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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (95733)	6/30/2011 12:02:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

But he criticized CONGRESS, not the lame (R) House! I think you are being too subtle. Last nite, I listened to the news and AC 360 and the general concensus is that he was criticizing the Rs. In fact, Boehner issued an angry rebuttal: Obama's Scolding of Republicans Inflames Debt Talks House Speaker John Boehner said the president's remarks at his first full-blown news conference since March "ignore legislative and economic reality and demonstrate remarkable irony." "His administration has been burying our kids and grandkids in new debt and offered no plan to rein in spending," Boehner said in a written statement. "Republicans have been leading and offering solutions to put the brakes on this spending binge. The president has been AWOL from the debate." Boehner added that a bill that increases taxes and the amount the nation can borrow won't pass the GOP-led House. "The votes simply aren't there – and they aren't going to be there, because the American people know tax hikes destroy jobs," he said. "They also know Washington has been on a spending binge for many years, and they will only tolerate a debt limit increase if we stop it." Read more: foxnews.com Obama's complaint that Sasha and Malia are better prepared with their homework than Congress was pure gold. <g>