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Old 08-08-2011, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy View Post
The things is the Republicans are going to whine and stomp their feet and say no tax revenue increases again right before the presidential campaign season kicks off.

The majority of Americans agree on two things:

Federal spending need to be cut

Tax revenues especially those base on people and corporations that have benefited during this economic downturn need to rise.

The more the Republicans are uncompromsing and unreasonable the more people they will push away from them.
............he is now filthy rich and doesn't want the job..............
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Old 08-08-2011, 11:23 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Default Obama knows higher taxes will be bad for the economy

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Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy View Post
The things is the Republicans are going to whine and stomp their feet and say no tax revenue increases again right before the presidential campaign season kicks off.

The majority of Americans agree on two things:

Federal spending need to be cut

Tax revenues especially those base on people and corporations that have benefited during this economic downturn need to rise.

The more the Republicans are uncompromsing and unreasonable the more people they will push away from them.
He just Talks......he loves playing president but does no work
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Old 08-08-2011, 11:56 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Those that voted for him will still vote for him. The question is, how many will be voting from their couch banging on a keyboard, but not at the polls, because they feel he is not worth their valuable time.
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:19 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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A better question is: "Is the country buying what the GOP is selling?" The answer is a resounding, "NO!"

The support among the Left for this President is incredibly strong...and don't you forget it either.
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:26 AM
 
Location: southwestern USA
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I am also not sure that Mr. Obama wants another four years-----his demeanor at the podium today seemed to telling a story of a man that perhaps wants to be somewhere else.

I think the man is well intentioned-----at the start of his administration he appeared to ready to fight the good fight----but he looks like a boxer who has taken a ton of body blows.

I am disappointed in him-----he has lost focus, initiative, and direction. I think he now senses a lot of people have come to the conlcusions that I have drawn.
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:42 AM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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We all have low patches. And today was an incredible blow to a standing president. However, instead of pitching him, I am standing behind him, because on all the economic issues I have read over the last few months, he seems to be taking the right position. We don't need dogma, we need solutions and flexibility. He has taken some shots from a particularly nasty and irresponsible congress. I think he wanted to lead, not fight every single day against a bunch of loonies. But he has a superior vision, and I want to see it fulfilled.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:12 AM
 
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The Left won't abandon Obama. They're too scared of being called "racists". Its the ultimate sin.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:20 AM
 
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The Left won't abandon Obama. They're too scared of being called "racists". Its the ultimate sin.
Hey, just fyi, many leftists have been suspicious or untrusting of Obama for a long time..

See this article in the Progressive..from 2008

Obama No | The Progressive

By the way, the author is black. Most real leftists are not as hamstrung by lame political correctness as you want to believe.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:24 AM
 
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Hey, just fyi, many leftists have been suspicious or untrusting of Obama for a long time..

See this article in the Progressive..from 2008

Obama No | The Progressive

By the way, the author is black. Most real leftists are not as hamstrung by lame political correctness as you want to believe.
Interesting article.
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There is also something disturbingly ritualistic and superficial in the Obama camp’s young minions’ enthusiasm. Paul Krugman noted months ago that the Obamistas display a cultish quality in the sense that they treat others’ criticism or failure to support their icon as a character flaw or sin.
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Old 08-09-2011, 01:35 AM
 
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Hillary would have been much better. The Clintons didn't take crap from the Republicans.
But Bill did do a major compromise with them or have you forgotten?
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