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This is what I am wanting to see. Full steam ahead and let the GOP stew in their obstructionist juices. Yeah, I complained about President Bush's 171 recess appointments. But at this point I'm resigned to the fact that the Democrats will have to start playing this game GOP-style for real or nothing is going to get done.
"In our meeting I asked the congressional leadership to put a stop to these holds in which nominees for a critical job are denied a vote for months," he said.
"If the Senate does not act, and I made this very clear," Obama continued, "I will consider making several recess appointments during the upcoming recess because we can't afford to let politics stand in the way of a well functioning government."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/09...55384.html
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oooh, I am shaking in my boots. You can fire half of Washington and nobody would notice.
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More administrative hand-wringing from the Party In Power.
It's funny when they learn that 'bipartisanship' does NOT mean "you'll be dumb enough to do exactly what I say because I won the election, neener neener". Bush had to learn the same thing when the Democrats took back Congress.
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cbelt3 wrote: Bush had to learn the same thing when the Democrats took back Congress.
No. He just learned that he could actually use his veto power.
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Funny, when the Dems blocked many of Bushes appointments it was a great and wonderful thing and the use of recess appointments was an evil thing.
Payback is hell or politics, something like that.
Obama is simply an incompetent. At first I was worried that he would implement his socialist, ultra leftist, neo-communist, Alinksy agenda :devil:, but after witnessing his legislative incompetence, I'm not so worried any more.
The only president in recent memory who had worse skills in dealing with Congress was James Earl Carter. At least Carter helped to craft most of his submitted legislation, whereas Obama has delegated the drafting to the most far left members of his party.
That was a disastrous (once again, not really for me ), choice, which lead to 2000 page documents, a lack of focus, and an elite, far left dismissal of the objections of middle America to Obama's agenda.
Getting legislation passed requires leadership, not divine aura, or endless speeches, or annoying lecturing.
Funny how the evil, incompetent George Bush was able for the most part, involve Democrats in his legislative agenda, but Obama is so ideologically rigid, he can't get the concept of compromise through his thick skull.
It is great for our side and the country : ) .
The Republicans have no incentive to cooperate with Obama, as his idea of bipartisanship to accept the Democratic far left agenda as is and unchanged. He idea of compromise is best summed up when he told the Republicans when they proposed their solutions, that "We won."
Arrogrance, immaturity, and a total lack of experience are at the core of Obama's legislative problems.
Unless Obama looks at how Lyndon Johnson or Ronald Reagan negotiated with Congress to implement their agendas, Obama is probably going to fail miserably. It will be his arrogance that will be his undoing.
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Hope you got that out of your system, whatever it was.
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davester wrote:
Hope you got that out of your system, whatever it was.
Forgot to flush though . . .
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Black wrote:
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Hope you got that out of your system, whatever it was.
Forgot to flush though . . .
He is not a "Landlord", is he?
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Is he gonna give them "noogies" and "purple nurples," too?
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Grumpyguy wrote:
Funny, when the Dems blocked many of Bushes appointments it was a great and wonderful thing and the use of recess appointments was an evil thing.
Payback is hell or politics, something like that.
Obama is simply an incompetent. At first I was worried that he would implement his socialist, ultra leftist, neo-communist, Alinksy agenda :devil:, but after witnessing his legislative incompetence, I'm not so worried any more.
The only president in recent memory who had worse skills in dealing with Congress was James Earl Carter. At least Carter helped to craft most of his submitted legislation, whereas Obama has delegated the drafting to the most far left members of his party.
That was a disastrous (once again, not really for me ), choice, which lead to 2000 page documents, a lack of focus, and an elite, far left dismissal of the objections of middle America to Obama's agenda.
Getting legislation passed requires leadership, not divine aura, or endless speeches, or annoying lecturing.
Funny how the evil, incompetent George Bush was able for the most part, involve Democrats in his legislative agenda, but Obama is so ideologically rigid, he can't get the concept of compromise through his thick skull.
It is great for our side and the country : ) .
The Republicans have no incentive to cooperate with Obama, as his idea of bipartisanship to accept the Democratic far left agenda as is and unchanged. He idea of compromise is best summed up when he told the Republicans when they proposed their solutions, that "We won."
Arrogrance, immaturity, and a total lack of experience are at the core of Obama's legislative problems.
Unless Obama looks at how Lyndon Johnson or Ronald Reagan negotiated with Congress to implement their agendas, Obama is probably going to fail miserably. It will be his arrogance that will be his undoing.
Nice job of regurgitating the talking points of Hannity, Malkin, Limbaugh, etc. Now: do you have any original thoughts you'd like to share?
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