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Here are this week’s winners . . .
“So much for government handouts.”
– DALE STOUT, Sebastopol
“‘Throw me over the cliff’ may soon replace ‘Throw me under the bus’ as the most over-used expression.”
– BOB CANNING, Petaluma
“I’m the hangover after those two have been doing their usual partying.”
– AL COHEN, Santa Rosa
“I like a good ‘cliff hanger,’ but this is ridiculous.”
– MICHAEL SHEEHAN, Rohnert Park
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We’re coming down to the wire and John Boehner adjourns the House of Representatives with two day work weeks two weeks in a row. The clock is ticking Mr. Boehner. Get back to work!
The Republican/Tea Partiers maybe willing to tax the rich, but only if the Democrats help them attack the poor!
A majority of people are already blaming the Republican/Tea Partiers! They’re calling them uncompromising, disorganized, weak, broken, lost, bad, and they need to work together with the Democrats.
This is really how the world will end…Mans inhumanity to man!
That John Boehner is 5′ 6″ and getting smaller.
That John Boehner is going to drive you Republicans to extinction.
Presidential pride and arrogance cometh before a fall. Ours.
Your trending down, Republican/Tea Partiers. You can’t stop the President of the United States of America! Prepare for more failures.
There’s really only two choices here.
Keep current tax rate on your first $250,000 of income – thumbs_up
Increase income taxes on all of everyone’s income – thumbs_down
Will the two of you PLEASE get it together and PULL ME UP?!1111
The GOP should stand for the Grinch Obstruction Party. Christmas for only the 1%’ers is ridiculous.
The last teapartiers had something to complain about! The current teapartiers are a bunch of whiners.
I see a pile of Rice, the Constitution, a boatload of “walking” guns, the Libyan consulate, and decent health care down there at the bottom, so what makes you think our “leaders” won’t let me fall too?
Get back to Congress and compromise for ALL the people Republican/Tea Partiers.
The agony of defeat.
Who’s going to foot their bill?
Help! And step on it.
Now they decide to knuckle down.
So much for government handouts.
The Republicans are going to let me go over this cliff; because if they compromise with the President, they know the Tea Partiers are going to run against THEM in their next primary elections.
If you would just be more specific about which loopholes you want to cut, people may take you more seriously Republican/Tea Partiers.
You know this is gonna hurt me a whole lot more than it hurts you!
If you want to save us all, pull me up and I’ll help you push Ben Bernanke and the Senate Democrats over the cliff.
Wasn’t the last revolution over taxes?
I like a good “cliff hanger,” but this is ridiculous!
Once the people find out you want to eliminate the charity and mortgage interest tax deductions, you’ll be voted out A.S.A.P. Republican/Tea Partiers!
Why won’t you greedy Republican/Tea Partiers pass the bill to keep tax rates low on the first $250,000 that every American earns?
Federal bankruptcy never looked so good.
Merry Cliffmess. You Republican/Tea Partiers are the Grinch!
I’m going to have to side with the President on this one.
WTF! I’m bald and fat? Someone don’t like me very much.
“If they stopped burning bridges there would’nt be a cliff to fall from!”
I wish at least one of them would quit putting their foot down!
They should call it the fecal cliff!
“I’m not worried about what’s down there.
It’s dealing with these two on top of me afterwards.”
I’m thinking of a word that begins with F and it’s not fiscal.
If the Republican/Tea Party tries to increase the Medicare age to 67, I’m sure medical insurance companies will love paying for the care of the many ailing 65 and 66 year olds for the additional years.
This must be some kind of Republican/Tea Party nightmare, because only they would do this to me in order to save their rich supporters millions to ship offshore!
i don’t think a shovel will do any good here
Now I’ve got a spending problem AND a gravity problem!
Hey, will one of you two give me a hand? I see a level playing field down there, but it sits in a deep recession.
” It’s a long fall. Why can’t they just get along?”
I’m very sorry if my discomfort over my little $500 billion predicament in any way interferes with your extremely important battle of wills!
The 98% went over the cliff back in 2008 when George W Bush’s financial bubble burst.
Look at the bright side… the Mayans might be right!
When I fall, I hope I won’t land in that puddle of Greece!
Perhaps we should be calling this the “FICKLE CLIFF!”
The cliff notes are in my back pocket.
If you two can’t compromise,and save me from falling , the voters will push you both off !
With Dumbo and Dumber, I’m doomed.
Left foot or right foot both dance to the same music. An evil image of indoctrination, pretty much says it all.
One hard shove with your trunk and you can regain your popularity and save me at the same time.
If I fall you both fall…
“I’m the “fall guy” again because their bipartisan-ship is sinking.”
Ignoring the elephant in the room is one thing, but here….?
” I’m the hangover after those two have been doing their usual partying.”
Obstructionism and stubborness never solved ANY problem.
Oh my God, will either of these ever get a clue?!
“Throw me over the cliff” may replace “Throw me under the bus” as the most over-used expression!