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Obama, allies move stimulus fight into high gear
news.yahoo.com ^ | 01/29/09 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 01/29/2009 12:52:57 PM PST by shielagolden

Obama, allies move stimulus fight into high gear WASHINGTON (AFP) – After a failed "charm offensive," US President Barack Obama and his allies unleashed a hard-hitting campaign Thursday to break defiant Republicans' thus-far united opposition to his economic stimulus plan.

The strategy called for millions of labor union members to telephone Republicans from hard-hit states, coupled with an aggressive television advertising campaign targeting potentially vulnerable Republican senators.

The ad featured Obama's warnings about the economic crisis he inherited from George W. Bush and invited viewers in Maine, New Hampshire, Alaska, and Iowa to tell their senators "support the Obama plan for jobs not the failed policies of the past," according to the script.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0bama; 111th; bank; bho2009; bho44; bhostimulus; democrats; fundedbysoros; government; moveon; obama; obamabrownshirts; oprdebtact2009; porkulus; socialism; stimulus; unions; waronpork
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To: mojitojoe

what you posted there is SATIRE which I put up several weeks ago with no basis in fact. my point is that what was a joke several weeks ago, has turned into truth..


41 posted on 01/29/2009 1:13:20 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (A democrat will break your leg, then hand you a crutch and take credit for your being able to walk.)
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To: shielagolden
All I hear is blah blah blah .Now is time to do like Iceland and get the lawn jockey to quit .When stupid stuff like this happens in other countries they get out and protest.this new age we get out and blog.It's time to put a stop to the socialist movement.
42 posted on 01/29/2009 1:14:18 PM PST by minman (Americans stand up for your rights)
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To: shielagolden

Wht would any republican vote for this deomcratic speedapalooa? The WSJ article on it says only .12¢ of every dollar spent goes to job creation. That means that .88¢ of every dollar is nothing but pork!


43 posted on 01/29/2009 1:14:46 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: shielagolden

The whole idea of this is patently ridiculous.

There is no fight here. The RATs own all of the government now and can pass whatever they wish.

Good God, what a joke.


44 posted on 01/29/2009 1:14:48 PM PST by dforest (life is now good again....he has been inaugurated)
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To: chris_bdba

Wht= why


45 posted on 01/29/2009 1:15:26 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: shielagolden

Don’t be fooled, RINO’s.

If Obama/Reid/Pelosi are so sure this is going to work, and they can pass it anyway, what do they care if Judd Gregg votes no?

Why do these unions care?

It’s because they know this won’t work, but they have to “do something” and pay off all their interest groups.

They want to be able to say “hey, it didn’t work yet, but we’re all in this together.”


46 posted on 01/29/2009 1:16:28 PM PST by Nightbird
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To: Badeye
I'm convinced many fine Republicans are standing on principle.

Others may have figured out that support for Obama is like the Rio Grande.

47 posted on 01/29/2009 1:16:46 PM PST by Cedric
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To: caseinpoint

“Seems to me this kind of approach can backfire. “

In many ways .... This is a bad bill that will become unpopular over time. It will fail in the primary mission of turning the economy around.


48 posted on 01/29/2009 1:16:46 PM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: shielagolden
Lawmakers "will have no trouble returning home and explaining to struggling families that they voted against a bill that would recklessly spend billions upon billions of dollars on non-stimulative and non-emergency government programs," said Republican Whip Eric Cantor's spokesman, Brad Dayspring.

"As an American I want to see the right thing done regardless of who gets the credit," Senator Bob Bennett of Utah said. "I'm going to vote against this package because it won't work."

Overall, however, Obama and the stimulus plan are popular with the US public, and Republicans have to worry about "whether in three months they want to be known only as 'the party of no,'" said Davis.

I think the pressure from the people (us) that voted for them needs to increase daily. This needs to fail. Email, call, write letters, fax letters, peaceful protests in huge numbers, whatever it takes.

49 posted on 01/29/2009 1:17:16 PM PST by mojitojoe (THAT SILLY LITTLE WIMP IS NOT MY PRESIDENT)
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To: batter

Re: “He wants cover and accomplices. If you have ever read Atlas Shrugged, this should seem very familiar.”

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Exactly — I’ve been John Galting it since January 20 of this year and intend to keep on in that direction. This means I purchase necessities only. It’s early, but I’m doing well.

Republicans in Congress would do well to enact their own version of following John Galt by continuing to refuse to endorse the impossibly pork-laden Obama “plan.”

NO votes for the Obama plan — not now, not ever~!!! Let him have all the “glory” and ALL the BLAME!


50 posted on 01/29/2009 1:18:25 PM PST by CaliforniaCon
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To: Badeye
Look at the bright side. It took Republicans two months longer in 1993 to figure out the Clinton’s, a full year to figure out Jimmy Carter in 1977. They now know what kind of political enemy the new President will be, and as such it will be even EASIER to vote against legislation the next time. Like on gun control, fairness doctrine, tax hikes, global warming, etc. Think about it folks.President Obama and his Chief of Staff, Rahm ‘failed Ballerinia’ Emanual just screwed up very very early.

Excellent point. The downside is that in 1993, we actually had a GOP Senate caucus with enough Republicans to put up a fight and stop some of the garbage, like the stimulus and like socialized healthcare. 41 GOP Senators is a bit like the Alamo. We will fight bravely, but outcomes will be pre-ordained.

51 posted on 01/29/2009 1:19:17 PM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

They’re probably paid to make calls.

That’s all this stimulus is...a payback to their activists and supporters.


52 posted on 01/29/2009 1:19:21 PM PST by Boiling Pots (Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
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To: Cedric

They did the right thing, no matter the reasoning, as the Obama Administration’s new attack ads demonstrate conclusively.

JMHO.


53 posted on 01/29/2009 1:19:47 PM PST by Badeye (Gee, Willie, had to get a job, huh? (chuckle))
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To: KarlInOhio

Barack “Tom Sawyer” Obama tried to convince the House Republicans that painting the fence is wonderful fun, but is now angry that they didn’t fall for it. He didn’t want help - he wanted Republican fingerprints on it when it fails in its stated goal to revive the economy but succeeds in its hidden goal of socializing the country.

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Great analogy. :)


54 posted on 01/29/2009 1:20:39 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Uuuuuuuum, uh, uh...............aaannnnnnd....................................................um.)
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To: LiteKeeper

He wants to blame anything that goes wrong on the opposition.


55 posted on 01/29/2009 1:21:18 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: shielagolden
Obama, allies move stimulus fight into high gear WASHINGTON (AFP) – After a failed "charm offensive," US President Barack Obama and his allies unleashed a hard-hitting campaign Thursday to break defiant Republicans' thus-far united opposition to his economic stimulus plan.

HEH!

Am I the first????

CHANGE!!!!

56 posted on 01/29/2009 1:22:10 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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To: anniegetyourgun

His campaign worked because he ran as a centrist.

His rhetoric was BS. When reality intrudes, the sheen will dull on the shiny new The One.


57 posted on 01/29/2009 1:22:50 PM PST by WOSG (Oppose the bailouts, boondoggles, big Government -)
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To: shielagolden
BRING IT ON!!!

You've got the votes, but we won't go down without a fight.

58 posted on 01/29/2009 1:23:01 PM PST by GVnana ("I once dressed as Tina Fey for Halloween." - Sarah Palin)
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To: shielagolden

More blah blah blah.


59 posted on 01/29/2009 1:24:47 PM PST by minman (Americans stand up for your rights)
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To: freekitty
He wants to blame anything that goes wrong on the opposition.

No way!

Obalmy is a "the buck stops here" type of guy. /sarc

60 posted on 01/29/2009 1:25:30 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, Question everyone else)
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