Obama's Incredibly Dishonest Speech

Based on Obama's speech today, is there really any reason for the GOP to go along with the debt ceiling increase?  No.  Shut it down.  Shut the whole darn thing down.  Giving Obama more debt to work with is like giving gasoline and matches to preschoolers...only the preschoolers would probably act more responsibly.

Jake Tapper throws Obama's own words right back in his face:

President Obama at the GOP House retreat, January 2010:  

“We're not going to be able to do anything about any of these entitlements if what we do is characterize whatever proposals are put out there as, ‘Well, you know, that's -- the other party's being irresponsible. The other party is trying to hurt our senior citizens. That the other party is doing X, Y, Z.”

President Obama today:

“One vision has been championed by Republicans in the House of Representatives and embraced by several of their party’s presidential candidates…This is a vision that says up to 50 million Americans have to lose their health insurance in order for us to reduce the deficit.  And who are those 50 million Americans?  Many are someone’s grandparents who wouldn’t be able afford nursing home care without Medicaid.  Many are poor children.  Some are middle-class families who have children with autism or Down’s syndrome.  Some are kids with disabilities so severe that they require 24-hour care.  These are the Americans we’d be telling to fend for themselves.”