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Obama Throws Reid Under the Bus: Hey, That Guy's In Charge of All of This, Not Me
Ace of Spades ^ | October 7, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 10/07/2013 2:47:24 PM PDT by lbryce

But note how very laudatory The Hill is regarding the wily Reid. And note the article goes out of its way to protect Obama from any political fallout from Reid's aggressive, no-compromise stance -- claiming that Obama is just a spectator in all of this, and himself only wishes to compromise.

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The Hill
President Obama has handed over the reins of leadership on government funding and the debt limit to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

Reid is now fully in charge of his party’s negotiating strategy, a significant change from past showdowns with Republicans./i>

He has taken the initiative from Obama, who played the principal role in the 2011 debt-limit talks and New Year’s fiscal cliff deal. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are relieved by the switch.

The majority leader has brought a more pugnacious style to the debate, bashing House conservatives as “anarchists” and mocking the “Banana Republican mindset.”

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Wait, I thought compromise was a good thing? I also enjoy the Democrats' efforts (assisted by the Hill) to try to shield Obama from the political consequences of his decisions -- "Hey, Obama is just a big compromiser who wants what's best for everyone, but he's not in charge now, so don't hold any of this partisan squabbling against him."

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Wait, the President of the United States isn't in charge?

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I can't keep excerpting, but the passage I cut has more Democrat quotes talking about how open to compromise Obama is, but that he's been sidelined by... well, by someone who has no power to sideline him. cont'd

The Hill;October 7,2013-Smash-mouth Reid (Video)
President Obama has handed over the reins of leadership on government funding and the debt limit to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

(Excerpt) Read more at minx.cc ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: governmentshutdown; obama; redi
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That's the kind of behavior of Obama throwing Reid under the bus you'd expect from Sotero Sociopath.
1 posted on 10/07/2013 2:47:24 PM PDT by lbryce
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To: lbryce

Hahaha, just cause I give you the steering wheel,
doesn’t mean you’re driving the car.....
It means NO one is driving!!!


2 posted on 10/07/2013 2:50:57 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: lbryce

This tells me the polling is shifting, despite the coordinated MediaMatters/OFA/Mainstream Media “BLAME THE REPUBLICANS!” campaigning.


3 posted on 10/07/2013 2:52:42 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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4 posted on 10/07/2013 2:53:30 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: lbryce

Voting ‘present’ is 0bama’s idea of affirmative action.


5 posted on 10/07/2013 2:58:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: lbryce

Reid doesn’t care, he just wants to be as close to the bus as he can get, doesn’t matter if he is on the bus, in the bus or under the bus, he just loves obama’s bus...


6 posted on 10/07/2013 2:58:30 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: lbryce

Just keep it up democrats until it becomes clear that the only solution is to abolish liberals and democrats forever.


7 posted on 10/07/2013 3:00:25 PM PDT by Bullish (Psalm 46)
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To: lbryce

Good cop. Bad cop. It’s just a game to them.


8 posted on 10/07/2013 3:00:58 PM PDT by FES0844
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To: lbryce

Wondered how long it would take for O’liar to throw the slimy Harry Reid under the bus. No one deserves it more.


9 posted on 10/07/2013 3:04:36 PM PDT by EverOnward
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To: lbryce

This is where the rubber meets the road in Rush’s so-called “Limbaugh’s Theorem” where the voters do not associate Obama with his policies that are wrecking the place. Republicans need to be adamant and direct in their tying Obama to a refusal to negotiate with a House of Representatives that was elected to stop the healthcare law that bears his name.

If Obama is in fact getting blame in the polls, as he should, he has made a tactical error that will give Republicans an opportunity to pin many of his other policies directly on him. This has not registered with a wide swath of the public with only a casual, MSM informed “knowledge” of the circumstances.

There are plenty of film clips where Obama is essentially bragging of his refusal to negotiate.


10 posted on 10/07/2013 3:07:33 PM PDT by RatRipper (The political left are utterly evil and corrupt)
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Boehner is the most powerful man in the World right now.


11 posted on 10/07/2013 3:08:40 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lbryce

So Reid is co-President ? Well at least that is something that can make people from Nevada proud.


12 posted on 10/07/2013 3:10:49 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: tcrlaf
This tells me the polling is shifting, despite the coordinated MediaMatters/OFA/Mainstream Media “BLAME THE REPUBLICANS!” campaigning.

The Tsunami is coming. The earth already moved and the water cannot be stopped now.

13 posted on 10/07/2013 3:12:33 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: PoloSec

“he just loves obama’s bus.”

Well, Barry isn’t a kid & he doesn’t have cancer, he’s clean and doesn’t speak with a Negro accent. Unless he wants to.
What’s not to like?
OK, he’s a lying sack of Marxist filth. Bird gotta fly, fish gotta swim .....


14 posted on 10/07/2013 3:14:35 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: lbryce

No honor among somebody or other...


15 posted on 10/07/2013 3:16:25 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: PoloSec
“Reid doesn’t care, he just wants to be as close to the bus as he can get, doesn’t matter if he is on the bus, in the bus or under the bus”

Reid wants to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral

16 posted on 10/07/2013 3:17:55 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: lbryce

Harry Reid is super nasty, so nasty he could care less if Obama dumps some of the blame on him. He could care less. He knows his role in this good cop-bad cop routine


17 posted on 10/07/2013 3:18:17 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: lbryce

Nonononono! Not me! Him!!!!


18 posted on 10/07/2013 3:19:09 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
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To: lbryce

Kind of counter intuitive as Obama is not up for reelection while those in the Senate are. Figure he would be the one to fall on his sword for the good of the party rather than the party falling on the sword for Obama’s historical reflection.


19 posted on 10/07/2013 3:20:35 PM PDT by Usagi_yo
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To: Usagi_yo

are the Dems starting to crack?


20 posted on 10/07/2013 3:27:17 PM PDT by GeronL
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