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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World

What were Obama and Boehner thinking?

Debtgeddon is on its way. President Barack Obama and John Boehner, the Republican Congress speaker, are divided over the US crisis. But what were they thinking when they met up? Here's what G2 readers imagined.

Obama: "One lousy cup of coffee left in the whole country and he gets it."

Boehner: "If he thinks I'm paying sales tax on this, he's got another think coming."

Mark Scrimshaw, Newcastle

Obama: "No we can't!"

Boehner: "No we can't!"

Alan Black

Boehner: "You didn't say you wanted coffee."

Obama: "It just would have been nice to have been asked."

Stuart Ian Burns, Liverpool

Obama: "If you don't want the coffee pass it over. We can't afford to waste anything now."

John Burles

"Buddy can you spare a dime?"

Ken Richardson

"I hate it when someone turns up in the same outfit as me."

Sharman Finlay, Ballyclare

"Buddy can you spare a dime"

Ken Richardson

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