Uh-huh⌠Howâs that CROW taste, Yertle?
Oh, McTurtle, you just keep on spinningâŚ
(eye roll)
Mock Turtle says what?
âSince I was in charge of drafting the debt ceiling provision that we inserted into the flood bill we likely â almost certainly â are not going to have another debt ceiling discussion until well into 2018,â McConnell told the Times.
So the GOPâs next debt ceiling crisis will be taking place during the Republican primaries, or even closer to the next general election? Oh, Senator McConnell, please donât throw us into that briar patch.
I hope I live long enough to see that smirk permanently wiped off the face of that malignant, anti-American mofo. He has done more to destroy the American ideal than anyone on the political scene today, although President* Lying Littledick is doing his best to catch up.
Gotta look on the bright side when things go wrong, little old ant rubber tree plant, all that. Sometimes all you can say is to warn the other guys not to gloat too much. Like when we said having Trump as President might be a mixed blessing for you. At best. So back atcha, pal.
âSince I was in charge of drafting the debt ceiling provision that we inserted into the flood bill we likely â almost certainly â are not going to have another debt ceiling discussion until well into 2018,â McConnell told the Times.
Unless "well into 2018" is beyond midterms election day there is going to be another vote required to raise the ceiling before people trek to the polls. The reckoning we all read the GOP fears, having to appear responsible and keeping the lights on by authorizing more borrowing, will still confront their candidates and incumbents in the height of the campaign season.And BTW weâre saving that tape for December when you get rolled again just so we can gloat about your "One Term President "
Silly Turtle
He always makes me nervous. He can say âWe wonât give Barrack Obama the chance to fill this SCOTUS seatâ, and follow through on that, and suffer no consequences. He really can do what he wants and what he wants is always bad.
Like we say in Goonswarm, âspinning like a tornado.â
we likely â almost certainly â are not going to have another debt ceiling discussion until well into 2018
Thatâs right, Mitch. Gloat about making sure thereâs gonna be another round of this as people are going to the polls for primaries. You shouldâve just taken the christmas-time lumps.
Right?! Because arguing over this stuff during a primary battle is far better than arguing over it in December when voters are completely tuned out. Sure, you got the better deal.
sour grapes
used to refer to an attitude in which someone adopts a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves.
I think the Turtle hasnât seen what kind of social damage, the cray-cray, and Mother nature can do in that amount of time. If I read the âconservativeâ position correctly then there be a whole host of outrage brewing on when you get the bill to pay for these storms (so far), the bill for the amount of damage Trump is spreading internationally, and the pricking on conscious of the non-Evangelical Christians that donât belong to Wealth Prosperity cults. Please remember Turtle the fires burning out West that will bring to light problems that you havenât even thought of.
Just a side thought I wonder if Turtle wishes he only had asshat Cruz to deal with now that he has Trump and maybe Moore? The question will be can the Turtle shell hold?
Well, as I understand what McConnell is saying, is he put in a rider that forces the WH to use âextraordinary measuresâ in December, and keep using them until sometime in 2018 when they can revisit raising the debt ceiling.
Having the Federal government contract its expenses will NOT make for a Merry Christmas for voters.
Yes, I read that exactly the same way.
Thatâs exactly how I understand it. Heâs going to push off the debate until next year and heâs pretending thatâs some kind of win. Itâs not. Not even close.
Shorter Turtle: Trump is fucking with me. And I dont know how to handle it.
Youâre losing your touch there, pal.
Not that thereâs anything wrong with that.
Just sand those calluses and we wonât care if you donât shower and shave.
No special legislative language was required to allow the Treasury Secretary to use âextraordinary measuresâ to prevent a debt ceiling crisis. Treasury Secretaries have done this many times in the past, without McConnellâs magical language. Moreover, as others have noted, creating a debt ceiling crisis closer to the midterms may well backfire on McConnell and the Republicans, as the two big issues are going to be legislating DACA and fully funding Obamacare. The failure (refusal) of Congressional Republicans to handle both these issues so close to the election will hurt them in every swing district in the country.