Obama vows to fight Republicans -- next year

[DainBramaged]

As fellow Democrats accuse him of caving in to Republicans on the tax cut deal, President Obama is repeatedly promising them that he will fight the GOP aggressively when it takes over the U.S. House and adds senators next month.


"I will be happy to see the Republicans test whether or not I'm itching for a fight on a whole range of issues," Obama said last week. "I suspect they will find I am. And I think the American people will be on my side on a whole bunch of these fights."

Obama has echoed this pledge repeatedly as House and Senate Democrats wrestle with the package that also includes items sought by Obama, including a 13-month extension of unemployment benefits and an array of middle class tax cuts. In a conference call with political supporters, Obama said: "We are going to go right back at Republicans in showing why the things that they wanted in this compromise don't make sense."

One of those fights will be over the very thing that some Democrats are angry about: The two-year extension of George W. Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest Americans.


"When they expire in two years, I will fight to end them," Obama said. "Just as I suspect the Republican Party may fight to end the middle-class tax cuts that I've championed and that they've opposed."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/12/obama-vows-to-fight-republicans----next-year/1

[Bandit]

1. He has lost my trust so I no longer pay any attention to anything he says.

Proof is in the pudding and so far that pudding has been prety damn sour.

[mmonk]

2. A little late. If he thought it was hard to rally support with a Democratic

Party majority to end them, it will be impossible in two years. But then again, what do I know? Maybe Republicans will be agreeable in a bipartisan manner, not.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. ...and the check is in the mail, and I won't ........

well, you know the rest.

[myrna minx]

4. We're to believe this why?

Don't forget to buy the undercoating.

[Little Star]

5. Reminds me of my diet........

next year I'll tackle that!

[theaocp]

6. What is missing

is his acceptance that giving into the pukes this go around as "hostage takers" will and has emboldened them to merely take more hostages next time. Who's going to stop them? The guy who negotiates with hostage takers? Please. They are horrible, heinous people, but now have Obama over a barrel, defending THEIR policies as good for the country. Fucking Christ on a stick.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Another lie?

"I think the American people will be on my side"

When did he every worry about what the American people want?

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Never.

x(

[subterranean]

43. The American people were on his side this time too.

They were also on his side when he was touting the public option in health care reform.

In both cases, that didn't matter in the end.

[madrchsod]

8. does really matter what he says anymore?

if he does what he is told he`ll get another 4 years as president.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. ..and exactly why should anyone believe that now?

If there was no fight when the Dems were in the majority in the Senate and the House, why should we believe there will be a fight when they no longer control the House???

Sorry...too little and way too late.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. It's like being a Dodger fan.

*sigh*

[theaocp]

16. Or a Lions fan ... *sigh*

:hug:

[theHandpuppet]

33. More apropos, a Bengals fan

From first to worst, with little hope that things will ever get better! The Bengals have a quarterback who throws more touchdown passes to the opposing team than he does to his own. Sound familiar?

[DainBramaged]

45. But it's not like being an LOLCATS FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

:loveya: :pals: :pals: :hug: :fistbump:

[Jefferson23]

12. Wow, just wow: "When they expire in two years, I will fight to end them," Obama said.

[Echotrail]

18. Unbelievable.

He is truly unbelievable.

[Jefferson23]

23. The problem is that Obama is Unbelievable, exactly right. Look

at this statement."And I think the American people will be on my side on a whole bunch of these fights."

He is kidding me, right? The American people voted for him overwhelmingly in 2008, what is this WILL be..they WERE/ARE
for the tax cuts to end..but no fight for him now..we need to wait for two more years.

That is one of the most insulting strings of garbage I have heard from him to date.

[somone]

21. And then: "I couldn't convince John Boehner"

We've seen the movie - many times

[Jefferson23]

25. No doubt about it, infuriating. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

30. He'll be gone in two years.

[subterranean]

41. "I will fight to end them...until the Republicans force me to sign another extension."

[Jefferson23]

46. It's so sad isn't it? I never thought it would be this bad..never. n/t

[Jefferson23]

47. delete double posted. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

13. And the check's in the mail, too.

He thinks the public actually believes this? If so, why has he decided to self-flagillate like this when he and the Democrats had almost two clear years to push their agenda, but didn't?

Why has he pushed so hard for a compromise that now, he says, makes "no sense"? Won't it be a hell of a lot harder now to make changes to that compromise once it's approved?

Not buying it anymore.

[avaistheone1]

14. I Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday for a Hamburger Today!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

K&R

[Echotrail]

19. Yes!

wimpy

[AsahinaKimi]

15. How does that song go? OH YEAH...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT_08gchS8k


JOHNNY MATHIS
"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
feat. Deniece Williams
(Nat Kipner and John McIntyre Vallins)


Yes, it's over, call it a day
Sorry that it had to end this way
No reason to pretend
We knew it had to end some day, this way


Guess it's over, the kids are gone
What's the use of tryin' to hang on
Somewhere we lost the key
So little left for you and me and it's clear to see


Too much, too little, too late to lie again with you
Too much, too little, too late to try again with you
We're in the middle of ending something that we knew

It's over

Oh, it was over


Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end

Ah, it's over

It's over


Guess it's over, the chips are down (whoa)
Nearly all our bridges tumbled down


Whatever chance we try, let's face it why deny
It's over (It's over)
It's over


Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end

And it's over

And it's over

And it's over


Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let's end it being friends

[somone]

17. "I'll change, I promise"

Freakin' pathetic.

[Doctor_J]

20. the Onion continues to entertain..

oh, wait.

[Democat]

22. That's what I thought.

When I read the headline.

[Doctor_J]

27. I guess if it was the Onion it would read "...vows to fight...in 2017"

Who knew in August 2008 we would be mocking this president?

[DainBramaged]

26. Anytime you see something like this you think FAUX News did it again

but this time it's real.

[Hawkeye-X]

24. There is no next year. It's NOW or never.

Get rid of all the Republican crap off, and include more progressive tax reforms on it, the more progressive, the better. I'm talking about FDR levels.

Then force Reid to go nuclear now and get it passed. Sign it to law, and watch your popularity rise to the top while passing progressive laws after laws pushing aside the Rethuglicans - let them CRY and WHINE - they have abused us for 30 years. It's revenge time!

Watch as the economy rises, jobs returned to the US, empire building down to nil, military needs reduced to simple defense, and healthcare becomes single payer universal care. Heath. Dental. Eyes. SS remains solvent forever. Republicans (at least the batshit fucknuts) down to near-extinction.

Hawkeye-X

[Bigmack]

28. And gonna kick them Taliban asses, too. nt

[Joe Fields]

29. He would be better off just not saying anything.

Words mean nothing to this guy.

[Poboy]

35. True. It is insulting to our intelligence that he thinks we are going to

fall for his bullshit anymore.

[nc4bo]

31. Let's see, 2010 + 2 years = Presidential Election and possible regime change.

2 years from now? Who knows what the political climate will be! Come off it!

Does anyone think an (R) President (Btw, I will never vote (R)) would allow these tax cuts to expire?

Why risk it? Why not fight for what is right now vs. fighting 2 years from now.

Pfft.

[Poboy]

32. He's a paper tiger. Your bullshit will fool us no longer. -nt

[theHandpuppet]

34. It's too late for the Wizard of Hope

The curtain has already been drawn back and exposed you for the little man you are. The rest was a ruse of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

[jtown1123]

36. Why would he wait to stand strong when he will have lost the House?

This is a flat out lie.

[subterranean]

37. It is necessary to parse the exact words Obama uses.

Like when he said he opposed any permanent extension of tax cuts for the rich, that signaled to Republicans that he was open to a temporary extension (wink).

And close examination of his words in this article reveals them to be utterly meaningless. He says "When (the tax cuts for income over $250K) expire in two years, I will fight to end them." Note that he doesn't say he will end them, just that he will fight to end them. He is always careful to leave himself some wiggle room.

[dgibby]

38. Forget Joe Liberman: THIS guy was obviously Obama's mentor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJG75FJkjr8&NR=1

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

39. Will he threaten to repossess the ponies he gave them?

[FlyByNight]

40. Fool me once

Arguing for the expiration of the Bush-era tax rates in the midst of an election year? Seriously?

"I will be happy to see the Republicans test whether or not I'm itching for a fight on a whole range of issues." I'd bet this "whole range of issues" will NOT include these current tax rates.

:eyes:

[philly_bob]

42. I'll take him at his word. Also shows he's aware of our disappointment,

and not just angry at us.

>"We are going to go right back at Republicans in showing why the things that they wanted in this compromise don't make sense."

[treestar]

44. Because next year they will have the House

What is the point of fighting with them when you need their votes to get something passed?

When there is no chance of it (thanks, voter, or progressives, if you take credit for it) there's an excuse to fight with them.

[Marr]

50. Did that make sense when you wrote it?

Because it makes no sense when I read it.

You don't fight the other side when they're in the minority, because you need their help. But you fight them when they're in the majority, because... you don't need them.

Ok, then...

[county worker]

48. The title and just started laughing!

"Well we didn't get much this term but we sure as hell will fight them next year."

That's very similar to closing the barn door after the horses got out.

[Marr]

49. Yeah, whatever.

I'm stopped caring what he says a long time ago. I only care about what he does, and that's been indistinguishable from the Republican line.

[LondonReign2]

51. What a joke

Will he ever stand up for what he suppossedly believes in? Will he fight for any of the promises he made that got him elected in the first place?

With a straight face he tell us he is going to support extending the tax cuts for two years and THEN fight against them? And some people still believe this man? He caves at mere THREATS from Repukes, but at some distant point in the future he promises to fight?

Laughable.

[Safetykitten]

52. I will be itching for a fight especially when the new Republican President wins. Then WATCH OUT!

He really writes his own sad comedy.

[Hannah Bell]

53. yeah, when the pubs have a majority in the house is a better time for fighting than when dems do.