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A lot of details can get lost in the mix while Washington's best and brightest debate the president's stimulus package. In short, Democrats mostly want to OK the $819 billion boost, while Republicans want to trim it down and include more tax breaks.
It would appear to be a civil debate, maybe a little partisan, but certainly nothing worthy of Taiwan-style parliamentary fistfights --
Oh wait. Barack "The Hulk" Obama just walked in.
Speaking at the House Dems' retreat in Virginia, Obama threw down his stick and pads, spat on the floor and growled in the face of cameras -- metaphorically. Though the president did mock his opponents in the GOP for criticizing how the aid package requires too much spending, saying:
"What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending. That's the whole point! No, seriously, that's the point."
Hey, easy, big guy. We're just saying, maybe we should ease back on the trillion-dollar cash delivery, and have a reasonable discussion about it. I mean, why are we spending $800 billion when we've got this deficit --
"First of all, I found this deficit when I showed up, number 1," Obama barked back. "I found this national debt doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me when I stepped into the Oval Office."
Well, at least it was wrapped!
All right, so party politics is back (did it ever leave?), and it's finally getting fun again. Just this week, John McCain, apparently unaware of Nov. 4's results, returned to the spotlight to offer up his own stimulus package, roughly half the size of Obama's and made up almost entirely of tax cuts. It was promptly rejected in the Senate.
And, before that, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted her dominance to reporters when one asked her about Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge influencing the stimulus's makeup. "I am the speaker of the House. I don't get into that," she said while waving away the question, Politico reported.
Quick, somebody fetch this Congress a bucket of water. 'Cos it is on fire!
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robrtl
12:49AM 12:49AM Feb 6th 2009
i don't like him when he's friendly.. joke ..but can't he find a clean politician to put in the cabinet.this ineptness is unnerving
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Ed
2:51PM 2:51PM Feb 6th 2009
He doesn't know any clean folks, He's a Democrat and most of his friends are either in jail or should be there. He is a Muslim raised on Chicago politics. If you don't agree with his plan, don't sleep too sound, cause bad things might happen.
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kmc580
11:11AM 11:11AM Feb 7th 2009
Damn Ed you are what most people call an ignorant son of a bitch! I guess you are the product of inbreeding
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Noah Ark
1:12AM 1:12AM Feb 6th 2009
Stop the Obstructionist GOP
remember it was the same,old worn down tired Republican partisan politics that turned a surplus into a defict
demand that the stimulus bill gets passed with Repuk support
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falling
7:01PM 7:01PM Feb 6th 2009
So the Democratic response to the deficit is to double that deficit in the first month Obama is in office? He just signed the SCHIP bill which puts 4.1 million more kids on government rolls. He also waived the five year waiting period for children of immigrants so now illegals are able to be insured immediately after birth. PLUS families making more than $100,000 can now stop paying for their company offered insurance for their children and put them on government assistance for free! And our media hasn't said one world about what THAT is going to cost us!
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Bill Brosnick
9:17PM 9:17PM Feb 6th 2009
It was left in the Oval Office by the Democratic Congress...that bunch of liberal conspirators...who propagate the new "changing" America. They masquerade as useless, brainless, helpless, worthless, hopeless representatives who support communist and socialist ideals and leave the repayment options up to future generations.
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sheilah
6:42AM 6:42AM Feb 16th 2009
You are not living in this world apparenly, the Dems, Obama, Soros and all the other dirty people were into the downfall of this country. Get your facts straight before you spout off. ACORN played a big part in it as well.
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Rick
3:45AM 3:45AM Feb 6th 2009
The only way this congress would be on fire, would be a Federal court order herding them out of the Capital Building.
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SCarol
8:05AM 8:05AM Feb 6th 2009
Well, this week he's pouted, held a pep rally in Va. that cost us all a pretty penny (had to meet at the resort and spa with his dem friends to "discuss" the stimulus package), he's told us the sky is falling and still hasn't taken dog parks, fixing the mall, the 5 billion for Acorn or any of the other stupid expenses out of the package. Now he's warning us not to make him "mad". Boo hoo Obama found a mess on his desk when he arrived at the White House and now he's complaining. He spent nearly a billion bucks to get this job and cheated to get it. Two weeks into the job and he's whining that there was a mess there, like he didn't have a clue he was going to have to actually work sometimes. His agenda stinks, his team can't do their job of background checks, he has to fly to a spa to discuss our poor economy (guess the White House wasn't big enough to have an empty room?). We have a full blown idiot at the helm America.
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moderate
10:33AM 10:33AM Feb 6th 2009
are you upset that he did not fly to the republican summit. Let be honest here, both parties are having their annual retreat that cost the tax payers the exact amount of money. Inappropriate behavior by both parties.
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Xanna
12:48PM 12:48PM Feb 6th 2009
You're right. Obama is simply a child in the old world of politics...and he's power hungry to top it off. Not a good combination I think. Nasty temper, no experience, and a ton of money at his disposal...Hmmm what do you think that spells out. That stimulus package will only put us further into debt. Capping high salaries is wrong, if they allow that, then they can cap the entire country. He's trying to take over. Call me a conspirator if you want, but when this all goes down, I will be the one saying 'I told you so'.
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falling
7:00PM 7:00PM Feb 6th 2009
moderate...Actually the Republican retreat didn't cost taxpayers a dime. It was completely paid for by the lobbyists who put it on. Obama had the same lobbyists, and they hold just as much sway with him, but he charged the taxpayers for his retreat to hide the fact that the lobbyists were at the Democratic retreat also!
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melma
10:51AM 10:51AM Feb 19th 2009
Well, You are right. Obama is indeed a socialist. I did NOT vote for him. He doesn't have experience and he is waay to blood and power thirsty. God help us all! Because no one else will.
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Angiebaby
8:05AM 8:05AM Feb 6th 2009
I see you are beginning to contemplate both sides of an issue. You are cultivating wisdom, and sprouting enough hair on your schmeckle to call a spade, a spade. You are on the true path to enlightenment, Grasshopper.
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Allen
9:01AM 9:01AM Feb 6th 2009
So, Democrats...what's your plan now that the whole world has seen that your pet monkey can't play the national organ grinder? Racists, terrorists, tax cheats, whatever crimes Bill Richardson is about to be charged with, plus the Hillary Clinton sleaze train...this is ethics in Government? Are you ready to start the impeachment hearings yet, or do you prefer to wait until summer, when the grand jury starts delivering indictments? Thanks a lot for THE ZERO. Your Trunk Monkey is already tied up in knots just nominating (and defending) crooked cabinet members...how do you expect him to pass your PORK? It took George W. Bush two wars, three natural disasters, and six long years of incessant liberal media sniping to chip his approval rating down to where Obama's have sunk in less than three weeks. You Obamunists are in for a long hard ride.
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Xanna
12:49PM 12:49PM Feb 6th 2009
You are so right! Amen!
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moira
10:01PM 10:01PM Feb 6th 2009
From reading these comments I am convinced that maybe this country deserves another Great Depression. A job loss will come to you and/or some financial assault because you are an imbecile. First of all, tax cuts are not going to stimulate the economy. Why would any business large or small suddenly start hiring immediately upon getting a tax cut when they have been in a deficit. They are going to hoard it just like the banks. Companies now are getting more out of the workers they kept why would they add more mouths on the payroll immediately? Individuals who get tax cuts are not going to
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misti
1:10PM 1:10PM Feb 7th 2009
PET MONKEY interesting statement....
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KMJb4KMF
10:01AM 10:01AM Feb 6th 2009
Guess what Obama we dont give two shits if your angry now you know how the military feels about you, since you now decided to free the USS Cole bomber. Bye Bye Obama it wont be long now, you scum.
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hnm
3:32PM 3:32PM Feb 6th 2009
Absolutely. Where else in the world would a government propose using tax dollars to give terrorists a "fair trial"? Why have an FBI or a CIA or department of homeland security if you just want to "catch and release" the enemy. I wish the world would wake up to this power hungry muslim that is sitting in the white house now.
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