I hate this argument when Obama makes it, and I hate it even more when conservatives buy into it.
The basis for a democratic form of government is that people sometimes agree to compromises, not because they contain everything they think is good, or agree with the other side, but because it is required to get anything done.
Voting for a compromise where taxes are raised on the rich doesn’t in any way indicate that republicans think that part of the compromise is a good thing. IT certainly doesn’t mean they “agree” with everything — if they did, it wouldn’t be a “compromise”.
When Obama claimed that our acquiescence to NOT including a tax cut for the highest earners means that we “now admit” that they don’t pay enough is the type of smarmy statement that makes me want to punch him in the face.
whether or not repubs agree with it or not, obama and all the dems in front of cameras will claim it, and guess who’s only going to be put in front of those liberal msm “objective reporting” “unbiased” cameras?
Boner and company have really been out there chewing up the airwaves with the conservative side of the argument. I see the msm gives them all equal time as all the dems they have on film -—— oh wait, they don’t. the message isn’t out there.