re: #56 lostlakehiker

Saying it should be made infinite is the same thing as asking. Come on. The trial balloon was floated. It simply doesn’t matter how it was worded, or whether it was put before Congress, or whether he said this or that magic phrase. Your own link confirms my claim. Geithner put before the public the idea that the debt limit should be raised to infinity. He said that that would be a good thing. Word it how you will, this amounts to a presidential request, couched carefully and with a bit of deniability, for awesome power.

Him saying that he thinks it should change is not the same as saying that it is a condition of the fiscal cliff negotiations, nor is it “Emperor Obama overreaches” this whole thing is ridiculous. Another case of the right wing trying to get away with the idea that if they just say a falsity often enough everyone will believe it to be true.

You can watch that video and actually tell me with a straight face that he was demanding this from Republicans as a condition of the negotiations?