

      West is a good man. this is exactly why the president waited so long to have this debate. he wants us divided and he needs talking points for the campaign. look at the filtered news networks after his speech commenting about the tea party, they all fell right and line and sang the same tune. they want this division, don’t give it to them. West will keep on trying, he won’t give up. this is not everything we all want. i am sure this is not West wants either. it’s politics.

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    • Beeree
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:42pm

      He lost my vote for President, I’m sick of this crap!

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    • jzs
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:46am

      There’s trouble in Paradise as these these posts show. The President of the United States, as dense as he can be on these kinds of issues, realizes now that Republicans can’t themselves come together on this issue. The far right are pulling proposals so far to their direction that even reasonable Republicans oppose their ideas. These TP guys are a block of “tough guys” who driven by ideology and refuse to compromise no matter what the cost to the country and their constituency.

      Yep, they’ve forced Obama into a corner alright. Collapse the economy by refusing to give into this minority view, or collapse the economy by agreeing to it. Friends, there are other Constitutional option, and President Obama will use them when the time comes.

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    • Watchingtheweasels
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 12:54am

      Afraid you are right, there. At least he didn‘t look into Putin’s eyes before searching his heart. All those RINOS mouthing platitudes about not letting perfect be the enemy of good, the Boehner plan is far from good.

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    • rjgoff30
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 2:08am

      Mr. or Ms. Toad,
      Cut, Cap and Balance is recognized as the plan that will solve many problems now and in the future. it is what WE need. it was taken off the table by Harry Reid. Let me know of one person, including yourself, who can get it back on the floor of the Senate while Harry Reid is in the way. Until the CCB can be debated on the floor, anything and everything should be done to move US toward a balanced budget amendment. and Oh by the way, WE have to keep the government running and keep OUR Seniors taken care of and Medicare has to be paid and the Military has to operate and so on. CCB is top priority. until WE can get debate on CCB don’t you think WE should do anything and everything WE can do to move toward a balanced budget amendment. a balanced budget is the only way to keep US from having to raise the debt ceiling again and again. WE have to keep the pressure up and WE have to keep pushing foward. putting foward a measure, watching harry reid put it on the shelf then folding your arms and sticking your lip out and whinning about it won’t get the job done will it. that is what quitters do. don’t quit, keep the pressure up, keep pushing and keep turning up the heat and when WE get the job done it will all be worth it. don’t you think? let’s be smart and realize that anytime WE get a chance for any politician to vote for a balance budget it is a step foward and how in the world can that be caving especially after WE got tax increases off the tab

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 2:45am

      @ The Toad who Posted: West is a disappointment and a turn coat. He is TOAST! This guy is a clown and the less I hear about him the better!

      On the contrary, West is only being realistic about what a freshman in Congress is able to do and not do–and doing what he can to “move the ball forward” on Conservative concerns and values. I see nothing traitorous or unprincipled in what he did. He has to deal with the realities of this SnakePit of special interest money and corruption that Congress has become as best he can. I say he is right. If Tea-Partiers keep “eating their own” this way, the “last man standing” will be ODUMBER–is that what you want? Smarten up a little. Rabid idealogues sometimes chew off their own foot out of sheer meanness. We Tea-Partiers have been accused of that often enough by the MSM–let’s not become a self-fulfilling prophecy for those jerks, OK? We can’t just blindly rebel–we have to fight SMART, or we WILL NOT WIN.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 2:54am

      @ cessna152 who Posted: “I say they put something together and just send it to the Senate. Once voted down go on every site, station and location stating we tried four times and all times was shot down. Mr. President, what is your PLAN? Put the pressure back on him… this is a BS show for the Nazi administration. Let them take the fall”

      I agree–we need to bat the ball right back into ODumber’s court, so that HE is on the hotseat for inaction. Right now he is turning down everything the Republicans propose, all the time screaming loudly about how the Republicans are “playing politics” with the nation’s credit rating by refusing to pass a plan, even though he and the Demorats do NOT really HAVE a plan of any kind, except trying to save their sorry political a$$es in 2012. Well, PASS one–and the SOB will be FORCED to either accept it or VETO it–and it will be on HIS head. He isn’t going to willingly accept ANYTHING that does not give him a pass on having to deal with the national debt again until AFTER 2012 elections. He is trying to push EVERYTHING that might hamper his chance of re-election beyond 2012. We can’t let him play that game! Pass SOMETHING, and force HIM to make the “yea or nay” decision. After all, isn’t that what “chief executives” are SUPPOSED to do? I doubt if ODUMBER knows that–he sure doesn’t know much! So we need to give him a little lesson in “the buck stops HERE on YOUR desk, A$$ HOLE!”

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:13am

      @ hauschild who Posted: “You RINO’s that just “want something passed” need get yer heads outta yer asses. You’re coming at this thing all wrong. You actually think there is a way for the republicans to have their cake and eat it to, but it won’t work.

      Better off passing a meaningful bill and then letting the chips fall where they may. It is too big of a mess to not expect the majority of Blind Sheep Americans will be irate either way. Your method just prolongs the anger and will make it that much more difficult to deal with when it all goes South.”

      I think you are missing the point. This is NOT about the GOP “having its cake and eating it, too.” The point IS, West and others are freshmen in Congress with NO seniority–and the way the system is set up, there is only so much they can do–and passing a “meaningful bill” will NOT happen, as long as the Demonrats still control the Senate. Passing SOMETHING that gets a LOT of what we want–even if it doesn’t give us everything we want. It likely won’t pass anyhow–because we don’t control the Senate–but it WILL bat the ball back into the Demonrat’s court, so they won’t be able to hang the resulting chaos if they default, around OUR necks and thereby kill our chances of defeating ODumber. We MUST keep our eye on the prize–that SOB has GOT to be defeated, or our country is going down. THAT is reality, and we must NOT lose sight of that!

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:42am

      @ Mr. Oshawott who Posted: “I agree with you folks. Allen West just gave the RINOs, Democrats, and Mr. Obama more power the instant he voted for John Boehner’s weak bill. Compromising your principles just to befriend the opposition is one of the reasons why we’re in this financial quagmire. I would much prefer seeing the government being engaged in gridlock and even shutting down over seeing the government passing a bill that does nothing except potentially exacerbate existing problems. When the government is engaged at a stalemate, or is shut down (and I prefer the latter), it means that Mr. Obama will be forced to allow the debt ceiling to stay where it‘s at and we won’t have to worry about being slammed with new taxes.”

      What you and folks like Toad don’t get is, it isn’t ABOUT “giving in”, it’s about staying in the fight long enough to WIN. What EARTHLY GOOD will it DO us to remain “idealogically pure” in THIS battle, iif we lose the WAR in the process? Keep your eye on what is important–and THAT is throwing ODumber and his suck-up cronies the hell OUT of our government and taking it back before he destroys the country altogether! THAT is what we need to focus on. If we kick and scream and refuse to pass anything that is not 100% tea party–we will only allow ODumber and the Demonrats to hang this whole mess around OUR necks when it all goes to hell, , then good luck winning ANYTHING come 2012. You can be “right” now, or you can win later. That

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:28am

      @ vennoye, who Posted: “Sorry…..not willing to go into tyranny!!”

      Excuse me, but we are IN tyranny, and getting deeper all the time! You people need to pull your heads out of your a$$es and realize we have to stop flying off in all directions and get behind ONE candidate. If we are gong to WIN in 2012, we need to VOTE AS A BLOC–because you can be sure the Demonrats will! To do otherwise is simply to hand Odumber an easy victory. Is that what you want? If not then, WISE UP! You may not get EVERYTHING you want, but you had better make up your mind to support ONE Of these people, even if they are not “perfect” in your eyes. It’s either that, or ODumber will be handed a second chance to finish destroying the U.S. THAT is the choice we have. I can tell you for sure that the way to win is NOT to keep bickering among ourselves about every little point of ideology. There IS no perfect candidate, OK? Get used to it. That is no reason to fight and bicker while ODUMBER trots over the finish line and claims the trophy, is it? WISE UP and start supporting SOMEBODY before we ALL go down in flames! If you can’t DO that, then maybe you really ARE as STOOPID as the MSM is always saying you are! I, for one, am not–I just hope you idiots don’t drag me down with you, while you are insisting on finding the “perfect” candidate to support.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:46am

      @ jzs, who Posted: “Yep, they’ve forced Obama into a corner alright. Collapse the economy by refusing to give into this minority view, or collapse the economy by agreeing to it. Friends, there are other Constitutional option, and President Obama will use them when the time comes.”

      Well, if he uses “Constitutional options”, that will certainly be an historic FIRST for ODUMBER, who has done nothing but trample the Constitution since he has been in office!

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:40am

      @IAMMADDOG
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:47am

      Agree with you totally. We have to take every small step we can get in taking back our country. BUT we must continually move forward until we reclaim DC and our country. Get rid of these America haters as soon as possible … We can do it folks, vote them out!

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    • awall1231
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:44am

      Hey Toad, Get out of your moms basement, quit leaching WyFy from your neighbors, turn in your stolen laptop, get a haircut and a job, Pay your own way, and then you can comment about adult things like who is “TOAST”. Might want to change your username to TROLL.

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    • cicero1776
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:31am

      @TOAD

      Whose the defector? Look in the Mirror. Pres Reagan said getting 80% is better than losing.

      For Leberty!

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:52am

      I think everyone was hoping that oops was going to declare executive order, and that he could be impeached…but come on people, the guy is operating without a legitimate BC. Do you really think anyone could impeach him? I figured that we already had a tierney come in when he was escorted into office.. I will be very surprised if there is a chance that things can change. It was nothing short of a miracle that we got a conservative house.

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 11:49am

      no matter what the out-come of this debate,one thing is sure,it will put the stake in the heart of the tea-party.they shot them self’s in the foot er,mouth.they will loose every election and re-election in the next 10 years at least.the republicans are screwed too,they will not be power after the 2012 election in anyway.people have finally seen what they really stand for.its kinda too bad in a way,they had a good chance at creating a viable 3rd party,not anymore.government is all about compromise,and they can’t.end of story for them.funnie thing is for all there talk about “the rugged individual” they sure like to sign all those pledges written by others.Any group or single person who is willing to sell out America like these folks are,should be locked up for treason.I bet the founding fathers are rolling over in there graves listening to the drivel that comes out of the t.p.ers mouths.didn’t the founders say that WE PAY OUR BILLS,no matter what.If you are of the mind-set that default means nothing,then why don’t all of you try doing the same thing,stop paying your morgage,your electric,you insurance,your credit cards.see what happens.and can anybody please explain to me how just cutting spending will cure the problem? that money was already spent!!!!!! and no,it is not all of Obama’s fault no matter how bad you would like it to be,or don’t you remember the 2 wars,the unfunded drug program?bail-outs?-all started by bush? all i am saying is:WAKE-UP AMERICA!

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    • Fortunate One
      Posted on July 31, 2011 at 12:23am

      Allen West is very experienced at the tactics of war, be it on the battlefield, or in the halls of congress. He knows that this is just the beginning of turning things around in Washington.

      The most important battle will be the election in 2012 when we can gain additional ‘troops’ to win the war. 2010 was just the first battle, with a big win for conservative Republicans. We are now in a second battle pushing back against the other side and their ideology, but with fewer troops than they have at this time, our troops can only begin to gain a foothold into the other side’s territory.

      Allen West is looking at the big picture and though not happy with the gains made, realizes that they are gains just the same instead of losses or retreating. I believe that is how LTC West is looking at this issue. He knows that many things need to be changed in Washington, but also realizes it doesn’t happen overnight.

      I do believe that the Republican freshman congressmen/congresswomen and senators have brought to the forefront the principles that they stand for and should be proud of what they have done so far.

      Americans are beginning to wake up and are finding out that the conservative Republicans stand for what most people in the country do… smaller government, a robust private sector, tax reform and a balanced budget. I believe that is what most Americans will choose over the democrats’ big government, tax and spend policies, tax some more for good measure, no balanced

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    • johnannegalt
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:37am

      I was sad to hear this, and definitely agree a lot with Mark America lately.. he hit the nail on the head with this one, as usual..

      http://markamerica.com/2011/07/30/an-open-letter-in-response-to-congressman-west/

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  • inexiletill2012
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:34am

    If West can stomach it
    I can live with it…I trust him more than any other person in D.C.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:38am

      Wow InExikeTill2012…

      Your commitment and intergrity meter doesn’t work very well does it? Looks like you’ll settle for just about anything. Lessor of evils is no way to take a stand these days. Please step to the side of the road…You are getting in the way of the rest of us that want settle and stand on our convictions. When push comes to shove you can be bought. T

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:48am

      I agree Lt. Allen West seems to be a man of character and I believe he’s weighed out the pros and cons before coming to this decision. We take a little and give a little now and get on the ball to have better measures in place for the 2012 budget.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:08pm

      I disagree, cobra.

      Ever play basketball? Football?

      It is called a lateral pass.

      If you cannot get the ball across the goal line or into the hoop, you pass laterally to someone who CAN!

      This was our FIRST round of TEA Party elections. We are making EXTREMELY good progress for a first round ! ! !

      2012 will bring us the next wave of TEA Party representatives who share our love of America and seek to RESTORE our TRUE founding principles – the ones that make us great! – self reliance – self sufficiency – unfettered opportunity – FREEDOM and LIBERTY – The chance to succeed, and the chance to FAIL.

      If we collapse our financial system while standing on our principles, what will be left to RESTORE?

      When you decide to run a marathon, you don’t run 26 miles on your first day. If you do, you will have a heart attack and die.

      So, you do what you SAFELY can, and KEEP ON working, diligently and earnestly, each and every day, toward the ultimate goal.

      Take what we CAN get (much more than we started out with) and keep on working to educate the people NOT JUST DURING ELECTION SEASON

      The next wave of TEA Party reps will give us even MORE power. The kind of power we need to get even MORE done.

      Let’s not kill the patient while trying to save him.

      Right now, we are trying to push the bus with it full of RINOs and with dems pushing in the opposite direction. INSISTING that we push the bus across the finish line just won’t work. We gained 15yards. Chock the tir

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    • JLGunner
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:11pm

      I agree 100%. This man has restored my faith that there are a few good men out there that know something about leadership and integrity. I will fallow Col West into battle anytime.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:12pm

      CHOCK THE TIRES AND GET HELP! ! !

      That is how we get the bus across the finish line ! ! !

      Get rid of some dems pushing against us.
      Get rid of some RINOs sitting on the bus, weighing it down.
      Get rid of the RINOs pushing against us.
      Convince a couple RINOs to get off the bus and HELP US PUSH! ! !

      THAT is how we will get across the finish line!!!

      TEA !

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    • Fed up in Bama
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:13pm

      Look, we all want some grand plan that’s going to save our country, but I hate to bust everyone’s bubble………..We’re not going to get it!
      IF this bill can go through and IF Reid decides to vote on it. You know what they’re going to do, right?
      Tweet the heck out of it.
      Tweet enough to get Rinos and Dems to vote it through.
      Then back to the HOUSE.
      BUT, this time there‘ll be Dem support and there isn’t enough ‘REAL’ conservative Reps in there to vote this bill down.
      It’ll PASS.
      So………no matter what they do in the House, it won’t END up the same.
      I say, get what we can get right now and work our butts off to get the Senate and White House back in 2012 so the REAL WORK can begin.
      Now, everyone start thinking clearer.

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    • Lamarr01
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:15pm

      You can’t expect to win a war with a single battle. This is just the first battle against the massive federal debt and out-of-control spending. There will be another battle in six months when the debt ceiling is reached again.

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:37pm

      I will be for any congressman that gets down on his knees and pray for guidance. Hope this guy was not lied to and believed it! Washington is filled with evil and since this country was founded on God principles we should look at the Godly people in that area!

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    • Fear The Voices
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:04pm

      Tom, Forget lateral passes; when you want to win, you set your enemy up for the fall. Nobody really wins by chance, but by understanding their opponent and their tactics, and when necessary employing those tactics against them. You must understand your enemies, their strengths and weaknesses. Know when to go deep, and when to sucker them with a draw.

      I think the left is miscalculating their position, and feel they’re 1st and 10 on our goal line; while they’re actually 4th and 15 on their own 20, going into a strong wind. We’ve just sacked them for a loss and are ready to blitz. We know their QB has no arm, no game plan, and doesn’t like the wind in his face.
      We are getting into position to get the ball back!

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    • pattybbb1
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 8:25pm

      I was really surprised when I didn’t see his name on the list of NO votes. He’s a smart man and hopefully knows more than I do. Cause I say NO.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 4:12am

      Well said! I agree that Allen West is a fine human being and a great American. I realize that people are sick and tired of “business as usual” in Washington, and particularly in Congress. But we do not yet have the votes in Congress to change that. Until we DO, we have to do what we can, and not lose sight of the REAL priority–which is kicking ODumber and the Demonrats in Congress the hell OUT Of our government before they FINISH the job of destroying the country. That is JOB ONE, people. We CANNOT allow ourselves to be sidetracked by these side issues. NONE of that will matter if ODumber wins again. Do you really not understand that? Please stop bickering among yourselves and savaging every candidate who might run on our platform every time they say or do any little thing you don’t agree with. We have to choose ONE of these people and support them to the HILT–whether we agree with 100% of what they believe or not! If you do otherwise, you might as well just hand ODumber the keys to the White House for ANOTHER 4 years, because that is what will happen. The Demonrats will VOTE AS A BLOC for Odumber. Do you not get that???? If we do NOT VOTE AS A BLOC for somebody, he will win again! We have the numbers to do it, but we simply CANNOT keep flying off in all directions this way. We have to be SMART ENOUGH to beat the Demonrats at their own game, or we will not win. I will keep preaching this sermon until some of you wise up and stop acting like spoiled childr

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:06am

      @ Cobra Blue who Posted: “Wow InExikeTill2012…Your commitment and intergrity meter doesn’t work very well does it? Looks like you’ll settle for just about anything. Lessor of evils is no way to take a stand these days. Please step to the side of the road…You are getting in the way of the rest of us that want settle and stand on our convictions. When push comes to shove you can be bought. T”

      Yeah, and while you are “standing on your convictions”, ODumber will be winning another 4 years to destroy this country. Honestly, are you and the others taking this “hardline, MY way or the highway” stance really so DENSE that you do not understand that? When you are “standing on your convictions” in the Gulag, who will be left to listen to you? WAKE UP and realize what is at stake here is the survival of our country! And you occasionally have to concede a battle in order to WIN the WAR–ANY decent general knows that! Why don’t YOU? Some of you seem hellbent on snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory! How can you be so pigheaded and STOOPID that you can’t see that?

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:24am

      @ TomFerrari, who Posted in part: ” I disagree, cobra . . .Take what we CAN get (much more than we started out with) and keep on working to educate the people NOT JUST DURING ELECTION SEASON

      The next wave of TEA Party reps will give us even MORE power. The kind of power we need to get even MORE done.

      Let’s not kill the patient while trying to save him.

      Right now, we are trying to push the bus with it full of RINOs and with dems pushing in the opposite direction. INSISTING that we push the bus across the finish line just won’t work. W”

      Excellent post, Tom! It is refreshing to see the “voice of reason”. I fear for our country, if people cannot stop this idiotic quest for the “perfect, ideologically pure” candidate! There IS no such thing, and such a fool’s quest will NOT save our country!! I know people are frustrated, but we CANNOT let our frustrations so blind us to reality that we hand the election to ODumber! Too much is at stake. As you said, killing the patient while trying to save him will not do.

      If we keep making progress toward the goal, we will win. And when we DO, and the outlook is not so grim, it will be easier to educate people to the truth and prevent this disaster from happening again, anytime soon. That is the only way we can truly “win” and ensure the continued survival of our country and its heritage of liberty. And when it comes down to it, that is what really matters!

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  • robertw115
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:34am

    Well one thing is for sure – you don’t want Obama to have a long term ceiling through the end of 2012. If you pass a short term ceiling, then it becomes a political hot paptote, which Obama doesn’t want. I am so sorry to hear the president is losing sleep – hell he is enjoying every moment of this along with Reid and Mconnell. Boehner though probably isn’t along with Eric Cantor, they both may be out of a job for lack of leadership.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:43am

      That why Obama says he will VETO anything that hits his desk that doesn’t go through to 2013.
      I say put it on his desk and make him VETO it then the entire vdebockle that follows will belong entirely to him.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 5:48am

      @ smithclar3nc3, who Posted: “That is why Obama says he will VETO anything that hits his desk that doesn’t go through to 2013. I say put it on his desk and make him VETO it then the entire vdebockle that follows will belong entirely to him.”

      ABSOLUTELY! That is exactly what needs to happen, to stop him playing this game of pointing at the Republicans and screaming “This is all THEIR fault!”, when he knows dam**d well HE and the Dumbocrats are the ones who blew all those trillions of dollars, and here they are at the trough demanding we raise their credit limit, so they can borrow still MORE trillions to waste on their subversive leftwing crap and finish the job of destroying the country.

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  • concealled9mms
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:32am

    If i were the leader of the house i know what i would do . I would write up a 40,00 page spending bill and have a vote august 1st a ten at night then i would send it to the senate and explain to them that they would have to vote on it to see whats in it. Isnt that the way its done?

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  • harumph
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:31am

    We don’t run the store. In fact, we can’t really change the prices, yet. Let’s force them to reduce prices and keep the store open. I understand West’s frustration and agree, at this point.
    Reid’s plan is a complete lie; nothing more than bribery and sleight of hand. What surprises me is the lack of light being shed on Reid’s plan from the right.

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  • greenlee
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:30am

    I am shocked… Mr. West is not the man I thought he was. We don’t have time to keep putting off the cuts that will save our country. This may be our last chance… I guess we are all screwed. Damn politicians. Just keep spending our money…

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:35am

      Thank you sooo much Mr. West for speaking up and revealing just who you ARE NOT. Your name is now added to the stack of WHO NOT TO VOTE FOR. Typical politician. Your commitment to doing the right thing didn’t last very long did it?

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:38am

      So if you were at a football game –and your teams quarterback had the ball you would insist on a touchdown every single time he got the ball?I said I trust Allen West’s Leadership before this was
      announced–and I will Until I see reason to not trust Allen West. That hasn’t happened yet.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:54pm

      I agree! If the rating agencies say we need 4 trillion in cuts to keep from being down graded, then why in the heck settle for anything less? If the House would hold out for the 4 trillion in cuts and Obama has his way and goes around congress, then it is ALL on him and the Dems when we are down graded. If the Boehner bill goes through then it will be shared blame, eventhough the press will blame it all on Republicans. As they always do! How will THAT effect the next election??
      I don’t know what to think about West now……..I’m disappointed in all things national debt related…….

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:08pm

      I love reading all this and watching you all tear yourselves apart. There isn’t one single candidate, or potential candidate, that is good enough for some significant faction of your voters.

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:15am

      No, our LAST chance will be if you folks don’t WAKE UP, pick a candidate and SUPPORT him or her as a BLOC to beat ODUMBER! It won’t MATTER if we have a balanced budget amendment or not if he wins in 2012–because he will just declare that null and void and go on about the business of destroying this great country, the way he has ever since he has been in office.

      I want all of you to take a deep breath and repeat after me: JOB ONE is GET RID OF ODUMBER!!

      Everything else MUST take back seat to that priority. Once we have saved the country from a would-be DICTATOR, then we can go about the business of cleaning up the MESS he has made. But there is not much point sweeping the floor, until you clear out all the RATS and COCKROACHES, now, is there?

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  • SavingtheRepublic.com
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:28am

    ^____^____^
    Lt. Col has had a few slips in the last cpl mos and you must understand no one is perfect. That said no deal is perfect either and IMO it seems that everyone wants to see a perfect deal go through, that just isnt going to happen. Lets get something in that both sides can at least agree on, its not the final nail. We all know more of this is coming if anything this may buy some more time and keep in mind Emperor O hasnt offered a plan. He whines daily now on this but offers no solution of his own. I do not think we want to see anything conjured up by the socialist party either. Reid is pushing his mess too so if Im given the choices of:
    -default (aka Obama plan)
    -Boehner Plan
    -Reid Plan
    Im going with Boehner deal KNOWING I will come back later to enhance it. West knows the score and he has been in real life situations before lets give him a bit more rope and see what he does. id still rather have him in the WH than Emp O!
    Stop playing their game and start playing your game http://SavingtheRepublic.com
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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:24am

      Well said! I personally wish Rep. West would run for President, but since he prefers to actually SERVE OUT HIS TERM in the OFFICE TO WHICH HE WAS ELECTED (wow, isn’t THAT a novelty in Congress! Ask ODumber and Hillary where THEY stand on that issue!), then I guess we’ll just have to live with that. I feel a lot better knowing we have him working for us in Congress, because he is smart, tough, plain-spoken and best of all, NOT a “professional politician”.

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  • Concerned Green Beret
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:27am

    I am afraid that west got snookered or is afraid for his reelection. This makes no sense. All the pressure is falling on the freshmen, when the obstructionists are Obama and the dems in the senate. They are getting a total pass on this (and of course all the “conservatives” on Fox-those friggin jackasses like Krauthammer a telling the freshmen to cave). It is sickening. Where is the strength in Americans. Everything is a lie now. Everyone is talking about compromise, but compromise to what. Everyone knows tax hikes kill the economy. These bills, with the exception of cut,cap and balance, do nothing for the debt or the economy. So if we are not going to do real cuts why have the debates. Just stupid. I said a while ago it is just a matter of time before the repubs cave in. You can see these freshmen are taking heat from everywhere for hanging tough for America. These damn commies in America have one hell of a grip on our great contry. We need real strong Americans like the freshmen to hang tough.

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    • crazyloon
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:41am

      Cut, Cap, and Balance is the only thing that is going to save us. There is not doubt that getting control of government spending is that only thing that can save the US. In a perfect world, that should be the only bill put forth by the House. Its the only sane choice.

      That being said, you have to remember that the Dems still control the Senate and the WH. It is impossible to pass anything close to what needs to be done. End of argument. It will not get done!

      So what to do? Well, what you do is you build the first step in the staircase. That’s is the best that could be hoped for. If you can’t even get that (which you could push to a Aug 2 showdown) then it makes sense to ‘punt’ until 2012. Give O’Twirp all the rope he needs to hang himself and hope for the best. I think this is what Krauthammer is talking about. However, I really hate giving away the bird in my hand for the two in the bush.

      That leaves no choices. Danged if you do and danged if you don’t . In cases like this all you can do is stand on principle. This is why its all going to fall down.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:28pm

      @ Crazyloon…agree in part. Cut, Cap, & Balance is the MINIMUM compromise that might postpone the inevitable. If that’s the case, which I believe it is, how can any other step do anything but not “SAVE” our economy.

      We have one plan that passed the House, and its the only plan that might fix the problem. Americans should demand it, or allow the automatic balanced budget to kick in.

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:56pm

      The rinos, knowing how to play the game, (gang of six) figured out a way to get to the tea party freshmen!
      So now with John McCain taking the lead joining the Democrats and Obama, their goal is truly to destroy the tea party and remove the threat to open checkbook government. It’s a grand scheme and may work if the tea party falls for it. Really, don’t blame the tea party, put the blame on the rinos where it belongs. These guys all need voted out of office along with the Democrat socialists. America don‘t believe the con that’s being played on you, cut off the purse strings!

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:31am

      Yes, and they will CONTINUE to have a grip on our country if you people don’t realize that we have to stop expecting to win EVERY fight and focus on winning the WAR. The ONLY way we can win the war is to defeat ODumber. And we will NOT be able to do that while we are flying off in all directions and trashing everybody who does not agree with us completely on each and every side issue. You can bet the leftwingers and Dumbocrats will be voting as a BLOC in 2012. We cannot HOPE to beat them if we all run off and vote for 10 different candidates. We need to pick ONE and back that ONE to the HILT. Stop looking for the “perfect” candidate who agress with you on every siingle tiny ideological point. That animal does not exist. Are you willing to hand the country back to ODUMBER for another four years while you are off hunting unicorns? Grow up and open your eyes! ODumber and the Demonrats are COUNTING on you doing just what you are doing and beating YOURSELVES. Are you really so STOOPID that you cannot comprehend that?

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  • NJTMATO
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:27am

    I have great respect for Colonel West, however, on this I’m having a hard time. I’m hoping his integrity stands firm whilst in the beltway….I’m beginning to be afraid that someone got to him. I know we owe money, I know we don’t have it. I also know you don’t borrow more to pay what you owe. You cut some spending. This whole thing is making me sick

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  • sWampy
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:26am

    God I hate these progressives pretending to be conservative, the republicans should take the Reid plan, attach balance budget amendment to it, tell the senate pass that, and we will pass it. Go on the news, say there is 100% no reason to not pass balanced budget amendment since 3/4ths of the states would still have to pass it for it to become law. There is no way Obama can win in 2012 with BBA on state ballots, and no legitimate reason for him to not want the states to vote on it.

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    • ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 5:07pm

      And we hate you tea party idiots, Swampy, pretending to be patriots … not to mention decent people!

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  • Joisey
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:26am

    Allen West will regret this vote. You are going to end up getting Harry Reid’s bill back from the senate.

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:25am

    Stand behind Allen and Boehner.

    The masculine, handsome Florida Representative (R – Plantation) proves himself a spunky mouthpiece for the Taxed Enough Already and a distinguished bravery model for the United States Military Officer Corps.

    This feisty firecracker stands his ground against Not-Ladies, and holds the Anti-Race Card (ARC) as a 100% black man. He is twice the woman as his nearest DemonRat opponent.

    Sir West is fully endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, for his feisty nature, sassy attitude and dreamy demeanor.

    Just Sayin’

    TEA

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    • Baikonur
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:48am

      @MONICNE
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:25am
      ‘The masculine, handsome Florida Representative (R – Plantation) proves himself a spunky mouthpiece for the Taxed Enough Already and a distinguished bravery model for the United States Military Officer Corps. This feisty firecracker stands his ground against Not-Ladies, and holds the Anti-Race Card (ARC) as a 100% black man. He is twice the woman as his nearest DemonRat opponent.’
      *********************
      Yes, of course, but more importantly, what are his turn ons and turn offs?

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:10pm

      What? You’re not going to say he has “chis-poos?”

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    • bandi9
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:10pm

      You are such a total racist and a complete a**hole.

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    • fatjack
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:31pm

      MONICNE
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:25am

      Stand behind Allen and Boehner.

      The masculine, handsome Florida Representative (R – Plantation) proves himself a spunky mouthpiece for the Taxed Enough Already and a distinguished bravery model for the United States Military Officer Corps.

      This feisty firecracker stands his ground against Not-Ladies, and holds the Anti-Race Card (ARC) as a 100% black man. He is twice the woman as his nearest DemonRat opponent.

      Sir West is fully endorsed by the Log Cabin Republicans, for his feisty nature, sassy attitude and dreamy demeanor.

      Just Sayin’
      ========================================================================
      MONICNE, are you quier?

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  • MartinLutherBling
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:25am

    He might as well bend down and kiss Obama’s keyster

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  • beckbotsrlame
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:22am

    And this is the teaparty and beckbot wanabe what a joke. This idiot is a total loser. All you pea brain huckester lemmings this is what you deserve. Shalom

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:41am

      You are an inarticulate schmuck.
      Did you fall out of a tree as a kid and land on your head?
      That’s about the only excuse you might have.

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    • beckbotsrlame
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:09pm

      Yeah Igasper and your still stuck with this loser, must suck to be such a dweeb. But the good news is there is still time for you to give the great huckester 5000 so you can go and shoot some towel heads, fun for all. Shalom

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:22am

    Our political system is built on compromise. West is right. That does not mean that Republicans should not hold to certain principles, only that it will always be a two way street.

    I love how the right gets upset when the left rams legislation through. It is treason they trash the Constitution, they are not listening to the people…Yet if given the chance we do the same thing. Of course our side is “right”, huh?

    Let the system work folks, no one is going to be 100% happy and change comes slow…As it should…

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    • sWampy
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:28am

      No, compromise is what the progressives use to force **** down Americas throats, the liberals never give at all if they don’t get their way, they ignore the law and do what they want anyway.

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    • JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:34am

      It didn’t take the Obama regime much time for change……………

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:38am

      And they say the same about us!

      Oh, I agree with you, I think libs are the stupidest, most evil people on the face of the earth…But that does not nullify the FACT that this country is run on the will of the people…ALL the people…

      Our time is coming…I have a feeling we will control both houses and the exec. I just hope we can be more sane with it than the dems were…Somehow I doubt it though…

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:02pm

      When things are good, sure, let’s compromise on issues. When our nation is heading towards the road of complete economic disaster, we need REAL solutions. We don’t need compromise. We need to cut our spending, live within our means and tighten the god damn belt. Just because this is the federal government doesn‘t mean the laws of economics doesn’t apply to them. If we‘re in debt and can’t get out of it, you cut your spending and you sell off your liabilities. Right now, we have a ton of liabilities that we can get rid off. DEA, ATF, FDA, foreign aid, multiple wars….. I can go on with this…..

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:11pm

      So you either compromise and cut SOME spending…or…you do nothing. Which is it? As long as the bill does not have anything that is not tolerable, such as raising taxes, then something is better than nothing. Unless you have the mentality of a two year old. Do not forget that the dems still control the senate AND the oval office. The price for not raising the debt ceiling MIGHT be overstated, I do not know. Many on the right think it would be very bad too. Whatever…I think the point behind this bill, and what West is saying, is that at least the Republicans are TRYING to reach a fair compromise. If the dems reject a sane (to their side) bill because of their ideological reasons then the onus is on them. They are trying to paint the right into the corner, we need to ensure it fault is placed squarely at their door. This is NOT the time to hold our breath until we are blue in the face. Get what cuts we can, paint ourselves as the reasonable party, and win both houses and the exec in 12.

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    • rflussier
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:35pm

      Doing “nothing” cuts a LOT of spending. About 41% of the current “budget”.

      Did the progressives compromise on Obamacare? GM/Crysler bailout (and stuffin’ it to the bondholders)? On the “stimulus”?

      What is the compromise with death? Just “mostly dead”?

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 1:11pm

      I see no reason to compromise about the literal death of our nation!
      Hold the line on the 4 trillion in cuts that the rating agences say will spare our credit rating. Simple as that! Stop funding Obamacare and make the cuts necessary to save ourselves. Just like individual Americans and businesses have been doing for the last 3 years!!
      I’ve had to make hard choices and big sacrifices in the last 2 years because of progressive policies and the resulting long term unemployment. (no fault of my own) So why not expect the same from the federal government who caused the mess in the first place?? It‘s not my fault they made promises that they can’t keep!!
      I say BURN IT DOWN NOW!!…..It’s that or just a slow death by “compromise”…………….

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    • Smug
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 2:12am

      @SWAMPY
      Well said Swampy you’re exactly right……………………MSSMUG

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:40am

      Amen!

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  • Locked
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:20am

    Nice flip-flop, West!

    I personally agree with his view – compromise is needed. But the Tea Party in general is against it. Somehow I doubt they’ll turn on him like they have on Boehner though.

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    • Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:27am

      go look at West’s facebook to see if they will turn on him. Trouble on the reservation…

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:34am

      It is where we separate the ideologues from the rational folk. Of course in a hard right leaning forum such as this West will be trashed. It is no different than the total BS coming from the unwashed masses on the left…Republicans are evil, they want to kill granny, they want to overthrow the country…

      We all want things to be 100% like we envision them, but they never are, not in real life…

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  • BeingThere
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:20am

    If I were a member of congress I doubt that there is ANYTHING that I would be able to vote for. I couldn’t even vote for the budget because it funds all the un-constitutional agencies!

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  • dagny6
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:19am

    How disappointing…another one bites the dust. I can’t wrap my head around Allen West, of all people, folding to this. Bring on Marco Rubio!

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    • Teaparty-grammy
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 6:49am

      Yes, and it won‘t be any time at all before Rubio says or does one little thing that doesn’t fit your “template” and HE will be garbage, too. Get REAL, you idiot! If you spend all your time out chasing moonbeams and searching for the elusive “perfect” candidate who 100% agrees with you on every point, you will still be out there with your butterfly net when ODUMBER is being sworn in for a second term in 2013, because IDIOTS like you could not stay in the real world long enough to get the job done of VOTING HIM OUT. How can you NOT get this? It is not rocket science! Whether or not the budget is balanced NOW will NOT matter if he wins another term! Forcing HIM to either accept or veto WHATEVER plan the Republicans put forth puts the blame where it belongs–squarely on HIM, and increases our chances of defeating him in 2012. THAT is the priority here, not the freakin’ budget–got it, moonbeam?

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    • dagny6
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 9:00pm

      @Teaparty-grammy…you need to get a job…you have too much time on your hands to insult people who have an opinion different from yours. A few posts is plenty, you don’t have to respond to everyone who posted.

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  • THX-1138
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:18am

    Done.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:16am

    I’m liking West about 25-30% less than I did before.
    The issue here is not about compromise; it’s about having no spine…or being complicit with the libs.
    Boehner screwed up with the CR in December and he screwed up here…because he is spineless and he is part of the problem.
    They should have passed CC&B as many times as necessary and forced it down reid’s scrawny little gullet until the dems capitulated for once.
    Obama would have had to accept it and we would have taken the first REAL step toward fixing what is broken.
    Then 2012 would have been the next logical step instead of the “last hurrah”.
    The rebublicans, including Mr. West should hang their heads in shame for getting hosed by a petty street gand again.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:15am

    As my husband just said, “Compromise and live to fight another day.”

    Good advice, it seems. Not what I want to do, but it may be what we NEED to do right now at this particular moment in time.

    Thank you, Allen West for your past, current and future service to our country.

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    • rflussier
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 12:19pm

      And when/where is the final line in the sand? Keep compromising until this country is irrevocably harmed (it may already be)? We said “Compromise and live to fight another day” back in Apr/May with the ‘11 budget deal. And now with the Debt Ceiling, this isn’t “another day” either.

      Keep backing up people, everything will be fine. Keep backing up, don’t be unwavering. Keep backing up, there’s a need to compromise! Keep backing up…

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    • Watchingtheweasels
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 1:05am

      There is no live to fight another day. With the ratings agencies saying that there will be a downgrade unless 4 trillion is cut, 4 trillion becomes the rational minimum at which discussion can begin. Obama, Reid, and Boehner aren’t even close to that number.

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  • Libby Tarian
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:13am

    I love Allan West. But, he needs to think about not compromising.

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    • Freedom Costs A Buck O Five
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:16am

      I lost respect for Allen West here. We need to stand our ground. There is no compromise between freedom and slavery.

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    • TomBombadil
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:18am

      Really?

      Integrity means being able to work with others to figure things out. Allen West is a real man, of which the likes are not around much these days.

      There is so much posturing, non-comprimising, and overheated rhetoric within the world of politics that NOTHING is happening… and right now, we have NO time for nothing. We need to take a first step. You can’t get it all done in one step. Period.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:30am

      Integrity means working with the enemies of the United States? Sorry…
      I love you Mr West but you are on the wrong side this time. You are playing into the Socialist trap out of fear…

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    • Rainmom
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:33am

      When there is enough of one party to force through everything they want, we have lost sight as to what it means to be in America. I sure haven’t appreciated the Dems the last 2 years running rickshod over my ideals. We need to bend and keep the Dems bending too. They passed Cut, Cap and Balance and there is sits rotting in the senate. Are we going to let that rot seep into our interest rates? What will be won then?

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    • mrmacg00
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:50am

      @$1.05
      love this, “There is no compromise between freedom and slavery.”. That is exactly
      what debit brings, SLAVERY! Now is time to spill blood to remind others that we are
      against tyranny.

      We will cut our own if they lack the spine…

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    • sablegsd
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:38pm

      This and pigford have taken him off my list. I had such high hopes for him.

      Et Tu West?

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:55pm

      I love Alan West and will give him extra donations because the neo-teaparty is trying to take him down.

      Talk about schizophrenia.

      We love you, no wait, we hate you.

      These are not the kind of teapartiers I want to hang with. The true teaparty needs to stand in unison against them.

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  • ENTITLEMENTSBLOW
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:12am

    Allen West for President! Would love to see him debate Obummer!

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:27am

      You have to admire Representative Scrappy Coco (R-Plantation) for his absolutely Victorian email to put his senior Congresswoman Debbie Wassermann Schultz in her place. Hoo-Ah!

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    • neverending
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:12pm

      He would mop the floor with him

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  • Tax Preparation
    Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:10am

    It’s not the best plan but it is the best plan out there. Obama needs to come up with an idea on his own if he wants to tear down everyone else s ideas.

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    • UBETHECHANGE
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:17am

      Agreed!

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:36am

      obamma cant come up with a plan as he knows he must cut entitlements and his far left base would turn on him. hes a coward that wants others , even those in his own party to take the blame

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    • Chrono_Sleuth
      Posted on July 29, 2011 at 11:42am

      The best plan out there is the one proposed by the Heritage foundation. Even the proposal by the gang of six, though it has some tax increases, actually cuts far more in real-world cash than either of the first and second Boehner plans. Still, it is a far better plan than Reid‘s as it doesn’t use accounting gimmicks, but it does only cut 1billion in spending this year. It is also the only plan that is most likely to pass house and senate. The biggest problem is the talk of stocks freefalling 30% or more. This is coming from economics all across the board. The market is already starting to tank as it is, and there are a lot of people, especially elderly, who now rely on their personal stock accounts to see them through retirement given SS has never done much more than pay rent and buy groceries.

      I’m not happy with West caving, but in the end, if we don’t see something pass soon, we run a lot of risks. One scary one are the number of moderates who are polling as against both republicans and democrats equally, meaning they don’t care what the arguments are, they don’t care that Republicans are the only adults in the room, and they don’t care as much about Tea party principles. They worry about the repercussions of nothing, and the Democrats have obviously managed to win the media and war of words and rhetoric. Something they always do, and that means they will have a chance to own this either way. We can’t force sound legislation until the tea party controls

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    • politicaljules
      Posted on July 30, 2011 at 3:51pm

      agreed too!

      We got cap & balance. They passed the 1st cap and balance in the house from Boehner & they passed the second balance budget amendment from Boehner yesterday! WHAT MORE DO the neo-teapartiers WANT? THE DEMOCRAT SENATE REJECTED IT!! ITS THE DEMOCRATS FAULT & ON OBAMA’S HEAD NOT OURS! These people do not do their own homework and they believe & spread lies about the gop. It’ll be their fault if the dems win this budget battle. The neo-teparty brings us all down because they believe lies & act like liberals, and guess who hears that voice and only that voice? All of your representatives in the house and senate. Guess who amplifies those voices? The democrats.

      Wake up the smell the progressive liberal manipulation people! Ask yourself who stands with you on rejecting Boehner’s plan. If it’s the democrats, THEN YOU ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE.

      Why people pretending to be tea party cannot figure out this simple concept cannot see this, I will never know. Even Rush has gotten it horribly wrong and is a big reason we are so fractured right now!

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