Lew is a Washington insider, having good will from both sides after having worked at high levels since the 1980s. He is not a Wall Street insider, different from Geithner.

I agree, Dennis, this debt ceiling mechanism started in 1917, about a century ago, and has exhausted its usefulness. Time to get rid of it.

I agree, but I also can't stress enough that without a budget, lawmakers/congress does not know how the allocation of funds should be spent.

Michelle,

Congress writes the budget resolutions so yes they [people like Ryan] do know where in general the money should be allocated and that guides how they write the appropriation bills and as has been the case for almost 3 years the Budget Continuing Resolutions.

Budgets do not control spending ... spending bills do

You obviously have no clue that Obama and Reid fought the debt ceiling tooth and nail saying it was proof of failed leadership and unfair to saddle our kids with the debt. Are you a hypocrite like them??

Lew is a Wall Street insider. He loved working for Citigroup when it failed and had to be bailed out under TARP and the Federal Reserve handouts. Lew also said Obama's budget will not increase the deficit.

I am talking more of a general budget standard, like 3% GDP or the likes....

Michelle,

I am of the opinion that GDP fluctuates too much to be a guide for determining budget levels.

In Q1 of 2009 our GDP growth was minus 9%. If the budget were matched to that we would have to lay off 200,000 employees and we could not meet our Constitution mandate to conduct the 2010 census.

Did anyone think he would make a good decision? He hasn't in over four years so why start now.

Dennis - I understand that. Sometimes you have to tighten the belt.

Do you think all of our constitution mandates are followed to the letter? If you know that the 2010 cencus is coming up, can't you spread the budget out over 10 years to allow for that?

If you can't afford something, don't buy it... the housing industry would be in much better shape with that simple rule.

Some kid just shot a person in a California high school... when will it end?

Gee, does Lew owe back taxes like the last guy Obama appointed to SecTreasury did?

Lew was/is in with citigroup, which is one of the companies that obama just extended cronyism corporate tax breaks to while at the same time letting middle class tax breaks expire.

Are you libs seriously going to say you support Lew?

As far as the budget, where have the budgets been from Reid and obama? You might not like the house budgets, but at least they put one out according to the LAW. The LAW you libs seem to consistently forget/ignore.

I agree, Dennis, this debt ceiling mechanism started in 1917, about a century ago, and has exhausted its usefulness. Time to get rid of it.

But only 6 years ago it was a useful mechanism. I wonder what has changed so quickly?

"America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit."

-- Sen. Barack Obama, March 16, 2006

"Nobody likes to be tagged as having increased the debt limit for the United States by a trillion dollars. As president, you start realizing, you know what, we can't play around with this stuff. . . . (Raising the limit is) important for the country."

Yet another "Male, pale and stale" nominee.

Another dumb decision by an idiot president ... good job, libtards

The irony here is that we are being sucked into diversionary arguments over the gender of nominees, while most of us, me included, do not have the first clue as to whether Geithner or Lew or any of the people who are involved in setting our economic policies actually know what they are talking about.

I tend to think they don't because, if they did, then why are we still in the freaking mess we're in?

What concerns me most is that we never seem to bring any new ideas into the process. Economic experts are a lot like re-tread NFL coaches. How on earth, for example, did Andy Reid get another job so fast?

Anna Molly

Economic experts are a lot like re-tread NFL coaches. How on earth, for example, did Andy Reid get another job so fast?

Kansas City just does not want to win the Big One.

I love reading these post especially of the progressives.

dennis @1.0 said: "The only legitimate purpose for a Debt Ceiling in the current process is to create a discussion that allows politicians make points about the size of our debt but..."

would you agree that when the junior illinois senator in 2006 said the following that he was just political grandstanding??

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.

Steve Benen, The Maddow Blog:

The New York Times had a fascinating piece last year on the 2011 debt-ceiling crisis negotiations, and House Speaker John Boehner's frustrations that Lew had a "detailed knowledge of the budget" that "outpaced anyone else's in the room." It got to the point that Boehner kept trying to get Lew out of the room, in the hopes that it'd be easier to strike a GOP-friendly deal.

Matt Yglesias explained last April:

Any time Lew, the math guy, was out of the room [the Republican proposal] could look like a promising approach. But if the math guy kept saying the central tenet of the proposal was founded on bad math, then actually no progress was being made. So for a time Boehner got the math guy out of the room and it looked like progress was getting made. But clearly the president of the United States isn't going to agree to a budget deal without running it by his budget director and, indeed, it turned out that "the framework negotiated by Obama, Daley, and Geithner -- and laid out in the Republicans' offer sheet -- unsettled the stomachs of some White House aides" one of whom I'm going to guess was Lew. As Bai tells it, as soon as the deal exited that room it immediately started deflating.

So, Republicans hate Lew the same way a con man hates the guy who knows how a con works.

Of course, some on the left have raised concerns about Lew, too, most notably the fact that worked briefly on Wall Street. That's true, though I think there's evidence to suggest his work was largely administrative and he was never actually a Wall Street insider.

That said, progressives concerned with Lew's ideology should re-read Michael Grunwald's "The New New Deal," in which Lew is presented as one of the most ambitious Keynesians in the Obama administration.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/01/10/16450460-obama-nominates-lew-for-treasury?lite

billybob,

YES !

Anna Molly

The irony here is that we are being sucked into diversionary arguments over the gender of nominees, while most of us, me included, do not have the first clue as to whether Geithner or Lew or any of the people who are involved in setting our economic policies actually know what they are talking about.

actually he had the lead responsibility for the Clinton Administration’s policies on budget, management, and appropriations issues. Medicare and the rest of the social-safety net are close to Lew’s heart. Also, the fact that he is a tough negotiator who got under Boehner's skin is a plus. We shall see.

God when is the PIG and Blond going away one has not since and the other has one liners that make no since. No wounder Obama won if these two are representative of the gene pool that is voting.

Of course, some on the left have raised concerns about Lew, too, most notably the fact that worked briefly on Wall Street. That's true, though I think there's evidence to suggest his work was largely administrative and he was never actually a Wall Street insider.

I have to say it seems he was extremely well paid for his "largely administrative" role.

For his work at Citigroup, work that included betting on the housing collapse, Lew received a salary of $1.1 million. After Citigroup received its $45 billion taxpayer bailout, Lew — two weeks before joining the Obama administration — received another $900,000 from Citigroup as a bonus.

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/10/the_new_wh_chief_of_staff_and_citigroup/

But don't worry, He's not an insider (what exactly is a Wall Street insider and what is their salary?)

I personally am kind of sad to see Turbo-Tax Timmy leave the Obama administration .... he always represented such a GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HUMOR, especially when he didn't pay his taxes ! LOL !!

It's a little shell game being played by the Republicans.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/house-and-senate-unanimously-reject-obama-budgets-or-do-they/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/apr/06/mitt-romney/romney-says-obama-failed-pass-budget/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/senate-budget-jeff-sessions_n_1522643.html

Well there probably aren't many that would argue that Lew is the best possible choice for Treasury Secretary. Going before Congress and stating that the Obama budget would not add to the deficit makes him either stupid, incompetent, a liar, or all of the above. Don't be surprised if some senators decide to block his nomination.

Job1

It's a little shell game being played by the Republicans.

Republicans have blocked everything and anything that had Obama's name on it. Now we will see how they behave with the nominations.Out of something like 500+ nominations in the past, only 9(?) were blocked so the Republicans are way ahead of the norm since they vow to block multiples of Obama's nominations.

bay -- can you offer some reference for your 500 thing? i do not know what it is referring to?

Rick...it is all of the above. ANYONE can see that the Obama budget WILL add to the deficit. Let's get someone in the treasury department that can do math!

billybob,

In all of U.S. history, just 9 presidential nominees for cabinet positions have been rejected by the Senate. And just 12 were withdrawn before coming to a Senate vote, according to the official Senate record.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/cabinet-nominees-rarely-fail.php

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Nominations.htm#10

Dennis, nice post(s).

Pat Boston, well said. Lew is a great choice.

For anyone wanting to know the specifics about Jack Lew or anyone else, use Google or go to Wikipedia. Their credentials, education, experience, etc. are clearly listed. I trust President Obama; he appoints people to positions who have the background, expertise, qualifications to do the work. We may not always agree with Obama's choice for various reasons or preferences but no one can, and be honest, say his choices were mismatched to the position.

"one has not since and the other has one liners that make no since"

.....says Bob James, without so much has a trace of irony. Or, ummm, "sense"?

To paraphrase an old c/w song, "No wonder, no wonder I "wounder".....but I really don't want to know". :)

thanks dennis

He is not a Wall Street insider, different from Geithner.

I'm going to assume you haven't even researched Jack Lew if you are making such a statement...

CoCo, here's some information for you to ponder. Look closely and you'll see that you are flat out wrong; you'll also see that it is republican presidents who do the most federal spending.

Annualized growth of Federal spending by presidential term: Reagan, 8.7% and 4.9%; Bush 41, 5.4%; Clinton, 3.2% and 3.9%; Bush 43, 7.8% and 8.1%; Obama, 1.4%.

bay -- relax. none of obama's cabinet nominees has ever been blocked. speculation such as yours is not helpful

In related news Obama taps taxpayers wallets for life:

America has a budget problem??? Oh well, I'd like to have a taxpayer funded security detail for me and my wife forever.

"Obama signs law giving himself, Bush lifetime Secret Service guard"

"President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into a law a measure giving him, George W. Bush and future former presidents and their spouses lifetime Secret Service protection, the White House announced...

The legislation rolls back a mid-1990s law that imposed a 10-year limit on Secret Service protection for former presidents. Bush would have been the first former commander in chief affected. At the time, lawmakers who supported the measure said it would save the government millions of dollars. They also argued that former presidents could hire private security firms."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-signs-law-giving-himself-bush-lifetime-secret-184305122--politics.html

How on earth could a former president possibly afford their own security??? Thank goodness Obama was able to ensure that he and Michelle can continue robbing Americans for decades to come. Once a Dictator always a Dic.

When is our novely act of a President going to present a budget? I have a feeling he never will so he can keep blaming Congress for everything. I love this quote: "When the history books are written, Tim Geithner's going to go down as one of our finest Secretaries of the Treasury," Obama said to sustained applause from the audience at the White House.

Does garbage just spew from his mouth when it opens?

And Lew is a career politician, liberal hack, yes man. Great choice.

@ Jody --

My own point, Jody, is that most of this monetary and fiscal stuff is voodoo, and therefore, it doesn't matter what Lew's qualifications are to be chief witchdoctor because voodoo is still voodoo.

And, as far as I can tell from what I've read about Lew here, his qualifications seem to match better with Secretary of HHS, or even Budget Director (a math job), rather than Treasury, which requires a different sort of global, big picture expertise. Think for a moment about Paul Ryan, another self-professed math guy, as Treasury Secretary. It just doesn't work that way.

I'll stand on my comment about re-treads. Especially as it relates to Treasury. Re-circulating the same old ideas about the economy is slowly-but-surely wearing all the copper off the pennies in a way that no shiny trillion dollar platinum coin could repair.

Dennis, Columbus, Ohio

In all of U.S. history, just 9 presidential nominees for cabinet positions have been rejected by the Senate. And just 12 were withdrawn before coming to a Senate vote, according to the official Senate record.

thank you

billybob-6210632

bay -- relax. none of obama's cabinet nominees has ever been blocked. speculation such as yours is not helpful

my speculation is based on Senators like Lindsey Graham or John McCain who are vowing to obstruct nominations. I guess you are right, I should not take seriously these 2 village idiots.

pjam09 -

Uhh, you deliberately left a few things out from your own link. Like, for instance:

"The legislation, crafted by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, rolls back a mid-1990s law that imposed a 10-year limit on Secret Service protection for former presidents."

And then there's also:

"The bill had sailed through Congress with bipartisan support—it cleared the House of Representatives by voice vote in early December, and then it zipped through the Senate unopposed".

The bolding is mine.....but how on earth do you manage to twist this around to somehow being something President Obama came up with all by himself?

Did you really think nobody would check up on your lie?

This is just a snapshot of GOP blockability, from June 2011, just imagine how many more there have been since then. This is from "The Nation" website

As I noted last week, of the 1,132 executive and judicial branch nominations submitted to the Senate by President Obama, 223 nominees have yet to receive a vote on the Senate floor, according to White House data. That means that nearly 20 percent of Obama nominees have been blocked by Senate Republicans.

You’d think such obstruction would force Obama to circumvent the traditional nomination process and fill these vacant posts via recess appointments. President Bush used that power 171 times during his presidency. But Obama has done so only twenty-eight times.

To catch up with Bush, Obama would have to make roughly twenty-eight recess appointment per year until the end of his presidency, assuming he wins a second term and governs for eight years.

When I was younger "tapping" someone had a completely different meaning.

JoAnne in PA

he's spreading this crap on other vines as well...some people have no shame.

note to leftist water carriers , Barry's budget got soundly rejected by the far lefty controlled Senate without A SINGLE YES VOTE , good thing Republicans in the house saw the stupidity too

"God when is the PIG and Blond going away one has not since and the other has one liners that make no since. No wounder Obama won if these two are representative of the gene pool that is voting."

Can someone translate this for me? Seems to be someone from some sort of gene pool that is voting, but seems to have some sort of central nervous system malady.

• How long will it be before John McNasty and his little boy clone Lindsey start their unending whineathon about this guy?

drive-by: You are on your own. That is a language all by itself.

Another former investment banker just like Bush had for that position.

Wow, I'm sure glad we have such a wide range of choices when we vote.

MSNBC mispelled he president's nominee. It's spelled LOOOOOOOOO didn't you see his signature?

Another typical appointment by the president. This guy will run the treasury and he actually thinks at the current level of federal spending the government will not only not run a deficit, but will actually cut down the country's debt. Now they'll want to raise the amount they can borrow from China next month.....Man it would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic....

Lewd Jack is just another horrendous choice by Obama. This is the same moron who stood before the Senate Banking Committee and declarerd that "Obama's budget" would not only balance the budget, but would reduce deficits. In short. HE LIED big time and we cannot have another financial absurdity running the Treasury.

We must have someone who understands a Debit from a Credit. This fruit loooooooooooop is just another Obama leg humper who can tell a bold lie and keep a straight face while doing so.

Charlie followed by numbers

to answer your inquiry.....hopefully soon

Which is worse? The tapping or the wonky?

elevating his wonky former budget director

Carrie ... maybe a little more thought and better choice of words for the next article? ;-)

Headline writers are really just pining to write for Hallmark.

Look at the thickness of his glasses...he must be smart.

Amy B. Portland, ME

Look at the thickness of his glasses...he must be smart.

My X of some fame in the academic financial world is coming over ... I'll get back to you on that.

Amy.....he can read and understand the fine print......

Look at the thickness of his glasses...he must be smart.

I'll wait to see what Elisabeth Warren says.

Can't think for yourself huh. Typical of a Barack "Jim Jones" Obama Society cult member.

Ben-636050

You can tie the nefarious to both political Parties and it is boring to do so ... stones and glass house, do move on.

Wow... Looks like lil' Bennie got up on the wrong side of his cage today... So now, approving of the job our duly elected President is doing (also the majority opinion of true Americans) means we've all joined a cult (and oddly, a society) that kills its "members" rather than allow free thought and/or choice...

Calling that kind of horse$hit a stretch would be far too kind... Bennie makes the deranged and fanatical Jim Jones look like a reasonable, scholarly fellow in comparison.

Chick binder,

What is a true American?

I'll wait to see what Elisabeth Warren says.

Oh you mean Fauxcahontas?

Hmm...so I'm supposed to be opposed to this nomination because of financial ties to Citigroup and suspicion that he profited from the housing market collapse

At $1.1million salary and a $900K bonus after the bailout, yes I think you should.

"At $1.1million salary and a $900K bonus after the bailout, yes I think you should."

OK, now I'm confused as hell. I thought biggie salaries, and bonuses, paid at the expense of others was a GOOD thing??

Hello, righties- can y' explain this one to me???

It is a good thing, if it is earned and never at the expense of others.

The problem is, this is everything the President ran against, bankers taking bonuses after the government had to bail them out with TARP money. The righties are asking ,why does the left not have a problem with him given his job at Citibank.

Oh darn it, Romney is not President and did not nominate his own Wall Street shill. Maybe some guy from AIG?

BCWC,

Dah! Insurance companies are democrat strongholds.........not republican.

checks and balances are good for this country...

Republicans object to Lew because he's no better then Geithner.

Alan - Well said.

Republicans object to Lew because he is not one of theirs. What was the mantra about dictators? He maybe a bastard, but he is our bastard. Get over yourselves.

Jack Lew has been thoroughly vetted over a number of years:

Jack Lew 101: Facts You May Not Know About the Expected Treasury Secretary Nominee:

Today at 1:30p ET, President Obama is scheduled to announce his nomination of Jack Lew as Treasury secretary. Want to know a little more about Lew? Check out this background information from the Fox News Brainroom.

1:45p ET UPDATE: President Obama has officially nominated White House chief of staff Jack Lew for the position of Treasury secretary.

• Lew was born in New York City in 1955 and attended public schools in Queens, New York.
• He attended Carleton College in Minnesota for a year before transferring to Harvard University. Lew’s faculty adviser at Carleton was Paul Wellstone, the late Minnesota senator and liberal icon.
• Lew earned a law degree from Georgetown University.
• He began his career in Washington in 1973 as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill.
• He spent eight years as principal domestic policy adviser to House Speaker Tip O’Neill of Massachusetts.
• From 1998 until 2001, Lew served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Clinton.
• During his first tenure at OMB, the U.S. budget operated at a surplus for three consecutive years. Earlier, Lew served as OMB’s Deputy Director and was a member of the negotiating team that reached a bi-partisan agreement to balance the budget. As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1993 to 1994, Mr. Lew helped design Americorps, the national service program.
• He worked for Citigroup and New York University after leaving the Clinton administration. Lew served as managing director and chief operating officer of Citi’s global wealth management branch and as chief operating officer and executive vice president of New York University.
• From 2004 through 2008, Lew served on the Corporation for National and Community Service Board and chaired its Management, Administration, and Governance Committee.
• He returned to government service in the Obama administration. He was the first Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, serving from 2009-2010, and then began a second stint as OMB director in late 2010
• He succeeded Bill Daley as White House chief of staff in early 2012
• He has two grown children and is an Orthodox Jew
• His signature has been the source of considerable buzz. The virtually illegible series of loops has brought him some widespread attention, and if he is confirmed by the Senate to head the Treasury Department, the signature will appear on U.S. currency.
• On the weekends, he heads home to New York, where he lives in Riverdale, an upscale neighborhood in the Bronx.

foxnewsinsider.com/.../jack-lew-101-facts-you-may-not-know-about...

Good choice Mr President. We need more people such as Jack Lew in Government.

Lil Michelle - I agree we have hearings in the Senate on Presidential appointments as a check and balance. But the liberals don't believe in check and balance, only that Obama should get everything he wants without any discussion.

I am not to concerned about Jack Lew being appointed Secretary of the Treasury, and he will probably be confirmed. I would hope that Jack Lew would tell Senator Harry Reid to do his job and come up with a FY Budget and also act on the appropriations bills sent over from the House. Continuing Resolutions are no way to run the Government, it gives to much spending power to the Executive Branch.

sfcret - I'm liberal and I believe in checks and balances. I don't drink the kool aid, I believe in what is good for this country.

As for budgets, see my post #1.2 to see that I totally agree...

checks and balances are good for this country...

What an astute observation.

I'm liberal

Yeah, keep telling yourself that.

Steeler Fan: "no wonder people have a higher opinion of cockroaches than they do of Congress."

"Also more popular than Congress: root canals, NFL replacement referees, head lice, Canadian rock band Nickelback, colonoscopies, carnies (that is, carnival employees), traffic jams, Donald Trump, France, Genghis Khan, used-car salesmen, Washington political pundits and brussels sprouts."

"It wasn’t all bad news for Congress, however; the elected body still managed to beat out John Edwards, lobbyists, telemarketers, the Kardashians, North Korea, Lindsay Lohan, playground bullies, Fidel Castro, meth labs, communism, gonorrhea and the Ebola virus."

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/08/congress-now-less-popular-than-head-lice-cockroaches-and-the-donald/

@ Alaskagirl - I'll do that, thanks!

sfcret: "But the liberals don't believe in check and balance, only that Obama should get everything he wants without any discussion."

Excuse me, but you don't speak for this liberal. I, for one, welcome discussion, and I suspect the President would welcome it as well. But a reasonable discussion has to include something besides "No", "Nope", "No way", "Not if I have anything to say about it", "Not even when hell freezes over" and "What was the question? Oh, never mind, if Obama's for it, I'm against it".

At least that's how it used to work.....

@ JoAnne - that is exactly how I feel! ;-)

@ Gingerbread Mamma

Another thing you might not now about him that was not included in your bio.
"Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is a revolving-door lobbyist who worked at Citigroup in 2008, and then got a $944,518 check from the failed bank on January 15, 2009, according to his financial disclosure statement. That was just weeks after Congress passed the Wall Street bailout, funneling $45 billion in taxpayer money to the bank."

Steeler Fan, the GOP sounds like a broken record. I honestly think President Obama could appoint the Pope and the GOPers would complain he was Catholic.

Lil M, checks and balances has absolutely nothing to do with it. It's unnecessary GOPer whining without reason, without objectivity or open mindedness, and without so much as a confirmation hearing. Even those charged with crimes are innocent until proven guilty. These days, the GOP finds everyone President Obama nominates guilty without a hearing. It's tiresome and it makes the GOP look petty and vindictive.

that said, has anyone in 4 years had as many people leave the staff as President Obama?

Lil M, you're a liberal, you should know.

Alaska Girl, you may want to research or look at Lil's comments of the past. Yes Virginia, she is a liberal. Stop bashing one of your own. You're starting to sound Republican by doing so and we can't have that now can we?

Lil M, you're a liberal, you should know.

Alaska Girl - you are on FIRE today! LMAO

I'm not convinced 'it's" even female let alone a liberal...

Lil Michelle: "that said, has anyone in 4 years had as many people leave the staff as President Obama?"

Okay, this is the third time I've posted this tally this week - and I promise it'll be the last. Almost every President has the same turnover - if not more - during their terms.

Ronald Reagan had two Secretaries of State and two of Defense while he was President - not to mention three each in Education, Energy, HHS, Treasury, and Attorney General. George W. Bush also had two different States and two in Defense, plus three each in Treasury and Attorney General, as well as FOUR separate CIA Directors, UN Ambassadors, and Press Secretaries. And Bush 41 managed to go through two States, two Attorneys General and three Chiefs of Staff just in one single term!

Oh....looks like Richard Nixon went through four Treasury Secretaries - in less than two full terms - too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_Cabinet

Thanks, Feisty! Yes, the wannabe libs and the gun "enthusiasts" have really put some fire under my fingertips today! I may need to get a new keyboard!

Talk to the hand: You are so easily deceived. The clincher of a wannabe was: "we libs" in a recent post. "We libs" don't say that. HA!

Talk to the Hand/AlaskaGirl-759554

Now I know why lions eat their young. Nice to see you support each other and have Feisty come to referee.

Oh and AlaskaGirl-759554 - nobody wants to be a liberal. You're born that way and can't help yourself. More like a genetic problem.

The clincher of a wannabe was: "we libs" in a recent post. "We libs" don't say that. HA!

We libs also don't play with "imposters"...

Nothing brings out the bat @!$%# crazy crowd like "Obama gonna take my guns" thread! LOL

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

Glad I have you on ignore.

sfcret

Checks and balances are good when they are used correctly. When one opposes just to oppose because they don't like the president or the nominee is of another party and nothing of significance otherwise that is not check and balance. Unfortunately some on the GOPers tend to oppose everyone Obama appoints no matter who they are or what their record is because Obama appointed them.

Glad I have you on ignore.

Sure you do cupcake... sure you do... *wink wink*

Stop voting for yourself, makes you look like a bigger loser than we previously thought! ☺

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

Still glad you are on ignore.

BTW - You'll have to do a better job of keeping your minions in line. You look like Boehner trying to heard the Republican cacus!!

Lil Michelle - looks like Feisty gave you a "time-out". Can't go against the "party line" and hope to keep posting with the "in" crowd. You can come back at me now and get back some street cred with the Libs -R- Us crowd. Good luck in the future.

Speaking of the gun thing- I say LET teachers have them. Here's my logic:

A good many decent citizens (and likely U N I O N ones at that!) could then remove from society those chicken-sh!t cowards that think they need an assault weapon do their talking for them.

"Glad I have you on ignore."....

He said, as he read the comment, and was glad at the same time that he didn't, because the author was on 'ignore'. Hmmmm....was the reader on 'ignor ant', perhaps?

Hmmmm....was the reader on 'ignor ant', perhaps?

Buzz,

Glad I didn't have to waste a prime minnow on her, she prefers the cheap "worm" bait...

She swallows the hook, line & sinker... EVERYTIME! LOL

Second one today I've busted with the "I have you on ignore" bull@!$%#!

The other one ran like a scalded cat when called out, this one is too slow & stupid!

"Second one today I've busted with the "I have you on ignore" bull@!$%#!"

Like shooting fish in a barrell, huh? With a BUSHMASTER!

Freaking bastiches. But ain't they worth the entertainment though?

Adler - Just keep spouting the left wing talking points. The GOP only opposes appointments when necessary and it is the responsibility of the House and Senate Republicans to participate in the Check and Balances process.

JoAnne - When the President makes remarks like "I won, get over it." The President is only interested in discussions where he thinks it will go his way. If denied something he runs to the news media and whines and you left wingers yell the Republicans are "Obstructionist, racist, losers and hate the President" and other remarks. How many times have I seen posts from the left that "Bush did this, Bush did that," well wasn't Obama to change all that happened in the Bush administration, and wasn't Obama going to be more open and transparent?

Hey, red- gonna check out, and link to stock quotes for a while. I think my retirement just got brighter again today. God, I love this president, and how much better off I am now, than 4 years ago.

"When the President makes remarks like "I won, get over it." -

He said THAT?!?

Link, please....

drive-by-observer

She really is on ignore. In point of fact you don't have to directly read anything she writes to know what is in it. Looks like even with her on ignore I have just proved my point!!

Good luck in the market.

"When the President makes remarks like "I won, get over it." -

Come on Buzz, you don't seriously expect Gomer to back up his BS..?

That ranks right up there with the back of the bus urban legend, there isn't a LIE out there they won't propagate!

Then they wonder why they had their asses handed to them in November... LOL

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

From DBO - "Second one today I've busted with the "I have you on ignore" bull@!$%#!"

You do know that your loyal minions copy and paste what you type don't you?? My but you are soooooo easy.

My guess now is you'll try to come back with something smart alecky and fail. May as well go start dinner for your family now. I have proved my point once again!

I have proved my point once again!

Honey,

Contrary to what you want us to believe, you couldn't prove a point with a sharpener and #2 lead pencil!

Please, continue to *cough* ignore me, I haven't had this much fun making an ass out you in months!

Nothing can drive me to *giggles* like someone who is only a legend in what is left of their mind....

May as well go start dinner for your family now

You might want to think about going and blowing your husband, he'll leave the twenty on the nightstand to cover your Prozac co-pay!

My guess now is you'll try to come back with something smart alecky and fail.

Don't quit your "day-job" Miss Cleo - once again you fail epically! LMAO

"...smart alecky.."

Uh....is that like 'glib' or something?

By the way- where is that link I asked for??

Drive by - I am sure you can google "Obama's "I won.." you will find several references. But just to give you a short cut try this link http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17862.html

Gomer's only defense was to post an expired link... not that we would expect anything less from the truthfully challenged nitwits!

You like our darling little Rebbie don't have a shred of credibility, YOU got nothing...

Put UP or STFU "Sarge"...

We are done babysitting your lazy, lying asses!

Feisty - Maybe you should try the link again. Now for the name calling I have told you many times that I really feel sorry for you as you have no life except for posting snide remarks and making a complete ass out of yourself. You and a few of your idiotic left wing friends need to get off the computer and get out and get some fresh air, I am sure it is real stinky in all of your basements.

Have a good night, if you ever get off the computer. See you tomorrow, NOT.

Take you all day to come up with that weak comeback there, sfcret? So, in your book "idiotic" is not name calling? Wow, must be nice to live by two sets of rules.

Have a good night, if you ever get off the computer. See you tomorrow, NOT.

Speaking of fresh air, by all means go change your urine soaked G-string! We are ALL tired of having you smell your stench!

I dine on smelly douche-bags like you & your ilk daily! LMAO

drive-by-observer

Obviously it doesn't take you too much time to check your stock (singular). Hope your retirement is a bit longer.

"...smart alecky.."

Uh....is that like 'glib' or something?

It is kind of like glib - nice pick up BTW but I used smart alecky so as not to say bull$hit. Unfortunately you forced my hand.

SatanNick - now tell us again how much Paulson garnered on the deal? The man that made how many billions of profit on the failure of AIG, that is now suing the US? Surely, SatanNick, you can illuminate us on the trillions that flowed, or are you stuck with a few billion in your nether regions and your complaints about your hero, Paulson. If I didn't know better, you are simply Albany Joe with just a couple million at the tip of your pinky that Adelson could suck out of you with lips wrapped around your organ.

You're almost as upset as I am .

Steve.....how about you supply us with some links or even background to your claims...thanks.

Message to the Republican paid comments here you need to check in your bosses "why" I do not think Republican party want to get the Jewish community mad by attacking a Jew and lose that support. They lost too many voting blocks already. This country really does not need just one party which if only old white men are Republicans only voting block GOP will slowly vanish into the sunset.

You obviously are bloviating trash, there, Stevephoenix. If you knew anything you would know that Fascists (Nazis) and Communists are at extreme opposite ends of the political spectrum. Who is the liar now Stevie boy? Look in the mirror.

Watch it, Adler- he's armed with a Pendaflex folder full of women, and will unleash them at the drop of a hat!!!

What Steve is referring to is his involvment in CitiGroup and with Robert Rubin during the financial crisis of 2008, were both of them profited heavily from it......Here's the links you were looking for:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rubin

What are you talking about idiot?

Mens genitals on your mind ehy?

Johnny, before you call me names and attempt to be funny, I suggest you research where our stimulus money went. You know, every dollar spent , every decision made.......

Oh these right wing crash dummies.

Robert Maxwell, well said.

The right constantly implies that President Obama is ruining the country yet it is the GOPers in Congress who seem determined to destroy democracy at every turn.

Good question ... the best you will get from libs is a reply he has submitted budget PROPOSALS ! None of Bam-Bam's budget proposals has ever received the first vote of support ! Besides, Obama is allergic to BUDGETS.

jim if you call the Presidents Budgets Proposals so bad than how come the house budgets never got read? I'm sorry I have to answer that. The house budgets were so bad the senate didn't waste its time reading them.

Not a single Democrat is House or Senate voted for Obama's budgets in 3 years prepared by Lew.

It's a little shell game being played by the Republicans concerning the budget. Here are the facts.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/house-and-senate-unanimously-reject-obama-budgets-or-do-they/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/apr/06/mitt-romney/romney-says-obama-failed-pass-budget/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/senate-budget-jeff-sessions_n_1522643.html

Hope, Congress passes budgets not the President; it's always been that way. I'd suggest if you're going to post a negative remark aimed at President Obama, you should at least choose your words more carefully.

Job 1, thanks for the links. We all know that the far right believe as did one of their own several decades ago that if a lie is big enough and told often enough by someone who is supposed to be an authority it will be believed as true. When the truth is exposed those esposing the truth are called names such as traitors. Herr Goebbels also believed that the truth is the enemy of the lie and thus of the liar. This is why those on the fringes of the right wing are yelping about Obama all the time. He is their enemy because he is the bringer of truth.

Why does it even matter if the President submits a budget or not? The authority for the Budget is vested with the Congress. The President may make a budget request but Congress is free to 1)ignore, 2)debate and amend and pass, 3)pass as submitted, or 4) vote against. If they do 2 or 3 they fullfill their obligation. If they do 1 or 4, then they are required to pass their own. For decades now sitting Presidents have submitted budget proposals which have been debated, amended and passed. Only rarely prior to the most recent 2 administrations has Congress failed to pass an actual budget be it the President's or their own.

Heah IN Dem....I don't think the Republicans ever lost the other supporter's, in the first place.....It's more like, they didn't B.S the special interest group like the Dem's did! Admittedly, they failed in their P.R campaign. Clearly, it proves that Democrats are better liar's. The sleazy campaign the Dem's had to run, just to bring their messiah back for another four years of nothing! The way your party tore apart a good man just to win an election was an embarrassment to our nation. Doesn't it even make you ashamed that your president has failed you again. His promises mean nothing. He'll tell you whatever he wants....and you're stupid enough to STILL believe him! Taxes are going up, not down. The rich will pay more...and so will everybody else. The only ones that aren't affected are the 47% that Gov. Romney told the truth about....Where do you fit in, IN Dem?

So wait.........

You're defending Flip Flopney?

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The same guy that says HIS tax rate is fair but the 47% paying THEIR legal obligations isn't?

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Did Flip say he wanted to raise their rates?

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What a fool you are.

What did he do to the soldiers who fought in Nam...like he did?

Lied about his purple hearts and how he got them.

Woodbutcher: He also accused our soldiers of rape, torture, killing the family village people at random,(cutting off heads, etc, etc, etc.) Did you not see the filmed testimony given years ago brought to light when he ran for pres. a few years back?

When Kerry made those comments about cutting ears, etc., he was quoting someone else, not making the allegation himself. That video clip was repeated over and over in the 2004 campaign, but only the "bad" part.

As for his writing his own decorations -- please.

China doesn't have a president.

What a stupid post.

No Common Sense-4U, they don't...but it is their money! That kinda' make's your post stupid, too! Lighten up on goatman55......

You might have common sense but you're dumber than a tree stump. I understand though cause you're a democrap.

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A guy named "goatman" calling other people out?

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And yeah, you really think the poster was talking about the leader of China as "president"?

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You radical right wingers are a disgrace

Not calling you out fool just showing you the facts in which you libtards have no clue of what one is. It's ok.

That's gettting old goat, China holds approximately %8 of our National Debt in the form of Treasuries. We the People hold most of it. Check the article from Fox News. For some reason I cannot copy the link but just search "Who Holds the National Debt" It's one of the top hits.

Hey Mikey - isn't it funny how when you point out that China holds as much debt as Japan, or the EU, and it is a drop in the bucket compared to how much we own, the whiners suddenly crawl back into the bottle of Jim Bean, never to emerge. One thing is for sure, they love to spread Limbaugh disinformation as much as they like to spread Limpball-Limbaugh gonorrhea. And to boot, they have a suitcase of little blue, purple, green and yellow pills to get them through the night.

Rush Limbaugh Detained With Viagra http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-1753947.html

Why not appoint the president of China as treasurer, it's their money anyway.

Hey Goat - when you have 10 minutes or so to pull away from your Ewe, perhaps you could enlighten us as to how much of the debt is owned by China.

You radical right wingers can't stop complaining.

Try complaining about tax breaks to oil companies that make hundreds of $billions in profits and can't justify why they need them.

What next 4 U.....I'm sure that sooner or later, you'll have to blame President Bush for something! You character's are so busy burning candles in front of the statue of you're messiah (obuma) that you are willing to do anything for him......That's SCAREY! Baaaaaaaah!

it was legislation passed by the Congress. Maybe you ought to be outraged at your GOP boys in the House who may have thought it was important.....since they haven't passed anything of import for 2 years.

You need to change you name to Common Dense 4U

I clicked the link. I think I know why he did this, Pjam09, it makes him look and feel important! Just the fact that he's now got lifetime security paid for by the USA, probably gave him an orgasm.

I forgot to mention, that odumbo should NEVER have his picture taken when the sun is behind him, it shines through his Perky dumbo ears.

The president will need protection for the rest of his life because of ignorant people like you.

That bill was sponsored by Republicans and passed both chambers with nary a dissenting vote.

pjam09 -You keep spamming this lie and I'm going to keep showing you up for the liar you are. As I posted above here:

Uhh, you deliberately left a few things out from your own link. Like, for instance:

"The legislation, crafted by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, rolls back a mid-1990s law that imposed a 10-year limit on Secret Service protection for former presidents."

And then there's also:

"The bill had sailed through Congress with bipartisan support—it cleared the House of Representatives by voice vote in early December, and then it zipped through the Senate unopposed".

The bolding is mine.....but how on earth do you manage to twist this around to somehow being something President Obama came up with all by himself?

Did you really think nobody would check up on your lie?