Boehner voices skepticism on budget prospects

February 13, 2013 @ 1:28 pm


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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner expressed doubts Wednesday that the Republican-led House and Democratic-controlled Senate could reach agreement on a budget and avoid automatic spending cuts that could jeopardize economic growth.

In a post-State of the Union interview with The Associated Press, Boehner was also skeptical about President Barack Obama's new proposal for federally supported universal pre-school. And he showed little support for Obama's core proposals on immigration reform and gun control, including universal background checks.

But it's the economy and deficit at the top of the congressional priority list as Obama and lawmakers face looming fiscal crises confronting the nation: the deep automatic spending cuts, called a "sequester," to take effect March 1, followed by the government running out of money to fund federal agencies March 27.

Boehner, seeking to keep the government from lurching from one crisis to another, has also pressed for Washington to get back to passing regular budgets. But he expressed pessimism about whether that was possible given the deep divisions on Capitol Hill.

"It's hard to imagine that you could reconcile what the House and Senate pass, but at some point, in some manner, it almost has to happen if we're going to deal with our long-term spending problem," Boehner said.

The Ohio Republican also reiterated his opposition to letting the sequester take effect, and served up a reality check to members of his caucus who say publicly that they would be willing to let the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts take effect on March 1.

"None of them have ever lived under a sequester. For that matter, neither have I," Boehner said. "This is going to be a little bleak around here when this actually happens and people actually have to make decisions."

The president wants to put off the sequester through a combination of targets spending cuts and increased tax revenue. Republicans want to offset the sequester with spending cuts alone.

Obama also used the prime-time speech Tuesday to call for action on a broad agenda that included the economy, guns, immigration, taxes and climate change. He offered new initiatives on voting, manufacturing, and research and development. He said he wanted to raise the minimum wage, lower energy use, and expand pre-school programs for all 4-year-olds.

While Obama left out key details of the pre-school program, including the cost to the federal government, administration officials said ahead of Tuesday's speech that the proposal would include the government providing financial incentives to assist states. The president is expected to campaign on the proposal Thursday in Georgia.

Boehner questioned the need for the federal government to get involved in early childhood education, saying it was "a good way to screw it up."

During a visit Wednesday to Asheville, N.C., Obama promoted his ideas on creating jobs and closing the income gap between the wealthiest and middle-income Americans. The president used a retrofitted former Volvo plant to make a case for proposals designed to encourage companies that have operated overseas to bring back jobs to the U.S.

"We're seeing this trend of what we call insourcing, not just outsourcing," Obama said. "And the reason is because America has got outstanding workers. We're starting to produce more homegrown energy, which is driving down our energy costs. And, obviously, we've still got the biggest market in the world. And if we try to improve our infrastructure a little bit more, then we're going to be even that much more competitive."

The president also used his State of the Union address to call on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration legislation with a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants and hold votes on a series of gun-control measures introduced following the shootings of 20 school children in Newtown, Conn.

Boehner has been noncommittal on his position on key components of both proposals.

On immigration, Boehner told the AP that he was "encouraged" by bipartisan congressional efforts to address immigration reform. But he refused to take a position on providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, including for young people who were brought to the country illegally.

"I'm not getting myself locked into a corner on what I'm for or what I'm against," he said.

On gun control, Boehner wouldn't commit to holding votes on universal background checks or bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Instead, he focused on exploring the link between mass shootings and mental health.

"What I don't want to be is parceled into some political stunt that has no impact on the problem," Boehner said.

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Associated Press writers Erica Werner and Stephen Ohlemacher contributed to this report.


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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    The economy is bad because we have bad leaders
    February 9, 2013 8:09 am
    none of the rules apply to them, they do what ever they want with no consequences. Out of control debt and overwhelming taxes burdening America's working while the non working reap the rewards....meanwhile the politicians sit on their thrones surrounded by special privileges and luxury....in other words Ineptocracy at it's finest!
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Economy to be Obama's focus
    February 9, 2013 8:33 am
    He's already focused on ruining it. Now he's gonna try to convince us the last 4 yrs didn't exist?
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    HPD
    February 9, 2013 11:53 am
    Dude, I feel your pain. After all, we gave George Bush 8 years to send the economy into "free fall" and it sure is a shame that Obama hasn't corrected it by now. What was The Dow when Bush left office and what is it now? How many jobs were being lost a month when Bush left office and what is it now? Is the housing market beginning to recover? Let me guess, Bush had nothing to do with that, but Obama has everything to do with what is wrong now?
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    ws"alumn"
    February 9, 2013 1:51 pm
    Once again, pathetic, Kook-Aid drinking liberals like you resort to "It's Bush's fault". I'm sorry but your "captain" has had the helm of the ship for 4 yrs. In that time he's run it aground and it's sinking quicky. Yet his "priority" is how many guns I have and not the fact that the ship is already listing and will soon capsize. Why? He doesn't care. He's got a yacht to evacuate to, along w/ his family. They will live like royalty and people like me will be left to bail in hopes of stopping the inevitable. Then he'll yell how it's OK and he "cares", all from his yacht as he slowly sails away. Anything, ANYTHING to not deal w/ the mess he's made. Your excuse making is both sad and pathetic.
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    HPD
    February 9, 2013 2:48 pm
    You are something else. Typical RWNJ. If you had any inkling to find out about how economics work, you'd see that economists said that it would take more than 4 years to turn this ship around. 8 years is the closer estimate. I know, Faux News has told you that things should be so much better. Their answer is simple, lower taxes and cut regulations. It sure did wonders from 2001 to 2008. The country lost even more revenues with those tax cuts and put us further into debt. Oh, and those wars that Obama inherited that wanted put on the books so we could see how much we are really spending now show up. Oh, Bush has NOTHING to do with it. It's all Obama's fault. Right HPD. Who's has been drinking more than their fair share off Kool Aid?
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  • rational wrote...
    wsualumn
    February 12, 2013 6:54 pm
    If you had any inkling to find out about how economics work, you'd see that economists said that it would take more than 4 years to turn this ship around.

    Is that so? Can I hold you to that?

    “I will be held accountable,” Obama said. “I’ve got four years and … A year form now, I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress, but there’s still going to be some pain out there … If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SmRgaKfWMPA

    Clearly Obama, not Fox news claimed Obama would have it "done" in 3 years giving him a year to spare.

    Therefore, by your claim you must admit that Obama has no inkling about how economics works.

    Talk about drinking the kool aid...you're looking in a mirror dude.

    You'll have to agree that Obama was also wrong...his low information voter base didn't hold him accountable.

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  • intransit wrote...
    WSU alumn
    February 12, 2013 11:47 pm
    Read your interpretation of 2001. Interesting and completely ill-informed. Here are the figures: 09/30/2012 16,066,241,407,385.89 09/30/2011 14,790,340,328,557.15 09/30/2010 13,561,623,030,891.79 09/30/2009 11,909,829,003,511.75 09/30/2008 10,024,724,896,912.49 09/30/2007 9,007,653,372,262.48 09/30/2006 8,506,973,899,215.23 09/30/2005 7,932,709,661,723.50 09/30/2004 7,379,052,696,330.32 09/30/2003 6,783,231,062,743.62 09/30/2002 6,228,235,965,597.16 09/30/2001 5,807,463,412,200.06 09/30/2000 5,674,178,209,886.86 I'm not going to sing Bush's praises but beginning in 2006 keep in mind that Nancy Pelosi and friends took over the house. Guess who controls spending? So before you paint a halo over Obama's head, maybe check your figures. You just sound like a fool, which is how Obama got elected in the first place. Fools! Personally I think we should just start all over. This country has no leadership.It is run by impotence!
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  • CldWtrSrf wrote...
    wsualumn...
    February 10, 2013 12:23 pm
    The stock market is only high because the Banksters are being propped up with 80 Billion Dollars + every month of free money (well, tax payers are paying for it) from the Federal "Fiat Express" Reserve. Wall Street is on a sugar high. Don't worry, when the Derivatives Bubble and the Bond Bubble burst, and they will soon enough, you will see just how bad it really can get. And no, it's no ALL Obama's fault, just like it isn't ALL Bush's fault. It IS the Bankers fault though, and the politicians have done NOTHING about it because they are bribed with those very same Fiat Federal Reserve Notes. The same banks own Obama that own Romney and Bush. I know you don't want to realize any of that though buddy, you would rather stick your head in the sand and say "it's all Bush's fault!!!", like that will do anything.
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    cldwtr
    February 11, 2013 3:58 am
    Nope. I'll give Obama some blame on how the stimulus could have been better used when he first entered office. I just won't listen to these RWNJ conveniently blame Obama for not getting things turned around to their satisfaction within his first term.
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  • CldWtrSrf wrote...
    wsualumn....
    February 11, 2013 9:32 am
    Will you also "give Obama some blame" for being a pawn of the Banks and Corporations? Or are you going to just breeze over that part and say THAT is only a Republican issue?
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    cldwtr
    February 12, 2013 8:30 pm
    I'll give both parties blame on that one. Let's face the facts as far as bailing out the banks goes, if we didn't, the economy in this country would be in much worse shape. Both parties agreed to it. It's easy to say we shouldn't have done it, but the repercussions would have been worse.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    WSU
    February 11, 2013 4:47 pm
    Again, you show your ignorance and bankrupt intellect on anything financial regarding the total incompetent wasteful pending of the Obama Regime....$6 TRILLION Wasted tax dollars & ZERO RECOVERY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyLmru6no4U pay attention you figgin tool....
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Maple AKA Bonehead
    February 12, 2013 6:58 pm
    6 Trillion wasted. What is the cost to run government today? Does any of that money factor into general running costs? Yes there were some blunders, but not 6 trillion dollars worth.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    WSU
    February 12, 2013 7:30 pm
    You are really not very smart are you?
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Maple
    February 12, 2013 7:55 pm
    Smart enough to know that you aren't the authority. I listened to you time and time again preach about how things are. You feel superior over others because of the money you have made. I listened to your ridiculous predictions about how the presidential election would turn out and saw how you reacted to the defeat of your presidential candidate. Oh, how I wish I could be smart like you Maple!
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Not an authority
    February 12, 2013 10:08 pm
    But a successful REALIST. And as usual, you didn't answer my question. Do you think big government and more spending is the answer to this country's financial mess? Anyone with half a brain, even children at the ore-school level understand that taking from others on the basis of "fairness" DOES NOT WORK.... Go back to school at a college that teaches basic economics or math and then I'll give you one credibility.... I made money the old fashioned way: " I earned it" it didn't get it from the government like you.....
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Same S * * T, different speech
    February 12, 2013 6:48 pm
    Anybody who believes that more spending and bigger Government is a good idea is flat out STUPID! How on earth will raising minimum wage create more jobs? Obama's class warfare and socialist policies are ignorant and pathetic and worst of all, a HUGE STEP BACKWARDS!!! The man has everything completely backwards. Spending $1 TRILLION a year more than we take in, which Obama has done, is economic insanity. Please tell me, anyone, how you could run a business or your household finances and not go BANKRUPT by continuely spending 10 times more than up actually bring in??? I dare any of you liberal, progressive sheep to please explain to all of us how you could do that and not be financially destroyed??? Or do you even give a ratsass???
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  • rational wrote...
    wsualumn
    February 12, 2013 6:49 pm
    Here's a question for you since you've focused on the Dow. What was the Dow at when democrats took over congress? answer: 12,566. What was down when Bush was first inaugurated? Answer: 10,588.

    So in the first 6 years under Bush the Dow went up by nearly 2,000, and it only took the dems 2 years controlling congress before it was around 7,949.

    And don't forget, Obama was part of the congress (senate) that was in part responsible for the mess in the first place. But you keep repeating the big lie enough and eventually you'll get most of the low information voters to parrot it back as well.

    But let me guess, it's all Bush's fault and the dems (including Obama) had nothing to do with it, right?

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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Rational
    February 12, 2013 6:56 pm
    Okay then, let's then give credit to the president and Democratic controlled Congress for getting The Dow to where it is now since we are going by your logic. By the way, I don't really give credit one way or the other to the current administration, but when I hear Hannity blaming him for the low numbers as soon as he took office, I'll give it The "Hannity Treatment" when things are going well. Just trying to be like Faux News: "Fair and balanced."
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  • maplefish wrote...
    WSU
    February 12, 2013 7:34 pm
    BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA still blaming FOX news... You are an idiot. And please explain how more big government spending is going to fix the ECONMY? It definitely hasn't helped over the last 4 years. You and your wife love big government because you live off big government. Obviously you are brainwashed because that's your livelihood.... Like welfare rats.....
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Maple
    February 12, 2013 8:00 pm
    Dude, my wife isn't a rat. She works for the publis schools. She is an educator. Did you attend public schools? Typical conservative jerk such as yourself looking down on people that work in the public eduction system. What else should I expect from a RWNJ "snob" such as yourself!
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  • maplefish wrote...
    WSU
    February 12, 2013 10:18 pm
    OK....Dude. You and your wife work for the government, and no slam against Teachers, but you and your wife don't know any better about REAL LIFE or risk or anything remotely related to what the backbone of this country faces every single day regarding their livelihood. You have no clue what small, medium and large business owners put up with when it comes to government bureaucracy and fee's and regulation.... You are CLUELESS. You have NO credibility, so when you finally learn some math and basic economics, come back and prove to the smart people why big government is a good thing? In the meantime, I'll be skiing in Sun Valley, then headed back to my beautiful home in North Admiral deciding how I want to remodel my kitchen for a better city view....
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Maple
    February 13, 2013 4:45 am
    You crossed the line when you called my wife a "rat." I am done with you. I actually liked to have an open dialogue with you at one time. You sound like a total snob. You always want to remind people about your "other home." Not to mention how "beautiful" it is. Jealous? Not in the least. I used to work at a country club for 12 years. I remember a lot of those snobs that looked down at the help and had a condescending view of others. They thought money was everything. You sound exactly like one those dorks. BTW, no government isn't the solution to all problems, I have always believed in a balance. Watch Ken Burns "the Dust Bowl." You might actually learn that government has a place in our lives and that more often than not when the chips are down, the people will seek help from the government, including those independent farmers.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Yo WSU
    February 13, 2013 8:18 am
    I said " like a welfare rat" I don't call her a rat and BTW - my family happen to be 5 generation of farmers in the Yakima Valley, so piss off about trying to hip me to farmers. You have ZERO Credibility. You have never worked a day in your life in the private sector. You are a typical Left wing, big government Obama lover.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    And I love all of Ken Burns work
    February 13, 2013 8:44 am
    The only reason you think I'm a snob is because you hate guys like me. I worked my asss off to build and sell 3 different businesses, raise 3 children and retire at 40 years old... I give to charity and help many local children's programs. You and liberals of your ilk want to demonize people like me out of pure jealousy. So, if it makes you feel better to call me a snob because you're jealous than so be it. But to follow the "rich folks need to pay their fare share" BS rhetoric when the fact is WE ALREADY DO, speaks volumes about you intelligence and integrity...my Great Grandfather started an apple orchard in 1904 and I worked all year around to pay for my college. I am a shining example if the American Dream, so in your eyes that makes me a snob....that is the Liberal mentality and that is pathetic.
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    I Don't Hate Guys Like You
    February 13, 2013 11:20 am
    I find guys like you to be totally offensive because you think just because you work in the private sector that means everything and government means nothing. Government is the problem not the solution. What you said was totally inappropriate. Like a welfare rat. You are equating those that work in the public schools to welfare rats. Brilliant. Again, typical RW snob. BTW, I have worked in both sectors so don't tell me what you know about me. You don't know squat about me. You have done what is typical, judge me without knowing me. You worked all yaer round when you were a kid. Wow! Me too and I don't go around talking about it like I was the only one to do so. Paid my way through college working 3 different jobs. Oh yes, I am all about hand outs. Oh, my wife and I make monthly donations to private charity. Oh, aren't we a couple of rats? Yes, we work as well. You're a snob because you feel that people that haven't done what you have done are beneath you. I'll tell you what, I have a lot of respect for the working poor. They do payroll taxes and many of them are doing the best that they can. They also get some help here and there and you won't ever hear me calling them any names. You sound like some of the types that I worked around at the country club when I grew up. Some of them were down to earth and pretty generous and then there were the ones that thought money was what it was all about. So many of them were miserable. Bragged about their wealth to try and convince themselves that they were important, when in fact they were pathetic.
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  • rational wrote...
    wsualumn
    February 12, 2013 11:36 pm
    So you're now suggesting that the democrats crashed the stock market and now are now touting how great they are in fixing a problem of their own creation while at the same time blaming Bush because it plays well politically?

    And to be honest, I don't care what Hannity says...I very rarely watch fox news or any other TV for that matter (normally less than a hour a week...been thinking of cancelling it altogether).

    But you leftists are humorous with your "faux" news, as if your sources are valid. Good lord man, I can't count how many times I've seen progressives claim their source of news as Jon Stewart...he's a commedian, not a newscaster...so when he falsely claims things it's easy to toss it off as just a commedian taking liberties, but the low information voters, aka progressives, believe he's objective. Silly progressives.

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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Rational
    February 13, 2013 4:36 am
    Does Jon Stewart work for a corporation that has the word "news" attached to it? Does Jon Stewart tout the words "fair and balanced?"
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  • heyjim55 wrote...
    HPD
    February 12, 2013 7:27 pm
    The DOW is up because of the federal reserve is keeping it inflated and has done so since Obama took office by QE 1,2,and now the Fed is spending 89 billion dollars a month of bad housing loans or buying toxic debt. Where's thart money coming from? People need to wake up Obama has no intentions of saving the economy he wants it to decline even further so he and his party can rebuild into a Socialist system to their liking. We wil all be living in poverty because that is social justice to these people.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    The Economy?
    February 9, 2013 11:02 pm
    We needed a Ron Reagan, we got a black Jimmy Carter & reelected him. What should we really expect?
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  • cigarfan wrote...
    @Rangerhawk
    February 11, 2013 5:43 pm
    Reagan got 241 marines killed if I remember correctly.
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  • intransit wrote...
    rangerhawk
    February 13, 2013 12:36 am
    Really. That's your best response?? Really?
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  • rational wrote...
    Lip Service
    February 10, 2013 12:44 am
    Some focus group apparently indicated it's time for Obama to give more lip service to the economy before he returns to his class warfare and blaming republicans for everything.
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  • CH wrote...
    By someone who doesn't know anything 'abour[?]' economics?
    February 10, 2013 5:56 pm
    cowgirl bush? spell checker xkop taking a crap?
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  • Kosh wrote...
    To Libs
    February 11, 2013 2:40 pm
    "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Promise me more rainbows, donkeycorns, and free cake!
    February 11, 2013 4:18 pm
    And of course, green cards for votes!
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  • CH wrote...
    Republicans have shown little sign of falling in line behind the president as he starts his second term, particularly when it comes to taxes.
    February 11, 2013 5:25 pm
    2014 We Americans will clean the HOUSE! Fall in line Republicans. Lay down you GUNS give up!
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  • Kosh wrote...
    2014 We Americans will clean the HOUSE!
    February 11, 2013 7:07 pm
    Obama will be IMPEACHED !!!
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Nice cut & paste CH
    February 12, 2013 7:48 pm
    We've all seen your posts....you have a ton of spare time being unemployed and living in your parents basement, you should try really hard to educate yourself on how badly misled and ill- informed you are by listening to Democrats....they are ALL LIARS...even worse than Republicans....and that's saying something
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    SOTU address to be broadcast live
    February 12, 2013 12:58 am
    To audiences live in factories, mills, and shipyards. In China.
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  • murr wrote...
    paving our path
    February 12, 2013 5:23 am
    To the cliff's, here he goes again. Another path he is going to blaze ???
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Obama will be IMPEACHED. Yes he will!
    February 12, 2013 6:18 am
    When we Americans take back the Senate with True BLUE Patriotic Americans. The Dear Leader KING Obama will be sent packing to federal prison after being convinced of high crimes and misdemeanors!

    2014 Parrots!

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  • cigarfan wrote...
    @Lord Ha ha!
    February 12, 2013 6:07 pm
    So let me get this straight, IF Democrats retake the house in 2014 ...how do the RWNJ's perform your unstable act?
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    HA HA And Other Predictions
    February 12, 2013 7:02 pm
    He will lose the presidency: WRONG. He will have healthcare overturned: WRONG! The people of Washington will vote against gay marriage: WRONG! The people of Washington won't pass the marijuana initiative: WRONG! Jay Inslee will not be governor: WRONG! Those are just the ones that I can recall. I am sure there are more from this loon!
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