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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Spending-addicted liberals turn Stalinist: Bill Clinton infers Obama being weak on debt ceiling, says he would ram increase through unilaterally

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Clinton would raise debt ceiling on own -- but not Obama

(USA TODAY) -- by David Jackson --

The president says he would lift the debt ceiling on his own, with or without congressional approval.

That president, however, is Bill Clinton.

The current White House occupant, Barack Obama, isn't considering such unilateral action, aides said.

In a recent interview with The National Memo, Clinton said he would raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling on his own if Congress fails to act, and "force the courts to stop me" rather than face a government default.

"I think the Constitution is clear and I think this idea that the Congress gets to vote twice on whether to pay for (expenditures) it has appropriated is crazy," Clinton said.

Clinton referred to the 14th amendment, a post-Civil War measure that reads in part: "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

Obama and aides, however, have questioned whether he has the right to lift the debt ceiling on his own...MORE...LINK
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Clinton gets nasty: Like heroin addicts going through withdrawal, frustrated, spending addicted left-liberals begin issuing Stalinist threats over conservative and libertarian refusal to enable their nation-destroying habits any longer

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