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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 12:59 PM Original message |
Geithner: Fourteenth Amendment Is Not an Option |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. he is a liar |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Anything specific to his comments on the 14th Amendment or just in general? |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. See the letter recently send by the Treasury General Counsel... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Unfortunately, in this situation, his opinion counts a little more than yours. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. It's obvious that there is no magical "real" interpretation of any part of the Constitution. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well, that settles it, then. |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. When do you ever cite specifics? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Whenever they're necessary. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Good work, citizen! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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fredamae (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Then arrest boehner mcconnell & cantor for |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Even if you think it is not an option.... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. My exact thought |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I'm deeply concerned that using the 14th Amendment would represent positioning for... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Well stated |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That's what I'm wondering. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. If you think it's unconstitutional, why put it on the table? |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Because leaving it on the table would only make the matters worse. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. "We’ve looked at this very carefully — as had President Clinton |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Part of reason may be that Bill ain't the same cat that he was before open heart surgery. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Probably because Clinton is no longer President. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm convinced the GOP is setting another trap for the POTUS. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. He's already proved |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. If you listened carefully to Geitner's wording, you'd see that invoking the |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. So what he is actually saying is that it's not a workable |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Somebody should remind Geithner, and his boss, that the veto is an option. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. they don't want you to remember that. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Would Bush's people take ANY weapon off the table? |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. Even if you see the 14th amendment as an option it concerns preexisting debt not new debt... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. actually if the only way to make good on current obligations is to |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. A congress which passes a budget expending X and revenues of .5X has already authorized debt. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. In which case there's never a reason for Congress to authorize borrowing. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Geithner is an OPTION ... and we should be overturning this "team" and the |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. i don't trust him. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Did I vote for President Geithner? I am sure that I didn't. nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-24-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. So Timmy, if Clinton's people looked at it, and liked it, |
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