There’s an old saying: respect the office, if not the man. But, what if the man uses the office to make the presidency as much of a joke as he is himself? Anyhow, Obama has used his perch to complain like a 5 year old who isn’t allowed to have a cookie before doing his homework
Just days ahead of the Aug. 2 debt ceiling deadline and as partisan rankling continued on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama urged Congress to show him a plan that would divert the country from national default by Tuesday.
Huh what? Why not offer one up yourself?
In the weekly address to the
nationDNC, the president maintained that House Republicans had wasted too much time passing a bill that doesn’t offer a long-term solution to the debt crisis.
In other words, one that doesn’t get him beyond the 2012 elections.
The House plan, Obama argued, would expose the country to another impasse in a few months. “It would hold our economy captive to Washington politics once again,†he said. “If anything, the past few weeks have demonstrated that’s unacceptable.â€
Yeah, damned those politics by people elected to represent the will of their constituents who see spending as a major problem.
“And make no mistake — for those who reflexively opposed tax increase on anyone, a lower credit rating would be a tax increase on everyone,†he warned.
“That would be inexcusable, and entirely self-inflicted by Washington. The power to solve this is in our hands.â€
So, yet again, President Snippy Pants uses his perch to insult a group of Americans by saying that their hardcore political belief that tax increases are a Bad Idea is the same as his own knee jerk reaction to whine when he doesn’t get his own way. It’s rather hard to respect the office when Obama has worked hard to make it the same as some tin pot incompetent third world dictators office.
And, if the power is “in our hands”, why doesn’t he offer a plan?
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the president maintained that House Republicans had wasted too much time passing a bill that doesn’t offer a long-term solution to the debt crisis.
Hmmm sounds like the Socialists too. No plan and NMP also derided the Reid verbal plan as well. basically, the two plans were similar in that there were no tax hikes, thus every reason NMP would not like it.
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for those who reflexively opposed tax increase on anyone, a lower credit rating would be a tax increase on everyone,†he warned.
Reflexively? Yeah, you bet. CUZ THEY ARE KILLERS during a depression. And, there is no reason to raise taxes on only part of this country (treated unequally) when half this nation does not even pay taxes, and most of that non-paying half actually gets extra money transferred to them at tax paying time.
Time has come to lay down your gauntlet Repubs. Are you going to keep playing the DC politics to make the socialists happy with you or are you going to start defending the people of this nation??
Read this from the whine:
Any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan. It must have the support of both parties that were sent here to represent the American people – not just one faction of one party…
Reminds me of the kid-fun where you grab the wrist of your friend and use his hand to hit his own face while saying, “why are you hitting yourself?” Obama, why are you lambasting yourself and your party?
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Here in Washington, we need to get our house in order. And I have to say, Democrats in Congress and some Senate Republicans have been listening and have shown themselves willing to make compromises to solve this crisis. Now all of us – including Republicans in the House of Representatives – need to demonstrate the same kind of responsibility that the American people show every day. The time for putting party first is over. The time for compromise on behalf of the American people is now. Thank you.
So……. the American people can raise their own funding sources at will? They can spend more than their credit limit on their credit cards? They can spend more than their home loan is for? They can demand strangers on the street pay for their utilities?
Who’s psychotic Mr President? Why are you hitting yourself?
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