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Originally posted by lao tzu View PostUmm, dude, somehow missed who's still in the White House?
Y'all do it to yourselves. Srsly.
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"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostAnd the exact reverse was true in 2006 when the Republicans tried to distance themselves from an increasingly unpopular president while the Democrats ran against Bush and his policies and tried to portray their opponents as rubber stamps for Bush.
And what did you expect from the Republicans when Obama made it crystal clear that he did not need to or want to talk to them. He said it was useless because they were too extreme while simultaneously offering to open up talks with America's enemies (obviously because they were more reasonable than the Republicans).
About the only time he did talk to them it was to deliver a sneering lecture about how he won and elections have consequences. Obama and the Democrats in the House and Senate refused to consider a single Republican proposal during the first two years. And after the Republican landslide in 2010 Obama had to ask his aides if they knew how to contact the incoming Republican leadership because he never talked to them before. Bob Woodward detailed a lot of this in his book.
And yet after this you act like you expected the Republicans to come in on bended knee begging for an opportunity to help Obama push through his agenda. In fact many in the press complained about just that. They were outraged that they weren't bending over backwards to help "fix" Obamacare -- legislation that not a single one of them supported and campaigned on a promise of working to repeal it.
The idea that Obama hasn't tried, desperately at times, to work with Republicans is an echo-chamber myth."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostOh, it's a referendum all right. I'm pretty sure everyone who was eligible to vote could have done so given the opportunity. Those who supported Republican policies were motivated to show up at the polls. Those who supported Obama, not so much.
If it's a referendum election, you have a very confused electorate."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by Sam View PostThat's essentially saying that every election is a "referendum election." Sort of loses its meaning.
It's notable that majorities of the public still support policies that the GOP is dead-set against (keeping Obamacare, increasing minimum wage, path-to-citizenship immigration reform, etc.)
If it's a referendum election, you have a very confused electorate.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostEvery (fair) election IS a referendum.
No, just an electorate that doesn't support Obama's policies as much as you think it does. Polls (and polloganda) are one thing; elections are another.
It's -much- more reliable to get an understanding of what people want through -asking them- than through inferring the same thing through a particular election. You've got a president who is only the second president since WWII to be elected with over 51% of the popular vote twice yet whose party has been "shellacked" in both midterm elections. Trying to draw a referendum or mandate from the lowest turnout election of the four is an exercise in bias confirmation."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by Sam View PostThat's just a bizarre rewriting of history. Obama tried to get Republicans onboard with the stimulus, with the auto bailout — he spent months trying to court moderate Republicans like Snowe on the ACA, he had a public group discussion with Republicans on the ACA, he spent more months in talks with Senate and House Republicans on the Grand Bargain, nearly sealing a deal with Bohener. McConnell's strategy was, from the start, a unified front of "No."
The idea that Obama hasn't tried, desperately at times, to work with Republicans is an echo-chamber myth.
I suggest you read "The Price of Politics" where he documents how Obama haughtily told Eric Cantor "Look at the polls. The polls are pretty good for me right now. Elections have consequences. And Eric, I won." when Cantor offered to negotiate on the stimulus package. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in his usual cordial manner put it another way: "We have the votes. F-word them."
That was how "Obama tried to get Republicans onboard with the stimulus" spending "months trying to court moderate Republicans." He sneered at their offers and slapped them down.
During the "debt crisis" a few years ago John Boehner was very public about constantly being called to the White House not to negotiate but to be lectured to. Even the Democrats were complaining of Obama's ham-fisted attempts to boss everyone around with one of their senior staffers saying that he "simply didn't understand how Congress works and didn't know how to negotiate."
Woodward reports that both Pelosi and Reid got so fed up with Obama's handling of the situation that they cut their own deal with Boehner saying that Obama had been "voted off the island in his own house."
When hyper partisans like Pelosi and Reid get disillusioned with you and start working with the Republicans behind your back that speaks volumes.
But Obama did negotiate one thing only to screw it up. Woodward details how after originally agreeing to focus on spending cuts Obama had actually got Boehner to agree to a major concession -- to an increase of $800 billion in tax increases. But then after coming to an accord, Obama turned around and demanded an additional $400 billion -- something he had to be aware that Boehner couldn't pull off -- and pretty much took spending cuts off the table.
IMHO, Obama decided to deliberately sabotage it because having a political issue in the upcoming 2012 election was more valuable than fixing the crisis. That is pretty much a major theme in Woodward's "The Price of Politics" -- how Obama didn't really want a deal because of the election.
To be fair he put a lot of the blame on Boehner as well but clearly revealed rather than being the Republicans as the White House claimed and the media dutifully parroted it was the Obama Administration's idea to postpone national debt ceilings until after the election.Last edited by rogue06; 11-06-2014, 12:44 AM.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostSo Bob Woodward is no part of the Republican "echo chamber" He must be part of that "vast right wing conspiracy"
I suggest you read "The Price of Politics" where he documents how he told Eric Cantor "Look at the polls. The polls are pretty good for me right now. Elections have consequences. And Eric, I won." when Cantor offered to negotiate on the stimulus package. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in his usual cordial manner put it another way: "We have the votes. F-word them."
That was how "Obama tried to get Republicans onboard with the stimulus" spending "months trying to court moderate Republicans." He sneered at their offers and slapped them down.
During the "debt crisis" a few years ago John Boehner was very public about constantly being called to the White House not to negotiate but to be lectured to. Even the Democrats were complaining of Obama's ham-fisted attempts to boss everyone around with one of their senior staffers saying that he "simply didn't understand how Congress works and didn't know how to negotiate."
Woodward reports that both Pelosi and Reid got so fed up with Obama's handling of the situation that they cut their own deal with Boehner saying that Obama had been "voted off the island in his own house."
When hyper partisans like Pelosi and Reid get disillusioned with you and start working with the Republicans behind your back that speaks volumes.
But Obama did negotiate one thing only to screw it up. Woodward details how after originally agreeing to focus on spending cuts Obama had actually got Boehner to agree to a major concession -- to an increase of $800 billion in tax increases. But then after coming to an accord, Obama turned around and demanded an additional $400 billion -- something he had to be aware that Boehner couldn't pull off -- and pretty much took spending cuts off the table.
IMHO, Obama decided to deliberately sabotage it because having a political issue in the upcoming 2012 election was more valuable than fixing the crisis. That is pretty much a major theme in Woodward's "The Price of Politics" -- how Obama didn't really want a deal because of the election.
To be fair he put a lot of the blame on Boehner as well but clearly revealed rather than being the Republicans as the White House claimed and the media dutifully parroted it was the Obama Administration's idea to postpone national debt ceilings until after the election.
The negotiations between Boehner and Obama have been pretty thoroughly documented. Again, it's just plain nuts to insist that all Obama could do was yell. And Woodward was wrong again on who killed the Grand Bargain — Cantor admitted that he and Paul Ryan scuttled it!
And Obama never took spending cuts off the table! There were still something like $3 trillion on the spending cut side! This is fantastic historical fantasy but it's nothing close to accurate. Cantor freely admitted that he and Ryan scuttled the Grand Bargain, Obama immediately had said that the extra $400 billion was an offer but wasn't necessary for the Bargain, only to be forevermore rebuffed by Boehner, and Woodward would later make claims completely contradictory to historical evidence."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by Sam View PostBob Woodward definitely went off the rails a bit
Until then the left has assured us he was a virtual font of truth and the epitome of journalistic integrity. And I'm sure if the Republicans gain control of the presidency in 2016 and he writes another book about what is going on in the White House he will suddenly be regarded in that way again.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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For me, it was the way the ACA was handled. It was clear even the President didn't understand the consequences of the act. Or perhaps he didn't think things through. Maybe he didn't care. I don't know. But he showed very badly on that.Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostFunny how that only happened when he writes an exposé about the Obama Administration
Until then the left has assured us he was a virtual font of truth and the epitome of journalistic integrity. And I'm sure if the Republicans gain control of the presidency in 2016 and he writes another book about what is going on in the White House he will suddenly be regarded in that way again.
You have to deal with the evidence relating to the charges and the evidence in no way supports Woodward's claims about the death of the Grand Bargain.
George Will used to be a decent political commentator. Now he's ranting about climate change and how the science of how Ebola spreads isn't settled. Getting older makes people less competent sometimes."I wonder about the trees. / Why do we wish to bear / Forever the noise of these / More than another noise / So close to our dwelling place?" — Robert Frost, "The Sound of Trees"
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Originally posted by Sam View PostBecause Republicans were trying to nationalize the 2014 elections and Democrats were trying to localize them.
Obviously, trying to run from a politician who is still much more popular with the coalition than Congress wasn't such a hot idea.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by DesertBerean View PostFor me, it was the way the ACA was handled. It was clear even the President didn't understand the consequences of the act. Or perhaps he didn't think things through. Maybe he didn't care. I don't know. But he showed very badly on that.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by lao tzu View PostHee hee. Y'all just can't get over the fact he won two elections, can you?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Does anybody remember this from Obama's "Hope and Change"?
To reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."
"When there’s a bill that ends up on my desk as president, you the public will have five days to look online and find out what’s in it before I sign it, so that you know what your government’s doing.”
As opposed to....
White House Changes the Terms of a Campaign Pledge About Posting Bills Online
About 1 minute into the video is the lie about putting bills on the internet for 5 days before he signs them so you can see what's in them.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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