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posted at 11:15 am on July 30, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
SNIP:
Americans for Prosperity will spend $1 million to put this 30-second spot on television that contrasts the debt-limit philosophies of Barack Obama and, er Barack Obama. When Obama was safely ensconced as a backbencher in the US Senate, raising the debt ceiling in 2006 (to $8.95 trillion) was a sign of leadership failure. Five years later, Obamas colleagues passed $4.5 trillion in new debt ceiling limits while controlling Congress, and now Obama wants another $2.7 trillion. Why that amount? The ad explains:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kIdN3UEQo&feature=player_embedded]‪President Obama's Leadership Failure‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
In fact, Obamas not the only Democrat with an interesting record on debt-ceiling votes and positions. Byron York gives us a look at Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and others who now accuse Republicans of playing partisan games, and find that they seem to be suffering from a case of projection (via Instapundit):
read it all and comments at.
Video: Presidential leadership failure, then and now « Hot Air
SNIP:
Americans for Prosperity will spend $1 million to put this 30-second spot on television that contrasts the debt-limit philosophies of Barack Obama and, er Barack Obama. When Obama was safely ensconced as a backbencher in the US Senate, raising the debt ceiling in 2006 (to $8.95 trillion) was a sign of leadership failure. Five years later, Obamas colleagues passed $4.5 trillion in new debt ceiling limits while controlling Congress, and now Obama wants another $2.7 trillion. Why that amount? The ad explains:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kIdN3UEQo&feature=player_embedded]‪President Obama's Leadership Failure‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]
In fact, Obamas not the only Democrat with an interesting record on debt-ceiling votes and positions. Byron York gives us a look at Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and others who now accuse Republicans of playing partisan games, and find that they seem to be suffering from a case of projection (via Instapundit):
read it all and comments at.
Video: Presidential leadership failure, then and now « Hot Air