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:shrug: it was originally intended as lighthearted, however, more seriously, I can't help but notice you don't answer it. Is Obama's behavior in 2006 exhibitive of the same moral atrocity - described variously as "terrorism", "hostage taking" and the like - as Republicans today, since it was, in fact, the same behavior? And if so, did you think that of him at the time?
1. I didn't know about it at the time. Virtually nobody did. Raising the debt ceiling was generally a matter of political routine until the 2011 debt ceiling fight.
2. I would say it's different, since Obama wasn't trying to extract any concessions. The Republicans are trying to extract utterly absurd concessions -- basically the implementation of the entire party platform minus some sort of abortion restrictions, which they probably would have added in if they had thought of it.
Obama was making a credential-burnishing speech on the Senate floor. The GOP is attempting to hijack the government. Yeah, there's a difference. It's NOT the same behavior.