Posted on 02/04/2009 11:15:13 PM PST by FocusNexus
He says the 'half steps' now urged by the GOP for the stimulus bill are the same ideas that led to the financial crisis.
President Obama abruptly changed tactics Wednesday in his bid to revive the economy, setting aside his bipartisan stance and pointedly blaming Republicans for demanding what he cast as discredited "piecemeal measures."
Obama's comments were a marked departure from the conciliatory tone he has maintained as he courted Republican votes for his stimulus package through compromise. Against the wishes of his own party, Obama crafted a plan that relied heavily on tax cuts rooted in Republican economic doctrine.
But in an unusual opinion piece in today's Washington Post, and in remarks he made at two White House appearances, the president seemed to acknowledge that his approach wasn't working.
The shift in message comes amid signs of trouble for Obama's $800-billion-plus stimulus bill. Not a single Republican voted for the measure last week in the House, and even some moderate Democrats in the Senate have expressed discomfort over the escalating cost.
Moderates from both parties have complained about spending projects, such as smoking-cessation programs, that don't seem geared to giving the economy a jolt
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I just hope Republicans won't cave, and won't vote for the monster bill, for getting a few crumbs.
So, Tax Cuts caused the melt down.
Riiiiiight.......
If ever there was "piecemeal," it is Porkulus.
I hope the GOP does not cave, too....but I have less confidence in the Senate than I do the House.
Obama is in meltdown mode right now. We are pretty much screwed at this point. Other nations are challenging/mocking him, and his solution is to go and read books to kids at a charter school.
Why am I not surprised?
Who is in trouble here? Who is feeling the heat? Freakin' LA Times.
Here is the link to Obama’s editorial in the WP, Feb. 5, 2009 . Summary: “The sky is falling, the sky is falling, only my stimulus bill can save the world, please urge the Senate to pass it, before the American people realize that we dressed up a huge Dem spending bill as stimulus, and we are lying more, than Madoff”
The Action Americans Need by Barack (Hussein) Obama.
By now, it’s clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression. Millions of jobs that Americans relied on just a year ago are gone; millions more of the nest eggs families worked so hard to build have vanished. People everywhere are worried about what tomorrow will bring.
That’s why I feel such a sense of urgency about the recovery plan before Congress. With it, we will create or save more than 3 million jobs over the next two years, provide immediate tax relief to 95 percent of American workers, ignite spending by businesses and consumers alike, and take steps to strengthen our country for years to come.
Is this a joke? The majority of "tax cuts" actually go to those that don't pay taxes. Obama needs to be reminded that he and the Dems have plenty of time to craft a payoff bill for all their cronies and welfare constituencies separate from an actual stimulus bill but of course they are trying to sell a hell of a lot of welfare funding hidden in a stimulus bill that has essentially no stimulus components.
Obama just gave a huge opening on the tax cut issue, effectively separating it from all the other pork.
I don’t trust these republican senators; secretly many of them want to ‘go along, to get along’; they never learn that the left will stab them all in the back in the end, anyway. Idiots!
Is that the stance in which he allows no Republican amendments to Democrat Porkulus rammed through the House?
The only thing bipartisan about Porkulus was its opposition.
The Right numbers of RINOS will cave, and then give some speech that “we must work together in these dire times”. I honestly believe this new republican backbone won’t last for more than a couple of more weeks. What they don’t understand is that once they set a precedent for holding the line now it will be easier to hold the line in the future. This package will pass in one form or another and republican fingerprints will be on it.
Lipstick on a pig, etc.
Love the sliding scale.
Haha hope and change Barney Frank’s butt.
I agree with him! There should be NO STIMULUS PACKAGE AT ALL.
That's not a half step!
M.O.C.
Mugabe, Obama, Chavez:
The “Financial Leaders” of Our Time?
No, Obama, you wanted to be POTUS. You take responsibility for this piece of trash you are trying to force down America’s throat.
I hope the Republicans stand strong.
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