"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a Sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. ...Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here'. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and Grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better." Barack Obama, 2006
President Barack Obama has said that he made these comments in the context of a debate about increasing the debt ceiling that he knew was simply for show, the votes were there for raising it so he knew that his vote, and his comments, were not essential. They were Just Words (tm).
* "Just Words" was made popular by Candidate Obama scriptwriter (and governor of Massachusetts) Deval Patrick; Candidate Obama used Patrick's Just Words to rebut Candidate Hillary Clinton's allegation that his actions or even later speeches were not consistent with his bold, fiery prose. Joke's on her. (Whatever happened to that lady anyway?)
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