No matter how you feel about him, there is no reason that this president should not be accorded the respect, and the responsibility, that every other resident of the White House has been given. Even if you think that the national debt is the most important crisis facing the nation, raising the debt ceiling will not increase that debt one penny. The only thing bringing this nation to the brink of failure is a foolish attempt to turn a routine event into an issue.
Call your senators and congressmen. Tell them it's time to stop playing around and produce a clean bill. (202) 224-3121. No cuts, no taxes, no triggers, no super committees, no anything. Just an increase in the debt ceiling that doesn't change one single program.
They can add all the language they want. They can state just how much they loathe it. They can rail against it. And tomorrow they can get up and begin the fight to reduce the debt in any way they want, so long as they do it without a sword of our own making hanging over the nation's head.
Call.
Update
By now you've probably heard that there seems to be a deal in the works, a deal that's all cuts, no revenues, and filled with traps. A deal that's unacceptable. Which is all the more reason to let your representatives know you want a clean bill.