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Obama to Return to Washington as Fiscal Cliff Looms [Ignores For MONTHS, Suddenly Wants To Work]
Voice of America ^ | December 26, 2012

Posted on 12/26/2012 1:49:56 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

... Obama is cutting short his vacation in the Pacific state of Hawaii and will return to Washington to resume talks with congressional leaders aimed at reaching agreement on a deficit reduction package before the year ends.

The White House says Obama will leave Wednesday and is expected to arrive back in Washington early Thursday.

Early last week,the president said he and Republican House Speaker John Boehner were relatively close to an agreement on a compromise to avert what is being called a "fiscal cliff" -- $500 billion in mandated spending cuts and tax increases that would affect almost all American workers starting January 1.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.voanews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 112th; bho44; bhovacation; boehner; failure; fiscalcliff; jobs; notbreakingnews; obama; poser; taxes
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What a freakin' poser.
1 posted on 12/26/2012 1:50:16 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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fiscal
2 posted on 12/26/2012 1:51:50 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
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Obozo agreed to sequestration. Let him own it.


3 posted on 12/26/2012 1:58:43 AM PST by Cololeo
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To: SoFloFreeper

Looks like Obama wants Republicans to share in his failure...


4 posted on 12/26/2012 2:12:56 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

THIS is very scary

http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2012/12/25/president-obamas-legacy-20-trillion-in-deficits-for-2016-victor/


5 posted on 12/26/2012 3:05:14 AM PST by silentknight
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To: SoFloFreeper
ATTENTION HOUSE REPUBLICANS!!! DO NOT ANSWER THE PHONE CALL!!

Instead hold a news conference and in 30 seconds with no questions afterward, state the following:

Ladies and gentlemen of the press, even though you have no intention on truthfully reporting anything having to do with our Republican point of view without making us seem racist, sexist, bigots and homophobes, the President changed the terms of a previous agreement for 800 billion in new revenue to 1.6 Trillion and has yet to propose a single entitlement reform or spending cut but has used his usual flamboyant audacity to state that he has met us halfway. That is a lie straight from the pit of Hell. We await the condemnation of this spoiled, pampered, petulant, immature community organizing President in his inauguration, daily press briefings, and State of the Union address, and his party, along with the most scathing of vitriol that you in the Washington press corps can throw at us but we have made our last and final, take it or leave it offer.” Stand your ground. He will relent. He would not be cutting short his vacation unless he had polling data that suggests there is a greater than 50-50 chance he will get blamed for the fiscal cliff. You made the first mistake by being the first to state your position. Have you never been in a negotiation before? Don't act in your nature and continue to be stupid.

6 posted on 12/26/2012 3:11:28 AM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Coke supply running low.

Need to feel out Anna Wintour’s talents as UK Ambassador candidate.

Urgent presidential issues.

Where is Reggie?


7 posted on 12/26/2012 3:27:38 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: SoFloFreeper

OK, let me get this straight, for his his first 4 years he didn’t do squat other than vacation, play golf and campaign for his next 4 years, now he’s going to look “presidential” for a weekend so he can make this whole “fiscal cliff” thing look like the conservative’s fault. What a total A$$hat this putz is!


8 posted on 12/26/2012 3:34:37 AM PST by rhubarbk
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To: SoFloFreeper

Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year.In comparison, British taxpayers spent just $57.8 million on the royal family.

I’ll be sure to get an extra newspaper for the extra coupons to clip Sunday so I can help fund another trip for this selfless, pennypinching, deficit hawk who is so worried about the me, the “workin’ man”.


9 posted on 12/26/2012 4:26:33 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: cashless

I like it


10 posted on 12/26/2012 4:28:06 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: SoFloFreeper
"WORK"?!?!?!

- Maynard G. Obama

11 posted on 12/26/2012 4:32:07 AM PST by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: FlyingEagle

There ya go. I haven’t seen any reports of the Wide Load returning with Obama.

Where is Reggie?


12 posted on 12/26/2012 4:34:34 AM PST by Venturer
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To: cashless
ATTENTION HOUSE REPUBLICANS!!! DO NOT ANSWER THE PHONE CALL!!

Instead hold a news conference and in 30 seconds with no questions afterward, state the following:

Ladies and gentlemen of the press, even though you have no intention on truthfully reporting anything having to do with our Republican point of view without making us seem racist, sexist, bigots and homophobes, the President changed the terms of a previous agreement for 800 billion in new revenue to 1.6 Trillion and has yet to propose a single entitlement reform or spending cut but has used his usual flamboyant audacity to state that he has met us halfway. That is a lie straight from the pit of Hell. We await the condemnation of this spoiled, pampered, petulant, immature community organizing President in his inauguration, daily press briefings, and State of the Union address, and his party, along with the most scathing of vitriol that you in the Washington press corps can throw at us but we have made our last and final, take it or leave it offer.” Stand your ground. He will relent. He would not be cutting short his vacation unless he had polling data that suggests there is a greater than 50-50 chance he will get blamed for the fiscal cliff. You made the first mistake by being the first to state your position. Have you never been in a negotiation before? Don't act in your nature and continue to be stupid.

BINGO!

13 posted on 12/26/2012 5:05:00 AM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: SoFloFreeper

No Deal. Jump Obama.


14 posted on 12/26/2012 5:05:10 AM PST by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: TurboZamboni
Taxpayers spent were forced to spend $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing...

Pardon the correction. You original made it appear we did that voluntarily.

15 posted on 12/26/2012 5:14:52 AM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
"I... uh... I... me... I... uh...me... me... uh...me... I..."
16 posted on 12/26/2012 5:35:45 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Democracy is indispensable to socialism. The goal of socialism is communism." --Vladimir Lenin)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I love how the media’s lamenting on how he had to take a “red eye” flight back to Washington.

According to the internet, a “red eye” flight is one “that departs an airport late at night and arrives at its destination early in the morning,” but “provides the passenger inadequate sleep” due to having to endure the nighttime flight in a cramped airplane seat.

Wait a minute - I thought Air Force One was a flying apartment! It’s not like he has to sit in a “cramped airplane seat.” I’m sure he had a nice cozy bed to sleep in while enroute.

Once again, the media’s trying to paint a sympathetic picture.


17 posted on 12/26/2012 5:38:49 AM PST by COBOL2Java (kak-is-toc-ra-cy: Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. See: GOP-e)
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To: SoFloFreeper

F Obama. This is all for show and “poor Obama has to take short vacation be accuse ofthe evil republicans”

It’s all flop sweat for the idiot masses.


18 posted on 12/26/2012 5:44:25 AM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I’ll bet he’s gonna be PISSED at having to abandon the tropics to come back into the cold for this!

Awwwwwwww ...


19 posted on 12/26/2012 5:56:00 AM PST by DNME (Without the Constitution, there is no legitimate U.S. government. No exceptions.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Here He comes to save the day!


20 posted on 12/26/2012 5:57:46 AM PST by Common Sense 101 (Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
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