Posted on 01/23/2009 11:29:12 AM PST by mak5
President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.
The exchange arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to the president about the amount of spending in the package. They also raised red flags about a refundable tax credit that returns money to those who don’t pay income taxes, the sources said.
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Obozo is exactly correct ... winners get to call the shots.
This has been a failing of GOP moderates, including W, who time and again bent over to reach out to Democrats at every turn ... instead of adhering to their values and acting like the majority (when they had it) instead of whimpering puppies trying to make nice with Democrats who wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire.
The answer “we won - buzz off” should have been forcefully put on the Democrats when they asked for power sharing, and legislative creation.
When am I going to wake up from this?
So. the Constitution still says that all money bills must originate in the House. So Obama go f*** himself!
"America lost."
This is what Republicans need to do when they’re on top, but they never do. Right now, Obama’s on top and he knows it. He’s not going to reach across the aisle, he’s going to make the Republicans crawl to him...and they’ll do it. The only hand he’s going to extend is has a ring on it for McQueeg and Pandsey and that crowd to kiss.
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You are so right. When will the GOP learn that lesson? Time to clean house.
They absolutely intend to do everything their way.
Bush said “I am the President of all the people”; and he certainly considered their points of view, and acted thereon.
BIG DIFFERENCE.
You may have won but we have all collectively lost.
Obama: Neener Neener Neeenerrrr
I've never heard Obama emphacize those things. The only ones I've heard using those words are Republicans.
I hope the pubbies reminded the president that Congress approves all spending in our Government.
While I would agree that the GOP is dead....it was the American electorate that put this guy on the throne. We have met the enemy....and it is us.
Glad we are “putting away childish things...”
More Orewllian doublespeak: An income tax refund for people who paid no income tax.
And what, exactly, will the money spent on contraception stimulate?
“I won”
“You suck”
LOL! All that yak the O made about listening to other opinions...when in his life did he ever do that except between competing marxists?
Reminds me of a despot General I worked for once-
His first day on the job he held Commander’s Call, assembled the entire Wing , and said “My Door is always Open ... Just don’t come through it”
We got him when he left- gave him a radio set that was “transmit only”
I agree 100%.
Elections have consequences...maybe the next GOP President will stop the non-sense of “reaching out to the Dims.”
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