Tea Party Puppet John Boehner Threatens: "U.S. Is On A Path To Default!"

[Triana]

Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) insisted Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that he won't bring up a "clean" debt limit increase under any circumstances, warning that the U.S. will default on its debt unless President Barack Obama agrees to make policy concessions.

"We're not going to pass a clean debt limit increase," he said. "I told the president, there's no way we're going to pass one. The votes are not in the House to pass a clean debt limit. And the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us."

Obama has repeatedly vowed not to negotiate on whether the country is able to keep paying its bills. Boehner's speakership is at risk if he defies conservatives and allows the borrowing limit to be raised cleanly. The deadline is Oct. 17 and Boehner said the U.S. is currently on a path to default.

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According to leaks by House Republicans last week, Boehner has told colleagues privately he won't permit default and will raise the debt ceiling with Democratic votes if need be.

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[spanone]

1. was he lying before or is he lying now. it's really hard to know.

the gop has held a gun to the President's head since day one.

i'm so sick of these people.

[arely staircase]

2. the GOP has loaded a gun, cocked it

and placed the barrel in its own mouth. they are actually about to commit political suicide. sadly, they are going to take down much of the world economy with them. but here we go.

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. That was then, this is now.

It's amazing what a well-timed call from Charlie Koch can do to change your perceptions.

In other words, "That statement is inoperative. This is the operative statement." (I never thought I'd miss Nixon.)

[lonestarnot]

4. Hmmmf. Ignorant fuck.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. No it's not. We collect enough in revenue to service our national debt.

For the time being anyway.

He's just being poopy because he can't buy new bombers and tanks until the debt ceiling goes up.

[Gothmog]

6. Boehner is walking back his comments on not allowing debt ceiling defaul

The teabaggers were upset with his comments and now he has to walk these comments back