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“Declaring that ‘the tide of war is receding,’ President Obama Thursday ordered a shift from the nation's longstanding capability to fight two major conflicts at once,” the New York Daily News reports. “The new strategy, which critics will surely brand as a retreat, calls for being able to fight one major conventional conflict while conducting numerous unconventional operations elsewhere, such as policing actions, counterterrorism and disaster relief.”
As Republicans point out, various fact checkers didn’t think the Obama campaign’s “Promises Kept” Web video is completely accurate.
The Washington Post’s fact checker gives Obama one Pinocchio for what it sees as going too far. FactCheck.org writes, “To be sure, the president signed a major health care law, ended the long war in Iraq and signed multiple ‘middle-class’ tax cuts, just as his campaign boasts. But the health care law isn’t expected to make insurance ‘affordable and available to every single American,’ as Obama promised. And though he pledged to be a president who ‘brings our troops home’ from Iraq, thousands of those U.S. troops are now stationed in neighboring Kuwait. Most glaringly, he has failed at ‘bringing Democrats and Republicans together’ as he so optimistically promised four years ago.”
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President Obama is a playing a game of follow the leader, but no one can keep up. Chess or checkers...
No Louis, President Obama is skillfully manouvering these Idiots into a Large group portrait, so the American people can see them for what they truly are.
The cat is out of the bag. They can't hide their agendas from us anymore!
Its time to show the republican/tea bag party for who they are. The President needs to rail on the republican/tea bag record. Sending bills to the senate so void of compromise. Why would the senate bring them up. The no compromise, my way of the highway is going hurt them. The American people don't want a one sided government that give all the breaks to the "job creators". (the rich) Congress is here to represent all the people not 1% of the country. Anymore the republican/tea bag party answers to the likes of the grover norquest's & the koch's. Please tell me what the republican/tea bag party is going to do to help all of us Americans who make less than 100 thousand dollars?
So smitty...
LMAO! Compromise requires that the senate offer up their version of the house bills submitted so that both bills can be reconciled. Senate leader reid is making the statement of it will be his way or no way. IE if it doesn't promote my ideals, I will just table it.
Whats the matter smitty, didn't the bush tax cuts put enough money in your pocket?
Studies have shown that the bush tax cuts over a 10 year period have removed ~ $3.5 - 4 trillion dollars from the government revenue stream of which only ~$800 billion comes from the top 2%. If you have listened to anything that obama has said since 4 qtr 2010 you know where the 800 billion comes fromand an internet search will provide the other total of what the bush tax cuts cost the federal government.
I wonder what the republicans would say if obama took the position of letting the bush tax cuts expire in 2013 across the board? Especially if obama starts promoting this prior to the election. After all, an increase in the revenue stream of $4 trillion over 10 years is 5 times that of just $800 billion.
This would be a faster way of reducing our debt wouldn't it?
Dude I make far less than 100 thousand dollars. I really didn't see anything out of the bush tax cuts. I don't where you think I did well from the bush tax cuts. Maybe I should have worded it like this. If one makes less than 100 thousand dollars its not in ones best interest to vote for republican/tea bag party. Get it. Lose the bush tax cuts!!!!
Idiots.......you mean the Obama supporters?
President Robin Hood knows the number one rule of winning "divide and conquer". He has divided the Country like no other President. That's why he'll win in November. That and the Republicans are stupid they always recycle their candidates. Mittens is another example of the RNC's stupidity. We were going in the wrong direction with W then we get Robin Hood and we go in another direction which may prove to be worse than W. So what do the RNC come up with Mitt. Hmmm another blast from the past. We need someone with a new plan because the last 2 were so wrong.
President Robin Hood! that's perfect name! why didn't i think of that.
I call him OBOMBO! cause he's a bomb and dumbo!
The only reason why Pres Obama has not achieved the goal of working together is that the GNOP has consistently said no...that they do not want to work together,,,,,it's their way or the highway...they do not know the art of the compromise...as such...it will lead to their demise.
Actually paul, obama is using politics, blame and slight of hand to get re-elected rather than promote tax reform or minimizing/slowing government regulations and waste.
The last paragraph above...
is a good summary of how obama has fallen short or may have over reached in his rush to action.
BTW - obstructionism is a two way street. Interesting that senate leader ried has tabled house passed bills without offering up senate alternatives.
the demos and obombo refused to pass a budget in over 90 days!
please with your liberal BS! the demos are the ones holding up progress!
Who is the demos and obombo?
Kind of like when he passed healthcare behind closed doors or how he lied and ripped Paul Ryan on his budget plan. What exactly is the Candy Man's plan to reduce the deficit???
[Kind of like when he passed healthcare behind closed doors...]
Never let the facts get in the way of a perfectly good lie, right "jfk"?
And you, sir, are no Jack Kennedy!
The Health Care Bill passed fairly and was not rammed down any ones throat, or passed behind closed doors. I watched the vote on TV. Also, any responsible adult who doesn't want to buy health insurance is not a responsible adult, but instead a leach who wants to have the tax payers pays for their medical bills.
So you take no issue with the bribes it took to get it passed? Or is that what you mean by being passed fairly. Quit drinking the cool aid.
The paul ryan plan is great for the rich. For the rest of us its a large plate of steaming dung.
What is the republican/tea bag plan? It can't be done just by cutting spending.
Obombo and the demos are all rich so what's your point?
erv i guess you like eating dung!
And as President Obama said to the Congress concerning this recess appointment, "If you don't like it you can lump it."
It's a done deal.
Obama's appointment of 3 members to the NLRB and the appointment of Cordray to the CFPB was nothing short of a political ploy and in complete defiance of the Congress. These appoints will do nothing to improve the economy and create jobs. In 2008 Obama stated that he taught the constitution and that he would not use signing statements or do an end run around congress.
President Bush honored the senate's pro forma sessions created by Senator Reid who proclaimed that we have to use pro forma sessions to keep Bush from making recess appointments. It appears President Obama not only has little respect for congress (remember the democrats control the senate) and is only concerned about his ego and getting reelected.
BTW, Obama says the congress is in adjournment (recess) because they are not conducting business. How about the passing of the unemployment extension, extension of the payroll tax reduction and I believe a defense appropriations bill, all were done during the pro forma session of congress.
BTW, why won't the WH tell who they talked to in the DOJ or the Office of Legal Counsel? It appears that Obama relied on himself and the WH Counsel. Obama knows what he did violated the constitution but he really don't give damn, he is only looking for a campaign issue because he can't run on his few accomplishments.
Sorry, but the President has had many great accomplishments and they will continue up until 2016.
Delusional...