Republicans Mad About Debt Ceiling Increase They Already Agreed To

Here’s an amusing tale of woe from the dysfunctional family of mutants running the federal government: Barack Obama mentioned in the waning days of 2011 that he needed permission to raise the debt ceiling once again, as outlined and wholly foreseen by the debt agreement reached after a lot of tearful hate sex with Congress in August, but congressional leaders asked him to wait to make the request since HELLO, ON VACATION and wanted a chance to formally vote on it instead of just letting the request receive a standard automatic approval after fifteen days without a response. Obama agreed to wait to prove that he unlike everyone else in America has decided to Respect Congress or whatever, mostly we are guessing because of all the Republican sobbing over his recess appointments, and so now John Boehner’s thank-you-for-waiting greeting card for Obama has arrived in the form of a whiny statement scolding the President for asking for a thing both parties agreed to months ago.

From the AP:

Obama originally planned to make this request in December, but with Congress on vacation until mid-January, lawmakers asked the president to delay his request so they could vote on the matter when they returned.

“Washington’s mounting debt is a drag on our economic recovery, and this request is another reminder that the president has consistently punted on the tough choices needed to rein in the deficit and protect important programs for American seniors from going bankrupt,” said Brendan Buck, spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

HAHAHAHA remember that time that Ronald Reagan was president, and he tripled the national debt, while in office, and everyone cheered and talked for the next hundred years about how he was the best thing to happen to Earth since Jesus? Yeah. Anyway, the request to raise the debt ceiling will go through because John Boehner is too worn out for another orgy (hint: it’s an election year), SAD, the end. [AP]