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At Dem retreat, a partisan love fest


WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A fired-up Barack Obama ditched his TelePrompter to rally House Democrats and rip Republican opponents of his recovery package Thursday night – at one point openly mocking the GOP for failing to follow through on promises of bipartisanship.


In what was the most pointedly partisan speech of his young presidency, Obama rejected Republican arguments that massive spending in the $819 billion stimulus bill that passed the House should be replaced by a new round of massive tax cuts.


“I welcome this debate, but we are not going to get relief by turning back to the same policies that for the last eight years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin,” said President Obama – sounding more like Candidate Obama than at any time since he took the oath of office less than a month ago.


Obama, speaking to about 200 House Democrats at their annual retreat at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, dismissed Republican attacks against the massive spending in the stimulus.


"What do you think a stimulus is?" Obama asked incredulously. "It’s spending — that's the whole point! Seriously.”


Stabbing hard at Republicans who once aligned themselves with his predecessor, Obama made it clear that the problems he seeks to address with his recovery plan weren’t ones of his making.


Full article at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090206/pl_politico/18482

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ORIGINAL: Coldwarrior57

Well I do beleive that turn about is fair play.
I would love to see all the reps vote PRESENT, then when the dems get what they want and the economy really tanks, its all on them.

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ORIGINAL: Coldwarrior57

Well I do beleive that turn about is fair play.
I would love to see all the reps vote PRESENT, then when the dems get what they want and the economy really tanks, its all on them.

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

He's at a point where from a political perspective, he has no choice. The republicans have backed him into a corner where he has no other way out. The only problem is, the more he fights back against them, the more he runs the risk of increasing the panic that's already consuming the country, because the only tactic he can use is to point out to the American people the dire consequences we all face if this stimulus package doesn't work. He's definitely between a rock and a hard place here, and the republicans are (once again) shrewd enough to recognize it.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


Mocking them and attacking them with claims that they lack "bipartisanship". 

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At Dem retreat, a partisan love fest


WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A fired-up Barack Obama ditched his TelePrompter to rally House Democrats and rip Republican opponents of his recovery package Thursday night – at one point openly mocking the GOP for failing to follow through on promises of bipartisanship.


In what was the most pointedly partisan speech of his young presidency, Obama rejected Republican arguments that massive spending in the $819 billion stimulus bill that passed the House should be replaced by a new round of massive tax cuts.


“I welcome this debate, but we are not going to get relief by turning back to the same policies that for the last eight years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin,” said President Obama – sounding more like Candidate Obama than at any time since he took the oath of office less than a month ago.


Obama, speaking to about 200 House Democrats at their annual retreat at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, dismissed Republican attacks against the massive spending in the stimulus.


"What do you think a stimulus is?" Obama asked incredulously. "It’s spending — that's the whole point! Seriously.”


Stabbing hard at Republicans who once aligned themselves with his predecessor, Obama made it clear that the problems he seeks to address with his recovery plan weren’t ones of his making.


Full article at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090206/pl_politico/18482

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WASHINGTON —Is it a case of congressional Democrats saying one thing then doing another?
Legislators scolded financial executives for holding corporate retreats at posh hotels and now, the House Democratic Caucus is holding a legislative retreat this weekend in Williamsburg, Va. at a luxury spa and golf resort.
We wanted to know who’s picking up the tab—so NBC 4‘s Patrick Preston investigated to find out.
The Congressional Democrats are meeting at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, where members will pay between $119 and $400 each night for their rooms. But taxpayers pick up the rest of the cost.
Taxpayer dollars are being spent for transportation—a chartered Amtrak train—and security to protect members of Congress, as well as facility and speaker fees.
When Preston asked the spokesperson for the Democratic Caucus for the total taxpayer expense, he was told that no one had that answer.

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ORIGINAL: hardbodysub
"Mocking and attacking"? A little too touchy, aren't we?

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Amusing that they appear on a thread bashing President Obama for partisianship.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


Mocking them and attacking them with claims that they lack "bipartisanship". 

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At Dem retreat, a partisan love fest


WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A fired-up Barack Obama ditched his TelePrompter to rally House Democrats and rip Republican opponents of his recovery package Thursday night – at one point openly mocking the GOP for failing to follow through on promises of bipartisanship.


In what was the most pointedly partisan speech of his young presidency, Obama rejected Republican arguments that massive spending in the $819 billion stimulus bill that passed the House should be replaced by a new round of massive tax cuts.


“I welcome this debate, but we are not going to get relief by turning back to the same policies that for the last eight years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin,” said President Obama – sounding more like Candidate Obama than at any time since he took the oath of office less than a month ago.


Obama, speaking to about 200 House Democrats at their annual retreat at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, dismissed Republican attacks against the massive spending in the stimulus.


"What do you think a stimulus is?" Obama asked incredulously. "It’s spending — that's the whole point! Seriously.”


Stabbing hard at Republicans who once aligned themselves with his predecessor, Obama made it clear that the problems he seeks to address with his recovery plan weren’t ones of his making.


Full article at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090206/pl_politico/18482

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

Sanity why did you snip a line from my reply to Coldwarrior and misrepresent it's intentions entirely.....you know damm well I reached no such conclusions and in fact offered you no credit at all.
Cute, but beneath you all the same.