In another Pot meet Kettle moment in the illustrious reign of President Barack Hussein Obama, Dear Leader called on Congress, especially Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, to act like “grown-ups” after a day of Democratic posturing and Republican resolve.
Obama came down from the mountaintop and made a surprise appearance at yesterday’s White House press briefing, after imperiously staying on the sidelines in the contentious Congressional budget battle for the last several weeks. The Leader of the Regime made a promise to hold meetings around-the-clock in an effort to stop Friday’s looming Government Shutdown.
Scooter announced that he would not sign off on a Republican proposal for a third short-term spending deal, unless it’s a preliminary document to a final bipartisan agreement.
Obama, looking a little less than cool, proclaimed that Republicans need to “act like grownups” and get a Budget done (Of course, he did not mention the fact that his Democratic Congress worked all last year without a Budget.).
Obama boasted that:
We have more than met the Republicans half way.
He was referring to an agreement on $73 billion in cuts from his 2011 budget, a number originally offered by Speaker Boehner.
Ever the showman, Obama held his thumb and forefinger an inch apart and said:
We are now closer than we’ve ever been in getting an agreement.
Obama suggested that he might have to postpone his trip to Philadelphia today, in order to appear presidential and put his two cents into the Budget talks (Oh, joy and rapture.).
There are some things we can’t control… like earthquakes and tsunamis… What we can control is our capacity to have a reasoned, fair conversation between the parties.
I think the American people recognize we are in some pretty unsettled times right now, we don’t have times for games, we don’t have time for trying to score political points and maneuvering… Not on this.
Mr. President, methinks you had best put a muzzle on your gal, Pelosi, then:
Yesterday, the former (Thank you, Lord.) Speaker of the House said:
In one of the bills before us, six million seniors are deprived of meals — homebound seniors are deprived of meals. People ask us to find our common ground, the middle ground. Is middle ground three million seniors not receiving meals? I don’t think so. We’ve got to take this conversation from a debate about numbers and dollar figures and finding middle ground there to the higher ground of national values. I don’t think the American people want any one of those six million people to lose their meals or the children who are being thrown off of Head Start and the rest of it.
Which is it, Nancy, six million or three million? Make up your rapidly deteriorating, melodramatic mind!
Speaker Boehner told reporters that even though he tought that the meeting went well, they are nowhere close to a Budget deal. He issued a statement, saying:
Despite attempts by Democrats to lock in a number among themselves, I’ve made clear that their $33 billion is not enough.
In the statement, Boehner called the president’s proposal “smoke and mirrors” and asked that the White House accept a new one-week extension with a year-long guarantee for military spending.
According to Obama, Boehner and Reid will meet later today, and they have asked for administration officials to stay away.
The petulant President whined:
The speaker apparently didn’t want our team involved in that discussion. That’s fine. If they can sort it out, then we’ve got more than enough to do. If they can’t sort it out then, I want them back here tomorrow. But it would be inexcusable for us to not be able to take care of last year’s business.
Last year’s business that your Democratic Congress blew off.
According to Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck, Obama did not describe the Boehner/Reid meeting accurately:
The Speaker never said he didn’t want the White House there, just that he wanted to meet with Senator Reid. Speaker Boehner and Senator Reid have been having regular discussions on this topic for weeks. This is just one of those occasions.
According to the president, several functions would stop if the government shuts down Friday, including some veterans’ benefits, small business loans and national parks and monuments.
Did he go to the same drama school as Pelosi?
Obama made the remark lawmakers have “enough of a cushion” that is not available to other Americans.
Like the millions of dollars that you and the First Lady are sitting on, Mr. President?
Mr. President, if you think that your petulant pronouncements yesterday were grown-up behavior, I do not think that you know what that word means.
KJ UPDATE 4/6/11 8:18 AM: SO MUCH FOR THOSE AROUND-THE-CLOCK MEETINGS, HUH?
KJ UPDATE 4/6/11 4:46 PM: SPEAKER BOEHNER TELLS SCOOTER:
WHOOP! THERE IT IS!
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what a whiney little man-child…
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Your a mite unfair on BARACK he has in a short time proven
to be an great leader // respected by the greater majority of
the worlds nations / worlds peoples. // Unlike young George
whom brought the USA as the rest of humanity /only shame.
Wot got the republicans into such a mess / be they were lead
by the most extreme right wing religious halfbaked crackpots
When republicans knew / they were to be booted out of govt
they ran a burn and destroy policy against their own people.
Their worst act / the removing of banking regulations / thus
the bank doors were opened unto fraud /at appalling levels
within a short time/a proud nation BROUGHT unto its knees.
The republicans left a appalling situation that democrats had
to come to terms with / a situation so bad that it would take
10 to 15yrs just clearing an little space of the damage done.
The reality that BARACK has shown great strength in taking
upon himself an great task. / Putting right the many wrongs
done by republican party whom turned their back upon God
lost in greed /power / great wrongs done in bringing shame.
Attacks on BARACK unfair / it simply not the american way.
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Attacks on Barack unfair???!!! You sure as shootin’ did not feel this way when Boooosh was in office, I’ll bet. I thought you Libs said that dissension was American? Or does that only count when you guys do it? This Manchurian President will go down as one of the most socialistic, feckless, golf-playing Presidents in American History. Unfair, my foot. Would you like some cheese to go with that whine?
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Luv the / tags…
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Punctuation. Look it up.
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Yeah, we’re loved the world over.
http://weaselzippers.us/2011/04/06/17021/
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another fine post KJ and so spot on…
🙂
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The funniest part was when Scooter said “This could have been done a month ago. This could have been done two months ago”.
It SHOULD have been done ONE YEAR AGO, SCOOTER!
And where did the extra $40 billion come from? He started talking about an agreement on $73 billion! Where did he get that number? Did he pull it out of a hat? (I’m working hard here, Allen, to keep it clean!)
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And I notice that nobody has mentioned the omnibus spending bill the dems tried to push through in the lame duck session with pork that dwarf the cuts proposed now.
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The Pretender in Chief…
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KingsJester / you must look at the bigger picture
in seeing reality /not what you are told be reality.
The majician works by distraction /your attention
is taken by action of the one hand/while it be the
other hand completing the illusion seen as majic.
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Reality? I’ll tell you about reality. The reality is: 1/6th of our country is on Food Stamps. Obamacare is putting people out of work in the Insurance Industry and, if nothing is done about it, will be the biggest bureaucratic boondoggle in the history of the world. Barack Hussein Obama does not believe in American Exceptionalism and wants America to be just another country. And even if Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii, he has about as much in common with the average American, as Charlie Sheen does with sobriety. Per Rasmussen, Seventy-two percent (72%) of voters now say the country is heading down the wrong track, tying the highest level measured since early January 2009. Since then, pessimism has ranged from 57% to 72%. That’s reality.
By the way, nice spelling and sentence structure you have there, Walt Whitman.
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You sure are funny. My Lord, one can only wonder where you get your news. Hint: MSNBC is NOT news. Try watching Fox News for a while. And listen to Rush.
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Kingsjester / you speak of BARACK as if he being
GADAFFI / I venture to presume / your not totally
responsible in your somewhat// negative attitude.
DO YOU WATCH FOX NEWS ??? OR SUCH OTHER
SOURCES /// WHICH BE BUT REPUBLICAN SPIN.
It was the republicans through fraud corruption
as brought the nation to its knees not BARACK.
Since they came to govt democrats have had
a grave task /in dealing with an dire situation
that republicans left when evicted from govt.
BARACK / Democrats/ left with an bankrupt
nation / being left without means in making
the sweeping changes / that being required.
They have had to bide their time / as make
wise changes / within the limited resources
they having at their disposal /BARACK has
shown he be an source of strength in such
troubled times / thus be worthy of respect.
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I knew it. Either you’re pulling my leg, or you seriously need to put down the pipe and/or Kool-aid. You are beclowning yourself.
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Kingsjester /Some would sell a diamond priced
as glass / reasons they are are not too worldly.
You would neither buy or sell a diamond priced
as glass / it be more your way in / pointing out
such their error of judgement / be your nature.
You under most circumstances responding from
the heart where having learnt through *lifes the
heart being the gateway to the Almighty / Allah.
BARACK having learnt the same lesson / only it
being he faces the far greater responsibility / in
protecting those whom sell a diamond as glass
as in giving such balanced judgement unto the
wrongdoer / that they amend their ways. / That
all humanity be one family / on a journey unto
enlightenment thus the PURPOSE of CREATION
in time BE UNDERSTOOD as soul being set free.
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“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:13 (NIV)
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.” Matt. 23:27-28
Go ahead and worship your earthly God. I know where my treasure lies…in Jesus Christ the Righteous.
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