Because this is the way the “only adult in the room” acts
President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of a stormy debt-limit meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, a dramatic setback to the already shaky negotiations, according to GOP sources.
“He shoved back and said ‘I’ll see you tomorrow’ and walked out,†House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told reporters in the Capitol after the meeting.
On a day when the Moody’s rating agency warned that American debt could be downgraded, the White House talks blew up amid a new round of sniping between Obama and Cantor, who are fast becoming bitter enemies.
When Cantor said the two sides were too far apart to get a deal that could pass the House by the Treasury Department’s Aug. 2 deadline — and that he would consider moving a short-term debt-limit increase alongside smaller spending cuts — Obama began to lecture him.
“Eric, don’t call my bluff,†the president said, warning Cantor that he would take his case “to the American people.†He told Cantor that no other president — not Ronald Reagan, the president said — would sit through such negotiations.
King Barry doesn’t like it when people question him or treat him in a manner other than like royalty. He’s never had to deal with people fighting back, and he doesn’t like it one little bit. And, yeah, no other president would have to sit through them, because all the other presidents were capable of doing the job in the first place, and it would have never come to this.
And So It Goes In Shreveport: Hissy Fit Number 1400
Pundette: That first-class temperament strikes again. Since Obama brought up the comparison, imagine Reagan throwing a tantrum like that. Or never coming up with a solution of his own.
White House Dossier: Obama Has a Hissy Fit, Walks Out!
