Comments on: Defusing Austerity http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/02/20/defusing-austerity/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/02/20/defusing-austerity/#comment-46049 Chris Weigant Sun, 23 Feb 2014 07:41:55 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8676#comment-46049 Michale - I defy you to name ONE thing Boehner offered to Obama. I can name MULTIPLE things Obama offered to Boehner. The GOP is the one that insists on "my way or the highway," no matter what Fox News tells you. -CW Michale -

I defy you to name ONE thing Boehner offered to Obama. I can name MULTIPLE things Obama offered to Boehner. The GOP is the one that insists on "my way or the highway," no matter what Fox News tells you.

-CW

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/02/20/defusing-austerity/#comment-45998 Michale Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=8676#comment-45998 <I>Every time, however, Boehner has been unable to sell his deal to his own party in the House. </I> Let's be fair here.. Obama wasn't offering anything that A> was really worth anything and 2> would have passed muster with the Democrats.. <I>The House, led by Paul Ryan, will pass some sort of budget. So will the Senate, led by Patty Murray. In a normal year, the two houses of Congress would then appoint a joint committee to hash out a compromise. </I> No, in a normal year, the Democrat Senate wouldn't even PASS a budget... :D You speak as if everything is all goodness and light vis a vis the economy.. Newsflash. The economy STILL sucks... Put another way... If you are neck deep in shit and things get a little better so that you are only WAIST deep in shit, guess what?? Yer still mired in shit.. :D Sure, things are looking a little better.. But if you poll every average American who doesn't have an ideological stick up their arse (either from the Left OR from the Right) guess what the results would be?? Americans would STILL say that things really really suck... All I am saying is that it's a tad premature to dust off the old HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN 45... Michale Every time, however, Boehner has been unable to sell his deal to his own party in the House.

Let's be fair here..

Obama wasn't offering anything that A> was really worth anything and 2> would have passed muster with the Democrats..

The House, led by Paul Ryan, will pass some sort of budget. So will the Senate, led by Patty Murray. In a normal year, the two houses of Congress would then appoint a joint committee to hash out a compromise.

No, in a normal year, the Democrat Senate wouldn't even PASS a budget... :D

You speak as if everything is all goodness and light vis a vis the economy..

Newsflash. The economy STILL sucks...

Put another way...

If you are neck deep in shit and things get a little better so that you are only WAIST deep in shit, guess what??

Yer still mired in shit.. :D

Sure, things are looking a little better..

But if you poll every average American who doesn't have an ideological stick up their arse (either from the Left OR from the Right) guess what the results would be??

Americans would STILL say that things really really suck...

All I am saying is that it's a tad premature to dust off the old HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN 45...

Michale

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