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February 10, 2010
Obama in favorite of bipartisanship, you obstinate bastards
CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller offers his take on Pres. Obama's less-than-heartfelt plea for bipartisanship, "[D]o it my way."
Mr. Obama said he "won't hesitate to embrace a good idea from my friends in the minority party." But he wants his way. He wants his energy policy enacted along with his jobs bill, his financial regulatory reform and his health care plan.
And if the opposition continues to block his objectives, he said he "won't hesitate to condemn what I consider to be obstinacy that's rooted not in substantive disagreement but in political expedience."
When a sitting president calls for bipartisanship by the opposition – he really means surrender. And if they block his proposals, its "obstinacy" and not political views they hold as strongly as he holds his.
Principled opposition to policies that are fundamentally incompatible with either the GOP's political or economic platform, or those of Conservatives (they're not one and the same) is entirely appropriate. There's nothing wrong with casting "No" votes when the other side's legislation is 180 degrees out of synch with what the other party believes.
The point of our democratic system is to offer the voters a choice. This or that. Liberal or conservative. Capitalist or Socialist. Coke or Pepsi.
What we don't need is a party solidly on the Left and a squishy, disgusting, amorphous, compliant blob in opposition.
Obama is hoping that the nation forgets his message after his inauguration: We won, you lost. Get over it.
I'm rather unimpressed by the new, kinder, gentler message: I come to the GOP, in the spirit of comity and bipartisanship, to ask them, for the good of the nation, to raise the white flag of surrender and give me their votes.
No thanks. Congressional deadlock suits me just fine, thank you very much. Too bad the blizzard can't shut Washington, D.C., down the other 364 days a year.
Posted by Mike Lief at February 10, 2010 07:26 AM
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Any comparison to Jimmy Carter is now an insult to Jimmy Carter. Obama is a coward, a liar, and an idiot all rolled into one. He hates capitalism and personal responsibility. He needs to be voted out of office faster than a fat woman can suck down a bagel with cream cheese.
Posted by: ralph at February 13, 2010 09:38 AM