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Obama says he accepts 'imperfect' spending bill
AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/11/09 | Philip Elliott - ap

Posted on 03/11/2009 9:35:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said he will accept a $410 billion spending package but insisted it must signal an "end to the old way of doing business."

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"I am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government," Obama declared. "But I also view this as a departure point for more far-reaching change."

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Running for president, Obama denounced the pet projects as wasteful and open to abuse — and vowed to rein them in.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; accepts; earmarks; imperfect; obama; omnibus; spending; taxandspend
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It's not like Pelosi and Reid are holding a gun to his head .. geesshh!
1 posted on 03/11/2009 9:35:53 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

He “vowed to rein them in”? I thought he said he would stop them. Not that his words matter or anything.


2 posted on 03/11/2009 9:37:34 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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altho I am not sure on that as he signed the bill away from the public view and took no questions from any reporters.

I’d say he is pretty ‘transparent’ whether he realizes it or not.

Socialist.


3 posted on 03/11/2009 9:38:41 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after receiving his economic daily briefing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington March 11, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


4 posted on 03/11/2009 9:39:34 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: jennyjenny
Other than Murdering embryos’ this clown has broken almost all campaign promises.
5 posted on 03/11/2009 9:39:57 AM PDT by DAC21
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The 'H' stands for ..

Hypocrit.

.. Reuters

6 posted on 03/11/2009 9:41:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge
Acknowledging it's an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama said he will accept a $410 billion spending package but insisted it must signal an "end to the old way of doing business."

Barack Obama says: "The buck stops here but don't blame me!"

7 posted on 03/11/2009 9:42:18 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS

I guess reading it is too hard. And there’s a party to go to tonight!


8 posted on 03/11/2009 9:45:36 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: NormsRevenge

This guy is an arrogant, pompous LIAR. Oh, and I love how he cowardly shies away from talking about the elimination of the voucher program in DC.

The only thing that he promised that he hasn’t reneged on is is his socialist agenda. He has no ability to govern as a centrist because he doesn’t believe in it.


9 posted on 03/11/2009 9:46:41 AM PDT by chpmass
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To: chpmass

The bill is as he wants it.


10 posted on 03/11/2009 9:49:20 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: NormsRevenge

But it has no earmarks. I know because Obama told me so.


11 posted on 03/11/2009 9:50:07 AM PDT by Lost Highway (I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
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To: chpmass

Let’s take bets on the next big “porkulus” bill. There is no way the Rats on congress will give up their big vote advantage to lay on the pork. They will even let the GOP have some to roll the log. And next time Zero will say that it is no use to veto..


12 posted on 03/11/2009 9:51:31 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: NormsRevenge

He’s so full of crap. And his lemmings eat it up.


13 posted on 03/11/2009 9:52:16 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
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To: Oldexpat

He’s quickly running out of excuses. Unfortunately, the media is still in the tank for him.

He hasn’t done a single thing since he was elected except overturn Bush’s executive orders. That’s not leadership, it’s voting present.


14 posted on 03/11/2009 9:54:25 AM PDT by chpmass
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To: NormsRevenge

This pathetic amateur POS doesn’t have a clue about what he’s doing.


15 posted on 03/11/2009 9:54:45 AM PDT by garyhope (It's world war IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam. VRWC. TWP.)
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To: jennyjenny
He “vowed to rein them in”? No he said "end to the old way of doing business."

He is going to streamline the process and submerge it under a new title; something like Progressive use of someone else's money!

Then we will be happy, pork is gone!

/sarcasm

16 posted on 03/11/2009 9:57:08 AM PDT by BillT (New Executive Order to abolish the WS Constitution to be signed to save the US Constitution)
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To: NormsRevenge

W accepted all his imperfect spending bills. Obama’s doing the same as he serves W’s third term.


17 posted on 03/11/2009 10:08:48 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Could there be a more egregious example of journalistic brownnosing than this AP article?


18 posted on 03/11/2009 10:43:01 AM PDT by Melchior
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To: NormsRevenge

“I am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because I don’t have a clue of what in hell what to do and it makes me look like I R doing somthing.


19 posted on 03/11/2009 10:52:29 AM PDT by Vaduz
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He accepts a Imperfect bill

Then signs it behind closed doors without pictures............as a coward.

20 posted on 03/11/2009 10:55:55 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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