Last week Obama was telling the Republicans to get in the back of the bus, today he's saying we all just need to compromise.
My how the winds have changed. They still carry the smell of manure whenever he's in the room, though.
My how the winds have changed. They still carry the smell of manure whenever he's in the room, though.
What they need to do is get out of our lives in most matters as in less federal government.
If I thought they even remotely cared what I or any of their constituents think, this is what I might say to the newly minted Republican majority in the House:
"As a conservative Republican, I offer this warning: The Republicans who retook the House and weakened the Democratic hold on the Senate would be monumentally stupid to consider this a "win". It's anything but a win. You were merely deemed the less awful choice in a historically awful lineup of candidates. Don't get cocky. Instead, start reassessing how you conduct the people's business. You've been given fair warning. Your approval rating hovers just slightly North of Adolph Hitler. Keep up the same old crap and you might find yourselves in worse shape that you already are. You're not special, you're not smarter than us and you're not indispensable. Got it?"
I like it.
I would have to disagree.
If you are talking about bi-partisanship because both sides agree on something, then I agree with you.
But if you are talking about both sides compromising their positions just for the sake of bi-partisanship that's a problem. All it does is dilute both sides into being non-effective in delivering to their constituents what they were sent to deliver.
The latter is what is generally thought to be proper today, and it's why I utterly detest the term.
Edit to add:
The message sent yesterday was not for "all to get along". It was "change the way you do things and get the hell out of my life, or else". Kinda exactly what the O/P posted.
I agree the winds have changed. Hopefully they can work together but I really doubt it considering how extreme both parties have become and the Repubs have come out and stated that their number one goal is to get Obama out of office. I'm OK with that but I would like them to actually do their jobs for at least a little bit (legislate). But you obviously watch too much Fox (the "back of the bus" thing was something basically just made up by Fox).
Hmmm, I heard it come from his own mouth.
to the comments made here.... don't tell too many people your ideas and thoughts because they may have you put away for having good ideas founded on solid principles....
Fail. Try again...
From what I saw BHO was going over his typical "Republicans wanting the keys to the car back" speech and he just said that they have to "sit in the back" of the car. Then Fox turned it into this whole "back of the bus" thing and started talking about racial implications, yada yada yada. I don't like BHO but I can't stand so called news organizations basically manufacturing stories just to rile up their viewers. If you have video of BHO saying "back of the bus" I'd like to see it.
