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BlackBlade
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Link.

It's like a teenager who has blown off the entire year in favor of video games, drugs, and cage fighting telling me they've decided to clean their room, just because it should be done.

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TomDavidson
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No.
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BlackBlade
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What if they pass *two* clean debt ceiling bills?
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Maybe congress' plan was to act so horribly that even the thinnest veneer of not completely destructive behavior was suitable for the population
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Lyrhawn
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No.

Boehner did it for two reasons 1. Not because his caucus really wanted to, but because they all agreed it was a bad idea but couldn't agree on what to demand in exchange for their hostage. The underlying premise hasn't been discredited, Boehner just showed them what will happen if they can't all get on the same page.

2. Boehner put his speakership in jeopardy. There was already a groundswell under unseating him. Depending on how the 2014 elections go, I think there are a lot of long memories that will use this against him. And they'll put someone more TP friendly in his place who will go right back to doing this again.

Besides, it still has to make it through the Senate.

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BlackBlade
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The Democratic majority Senate? They'd never hold that up.
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You're aware that with the way the Senate works now, a majority is more an observation than a position of power, right?

If the GOP holds them to a supermajority, they're screwed, like they have been for the last 4 years on just about everything.

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It's like functioning well enough to keep the country running is an option only after all other ones have been exhausted.
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BlackBlade
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The Senate has shown a much greater propensity for debt ceiling passage compared to the House.
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Lyrhawn
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Perhaps.

But that ain't saying much really.

It only takes one senator on a rampage.

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BlackBlade
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Hush now! You'll wake Ted Cruz!
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Lyrhawn
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He hangs out with Mitch McConnell.

I assume five minutes of talking to McConnell would put anyone to sleep.

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quote:
Originally posted by BlackBlade:
What if they pass *two* clean debt ceiling bills?

As Chris Rock once put it: "These [explitive deleted] think they're supposed to get credit for [explitive deleted] they're supposed to do... You're supposed to take care of your kids you low expectation having [explitive deleted]!"
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[Big Grin]
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Love Chris
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BB, if you are impressed with them, then let me tell you.... That I have gone twenty-five years without committing murder or treason, nor poaching.

That is special right?

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BlackBlade
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This is more like the prodigal son returning. We still love the son whose always been good, and we rejoice when the wayward one sees the error of their ways.
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Ah, then there's your problem.

You think they've seen the error of their ways.

Your optimism is a shining beacon to us all. [Smile]

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I've been trying to sell this bridge, by the way. Let me know if you're interested.
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BlackBlade
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quote:
Originally posted by TomDavidson:
I've been trying to sell this bridge, by the way. Let me know if you're interested.

I've know a troll who would be.
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Orincoro
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Stop that trip trapping and GET OFF MY LAWN!
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Colbert got a bridge in Hungary [Frown]
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http://www.despair.com/change.html
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It's all that Frank Underwood's fault. He's doing all kinds of horribly corrupt things these days.
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quote:
Originally posted by Lyrhawn:
No.

Boehner did it for two reasons 1. Not because his caucus really wanted to, but because they all agreed it was a bad idea but couldn't agree on what to demand in exchange for their hostage. The underlying premise hasn't been discredited, Boehner just showed them what will happen if they can't all get on the same page.

2. Boehner put his speakership in jeopardy. There was already a groundswell under unseating him. Depending on how the 2014 elections go, I think there are a lot of long memories that will use this against him. And they'll put someone more TP friendly in his place who will go right back to doing this again.

Besides, it still has to make it through the Senate.

That about sums it up. The republicans want to keep the attention on Obamacare, Benghazi, the IRS, etc. They don't want the conversation to go back to "The Republicans want to shut down the government."
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeff C.:
It's all that Frank Underwood's fault. He's doing all kinds of horribly corrupt things these days.

I'm glad there are no subways in Las Vegas....That's all I'm going to say.
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quote:
Originally posted by Jeff C.:
It's all that Frank Underwood's fault. He's doing all kinds of horribly corrupt things these days.

Jeff's comment has exposed me... but I can't let him show it. I have to be strong, and strength means not showing your opponent that it hurts when he cuts you. On hatrack, it's either troll... or be trolled. The next moments will decide, is he a troll, or is he a billygoat?
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I know that ain't (or wasn't, perhaps) a default position for you, Geraine. And further much of my own bias is creeping in here when I say props for being willing to entertain motives like that as a possibility. That's not easy for those with a party loyalty, I know.
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