https://redstate.com/erick/2011/07/26/they-just-arent-serious/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usMon, 15 Jun 2026 07:06:11 -0400<![CDATA[Senator Helms once said, “Compromise, hell! That’s what has happened to us all down the line — and that’s the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?”The Democrats and Republicans in Washington may be trying to compromise, but they just aren&#8217;t that serious. They really aren&#8217;t. And now a bunch of House Republicans are going wobbly, backing down from holding the line, and willing to take John Boehner&#8217;s plan — a compromise wherein they are compromising only with themselves.According to Forbes, a ratings downgrade would be worse than a technical default. Unfortunately, sources who have spoken to Standards &#038; Poor tell CNN&#8217;s Erin Burnett that John Boehner&#8217;s plan — the one Allen West and others are lining up to support — would cause the U.S. to lose its AAA credit rating.Why? No, ti has nothing to do with John Boehner embracing the McConnell idea of letting the President raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval and then letting Congress vote to &#8220;disapprove&#8221;. But it does that too.]]>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/07/26/they-just-arent-serious-n39807