E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSPresident Obama's charm offensive continues as he heads to Capitol Hill for four meetings, potential Republican 2016 hopefuls take center stage in Miami and at CPAC, a big announcement in the Virginia governor's race, and Andy filibusters the Week Ahead. How long can he last?
Discuss this post
Leave a Comment:You're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
As a new user, you may notice a few temporary content restrictions. Click here for more info.
Most popular posts
older
New-look Boiler Room: Obama's legacy, CPAC -- blessing or curse, 2014
newer
GOP tries to block Obama from meeting pledge on US terror trials
Is it "woos" or "woo"? I'm getting "woozy" just thinking about it! Geez, it's about time, I'm dying of thirst over here! Friday's on The Week Ahead!! Love it! What a week it's been, too! I'm going to propose a toast to Mr. Rand Paul for at the very least holding a filibuster "old school". That at the very least deserves a drink in his honor:
Kentucky Mule
1 1/2 oz bourbon whiskey
fill with ginger beer
1 splash Rose's® lime juice
ice
Fill glass with ice. Add bourbon, fill with ginger beer and a splash of lime juice. Stir and drink!
Bartender … my regular in a bucket with a slab of ice, and for the femme fatales a The Dark Horse or two, or …. I am tempted to honor the day by renaming it as Pussy Rules ...
A little spicy, slightly weird, and just the right amount of candied, this cocktail from Audrey Saunders, the owner of New York City's Pegu Club, is perfect for the woman in your life who is not like other women in your life.
Well, the joy of mine is that all of the ladies at the bar are unalike … and each one charmed with wit and wiles
2 oz rye whiskey
1/2 oz Cynar (a bitter artichoke spirit)
3/4 oz sweet vermouth
Luxardo cherries
Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a couple of skewered Luxardo cherries. Replenish her cherries as she eats them. (is this the wiles part?)
Can I get a recipe for a yummy PigSlop and Kat Chow, AlaskaGirl?
Kat Chow is for my favorite Kitty Pig (bcwc).
AlaskaGirl . . .
I'll join you in that. You have to admit it was an interesting move to say the least! I'm not great at bartending, but I'm a great person to have at the bar! I tip well and I promise not to go on and on about my problems ... so I'll take what you're pouring! Happy Friday!
Hey, AlaskaGirl-759554
uh-oh, someone is in love, and Rand Paul is toast. Fatal Attraction?
I'm looking for a drink for you, miss piglet! But, since BCWC is going there, I will dedicate this drink to all the ladies:
Pink Panties
1 packagefrozen pink lemonade concentrate
1 cup Canadian Mist® whisky
1 cup water
1/2 container whipped cream
Combine all ingredients in a blender with half a cup of crushed ice. Blend until smooth. Serve in a tall glass.
Ladies: Leave a little whip cream on your lip.......gives men a little something to think about!
Layton: You and I both know that we would rock the bar!
Don't belittle yourself, it gives us lots to think about.
Is NOTHING sacred? The Week Ahead got filibustered! America is doomed, doomed I say! Damn, I am glad I have a gun.
Bartender, don't care what you are pouring today - just pour the components in my mouth and I'll mix 'em by shaking my head. Bottoms up.
Doin' the Robot..........oh, yeah..........
AG, yes, Rand Paul gets credit for an old-style talking filibuster but I'm thinking that after the first 30 minutes of talking, that drink should be renamed, The Crazy Kentuckian.
BCWC, I had no idea there is an "artichoke" spirit.
Never thought I'd see the day when The Week Ahead was filibustered but it's true, never say never. Good job, Andy!
@Mark - once that first one goes down, I suggest the following in honor of surviving the filibuster. These are as smooth as they come and are guaranteed to stop that crazy head shake you have going on!!
Manhattan – Cocktail Glass
2-oz Filibuster Bourbon
1-oz Carpano Antica Formula
dash aromatic bitters
1. Stir over ice and strain.
2. Garnish with a brandied cherry.
http://filibusterbourbon.com/filibuster-cocktails/
Jody, and neither did I and yet lived next door to Castroville CA for a few years ... artichoke capital.
Mark in SoCal...
Best. Idea. Ever.
Jody...I give Rand Paul all the credit in the world for talking that long. After 20 minutes I'd have been out of material and woulda been quoting "The Hangover".
I came across this next drink while I was looking for a drink to salute the 12 Republican Senators who dined with the president this week, so I will propose this drink to them and it is only right that I single out our friend, BCWC, as this drink apparently hails from his area:
Force 12
A Royal Canadian Navy drink recipe using the flavorful Lamb's Navy rum made in Montreal.
Scale ingredients to servings
2 oz Lamb's® navy rum
1 oz Smirnoff® vodka
2 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
Pour the Lamb's Navy dark rum, Smirnoff vodka, pineapple juice and grenadine into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, and pour into a collins glass. Garnish with fruit slices and a maraschino cherry.
Cheers!
Whole lotta shakin' goin on, Mark!
AlaskaGirl,
Bourbon and ginger is a favorite of Mrs. SoCal - good choice!
BCWC,
Interesting recipe. Gonna have to try that one - looking at the components of the drink I daresay it would appeal to me much more than the missus. Whatever that means.
Still doin' the Robot.
Case of beer?
Good hell Mark!
I'm so glad there was NOTHING in my mouth when I read that ... had there been it would be all over the monitor!
AG - We would definitely rock the bar together!
RedDev,
Filibuster Bourbon! Awesome!
Grimey,
If you try the head-shake cocktail mix technique, be sure to go easy on the ice. Serious brain-freeze potential.
AG - after a couple Kentucky Mules are under your belt, something tells me you'll be feeling like a floozie (I promise to leave floozie in the Jacuzzi alone)!!
Awww, BCWC you read my mind! It was what first popped into my mind, but it would have been too predictable!
Mark, Mrs. SoCal is always invited!
Yeah, RedDev, I will admit to feeling, shall we say, just a little on the loose side when indulging! I have been known to throw caution to the wind!
LOL Mark! I've also heard it's not such a good idea to have the swizzle stick in your mouth!
Alaska Girl,
You naughty little minx! lol
Remember, well behaved women rarely make history! ☺
We are talking about a cocktail stir stick, right? All these zzzzzzzz's buzzing around this thread have me a bit confuzed.
We are talking about a cocktail stir stick, right?
Maybe. :O
So very true, Feisty!
RedDev and AlaskaGirl
Hay-oh!
Kickin' up the Robot a notch.....
Well behaved women are boring.
Grimey, that's funny! Rand Paul used Alice in Wonderland as his guide into his jump down the rabbit hole world of fantasy; Drones striking you in bed some night; he actually used this example for his inference that President Obama has a secret US citizen kill list of people who disagree with him, "I was at a Tea Party meeting and I was critical of the President but I'm not a revolutionary, please don't kill me" with a Drone. You really should check out exactly what he said. It would be funny if this man wasn't a sitting US Senator. I give him credit for the first reasonable 30 minutes but after that, he'd have been better off reading from "The Hangover".
Make mine a double - no matter what it is! Another hectic week. But, Spring is just around the corner (I'll probably regret that and we'll get a foot of snow next week)! :-)
Soooooo time for a cocktail!
As Jody says, if Rand Paul was not a Senator, some of the stuff would have been funny and you'd ask what's he drinking, but maybe it was because he drank so little Adam's ale he sent him into weird country.
Come to think of it what about Rubio and his reading of rapper's material, more nutty behavior on the Senate Floor no wonder so many are retiring....things ain't what they used to be. I don't know about these TP people.
Not only did ya lose Domenico, ya lost me too. Let me poor you another Manhattan to see if that'll give da-robot da-boot. Speaking of El Paso, we seem to be missing some of the usual chips and dips :O
AG/Layton/Feisty - we need you three to step up this party a notch .. I recommend you hop on the bar and show us a move or two. Here's a song to get you started (PS, the ad is hysterical).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUtEXmSHfA
From waaay out in left field....
I knew a guy once that 'talked with his hands'. Someone once said "if you tie Charlie's hands together, he couldn't say a word". Which got me to thinking- If you propped Peggy Noonan's eyes open with toothpicks, would she be unable to say a word??
SO- for the female version of Charles Krauthammer, would someone please play the (pre-disco) Bee Gees- "I can't see nobody"?
And as to all these fancy drinks- just remember the great philosophy offered by the Weeper of the House:
"you can drink, and drink, and drink.....and you STILL get drunk".
BTW- what the hell is 'CPAC'? If these references are to the pending gathering of fools, knaves, dick-weeds and 'Hate America Firsters', I believe the proper acronym is "LPAC". Loser Political Action Comittee. I mean, that's what every damned one of the participants are, right? Past/Present L O S E R S of some sort? And I DO mean that literally.
I'll have a Maker's Mark and ginger...hold the ginger...
Oh, and make it a triple please.
Thank you for saving me from myself.
RedDev,
You got the right song, and the ad was almost as long as the song,
I see the "party has gotten started".... I have a Mahatten, then work my way through the the others, maybe.
As to Rand Paul, does anyone else but me think he has a very weird voice or accent?
He give me the creeps!
Northstar, he has a weird everything! Very creepy, indeed.
Sorry AG, I can't offer you anything but street pot this week. Its ok, but not as safe to get, nor is it as good as the medicinal kind. Seems the Republican A.G. in this state wants to circumvent the voice of the people with his own. He decided that it is illegal to sell medicinal marijuana in compassion centers and he is closing them down. This leaves grow your own, which I have not been successful. What his order did in essence is create a black market for it and will eventually cause the price to go sky high. Got to love those limited government in our lives republicans. Oh well, I think I'll make my night cap a shot or two of Kentucky sipping whiskey, say a Makers Mark, over some ice. Not very fancy but very effective at calming my last nerve for this week.
Northstar & AlaskaGirl . . . re: Rand - I laughed at a comment yesterday that called him poodle head. He's got quite the mop!
AlaskaGirl - just looked at your postings yesterday with Laura#s. Pick your poison, I'm buying you a DOUBLE!
Thanks, Layton! Yeah, she was quite the snooty bitch. I cannot stand snooty and uppity women. She's what Mark-SoCal would call one of the "boring ones". HA!
No worries, John, I am set for the weekend! Sorry to hear about the "limited government" Republicans getting all up in everyone's business over your way.
Make mine a milk, 2% fat, lactos free and put it in a dirty glass.
Alaska Girl,
There is something to be said about us "colorful" women!
As my dear friend Floyd told me years ago, we bring MANY things to the dance but indifference is never there! ☺
You got it, Adler, and I hope you don't mind the big chip in the dirty glass!
Well, Feisty, I would say that your friend Floyd is a wise man. I will take colorful any day of the week!
Been a busy week for all! I love Friday cocktails on TWA, but I cannot wait until real cocktail hour starts for me in about 1.25 hours.
When AG gets her actual cocktail, I'll join her in dancing on the bar!
Don't mind the chip, Alaska, it just adds a more macho touch to the dirty glass.
Bob McDonnell? He's as far right as they come. Apparently, he's just too good at lying about it. Makes you wonder how much longer Paul Ryan can go since he's got the exact same problem.
CalTom's favorite cocktail. Easy to make.
Pour 2 oz. of Jack Danials into a shot glass.
Lift to lips and throw back head, shot goes straight down throat.
If desired affect is not accomplished repeat as often as necessary until silly grin appears on face.
Happy Trails
What kind of president could this Obama be if the McCarthy present day house republicans and senators give this guy a decent break and respect and try to work with him and give the guy a go at his policies; after all, the Amerian people voted him, his platform and his policies in twice. Help the president get things done and get out of his way and stop being obstructionist.. If he fails, then we can say he failed; as it stands now, the GOP is working very hard to make our president be unsuccessfull and by doing so is hurting everyday Americans. I sure hope the Democrats don't pay the GOP back when they win the White House back...The GOP would cry foul then...just like the Cowards they are.
In honor of the makeover of the BoilerRoom, first round is on the house:
BoilerMaker
Pour a shot of whiskey in a shot glass.
Fill a pint glass with beer.
Drop the shot glass into the beer and down everything in one drink.
Congrats to all those having your questions featured!! Down the hatch!!
As always, thanks to our hosts for giving us the space for the DDI.
Isn't "charm offensive" kind of an oxymoron?
That is an interesting mind twist, Ursula!! Does one counter by being defensively rude? I'll need to check with Miss Manners.
Happy International Women's Day! Happy Friday!
Considering this weird week in politics, the only thing that would make it crazier is if CPAC were having their annual gathering of Who-Nut-ies. What's that? It started already. In that case, I'm heading over to the DDI.
Thanks to our excellent First Read hosts for another week of fun and adventure. Have a great weekend!
Well, here we are again, another week has passed, and it is time to head to the dear old Dew Drop Inn to meet friends, have some libation, and party. Feisty: bringing along some pulled pork and homemade buns and slaw to get the party rocking....IR should have things pretty well organized as he always does.
What oh what have we learned? CPAC is meeting, and in their never to be humble way, have set out a sign on the lawn that says "no intelligent thought allowed, and we are heading back to the future with Palin and company." You really have to wonder about the folks at CPAC. They huffily told Chris Christie that he is not invited, Christie stood just a little too close to President Obama, don't you know, but they bring in Palin, who does not have a brain cell functioning, much to Fox News dismay when they finally noticed it and canned her. CPAC still believes that Palin has a clue, and they don't mind giving her a microphone to hold forth with, even though the rest of us will be laughing at her nonsense.
They sure don't want those (GASP!) gay people showing up, not even to get votes for their candidates. All in all it should be a hoot, nothing is more fun than watching the Republican Party reveal itself for what they believe and who they really are. The new Know Nothings of the political world!
Been a great week on First Read, Mark and Domenico, thanks for hosting us.
I have to find IR. I have the Clydesdales hitched up, they are the only thing going to get through this snow, and IR, picking you up first, hope you brought the flask.
Happy International Women's day!
NDD, fine way to end the week. Maybe Back to the Future with another Bush wannabee! One thing, CPAC will provide plenty of comedic entertainment.
Jody, Happy International Women's Day!
NDD, yeah, someone never grows up, a child, and a Republican
Happy Friday everyone, Nice drink recipes I'll have to give some a try.
Jody I'll bet you could do a Special Weekly Wrap up on Cpac alone and still have Yahoo insanity left over........Newday Got some Apple Brandy in that Flask and am looking for my Clydesdale Buddy to come find me like the one in the Bud commercial
UMmmmmmmm, apple brandy!
Well it’s coming up on that time of the week. I don’t know about you’ll folks but I’m about wore out. But as usual we’ve all had a good time. Giggled a little at each other. Tweaked each other a mite. Had to rub on a bruise or two. Don’t look like no permanent harm has befallen anybody. So before I slide on out the door down to the Dew Drop Inn to make sure the Juke Box has gotten refilled with all the latest requests and we’ve got that extra bartender to make sure that everybody gets their favorites just right I want to pass on a thought or two.
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia — Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I,died a year ago. He was 110.
Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in a statement. Buckles turned 110 on Feb. 1 and had been advocating for a national memorial honoring veterans of World War I in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Buckles settled just over the hill and down the road a piece. One of the finest Gentlemen that ever chose to grace West-by- God Virginia with his presence. Rest in peace sir.
Dew Drop Inn reality or virtual?
As our friend and neighbor JoAnne related last week after touring the archives some of us have been around here for quite a while. We have taken advantage of the opportunity that our hosts have so generously given us over the years to communicate and personalize ourselves to each other both in this forum and outside of it. Having had a chance to set down and hold a conversation with some of the folks behind the screen moniker’s that most of you’ll see here has given more than a few of us great pleasure. So that part is Reality.
The Boston Tea Party was conceived in and carried out by some of the folks that gathered together in the Taverns of Boston which was the custom of the day and age. Provisions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution came from the discussions that were held in the Taverns and Inns of Philadelphia by our Founding Fathers. Just recently we have seen folks rise up all across the Middle East in pursuit of their right to Participate in Government fueled largely by their communication on the ‘Net. Reality or virtual? I’ll leave it up to you to make up your own mind.
Since Mardi Gras kicked off early this year we are going to declare this New Orleans week end and try and make up a little lost time. We’ve stocked up the Juke box with a whole bunch of Sachmo and Jelly Roll Morton and such like. Rumor has it that one or two of the Marsalis crowd is going to stop by later to do a little jammin’ in the back room with the House Band. Betty tells me we’ve even got some Dixieland Musicians coming in to keep the tempo upbeat. Hope it’s Pete Fountain or one of those guys. Some of the profits are going down to our New Orleans Brethren to help in their ongoing efforts to rebuild that uniquely American city. You’ll need to stop on by and share the good times.
As always my thanks and appreciation to our hosts for their time, giving me a little place to stand, a subject to comment on, a forum to put it in, and their indulgence when I don’t quite get it right or get a little off subject. I purely do appreciate it. Hope you’ll have a fine weekend and good fun among folks that you know and love. To my fellow participants keep well, keep safe, and keep the faith. We’ll make it. See you’ll next week
Drive-By I’ve only got one small request before we kick off old Sachmo. Could we possibly spin Terry Cashman’s “Talkin Baseball” once or twice in honor of Spring Training Starting up and the Renewal of that Great old American Tradition.
Well IR...it took a couple of weeks, but I think someone FINALLY woke up our Capitals!!!
Have a great weekend my friend!
IR, as always, great way to end the week.
Grimey, well at least someone could wake them up! Seems the b-ball teams I favor need more than waking up.
Don't forget, Spring ahead this weekend. It's back to dark in the morning.
Jody . . .
Which I HATE with a passion! It's the only reason I'd consider moving to Arizona - the one smart thing they do is stay out of the whole Daylight Savings Time mess!
Happy Weekend All
Don't forget, Spring ahead this weekend. It's back to dark in the morning.
I know how you feel Jody ... I like to awaken to an earlier day.
Good thoughts, IR.
Cheers!
Spring is coming late this year Grimey. Hell I had 14in of snow Wensday but the Caps are apparently waking up from thier long winter's nap. I just hope it isn't to late. Me I'm ready for Spring Training to break and my Natinals and your O's to quit enjoying themselves so much down in your environs and head North.
Mark we had the makings on a pretty good discussion on the difference between Rural and Urban Gun considerations the other day and I had to step away for a second and by the time I got back it had got a little toxic with Yahoo's and I figured it wasn't going to do either one of us any good. I did want to tell you how much I appreciated it as I always do your stuff.
Thanks, IR. I do so enjoy good discussion and it is indeed distressing when the Yahoos crap on your porch - stinks the whole place up and kills meaningful discourse. Looking forward to more odor-free exchanges of thoughts with you in the future.
2013, the year of the Dodgers. I am stoked.
Layton, at least AZ got something right; maybe that's what is wrong with McCain, half the time he doesn't know what time it really is.
A friend gave me a coffee mug once that said something like--I could enjoy the morning, if it just started later. That's the way I feel about Daylight Savings Time.
Sorry, IR and Grimey, I confused the Caps with the Nationals earlier!
Looks like the Dodgers are going to take the "Best Team Money Can Buy" title away from the Yankee's this year. I hope you'll out there get some return on the investment. All I can say is Strasburg with no restrictions and Bryce Harper hitting in the three hole. Dodgers-Natinals World Series
IR- you know your wish is my command when it comes to requests.
Unless, that is, they are in some way connected to, or were born of, disco!
You surely remember SNL's Chico Esquealla: "beese-ball, having beeeen veddy good to me...."
The Papal Conclave to select the next Pope will begin on Tuesday. I guess this means the Cardinals are done shooting their "Harlem Shake" video.
HA!
Now, mind you, I'm not a Catholic, so I may be a bit off here - but isn't that day all the Cardinals crowd into a small room, smoke a lot of stuff, have a vision or two, and when the smoke clears, name the Pope? MMM, I'll have what they're having!!
Like, Wow.
United We Stand, Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes, My Baby Loves Lovin'
So what about that song - United We Stand?
We see the title United We Stand many times here on First Read as well as all across the internets when either a commentor or blogger has written a particularly passionate post or article. The title has become a rather poignant call out to what's happening in America today and what we as citizens need/should do - as one.
The song was written as a love song for couples who make a pledge to stand united no matter what bumps in the road may lay ahead in their lives. Because it was a hit during the Vietnam War and civil/equal rights era, some thought the song political. I surely saw it that way back then, particularly because of the name of the group who sang it originally - The Brotherhood of Man.
All three songs mentioned above were worldwide hits with the songs flying up the charts at the same time.
Just like here in America, over in England there was a BBC music countdown tv program which showcased the latest hit groups. On one particular night in January 1970, the BBC invited two of the above groups onto their show to sing their hits.
First was The Brotherhood of Man and they perform United we stand, divided we fall, and if our backs should ever be against the wall, we'll be together, together you & I ...
And then Edison Lighthouse -
She ain't got no money, her clothes are kinda funny, her hair is kinda wild & free, oh but loves grows where my Rosemary goes..., which was the #1 song in the country this particular night.
So it surely must have been a strange sight for viewers AND the BBC (who were not amused -the host even mentions the world "puzzle"when introducing the first group) - when after watching these two groups perform, the world discovers that the lead male singer in both groups was the same man, who also happened to be lead singer for the song My Baby Loves Lovin', another hit song at the time.
Three popular songs at the same time - all three songs sung by one Tony Burrows. He had 2 other hits as well, making him forever known as the one hit wonder - 5 times.
The original Brotherhood of Man - United We Stand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP8E3tf_Xpg
United We Stand against cuts that will hurt real people.
Cheers To All!
Pat... Your dating us. I first heard that song on a little transister radio so far back in the boonies they had to pipe in sunshine carrying on 'Ol Lyndon's little shindig. But it's still one of those songs that never die because the times just keep rolling back around don't they. If ever we needed to have each other's backs it was then and is now.
Back then, was it as bad as now?
thetotas, in the past when we had wars, we the people were asked to make sacrifices. That didn't happen during the Afghan & Iraq Wars. People instead got tax cuts. It was as we now know, irresponsible.
Someone has to pay those bills. And the GOP want us to, by making horrendous cuts. Now is not the time for cuts. We should be concentrating on jobs jobs jobs and halting the madness with the wealthy lobbyists buying Congress.
If Americans aren't willing to follow John F. Kennedy and "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship" to fight a war, then we shouldn't be fighting it. Bruce Bartlett
Not to mention that the Iraq War was a war completely built on lies. Maybe Dubya had twinge of guilt so he cut our taxes.
Thetotas just curious but why do you put it that way? From my stand point any time you have bad things happening to good people it's bad and there's not many degrees or differences between them. So yeh just as bad but in a different sort of way.
Red, you will have to forgive toto her obvious sarcasm. She seems to be the pessimistic sort.
Pat . . .
I hadn't thought of that for our current wars. Maybe because we don't feel they are truly ours and we're fighting fights we really don't know that much about? The big ones, we knew the enemy and wanted safety for our shores. Those against communism and WMD are harder for us to wrap our heads around and think that they affect our daily well being. As I said, I really hadn't thought a lot about this but there is definitely something there that needs to be discussed.
I think of the poor soul as my pet spider! Charlotte, lives up in the corner and when she feel it's safe, she descends down here to lay down some venom!
It talked a good game, yet when it comes to her convictions, not so much! lol
She is a mean old broad, who took much delight in the LRU breach!
Just ask her... lol
If ever we needed to have each other's backs it was then and is now.
What a fine t-shirt that would make, IR. Beautifully stated.
Keep it in mind and we'll make it happen this fall my Boston Ace
Testing the new avatar . . .
Sweet!
Looks like Obama broke it off in the teabag Keester again!
But Bob Ney's book- Sideswiped- I think this is as big as Valerie Plame or Tora Bora. If indeed the collaboration comes, Fox news will have a tough time spinning this one.
do you TRY to be an idiot? or does it just come naturally?
Consequential week! More like “con”-sequestration weeks, the
con of the fearocrates apocalyptic approach to fear the public into submission
of a liberal progressive agenda. A con to hurt the American people to make sure
that we feel the pain of sequesters. Obama will go out of his way by letting criminals
out to hurt us, Just for SPITE…This should be held as an impeachable offence to
all of us. This event is by far putting the American public in harm’s way, the oath
of office specifically states to protect and defend. If letting criminals go is
to protect and defend then we must be in a bizarre-o world. Closing the White House
“our house” is more of a dictatorial response to closing the American public
out to PUNISH us. The fearocrates that con us on a cut of an increase is such a
scam to our intelligence as a people.
President Obama tried to woo when he first got to Washington and invited the GOP leadership up to the White House and their response was statements to the effect of goals to make him a "one-time president," etc. Then after the ridiculous ACA "death panel" hysteria flames that were fanned by the GOP, democrats did not want him to campaign with them, he was too controversial in many swing states, so he got out of the habit of connecting with those Dems running in state elections due to him being a "controversial" figure. He has not "shunned" anyone but has simply been pragmatic. Now that he won reelection and his popularity is up, he can once again schmooze and not risk "contaminating" those who listen to him and wish to compromise with him.
'
i read this garbage twice; still dont know what you are trying to say
after his sequester disgrace; obama looks like the damn fool he is. what an embarrassment this idiot is!
to make cuts more painful than they need to be all for a game of partisan politics.
this traitor must go!
Oblunder comes up with the sequester, thinking the defense cuts will make the R's cave. He gets his tax increases, then renigs on the cuts, rendering his "fair and balanced" a crock of pandering rhetoric. He tries with the help of the whoring media to blame conservatives for the sequester, but conservaties still don't back down and give him the higher taxes and more spending he wants. People see that he not only will not propose less damaging cuts, he says he'll veto any attempt to stop the sequester. Emails prove his administration is trying to maximize the pain of the cuts at the department level. He sees his poll numbers dropping like a stone, and tries to make nice with R's to appear to be working... after the cuts are in place... this is more pandering and damage control for bad policy...