The reason Boehner left.

[DFab420]

"In the end, we couldn't connect," Boehner wrote. "Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country. The president is emphatic that taxes have to be raised. The president is adamant that we cannot make fundamental changes to our entitlement programs."

[BeyondGeography]

1. Sounds like a speed date gone bad

We couldn't connect?

[KittyWampus]

12. My first laugh of the day.

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[kenny blankenship]

5. So you take BOEHNER'S word over Obama's?

Wow, indeed.

[tridim]

8. What the fuck does that mean? Of course not.

[Brickbat]

6. Yes, yes -- Boehner is certainly the go-to guy for information about what Obama thinks.

:rofl:

[tridim]

He CONFIRMED what Obama has ALWAYS thought.

Obama has NEVER supported gutting SS and Medicare. Ever.

DU is lying to you.

[CleanGreenFuture]

13. He just said he was going to agree to $650 Billion in cuts to SS/Medicare! With his own mouth!

[tridim]

17. NOT cuts to benefits.

Read the transcript.

[CleanGreenFuture]

21. You have a link to the transcript? I don't have it yet. I'll check it for context. Thanks

[tridim]

22. It's not up yet, but I will post it when it is.

Obama said the cuts were not to benefits.

[CleanGreenFuture]

25. No cuts to benefits would be ok. I'll keep an eye out for the transcript too but please do

come back and post it here.

That thing was moving so fast that, admittedly, there may be some things that were missed.

[johnaries]

19. Without cutting benefits. i.e., waste and fraud.

[CleanGreenFuture]

11. yea, let's listen to fucking boner! Right!

[tridim]

16. Why would he lie?

His statement confirms what OBAMA has been saying for 3 years, and disproves what DU has been saying for the past few months.

Deal.

[uppityperson]

23. Are you seriously saying half of DU is full of shit? Wow indeed.

[tridim]

30. Yep. And now everyone knows it.

Just look at "greatest" right now for the BS posted this morning.

[Cannikin]

3. The problem is, my view of the country had a middle class in it.

His doesn't

[babylonsister]

4. Wow. That quote needs to go loudly around the country. nt

[Sheepshank]

7. There are a few people here who are convinced

Obama has a different goal in mind.

I wonder if Boehner's quote could be pasted to the top of this GD discussion page. Would be an interesting reminder for trolls as to where their conjecture begins and where Boehner's reality lies.

[tridim]

10. Should be added to the "alert" options IMO.

[Horse with no Name]

9. I figured he had a pressing spray tan appointment.n/t

[Cannikin]

14. hehehe Beat me to it.

[Forkboy]

15. I take that as a very encouraging sign.

I'm not doing any victory laps until a bill is passed that has zero cuts to entitlements, but I like hearing this. A lot.

[Taverner]

18. I thought it was because he was going to miss happy hour

:shrug:

[undeterred]

20. He had a tanning appointment.

[Bluerthanblue]

24. K&R

:hi:

[wiggs]

26. A great speech is probably in the works in which Obama firmly defines

what the republicans are all about. It won't be pretty.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. The reason he left?...

Probably the truth is, it is happy hour. Has to go drink some gin so he can cry on TV.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

28. Norquist/Tealiban/Koch Bros threatened him re: raising taxes

What a whiney little weasel.

Furthermore, the president is NOT adamant that fundamental changes to entitlements cannot be made. He was willing to unjustifiably CUT those programs to accommodate the Tealiban.

But that's not enough for their incessantly greedy asses. The Tealiban wants those programs GONE. And they want NO TAXES to be paid by anyone but the middle class and poor. That is what Obama didn't agree to - - though I would not be surprised if he did, eventually.

[patrice]

29. I do recall the President saying he would not allow those who have already paid the most for our

problems to be used as a bargaining chip by anyone.

[patrice]

31. I believe he said that in response to the flap over the PROFESSIONAL Left, which

as I understand it was a reference to Arianna Huffington and/or FDL stirring shit for profit.

[patrice]

32. I think AH SOLD HuffPo not ver long after that & internet traffic/clicks could be an ASSET