Alan Simpson on Obama’s Leadership (The former Senator is Perplexed at what he sees)

National Review ^ | 08/11/2011 | Andrew Stiles

[SeekAndFind]

Obama spends money to form a bi-partisan commission who worked for months to come up with a proposal that many say is a good first step towards solving our debt crisis.

Among them -- Flattening tax rates, making corporate taxes competitive, and reforming our big three entitlements.

And what does Obama do after he receives their recommendation ( I believe just 70 pages long )?

He shelves it and NEVER TALKS ABOUT IT AT ALL, and acts as if it NEVER EXISTED.

That's the kind of leader this country is so unfortunate to have.

[skeeter]

I don't understand the focus on what Sen Simpson thinks.

This is the guy who brought us the '86 amnesty.

[Lazlo in PA]

This is just more proof that Simpson Babe is a stupid idiot. He is surprised by Obummers incompetence causing a problem? I thought it was the Conservatives that were the problem from listening to his past statements.

I am shocked that he did an interview with NR and didn’t save this for his buddy Chris Matthews.

[ken21]

a slow learner speaks out.

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[afraidfortherepublic]

Only House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), he points out, has had the gumption to step forward with a plan to “slay the biggest mastodon in the kitchen” by tackling the biggest driver of the national debt — entitlement spending — and face the inevitable “howling, shrieking, moaning” of the political class.

Bears repeating.

[moovova]

Title should read...

Alan Simpson on Obama’s Leadership (The former Senator is Perplexed Pole-Axed at what he sees)

[Avery Iota Kracker]

I’m perplexed why this guy isn’t in a nursing home where he belongs.

[Siena Dreaming]

Obama voted "present" something like 180 times when he was in the Chicago legislature.

He has always been afraid to get his opinion on record.

It's no surprise that he can't commit to a plan.

And what's with all the politicians saying the "BS" word lately?

[jospehm20]

I think Simpson id perplexed by pretty much anything he sees.

[Roccus]

“A lot of them come up and tell us ‘save us from ourselves,’”

...which is EXACTLY why there is a "debt ceiling" in the first place! Yet the fact that it is raised so frequently proves that their cries to "save us from ourselves" is nothing but BS!

[lurk]

Simpson strikes me as the guy who hears a joke and laughs 15 minutes later.

[chris37]

I don’t care what this babbling idiot thinks about anything at all.

[ImpBill]

Nobody told Obama he won the last election for President, as he has been doing nothing but campaigning. Of course that is all he has done his entire life. He couldn’t lead water through a hose!

[lewislynn]

Only House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), he points out, has had the gumption to step forward with a plan to “slay the biggest mastodon in the kitchen” by tackling the biggest driver of the national debt

I guess Ryan thought Boner's plan was better...that's the one he voted for.

Any one of us can come up with a plan...BFD.

[SierraWasp]

"I don't understand the focus on what Sen Simpson thinks. This is the guy who brought us the '86 amnesty."

WHAMO!!! Direct HIT!!!

[afraidfortherepublic]

C’mon. The House backed Ryan’s plan; the Senate just won’t call for a vote. It’s languishing on the table. Give Ryan some credit. He’s the only one talking a real plan. Be for it, or against it, or tell us why. Don’t dis the messenger.

This country is dead in the water and foundering fast. Paul Ryan is the ONLY one offering a life boat.

[BlueLancer]

"WHAMO!!! Direct HIT!!!"

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think Alan Simpson would be perplexed by a Chinese finger trap.

[Terry Mross]

Simpson says “What’s the president’s bill?” I thought bills were supposed to originate in the house.