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This is pretty fascinating stuff. It's 86 minutes long, but very much worth watching. It starts with some prepared remarks, but there's a Q&A session at the end, as well.
If you're at all interested in politics, you'll probably want to watch this. Can't really say I've seen anything like this in my (relatively short) lifetime.
Really the best part of the whole thing, from Marc Ambinder:
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And at the end, Republicans rushed up to him, pens and photo cameras in hands, wanting autographs and pictures.
See, we really can all get along.
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He'll get Republicans to work with him when he's ready to work with them. If he deals with bi-partisan issues in a bi-partisan way then he'll get decent support from them. However if everything goes the way of the healtcare fiasco he won't. It's really very simple.
Boy, Obama is smart, even brilliant, and I don't expect any conservative to find this video enjoyable. In fact, I heard Fox News, unlike the other news stations, actually cut away from it. LOL.
It's nice to see the Republicans for a change commit a political blunder, by giving Obama this kind of forum. I guess they really bought into the nonsense that Obama can't talk without a teleprompter. Felled by their own lies.
Depends what your definition of bipartisan is. If it's, as it has been, "all or nothing," then no, that dog won't hunt.
You should really watch the video, since he addresses that point.
I heard decent length parts on the radio. He didn't give much of an answer to Paul Ryan other than confusing mandatory and discretionary spending. Regardless, "my way or the highway" will get him the highway.
I heard decent length parts on the radio. He didn't give much of an answer to Paul Ryan other than confusing mandatory and discretionary spending. Regardless, "my way or the highway" will get him the highway.
Not sure what you're talking about. Here's the transcript. If you don't mind, do a search for "discretionary" and show me where you think he confused it:
I watched most of the video. I have to hand it to the President - he didn't have to attend the conference, it was a politically brave move on his part. Something that should be done more often in the future.
My hope is that it was not all for show - that something of substance comes out of it. I'm not sure if it will bridge the many differences between the left and right, but I think it is a start.
No matter, it was a good thing for the President to do.
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Not sure what you're talking about. Here's the transcript. If you don't mind, do a search for "discretionary" and show me where you think he confused it
Ryan asked about the 84% increase and obama babbled about mandatory (without saying the word) increases. When Ryan said the 84% was discretionary, obama refused to answer :
CONGRESSMAN RYAN: . . . The spending bills that you’ve signed into law, the domestic discretionary spending has been increased by 84 percent.
THE PRESIDENT: Let me respond to the two specific questions, but I want to just push back a little bit on the underlying premise about us increasing spending by 84 percent . . . were not as a consequence of policies that we initiated but instead were built in as a consequence of the automatic stabilizers . . .
"CONGRESSMAN RYAN: I would simply say that automatic stabilizer spending is mandatory spending. The discretionary spending, the bills that Congress signs that you sign into law, that has increased 84 percent.
THE PRESIDENT: We’ll have a longer debate on the budget numbers, all right?"
obama's full answer is too long so I cut and pasted. But Ryan asked about the 84%, obama gave an answer about mandatory spending, Ryan pointed out the 84% was discretionary and obama said "no mas".
BTW, I think Paul Ryan will be an outstanding Presidential candidate in either 2012 or 2016. I realize he's "just" a house member and could run for the Senate first but when people laugh at the blank slate that is the future of Republican Presidential candidates, he is very impressive.
Oh my lord. I just saw Chrissy, Odorman and Madcow playing the segment I quoted above and orgasming over each other because of all the words obama used but not noticing he got the answer wrong. LMAO at MSNBC, what a bunch of morons.
Obama addresses House GOP conference
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