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Ward Smythe

Ward Smythe is a pseudonymous aspiring freelance writer from Central Virginia. Until late 2007 Ward blogged at the now defunct "Ward View" and was active in Virginia and national politics. Ward's signature style of snarkery gained him a unique following that he hopes to regain here at Bearing Drift. Ward uses humor, satire and sometimes photoshop to make his point. Ward is proud to be an equal opportunity offender.

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15 Responses to "President Two-Year Old Walks Out of Debt Talks"

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   valentinus July 13, 2011 20:29 pm

   I think he was just called out by Michelle for a meal. The same thing happened with Bibi when he visited back in 2010 I believe.

   Ward, what are you complaining about? Do you think him being in the room is going to solve anything? He is rerunning the gov shutdown skit the Dems trot out as needed. Of course, as the battered spouse the Repubs walk up there to get smacked around.

   I have a modest proposal for the Repubs when they cave. Force every single Dem to vote for the debt limit raise (limit $1 trillion) or it fails. In other words, unless 190 whatever Dems in the House and 51 Dems in the Senate vote for it the Repubs will outvote it in the House and filibuster in the Senate. At least we will have newsstories about Obama torturing Dems to get them to vote it.

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   Tim J July 13, 2011 20:30 pm

   Just like negotiating the price of a new car where the car dealer walks off the lot instead of the customer to get his way.

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   Not Blue Virginia July 13, 2011 22:18 pm

   Great moments in doomsday countdowns.

   Barry is not Captain Kirk.

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   kelley in virginia July 14, 2011 08:38 am

   hahaha President Bluffy

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   Steve Vaughan July 14, 2011 10:38 am

   Well this is a little hypocritical, since you guys were praising Cantor as a beacom of courage when he stomped out two weeks ago.

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   kelley in virginia July 14, 2011 11:19 am

   steve: Cantor didn’t say 2 weeks ago “don’t call my bluff”. & Cantor isn’t President of all 57 (according to Bluffy) states>

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   Mike Wilburt July 14, 2011 11:55 am

   Right now Boehner and Cantor should be out there saying, “On CBS News, the president, has confessed that he cannot guarantee he can do the job he holds. He has chosen to refuse to set priorities and demand his treasury secretary send out the social security checks to our seniors and the promised benefits to our veterans. We are in this mess today because for two years he has refused to demand that his party’s leadership in congress produce a budget . His own budget proposal was so unworkable that it did not receive a single vote in the senate…..even from his own party. And now he has chosen to simply walk out in a huff in the middle of critical negotiations to meet the deadline his own administration has set for raising the debt ceiling. In his single statement to CBS News, the president has admitted he is not up to the job.

   “There is an old saying that in a time of urgency you should lead, follow, or get out of the way. Mr. President, you have admitted you cannot lead, and you’ve said you will not follow. By storming out of yesterday’s meeting, you have told us you are walking away.”

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   Steve Vaughan July 14, 2011 12:51 pm

   Kelley: That’s what I thought, IOKIYAAR.

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   kelley in virginia July 14, 2011 16:40 pm

   you know, we complain alot about Va’s budgetary process from both Dems & Repubs. But damn, at least both sides can produce a budget. & we can balance (by whatever means necessary) the budget.

   get with it Congress. & as-patient-as-Job Mr. President (according to Nancy Pelosi)

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    Mike Barrett July 14, 2011 17:07 pm

    Of course Cantor’s opinion of his role in ending the meeting has been disputed by others in attendance; apparently, he scooted out in order to get to the waiting microphones first. Since he had already pushed Mr. Boehner out of the way, his sprint paid off. Of course, inciting further divisiveness does not appear to be paying off for the republicans who are increasingly blamed by business leaders, by Wall Street, by economists, by the international community, and by the minority leader in the Senate who has warned that the current tactics will ensure the re-election of the President and a change in the House. But when you are an ideological extremist, who cares not one wit if we default, go into recession, lose value in every financial asset everyone of us owns, I guess compromise is just a four letter word.

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    ToR July 14, 2011 19:29 pm

    I’d imagine it’s hard to negotiate with people who don’t seem willing to bring anything to the table. The Republicans seem willing to tarnish our finances due to their idiotic ideology.

    @ Kelley

    We can balance the budget because we depend heavily on spending from Washington. If the federal government were to shut down or our state wasn’t subsidized by DC our economy would be a joke and we wouldn’t even be close to a balanced budget.

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    Gary D July 16, 2011 16:22 pm

    or when a little child stammers and throws a tantrum when they can’t get their way? This guy is not a leader, he is a JOKE. Even if he was called out for dinner, he should have returned, and there are no discussions, from what I heard so far, planned next week. He has a job to do, doesn’t want to do it.

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    Temporary July 16, 2011 17:27 pm

    I can understand the President being frustrated.

    Just think, you start out with two of the three branches of government, and some would even argue you have the third, then all of a sudden there are these crazy people with signs out on the street who don’t like all the stuff you’re doing. The President tried to ignore it, in fact, he even said he wasn’t aware that the TEA party was out on his front lawn when they marched on D.C., he just got in his helicopter and left. How could a President claim to not even be aware of demonstrations happening right in front of the White House ?

    Dismissed as irrelevant or worse, called racists, astroturf, everyone remembers how it went, until the TEA party finally started pushing through a bunch of candidates that otherwise would not have been elected in 2010. After the election everyone knew what was going to happen, there has been no mystery that this debt ceiling fight was going to go to the edge, and the first fight of 2011 made it obvious how the debt ceiling debate was going to evolve. This isn’t a minor difference of opinion between groups of people who have respect for one another’s position, this is a street fight.

    The TEA party started out years ago, grew in strength, used the democratic process to elect candidates to office, and now they can’t be ignored. The President and leaders of both the Republican and Democrat parties could dismiss the TEA party when it all started, but now that’s not so easy. Whenever the President sits down at the negotiating table, there’s the TEA party sitting just a few feet away, staring right back at him. I bet he is frustrated.

    I bet he’s going to get a lot more frustrated before it’s over.

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    Temporary July 16, 2011 17:45 pm

    Oh, and before I get smacked on it, I’m not suggesting that the TEA party is involved in the debt ceiling negotiations directly, of course, only that they are an influence. Talk about frustration for spenders, wait until the TEA party actually has people in leadership positions.

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    James "turbo" Cohen July 16, 2011 18:28 pm

    Obama voted no for Bush era debt limit increases in 06.. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=s2006-54