GOP: Obama Never Confirmed Meeting With Us

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

The White House sent an email around 6:30 p.m. yesterday saying that a planned meeting tomorrow involving President Obama and the top congressional leaders had been postponed at the request of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. John Boehner, the likely Speaker in the new GOP-controlled House.

The White House attributed the decision to move the meeting to November 30th "to scheduling conflicts" that Republicans faced "in organizing their caucuses."

But Republicans are asserting that they had never agreed to the meeting in the first place.

It "wasn't postponed; the date was never set in stone," McConnell spokesman Don Stewart told CBS News.

Both publicly and privately, Republicans are complaining that the White House never asked if the November 18th date worked for them, instead simply announcing that the meeting would take place that day. They said the date was essentially unworkable from the beginning, since Republicans would be busy this week welcoming new members and organizing their caucuses.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20023082-503544.html?tag=stack

[redirish28]

1. who's trying to psyche who out? This is going to be an interesting 2 years...

Do I see tanturms and childish behavior that will make my 2 year old niece look mature?

[Angry Dragon]

2. You were invited to a party

if you don't want to come then don't complain when you are not invited again
your choice

It is nice to know that they feel they are more important than than the President
Perhaps that is the only time he has available for you.
You know he has two wars to manage that you started, an economy that you destroyed,
trying to figure out how to get people back to work. A country that is so full of
hate that you add more fuel to every day.

[WCGreen]

3. What the angry Dragon Said....

[RaRa]

8. Wow. Well put.. Can I use that? n/t

[Angry Dragon]

10. You are free to use it

If you know a place that more can see it
then freely pass it along

:hi:

[PSPS]

4. This is what happens when you have a weak president

Obama's weakness from day one left a void that the republicans were more than happy to fill.

[Iliyah]

7. LOL

yea right. Sounds like a Fake news talking point "weak". He knows what he is doing.

God forgive if the repugs take back Senate and the WH b/c we might as well surrcome to their brand of freedom and religion and sending our children to anothere war, which I personally will fight to make sure that doesn't happen.

[Iowa]

12. +1

[TomCADem]

15. Yes, Lets Once Again Give Republicans A Free Pass

[ladjf]

5. We can't even get enough transparency in Government to tell us

the facts about a postponed meeting. nt

[GoCubsGo]

6. And, they claim President Obama is the "arrogant" one?

Bunch of pompous, self-important assholes. Your schedule is not more important than the President's--which is usually determined months ahead of time, BTW.

[Solly Mack]

9. You could hang a pine tree freshener on that excuse and it would still smell like bullshit

[happygoluckytoyou]

11. MAYBE obama could use the free time to get some BALLS... then he could L E A D us...

[indypaul]

13. Just a day or two before McConnel was against

ban on earmarks. Day before meeting he was for
the ban. Doesn't that tell us there is a fracture
between the so called GOP leaders? President Obama
should be exploiting that fracture and emphasize that
the GOP "leadership" had to postpone their meeting to
settle their differences, That, however, might just take
more than the two week postponement.

[Thor_MN]

14. The GOP can't even compromise with itself.

The taxcut sunset is GOP set policy, now they want to extend it. 180 degree flip-flop.

[dogfacedboy]

16. Hey McConnell--when the President calls a meeting, you show up.

Who do these guys think they are? Whomever the President may be, when the President calls a meeting, you show up, understand?!?!

[sweetapogee]

17. IF...

the President re-schedules to accommodate the pukes then that kind of basically makes your point somewhat meaningless, does it not?

[City Lights]

18. Dear Rethuglicans: FOAD.

You lie. You suck. You contradict. You obstruct. You add nothing of value to the national discussion. To borrow The Dick of Death's words, go fuck yourselves.