Posted on 02/08/2009 8:49:30 PM PST by Jim Robinson
President Obama on Saturday morning warned of a "national catastrophe" if Congress does not move quickly to pass and implement his economic-stimulus plan, praising the Senate's tentative deal on an $827 billion version of the bill.
"If we don't move swiftly to put this plan in motion, our economic crisis could become a national catastrophe. Millions of Americans will lose their jobs, their homes and their health care. Millions more will have to put their dreams on hold," Mr. Obama said in his weekly radio address.
The president, joined elsewhere Saturday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, continued to wage a rhetorical battle against Republicans -- only three of whom support the bill in the Senate, and none of whom voted for it in the House -- ridiculing GOP calls for more tax relief and less spending in the stimulus bill.
"Let's be clear: We can't expect relief from the tired, old theories that, in eight short years, doubled the national debt, threw our economy into a tailspin and led us into this mess in the first place," Mr. Obama said. "We can't rely on a losing formula that offers only tax cuts as the answer to all our problems."
He defended congressional Democrats' efforts to push the enormous-stimulus package through quickly, saying the bill "deserves the scrutiny that it's received over the last month," but adding that the nation "can't afford to make 'perfect' the enemy of 'the absolutely necessary.' "
A Senate vote on the stimulus proposal is expected as early as Monday after a group of moderate Democrats and Republicans, led by Sens. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, and Susan Collins, Maine Republican, agreed on trimming about $85 billion in spending and $25 billion in tax cuts from a version of the bill that had topped $930 billion.
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Compare that with Obama in 2009. The only thing we have is fear.
How about this for Obama’s new slogan:
PORK OR PERISH!
Just a thought.
“...Sens. Ben Nelson, Nebraska Democrat, and Susan Collins, Maine Republican, agreed on trimming about $85 billion in spending and $25 billion in tax cuts from a version of the bill that had topped $930 billion.”
Another cheesy sales tactic the phantom price cut. “Sign here today and I can cut 100 billion dollars off the price. But you have to sign today!”
RE: #27, dammit, it’s lunchtime (or was)
“We have chosen hope over fear.” - Zero, 1/20/09.
My sweet a$$, we have.
(heh)
He is not just creating fear, he is the blackmailing threatening origin of the fear. In addition he practices French Revolution style unloading of guilt and responsibility. The era were also called “The Terror” with wild rumors like Global Warming and complete chaos.
He digs himself deeper in his pronouncements and his heart is following, hook in jaw, this leads to more subsequent unloading ultimately getting anything blamed, like Israel, amongst many things.
THis is what happens when a bunch of immature old fart in Congress rely on immature voters and have to bribe them and satisfy their immature demands, such as letting druggy retards and drunks empower themselves above and over the just and productive at the polls.
I’d say Ceaucescu and other sattelite puppets, but close enough. All were unloaders of problems and had frightening demands and promises.
Yeah, and it’s called looting, Hurricane Katrina and Rat Governor Blanco’s cops style.
Starting with BDS and now the OES Obama Euphoria Syndrome, we are closer to the despicable drunkard or druggy retard black hole of French revolution blame and unload the communist problem unto others and the innocent via the Guillotine.
Some hope indeed... next.
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