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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:59 PM Original message |
Senator attacks raising the Debt Ceiling |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. He was right back then. Bush was destroying this country. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. My point is that he's an opportunist . . . he voted in favor of funding the Iraq War |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. No he's always been in favor of raising taxes to pay for out debt |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Okay, you make an excellent point, sir. Context does matter I'm finding out. nt |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. He may not have wanted too but |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. He voted against it in 2006. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And he skipped the vote in 2007 and 2008. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. He was right then and he's right now |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hope he really doesn't think like this. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yup, that's the scary part, isn't it. nt |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. But he is agreeing for it to be raised with measures to cut the debt as part of that raise. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You make a good point. That is an important distinction I hadn't thought of earlier. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Excellent! There IS a distinction! nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. That says increasing the debt, not the ceiling |
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