Wednesday, January 05, 2011

obama as senator

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day ... and President Obama was right at least once. As Senator in 2006, he crossed party lines and voted with Republicans to not raise debt limits ...

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”

More on the point here.

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