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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:47 PM
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Obama removes Bunning jab from speech: would be "too partisan"
from Joe Sudbay:

A few minutes ago on CNN, Ed Henry reported that he'd been tipped off by the White House that Obama was going to take "a jab" at Senator Bunning today when he got off Air Force One today in Georgia. Bunning certainly deserves the jab.

Didn't happen.

According to Henry, the White House informed him that the Bunning line was removed from the President's speech because Obama felt it would be too partisan. And, in any case, the brain trust at the White House doesn't want to involve the President in every minute detail of what the Senate does.

Bunning's filibuster has blocked benefits for hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans. It's stopped construction projects. It's not a minor thing. Time after time, Republican filibusters have put the brakes on Obama's agenda. And, why not? There are no consequences. The President sure doesn't hold them accountable. What Bunning is doing is probably one of the most egregious filibusters to date. But, he's getting a pass from Obama.

It might be a good idea for the President to engage himself in the Senate's proceedings when the consequences are so enormous. People might like to know that their President is fighting for them instead of avoiding a fight.

http://www.americablog.com/
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:48 PM
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1. The Republicans wouldn't like that, so it's best not to say anything. n/t
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:21 PM
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14. and when he does this, he shows weakness to these bastards.
what a coward he is appearing to be to them. you don't appease nazis. he needs to google neville chamberlin to find out how that turned out. GOD! HOW DID OUR PARTY TURN INTO THIS?!
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:49 PM
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2. C'mon Obama. Now's not the time to hold punches!
:mad:
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:49 PM
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3. He has to stop trying to make everyone like him
or he is going to look back on his Presidency with a lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:51 PM
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4. Is he STILL reading that f**king Team of Rivals book?
:banghead:
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:56 PM
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6. Someone should remind him that Lincoln actually got shit done.
I see your :banghead: and raise you a :nuke:.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:51 PM
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5. "They might not like me!"
Sir, they dont like you now, and no amount of kissing their ass will make them change their minds.
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:38 PM
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18. +1000 nt
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 07:52 PM
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28. Yep.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 04:57 PM
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7. We need to stop treating these pieces of shit like they're equals. They're not.
It's like that movie Animal House - they're gonna nail us no matter what we do so we should just ignore them.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:04 PM
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8. I'm sick of this shit! It's time for Obama to start acting like he has a set of balls!
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:04 PM
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9. Ewwww we're afraid to go with you, Bluto... we might get in trouble!
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:07 PM
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10. It's not fucking "partisan" at all, it's REALITY
:grr:
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Bozita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:11 PM
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11. Must have used up all his accountability ammunition on those teachers
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MzNov Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:12 PM
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12. Edwards was right about one thing.

Obama is a LIGHTWEIGHT

It's getting more disgusting every day.
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apnu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:13 PM
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13. Jesus H. Christ man! Start jabbing! (nt)
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:36 PM
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:34 PM
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16. That is exactly the sort of thing President Lincoln would have done
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:41 PM
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21. he managed to send his nasty letter to the teachers
he didn't 'defeat his critical spirit' when it came to them.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:45 PM
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22. Where is your concern for the students?
All I have been seeing is "poor teachers" but nothing about the harm being done to the students.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:51 PM
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23. I plan to follow what happens to them
I hope they end up all right. I wonder if Obama will check back in a year and evaluate how the kids end up after this "courageous" act by the schools.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 07:52 PM
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27. +1
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FLAprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:38 PM
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19. One word: WIMP.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 07:53 PM
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29. +1
No words.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:14 PM
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32. +2
:grr:
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:40 PM
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20. Expecting the President to get his hands dirty over a bunch of citizens without jobs?
WTF is wrong with you? :sarcasm:
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GeorgeGist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 05:56 PM
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24. Whiff ...
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:03 PM
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25. Loser move...
Over a year of this now- at one of the worst times for it in the nation's history, convinces me that we picked precisely the wrong type of person for the job.

My guess is that we'll see political confirmation of that fact come next November.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 06:43 PM
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26. Bad call. Trying to play square doesn't work with the modern GOP.
You've got to call them on their bullshit, because they've got no sense of shame, decency, or empathy.
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Grand Taurean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 07:57 PM
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30. Keeeping the powder dry, YET AGAIN Mr. President?
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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 11:39 PM
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31. Ugh. When will this nightmare of "bipartisanship" end? - n/t
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muffin1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:20 PM
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35. Just as soon as the repugs regain power.
We are so FUCKED. :mad:
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:30 PM
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36. Bingo.
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scorpiogirl Donating Member (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:16 PM
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33. If anyone deserves a jab, it's that's guy!
He needs to especially called out if you ask me. Everyone should know what he's done.
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heli Donating Member (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:19 PM
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34. "Not Gonna Do It. Wouldn't Be Prudent."
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-03-10 12:36 PM
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37. He grovels like a 1933 German Social Democrat
History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme!

Hold on to your hats, folks, Middle Transition Phase is almost over!

Penultimate and "Final Solution" Phases coming up!

The American Corporatists are moving faster now, and Obama doesn't stand a chance in 2013 (I'm sorry to say, for his 2nd term would at least slow the approach of Penultimate and Final Solution Phases) aginst the Corporate M$M/RW Lie Machine Fusion, plus his own repeated failure to look or even act outside the False Reality Bubble they create.

Grovel some more, Obama, maybe then our "kinder and gentler Nazis" will stop being so mean to the "New Jews".

:rofl:
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