(09-20-2013 05:34 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Pay your bills deadbeat. We are just writing the check on money congress already appropriated.

Borrowing money to pay your bills only means you have another bill to pay. The key here is to have less bills than you have revenue.

(09-20-2013 08:57 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  Little things. Give the other side some credit and try to work with them.

Like Obamacare?

(09-20-2013 09:03 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(09-20-2013 08:57 AM)Machiavelli Wrote:  It has to be frustrating on the other side when stuff like this is said. Obama is not taken to task for these types of remarks. He could use it as a teaching moment. "Yes, by paying the bills that we have already amassed we have to raise the debt ceiling, we are making strides in balancing our budget with help from both sides of the aisle. I would like to continue to work with both parties in finding ways to increase revenue and trim the budget so we can start paying on our debt. Thank You". Little things. Give the other side some credit and try to work with them.

Mach, I agree that would be a much better way for Obama to say it. The problem is that I don't think he believes that. I think what he said is an accurate statement of what he believes, whereas what you wrote here isn't. I don't think he has any interest in giving the other side credit and trying to work with them.

Can anyone point to an instance where zerO has worked with both parties? One?

We know he's inclined to work with others, more closely aligned to his way of thinking. Like Putin "I'll have more flexibility" and now presumably Assad, but reach across the aisle and work with the congress and Republican House? Not a chance.