White House rejects House debt-limit proposal

[DonViejo]

Source: WaPo

Speaking after the markets closed, White House press secretary Jay Carney welcomed a "new willingness" among congressional Republicans to open the government and avoid default but said the president would not agree to tie budget negotiations to a six-week debt-limit extension. "What we think is not the right way to go is to try again to link extension of the debt ceiling to budget negotiations, and therefore link the possibility of default to whether one side gets what it wants in those negotiations."

Carney's statement came after President Obama spoke by phone with House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio). Boehner's office issued a terse statemement, saying they agreed "that we should all keep talking."




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[SunSeeker]

1. Enough with the perpetual GOP extortion! nt

[Shrike47]

2. God I hate Republicans some days.

No, we are not going to let you dictate everything.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Good. The response should continue to be:

[Cha]

12. thanks for that crazy uplifting gif..

[konnie]

4. Speech I'd love to hear

I am Barack Obama and I AM the President of the United States of America.
I only have one job. That is protecting the United States of America. That includes the credit and full faith of our country.
It includes all of the citizens. It includes all the branches and departments. As I have stated I will
not negotiate with terrorists. I am invoking the 14th Amendment.

To that end I have just ordered the government shutdown to be declared null and void. This shutdown is over. I have ordered
the Department of Treasury to pay in full and on time all financial obligations of the country. I have just ordered all departments
to open and operate at 100% on Saturday, October 12th, or Monday 10/14 if that is their regular hours. All federal workers are report to work for their normal shifts. Their pay and benefits will be reinstated and retroactive.

As Commander in Chief, I am declaring Martial Law. I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to apprehend
and deliver every member of the House of Representatives to the House Chamber. Where they will be secured until they
have reached the following agreement:

1. they acknowledge the end of the shutdown.
2. they end the sequester.
3. they scrap the continuing resolution
4. they eliminate the debt ceiling permanently
4. they agree to the last budget submitted.

They will not be permitted cell phones, media coverage, cspan coverage, food, water, or bathrooms. The electricity will
be discontinued, the heating and cooling will be discontinued, and candles will be supplied. And I will lift Martial Law the
moment this agreement is approved by the senate and I sign it. They held the government hostage for 10 days, and now
the government will hold them hostage.

This is a democracy, where elections are binding and honored, even the most contested ones. When this hostage situation
is over, they may weep and wail and beat their breast in person, in the media at every opportunity, but they will have to wait until the election of 2014 to convince the majority of the voters to make them the majority in the government. Until then they will have to acknowledge they are a minority and cannot throw a fit when they don't get their way. Their policies have been rejected twice, and they must stand down. As President I must end this disruptive tactic once and for all. Not just for this administration, but for
all future administrations.

[n2doc]

5. Can you imagine the reaction?

The righties would explode. All their greatest fears realized.

I think President Obama will choose a less confrontational path, for better or worse.

[calimary]

7. DAYUM, konnie! I want some o' THAT!!!

Loved it so much I read it out loud, and it sounded even better!!!!

"'Balls,' said the Queen. 'If I had them, I'd be king.'"

[ruffburr]

9. It's if I had two I'd be the king,LOL

[konnie]

10. thanks

i'm waiting for that angry black man they're always yammering about to show up. of course he won't give them
the satisfaction, but it sure would do the rest of us a world of good.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. I'd rather see Seal Team 6 drag them to Gitmo where they will sit uncharged.

[munster69]

6. Ted Cruz said today that democrats are feeling the heat.

but what he was thinking was please, oh please Mr president, save us from ourselves.

Cruz is a good example why we shouldn't let Canada dump their waste here.

[ruffburr]

8. I rely on soc. sec -

But if it takes living in the streets to stand my ground so be it, Please Mr. President don't compromise with these extortionists, It is time for the majority of people to run this country not a a select few morons and the 1%, Do not give in EVER TO these Whig party rejects

[Cha]

13. Yeah, Mofos..

"What we think is not the right way to go is to try again to link extension of the debt ceiling to budget negotiations, and therefore link the possibility of default to whether one side gets what it wants in those negotiations."

Got it?

thanks DV