Originally Posted by Rochard

That's the way politics works!
Didn't Obama vote no the last time when he was a Congressman?

Originally Posted by Robbie

By the way, here is a quote from SENATOR Barrack Obama when he voted NO to raise the debt ceiling in 2006 (he didn't even bother to vote on it in 2007 and 2008)

"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 U.S. Government can?t 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."
- Barrck Obama 2006