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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:18 AM Original message |
Debt ceiling: the nuclear option. Just blow it up! |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. The president would never go for this proposal |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. The current Supremes alreagy have five thumbs down. What's the point? nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The plain reading of the Constitution, and precedent, |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. On an issue of this magnitude, where lines in the sand are being drawn publicly, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Maybe I'm being too hopeful, but one of the reasons the birther controversy |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. and maybe I'm being too pessimistic. |
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Jim Lane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 03:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The five right-wingers would have a tough problem. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 04:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And to disregard the plain meaning of the 14th Amendment. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Unfortunately, I don't think that clause helps in the way you think. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Here are two more articles on the topic, written by a constitutional lawyer |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. But, but, but . . . the Republicans might get maaaaaaad. |
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