Interesting, I can’t help but think if pres. Bush had held a similar meeting with Democrats back in the early 2000’s, things might have turned out differently. Pres. Bush caved on many things when he should have stood firm...tell the Dems, either you are part of the process or not...but I am the President...and will ultimately decide.
Nothing new here, just like the stimulus plan, Zero will ignore the Republican's suggestions.
Further Repbulicans are “picking at a scab” when they object to Obama’s view of bipartisan.
Well I say that the real problem is when Obama gets a simple jab he is so thin skinned that a scab forms and underneath is a festering abscess so I hope Canter will keep picking at Obama’s scabs and exposing the puss that is behind them.
Any military person knows how to translate “with all due respect...”: No respect intended and none to be implied. Good for you, Mr. Cantor!
“Obama acknowledged that, in recent weeks, he has received tea bags from Americans upset by the government’s decision to spend trillions of dollars shoring up the economy”
KEEP SENDING THEM FOLKS!!
““You can expect us to have something very soon,” Cantor said, explaining that he’s “looking for wherever there is waste or duplicative spending.””
How about taking some initiative, “Republicans”.
Why didn't Cantor come to the meeting with a list?
“Republicans” need to be told what to do? Our “Republicans” are not action oriented. If they have principles, they sure as hell don't demonstrate them.
Also from Politico, a few days ago:
“House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said ahead of a meeting at the White House Thursday that Obama and Republicans on Capitol Hill have gotten off on the wrong foot.
“The first 100 days have not been the best days for bipartisanship,” Cantor said during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“We’ve got some very serious issues, and I do think now that we can come together,” he said. “We can do better.”
WILL THE REAL ERIC CANTOR PLEASE STAND UP??!?
Straight out of the democrat's playbook.
No Wagyu beef for you!
Why does Zero keep doing that?
Sounds like a guy who is INSECURE and supporting an over-sized ego.
We have a politician in our county with such a mindset, it is almost palpable: let's everyone get together on this, when it is my opinion or agenda, other alternatives are not considered.
It is to the point that we really don't think that person can actually understand, intellectually, anything other than his own internal world. When one thinks about it this is really a criminal pathology, for instance when one walks into a mom and pop laundry, sticks a gun at the owner's head and demands the cash register, that one is hardly considering the work the owners have accomplished, their children at home, etc.etc.
In the technical realm one of the sad states of the United States is that genuine science or engineering requires one to be trained, open, and objective about all possibilities, but that investment has plummeted here.
Lawyers on the other hand, especially criminal lawyers, are trained to be bigots. That is what they get paid for, and is what they convince themselves to pursue in every case. They might say they want the "truth," but rather operate to win the "game" despite the truth. The United States of course has far more lawyers per capita than ANY other nation. And drastically decreasing engineers.
This is a deep psychopathology crossing all recorded history. The great modern elucidation is Jayne's The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, but many many classics reveal the same struggle.
Just observe Rahm Emmanuel, or BHO himself, for a few sessions, and it will become apparent. You can also include most Harvard products.
Johnny Suntrade
“Obama asked Cantor to present him with a list of places where the federal government could save more money. The self-described conservative eagerly agreed.”
Obviously a trap from which the Communist-in-chief will shamelessly demogogue. The issue is not nickel and dime budget item savings, but wholesale cuts to entitlement programs that the Rats use to buy votes. The TOTUS will never ever consider those programs in play for cuts.
What an arrogant tool.