Obama isn’t following the promise of bipartisanship
Which, from GOP-speak, translates to giving in to every demand. After nearly a decade (or more) of not caring at all about what the Democrats think and/or want, after two terms of GW and just storming through any legislation they want, I hardly think the GOP would know bipartisanship if it came and bit them in the ass.
Oh, and not for nothing, but Obama doesn’t need the GOP. He’s got 59 votes in the Senate and unless they are going to filibuster every bill (which will only make certain they lose another couple seats in 2010) they are pretty much out of luck.
I gotta say, though, I’ll bet these folks are awfully glad they didn’t use their nuclear option a few years back.
GOP senators say Obama off to bad start – CNN.com
“If this is going to be bipartisanship, the country’s screwed,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told ABC’s “This Week.” “I know bipartisanship when I see it.”Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said Obama was off to “a bad beginning,” out of step with the vow of bipartisanship both men made after Obama beat out the Republican presidential nominee for the White House in November.
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We all need to remember that John McCain is the same guy who thought Sarah Palin would be ready to step into the Presidency if something happened to him. The man has the judgment of a 5th grader– and not one of the smart ones.
JohnRJ08
4:45 pm
First of all, John McCain is never going to say anything good about President Obama. McCain showed us all during the debates and the campaign just how much he disrespected Mr. Obama. That is just why his old grey behind lost the election. He’s full of lies and deception. The Republicans have taken President Obama’s kindness for weakness. they think they can stonewall him and get away with it. 2010 will tell them the story. They are going to be voted out, because people are sick of tired of the Republican way of doing things. They have never cared about the middle-class and the poor. It’s always been about the rich fat cat. It’s a new ball game now and they don’t like it.
Ajaye
4:53 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
There are two types of Republicans: rich people and suckers.
moleboy
4:55 pm
Although I see both sides relative to the degree of bipartisanship, the real issue is whether the bailout is going to do one bit of good to boosting consumer confidence and ultimately the economy. And, based on what I am reading, I do not see how… I voted for Barrack and have tried to live the American dream which, has turned into the American nightmare. Instead of creating commerce and jobs, there are a bunch of different types tax cuts and concessions which, indirectly are supposed to bolster the economy. Why would we invest in maybes and mights? Why would we not invest directly in those things that create short, medium, and long-term economic and American strength. Jobs are not created through tax cuts. THEY ARE CREATED THROUGH INVESTING IN BUSINESS, INNOVATION, EDUCATION AND FUNDAMENTALLY, PEOPLE!
Although there are plans to improve and rebuild the infrastructure of the United States, the numbers pale in comparison to this joke of a bailout plan. The same is true in regards to green, renewable energy. Both of which, strengthen the foundation of our country.
My message… Quit playing these incredible naive numbers games and believing with a hope and a prayer everything will be okay. Start true investment into what is important; what people can stand up and believe in!…
Edward R Jarecki
5:06 pm
As long as big business gets the option to hire and work the Chinese and Indian and Mexican people for 1/4th what they would have to pay americans for the same jobs the addage that “tax cuts create jobs” is just plain ole “stoopid”. If it’s “socialism” to care about my fellow americans losing thier homes, jobs and futures moreso than worrying about how much profit my stocks make then I guess sign me up KOMRAD!
Corwin7
5:09 pm
Edward, just remember, according to Michael Steele, government has never created one job EVER.
Of course, he then defines ‘jobs’ as “something businessmen create” so…
look, the fact is that the GOP are stuck in this philosophical (and I think I’m being generous giving them the benefit of the doubt) rut of trickle down economics. Unfortunately, the facts are against them. Unfortunately, moreso, they refuse to accept those facts and so they keep pushing the same tired old ideas
moleboy
5:13 pm
I can’t fault the old Republicans like McCain. His brain is fried. But the younger ones like Palin… man, pure evil.
You know these jerks as soon as they open their mouths. Like a plaid-sportcoat wearing used car salesman.
Just scum.
PhillyPilotZero
5:27 pm
While the Republicans were gloating and spreading the hate, the ground shifted underneath them. They still just don’t get it. The trouble is the intellectual capital of that party has been so completely drained that the only ones left think they are might clever–only problem is that the average American voter is more clever and sees right through their little games. The future of that party, if there is to be one at all, belongs in the hands of Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.
Brian
5:28 pm
How could McCain say it was a good beginning? He has proven through his disgusting campaign, that he’s not the honorable man his military career seems to demonstrate, so why are we listening to him? He attempting to set himself up for next time when for him, there won’t be a next time.
MissMary
5:30 pm
MissMary, I really hope he isn’t trying to set himself up for another run. That would be just sort of sad. Like people who try out for American Idol 6 or 7 times.
He just isn’t presidential material. He probably never was.
Being a soldier doesn’t qualify you to lead the nation.
moleboy
5:32 pm
Poor John! Still can’t get over losing the election. And the republicians can cry all they want. They have had their heads in the sand for so long the only things you hear is the hot air coming out from what is left above ground!Do they really expect that we will keep doing “business as usual?” Change can hurt, especially politicians who are used to getting the big money from the lobbyist.
If they want bipartisianship then they must change their way of thinking. The good ole boy school no longer has support. When a political party can take a trillion dollar surplus and within 8 years turn it into a multi trillion dollar deficit then why would anyone even want to have conversations with them. Pay back is a bitch! Get used to it. More pain is coming in 2010 for republicans.
Vote democrat, vote republican or vote independant, just DON’T vote incumbant! I want to say more but I am so angry with what has happened to our country that first I need to go out and kill something. Oh wait! that’s what the republicans did….our soldiers, civilians in the middle east and what they didn’t kill they tortured!
Butch
5:44 pm
Republicans were winning the battle, but lost the war in the end. Obama went to the American people and that did far more for the package than “Republican outrage” on the contents of the package. Also, there were tax cuts in the package, but the truth is Republicans voted against it because of whom the cuts went to.
Worse, I just don’t think the American people are buying Republican arguements anymore. It will be interesting to see if they will succeed in loosing seats in the Senate.
~BW
BW
5:47 pm
Republicans have always favored the wealthy and falsely believe that deregulation and trickle down economics helps America. They have freely given the fat cats on Wall Street a free ride and the result is that the American people have paid the price. Now the American people have finally woke to the reality and the Republicans have paid the price. Their only alternative is to make President Obama look bad and complain that the poor little Republicans, who are the only ones that have “our” interests at heart, have been left out in the cold. It is going to get frigid for them in the next senatorial elections.
Terik Ororke
6:06 pm
John Boehmer has looked into television cameras over the last week and lied through his teeth, saying that he presented an alternative stimulus package to Obama that would have created twice as many jobs and cost half as much. What Boehmer was trying to foist on Obama was a glorified version of what we got over the last 8 years– big tax breaks and incentives for corporations, and that the absurd hope that it will build the economy. The Republican philosophy is based upon the notion that corporations will always do what’s right for working people in the United States. They have learned nothing from the past. What about ENRON? What about lenders and the banking system? Bush gave lenders billions of dollars in November to address the ‘credit crunch’ and they will still not make loans. What about all the companies who used the free trade agreements to out-source and get cheap labor in India, Mexico and South Korea? Tried talking to anybody in “technical support” lately? It’s impossible to understand them. And how have the extra profits from all those tactics helped our middle class? Nobody wants to give money away here. But this situation is not about companies. It’s about people who can’t support their families, much less send their kids to a decent college. The Republican philosophy of giving breaks to corporations while hoping that money will be circulated back into our economy has left working Americans in the dust. It is infuriating.
JohnRJ08
6:26 pm