Democrat Senator denounced request to raise the debt ceiling

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Five myths about the debt ceiling

In recent months, the federal debt ceiling — last increased in February 2010 and now standing at $14.3 trillion — has become a matter of national debate and political hysteria. >>>

2. Opposition to raising the debt limit is a partisan issue.

Republicans are doing the squawking now because there is a Democrat in the White House. But back when there was a Republican president, Democrats did the squawking. On March 16, 2006, one Democratic senator in particular denounced George W. Bush’s request to raise the debt limit. “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure,” the senator thundered. “Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. . . . Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.”

That senator was Barack Obama, and he, along with most Democrats, voted against a higher limit that day. It passed only because almost every Republican voted for it, including many who are now among the strongest opponents of a debt-limit increase.

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This is the Washington ComPost. A very liberal rag. Most of the article is pure bilge. But every now and then they do happen to stumble upon a truth ... or in this case, another great example of our wonderful historic leaders hypocrisy.

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Five myths about the debt ceiling

This is the Washington ComPost. A very liberal rag. Most of the article is pure bilge. But every now and then they do happen to stumble upon a truth ... or in this case, another great example of our wonderful historic leaders hypocrisy.

Blind squirrel, nut, you know the rest...