Guests:
David Plouffe - White House Advisor
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID)
Tom Brokaw
Jim Cramer
****************************
Gregory: OMG we’re in a debt ceiling crisis
but now I hear we may have deal!
Todd: the deal is a Super Committee which
will recommend spending cuts or there will
be a trigger of automatic spending cuts
across the board
Gregory: that sounds great
Todd: Democrats are not happy so it’s not over yet
Gregory: Pluffy what is the deal?
Plouffe: first we are going to have a trillion
dollars in cuts and then the Super Committee will
recommend more cuts and may look at taxes
Gregory: the Super Committee won’t do
anything will it
Plouffe: there will be pressure from the bipartisan
halleluja chorus for the Super Committee to
make a deal
Gregory: well that’s true but no one can
agree on anything these days
Plouffe: the pressure will come from the
trigger which will have frightening spending cuts
Gregory: so no tax increases at all in this deal?
Plouffe: the Committee will raise taxes!
Gregory: it sounds like you gave everything away
in exchange for vague promises of nothing
Plouffe: Hopefully the Committee will raise taxes
Gregory: what is with all these fucking committees??
Plouffe: people just love committee meetings
Gregory: why don’t you just slash entitlements already?
Plouffe: this debate isn’t over - we’re going to
have this fight over this all through 2011 and 2012
Gregory: what about my 401(k) ??
Plouffe: don’t worry rich people - a deal will
be made to protect you
Gregory: who gets paid when there is a default?
Plouffe: nobody - there’s no fucking money
Gregory: what about soldiers in combat?
Plouffe: the GOP would rather protect
tax breaks for private jets than pay them
Gregory: so what would be in this trigger anyway?
Plouffe: maybe closing tax loopholes
unless the GOP says no
Gregory: Would you cut Medicare please?
Plouffe: that’s what the GOP wants
Gregory: I know that - so do it!
Plouffe: maybe if we raised taxes too
Gregory: would Obama invoke the 14th Amendment?
Plouffe: no - the GOP just wants to create
a Constitutional crisis
Gregory: the economy is not growing at all
Plouffe: Obama inherited a Depression and
this debt ceiling debate hasn’t helped
Gregory: but I’m sure the GOP just wants
to help Obama
Plouffe: we need to put people to work
burning bridges
Gregory: you mean building them?
Plouffe: whatever works
Gregory: don’t we really need a third party ?
Plouffe: the traditional Republican Party has
gone crazy so Obama has stepped in to fill that gap
Gregory: so you’re saying we really need
a third party!
Plouffe: no and Fluffy you’re a moron
Gregory: maybe
[ break ]
Gregory: Senator will you vote to pay the bills
for money we’ve already spent?
Thune: not without large spending cuts and
no tax increases
Gregory: what about the Super Committee?
Thune: it’s ok if it has the power to lower taxes
Gregory: Social Security drives the debt!
McCaskill: the GOP wants to take take money
from poor old people and give it away to
rich oil companies
Thune: no we took it from lazy leeches and
gave it to Job Creators
Gregory: I speak for the American people -
your attacks on the GOP are ludicrous!
McCaskill: calm down Fluffy
Gregory: we must cut Social Security!
Thune: Frankly your praise for the GOP is
right on David
McCaskill: we should cut defense
Gregory: what about Medicare!! [ grinning ]
McCaskill: you are a grinning fool fluffy
Gregory: I love Republicans but my 401(k) is in danger
Thune: sure but since Obama became President
I'm afraid we insist on dollar-for-dollar spending cuts
to raise the debt ceiling
Williams: the American people believe in empty clichés!
Reid: we’re tried to give them what they want Brian
Gregory: wouldn’t default just be another tax increase
Thune: in 2010 the American people voted
for tax cuts for the rich and defaulting on our debts
McCaskill: we all agree on massive spending cuts
- when the Moderate Middle speaks that’s
when American shines
Gregory: John you are so good looking -
are you running for President?
Thune: um no
Gregory: how about Vice President?
Thune: that’s a useless job for a person
who is essentially an empty suit devoid of ideas
Gregory: so that’s a yes
Thune: right
Gregory: Code Red! Code Red!
Cramer: CEOs are worried Obama will sell
the gold in Fort Knox
Gregory: that fiend!
Cramer: it’s potentially a global crisis
Brokaw: people are Fed Up™ with all the Bickering®!!!
Gregory: you are so wise
Bro: this is a Sad Commentary™
Gregory: Raul you are a crazy Tea Partier
Labrador: hey this debt was created over 30 years
so we have to solve it right now
Gregory: that sounds crazy
Labrador: if Democrats had supported
John Boehner there would be no problem
Granholm: this whole debate is completely insane
Gregory: Medicare is causing the debt!
Brokaw: we all went all a big spending binge -
the Republicans had their wars and Democrats
gave underserving people homes to live in
Gregory: truly we are all to blame
Brokaw: the American people got used to
the government taking care of problems -
well that has got to stop
Cramer: the Tea Party is going to cause a
recession if there is no agreement
Gregory: people love Social Security so we
should slash it
Labrador: I am sick of people saying
default is a crisis
Cramer: aaaarrrrrrhhhhh!!!!!!!
[ jumps out the window ]
Gregory: there goes Jim
Labrador: we should raise taxes on the poor!
Gregory: will you vote for the current
debt ceiling plan?
Labrador: probably even though the
government still exists
Brokaw: your state is on welfare -
would you give it up?
Labrador: yes because the federal government is evil
Gregory: Default is the fault of hippies
from the 1960s who gave away the store to
old and poor people
[ grinning ]
Granholm: we need to cut but we also
need to invest in order to grow the economy
Lab: Jennifer Granholm caused the recession
while Texas grew by cutting taxes
Granholm: we lost manufacturing jobs you dolt
Gregory: I quoted the Wall St. Journal and now
let quote Peggy Noonan calling Obama a loser
Cramer: Obama created fear because
the Tea Party threatened to default
Brokaw: if Obama is a loser then Boehner is an idiot
Labrador: Default is no big deal because we can
pay some people and not others
Cramer: help help
Gregory: will the Super Committee raise taxes?
Labrador: I agree there should be tax reform -
lower for the rich and higher for the poor
Gregory: what about T-bills?
Cramer: they’re perfectly safe Fluffy -
unlike jumping out the window which
I regret in retrospect
Gregory: what will happen in 2012 ?
Brokaw: I don’t know but I’ll tell you this -
the Tea Party got angry and organized and they won
Labrador: hee hee
Brokaw: In Reagan’s time we didn’t have
Chinese Overlords - it’s a whole new world
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
***********************************
Sunday, July 31, 2011
This Week with Christiane Amanpour - July 31, 2011
Guests:
David Plouffe - White House Advisor
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Paul Krugman
George Will
Grover Norquist
*********************
Amanpour: OMG the U.S. is out of money
and the stock market is tanking - but is
there a glimmer of hope?
Stephanopoulos: it’s a grand compromise
- the President agrees to 2.4 trillion in cuts
and the GOP agrees to pay Bush’s debts
Amanpour: sounds fair
Amanpour: Pluffy is there a deal?
Plouffe: we’ve agree that there should
immediate cuts followed by a committee
with the power to cut even more
Amanpour: what about higher taxes
to lower the debt?
Plouffe: the committee will be made
up of people who hate their own party
and they can recommend higher taxes
which will be ignored
Amanpour: what if Congress does
ignore their recommendations?
Plouffe: if they fail then we will have
a trigger to cut more spending
Amanpour: will you get a deal to raise
the debt ceiling which was routine until now?
Plouffe: probably since this is money
we already spent
Amanpour: I’m skeptical
Plouffe: it’s inconceivable that a federal
officer holder would let America default
Amanpour: that’s not what I hear
Stephanopoulos: Obama said he wants
a balanced approach but the trigger is all cuts
and no tax increases
Plouffe: but the Magic Committee!
Stephanopoulos: sounds like the GOP
has no reason to agree so the
Committee will surely fail
Plouffe: but the looming trigger
will scare them
Stephanopoulos: did you give the
GOP what they want?
Plouffe: no Obama is still black
Stephanopoulos: would Obama accept
all cuts and no taxes?
Plouffe: maybe
Stephanopoulos: you gave a lot away though
Plouffe: this has been a healthy debate
Stephanopoulos: seriously?
Plouffe: we learned some republicans
want tax increases
Stephanopoulos: name one
Plouffe: John Boehner
Stephanopoulos: he only agreed to that
because Obama made him cry
Amanpour: Why doesn’t Obama stand up
for his principles?
Plouffe: this Super Committee is going
to cut entitlements which will be awesome
Amanpour: progressives think you
all have caved
Plouffe: true progressives should
want the debt cut the most!
Amanpour: why
Plouffe: high interest rates!
Stephanopoulos: they’re at an all-time low
Plouffe: but what if they weren’t?
Stephanopoulos: will you cut Medicare and Medicaid?
Plouffe: we’re going to strengthen Medicare!
Stephanopoulos: how?
Plouffe: by cutting the debt!
Amanpour: it’s shameful that U.S. soldiers
are worried about getting paid
Plouffe: and getting killed
Amanpour: that too
Plouffe: it’s okay - there’s $10,000
in the White House cash box
Amanpour: what do voters think of all this?
Plouffe: Americans are enraged by GOP
threats so we had to cave in
[ break ]
Amanpour: Linds is there going to be a deal?
Graham: this is a victory for the GOP because
for the first time we were able to use the
debt ceiling to blackmail a President with
a threat to wreck the economy if he didn’t
give in to our demands
Amanpour: success indeed
Graham: it’s historic
Amanpour: can the Tea Party vote for any deal?
Graham: no because they want government hands off their Medicare
Stephanopoulos: really
Graham: seriously they don’t support the
current deal because it doesn’t go far enough
Stephanopoulos: are you kidding?
Graham: we still have a debt which is unacceptable
Amanpour: that’s crazy
Graham: Obama has no plan
Amanpour: he gave you everything he wanted!
Graham: we haven’t eliminated Medicare,
Medicaid, public education or fire fighters
Amanpour: Soldiers in combat are asking
if they will not get paid because of the Tea Party
Graham: I would have told that soldier
to stop whining and worry about the debt
passed on to his grandchildren
Amanpour: the debt was caused by the
wars he’s fighting
Graham: thank god for the Tea Party -
do you want America to become Greece?
Amanpour: it’s a very nice place
Graham: Medicare is killing America!
[ break ]
Amanpour: is there a deal?
Will: yes the GOP won
Amanpour: President Norquist will you veto this?
Norquist: yes I told Boehner and Reid
that I can sign this bill
Stephanopoulos: apparently the GOP has got
spending cuts and extension of the
Bush tax cuts
Krugman: we should increase spending
which would help unemployment and raise the debt
Amanpour: so what will happen now
Krugman: we will have a Lost Decade
Amanpour: with a Smoke Monster?
Krugman: hopefully with a better finale
Will: cash-for-clunkers caused the
recession in 2008
Krugman: I said in 2009 we needed a
much bigger stimulus
Will: try selling that to the American people
Stephanopoulos: if the GOP caused a default
Obama would be blamed
Norquist: taxes are bad
Krugman: even Republicans think we
should raise taxes
Stephanopoulos: Obama doesn’t have
the votes Paul!
Krugman: Obama could print platinum coins!
Amanpour: why didn’t he print coins?
Krugman: it’s a mystery
Stephanopoulos: what the hell are
you talking about?
Norquist: Americans love the Tea Party
Krugman: in 2010 the GOP won vowing
to protect Medicare!
Norquist: you do what it takes to win Paul
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
*******************
David Plouffe - White House Advisor
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Paul Krugman
George Will
Grover Norquist
*********************
Amanpour: OMG the U.S. is out of money
and the stock market is tanking - but is
there a glimmer of hope?
Stephanopoulos: it’s a grand compromise
- the President agrees to 2.4 trillion in cuts
and the GOP agrees to pay Bush’s debts
Amanpour: sounds fair
Amanpour: Pluffy is there a deal?
Plouffe: we’ve agree that there should
immediate cuts followed by a committee
with the power to cut even more
Amanpour: what about higher taxes
to lower the debt?
Plouffe: the committee will be made
up of people who hate their own party
and they can recommend higher taxes
which will be ignored
Amanpour: what if Congress does
ignore their recommendations?
Plouffe: if they fail then we will have
a trigger to cut more spending
Amanpour: will you get a deal to raise
the debt ceiling which was routine until now?
Plouffe: probably since this is money
we already spent
Amanpour: I’m skeptical
Plouffe: it’s inconceivable that a federal
officer holder would let America default
Amanpour: that’s not what I hear
Stephanopoulos: Obama said he wants
a balanced approach but the trigger is all cuts
and no tax increases
Plouffe: but the Magic Committee!
Stephanopoulos: sounds like the GOP
has no reason to agree so the
Committee will surely fail
Plouffe: but the looming trigger
will scare them
Stephanopoulos: did you give the
GOP what they want?
Plouffe: no Obama is still black
Stephanopoulos: would Obama accept
all cuts and no taxes?
Plouffe: maybe
Stephanopoulos: you gave a lot away though
Plouffe: this has been a healthy debate
Stephanopoulos: seriously?
Plouffe: we learned some republicans
want tax increases
Stephanopoulos: name one
Plouffe: John Boehner
Stephanopoulos: he only agreed to that
because Obama made him cry
Amanpour: Why doesn’t Obama stand up
for his principles?
Plouffe: this Super Committee is going
to cut entitlements which will be awesome
Amanpour: progressives think you
all have caved
Plouffe: true progressives should
want the debt cut the most!
Amanpour: why
Plouffe: high interest rates!
Stephanopoulos: they’re at an all-time low
Plouffe: but what if they weren’t?
Stephanopoulos: will you cut Medicare and Medicaid?
Plouffe: we’re going to strengthen Medicare!
Stephanopoulos: how?
Plouffe: by cutting the debt!
Amanpour: it’s shameful that U.S. soldiers
are worried about getting paid
Plouffe: and getting killed
Amanpour: that too
Plouffe: it’s okay - there’s $10,000
in the White House cash box
Amanpour: what do voters think of all this?
Plouffe: Americans are enraged by GOP
threats so we had to cave in
[ break ]
Amanpour: Linds is there going to be a deal?
Graham: this is a victory for the GOP because
for the first time we were able to use the
debt ceiling to blackmail a President with
a threat to wreck the economy if he didn’t
give in to our demands
Amanpour: success indeed
Graham: it’s historic
Amanpour: can the Tea Party vote for any deal?
Graham: no because they want government hands off their Medicare
Stephanopoulos: really
Graham: seriously they don’t support the
current deal because it doesn’t go far enough
Stephanopoulos: are you kidding?
Graham: we still have a debt which is unacceptable
Amanpour: that’s crazy
Graham: Obama has no plan
Amanpour: he gave you everything he wanted!
Graham: we haven’t eliminated Medicare,
Medicaid, public education or fire fighters
Amanpour: Soldiers in combat are asking
if they will not get paid because of the Tea Party
Graham: I would have told that soldier
to stop whining and worry about the debt
passed on to his grandchildren
Amanpour: the debt was caused by the
wars he’s fighting
Graham: thank god for the Tea Party -
do you want America to become Greece?
Amanpour: it’s a very nice place
Graham: Medicare is killing America!
[ break ]
Amanpour: is there a deal?
Will: yes the GOP won
Amanpour: President Norquist will you veto this?
Norquist: yes I told Boehner and Reid
that I can sign this bill
Stephanopoulos: apparently the GOP has got
spending cuts and extension of the
Bush tax cuts
Krugman: we should increase spending
which would help unemployment and raise the debt
Amanpour: so what will happen now
Krugman: we will have a Lost Decade
Amanpour: with a Smoke Monster?
Krugman: hopefully with a better finale
Will: cash-for-clunkers caused the
recession in 2008
Krugman: I said in 2009 we needed a
much bigger stimulus
Will: try selling that to the American people
Stephanopoulos: if the GOP caused a default
Obama would be blamed
Norquist: taxes are bad
Krugman: even Republicans think we
should raise taxes
Stephanopoulos: Obama doesn’t have
the votes Paul!
Krugman: Obama could print platinum coins!
Amanpour: why didn’t he print coins?
Krugman: it’s a mystery
Stephanopoulos: what the hell are
you talking about?
Norquist: Americans love the Tea Party
Krugman: in 2010 the GOP won vowing
to protect Medicare!
Norquist: you do what it takes to win Paul
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
*******************
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Meet The Press - July 24, 2011
Guests:
Bill Daley (White House Chief of Staff)
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Fmr. Sen Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Andrea Mitchell
Doris Kearns Goodwin
*************************************
Gregory: OMG America is 9 days from
default and we need assure investors that
we actually pay our bills!
Gregory: Bill what’s the solution?
Daley: the President has been very clear -
this is all political theater to demonstrate
concern about the debt
Gregory: I see
Daley: I talk to CEOs every day
Gregory: of course you do
Daley: and they tell me that the problem
with the US economy is the debt
Gregory: interesting
Daley: The Whole World is Watching!
Gregory: so all these negotiations
were gimmicks just for show?
Daley: no a gimmick is Super-Duper
Awesome Debt Cut Committee
Gregory: would Obama agree to a
short term solution?
Daley: only if it guarantees we don’t have
this debate again until after the election in 2012
Gregory: Would the President veto a plan
that doesn’t get us into 2013?
Daley: yes - but don’t worry the
Gang of Six is on top of it
Gregory: so your big idea is this weird
vague Super-Committee?
Daley: what better way to dodge responsibility?
Gregory: it sounds like the slow decline
of a dying empire
Daley: Hope springs eternal
Gregory: Mark Zandi says America
is being tarnished
Daley: Obama is serious person!
Gregory: I also am serious man
Gregory: both sides are equally guilty
Daley: we all know that
Gregory: I will give you the Republican perspective
Daley: of course you will
Gregory: [ high pitched voice ]
Can’t you understand the plight of
millionaires like me who are scared of
higher taxes - why don’t you cut spending
for the lazy poor?!?
Daley: you’ve done very well in this
economy so what are you complaining about?
Gregory: Boehner said Obama demanded
higher taxes and was very mean
and made him cry
[ sobs ]
Daley: he's a weasel who can't control
his own caucus
Gregory: are you saying Boehner
has failed to lead?
Daley: yes - these Tea Partiers are
completely crazy and they walk
all over him
Gregory: that’s seems harsh
Daley: they just defunded the FAA!
Gregory: so let people take a private jet
Gregory: Obama has failed to control
the Tea Partiers too
Daley: um I guess that’s true in
a bizarro way
Gregory: but Obama won’t cut spending
Daley: yes he will - but he wants to
raise taxes too
Gregory: Obama proposed Medicare cuts
so he’s not allowed to talk about it when
he runs for President
Daley: I heard you were a moron but that’s
the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard
Gregory: will there be a debt ceiling
agreement today?
Daley: Congress spent this money already!
Gregory: are we in a financial crisis?
Daley: yes we’ve been in a recession
since 2008 dumbass
[ break ]
Gregory: Senator can we you guys make
a debt-ceiling deal past 2013?
Coburn: Obama increased the size of
government by 30%!
Gregory: is that intended to be a
factual statement?
Coburn: how should I know
Gregory: what about the full faith and
credit of the U.S.?
Coburn: giving Obama more money will
only scare bondholders - he’ll probably
blown it on some Kenyan-themed
party in the White House
Gregory: interesting perspective
Coburn: we shut down the FAA because
people could drive a car instead
Gregory: you seem a little crazy
Coburn: we wouldn’t be here today
Obama would agree to slash entitlements
Gregory: are Republicans willing to raise
taxes and anger Tea Partiers?
Coburn: Obama is basically oppressing
our businesses like Stalin
Gregory: really?
Coburn: Medicare will be bankrupt in 5 years!
Gregory: what is your message to the Tea Party?
Coburn: we can eliminate tax credits for
Wind energy and in exchange we get rid of
Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security
[ break ]
Gregory: according the esteemed publication
in the U.S. The Onion the U.S. is totally screwed
Goodwin: America was founded on
compromise and now people come to D.C. not wanting
to give at all
Kinzinger: the Tea Party has compromised
by agreeing to lift the debt ceiling to pay
for wars we already fought
Gregory: I see
Hagel: we’re seeing a new governing
coalition of independents who hate
Democrats, Republicans and each other
Gregory: I like it
Hagel: people are frustrated because
America is a declining empire
Gregory: what do the American people want?
Hagel: they keep voting parties out of office
because they want America rich and
prosperous again
Mitchell: Obama and Boehner could have
made a deal but the Speaker doesn’t make
any demands on his people
Booker: people are frustrated - they want
pragmatism and not partisanship!
Gregory: bold words indeed Cory
Gregory: Rep. Alan West called
Rep. Wasserman-Schultz vile and despicable
in an e-mail and then demanded that she
insult him to his face
Goodwin: Congress members don’t
hang out and drink with each other -
they trade insults and raise more money
Kinzinger: the Tea Party is willing to compromise
by showing up and demanding what we want
Gregory: I see
Kinzinger: America is great nation with a
great future - but we can’t have all the nice
things we had back in 2008
Hagel: Congress are being more rude
to each other as America declines
Booker: but we worked together in the Depression
and WWII - but now other nations are passing us by
Gregory: I see
Booker: the republicans are right -
we are drowning in debt
Kinzinger: we can’t afford to go to space anymore!
Mitchell: Simpson-Bowles was a great idea
but liberals won’t cut entitlements and I
suppose the Tea Party may be partly to blame
Gregory: is there a radical angry centrist majority?
Goodwin: even primates care about fairness
Gregory: true
Goodwin: we need passionate centrists!!
Gregory: will the Tea Party destroy John Boehner
if he compromises?
Kinzinger: who?
Gregory: Saint Alan Simpson says people are
too mean now
Hagel: oh he’s right poor poor Alan
Booker: don’t just follow the polls!
Stand on principle!
Mitchell: they will probably make a
short-term deal
Gregory: either way it’s exciting
Mitch: why do we even have a debt ceiling
- it’s stupid
Gregory: I’m going to be on Facebook!
Mitchell: oh brother
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
Bill Daley (White House Chief of Staff)
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Mayor Cory Booker (D-Newark)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Fmr. Sen Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Andrea Mitchell
Doris Kearns Goodwin
*************************************
Gregory: OMG America is 9 days from
default and we need assure investors that
we actually pay our bills!
Gregory: Bill what’s the solution?
Daley: the President has been very clear -
this is all political theater to demonstrate
concern about the debt
Gregory: I see
Daley: I talk to CEOs every day
Gregory: of course you do
Daley: and they tell me that the problem
with the US economy is the debt
Gregory: interesting
Daley: The Whole World is Watching!
Gregory: so all these negotiations
were gimmicks just for show?
Daley: no a gimmick is Super-Duper
Awesome Debt Cut Committee
Gregory: would Obama agree to a
short term solution?
Daley: only if it guarantees we don’t have
this debate again until after the election in 2012
Gregory: Would the President veto a plan
that doesn’t get us into 2013?
Daley: yes - but don’t worry the
Gang of Six is on top of it
Gregory: so your big idea is this weird
vague Super-Committee?
Daley: what better way to dodge responsibility?
Gregory: it sounds like the slow decline
of a dying empire
Daley: Hope springs eternal
Gregory: Mark Zandi says America
is being tarnished
Daley: Obama is serious person!
Gregory: I also am serious man
Gregory: both sides are equally guilty
Daley: we all know that
Gregory: I will give you the Republican perspective
Daley: of course you will
Gregory: [ high pitched voice ]
Can’t you understand the plight of
millionaires like me who are scared of
higher taxes - why don’t you cut spending
for the lazy poor?!?
Daley: you’ve done very well in this
economy so what are you complaining about?
Gregory: Boehner said Obama demanded
higher taxes and was very mean
and made him cry
[ sobs ]
Daley: he's a weasel who can't control
his own caucus
Gregory: are you saying Boehner
has failed to lead?
Daley: yes - these Tea Partiers are
completely crazy and they walk
all over him
Gregory: that’s seems harsh
Daley: they just defunded the FAA!
Gregory: so let people take a private jet
Gregory: Obama has failed to control
the Tea Partiers too
Daley: um I guess that’s true in
a bizarro way
Gregory: but Obama won’t cut spending
Daley: yes he will - but he wants to
raise taxes too
Gregory: Obama proposed Medicare cuts
so he’s not allowed to talk about it when
he runs for President
Daley: I heard you were a moron but that’s
the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard
Gregory: will there be a debt ceiling
agreement today?
Daley: Congress spent this money already!
Gregory: are we in a financial crisis?
Daley: yes we’ve been in a recession
since 2008 dumbass
[ break ]
Gregory: Senator can we you guys make
a debt-ceiling deal past 2013?
Coburn: Obama increased the size of
government by 30%!
Gregory: is that intended to be a
factual statement?
Coburn: how should I know
Gregory: what about the full faith and
credit of the U.S.?
Coburn: giving Obama more money will
only scare bondholders - he’ll probably
blown it on some Kenyan-themed
party in the White House
Gregory: interesting perspective
Coburn: we shut down the FAA because
people could drive a car instead
Gregory: you seem a little crazy
Coburn: we wouldn’t be here today
Obama would agree to slash entitlements
Gregory: are Republicans willing to raise
taxes and anger Tea Partiers?
Coburn: Obama is basically oppressing
our businesses like Stalin
Gregory: really?
Coburn: Medicare will be bankrupt in 5 years!
Gregory: what is your message to the Tea Party?
Coburn: we can eliminate tax credits for
Wind energy and in exchange we get rid of
Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security
[ break ]
Gregory: according the esteemed publication
in the U.S. The Onion the U.S. is totally screwed
Goodwin: America was founded on
compromise and now people come to D.C. not wanting
to give at all
Kinzinger: the Tea Party has compromised
by agreeing to lift the debt ceiling to pay
for wars we already fought
Gregory: I see
Hagel: we’re seeing a new governing
coalition of independents who hate
Democrats, Republicans and each other
Gregory: I like it
Hagel: people are frustrated because
America is a declining empire
Gregory: what do the American people want?
Hagel: they keep voting parties out of office
because they want America rich and
prosperous again
Mitchell: Obama and Boehner could have
made a deal but the Speaker doesn’t make
any demands on his people
Booker: people are frustrated - they want
pragmatism and not partisanship!
Gregory: bold words indeed Cory
Gregory: Rep. Alan West called
Rep. Wasserman-Schultz vile and despicable
in an e-mail and then demanded that she
insult him to his face
Goodwin: Congress members don’t
hang out and drink with each other -
they trade insults and raise more money
Kinzinger: the Tea Party is willing to compromise
by showing up and demanding what we want
Gregory: I see
Kinzinger: America is great nation with a
great future - but we can’t have all the nice
things we had back in 2008
Hagel: Congress are being more rude
to each other as America declines
Booker: but we worked together in the Depression
and WWII - but now other nations are passing us by
Gregory: I see
Booker: the republicans are right -
we are drowning in debt
Kinzinger: we can’t afford to go to space anymore!
Mitchell: Simpson-Bowles was a great idea
but liberals won’t cut entitlements and I
suppose the Tea Party may be partly to blame
Gregory: is there a radical angry centrist majority?
Goodwin: even primates care about fairness
Gregory: true
Goodwin: we need passionate centrists!!
Gregory: will the Tea Party destroy John Boehner
if he compromises?
Kinzinger: who?
Gregory: Saint Alan Simpson says people are
too mean now
Hagel: oh he’s right poor poor Alan
Booker: don’t just follow the polls!
Stand on principle!
Mitchell: they will probably make a
short-term deal
Gregory: either way it’s exciting
Mitch: why do we even have a debt ceiling
- it’s stupid
Gregory: I’m going to be on Facebook!
Mitchell: oh brother
Gregory: and that’s another episode of
Meet The Press
This Week with Christiane Amanpour - July 24, 2011
Guests:
Tim Geithner (Sec. of Treasury)
Jonathan Karl
George Will
Alice Rivlin
Gasparino - Fox Business News
******************************
Amanpour: Norway is going to respond
to a massive right terror attack with more
democracy - are they crazy?
Reporter: the killer was an anti-muslim racist
who called for others to martyr themselves
Amanpour: so he was a lone wolf
Reporter: right
Amanpour: are political leaders still planning
to wreck America?
Karl: Democrats will call it the
“Boehener Drop”
Karl: Republicans are calling for 2 votes,
one with spending cuts and another
with more spending cuts
Amanpour: what about a grand Bargain?
Karl: it calls for $4 trillion is spending cuts
which would cause a revolt among Tea Partiers
Amanpour: Secretary Geithner will there be a deal?
Geithner: we need to have the Senate,
House and President and agree by tonight
Amanpour: that seems impossible
Geithner: maybe not
Amanpour: how so?
Geithner: we can give dictatorial powers
to a Special Committee to Fuck the Middle Class
Amanpour: interesting concept
Geithner: a short term deal is unacceptable
Amanpour: has everyone is Washington
completely lost their minds?
Geithner: not at all - only the people in charge
Amanpour: did you make a deal and
then move the goalposts?
Geithner: no
Amanpour: are you saying john Boehner lied?
Geithner: um yes
Amanpour: shocking
Geithner: I give Boehner credit for admitting
we need to raise taxes
Amanpour: what is the President’s plan?
Geithner: back in April he proposed
Medicaid cuts and higher taxes for the rich
Amanpour: I see
Geithner: look there are Republicans who have
said they would never vote for a debt ceiling
Amanpour: but not the leaders
Geithner: only the leading Presidential candidates
Amanpour: would Obama invoke
the 14th amendment?
Geithner: that’s not a good idea
Amanpour: so what’s the solution?
Geithner: lift the damm debt ceiling!
Amanpour: but Congress won’t do it!
Geithner: yes they will
Amanpour: how - by magic?
Geithner: Wave the Elderwand at the
economic Slytherin!
Amanpour: can America be saved?
Geithner: I have an economic an
Resurrection Stone in my pocket
Amanpour: how do you convince Congress
to make a deal
Geithner: by pointing out that the Tea Party
are tax-hiking, job-killing assholes
[ break ]
Amanpour: panel will America go off the cliff?
Will: the House GOP passed a bipartisan plan!
Amanpour: with 5 Democratic votes
Will: Obama had a tantrum so they might
as well just pass the McConnell plan
Rivlin: we need to cut entitlements and
flatten the tax code
Amanpour: Obama has moved the right
but the GOP won’t meet him halfway
Gasparino: we’ve got lots of money
lying around so who cares about the debt ceiling
Amanpour: really?
Gasparino: right we can always stiff defense
contractors as long as we pay bondholders
Amanpour: that would fool them?
Gasparino: yes most of them are Chinese anyway
Huffington: this is a stupid debate -
it’s an artificial crisis to debate whether
to approve spending money we already spent
Gasparino: I disagree this is great debate to have
Huff: no it’s moronic - we have a jobs crisis
not a debt crisis
Rivlin: to solve the jobs crisis we
need to cut spending to attack the debt
Will: see - that proves that the Tea Party
are right and Obama is wrong
Amanpour: what about jobs?
Gasparino: small businesses don’t hire
new employees because they’re worried
about the big debt
Will: Obama is uppity and he needs to be
disciplined by the white men in Congress
Pawlenty: women who get headaches
can’t be President
Will: JFK was a big sick secretive bad guy
Huffington: they’re putting Michele Bachmann
on the Victorian fainting couch
Will: oh my stars
Gasparino: Rick Perry has the Texas Taint
Amanpour: you work at Fox -
what’s up with Rupert?
Gasparino: I report on for-profit companies
so luckily I never have to report on Murdoch newspapers
Huffington: Fox is an embarrassment
to journalism
Gasparino: no one covers terrorist
fist-bumps like Fox News!
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
****************************************
Tim Geithner (Sec. of Treasury)
Jonathan Karl
George Will
Alice Rivlin
Gasparino - Fox Business News
******************************
Amanpour: Norway is going to respond
to a massive right terror attack with more
democracy - are they crazy?
Reporter: the killer was an anti-muslim racist
who called for others to martyr themselves
Amanpour: so he was a lone wolf
Reporter: right
Amanpour: are political leaders still planning
to wreck America?
Karl: Democrats will call it the
“Boehener Drop”
Karl: Republicans are calling for 2 votes,
one with spending cuts and another
with more spending cuts
Amanpour: what about a grand Bargain?
Karl: it calls for $4 trillion is spending cuts
which would cause a revolt among Tea Partiers
Amanpour: Secretary Geithner will there be a deal?
Geithner: we need to have the Senate,
House and President and agree by tonight
Amanpour: that seems impossible
Geithner: maybe not
Amanpour: how so?
Geithner: we can give dictatorial powers
to a Special Committee to Fuck the Middle Class
Amanpour: interesting concept
Geithner: a short term deal is unacceptable
Amanpour: has everyone is Washington
completely lost their minds?
Geithner: not at all - only the people in charge
Amanpour: did you make a deal and
then move the goalposts?
Geithner: no
Amanpour: are you saying john Boehner lied?
Geithner: um yes
Amanpour: shocking
Geithner: I give Boehner credit for admitting
we need to raise taxes
Amanpour: what is the President’s plan?
Geithner: back in April he proposed
Medicaid cuts and higher taxes for the rich
Amanpour: I see
Geithner: look there are Republicans who have
said they would never vote for a debt ceiling
Amanpour: but not the leaders
Geithner: only the leading Presidential candidates
Amanpour: would Obama invoke
the 14th amendment?
Geithner: that’s not a good idea
Amanpour: so what’s the solution?
Geithner: lift the damm debt ceiling!
Amanpour: but Congress won’t do it!
Geithner: yes they will
Amanpour: how - by magic?
Geithner: Wave the Elderwand at the
economic Slytherin!
Amanpour: can America be saved?
Geithner: I have an economic an
Resurrection Stone in my pocket
Amanpour: how do you convince Congress
to make a deal
Geithner: by pointing out that the Tea Party
are tax-hiking, job-killing assholes
[ break ]
Amanpour: panel will America go off the cliff?
Will: the House GOP passed a bipartisan plan!
Amanpour: with 5 Democratic votes
Will: Obama had a tantrum so they might
as well just pass the McConnell plan
Rivlin: we need to cut entitlements and
flatten the tax code
Amanpour: Obama has moved the right
but the GOP won’t meet him halfway
Gasparino: we’ve got lots of money
lying around so who cares about the debt ceiling
Amanpour: really?
Gasparino: right we can always stiff defense
contractors as long as we pay bondholders
Amanpour: that would fool them?
Gasparino: yes most of them are Chinese anyway
Huffington: this is a stupid debate -
it’s an artificial crisis to debate whether
to approve spending money we already spent
Gasparino: I disagree this is great debate to have
Huff: no it’s moronic - we have a jobs crisis
not a debt crisis
Rivlin: to solve the jobs crisis we
need to cut spending to attack the debt
Will: see - that proves that the Tea Party
are right and Obama is wrong
Amanpour: what about jobs?
Gasparino: small businesses don’t hire
new employees because they’re worried
about the big debt
Will: Obama is uppity and he needs to be
disciplined by the white men in Congress
Pawlenty: women who get headaches
can’t be President
Will: JFK was a big sick secretive bad guy
Huffington: they’re putting Michele Bachmann
on the Victorian fainting couch
Will: oh my stars
Gasparino: Rick Perry has the Texas Taint
Amanpour: you work at Fox -
what’s up with Rupert?
Gasparino: I report on for-profit companies
so luckily I never have to report on Murdoch newspapers
Huffington: Fox is an embarrassment
to journalism
Gasparino: no one covers terrorist
fist-bumps like Fox News!
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
****************************************
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Meet The Press - July 17, 2011
Guests:
Jack Lew - Director Office of Management and Budget
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Il)
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Gov. Jon Kasich (R-Ohio)
David Cote - CEO Honeywell
Marc Morial - National Urban League
David Faber - CNBC
Diane Swonk - Mesirow Financial Holdings
****************************************
Gregory: omg debt ceiling might not be
raised and Rupert Murdoch is almost
out of Horcruxes!
Gregory: Jack is a deal imminent?
Lew: I have no fucking idea
Gregory: will we default?
Lew: all members of Congress agree that
we can’t let that happen so maybe
Gregory: Is Obama insisting on
raising my taxes?
Lew: no he’s also wiling to cut entitlements
Gregory: but my taxes!
Lew: he offered to cut $2 trillion
in spending
Gregory: our creditors will say that’s
not nearly enough!
Lew: we’d like to cut $4 trillion
to placate the Chinese
Gregory: 53% of Americans are against
raising the debt ceiling
Lew: most people are idiots
Gregory: Michele Bachmann says
we should default
Lew: she’s one of them
Gregory: what would happen if we
don’t raise the ceiling?
Lew: it wreck the American economy -
other than that no biggie
Gregory: this is Obama’s total failure
of leadership isn’t it
Lew: no Obama inherited a disaster
Gregory: that’s a programmed answer
Lew: it’s true
Gregory: I don’t care
Lew: we all know that David
Gregory: Obama has failed in his job
to make the GOP act rationally
Lew: you are a silly person Fluffy
Gregory: Senator do we have to
raise the debt ceiling?
DeMint: probably
Gregory: so what’s the solution?
DeMint: cut spending, cap all future
spending, and enact a Constitutional
Amendment to give the Job-Creators®
mints on their fluffy pillows every night
Gregory: [ high pitch squeal ]
OMG he’s right Dick!!!
Durbin: we could put the 10 Commandments
in the Constitution but you try keeping
David Vitter away from prostitutes
Gregory: Americans are disgusted with the
GOP fighting for default and with Democrats’
big spending ways and no one is
willing to compromise
DeMint: we are willing to compromise -
we caved in to Obama on his request to
increase in the debt ceiling to pay for the
bill Republicans ran up when Bush was President
Gregory: that’s a compromise?
DeMint: darn right it is
Gregory: will you yield on your useless
Constitutional amendment and let American default?
DeMint: All hail Moody’s!!
Gregory: righty-o
DeMint: now that a black man Democrat
is President I realized we can’t borrow more
any money without bankrupting the nation
Gregory: you seem somewhat detached from reality
DeMint: I’m scared!
Gregory: Dick you worried about the debt
when Bush was President and now it’s higher
Durbin: yeah well it was his policies that
caused this mess in the first place
Gregory: Obama is a bad leader!
Durbin: Fluffy Obama is the most
patient dude ever - no other President would
have sat there while Eric Cantor pouted and
screamed “I want what I want when I want it!”
Gregory: what happens now?
DeMint: Obama needs to propose a
Republican plan - then we can agree
Durbin: in the middle of this crisis the
Senate is going to debate a Constitutional
amendment that can never pass
Gregory: should there be Congressional
hearings on News International?
Durbin: absolutely - Rupert Murdoch is like
some international arch-criminal from
a James Bond villain and a good one -
not one with Roger Moore
DeMint: here’s how you makes the
hacking scandal go away -
Congress needs to enact a Constitutional
amendment to make Fox the only news
organization in the country
Gregory: Governor please explain
what the hell is going on in Washington
Kasich: in my state we cut taxes,
wiped out our debt and Ohio became a
business-friendly fucking paradise!
Gregory: should we default on the debt?
Swonk: people in other countries are astonished
that America would artificially create a
debt crisis that doesn’t exist
Gregory: why isn’t Congress willing to slash
spending in this recession?
Cote: as a businessman I find Washington
politicians scary
Gregory: what’s going on with Rupert Murdoch?
Faber: he used to control events in U.K.
and now all his enemies smell blood -
he’s lost his top aide in Britain, his top editor
in the U.S., and that snake he carries around
his neck was just arrested
Gregory: Jon you used to work for Fox
Kasich: It’s a terrible thing - the real victim
here is poor Rupert Murdoch!
Gregory: I see
Kasich: the real problem is businesses donate
to Democrats who let thugs play sports and
put gay people on my tv
Gregory: this is truly a fascinating “Jobs Summit”
Morial: we needs a plan to create jobs -
not cut the damm debt!
Gregory: why do we have a jobless recovery?
Swonk: because ethical business leaders
like Rupert Murdoch are reluctant to be
seen with politicians
Gregory: good point
Swonk: Sweden did everything right -
they slashed spending and gave businesses
whatever they wanted and 20 years later
unemployment is still high
Gregory: well as long as they 'did everything right'
Faber: Bush didn’t create jobs - which proves
America can’t do it
Honeywell: there’s too much uncertainty!
Kasich: consumer spending is up -
but businessmen need certainty -
certainly lower taxes!!
Morial: consumers are not certain they
will have a job in the future!
Gregory: Obama just has to admit government sucks
Kasich: Businesses are on the sidelines
because the debt is high
Faber: Honeywell has $3 billion in cash!
Swonk: the silver lining is we’ve
had lots of IPOs lately
Faber: Groupon has hired 7,000
new employees which will be great
until the bubble bursts
Kasich: we need to give businesses
vouchers to hire people
Gregory: whatever you say Jon
Kasich: Certainty!
Gregory: John Boehner says taxes destroys
jobs but Ron Brownstein says jobs go up when
taxes are raised
Kasich: Taxes are just another way for
liberals to spend more giving welfare to
thuggish gay people
Gregory: that is so sad
Kasich: look I’m willing to support
lowering taxes on the rich
Gregory: President Grover Norquist
claims to care about the debt but won’t raise taxes
Morial: there’s a huge tax loophole
lobby industry in Washington!
Gregory: some of those loopholes are very nice
Morial: food stamps did not cause
the damm deficit!
Gregory: why are some rich companies
not paying taxes at all?
Cote: if you really cared about poor people
you would have zero taxes on corporations
Gregory: what else would help the poor?
Cote: eliminate corporate taxes on overseas income
Swonk: if we had no taxes we’d have
no tax lobbyists and no one likes them
Gregory: but Washington can’t agree on anything
Faber: the real question the American
people need to ask themselves is -
what will please our creditors?
Gregory: when are we going to bring
back the housing bubble cause that was awesome
Faber: the only jobs Bush created were
in housing which was all a bubble and
ended in disaster
Gregory: you sir are an official Job-Creator® -
thrill me with your acumen
Cote: if we drilled more in the U.S. gas prices
would go down and people would have more
money and that would create jobs
Gregory: you are indeed a fascinating man
Morial: just raise the damm debt ceiling!
Gregory: a dude on Facebook says both sides
are bickering like kindergarteners
Audience: how does those Facebookers
stay so topical?
Cote: both sides are engaged in mutual asphyxiation
Audience: oh my
Cote: it’s so sad - we can’t be a great power
until we slash taxes even more!
Kasich: God put us in office - that’s why
every American needs to look in the mirror and say
- what taxes can I cut to help businesses create jobs?
Gregory: and that’s another episode
Of Meet The Press
*********************************
Jack Lew - Director Office of Management and Budget
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Il)
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Gov. Jon Kasich (R-Ohio)
David Cote - CEO Honeywell
Marc Morial - National Urban League
David Faber - CNBC
Diane Swonk - Mesirow Financial Holdings
****************************************
Gregory: omg debt ceiling might not be
raised and Rupert Murdoch is almost
out of Horcruxes!
Gregory: Jack is a deal imminent?
Lew: I have no fucking idea
Gregory: will we default?
Lew: all members of Congress agree that
we can’t let that happen so maybe
Gregory: Is Obama insisting on
raising my taxes?
Lew: no he’s also wiling to cut entitlements
Gregory: but my taxes!
Lew: he offered to cut $2 trillion
in spending
Gregory: our creditors will say that’s
not nearly enough!
Lew: we’d like to cut $4 trillion
to placate the Chinese
Gregory: 53% of Americans are against
raising the debt ceiling
Lew: most people are idiots
Gregory: Michele Bachmann says
we should default
Lew: she’s one of them
Gregory: what would happen if we
don’t raise the ceiling?
Lew: it wreck the American economy -
other than that no biggie
Gregory: this is Obama’s total failure
of leadership isn’t it
Lew: no Obama inherited a disaster
Gregory: that’s a programmed answer
Lew: it’s true
Gregory: I don’t care
Lew: we all know that David
Gregory: Obama has failed in his job
to make the GOP act rationally
Lew: you are a silly person Fluffy
Gregory: Senator do we have to
raise the debt ceiling?
DeMint: probably
Gregory: so what’s the solution?
DeMint: cut spending, cap all future
spending, and enact a Constitutional
Amendment to give the Job-Creators®
mints on their fluffy pillows every night
Gregory: [ high pitch squeal ]
OMG he’s right Dick!!!
Durbin: we could put the 10 Commandments
in the Constitution but you try keeping
David Vitter away from prostitutes
Gregory: Americans are disgusted with the
GOP fighting for default and with Democrats’
big spending ways and no one is
willing to compromise
DeMint: we are willing to compromise -
we caved in to Obama on his request to
increase in the debt ceiling to pay for the
bill Republicans ran up when Bush was President
Gregory: that’s a compromise?
DeMint: darn right it is
Gregory: will you yield on your useless
Constitutional amendment and let American default?
DeMint: All hail Moody’s!!
Gregory: righty-o
DeMint: now that a black man Democrat
is President I realized we can’t borrow more
any money without bankrupting the nation
Gregory: you seem somewhat detached from reality
DeMint: I’m scared!
Gregory: Dick you worried about the debt
when Bush was President and now it’s higher
Durbin: yeah well it was his policies that
caused this mess in the first place
Gregory: Obama is a bad leader!
Durbin: Fluffy Obama is the most
patient dude ever - no other President would
have sat there while Eric Cantor pouted and
screamed “I want what I want when I want it!”
Gregory: what happens now?
DeMint: Obama needs to propose a
Republican plan - then we can agree
Durbin: in the middle of this crisis the
Senate is going to debate a Constitutional
amendment that can never pass
Gregory: should there be Congressional
hearings on News International?
Durbin: absolutely - Rupert Murdoch is like
some international arch-criminal from
a James Bond villain and a good one -
not one with Roger Moore
DeMint: here’s how you makes the
hacking scandal go away -
Congress needs to enact a Constitutional
amendment to make Fox the only news
organization in the country
Gregory: Governor please explain
what the hell is going on in Washington
Kasich: in my state we cut taxes,
wiped out our debt and Ohio became a
business-friendly fucking paradise!
Gregory: should we default on the debt?
Swonk: people in other countries are astonished
that America would artificially create a
debt crisis that doesn’t exist
Gregory: why isn’t Congress willing to slash
spending in this recession?
Cote: as a businessman I find Washington
politicians scary
Gregory: what’s going on with Rupert Murdoch?
Faber: he used to control events in U.K.
and now all his enemies smell blood -
he’s lost his top aide in Britain, his top editor
in the U.S., and that snake he carries around
his neck was just arrested
Gregory: Jon you used to work for Fox
Kasich: It’s a terrible thing - the real victim
here is poor Rupert Murdoch!
Gregory: I see
Kasich: the real problem is businesses donate
to Democrats who let thugs play sports and
put gay people on my tv
Gregory: this is truly a fascinating “Jobs Summit”
Morial: we needs a plan to create jobs -
not cut the damm debt!
Gregory: why do we have a jobless recovery?
Swonk: because ethical business leaders
like Rupert Murdoch are reluctant to be
seen with politicians
Gregory: good point
Swonk: Sweden did everything right -
they slashed spending and gave businesses
whatever they wanted and 20 years later
unemployment is still high
Gregory: well as long as they 'did everything right'
Faber: Bush didn’t create jobs - which proves
America can’t do it
Honeywell: there’s too much uncertainty!
Kasich: consumer spending is up -
but businessmen need certainty -
certainly lower taxes!!
Morial: consumers are not certain they
will have a job in the future!
Gregory: Obama just has to admit government sucks
Kasich: Businesses are on the sidelines
because the debt is high
Faber: Honeywell has $3 billion in cash!
Swonk: the silver lining is we’ve
had lots of IPOs lately
Faber: Groupon has hired 7,000
new employees which will be great
until the bubble bursts
Kasich: we need to give businesses
vouchers to hire people
Gregory: whatever you say Jon
Kasich: Certainty!
Gregory: John Boehner says taxes destroys
jobs but Ron Brownstein says jobs go up when
taxes are raised
Kasich: Taxes are just another way for
liberals to spend more giving welfare to
thuggish gay people
Gregory: that is so sad
Kasich: look I’m willing to support
lowering taxes on the rich
Gregory: President Grover Norquist
claims to care about the debt but won’t raise taxes
Morial: there’s a huge tax loophole
lobby industry in Washington!
Gregory: some of those loopholes are very nice
Morial: food stamps did not cause
the damm deficit!
Gregory: why are some rich companies
not paying taxes at all?
Cote: if you really cared about poor people
you would have zero taxes on corporations
Gregory: what else would help the poor?
Cote: eliminate corporate taxes on overseas income
Swonk: if we had no taxes we’d have
no tax lobbyists and no one likes them
Gregory: but Washington can’t agree on anything
Faber: the real question the American
people need to ask themselves is -
what will please our creditors?
Gregory: when are we going to bring
back the housing bubble cause that was awesome
Faber: the only jobs Bush created were
in housing which was all a bubble and
ended in disaster
Gregory: you sir are an official Job-Creator® -
thrill me with your acumen
Cote: if we drilled more in the U.S. gas prices
would go down and people would have more
money and that would create jobs
Gregory: you are indeed a fascinating man
Morial: just raise the damm debt ceiling!
Gregory: a dude on Facebook says both sides
are bickering like kindergarteners
Audience: how does those Facebookers
stay so topical?
Cote: both sides are engaged in mutual asphyxiation
Audience: oh my
Cote: it’s so sad - we can’t be a great power
until we slash taxes even more!
Kasich: God put us in office - that’s why
every American needs to look in the mirror and say
- what taxes can I cut to help businesses create jobs?
Gregory: and that’s another episode
Of Meet The Press
*********************************
This Week with Christiane Amanpour - July 17, 2011
Guests:
Jack Lew - Office of Management & Budget
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID)
George Will
Cokie Roberts
Matthew Dowd
Jonathan Karl
******************************
Amanpour: OMG Casey Anthony is out of jail and
Rebekah Brooks goes in
Audience: whoa
Amanpour: Meanwhile furious strategizing
is going on over the previously routine
lifting of the debt ceiling
Amanpour: Mr. Lew will the U.S. default
on the debts we’ve already incurred?
Lew: probably not - if sane people get their way
Amanpour: would it be bad for America if
we don’t raise the ceiling?
Lew: yes - it would raise taxes
Amanpour: oh noe!
Lew: America’s fate lies with
Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid
Amanpour: what a comfort
Lew: Obama is willing to means-test
Medicare you know
Amanpour: Pelosi says no to that
Lew: Medicare contributes to our problems
Amanpour: it does?
Lew: we need structural changes to
Medicare in exchange for raising taxes
on the rich although they will expire anyway
Amanpour: what is Obama’s plan
Lew: I just told you Christiane
Amanpour: how about a one-year extension
on the debt ceiling
Lew: no that’s stupid
Amanpour: would Obama be willing to accept that?
Lew: no - and he’s not bluffing!
Amanpour: Would Obama accept a deal
without tax hikes?
Lew: he might if it was a really awesome plan
Amanpour: deadline?
Lew: look we will make a deal -
the question is how much pain will we inflict
on the American people
Amanpour: how much is too much?
Lew: it’s called 'toughlove' Christiane
Amanpour: will there be a deal
Kyl: there won’t be deal if Obama doesn’t
stop this obsession with job-killing taxes
Amanpour: you hate taxes that much?
Kyl: yes - so if we default it will be Obama’s fault
Amanpour: that makes sense
Kyl: or would could just give up and go
with the fake McConnell plan
Amanpour: Senator even Republicans think
we should raise taxes
Kyl: yes but I have a poll that says we should
have a clean debt bill which means no new taxes
- I win!
Amanpour: that’s slippery of you Jon
Kyl: hisssssss
Amanpour: Michele Bachmann says we
should be deadbeats on Bush’s debts
Kyl: well she’s a little crazy but she’s right
that spending is bad
Amanpour: Obama’s has agreed to cut spending
Kyl: we could cut $100 billion in
Medicare and Medicaid right now!
Amanpour: they might agree to that
Kyl: fuck that - let them propose it first
Amanpour: Do you ever worry that causing
a Depression while simultaneously fighting to cut
Medicaid might make you unpopular
Kyl: first let’s do no harm - next we cut entitlements!
Amanpour: is Bachmann right that default
is no big deal?
Kyl: um no - she’s nuts
Amanpour: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Amanpour: panel is the GOP making a
mistake playing chicken with the debt?
Will: Obama wanted a clean bill and now
he wants $4 trillion in cuts plus tax increases -
which makes him look reasonable that
canny bastard
Amanpour: Congressman would you ever vote to raise the debt ceiling
Labrador: I want three things -
to cut spending now, a limit on all
future spending and a Constitutional
amendment saying all government spending
is a plot by Lord Voldemort
Karl: right now nothing can pass both House
and the Senate
Roberts: well something has to pass
Karl: well it won’t
Roberts: if you care about the debt nothing
would be worse for the deficit than defaulting on it
Dowd: not raising the ceiling would be bad
politically so it probably will happen
Roberts: Raul I’m curious why do you love
tax cuts for billionaires so much?
Labrador: look we agreed to cut taxes for the rich -
what more do you want?
Will: the tea party movement is the
best thing to happen to the GOP since Goldwater
Amanpour: interesting analogy
Labrador: Obama isn’t serious about the debt -
he keep proposing spending cuts and higher taxes
Karl: why didn’t the GOP just accept the
President’s proposal to cut Medicare?
Labrador: to protect job-creating
tax cuts for the rich stupid!
Dowd: each side hates the other -
with good reason
Roberts: just compromise and make
government work!
Labrador: the American people will not stand for that
Roberts: you’re a strange young man
Labrador: the President doesn’t care
about the debt he just wants to raise taxes
Amanpour: Did Obama actually propose
raising tax rtes?
Karl: oh no he’s lying
Labrador: Americans love tax cuts!
Roberts: people want a balanced approach
Lab: so do I - we need tax cuts for the rich
balanced with cutting benefits for the poor
Dowd: We should raise taxes and cut spending!
Amanpour: where is Mitt Romney in all this?
Will: he’s been very, very clear
that he has no position
Roberts: let’s just solve the issue of
cuts vs taxes in the 2012 election
Dowd: fuck that shit Cokie -
both sides should get stuff done!!
Karl: bold words indeed Matt
[ Dowd fist-bumps Karl ]
Amanpour: Michele Bachmann thinks
being gay is like slavery
Bachmann: Uncle Tom’s Stonewall Inn
Will: she was talking about bondage
Dowd: yes she’s prejudiced against homosexuals like her husband
Amanpour: interesting
Dowd: this helps Governor Perry
Labrador: I was hoping Chris Christie would run for President but I’ll have to settle for Rick Perry
Amanpour: thanks for coming!
**********************************
Jack Lew - Office of Management & Budget
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID)
George Will
Cokie Roberts
Matthew Dowd
Jonathan Karl
******************************
Amanpour: OMG Casey Anthony is out of jail and
Rebekah Brooks goes in
Audience: whoa
Amanpour: Meanwhile furious strategizing
is going on over the previously routine
lifting of the debt ceiling
Amanpour: Mr. Lew will the U.S. default
on the debts we’ve already incurred?
Lew: probably not - if sane people get their way
Amanpour: would it be bad for America if
we don’t raise the ceiling?
Lew: yes - it would raise taxes
Amanpour: oh noe!
Lew: America’s fate lies with
Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid
Amanpour: what a comfort
Lew: Obama is willing to means-test
Medicare you know
Amanpour: Pelosi says no to that
Lew: Medicare contributes to our problems
Amanpour: it does?
Lew: we need structural changes to
Medicare in exchange for raising taxes
on the rich although they will expire anyway
Amanpour: what is Obama’s plan
Lew: I just told you Christiane
Amanpour: how about a one-year extension
on the debt ceiling
Lew: no that’s stupid
Amanpour: would Obama be willing to accept that?
Lew: no - and he’s not bluffing!
Amanpour: Would Obama accept a deal
without tax hikes?
Lew: he might if it was a really awesome plan
Amanpour: deadline?
Lew: look we will make a deal -
the question is how much pain will we inflict
on the American people
Amanpour: how much is too much?
Lew: it’s called 'toughlove' Christiane
Amanpour: will there be a deal
Kyl: there won’t be deal if Obama doesn’t
stop this obsession with job-killing taxes
Amanpour: you hate taxes that much?
Kyl: yes - so if we default it will be Obama’s fault
Amanpour: that makes sense
Kyl: or would could just give up and go
with the fake McConnell plan
Amanpour: Senator even Republicans think
we should raise taxes
Kyl: yes but I have a poll that says we should
have a clean debt bill which means no new taxes
- I win!
Amanpour: that’s slippery of you Jon
Kyl: hisssssss
Amanpour: Michele Bachmann says we
should be deadbeats on Bush’s debts
Kyl: well she’s a little crazy but she’s right
that spending is bad
Amanpour: Obama’s has agreed to cut spending
Kyl: we could cut $100 billion in
Medicare and Medicaid right now!
Amanpour: they might agree to that
Kyl: fuck that - let them propose it first
Amanpour: Do you ever worry that causing
a Depression while simultaneously fighting to cut
Medicaid might make you unpopular
Kyl: first let’s do no harm - next we cut entitlements!
Amanpour: is Bachmann right that default
is no big deal?
Kyl: um no - she’s nuts
Amanpour: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Amanpour: panel is the GOP making a
mistake playing chicken with the debt?
Will: Obama wanted a clean bill and now
he wants $4 trillion in cuts plus tax increases -
which makes him look reasonable that
canny bastard
Amanpour: Congressman would you ever vote to raise the debt ceiling
Labrador: I want three things -
to cut spending now, a limit on all
future spending and a Constitutional
amendment saying all government spending
is a plot by Lord Voldemort
Karl: right now nothing can pass both House
and the Senate
Roberts: well something has to pass
Karl: well it won’t
Roberts: if you care about the debt nothing
would be worse for the deficit than defaulting on it
Dowd: not raising the ceiling would be bad
politically so it probably will happen
Roberts: Raul I’m curious why do you love
tax cuts for billionaires so much?
Labrador: look we agreed to cut taxes for the rich -
what more do you want?
Will: the tea party movement is the
best thing to happen to the GOP since Goldwater
Amanpour: interesting analogy
Labrador: Obama isn’t serious about the debt -
he keep proposing spending cuts and higher taxes
Karl: why didn’t the GOP just accept the
President’s proposal to cut Medicare?
Labrador: to protect job-creating
tax cuts for the rich stupid!
Dowd: each side hates the other -
with good reason
Roberts: just compromise and make
government work!
Labrador: the American people will not stand for that
Roberts: you’re a strange young man
Labrador: the President doesn’t care
about the debt he just wants to raise taxes
Amanpour: Did Obama actually propose
raising tax rtes?
Karl: oh no he’s lying
Labrador: Americans love tax cuts!
Roberts: people want a balanced approach
Lab: so do I - we need tax cuts for the rich
balanced with cutting benefits for the poor
Dowd: We should raise taxes and cut spending!
Amanpour: where is Mitt Romney in all this?
Will: he’s been very, very clear
that he has no position
Roberts: let’s just solve the issue of
cuts vs taxes in the 2012 election
Dowd: fuck that shit Cokie -
both sides should get stuff done!!
Karl: bold words indeed Matt
[ Dowd fist-bumps Karl ]
Amanpour: Michele Bachmann thinks
being gay is like slavery
Bachmann: Uncle Tom’s Stonewall Inn
Will: she was talking about bondage
Dowd: yes she’s prejudiced against homosexuals like her husband
Amanpour: interesting
Dowd: this helps Governor Perry
Labrador: I was hoping Chris Christie would run for President but I’ll have to settle for Rick Perry
Amanpour: thanks for coming!
**********************************
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Meet The Press - July 10, 2011
Guests:
Tim Geithner (Sec. of Treasury)
Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.)
Chuck Todd
Eugene Robinson
************************************
Gregory: John Boehner has given up on
a deal to raise the debt ceiling because
the GOP won’t raise any taxes
Geithner: this is a great moment for America
Gregory: it is?
Geithner: you betcha
Gregory: how can you still make a deal?
Geithner: we can agree to cut defense
and Medicare
Gregory: I like it
Geithner: Republicans should not walk
away from these promising discussions
to cut entitlements in exchange for
letting tax cuts expire
Gregory: what is Obama’s position?
Geithner: he’s willing to compromise
Gregory: Is a Grand Bargain is still possible?
Geithner: It sure is Fluffy
Gregory: would you give in on raising
taxes on rich people like me
Gregory: if we don’t raise taxes we would
have to slash programs for the most
vulnerable people in society
Gregory: Is the President willing to
cut Medicare please
Geithner: oh sure why not
Gregory: like how
Geithner: we would if we don’t add
burdens to the poor and middle class
Gregory: I’m middle class so that’s good
Geithner: Shared sacrifice would also apply to you
Gregory: oh noe
Geithner: Obama is working for the
largest possible deal
Gregory: who really cares about
raising the debt ceiling?
Geithner: By August we won’t be able
to borrow so we will have to pay our bills
with any cash lying under the White House cushions
Gregory: would that affect our credit rating
Geithner: last week I ordered a free copy
of our credit report and it looked really bad
Gregory: what’s our FICO score?
Geithner: If Congress doesn’t act poor
people will run out of food
Gregory: Look at this chart -
Obama crashed the economy
Geithner: that’s ridiculous Fluffers
Gregory: so you say
Geithner: the Great Recession was
worse than the Great Depression and
we’ve added 2 million jobs
Gregory: maybe but things are still bad
Geithner: yeah but Japan had an earthquake
Gregory: well natural disasters are
going to happen Tim
Geithner: tectonic shifts conspire against us
Gregory: Obama said the economy is
much worse than we thought
Geithner: the damm American people
lived beyond their means for years -
well the party is over
Gregory: you did stimulus, health care reform,
housing - where are the jobs?
Geithner: Fluffy the GOP drove the economy
off a cliff and Obama has put us back on
the edge of that cliff
Gregory: when do we back off the cliff
and live the high life again
Geithner: oh it will be painful for many
more years to come
Gregory: well thanks for coming Tim
[ break ]
Gregory: would you raise the debt ceiling
Pawlenty: Obama ruined America’s economy
Gregory: how so
Pawlenty: he should get government
off the backs of our job creators
Gregory: is that what caused the recession
Pawlenty: Obama caused the recession
with his stimulus
Gregory: I see
Pawlenty: he is suffocating America’s
entrepreneurial spirit
Gregory: speaking of which your
startup campaign sucks
Pawlenty: when people learn I cut
taxes they will flock to my campaign
Gregory: you’re behind Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich
Pawlenty: when people finally get
to know me I will get to 5%
Gregory: you’ve been Iowa 75 times!
Pawlenty: I plan to meet every person
who lives in that state
Gregory: are you too dull and boring to be President
Pawlenty: I got fortitude - I vetoed lots of bills
and shut down the government I’m such an asshole
Gregory: you think that’s what
the American people want?
Pawlenty: America is sinking and now
is the time for Republicans to stand up
and fight for the policies that caused the recession!
Gregory: will you please bash Mitt Romney?
Pawlenty: fuck that foppish flip-flopping Mormon
Gregory: what makes you stand out
Pawlenty: I’m a true leader Fluffy
Gregory: how would you break
from the Republican party?
Pawlenty: I support the minimum wage
Gregory: Michele Bachmann is beating you
Pawlenty: see I’m different from her -
we’re both conservatives but I’m a former Governor
and she’s completely insane
Gregory: she said America has a gangster government
Pawlenty: well she’s right about that
Gregory: it seems inappropriate
Pawlenty: Obama’s elitist thugs are out of control!
Gregory: how would solve the debt ceiling problem?
Pawlenty: Obama tripled the deficit!
Gregory: so what’s your solution
Pawlenty: a Balanced Budget Amendment
Gregory: David Brooks says the GOP
has become a bunch of dangerous weird fanatics
Pawlenty: absurd - we are not 'weird'
Gregory: if you say so
Pawlenty: this country is sinking under terrible debts
Gregory: Obama offered $4 trillion in cuts
and you said no new taxes
Pawlenty: look any fair-minded person
knows state senator Obama caused a
recession in 2007
Gregory: so no new taxes?
Pawlenty: never ever not ever
Gregory: even if it would ruin America’s
credit rating?
Pawlenty: absolutely if Obama cares
about the debt well then he can just
give Republicans everything they want
Gregory: what abut Paul Ryan’s plan?
Pawlenty: I love it
Gregory: would you send ground
troops to Libya?
Pawlenty: I would not support that
but Obama has been very weak
in not going after Qaddafi
Gregory: you really think so
Pawlenty: Saint Reagan said Qaddafi has
American blood on his hands
Gregory: well if getting him is so important
why not send in ground troops?
Pawlenty: just lob a cruise missile at the fucker
Gregory: you love Lady Gaga -
do you think being gay is a choice?
Pawlenty: I hate gay people but
Lady Gaga is straight you know
Gregory: but do you think being gay is a choice?
Pawlenty: probably people wake up one day
and say ‘hey I think I’ll be gay’
Gregory: that’s stupid
Pawlenty: the scientists say it’s not genetic
- it may be behavioral
Gregory: I look forward to your concession
party next month
[ break ]
Gregory: you just saw Tim Pawlenty -
is his campaign over?
Todd: his chief rival is from Minnesota
but more charismatic
Gregory: well that’s not saying much
Todd: true
Gregory: Pawlenty said Bachmann has
never accomplished anything
Robinson: Bring it on Tim!
Gregory: Pawlenty also said America we
should default on the debt
Todd: the GOP presidential primary is
preventing a deal in Washington
Robinson: that’s not good
Gregory: what about Sarah Palin?
Todd: she’s crazy
Gregory: but fun
Robinson: if she were running for President
she’d be running for President
Todd: she’s the next Rush Limbaugh
Robinson: like we needed another one
Gregory: what should Obama say to
the Republicans at the White House today?
Robinson: he should aim high because
he can always say he tried to get a big deal done
Gregory: Obama gave in on Medicare
and still didn’t get a deal!
Todd: Boehner floated that deal and
got shot down by the loons in his own party
Gregory: that’s amazing
Robinson: Boehner and Cantor are
going to appear on The Marriage Ref
Todd: Does Obama really want a
deal or was all this strategic political theater?
Gregory: what the deal with Pawlenty’s
answer on whether being gay is a choice?
Todd: he’s got weird ideas and doesn’t
explain them well - so don’t count him out
for the GOP nomination!
Gregory: Geithner said if our credit
is downgraded it would catastrophic
Robinson: but it’s worth if we keep
tax cuts for the rich
Todd: Obama says people should
rent month to month what with the
Mayan apocalypse coming
Gregory: it’s going to be a fun campaign
****************************************
Tim Geithner (Sec. of Treasury)
Fmr. Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.)
Chuck Todd
Eugene Robinson
************************************
Gregory: John Boehner has given up on
a deal to raise the debt ceiling because
the GOP won’t raise any taxes
Geithner: this is a great moment for America
Gregory: it is?
Geithner: you betcha
Gregory: how can you still make a deal?
Geithner: we can agree to cut defense
and Medicare
Gregory: I like it
Geithner: Republicans should not walk
away from these promising discussions
to cut entitlements in exchange for
letting tax cuts expire
Gregory: what is Obama’s position?
Geithner: he’s willing to compromise
Gregory: Is a Grand Bargain is still possible?
Geithner: It sure is Fluffy
Gregory: would you give in on raising
taxes on rich people like me
Gregory: if we don’t raise taxes we would
have to slash programs for the most
vulnerable people in society
Gregory: Is the President willing to
cut Medicare please
Geithner: oh sure why not
Gregory: like how
Geithner: we would if we don’t add
burdens to the poor and middle class
Gregory: I’m middle class so that’s good
Geithner: Shared sacrifice would also apply to you
Gregory: oh noe
Geithner: Obama is working for the
largest possible deal
Gregory: who really cares about
raising the debt ceiling?
Geithner: By August we won’t be able
to borrow so we will have to pay our bills
with any cash lying under the White House cushions
Gregory: would that affect our credit rating
Geithner: last week I ordered a free copy
of our credit report and it looked really bad
Gregory: what’s our FICO score?
Geithner: If Congress doesn’t act poor
people will run out of food
Gregory: Look at this chart -
Obama crashed the economy
Geithner: that’s ridiculous Fluffers
Gregory: so you say
Geithner: the Great Recession was
worse than the Great Depression and
we’ve added 2 million jobs
Gregory: maybe but things are still bad
Geithner: yeah but Japan had an earthquake
Gregory: well natural disasters are
going to happen Tim
Geithner: tectonic shifts conspire against us
Gregory: Obama said the economy is
much worse than we thought
Geithner: the damm American people
lived beyond their means for years -
well the party is over
Gregory: you did stimulus, health care reform,
housing - where are the jobs?
Geithner: Fluffy the GOP drove the economy
off a cliff and Obama has put us back on
the edge of that cliff
Gregory: when do we back off the cliff
and live the high life again
Geithner: oh it will be painful for many
more years to come
Gregory: well thanks for coming Tim
[ break ]
Gregory: would you raise the debt ceiling
Pawlenty: Obama ruined America’s economy
Gregory: how so
Pawlenty: he should get government
off the backs of our job creators
Gregory: is that what caused the recession
Pawlenty: Obama caused the recession
with his stimulus
Gregory: I see
Pawlenty: he is suffocating America’s
entrepreneurial spirit
Gregory: speaking of which your
startup campaign sucks
Pawlenty: when people learn I cut
taxes they will flock to my campaign
Gregory: you’re behind Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich
Pawlenty: when people finally get
to know me I will get to 5%
Gregory: you’ve been Iowa 75 times!
Pawlenty: I plan to meet every person
who lives in that state
Gregory: are you too dull and boring to be President
Pawlenty: I got fortitude - I vetoed lots of bills
and shut down the government I’m such an asshole
Gregory: you think that’s what
the American people want?
Pawlenty: America is sinking and now
is the time for Republicans to stand up
and fight for the policies that caused the recession!
Gregory: will you please bash Mitt Romney?
Pawlenty: fuck that foppish flip-flopping Mormon
Gregory: what makes you stand out
Pawlenty: I’m a true leader Fluffy
Gregory: how would you break
from the Republican party?
Pawlenty: I support the minimum wage
Gregory: Michele Bachmann is beating you
Pawlenty: see I’m different from her -
we’re both conservatives but I’m a former Governor
and she’s completely insane
Gregory: she said America has a gangster government
Pawlenty: well she’s right about that
Gregory: it seems inappropriate
Pawlenty: Obama’s elitist thugs are out of control!
Gregory: how would solve the debt ceiling problem?
Pawlenty: Obama tripled the deficit!
Gregory: so what’s your solution
Pawlenty: a Balanced Budget Amendment
Gregory: David Brooks says the GOP
has become a bunch of dangerous weird fanatics
Pawlenty: absurd - we are not 'weird'
Gregory: if you say so
Pawlenty: this country is sinking under terrible debts
Gregory: Obama offered $4 trillion in cuts
and you said no new taxes
Pawlenty: look any fair-minded person
knows state senator Obama caused a
recession in 2007
Gregory: so no new taxes?
Pawlenty: never ever not ever
Gregory: even if it would ruin America’s
credit rating?
Pawlenty: absolutely if Obama cares
about the debt well then he can just
give Republicans everything they want
Gregory: what abut Paul Ryan’s plan?
Pawlenty: I love it
Gregory: would you send ground
troops to Libya?
Pawlenty: I would not support that
but Obama has been very weak
in not going after Qaddafi
Gregory: you really think so
Pawlenty: Saint Reagan said Qaddafi has
American blood on his hands
Gregory: well if getting him is so important
why not send in ground troops?
Pawlenty: just lob a cruise missile at the fucker
Gregory: you love Lady Gaga -
do you think being gay is a choice?
Pawlenty: I hate gay people but
Lady Gaga is straight you know
Gregory: but do you think being gay is a choice?
Pawlenty: probably people wake up one day
and say ‘hey I think I’ll be gay’
Gregory: that’s stupid
Pawlenty: the scientists say it’s not genetic
- it may be behavioral
Gregory: I look forward to your concession
party next month
[ break ]
Gregory: you just saw Tim Pawlenty -
is his campaign over?
Todd: his chief rival is from Minnesota
but more charismatic
Gregory: well that’s not saying much
Todd: true
Gregory: Pawlenty said Bachmann has
never accomplished anything
Robinson: Bring it on Tim!
Gregory: Pawlenty also said America we
should default on the debt
Todd: the GOP presidential primary is
preventing a deal in Washington
Robinson: that’s not good
Gregory: what about Sarah Palin?
Todd: she’s crazy
Gregory: but fun
Robinson: if she were running for President
she’d be running for President
Todd: she’s the next Rush Limbaugh
Robinson: like we needed another one
Gregory: what should Obama say to
the Republicans at the White House today?
Robinson: he should aim high because
he can always say he tried to get a big deal done
Gregory: Obama gave in on Medicare
and still didn’t get a deal!
Todd: Boehner floated that deal and
got shot down by the loons in his own party
Gregory: that’s amazing
Robinson: Boehner and Cantor are
going to appear on The Marriage Ref
Todd: Does Obama really want a
deal or was all this strategic political theater?
Gregory: what the deal with Pawlenty’s
answer on whether being gay is a choice?
Todd: he’s got weird ideas and doesn’t
explain them well - so don’t count him out
for the GOP nomination!
Gregory: Geithner said if our credit
is downgraded it would catastrophic
Robinson: but it’s worth if we keep
tax cuts for the rich
Todd: Obama says people should
rent month to month what with the
Mayan apocalypse coming
Gregory: it’s going to be a fun campaign
****************************************
This Week with Christiane Amanpour - July 10, 2011
Guests:
Bill Daley (White House Chief of Staff)
Jonathan Karl
Donna Brazile
Al Hunt
George Will
******************************
Amanpour: omg America might default
on its debt
Karl: Boehner wants to cut spending
and Democrats want to raise taxes
Daley: it’s time to make the really tough
decisions and bring sanity to Washington DC
Amanpour: good luck with that
Daley: the American people are very
worried about the debt
Amanpour: what is Obama’s prediction?
Daley: Pain
Amanpour: ouch
Daley: sorry
Amanpour: Obama wants to cut $4 trillion
Daley: that will send a message to the
world to please lend us more money
Amanpour: oh good
Daley: Obama came to Washington to
do big things like pay the bills Republicans
built up over 8 years
Amanpour: but he came late to the negotiations
Daley: he was waiting for the GOP to
come to their senses
Amanpour: well that explains it
Amanpour: will you make any cuts to
Social Security or Medicare?
Daley: Medicare will run out of money in 5 years!
Amanpour: oh noe
Daley: people want certainty
Amanpour: does that mean you will
cut entitlements?
Daley: yes - because we can’t kick the can anymore!
Amanpour: what else?
Daley: extend the payroll tax cut
Amanpour: ok
Daley: this debt was run up over decades
so we must solve it in the next 8 hours
Amanpour: what’s the rush?
Daley: we must send the message to
international bankers that America is not dead yet!
Amanpour: the jobs news is all bad
Daley: companies are not hiring because Congress
keeps kicking the can on debt
Amanpour: you’re kidding me right
Daley: A business may need a new
employee but how can it hire knowing
Medicare needs more funding?!
Amanpour: but businesses are making
huge profits right now
Daley: we need businesses to get
more involved in Washington policy making
Amanpour: truly our problem is lack of
corporate lobbying
Daley: when Bush left office we were
losing 800,000 jobs per month
Amanpour: but that was 2 years ago
Daley: We have to cut the debt!
Amanpour: what’s the deal with Pakistan
Daley: ever since we found out Osama bin Laden
lived comfortably near a Pakistan
military base we’ve be re-thinking giving
them bags and bags of money
Amanpour: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Amanpour: welcome to Armageddon!
Will: Nuclear winter, global warming, default
- who gives a shit
Karl: any impartial observer knows that
we must raise taxes and cut entitlements
Brazile: the debt ceiling is not the
time to have a big budget debate -
Moody’s is getting moody!!
Hunt: eventually they will have to
raise taxes and cut entitlements
Amanpour: why is that?
Hunt: why do people rob banks?
Amanpour: because that’s where the money is
Amanpour: why do banks rob people?
Hunt: because that’s where the real big money is
Karl: there are dozens of lunatic Republicans
so therefore the Democrats must give up
everything what they want
Will: Reagan and Bush gave Obama a
surplus and he blew it
Karl: Eric Cantor will veto any deal that makes sense
Amanpour: the American people seem to want
jobs more than debt reduction
Hunt: ya gotta have Entitlements & Taxes!
Amanpour: but that would worsen the recession
Hunt: we should do responsible
things but do them later
Will: Obama should add 700,000
jobs per month like Bush did
Brazile: state governments keep laying
people off you skinny white twerp!
Will: Obama proposed a tax cut - I hate those!
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
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Bill Daley (White House Chief of Staff)
Jonathan Karl
Donna Brazile
Al Hunt
George Will
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Amanpour: omg America might default
on its debt
Karl: Boehner wants to cut spending
and Democrats want to raise taxes
Daley: it’s time to make the really tough
decisions and bring sanity to Washington DC
Amanpour: good luck with that
Daley: the American people are very
worried about the debt
Amanpour: what is Obama’s prediction?
Daley: Pain
Amanpour: ouch
Daley: sorry
Amanpour: Obama wants to cut $4 trillion
Daley: that will send a message to the
world to please lend us more money
Amanpour: oh good
Daley: Obama came to Washington to
do big things like pay the bills Republicans
built up over 8 years
Amanpour: but he came late to the negotiations
Daley: he was waiting for the GOP to
come to their senses
Amanpour: well that explains it
Amanpour: will you make any cuts to
Social Security or Medicare?
Daley: Medicare will run out of money in 5 years!
Amanpour: oh noe
Daley: people want certainty
Amanpour: does that mean you will
cut entitlements?
Daley: yes - because we can’t kick the can anymore!
Amanpour: what else?
Daley: extend the payroll tax cut
Amanpour: ok
Daley: this debt was run up over decades
so we must solve it in the next 8 hours
Amanpour: what’s the rush?
Daley: we must send the message to
international bankers that America is not dead yet!
Amanpour: the jobs news is all bad
Daley: companies are not hiring because Congress
keeps kicking the can on debt
Amanpour: you’re kidding me right
Daley: A business may need a new
employee but how can it hire knowing
Medicare needs more funding?!
Amanpour: but businesses are making
huge profits right now
Daley: we need businesses to get
more involved in Washington policy making
Amanpour: truly our problem is lack of
corporate lobbying
Daley: when Bush left office we were
losing 800,000 jobs per month
Amanpour: but that was 2 years ago
Daley: We have to cut the debt!
Amanpour: what’s the deal with Pakistan
Daley: ever since we found out Osama bin Laden
lived comfortably near a Pakistan
military base we’ve be re-thinking giving
them bags and bags of money
Amanpour: thanks for coming
[ break ]
Amanpour: welcome to Armageddon!
Will: Nuclear winter, global warming, default
- who gives a shit
Karl: any impartial observer knows that
we must raise taxes and cut entitlements
Brazile: the debt ceiling is not the
time to have a big budget debate -
Moody’s is getting moody!!
Hunt: eventually they will have to
raise taxes and cut entitlements
Amanpour: why is that?
Hunt: why do people rob banks?
Amanpour: because that’s where the money is
Amanpour: why do banks rob people?
Hunt: because that’s where the real big money is
Karl: there are dozens of lunatic Republicans
so therefore the Democrats must give up
everything what they want
Will: Reagan and Bush gave Obama a
surplus and he blew it
Karl: Eric Cantor will veto any deal that makes sense
Amanpour: the American people seem to want
jobs more than debt reduction
Hunt: ya gotta have Entitlements & Taxes!
Amanpour: but that would worsen the recession
Hunt: we should do responsible
things but do them later
Will: Obama should add 700,000
jobs per month like Bush did
Brazile: state governments keep laying
people off you skinny white twerp!
Will: Obama proposed a tax cut - I hate those!
Amanpour: thanks for coming everyone
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