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President Barack Obama's bipartisan powwow with Senate Republicans this evening will happen far away from the watchful eyes of diners at Plume, the restaurant at the Jefferson Hotel, where the group is convening.
In fact, the meal won’t even be in the super-private wine room, which, according to Plume’s website, “ensures complete privacy for visiting VIPs” and features a “functional dumbwaiter” that “makes a prime talking point.”
Rather, the dinner will take place in a private room elsewhere in the hotel, said hotel marketing manager Alicia Rodriguez. Many other “high-profile individuals” have held meetings in the same space, she said.
The group will still order from a “reduced version” of Plume's menu, she said, adding that the restaurant’s online menu, which features Foie Gras Terrine, a take on the classic Lobster “Thermidor” and an artisanal cheese selection, is a “good representation” of the options Obama and his guests will choose from.
Rodriguez added that she wasn't certain of the drink menu they'd have, or if there even was one.
Plume Executive Chef Chris Jakubiec, who is preparing the group's dinner tonight, is no stranger to DC diplomacy — he's a member of the State Department's American Chef Corps, part of an initiative to "elevate the role of culinary engagement in America's formal and public diplomacy efforts."
As Obama and his Republican adversaries break bread in private, it'll be dinner as usual in Plume's dining room. Rodriguez says that while people have been calling today for last-minute reservations, they're "pretty much set."
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I guess the private room at Cracker Barrel must have been pre-booked. What's the matter with Pizza Hut delivery? Oh, that's right. They don't have lobster and Michelle would have had a fit if it wasn't Artisan Pizza.
is this part of the Sequester?
Now you Righties do understand that the name of the hotel is not "tony hotel", so don't be doing the google! Some of you may need to look up the word "tony" for its meaning as it applies to the title of this article.
Alaska Girl - LOL!!! Great one! I'm sure half the Republicans who post here had already googled TONY Hotel!!!!
Food for Thought ... inside the hotel.
Obama has his usual knack for 'Thought', not paying much attention to actual FOOD.
Republicans are only interested in the FOOD, not having much Though
There is one key difference between the two parties.
correction to the 3rd line #1.4
Republicans are only interested in the FOOD, not having much Thought
@SS: No doubt!
Maybe it's the only place open, because of the blizzard . . . you know, the headline from the other Top News Story . . . ‘Wallpaper paste’ snow pounds Washington'
Hey, maybe they'll get snowed in for a couple days, and by the time they emerge we will have an increased min wage, education will be refunded, the sequester will be repealed, the debt ceiling will be raised, all the public-sector employees will be back at work, and they will have fixed the insane bill that the GOP/TP passed to try & bankrupt the post office (they are required to find the next SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS of their retirement fund in less than 10, otherwise the PO would be turning a profit).
Naww. Oh well.
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FORWARD - REINVEST IN AMERICA'S FUTURE! :-)
KC_NC - unfortunately there isn't enough snow to do that. Too bad!
I wonder if the WH Press pool will be sh*tting icicle turds for not being allowed to dip their fingers in the soup and line the wall to watch Senator McConnell do his impression of Kentucky's own Turtle Man dance?
Forrest Guimp's mother was correct - "Stupid is as stupid says."
1. If it's a business meeting isn't it a safe bet that the First Lady is not in attendance?
2. Who says this isn't on the President's dime?
*facepalm*
facepalm? Old and stale noid.
Try something more original boobie.
Da Noid - neverbeenfunnychild is trying to be relevant. We all know she's not. Better to overlook her and just move on since she is the epitome of what she posted!
Bravo Mr. President,
I know you will be a gracious host for the dinner tonight.
The Senators should listen to their wives about how they should act.
Don't talk with your mouth full, don't mix your liquor, have only one glass of wine, listen and don't talk only about yourself, know the proper way to butter your dinner roll, and at the end of the meal , with a full stomach, think of the American people and get a deal done .
Toast to the future of America and how you were able to compromise,and go home and sleep well.
@North,
Toast to the future of America and how you were able to compromise, and go home and sleep well.
One can only hope...
...but given the mentality of the modern-day GOP, that hope is dim.
NorthstarDFL - from your mouth to the clogged ears of the Republicans who will be attending dinner!
I wonder if they will agree about what to have for dessert.
Eric - no dessert until they fix what they broke!
Initial reports indicated that they had reached rare bi-partisan agreement that the dessert would be Girl Scout Cookies...
But then the GOP demanded that they be made from REAL Girl Scouts...
Deny.....deflect.....deceive.....distort.......and for desert: BLAME the Republicans.
No salt, no sugar, no sodas, no bread, no butter.....at the direction of Mrs. Obama's dietitian.
There, that covers Mr. Obama's "dinner" menu.
Now.....dinner ending statement from Mr. Obama: "I will give remarks after the Republicans and the press leaves the dining area."
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Oh joy......Chris Matthews is trying to get his ratings up:
Yep, Mr. Progressive. Your idol can do no wrong.
Let's see now....smoked pot in and off campus. Against FEDERAL and State laws and the school's policies.
Yep Chris....a perfect father, a perfect husband, and a perfect American.
Now, if Mr. Obama can get off his high horse and work for ALL Americans, tackle the very difficult issues facing our Nation, quit his blame game, and quit his politicizing everything.......I MIGHT GET SOME RESPECT FOR HIM.
Talk to... now that's funny. You seem pretty on top of things, but to suddenly confuse Michelle with Queen Ann is puzzling to say the least.
HEY! Does Hannity know these goddamned people are EATING on OUR taxpayer dollars?? Can't wait for his whiny, wormy, 'stop Obama/Pelosi/Reid "express" to chug through' MY town tomorrow.
Speaking of that loser- why is President Obama 'campaigning', when he's out there talking to the electorate that elected him president? Twice, yet?
Is that what the 'fireside chats' were back in the good old days of radio? "campaigning"?
Really, right-wing bagEEs??
Ido - you are the cheapest trash on this thread today. Your dear idol Bush was an alcoholic and a cocaine user. Now idiot - we don't hold dumb things people do 20-30 years ago against them - when they've clearly changed and are doing good things.
Our President is a great man and a GREAT Father. Get over your stupid hatred because with every ignorant post you show what a pathetic excuse for a human being Republicans like you are.
Where is that secret cell phone video guy? He is needed in DC at a "tony" hotel ASAP.
Talk to the Hand
Maybe Obama could FLY everyone to 'his ranch' in Crawford TEXAS, like BUSH DID over 500 TIMES
ItsAboutTime - Shhhhhh. You're not supposed to mention facts here!
In my opinion they should do this more often. Something humanizing about sitting around the table for a meal.
Didn't google "tony." Googled "black supremacist."
Hey Mr. President!
You closed the White House (a residence that the PEOPLE provide to the Chief Executive) to the public, but you can't host a few Congressmen for one of your long-winded diatribes?
Hey Congress!
You have that big old Capitol building! Are you telling me you can't have the President over for some pigs-in-blankets?
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Yes, that's good for America. Good for the People.
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I've seen many a photo of the president with members of the Republican Party together at the White House over the last several years.
He has always had an open door policy with them. They in turn stab him in the back, over and over.
I think they have the wrong participants...I'm sure they meant Reggie Love was meeting Obama in a seedy motel .
Yes, that's right, in the real world he's a running joke.
It was actually 77 times.
Drones are so stupid.
Everything sounds nice. I hope they all have a great time and get a deal done.
I'd like everybody to play nice, and give in (just a little) to the other side.
SS
You are the most ignorant poster on here and you take great pride in it. Just because your lower than whale poop on the intelligence scale and voted for the worst president ever twice (Obama). Do not think for a second that anyone with a third grade reading level will believe any of the dribble you write. You are truly a pathetic person and I should feel sorry for you but I do not. Your ignorance is self induced so wallow in it.
Food Fight!
Thank you for your kind comments....Seeking UNSANITY.....
Looks like you have taken FLYeisty's place on Newsvine since she is attending a Progressive conference on talking points for Mr. Obama's agenda to block everything then blame
Bushthe Republicans. Talk about talking TRASH....you make a "pefect" uninformed Progressive.Yep, compared to Chris Matthews, guess you are just a drop in the bucket.
BTW: I am a REGISTERED INDEPENDENT.
rukidding - poor little boy. You've tried very hard at what I'm guessing is meant to ridicule me and in doing so have shown what a total mental midget you are. Every post you've made is idiotic - and that's being charitable.
Run along little boy - you're WAYYYYYY out of your league!
Ido - actually, my comments to you WERE kind considering the lowlife you prove you are - daily!
Well.....that is a great comment.....you reading my posts everyday, then maybe you will learn something.
Time for you to change channels off NBC, ABC, CBS, and NPR and get some real TRUTH.
Further, it might be time for you to change your screen name and put an Obama logo on as your Avatar.
Ido - you couldn't teach a first grader to tie their shoes - someone would have to show you first.
I don't really care what your screen name or avatar - just please try to learn something and stop spouting your hatred, nonsense and blatant lies! You make yourself a bigger fool every day!
rukidding - when you're telling someone they're not intelligent, you might want to know the difference between your and you're - just a thought! LOL!!!
rukidding - oh, and I forgot. Everything I've posted is true. I don't have the time or need for lies like you, Ido and the rest of your ilk!
If you don't have a roaring economy after printing $85 billion and sticking it in the markets by buying debt, there is something wrong. Of course when we have completely bloated the market, what do you think will happen?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Aaaaaaah yes, as the masses suffer, the classes supper.
And all of you buffoons think we have a Democracy. The ruling oligarchy is making fools of you all yet you continue to support their criminal governance.
I'm sure the 23 million Americans under/unemployed are taking solace in the fact that the president and his guests are dining on Foie Gras or Lobster Thermidor. I'm sure they're all going to pause and reminisce, when they enjoy the traditionally handmade artisan cheese, of how our Founders and Framers envisioned the collapse of our Federal Constitutional Republic that so many suffered and died to protect.
I'll wager the comments will be how "productive" the meeting was. Of course no specifics about the meeting will be revealed other than the usual finger-pointing and blame-game.
On Friday, Barrack Hussein will be winging on Air Force One to another insignificant destination to continue his campaign. Despite the elaborate nature of this "bipartisan powwow" he will continue his fear-mongering of all the harm and suffering the sequester will cause all the American people and how it is everybody’s fault but his.
No budget for 1,408 days, our National Debt nearing $17 TRILLION, massive unemployment and his job approval down to 43%.
Of course the Liberal complicit media won't be concerned with any of these minor disruptions, the main concern will be what did Barrack Hussein have for dessert?
Taxation without representation cannot be more obvious.
This dinner is more like a 'huddle' to figure out their next smoke & mirrors act
Talk to the Hand "I guess the private room at Cracker Barrel must have been pre-booked. What's the matter with Pizza Hut delivery? Oh, that's right. They don't have lobster and Michelle would have had a fit if it wasn't Artisan Pizza."
Considering the topic at hand - Cutting spending, perhaps a better point would be made with hot dogs, fries and a Coke (not the 'real thing').
Food fight! Food fight!
Seriously, it'll be interesting to see what if anything comes of this "melding of the minds".
Sure would like to be a fly on the wall. Oh, wait. This is an upscale restaurant and doesn't have flies and if they do they are probably imported and don't understand English. Guess we'll just have to wait for the details to "leak" tomorrow.
With the Dirty Dozen TeaPeople....lots of sound bites, signifying nothing has changed.
Bali Bob,
Which version of the mind meld will Obama be using during this meeting? The original Vulcan Mind Meld or the new Star Trek version?( lol, shaking head). Obama can create some original bloopers.
You mean "Star Wars", yes?
...and was it really a blunder?
...and ultimately aren't we taking our science fiction just a bit too seriously?
Force Meld .......... forcing fat butts into tiny chairs.
@funny,
The original Vulcan Mind Meld or the new Star Trek version?
Got blooper?
I wonder why President Obama is meeting with a party who have no intention of doing any good for America.
Read the final report on Iraq and look at how irresponsible the GWB Administration truly was. That irresponsibility continues with today's GOP leaders. You see it daily.
They're going to continue to bleed us dry over their own irresponsible actions, not ours.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/03/06/1679601/sigir-final-lessons-learned-iraq/
@Pat,
If nothing else, Republicans can't accuse the President of not reaching out to them.
Of course, they'll find something else to complain about.
Like, the lobster wasn't cooked properly.
Bob, when they're not talking about social security cuts, maybe they'll bring up their big ideas for voter suppression, since that seems to be the only subject they care to invest 100% of their time and effort into.
Maybe they will mention how they want to do away with public educations or health care. It's my understanding some teachers are paid such low wages that they're on food stamps.
This is what the GOP want. Nothing for working Americans. They prove it every single day.
They want President Obama to come to them over and over and over.
Tell me, when has any of them gone to him and say - Mr. President, we will work together with you despite the tea party demanding that we do not.
Reminds me of those high living plantation owners. Or perhaps the robber barrons.
Nicely dressed, nicely mannered. Yet underneath ... hateful to the core.
That's today's GOP.
One meeting in 5 years with the opposition party for the arrogant campaigner in chief is enough, eh?
GOP Comeback, you don't know what you're talking about.
Now go and read the Iraq Report and learn just how responsible your party is.
GOP Comeback - The President has invited Republican leaders from Congress to the White House for dinner several times - they declined. He invited them for a private showing of "Lincoln." They declines. Again, Republicans continue to do their best to shun and obstruct everything President Obama does. Yours is the party of disgusting, arrogant buffoons who care NOTHING for our country or it's citizens!
Pat, look at the crappy economy and see how responsible your President is.
Pat Boston-7793618
I wonder the same thing Pat, but, he is the President. He is thoughtful and intelligent....They can resent it all they want but he is President and will be until 2017.
President Obama even called the GOP Leadership on election night 2012, and was rebuffed. He was told that they, Boehner and McConnell were asleep!
They show little or no respect for President Obama and I agree with you while I do try to understand his position.
GOP - considering YOUR party's ignorant manchild President is responsible for the economy and YOUR party is responsible for blocking EVERYTHING that was proposed to help get the economy moving in the right direction faster, you have some nerve taking pot shots at our President!
Please read the article Pat, it states he's meeting with Republicans, not the Senate Democrats from the Do Nothing Party.
How many budgets for Floyd the Barber, the leader of the Senate?
(1) "GOP comeback" is a Troll;
(2) the GOP is STILL back (in the 1950's) and is not 'coming back' - the # of Americans who call themselves 'Republicans' is down to ~20%.
(3) can't wait for the angry old white guys to become an even smaller minority . . . OMG - I called them a 'minority'! brace yourselves - here come The Haters, crawling out of the woodwork to shriek & carry on.
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FORWARD! :-)
PS - not-at-all-funny girl . . . do you really think you can convince ANYONE that it's the Dem's who are the Do-Nothings . . . when anyone who follows politics & has been for 5 min knows it's the ReThiglicans who waste time, & do nothing but OBSTRUCT? Now THAT'S funny!!! LOL!
KC_NC - neverbeenfunnychild is having a hard time convincing people around her she's even a female - just a dottering idiot! She has no sense of what is actually going on but rushes to post nonsense at every turn!
I'm from NC - love the state. It's gorgeous there!
apparently neither does Pat. Again Pat and Seeking and many others are appalled at the mere fact that Obama isnt yet king? How say Ye? fvck the constitution and the magna carta. It's good to be King. Hussein the First I am
Seekingsanity....How is saying no to going to see Lincoln or going to dinner obstructing him from getting things done?? I mean was it a meeting to compromise or a meeting to see a movie?? I'm just wondering if that's how YOU do business?? Maybe they really don't like him and don't want to spend personal time with him?? That's their choice....
Caesar, we're appalled at the mere fact that Obama isn't yet King?
Now that's funny, considering how you all bowed down to GWB, Rumsfeld, Cheney and Rush Limbaugh and Fox "News" for 8 years with nary a question asked.
And now it's Grover Norquist.
Some of you supporters are as dishonest as your party leaders. No matter what they sell, you buy. The road to ruin, with a little help from people like you.
Greedy Oil Party ,You say the economy is bad, certainly not for Repubs on Wall Street. And Corporate America is earning record profits. Are all those MEGA RICH CEO's Democrats? Are any of them?
Rob68 - the dinners and movie were invitations trying to bring the group together to talk and become friendlier as all Presidents have done in the past.
You're right - it's their choice. However it is NOT their choice to block EVERY proposal he made in order to make him fail. It is NOT their choice to sign a loyalty oath to Grover Norquist that supercedes their oaths' of office. THOSE actions are treasonous - and I'm including the 7 Democrats who signed the Norquist pledge too.
They were sent to Washington to work together to get the country back on it's feet and help people do better - not to be obstructionists.
And, yes, I DO have lunches, dinners and go to events with people I want to work with. It's called building trust and understanding with a person. It's relationship building. Most professionals understand that. Too bad you don't.
And, frankly, if my congressman or senator refused to meet with the President to get better acquainted - I'd have to rethink their getting my vote in the future!
wireman - yes a large number of the top 1%ers are Democrats.
WRONG!! FAIL...i have never given W a free pass or even thought of him as Kinglike. I've never agreed with Iraq on the concept he (and those that voted for it) went into it. I have disdain for the Patriot Act(youi know the one Hussein must keep on the books). You on the other hand, and many like you HAVE NEVER given an ounce of critisim of King Hussein.... Hussein the First I am..Heavy is the head that wears the crown, but it's good to be King.
Caesar, when you call the president "King Hussein", there's nothing left for us to talk about.
btw, this morning I did criticize President Obama as I have many many times. You on the other hand continue to give a free pass to a party that is hell bent on exploiting the working classes.
THAT'S WHAT KINGS DO. And that's what the GOP IS DOING.
Why don't you speak out for cripes sakes?
Think Prgress:
Jan Brewer (R), Arizona’s combative GOP governor, stunned political observers and health care reform advocates when she became the third Republican governor to endorse Obamacare’s expansion of the public Medicaid program. That decision is great news for Arizona’s poor and uninsured, as well as for the state’s budget. But it’s been met with fierce resistance from state lawmakers in Brewer’s own party, setting up an unusual showdown between Brewer, hospitals, doctors, and reform advocates on one side, and Republican state lawmakers — who Brewer must still persuade to pass legislation accepting the Medicaid expansion — on the other.
That’s why on Wednesday morning, flanked by Arizona public health officials on the steps of the state Capitol, Brewer begged reticent GOP lawmakers — many of whom showed up in black to protest Brewer’s decision — to look past politics and understand the human and financial toll that failing to pass the expansion would instill on Arizonanas. “The human cost of this tragedy can’t be calculated,” Brewer said. “Remember, there is no Plan B.” Brewer estimated that 50,000 low-income Arizonans would lose health coverage without the expansion.
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Here's hoping MORE Republicans will step up to the plate and show some humanity. Something sorely missing. Cuts, cuts, cuts is all we're hearing these days.
The fact is that nobody elevates president Obama to a king like status than republicans, they are the ones that want to imagine him as responsible for all things (bad) every problem is his problem, they can't govern, they blame him, they can't win elections they blame him, they make him the center of the universe everyday on this blog and then claim democrats see him as their messiah. It is republicans that can't seem to make a move without crying for his his leadership of them, they will tell you he is going to singlehandedly destroy the economy, the country, he will destroy the government and turn us into a communist country, he alone will destroy the world as we know it. Truth is none of those things has happened or will happen, he is just the president with no more, or less power than presidents have, it is republicans that feel the need to hail the president as a king, they see him, and treat him as an all powerful messiah responsible for the universe and rendering them helpless to save the world he alone controls, and they call democrats pathetic blind believer's in his awesomeness. Ha, Barrack Obama is king of the republicans, just listen to them.
...ah, yes, the usual suspects on FR who believe that the DNC should be the only political party in government.
DNC; the American Soviet Politburo.
Pat, your "rhetoric" is getting more loopy every day. Meaning you fit in well with the other moonbats here.
"high living plantation owners", you say? Okeydokey.
@GOP,
High living plantation owners
You do remember Mitt Romney (who will be speaking at CPAC, by the way) and that 47% thing, don't you?
Bali, CPAC has also invited The Donald.......Yup, Mr. Birther himself!
They've ignored Gov Christi and even Gov McDonnell........Guess these two had, as Norquist put it "impure thoughts" or actions!
chilled - when you invite Trump, Palin, and the others CPAC is having - the entire dog and pony show will be ridiculous!
@GOP - please DON'T comeback.
You never add anything interesting - never mind intelligent - to the conversation. Since you do nothing but criticize & call names, why don't you just go away, & turn on Faux Noise, and drown your sorrows in your own little bubble world, with the rest of The Haters.
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FORWARD :-)
Seeking...You got It.
This will be the sequel to the 2012 election cycle for the TeaPeople!....Lots and lots of clowns saying lots and lots of stuff, none of which makes any sense!
How many iterations of "Obama is bad" will be said.
The Circus is getting a really early start!.....
Hey, it's not like the GOP went back on its word and filibustered an Obama court nominee. Not! Buy them ice cream. They'll stop their tantrum until the next time the ice cream truck drives by.
If you're going to have to be "sequestered", this restaurant is the place to be!
There are seven people in the White House tour office. White House tours are self-guided. You get some headphones and a digital audio recording, and you walk yourself through the tour.
As a working class taxpayer, not rich, who carries my own weight in society, why do I feel there is a large screw headed my way?
I sure hope Obama does better in his 2nd term working with the Republicans, the country needs this. I have to say Clinton did a better job than Obama so far, but that might be because part of the Party is so extreme today.
square dude - even Newt Gingrich said the Republican party today isn't trying to work with the President as he and others did with Clinton. Never before has a group from the opposing party gotten together and vowed to obstruct everything the President proposed - until the Republicans did when Obama became President.
Well he doesn't do that by continuing to bash Republicans after they gave in on the rasing of taxes during the debt ceiling deal.
muse197 - get a clue. You truly have none!
Square Dude... Clinton did better because he knew he had to govern from the middle. He also governed through the technology bubble so everybody was a lot happier, unemployment was low, people were making a living and the country wasn't being fundamentally transformed by a child...
American_Dream101 - yes the Republican party can be referred to as a collective child. And, they have tried their best to fundamentally destroy our country. Luckily we have a President who is fighting to keep them from that destruction!
Filed this place away under "My Incredible Hotels with dining" for when I've got a bunch of extra bucks. Average dinner here looks to be around $85 for one, without drinks. Still, the menu looks amazing and the hotel must be nice. As far as Dems and Repubs having dinner together: opposite sides of the same, exact coin.
This meeting should have happened over a month ago, but no the president had other priorities like playing golf with Tiger Woods to deal with.
muse197 - liar!
He did play golf last month did he not?
muse197 - he's allowed to play golf. The golf IS NOT his priorty! But, like EVERY President, he's allowed personal time. Again, you're a liar! Perfect Republican!
muse, You are as bright as a penny.
wireman- "muse, you are as bright as a penny." Yes, a discolored, brown, dirty penny!
I'm all for these people talking together, but to go to such lengths, is rediculas!!! How much is this diner, and conference thereafter, going to cost us taxpayers??? I thought we were hurting, here? So much for cutting back.
D.C. spending, is truly out of control!!!
We are doomed!!!
Maybe the GOP/Teabeggers will meet tonight at the Caucus Steakhouse in Washington. Again! "Crazy Cantor," and little "Richie Rich Ryan" will have a good chance to update their 'blood oath' of January 20, 2009. "Bonehead Boehner" will be buying the drinks, and little "Richie Rich Ryan" will bring the rotten "Economic Tea." Yes America! The Ryan Budget is full of cuts for the very rich and corporations however, the Middle Class are going to be crushed. Little "Richie Rich Ryan" has no clue on how to do accurate math, and has no clue of what 'fairness' means. "Nutty Newt" can give one of his 'historical rationales' for why it is normal for his "Teabegger Buddies" to 'conspire.' The President is going to have dinner tonight with individuals that hate him as a person, as a politician, and as President. This President has alot of class, and this President has a very forgiving soul. Have a good dinner meeting Mr. President. One hopes that job creation is talked about. Like rebuilding the infastructure of our nation. This means the Government needs more revenue, and the Government needs to spend more to turn our economy upward. One hopes that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is not talked about in a destructive fashion. One hopes that Tax loopholes for corporations will be closed, and for corporations that send US Jobs overseas.
Nice name calling their 3rd Grader. Mommy and Daddy let you on the internet all by yourself?
So Obama out spending money wining and dining politicians. Who will he stick with the bill? You know he is not going to pay.
Just like every other day in his life, he expects someone else to pay. Mr Handout...your table is ready.
Yes T, that's right, Repubs never take advantage of the American taxpayers. I doubt you get it, but that was a joke son.
Regardless of where they decide to "break bread", They are still breaking it off in the taxpayers A$$.
It would be appropriate if the Koch Brothers picked up this dinner tab. The Koch Brothers are picking up the tab for their little "Budget Buddy." That would be little "Richie Rich Ryan." Yes the "Teabegger Congress" is the House that the Koch Brothers have bought. The ALEC Group is all the destrucion of the Middle Class, the Working Poor, the elderely, and the disabled. The GOP/Teabegger Congress is under the "Economic Trance" of the "Goofy Grover Pledge." One hopes that something gets accomplished from this dinner meeting.
Maybe something will get done if they put quotation marks around everything and call each other silly names?
Pretty sure the Tea Baggers are not in power. So, Koch brothers have bought no one.
We've got a spend and tax someone else President...not a let's cut spending President. Perhaps the Koch brothers can spend some money trying to convince people that we need to be more competitive as a country...rather than having people just demanding handouts on someone else's dime? Come on Koch brothers...step it up. Convince Congress to spend less, and convince America to be more competitive and stop waiting for someone to hand them everything.
And just how much is this fiasco going to cost the American taxpayer???
What is so secret about this meeting?
Is the Celebrity-In-Chief going to threaten those in attendance if they don't KA and go along with The Ones plan to inflict as much economic and emotional pain on REAL Americans as possible in the march to the total destruction of America as we know it?
Reading the comments here I can see the left has no understanding of the sequester,whey can only repeat what the left media and Bozo the president has fed them.The sequester is 2% of the projected automatic funding increase.The amount involved is 1% of what should be cut from this over bloated government!
...Obama's finally going to do the right thing...put his knee pads on...
Walt, with a post like your's, you must be one of those Homersexual's, eh???
I thought we already provided offices for them to conduct business in? Order in a damn pizza and get to work!
According to ABC news they stopped the White House Tours because they cost too much, about $18,000 a week. Now they went 6 blocks, had a 20 vehicle motorcade. Blocked intersections, "swept" the whole area for "dangers", to go out to dinner. Even ABC News is laughing at this. What a joke.
Break bread...or break heads?
Would much prefer that the President broke some noses.
Obama is meeting with his own party of rinos. They don't care whatever he says has an expiration date attached as long as they don't look bad to the media.. They're useless
FINALLY, after 4 plus years, we see some leadership from Obama! FINALLY!!!
Is it leadership or just a nice dinner out to make him look good?
Dinner paid by the tax payers..I don't see those republicans turning it down! ;)
Makes no difference who the invitee was...I see.
Maybe some of the soon to be furloughed DoD civilians will pick up the tab for this dinner?
Both sides have mud on their hands over this: The White House proposed the sequester, Congress passed it and the President signed it.