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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:10 PM
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Obama can redeem himself on this tax deal with two words:
Signing Statement.



Was good enough for shrub, eh?

:evilgrin:
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:11 PM
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1. So George Bush is now our model of government to be emulated?
That's what's wrong with this whole wave of outrage: some people thought they were voting for a liberal version of Bush.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:12 PM
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3. Groan.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:14 PM
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9. That doesn't do a damn thing to negate the hypocrisy... eom
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:13 PM
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5. Apparently n/t
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:13 PM
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6. Obviously, he's not.
But what an end-run around the Repukes that would be. Strike out the tax cuts for the rich after it's passed.


not that it would ever happen....
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:13 PM
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7. Exactly right...
I hate that. If we complained about Bush doing something, we have no right to wish Obama to do the same.
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:13 PM
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8. Clinton used them too.
As have other Presidents before him.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:15 PM
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11. Bush used it more times than all the other presidents combined...
THAT is the issue here. Too many are conveniently forgetting that one little fact.
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 05:03 PM
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17. I don't care what Bush did --
the point is Presidents use signing statements - they're nothing new. :shrug: Has O even used one yet?
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:15 PM
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10. Seems to be pretty much how it's unfolded
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:18 PM
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12. Not good enough for a Democrat.
But he could redeem himself with a single word: VETO!!!
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sabbat hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:29 PM
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13. Why would he veto
a bill he negotiated?

There is no chance in hell that the republicans were/are going to pass any bill other than one that included extending the tax cuts for the top income earners. Unfortunately this is one of those times you have to hold your nose and approve it as it was better than the alternative, which was tax breaks for all goes away.
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texastoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:11 PM
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2. Oh, you've been unrecced
Not by me.
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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:12 PM
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4. I was thinking more along the lines of a giant 'up yours'
to the GOP.
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PoliticAverse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:47 PM
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14. What do you propose his signing statement should say? n/t
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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:51 PM
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15. Who cares about signing statements?
They mean nothing legally. Obama has used them http://www.coherentbabble.com/listBHOall.htm. So what. All it means is that a president is unhappy about a section of legislation but he is not unhappy enough to veto it. The legislation still stands. The statement is sometimes used if the law is challenged so the judge can get a sense of the president's view besides just his signature. Congress does their own version of signing statements. If you look at the beginning of most legislation it says "Being the sense of Congress that ......" That is Congress' version of a signing statement.
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Still a Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 04:53 PM
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16. Good for working class folks and the country
The deal redeemed him.
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 05:08 PM
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18. Hi, let me introduce myself -
I am one of those "working class folks" you claim it is good for. And no, I do not think it is good for me at all in the short or long term. Billions in pork, billions for the wealthiest, little genuine stimulus, minimal job creation -- just a whole lotta more debt for not much in return. And an attack on my future via Social Security.

Thanks but no thanks.
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Coyote_Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-15-10 05:16 PM
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19. Five words:
"I'm sorry. I was wrong."

And maybe add a few more for good measure:
"I choose not to see re-election in 2012."
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 03:17 AM
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20. he doesn't have the cajones nor the desire
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-10 08:49 AM
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21. How about "Just KIDDING"?
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