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December 16, 2013 9:02 AM
See You In Hell, Granny-Starver
By Ed Kilgore
Before the lusty cheers from Beltway pundits celebrating the end of the Tea Party and all that other right-wing unpleasantness had entirely faded from the air, we learned from the Wall Street Journals Damian Paletta that the great statesman who coauthored the budget agreement the Senate is considering today has some nasty plans for the new year:
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) signaled that Republicans would not raise the debt ceiling next year without some sort of concessions from Democrats, saying lawmakers were still crafting their strategy.
We, as a caucus, along with our Senate counterparts, are going to meet and discuss what it is we want to get out of the debt limit, Mr. Ryan said on Fox News Sunday. We dont want nothing out of the debt limit. Were going to decide what it is we can accomplish out of this debt limit fight.
We, as a caucus, along with our Senate counterparts, are going to meet and discuss what it is we want to get out of the debt limit, Mr. Ryan said on Fox News Sunday. We dont want nothing out of the debt limit. Were going to decide what it is we can accomplish out of this debt limit fight.
Ryans budget deal partner Sen. Patty Murray reacted to this news as one might address someone with a chronic illness in remission:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/12/15/ryan-says-gop-to-make-debt-ceiling-demands-in-early-14/
Democrats are likely to repeat their insistence that they will not negotiate cuts in exchange for a debt ceiling increase, but they havent rushed Republicans so far.
I dont think that our country wants to see another crisis and to send our country into a tailspin, Ms. Murray said Sunday on NBC. And, so, well take that road when we get there.
I dont think that our country wants to see another crisis and to send our country into a tailspin, Ms. Murray said Sunday on NBC. And, so, well take that road when we get there.
Its understandable at this delicate moment that Murray would want to treat Ryan charitably. But since weve just pretty recently seen that calling the Republicans bluff on debt limit threats is the first successful Democratic strategy on the subject, the time will come pretty soon when the White House and congressional Democrats are going to have to reassert a united front against any negotiations over a debt limit increase. Theyre going to have to be willing to look Paul Ryan in the eye and (using the affectionate nickname developed for him by Esquires Charles Pierce) say: Well see you in Hell, Granny-Starver, before we give you a thing in exchange for a debt limit increase.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Latest_In_Zombie_Eyed_Granny_Starving.........
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2013_12/see_you_in_hell_grannystarver048211.php
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See You In Hell, Granny-Starver (Original Post)
kpete
Dec 2013
OP
We have SO got to take back the House from the American Turncoats infesting it. eom
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2013
#2
Mass
(27,315 posts)1. Happy to see some push back on the idea that Paul Ryan is part of the solution.\nt
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)2. We have SO got to take back the House from the American Turncoats infesting it. eom
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)3. Raise the cap and cut the military. Care about poor and old people for a real change.