Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough Concessions By Both Democrats And Democrats Alike

[EFerrari]

WASHINGTON—A day after signing legislation that raised the government debt ceiling and authorized steep budget cuts, President Obama thanked Democrats as well as Democrats for their willingness to make tough, but necessary, concessions during negotiations. "I'm truly grateful that both Democrats and their Democratic counterparts were able to reach this consensus, accepting an agreement that is far from perfect not just for Democrats, but also for Democrats," Obama said Wednesday of the deal that cut federal spending $2.1 trillion over 10 years but included no revenue increases of any kind. "Lawmakers from across the political spectrum—from moderate Democrats to the more liberal members of the party to dyed-in-the-wool progressives—reached within the aisle and showed the nation that compromise requires real sacrifice from everyone." Obama added that while it may look ugly at times, politics is about Democrats giving up what they want, as well as Democrats giving up what they want, until an agreement can ultimately be reached.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-debt-ceiling-deal-required-tough-concessions,21067/

[Poll_Blind]

1. Recced to 0!

PB

[Fuddnik]

65. Recced to 201!

Funny how that happens.

[Poll_Blind]

79. Ha, I love it! Sometimes you get the feeling that the quashers are going...

...to win and get a thread pushed off the table. And then the rest of DU comes in like a tsunami wrapped in a thunderstorm on the back of a giant war elephant and just says "Fuck that, off to the Greatest with you!"

:thumbsup:

PB

[rfranklin]

2. Horse manure...

Every American deserves a piece of the pile!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

Yup. We thought we were supporting gold and ended up with

a handful of crap. Hope and change my ass.

[LetTimmySmoke]

85. Obama is like King Midas

Except for everything he touches turns to shit.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

64. Yup. We thought we were supporting gold and ended up with

a handful of crap. Hope and change my ass.

[uponit7771]

3. Yeap, bashers IGNORE congress,IGNORE they can change their district seats, IGNOREObama promise meter

...and then ask people to take them seriously

[Bluenorthwest]

5. The Onion is not asking anyone to take them seriously.

This is what is called 'satire'.

[uponit7771]

7. Onion, like bashers, ignore effects of crazies in congress and go after Obama

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Yes, but first you said 'take them seriously' so we know you

did exactly that. The name calling and crazed CAPS made that very clear.

[roguevalley]

21. Obama and the crazies have the same goal: eliminate ss and

medicare. I appreciate you see him as a last lifeline in the storm but you are going to drown waiting for this sob to save you. He doesn't give a shit.

[Lorien]

29. You are ignoring the fact that the guy that you idolize

doesn't give a rat's ass about you.

[robinlynne]

30. becuase he is the one we elected to be our president. He said he would do some things.

HE LIED. big time.

[truedelphi]

50. This is from "The Onion."

Get over it.

[GOTV]

58. Congress didn't force Obama to try to sell defeat as victory

[msongs]

14. demonize those who disagree with some of obama's actions if it makes you feel better :-) nt

[wtmusic]

15. What's to bash? These morsels from our corporate overlords are very tasty.

Do you want some MORE?

[neverforget]

37. I for one welcome our new corporate overlords

[Warren Stupidity]

17. oh those bad bashers

[Name removed]

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[me b zola]

34. The promise meter

:rofl:

Yeah, everyone takes serious the promise meter :rofl:

[Divernan]

61. "The Obama promise meter"?!?!?! Borrowed from the evangelical Promise Keepers?

"THE LIST" has become a running joke, so now we get a meter? How about a meter showing all the dead and maimed civilians killed and injured by US forces since Obama took office.

How about a meter comparing the cost of drone missiles versus the number killed by them? Like $4.5 million per drone (without even factoring in that 1/3 of then crash before hitting their targets) versus the 3 or 4 people killed on average by said drone. Let's see, that works out to over $1 million dollar per brown skinned person killed.

How about just paying people $1million each not to fight for the Taliban or the terrorist group d'jour?

Actually, the MIC loves the kill rate of the drones. For every brown-skinned person killed, all their extended family members are either new or rededicated opponents to fight the US occupation of their respective countries. And that just fuels the blood-soaked, profiteering war machine.

[Fuddnik]

66. How's about we just ignore you?

And not take you seriously.

[dtexdem]

4. The Onion is spot on.

And the plan is balanced because it hurts both the poor and the low-income.

[EOTE]

42. You forgot the destitute.

So actually, this is a tri-partisan bill.

[xchrom]

6. Is there room under the bus for The Onion? Nt

[SusanaMontana41]

10. Oh yeah. Laughter through tears is awesome. n/t

[EFerrari]

11. And the little one said, roll over!

[EFerrari]

12. Dupe

[katnapped]

27. Always room under the bus!

They'll make the bus bigger if it runs out of room under there!

[tblue]

45. I kinda like it under the bus. All the cool people are here.

May as well enjoy it. Let's order pizza!

[Kaleko]

8. Ouwwch, the truth. It hurts the eyes!!!

:cry:

[leftstreet]

13. LOL

Nice!

K&R

[Warren Stupidity]

16. At this point only clowns are speaking the truth.

[EFerrari]

18. Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.

[Warren Stupidity]

22. Ah, King Lear, one of his best.

[EFerrari]

25. KL's "more ample third" offered to Cordelia

sounds a lot like the kind of sacrifice "sharing" we've been doing lately, like our more ample half. :)

[smokey nj]

20. Once again, The Onion says it better than anybody!.

[fascisthunter]

23. ooops

good bye flimflam man...

[Parker CA]

24. "...reached within the aisle..." ahahahahahhahahahahaha

:rofl:

[amborin]

26. "politics is about Democrats giving up what they want" that sums things up

[myrna minx]

28. LOL - too true.

:hi:

[bvar22]

31. I thought the Onion only did comedy/satire.

I didn't know they also did hard news, like the clip in the OP.

[AllyCat]

53. That was exactly what I thought!

[Pholus]

63. I thought we'd all noticed during Bush -- a joke in the Onion tends to be reality in about 2 years.

Looks like the timescale is down to two weeks?

[valerief]

81. Badda bing! nt

[sabrina 1]

32. The Third Way!

Because 'Republicans have good ideas too'!

Who knew?

[MissDeeds]

33. K&R

[Hydra]

35. The onion proves again

That this stuff writes itself. Absurdity on the scale of the Bush Administration, continued and polished.

[scarletwoman]

36. Brilliant! Rec'd.

[Metta]

38. Sugar coated bullshit.

Pure and simple. He's weak, afraid and, now, a Trojan horse for Republicans.

[florida08]

39. LoL

Obama thanked Democrats as well as Democrats ..yes because their was no negotiation..just capitulation

:kick:

[senseandsensibility]

40. Love the onion.

Thanks, I really needed the laugh.

[onehandle]

41. This reads like it was written by the White House.

They do seem to enjoy bragging about each and every shit sandwich they eat.

[on point]

43. BS. It required foresight, skill and backbone, not buying into repuke delusions

[tblue]

46. Too bad we were 0 for 3.

But I think we got the 4th.

[chill_wind]

44. :snort:

Too good. K & R.

[hulka38]

47. Awesome, thanks.

[DeSwiss]

48. K&R n/t

[scarletwoman]

49. I love this! Well done!

[BillyJack]

51. Gee, what a challenge to rec or unrec...... eom

[HowHasItComeToThis]

52. SOB

[autorank]

54. k*r Knock out E!

The Onion captures the truth! Will they hold it hostage?

Great one Liz!

[pam4water]

55. Where is the funny part.

[EFerrari]

56. The funny part is the disruption of the normative narrative with

the truth. :)

[Ichingcarpenter]

57. How Can America's Finest News Source Print this?

You'd think its a satire piece, I didn't see this on CNN
or Fox...... Geez..... What's DU coming to? I mean really?
Where's the LIst? Gosh..... Geez .... No List?

[sendero]

59. The Republicans.

... gave up NOTHING. They turned what is usually a given (who has ever had to give up anything to get a new debt ceiling? NOBODY) into getting legislation they wanted that included ZERO for Democrats.

Spin spin spin, Obama must be dizzy at this point.

It's pretty funny when the Onion now is so close to reality you can't tell the difference.

[Ganja Ninja]

60. The Onion keeping it real. n/t

[bread_and_roses]

62. oh damn - shaky AM hands hit wrong button -

meant to R but hit "un-R" instead. So I'll give a "K" at least.

"Onion" in the AM - good way to start the day - they nail it and manage to make me laugh at the same time.

[bertman]

67. Got to love The Onion. REC. nt

[midnight]

68. K&R

[harun]

69. Sad but true.

[okieinpain]

70. LOL FUNNY. N/T.

[paparush]

71. Ouch. Feel that sting?

That's the truth f_ckin with ya.

[DirkGently]

72. G'bless the Onion. It is tough, though, punishing Dems AND Dems. And the elderly. And students ...

[Generic Other]

73. Headline is so true!!

Hi EFerrari!!!

[Le Taz Hot]

74. K & R

[Fantastic Anarchist]

75. K&R - Would be funny if it wasn't so true. n/t

[woo me with science]

76. More lies. nt

[kestrel91316]

77. Hahahahahaha!!! The Onion scores again.

[John Agar]

78. When the satire is no longer satire.

But the bald-faced truth.

That is when we know we are in trouble.

This president has been wounded, badly, in this fight.

[valerief]

80. Yes, the Democratic Party and Democrat Party must both sacrifice!

:rofl:

[Dad Infinitum]

82. It's a sad day in hell when the Onion is the most accurate 'news outlet' left

[bvar22]

84. The Onion, and Comedy Central "Fake News" program (Jon Stewart)

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-1-2011/dealageddon----a-compromise-without-revenues

[workinclasszero]

83. If I wasn't cryin over the abject surrender of our President

to the forces of fascism that seek to destroy this country, I'd be laughing at the title.

If he wouldn't have offered SS and Medicare to the Reich wing wolves, if he didn't sign as many American job-killing "free trade" agreements as he can get his hands on, it might seem funny.