{"id":9699,"date":"2012-12-06T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T18:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9699"},"modified":"2012-12-06T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T18:06:17","slug":"budget-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/budget-bs\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget BS"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to the current budget fiasco, Republicans have their talking points lined up in a row, all evasions and obfuscations.  So they employ projection to accuse Democrats of doing it instead.  But what happens when a Democrat can rattle off specifics profusely, and a Republican can\u2019t or won\u2019t?  It reveals either Republican ignorance, or more likely, something worse.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"GOP-Shit\"<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a vague counter offer<\/a> to President Obama\u2019s plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, offering $800 billion in revenue by closing unspecified loopholes and deductions and $1.4 trillion in spending cuts. Republicans have refused to provide details and have pressed Democrats to detail which cuts they would accept. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, during an appearance on CNN\u2019s Situation Room, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) became speechless when asked to list the spending reductions Congress should adopt, as host Wolf Blitzer pressed the Chairman of the House Republican Conference for just one example<\/strong>. Fellow guest Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) just threw his hands up in frustration and detailed the $1 trillion plus in cuts Democrats have already supported… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Think Progress<\/a>><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the video:<\/font><\/p>\n