I had originally reserved today to recap some of the antics from the lesser acts at last week’s DNC (Democratic National Circus).
Such as Sandy Two Buck Fluke,
Kerry “Today there are people trying (to) take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care...
and Joey “fact-check me, I dare you!” Biden.
Butt then news about a new soon-to-be-released blockbuster by Bob Woodward came out in the Washington Post:
Inside story of Obama’s struggle to keep Congress from controlling outcome of debt ceiling crisis
and there are a lot of juicy tidbits in The Price of Politics
All of which forces me to revisit last year’s debt crisis.
During yet another budget meeting in which House and Senate leaders were talking with the president about the amount of money they were willing to raise through both taxes and cuts, Cantor told the president that the two sides were moving in opposite directions. Obama did not take Cantor’s mild taunt lightly and responded, according to Woodward, “I promise you, Eric, don’t call my bluff on this. It may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this.” Obama then stood up and strode from the room.
Butt even at the time, everybody thought that Big Guy was bluffing:
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