Coulter Schools Hysterical Republicans on Debt

Coulter Schools Hysterical Republicans on Debt

“ But now, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has checkmated the Democrats. He has proposed a bill that will allow Obama to raise the debt ceiling three times, up to $2.4 trillion, over the next 18 months, but only provided Obama proposes equivalent cuts in spending each time. Finally, the Democrats will be forced to pony up spending cuts -- or default on the debt and crash the economy. Contrary to some hysterical Republicans, McConnell's bill does not forfeit any of Congress' authority: The House and Senate will still have to decide whether to accept Obama's proposed cuts when they write their appropriations bills. [Full] ” Ouch.  Well,  Ann has earned— many times over,  the right to be in possible error, as she is  in this hysterical person's eyes,  without loss of any gravitas or affection on my part.  The problem the Hysterical Republicans have with those spending cuts is they would be debated under normal procedures, with no guarantee they ever come to a final vote.  The problem I have is that I remember Ronald Reagan falling into that very trap.  Ann also, sigh, writes in her article "Ask the next president of the United States, New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie."  Somewhere soon she will,  I hope,  reconcile his belief in man caused climate change and gun control with her recorded Gesamtkunstwerk.  I will  hope to be transformed by it, but I ain't going to just go legs up.