July 25, 2011
'Big Deal' Barack Breaks it Down
Based on Barack Obama's comments on the debt discussion breakdown, it's clear that the President placed blame for the impasse squarely on the shoulders of John Boehner and the Republicans. At his testy post-debt negotiation press conference, "Big Deal" Barack conveniently forgot to mention that the impetus for John Boehner "walking away" from the negotiation table was the President's insistence on fewer spending cuts and the $400 billion tax revenue surprise he foisted on an already strained process.
Who better than Barack Obama knows that "when it comes to actually doing something difficult folks do sometimes walk away?" In a spoiled, childish fit of anger, Obama has rudely pushed away from a table or two himself, stood up, and without explanation "walked away." The President did it with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, and he did it again recently in the midst of heated debt-limit talks with Eric Cantor (R-VA), one of a few governmental grooms...(Read Full Post)