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21. Huh??

Reply to Romulox (Reply #16)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 11:55 AM

Dec 2012

Read your history better, buddy. President Obama only agreed to the fiscal cliff in the first place because the Republicans held a gun to his head over the debt ceiling in July 2011 remember? Sequestration was what they came up as a way to give Boehner his ransom that wasn't totally horrific. President Obama's re-election must have been so painful to you...

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The "cliff" was never intended to be "solved" [View all] SoCalDem Dec 2012 OP

The "fiscal cliff" was a bipartisan fabrication by corporatists. woo me with science Dec 2012 #1

+1 gollygee Dec 2012 #10

obama would have never been hired if he wasn't a corporatist datasuspect Dec 2012 #13

+1 and +2 nt tomp Dec 2012 #15

I think he was not the favored by the two options by a long shot gollygee Dec 2012 #17

Nailed it in one. Sick of posts like the OP that try to pretend away the past. Romulox Dec 2012 #16

Huh?? NewsCenter28 Dec 2012 #21

I'll read a history book if you read a civics book. The "Cliff" is a framework passed by Congress, Romulox Dec 2012 #22

Care to try one more re-edit? Third times the charm! Romulox Dec 2012 #23

Exactly right. There have been many keys to the corporate plethoro Dec 2012 #19

The cliff is the proverbial can intended to be kicked down the road to points Skidmore Dec 2012 #2

Correct, classic stalking horse, classic straw man, classic political IED. bemildred Dec 2012 #3

Why aren't the deficit hawks cheering the cliff since significantly reduces the deficit? LonePirate Dec 2012 #4

They are not cheering because their beloved defense budget will get the post war time cuts Heather MC Dec 2012 #5

It remains to be seen, whether those DOD cuts will happen.... MNBrewer Dec 2012 #8

They were pulling a Harold Washington strategy for sure...Obama happened to be much smarter than alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #6

The Shitpublicans never cared about the deficit rock Dec 2012 #7

And they still don't.. sendero Dec 2012 #12

"You know, Paul, sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #9

Perfectly and succinctly summed up the last 4 years Gman Dec 2012 #11

Each manufactured crisis is more boring than the last madville Dec 2012 #14

As the GOP sees it, all recipients of "entitlements" should do the right thing and die. lpbk2713 Dec 2012 #18

The final solution Left Turn Only Dec 2012 #20