Obama reminds GOP in stimulus meeting: “I won”
posted at 2:19 pm on January 23, 2009 by Allahpundit
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The golden age of bipartisanship beginneth.
During a morning meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, President Obama acknowledged the philosophical differences between his stimulus package and the Republican plan – but, sources familiar with the conversation said, Obama then noted: “I won.”…
But perhaps taking a cue from Obama’s “I won” line when Democrats were asked if they were concerned about Republicans blocking the package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had a swift one-word answer: “No.”
Vintage O: Always willing to hear the other side out, never willing to actually vote with them. Here’s where we pause a moment to daydream about what a difference 45 Senate seats would have made instead of 41, then come to our senses and realize that it would have made no difference at all. The GOP’s simply not going to obstruct Hopenchange this early, when he has this much goodwill from the public, when the economic circumstances are this dire, and when even conservative economists are endorsing some sort of stimulus.
Just how rancid is this crap sandwich, anyway? Even David Brooks thinks it’s too much of a liberal Christmas tree:
This $825 billion bill has to be passed within weeks. There’s no time for fundamental rethinking or new approaches. Instead, there’s a sloppy profusion of 152 different appropriations — off-the-shelf ideas that mostly create costlier versions of the status quo.
The committee staff took the kernel of President Obama’s vision — infrastructure programs to create jobs — and surrounded it with an undisciplined sprawl of health, education, entitlement and other spending. There’s money for nurse training, Medicare, Head Start, boatyard support, home weatherization and so on. Eleven of the programs in the bill account for the vast majority of the actual job creation. The rest may be worthy or not, but they have little to do with stimulus. The total package is so diffuse, it costs $223,000 to create a single job.
McConnell and Boehner put on a brave face after the meeting but there’s simply nothing they can do. Skip ahead to the end for an inkling of the super-secret plan to jumpstart the economy with hundreds of millions of dollars for contraception.
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They can get away with that for a while. Maybe a year. But around mid-2010, people aren’t gonna go for that. Is the Dem strategy really to campaign against Bush in 2010 and 2012? The man wasn’t even on the ballot in 2008.
Doughboy on January 23, 2009 at 3:03 PM
As long as possible, they will say, “We inherited this situation for Bush. It will take time to change.” In fact, I think some Dems are already on record with the “it will take time” to CYA in advance.
Wethal on January 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Hey, need I remind everybody that elections do have consequences. It cuts both ways.
That said, all the Republicans should vote against this bill. Let it hang like a millstone around Obama’s neck when it fails to deliver. Start talking with the press about all the liberal pork in it. Get the word it. If it goes down anyway, so be it, but at least stand on the right side of history with respect to it.
PersonalLiberty on January 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM
You are so right. The man is dangerous. Think of the extreme level of hubris it takes to make grand prounouncements of openness while simultaneously fighting the release of all documentary evidnce of his own life? We truly have no indication of who this man really is. All we can go on is what he has said. And his word is worthless to me. Nothing he says should be taken at face value.
flyfisher on January 23, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Congressional Repubs should have this episode BURNED, SEARED into their memories for when they inevitably regain control of either or both houses. Of course, when they HAD that control, they wanted the opposition to “like them” and left hamstringing rules in place (gang of 12) and preferred to whine about the Democrats instead of EXERCISING their AUTHORITY as the sitting MAJORITY.
Nutless is what they are, and I have serious doubts that they will ever remember this lesson.
44Magnum on January 23, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Almost to a man they are feckless fools. Our entire Republic will pay for their weakness.
flyfisher on January 23, 2009 at 3:09 PM
GOP Leadership for F**Ks sakes let The One and the Dimbocrats own it all! Don’t vote positive on this sh*t Sandwhich.
Dritanian on January 23, 2009 at 3:10 PM
“I won” – be Obama’s epitaph.
“Here lays Barack Hussein Obama – our 44th President.
He broke all barriers of race, religion and reality.
He oversaw the biggest expansion of government that
the world has ever seen. He turned what once was a
thriving capitalist society into the biggest failed
socialist experiment on the face of the globe.
Obama will always be remembered for the famous
words that begin the downfall of America -
“I won”
izoneguy on January 23, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I like how Boehner was spirited in his comments. McConnell looks as if he is stupefied.
House republicans seem to be the only people in congress with enough chutzpah to go against Oprah’s president.
This bill will pass and Obama doesn’t give a flying leap if republicans support it or not.
Hey Kristol, Lowry, “republican elites,” etc. how centrist is Obama huh?
jencab on January 23, 2009 at 3:13 PM
This is too perfect! As I learned from reading a fabulous book about China called Wild Swans, during Mao’s cultural revolution it was determined that grass was “bourgeois” and the punishment for people who didn’t fully embrace Mao’s agenda was to have them get on their knees and pull up acres of grass, blade by blade.
With this in mind, I predict that sometime in the near future, workers will be hired to pull up the grass that was planted because costly grass maintenance takes away from other priorities like free daycare and paying ACORN activists. But eventually the proles will miss their grass, and we will pay to hire more people to plant it all over again. What a boon for the economy this will be!
Buy Danish on January 23, 2009 at 3:13 PM
We need new Republican “elites” instead of these capons
clnurnberg on January 23, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Misquote. More likely is that He said “I am The One.”
Brat on January 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Assmonkey is too good a term…didn’t 55 mil vote AGAINST this moron…or this half white guy who is no way qualified to be president…
I’ll support the President…just not his mission/policies…hmmmmm…where did I get this from…
areseaoh on January 23, 2009 at 3:17 PM
At least this time the Ants have guns, well for a little while anyway.
rgranger on January 23, 2009 at 3:18 PM
The media created this maniacal creep. Shall they suffer with us.
sherry on January 23, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Me thinks our new President may be more than a little arrogant.
GFW on January 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM
So much b.s. for a single blog.
The donks need the Repubs for cover should the stimulus fail to (well) stimulate.
Captain America on January 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM
OBAMA: My fellow citizens, I stand here today humbled by the task before us…
OBAMA: On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
Jaibones on January 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Thanks Texas Gal
Cornyn has been a very good Senator, but I was truly angry with him for voting FOR Hillary for Secretary of State.
Gotta keep up with these guys.
BobH on January 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM
WOW…John Boehner was mad. Did you see that outburst at the end?
Wonder why he didn’t show that kind of spirit when the Republican majority was spending money like drunk liberals?
Might not be in this liberal nightmare if it wasn’t for the lack of restraint by the Repubicans.
CinC on January 23, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Hubris Inc.
DL13 on January 23, 2009 at 3:27 PM
The sad thing is that we know who he is. The actions of his first three days in office do not surprise us, yet we know it is only the beginning. He wants to redefine our country and is using his “Rule for Radicals” Alinsky, community organizing methods to do so. He is a wolf trying to appear as a lamb. We, however, are not fooled.
Watching all this unfold is like a modern day tragedy.
conservative pilgrim on January 23, 2009 at 3:27 PM
I agree, yet he is so full of himself that I fear it is wishful thinking.
conservative pilgrim on January 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM
What a petty little brat. Let them push this socialist crap. Let the democrats own every little morstle of it. Then let them lose their jobs when it doesn’t work.
t.ferg on January 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM
someone needs to stand up to Obama, PUBLICLY to shatter the facade of invincibility. Works every time with bullies.
marklmail on January 23, 2009 at 3:31 PM
The whole House GOP is up for re-election in 2010, and probably has to start fundraising right now. They will have to defend their votes. Boehner may have an easier time holding his caucus together than McConnell.
Obama really does care about GOP support. I read somewhere he wants 80 votes in the Senate for cover. A few GOP votes to get past 60 still allows the GOP to call it a Dem bill. Any GOP senator up on 2010 is going to think hard about this, but the ones who aren’t (especially those just re-elected), will gamble that time will fade memories and the economy will somehow start righting itself despite the spending and deficits.
When the first version of the bank bailout came up, Nancy wanted Boehner to guarantee 100 GOP votes for it for cove for her. He wouldn’t.
Wethal on January 23, 2009 at 3:32 PM
It will be interesting to see what the Blue Dog Dems in the House do, and what kind of coercion Nan used to get them in line. The Blue Dogs will have to defend their votes in 2010, too.
Wethal on January 23, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Change? Yep, 360 degrees of spin. Har, Har Har! Remember the “Old Politics”? They’re baaaaaaaack! I got’cher bipartisanship right here. Ha, Haaaaaa!
littleguy on January 23, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Dang Slu!
Theworldisnotenough on January 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM
HA! It is good to know Drudge isn’t swallowing the kool-aid. He has Obama’s “I Won” quote/link at the top of his page. Will be interesting to see how the O camp responds to the hammering.
Welcome to the Presidency. You’re not in Chicago anymore.
conservative pilgrim on January 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM
This arrogant egotistical a$$ is going to take our country down. I hope he is ready to take the responsibility. I pity the generations that follows ours for it is those Americans that are going to pay for this man’s actions. May all those that voted for him roast in hell!!
Sailor on January 23, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Yes, that’s just as immature as saying ‘I won’ /sarc
You’re quoting Bush speaking to reporters at a press conference. Doesn’t compare to Obama attempting to smack down the minority leadership.
Nice try thoughneal7 on January 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Yes obama and the dems won.
and i say congradulations..
So i will not sit here and just quietly submit
while you bunch of MORONS are preparing to destroy the entire country
Obama says
condoms and contraceptives will stimulate the economy?
letting the terrorists go will help our image
telling white voters they cant get a job isnt racist
My lord am i the only one who sees both obama and the dems
as a bunch of liberal weenies trying to pay off everyone with their idea of a stimulus package by handing out free condoms?
Yep the democrats are all morons..
but at least when the entire country goes down in flames
they wont be able to blame conservatives
For we tried desperatly to warn you
but obama themessia knows all
GAG..
jcila on January 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Promise made: 1/9. Expiration date: 1/23
and -
Buy Danish on January 23, 2009 at 3:37 PM
They just need to learn how to become a squeaky wheel….!
DL13 on January 23, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Doughboy — you were right.
Not only did The One say “I won”. Nancy the Great said “We won.” and they think that the Republicans have been getting with murder for years. The nerve of Republicans, taking care of national security and trying not to give money away in taxes. Taxes are patriotic. Tossing money into a black hole like government shows compassion. Like The Dip from Delaware Biden and The One support charities! They just want 10X the percentage from others. And make it compulsive.
But anyway, Deathtomediahacks you and anyone who agrees with you is likely mentally impared. The One said he would work on the economy, NOT pass the largest pork bill in the history of mankind. And have bureaucrats like the King Midget Reich aver that the jobs should be kept away from white males. That comment will bring us together will it not? Sounds like Democratic Party RACISM!
However, I agree with the writers above who said let these clowns pass their laws and hope that karma makes its way around. Just don’t let the MSM turn them into FDR.
IlikedAUH2O on January 23, 2009 at 3:42 PM
This is like Rudy’s solution. Let’s dump Social Conservatives and hope that the Social Moderates will be Fiscal Conservatives as well. BS, these guys love these crap sandwiches and they’ll sign on to it all day long everyday for 365 days. Mark my words, yessiree. Because like AP says,
AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS THE KEY STATEMENT HERE. These guys to vote and govern by principals and in the best interest of their political beliefs, they vote by opinion polls and what’s in the best interest of them.
Here’s MY solution: Let’s not vote for Republicans who’ll act like the Democrat candidate running on the ballot next to him. We’ll end up with the same thing and we won’t have the ability to say, “Try our way,” later on because the Independents we’re supposedly trying to woe will be like “But your guys agree with them… What’s the difference. Look it how they voted and what they said on Capital Hill,” How do you come back to them and say, “But honestly they really AREN’T FISCAL CONSERVATIVES AND PRINCIPALED PLAYERS.” Then those Independents will be, “EXACTLY! Why vote for dishonest politicians who say one thing but for political expendiency dump it all in the trash heap every time the political whims sway.” We need politicians with backbones and TRUE CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPALS AT ALL COSTS!
Sultry Beauty on January 23, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Cornyn and Hillary were a team for the H1B Visa Scam…He is no conservative.
nondhimmie on January 23, 2009 at 3:46 PM
These guys are not only ball-less, but don’t have any brains either. You want to stimulate the economy? Drill here, drill now! Get this going and the U.S. will be a powerhouse again.
cjs1943 on January 23, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Amen.
Any person that says(or actions) I went against my principles to “save” the country obviously doesn’t believe in their principles to begin with. If your principles are correct you need to use them to save the country, not go against them.
Corsair on January 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Tsk Tsk Tsk. That’s not very messianic of you, Mr. Obama now…is it? For shame! Isn’t arrogance , and puffing like a peacock a republican thing?
Hypocrite!!!
capejasmine on January 23, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Vote no, that’s all they can do. For us, if enough folks deluge the phone lines, we can make a difference. The more stimulus we get, the longer the recession lasts.
Vashta.Nerada on January 23, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Republicans should take this opportunity to stop playing politics and vote on… principles and the rule of law.
Maybe if they made a habit of casting votes for the right reasons, folks would vote for more of them.
Let the Dems take credit for spending tons of money. They can take credit when inflation kicks in, too. All Republicans need to do is say “this is what we’d propose”, let it get shot down, and then point to how their solution would have better outcomes. Eventually, folks will get it.
hawksruleva on January 23, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Rudy was a fantastic, conservative Mayor of New York City, who accomplished more positive things in his term than any single politician I can think of, with the exception of Ronald Reagan. Was he a social conservative? No. That in no way detracted from his accomplishments, and he would have appointed strict constructionists to the bench.
We would have been far better off with Rudy (or Mitt) than John McCain, who for all his social conservative creds is not as conservative as they are in fiscal or energy policy.
Buy Danish on January 23, 2009 at 4:06 PM
All I ask from these wormy Republicans is that they act with some courage, pride and dignity instead of cowering like beaten puppies. They may not be able to stop this communist regime but they can constantly and loudly bring attention to its actions.
rplat on January 23, 2009 at 4:06 PM
He just won the most convincing presidential victory since Reagan. And his party won both houses. Anyone who doesn’t expect any president with that kind of wind in his sails to use it is a fool.
okonkolo on January 23, 2009 at 4:07 PM
He is the “decider”.
After running up an enormous deficit, the gop are suddenly concerned about sticking the kids with the bill.
getalife on January 23, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Yep, you won. And whether everyone else knows it or not, everybody else lost.
JeffinOrlando on January 23, 2009 at 4:12 PM
“I won”.
Sure sign of an arrogant sore loser.
madmonkphotog on January 23, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Yes, but do you think that the Independents who voted for him are more apt to lean to the radical left or to the centrist to conservative right? For all his pretensions to the contrary, Obama is a radical. Pelosi is a radical.
Hannity is playing some great stuff on the radio right now of the press conference with Gibbs. Reporters are very skeptical of his hasty decision vis a vis GITMO and are asking why they made such a drastic move without a plan. Most Americans will not be happy with this move. He cannot succeed with liberal/radical support alone yet he’s making radical, “foolish” moves.
Buy Danish on January 23, 2009 at 4:22 PM
The World is Not Enough
faraway on January 23, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Apparently Obama just heard “Stimulate” and his small mind wandered off, thus the condom pork, wait should pork be the word used?
Rbastid on January 23, 2009 at 4:23 PM
The Honeymoon ain’t over yet okonkolo, so this “I am the KING OF DER WERLD” crap is going to carry on for another couple months while the press slowly come down off their Hopenchange high they’re on right now. Hints of an MSM awakening are already starting to emerge like little bubbles at the bottom of a pot set to boil, but still cool.
Maybe there won’t ever be a roiling boil from the press (yeah, I know, pretty dumb to think so) but if the Repubs don’t start NOW with regrowing a frikken SPINE, we’re looking at 8 years of Oprahbama.
44Magnum on January 23, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Let me remind my fellow GOP members this stimulus package will not work.My some freak of nature it does work and you voted for lt you will not get one bit of credit for it .But if it fails and you voted for it you and the GOP alone will get all the blame.So GOP members stand for something for one,s in your life.
thmcbb on January 23, 2009 at 4:25 PM
First, the two fossils up front, Kyl and McConnell, need to step aside and allow Boener and the cutie in the background SPEAK for the republican party. That would be a nice ‘change’.
Next, dear leader, just because you won doesn’t mean we are going to go quietly into the night while you screw up this country. We are going to be louder and in 2010, we will WIN BIG!
HornetSting on January 23, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Old Politics, 101. That’s just it, we weren’t fooled, but a whole bunch of others were.
littleguy on January 23, 2009 at 4:26 PM
That just proves that there are a lot of stupid people out there and a real need for education.
Are we not allowed to howl when we’re getting screwed?
HornetSting on January 23, 2009 at 4:28 PM
There’s no “I” in Asswhole.
cntrlfrk on January 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM
That only proves that a simple majority in this country are flaming idiots . . . nohthing more and nothing less.
rplat on January 23, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Great minds, rplat. I called them ’stupid’, but flaming idiots works too. :)
HornetSting on January 23, 2009 at 4:32 PM
2004, Bush wins with 51%, media says Bush has no mandate or political power at all.
2008 Obama wins with 52%, media says Obama has biggest mandate in 28 years and enough political power to rule the world.
His party/your party won both houses of Congress in 2006 (not ‘08). Remember 2006, when the economy was running like a bullet train on crack?
ChrisM on January 23, 2009 at 4:34 PM
“I won” will become Obama’s “Mission Accomplished.”
thirteen28 on January 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM
You can call the half that elected Oprahbama stupid ot flaming idiots all you want to, but forgetting that the Repubs put up an absolute cheezedick for a Pres candidate HAS to be recognised. And that turned off conservatives and libertarians that vote conservative Repub more often than whatever Libertarian-tard is on the ticket. They just stayed home and let the children decide.
44Magnum on January 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM
P.S. Hows that 2 years of Democratic rule working out for ya.
ChrisM on January 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Screaming “I won” about this turkey stimulus shows how in over his head Urkel really is.
And when the 2 trillion dollar deficits hit with 10% unemployment, a million bucks says they blame Bush. You’ll be able to afford to pay it since a million wont be worth much soon.
Chuck Schick on January 23, 2009 at 4:39 PM
To quote Korax from “The Trouble with Tribbles”, Bambi is nothing more than a “tin plated over bearing swaggering dictator with delusions of godhood.” Republicans on the Hill need to either lead, follow, or get out of the way. Either stand on principles, even though they can’t stop the legislation–they can say loudly and often that this is wrong and it will lead to disaster and keep reminding people that they did do that; or they can resign their seats and hopefully that seat will be occupied by someone who will stand on principle; or they can surrender and go on ahead, switch their party affiliation to Democrat and join in the worship of Bambi and the One Party State.
Republican leadership–either (bleep) or get off the pot!
Matt Helm on January 23, 2009 at 4:41 PM
There will be NO elections in 2012. That is, unless you the elections in China “elections”.
AP’s The One will designate office-holders.
Mark my words:
Liberty is dead.
klickink.wordpress.com on January 23, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Abso-friggin’-lutely.
ddrintn on January 23, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Take a loud and clear stand on the principles involved and when the ugly taste of the crap sandwich becomes obvious just say, he won, this crap sandwich is all Democrat.
Speakup on January 23, 2009 at 4:46 PM
So now that Obama wants a stimulus…Conservative opinion endorsing it are worthwile. Go figure
tomas on January 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Sure there is, call it what it is. Get in front of every tv camera and call it payola, explain how it won’t help the economy but will likely hurt it more. Grow a set of balls and quit bending over and grabbing their ankles while the country falls apart. They can stop listening to the media and start listening to their constituents.
peacenprosperity on January 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM
OMG! We are so effed!! We should all move to Ireland or something.
newtogop on January 23, 2009 at 4:54 PM
umm…Obama is correct! And the pitiful RINO Republicans are left looking like the fools and morons that they are! You lay down with the devil…BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
sabbott on January 23, 2009 at 4:54 PM
The House GOP has introduced its own stimulus. See my link on p. 1. There’s nothing wrong in conservative principle with a stimulus. It’s just that the GOP version is a conservtive one, emphasizing tax cuts, not spending. The Dems/Obama’s has few tax cuts and huge deficit spending.
Wethal on January 23, 2009 at 4:56 PM
So did Bush.
Doesn’t mean you get everything you want, cupcake.
drjohn on January 23, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Why are Democrats so vehemently opposed to tax rate cuts?
The lesson we are about to learn is that a nation can’t sustain itself by enriching those who pay zero income taxes. IMO, the taxpayers who deserve the most are the ones in the 25 and 28% tax bracket.
budorob on January 23, 2009 at 5:00 PM
“I won”
Why yes you did, and when the economy goes south instead of north after the stimulus is made, you are going to be reminded of those words.
P-rick.
Bishop on January 23, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Here’s conservative Georgia Republican Tom Price’s version, which I found at Michelle’s.
Great stuff.
Buy Danish on January 23, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Pride goes before the fall… Doesn’t it?? I always thought that the Obama’s massive ego would really get him in the end. Anyone who thinks that they’re the Messiah is going to get to eat some humble pie courtesy of the true Messiah. Frankly, along with being creepy, the religion of Obama is the worship of false idols and is just as bad as being obsessed with money or beauty.
Illinidiva on January 23, 2009 at 5:08 PM
The Democrats already know that. But get enough people relying on and expecting handouts, and presto! gobs of new Democrat voters. That’s all it’s about.
ddrintn on January 23, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Now if Bush had pushed that plan and got it through the congress the economy would be well on its way to recovery.
Instead we get depression II.
Corsair on January 23, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Why do you think he’s wining and dining McCain? Cover. After all, he was our candidate, right? So, if the GOP candidate says Obama’s plan is grade A good stuff, then it must be. Now, do you understand why McCain should never have been chosen as our candidate? McCain isn’t loyal to ideology, or his party. He’s loyal to McCain; and Obama is stroking McCain’s favorite part, his ego. Add in some good press coverage for Backdoor John, and you have ‘GOP support, led by John McCain’ for Obama policies. The rest of the party is reduced to obstructionist moonbats that can be ignored.
That is why you stand on ****ing principles and you don’t nominate a known ****-job artist to be your candidate.
austinnelly on January 23, 2009 at 5:17 PM
I always thought He was an egomaniac.
There is one trap which has been mentioned oh, about 60 times here. Namely, they will blame the Republicans just like they blamed President Hoover. And the media and inept academics will help them. It worked for FDR.
Why don’t the brains here keep figuring ways to tie the can to the horse’s rear? And keep it up for four years.
IlikedAUH2O on January 23, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Well stated. Time is money. Running up huge deficits to finance the “stimulus” grab bag of platinum-coated pork rinds is tantamount to enslaving future generations and forcing them to work as valets for the executives and union bosses of the auto industry, or interns at government-funded abortion clinics. We’re talking about sucking resources out of today’s industries, then betting that those industries will somehow become *more* profitable in the future to repay those deficits, after we’ve picked their pockets and kneecapped them. We’re frightening venture capital out of the economic pool by turning success and failure into a political decision, made by people who are much more interested in “spreading wealth around” and “ensuring fairness” by turning a profit. Notice how nobody is eager to pour capital into countries where the local dictator has a habit of nationalizing industries? That’s America of the next decade, if we keep on like this.
What kind of man would live where there is no daring? I don’t believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.
- Charles Lindbergh
The subsidy of failure is the elimination of daring, and Lindbergh was quite right about the nature of a world where no one takes any chances.
Doctor Zero on January 23, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Obama`s arrogance and lack of experience will do him in.
He did win and now let him lose it all. (Unfortunately, it will be us taxpayers who pay for the Obama follies.)
The Republicans should vote against this and every other bail out. Let the market work.
McCain will be the the bad news boy for the Republicans. McCain will end up joining his buddy Joe Lieberman as an Independent.
albill on January 23, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Funny….when Bush won (against Gore or Kerry, I forget) some Dems suggested, since the election was so close, that he work in a “co-Presidency” type fashion. THAT was hysterical. But now…OH OH! I WON! I WON!….ahhhh…all Politicians are Bullshit. damn near every one of them.
eplain on January 23, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Okay first of all any great leaders, whether it is on the softball team in your neighborhood all the way up to Presidents and Generals,They become greatbecauseof ability and a track record of results. Theydon’thave to say they aregreat leaders or in charge (ie… I WON).
Only insecure and unqualifed persons have to state their authority by dint of their position.
Kevin in Southern Illinois on January 23, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Those Republicans are something else! Really standing up now! They are actually debating the SIZE of the stimulus and what they need to DO to fix the economy.
Looking forward to these bozos being voted out.
nottakingsides on January 23, 2009 at 5:30 PM
The parasitic underclass and inept academics have always been the core of communist movements and this one is no different. For Obama, feeding his parasitic constituents is necessary to insure the success of the movement.
rplat on January 23, 2009 at 5:36 PM
“The lesson we are about to learn is that a nation can’t sustain itself by enriching those who pay zero income taxes. IMO, the taxpayers who deserve the most are the ones in the 25 and 28% tax bracket.”
Why thank you. I am getting kind of tired supporting those that pay no taxes. Perhaps I will take a 4 year break?
izoneguy on January 23, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Let me know if you need any help…………..
………. I keep getting “White Males Need Not Apply”.
Seven Percent Solution on January 23, 2009 at 5:50 PM
“Spend here, spend NOW”
Get it? Instead of “drill here, drill now”. That is simply genius!
Those Republicans are awesome. They are pushing those Dems on how FAST to spend it.
Keep up the good work!
nottakingsides on January 23, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Because if rates are low, you get to keep more of your money and decide how to spend it.
When rates are high, they take more of your money and decide how to spend it, not necessarily on you.
Greed. Power.
Wethal on January 23, 2009 at 6:06 PM
The eye on the prize is not 2012, It is NOW. It is 2010.
Republicans like Boehner, Cornyn, and Cantor, who are articulate need to get out in front of the cameras on the talking-head programs and write editorials spelling out in detail the waste of the programs attached to this legislation. They should spell out the suggestions that they have presented to Obama and why/how they provide a more meaningful, less debt-inducing stimulus.
Should the pork remain, a coalition of Republicans (I would hope the majority) should vote NO.
When the Dems bellyache about the Republicans being obstructive, the Republicans should come out fighting, saying, “Damn straight… and here’s why we voted NO.”
Take that microphone away from Pelosi, Obama, and Reid.
The wasteful Dems will own this travesty if it passes. It won’t take long for the taxpaying public to realize which party is abusive of OPM (other people’s money) and that the economy is sliding fast into a cesspool.
onlineanalyst on January 23, 2009 at 6:07 PM
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