PUTS OFF TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AND MEETING WITH CONGRESS ON RAISING DEBT LIMIT TO PARTY DOWN....IN CHICAGO
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Obama has chosen the first day of the potential default to throw his 50th birthday bash, combining it with raising money for next year’s election. His actual birthday is Aug. 4.
Republicans are slamming the decision to have the party as “insensitive.”
“This really shows how unserious he is,” Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, a fellow Chicagoan, tells Newsmax exclusively. “I realize it’s his birthday, but he is a president who has said he doesn’t know if social security checks will go out that day.
“If that’s the case, I cannot believe he will be having a big party that very day.”
Obama said on Tuesday that he cannot guarantee that social security checks will go out from August 3 unless a deal can be reached on raising the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit. “There may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it,” he told CBS’ Scott Pelley.Unless the deal is reached, government services across the board will be cut and in many cases closed down.
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“My first thought was that he will have to fly to Chicago before the third because I can’t imagine airports will be open,” said Walsh. “And he’ll have to have a huge supply of candles because the lights are going to go out.
“I am amazed he will be able to have a party at all.”
Read more on Newsmax.com: Obama Plans Pricey Birthday Bash on Default Day
