Re: Obama now in combat mode

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On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:29:32 -0800,
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Obama now in combat mode

Joseph Curl
http://washingtontimes.com

President Obama, fresh off his first Washington apology tour,
grew
combative Wednesday, asserting that America voted for him, not
the
other
guy, and demanding that lawmakers "put aside politics" -- well,
Republican lawmakers, anyway.

A day before he headed to a luxury resort to meet behind closed
doors
with Democrats, the Harvard graduate lectured the less
economically
astute, ridiculing the Reaganomics Doctrine held dear by
Republicans,
who prefer tax cuts to new spending to bounce America out of its
financial mess.

"Now, in the past few days I've heard criticisms of this plan
that
echo
the very same failed theories that helped lead us into this
crisis --
the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems," the
president said at the White House. "I reject that theory, and so
did
the
American people when they went to the polls in November and
voted
resoundingly for change."

The statement, the first of its kind in public, was reminiscent
of
what
Mr. Obama said in private just days after taking office. In the
White
House's Roosevelt Room, he told a Republican senator who opposed
an
element of the stimulus package that "I won. I will trump you on
that."

Mr. Obama, beaten bloody for weeks over his nominations of
high-powered
lobbyists and tax scofflaws that have rapidly drained his
political
capital, is no longer making any pretense of seeking to change
the
tone
of Washington, as he repeatedly vowed to do when campaigning.
The
politics of mirage continued Wednesday in full force, with mixed
signals
coming out of the White House, from Capitol Hill, and, of
course,
from
beleaguered Tom Daschle, who saw his nomination to head the
Health
and
Human Services Department scuttled for failure to pay his taxes.

A day after banning corporate executives from earning more than
$500,000
a year via taxpayer bailouts, Mr. Obama on Thursday will head to
a
Democratic retreat that has burned through half a million
dollars
in
taxpayer cash for annual retreats at luxury resorts.

While President Clinton's first trip as president was to
Detroit,
where
he held a town hall meeting with average Americans to talk about
how
to
fix the economy, and President Bush flew to Fort Stewart, Ga.,
to
visit
soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division, Mr. Obama's first trip
aboard
Air
Force One will take him to a luxury resort in Williamsburg.

"Well, I'd -- you know, I'd -- Williamsburg is -- has a lofty
place
in
our country's history," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs
said,
when asked if there was any special significance to the
president's
choice. "I don't know that there's any great symbolism in this
one
in
particular," he added at Wednesday's briefing off the West Wing.

Mr. Obama will head to Kingsmill Resort and Spa in the
historical
Virginia city to start a three-day planning session. The resort
boasts
multiple championship golf courses, a full-service spa and six
restaurants, noted the Hill newspaper, which broke the story
about
the
Democratic retreats.

Democrats will ride together to the resort on a chartered Amtrak
train
at a cost to taxpayers of about $70,000, the Hill reported.
Taxpayers
will also foot the bill for security helicopters to fly above
the
train.
The caucus will spend thousands: In 2003, for example, they
spent
$11,200 on food and $6,900 on entertainment, the paper said.

The trip comes after several Democratic lawmakers criticized
American
International Group Inc. executives for spending nearly $500,000
at
a
company retreat in California just days after the federal
government
bailed the company out with $85 billion in taxpayer funds. In
addition,
Wells Fargo & Co., which received $25 billion in taxpayer
bailout
money
and recently announced a $2.3 billion loss for the last quarter
of
2008,
canceled its planned 12-night junket to expensive hotels in Las
Vegas
for events that included a luxurious four-day employee sales
conference.

Mr. Gibbs said the Vegas trip "didn't happen because of the
diligent
work of many in the reporting of these and the outcry that
ensued."
But
no one in the briefing room Wednesday asked about the expensive
Democratic retreat.

Meanwhile, Mr. Daschle's politics of mirage emerged as he fades
into
the
shadows from whence he came.

"Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should
enforce
our laws to the letter," he said in 1998 during a debate on a
bill
reforming the Internal Revenue Service.

Mr. Obama's nominee to head the HHS said he thought a
chauffeured
limousine provided by a wealthy Democratic donor was a free ride
and
simply didn't know that the limo should have been considered
"imputed
income." Even though he paid nearly $140,000 to the IRS, he
could
not
survive the political heat that followed.

Just Tuesday, the president made the rounds on every TV network
to
apologize for abandoning what he called the highest ethical
standards
ever enacted in any administration. But living up to that pledge
has
been trying from the start, and the White House said on
Wednesday
that
it fully expects to fail in the future to meet that threshold.

"I don't doubt that there are times that we might not live up to
those
lofty standards," Mr. Gibbs said, licking his upper lip. "I
think
that's
safe to say. ... He asks us every day to meet them. There are
days
that
we won't."

"Are there lessons learned here?" a reporter asked the spokesman
Wednesday.

"Well, as I said - I mean, you know, we - the president didn't
think
that we were going to come in here and change everything about
the
way
Washington worked in such a short period of time. You can rest
assured
that we understand that we've not yet marked off all of our
to-dos."

. Joseph Curl can be reached at jcurl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I just said recently I expected Obama to get mean. No surprise
there.
He lacks the depth and experience to know how to roll with the
punches. He will learn hopefully. Consider how abused Bush was
from
even before his inauguration. And he was always the gentleman
and
did
not have to 'escape' to a DC school unscheduled to get away from
it
all. That scares me.


I'm so glad you are scared, now get over it. What was that
republican, some car peddler as I recall, saying, either lead or
get
out of the way. I suggest you get out of the way.

So you really have nothing to say about the President's first days
in
dealing with issues, the issues, or anything else. So you go to
the
tried and true level - the insult. Ever wonder why you almost
never
get responses to your comments? Just not relevant.

The republicans under Reagan proclaimed that America was in decline
and they intended to rape, pillage and destroy the nation so long
as
there was anything to steal. They got theirs and left the country
without an education and business base from which to recover. Obama
is our only hope, a slim hope, but he can't do it with everyone
criticizing his ever decision and sniping at his ever move. I
suggest
you hold your nose and shut your mouth until he has a chance to do
what he thinks best, not what you think best. Give him one hundred
days, it's for the good of the nation.

Criticizing and sniping can't stop a bill when your party has a
majority in both houses of Congress. I'll refrain from adding some
kind of insult and just let the facts speak.

Nothing I or any other conservative can do would stop the stimulus
bill. Why are we being blamed again?

Are you saying that all congressional members of the democratic party
walk in lockstep?

I said President Obama has a majority in both houses. If his party
wants to pass this bill, they have the ability to do so. Blaming the
GOP does not work.

My point is all presidents ask for one hundred
days because the delaying tactics of the minority will otherwise
prevent effective legislation.

If this bill were strictly a stimulus bill, it would be easy to
support and very difficult for anyone to oppose. If it is so great,
why did Democrats ask Nancy Pelosi for permission to vote against it?

Whether the legislation works or not,
we must find out, but we shouldn't give aide to the opposition during
this traditional time of passing controversial laws and appointments.
There will be over seven years to do that.

Don't be naive and believe this fiction about 100 days, tradition or
some other hogwash media is spinning. Dems came in on day on with
Bush fighting anything he proposed. This is big leagues and Dems are
trying to use this honeymoon period to pass crap that would never pass
through regular legislative process.

Democrats made this bill a wish list to support those who helped them
get elected and get legislation they have been wanting for decades.
They should have put the nation's economic house first and went for
the controversial stuff later through regular legislative process.

Blame the GOP all you want. I don't care. What I see is Dems want
the GOP on board so they can later say the bill was bipartisan when
voters complain about all the crap loaded into it. Why would any
politician want to get stuck with that? If Dems pass the bill with
only Dem votes, and it does what they promise, it will be the
destruction of the GOP in more parts of nation. Why not just take
that opportunity for your party eh?
.

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