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| O Claimed Congress Forced Sequester - WaPo calls it a "Whopper" |
| 2013-02-22 |
| Got four Pinoccios from WaPo last fall for telling a "wopper". Worth remembering. A key snippet: (July 12, 2011): They turned to [White House national economic council director Gene] Sperling for details about a compulsory trigger if they didn't cut spending or raise taxes in an amount at least equivalent to the debt ceiling increase. "A trigger would lock in our commitment," Sperling explained. "Even though we disagree on the composition of how to get to the cuts, it would lock us in. The form of the automatic sequester would punish both sides. We'd have to September to avert any sequester" -- a legal obligation to make spending cuts. "Then we could use a medium or big deal to force tax reform," Obama said optimistically. "If this is a trigger for tax reform," Boehner said, "this could be worth discussing. But as a budget tool, it's too complicated. I'm very nervous about this." "This would be an enforcement mechanism," Obama said. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #8 Oops, Chesney was my post. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-02-22 16:17 |
| #7 Unfortunately the Republicans have a long uphill battle to get a fair shake. It's not an uphill fight when you get on your knees to fawn over the media in a vain attempt to earn the love of Donks who have have bylines. Got to face the reality that until you buy them out and run the media yourself, there won't even be a 'fair' in any part of the game of power. |
| Posted by: Chesney Speaking for Boskone3623 2013-02-22 16:16 |
| #6 Pretty run of the mill dissembling for Champ. The only thing remarkable about it is that the MSM remarked on it. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-02-22 16:12 |
| #5 I just got off the phone with Candy Cow-ly at CNN. She said it was Romney who forced the sequester. |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-02-22 16:03 |
| #4 When you control the media you control who gets blamed. Unfortunately the Republicans have a long uphill battle to get a fair shake. Fortunately the tools (internet, cable news, etc) are in place if they learn how to use them. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-02-22 14:46 |
| #3 Gene Sperling Whoa! Let me go all Joe here..... I remember him when he was working for McGovern.. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-02-22 14:19 |
| #2 I saw a Washington Times headline at lunch which said the public faults the Republicans. It's good to be king. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-02-22 13:49 |
| #1 "I created it, ordered it, fought for it.... it's your fault" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-02-22 11:23 |