Obama’s “Country Before Party” Nonsense

Commentary ^ | 09.05.2011 | John Podhoretz

[Meet the New Boss]

the passion with which he invokes it indicates it’s something he actually and truly believes in

Anybody this naive is unfit to be a serious political commentator.

[bray]

He should have thought of that 4 trillion dollars ago.
Nice he could be so bipartisan.

[Sacajaweau]

Parties represent the different interests of different people...

It's when our reps blindly follow a dictator in lieu of the people they supposedly represent that causes problems.

Obamacare is the perfect example.

Gay marriage is another.(Thank you NY pervs)

[ilovesarah2012]

Any time Obama tries to play the “patriotic” card, it rings hollow with me.

FUBO

[LOC1]

With respect for the office you hold, Mr. President, your ideas for “the benefit of the nation” are just flat wrong.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>News reports suggest that on Thursday night, the president will tell Republicans in the House and Senate that they should put “country before party” and endorse his proposals for job creation.

LOL

[Las Vegas Ron]

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Obama is wed to a ridiculous and hateful ideology, and he won't budge from his philosophical home. For him to accuse others of putting party or ideology before country is pathetic. We haven't had a President in recent memory who was more rigid and incapable of compromise and growth than Obama.

[HarleyD]

Republicans should all wear large button pins saying, “SHOW US YOUR BILL”.

[Winstons Julia]

He’s going to put his plan on paper, right?

I mean ... it won’t just be hollow rhetoric ... he’s going to submit “A PLAN” right? On paper?

And then the GOP can look over it and decide what may be workable ...

Or ... have we abandoned ALL IDEAS about checks and balances and we must cower to the edict from the Oval Office?

[SERKIT]

The nation is waking up in a cold sweat, shakes, shivers, and diarrhea due to Hopium withdrawal. The only cure is an elixir of capitalism, Conservatism, growth in businesses, and release of the stranglehold of Marxism. RINOs, poseurs, and fakers need not apply.

* There is no path to prosperity when you pay people NOT to work.

* There is no path to recovery when you punish the employer class that ultimately -and necessarily - also punishes the employee class.

* Central planning, like Czars, special unregulated commissions, and Executive Order fiat are contrary to a representative republic, but for some reason it has not become nauseating enough to puke up all those toxins and purge the system of these diseases. There can be a civil change of guard, but the Trumpkas, Waters, and Hoffas are issuing not-so-veiled threats of violence.

* In Barry's case, he has put ideology before country or party. He attempts, at every turn, to skirt the Constitution, short-circuits House and Senate processes by special "Gangs of X", creates special commissions, and uses other gamesmanship - all to erode or bypass American institutions.

WAKE UP FROM THE HOPIUM-INDUCED COMA, slap a cold wash-cloth across your face, have a candy bar (or an MRE) and grab your gear!

[rockvillem]

Obama is wed to a ridiculous and hateful ideology, and he won't budge from his philosophical home. For him to accuse others of putting party or ideology before country is pathetic. We haven't had a President in recent memory who was more rigid and incapable of compromise and growth than Obama.

This right here. Well put.

[Steelfish]

Obama is directly implying that the Republicans are UNPATRIOTIC if they don’t follow his plan.

Gosh! Why would the Republicans even invite him to address a joint session without demanding and getting a retraction?

[griswold3]

has anyone noticed we’ve practically reached the new debt limit?

https://www.fms.treas.gov/fmsweb/viewDTSFiles?dir=w&fname=11090100.pdf

Table III-C
closing balance 14,652,045
Aug 2 limit 14,694,000

[ilgipper]

A great theme for the response...’We proudly put good ideas before bad ones. The President’s ideas have failed time and again, and we were elected overwhelmingly in 2010 to stop massive spending dead in its tracks.’

[Flycatcher]

the president will tell Republicans in the House and Senate that they should put “country before party”

Fine.

Then Obama should put country before ego.

RESIGN!

[Palter]

Geeze. Just last year, ol Mr. P was praising Obama as a neocon.

[Qbert]

“Obama is directly implying that the Republicans are UNPATRIOTIC if they don’t follow his plan.

Gosh! Why would the Republicans even invite him to address a joint session without demanding and getting a retraction?”

— Yep. Plus he should be forced to condemn Hoffa’s implied violent remarks today before speaking if he wants to peddle this “Country before Party” foolishness.

[SERKIT]

Barry showed us, with strength and conviction, with every fiber of his being, getting up every day thinking how he could help the "working family", and how he enthusiastically "got on board" with all kinds of legislation when he was seated in the legislative chambers. How did he do it?

He vigorously - and with conviction - voted "present".

Even back then he showed the leadership he would bring to the Oval Orifice.