For those who believe default is a "Republican" threat

Discussion in 'Politics' started by ogarbitrage, Oct 16, 2013.

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    #21     Oct 16, 2013
  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    I'm not going to argue practical vs. technical default with you, for two reasons. 1) who cares? Nobody but a few crazies wanted either type, which is of course why it was perceived to be useful as a bargaining chip. 2) it's over, the tea party lost. 3) Now that the tea party has lost on the issue my own view is, see #1.
     
    #22     Oct 16, 2013
  3. Okay, no accountability for your first assertion. How about accountability for this assertion?

    Can you provide a specific example of anyone in either party saying they wanted a default?
     
    #23     Oct 16, 2013
  4. Ricter

    Ricter

    I didn't say the crazies who wanted one were "in a party", as in, elected. Maybe you're one of the crazies.

    Arguing that failing to raise the debt ceiling wouldn't lead to a real default is no longer a useful bargaining tool for the tea party--no one (today) thinks it's going to happen anyway.
     
    #24     Oct 16, 2013
  5. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    +1
     
    #25     Oct 16, 2013
  6. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    Rectum is a radical leftist commie.
     
    #26     Oct 16, 2013
  7. Ricter

    Ricter

    "That doesn't look like a section. Support your assertion with something other than ad hominem."

    So, where's the ad hominem in what I wrote?
     
    #27     Oct 16, 2013
  8. No where. "Ad hominem" was the wrong phrase. I apologize and did not mean to suggest you attacked me personally as you did not.
     
    #28     Oct 16, 2013