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Originally Posted by Bluedriver
Its a great post. But your own post shows that the president suggested sequester as a way to force compromise, and his idea included SPENDING CUTS and TAX INCREASES to be included in sequester. Then, republicans wanted the tax increases removed from sequester so it was could be something THEY WOULD VOTE YES FOR.
Thus, this is everyone's baby, and was not really what the president suggested, as it was fundamentally changed by removing the tax increases which were his idea, and would have certainly forced compromise by both sides. This is everyone's bastard child.
I have been watching his presidency closely, and he has wanted and suggested many things to congress.... virtually NONE have been voted for by Republicans even when he applies pressure or leverage. Republicans negotiated and voted for this bill. Period.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Reminds me of a movie this could be worked into..."These are not the facts you are looking for." "These are not the facts we are looking for."
Regarding bolded text: This is the kind of message you get from Obama's state media. Not until enough guilt soaks in for truly ignoring the facts because the public says, "Now hold on, MSM, how about doing some actual reporting instead of trying to be the teacher's pet?!" do they (the press) get off their buttocks and start holding Jay Carney and company to what actually transpired. The obfuscation and lies work for a week or two and the low informed voter gets their feeding of misinformation, but then the true story sometimes makes it out. So, Blue, while you are pushing the partial truth as if that's how it went down, those here who are all too familiar with the tactic are face palming when they read your posts. It's no way for a responsible, honest individual to conduct a conversation, and even less so for those who pretend to have an interest in leading a country. The fact of the matter, as Woodward (who isn't in love with Republicans, BTW) clearly describes in his book how Obama destroyed the work done to get the big deal done, and was more than happy to give us this turd of a law. But keep telling yourself how it was equally shared by the Republicans; Obama and his people don't share any greater responsibility for what's gone down, because that's how a bill is passed. To use a favorite line by the party who says we need to be more civil, Obama held a gun to the head of their hostage and Boehner had no other option other than default.
The Republican controlled house has passed numerous jobs bills--ignored by the Senate.
They gave Obama (Sorry, President Obama [don't want to be called a racist]) the option of being able to have much greater flexibility on where the cuts would take place. Nope, I'll veto that, thank you very little--gotta make this painful.
Awesome post, FTB. Some people are bound and determined to only see things the way their idols tell them to see it. e.g. Obama said, I believe, that settles it. Sad. Truly sad.
03-06-2021
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