Obama puts the heat on Republicans

Los Angeles Times ^ | Feb. 5, 2009 | Peter Nicholas

[FocusNexus]

He is reverting to his true self, blaming Republicans for everything.

I just hope Republicans won't cave, and won't vote for the monster bill, for getting a few crumbs.

[Uncle Miltie]

So, Tax Cuts caused the melt down.

Riiiiiight.......

[Uncle Miltie]

blaming Republicans for demanding what he cast as discredited "piecemeal measures."

If ever there was "piecemeal," it is Porkulus.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I hope the GOP does not cave, too....but I have less confidence in the Senate than I do the House.

[Carling]

The bill could be passed right now without any GOP support, and the Senate could call a cloture vote to force the GOP to filibuster.

Obama is in meltdown mode right now. We are pretty much screwed at this point. Other nations are challenging/mocking him, and his solution is to go and read books to kids at a charter school.

[Jeff Gordon]

He could not dupe the Republicans into going along with his rip off scheme so now his is going to have a sissy fit.

Why am I not surprised?

[byteback]

Huh? I had to check the article to verify that the headline was correct. Obama puts the heat on Republicans

Who is in trouble here? Who is feeling the heat? Freakin' LA Times.

[MaxMax]

Obama needs to leave the White House and read to GAY’s, this Friday.

[FocusNexus]

Here is the link to Obama’s editorial in the WP, Feb. 5, 2009 . Summary: “The sky is falling, the sky is falling, only my stimulus bill can save the world, please urge the Senate to pass it, before the American people realize that we dressed up a huge Dem spending bill as stimulus, and we are lying more, than Madoff”

The Action Americans Need by Barack (Hussein) Obama.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403174.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&sub=AR

By now, it’s clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression. Millions of jobs that Americans relied on just a year ago are gone; millions more of the nest eggs families worked so hard to build have vanished. People everywhere are worried about what tomorrow will bring.

That’s why I feel such a sense of urgency about the recovery plan before Congress. With it, we will create or save more than 3 million jobs over the next two years, provide immediate tax relief to 95 percent of American workers, ignite spending by businesses and consumers alike, and take steps to strengthen our country for years to come.

[torchthemummy]

Against the wishes of his own party, Obama crafted a plan that relied heavily on tax cuts rooted in Republican economic doctrine.

Is this a joke? The majority of "tax cuts" actually go to those that don't pay taxes. Obama needs to be reminded that he and the Dems have plenty of time to craft a payoff bill for all their cronies and welfare constituencies separate from an actual stimulus bill but of course they are trying to sell a hell of a lot of welfare funding hidden in a stimulus bill that has essentially no stimulus components.

Obama just gave a huge opening on the tax cut issue, effectively separating it from all the other pork.

[notdownwidems]

I don’t trust these republican senators; secretly many of them want to ‘go along, to get along’; they never learn that the left will stab them all in the back in the end, anyway. Idiots!

[Uncle Miltie]

"his bipartisan stance"

Is that the stance in which he allows no Republican amendments to Democrat Porkulus rammed through the House?

The only thing bipartisan about Porkulus was its opposition.

[scottywr]

The Right numbers of RINOS will cave, and then give some speech that “we must work together in these dire times”. I honestly believe this new republican backbone won’t last for more than a couple of more weeks. What they don’t understand is that once they set a precedent for holding the line now it will be easier to hold the line in the future. This package will pass in one form or another and republican fingerprints will be on it.

[ducdriver]

...we dressed up a huge Dem spending bill as stimulus

Lipstick on a pig, etc.

[torchthemummy]

...we will create or save more than 3 million jobs over the next two years...

Love the sliding scale.

[exist]

Haha hope and change Barney Frank’s butt.

[Cindy]

[Lorianne]

He says the 'half steps' now urged by the GOP for the stimulus bill are the same ideas that led to the financial crisis.

I agree with him! There should be NO STIMULUS PACKAGE AT ALL.

That's not a half step!

[Cindy]

M.O.C.
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[freekitty]

No, Obama, you wanted to be POTUS. You take responsibility for this piece of trash you are trying to force down America’s throat.

I hope the Republicans stand strong.