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

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (122882)	10/6/2012 8:26:12 PM
From: Sr K	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

You already forgot. I'll never forget how Obama basically treated the downgrade of America's credit rating. All he did was just call for some "super-committee" to resolve the situation, then treated it as an opportunity to blame the other side. McConnell and the Tea-Party-iers and Grover Norquist said "fuck you, Mr. President and the credit rating." They didn't even say "Mr." And the President correctly said GFY. Standard & Poor's will make a judgment on the facts. And that is what they did. They explained it. And the U.S. Dollar rose. And the bond markets and the financial markets made a judgment. The Republicans held the President hostage to their demand for austerity in the midst of a financial crisis. A threat based in ignorance about financial crises. One of the too-little-appreciated acts of statesmanship by this Administration was saying "No" in August 2011. It was a higher risk than sending the SEALs in to get bin Laden. Maybe 40% no harm. It was the right call, and Obama has been vindicated. Another reason to vote for him. He made a tough call and was right. Romney would have cowed to the Tea-Party. Ryan would have cowed to the Tea-Party.