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Pathetic.
This is SOOO inconsistent with Obama the community organizer. Moveon has shown in the past the power of 2m emails to the right place at the right moment. I am puzzled, and saddened. But I'm still going to send a random email to my Senator. Something is better than nothing, and I fear what Rove is up to.
Handing the mantle of leadership to the likes of susan Collins is not what I expected Obama to do. but it ain't over yet. And he is a crafty guy.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/5/191019/9...
Add to that Joe Liebermman... Those people don't understand restraint, they only understand being b****slapped. If you don't do it, it means you are weak.
Your boy Bush has run up the biggest borrowing since Reagan & rates have hit bottom.
Reagan's borrowing was far worse than Carter's.
What was the affect on interest rates?
They went lower.
You know nothing about interest rates.
Maybe if this vote fails, Obama can come back with something partisan and ram it through as a regular budget proposal.
PS: Thanks for keeping us pumped and involved.
They don't care what you have to say.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/2/5/8119...
Can't Kaine have some lawyers go after Coleman?
Call, they really keep track. It does help.
Martinez is on the fence. If you live in FL especially, call Martinez.
I have said from the get go that the Republicans have driven the conversation since the inauguration and Obama has failed to regain control of that message. It seems as if the Democrats have no plan and are incapable of formulating a message to take to the American people. Reid and Pelosi need to go and Robert Gibbs needs to resign. His press conferences are a dismal experience to watch. Where is Rham these days. Haven't heard one word from him since he was sworn in.
Come on Democrats get it together - get a clear and strong message out or we wil find ourselves on the outside yet again looking in. This country cannot afford Republicans in control again.
Yes there is some pork in the bill that should NOT be there. But, as Obama has rightly stated, it is about 1% of the total. But, if you listened to the press and the talking heads for the last week you would never know that 1% figure. You would assume that about 50% of the bill was "loaded up" with junk. The dems should have been ALL OVER the media explaining the 1% as soon as the repugs started ranting.
Obama made a big mistatke by starting the conversation with Repugs by offering them 30% of the bill in tax cuts and not getting any guarantees back from them. He offerred way too much as a starting point. He should have started LOWER than the 30%. You don't start your negotiation at the place you want to END UP.
I've also heard talking heads and repugs on TV all day claiming the public doesn't support the bill. Of course just a few minutes before on the same station a poll showed the public was FOR THE BILL 52%. So, why didn't the hosts on MSNBC correct the idiots on their shows claiming the public hates the bill? Don't they pay any attention to what is being reported on their own network?
Te dems took what should have been a slam dunk and turned it into a quagmire that they will be lucky to get themselves out of.
What did they give in to the Republicans with and what did they remove to appease the jerks who know two words and two words only? - TAX CUTS.
Where is it posted on line?
We know that there are several companies that can't manage themselves to the point that now, to keep the doors open they need to be bailed out. And we know that the only group that has proven to be a worse budget manager is the US Govt.
So how is either of these groups spending more of our money beneficial? The answer to too much waste, is waste more? Going further into debt is going to make us more financially stable? Are you guys really buying this, so much so that you are arguing how fast they can waste more money?
Interesting that Obama is going to address the nation on Monday as well as the Big Bang announcement from Treasury Secretary Geithner as to what he is going to do with the banks. Is it just me, or does anyone else get the feeling that another shoe is going to drop and the pansies in the senate want to wait until after the President and Geithner make their respective announcements before they sign off on the bailout bill?
Economic Stimulus passed ! El' Presidente' himself, the NASTY
1 Nancy Pelosi and DINGY Harry Reid and all their Democratic
Colleague's can pool together their own " MONEY " to fund it
themselve's. Why put American tax-payer's and future Generation's in hock for such "GARBAGE".Want to stimulate
the Economy for real ,the " FAIR-TAX ".........................................!
On the other hand the last tax cuts the Bush administration gave, 300 dollar tax rebates were promised to stimulate the economy. but like all tax cuts, Republicans cannot guarantee where they will be spent or even if they will be. As a a result, most of the last round of tax cut "stimulus' did not prevent the country from sliding into a deeper recession, because much of the money was used to pay off previous debts or simply held onto in fear of further economic problems.
Only the government can spend, and spend in in the American economy where it needs to be spent to create jobs and slow or halt the economic decline.
Polls now indicate that if the stimulus package succeeds, Democrats are looking at a 12 to 20 year majority in the federal government.
Republicans are attempting to do their best to hold onto power by weakening the bill and trying to make it fail, at the expense of millions of Americans.