Obama On The GOP: 'I Shouldn't Have To Offer Anything'

npr.org ^ | September 30, 2013 | EYDER PERALTA

[Freestate316]

Even though I am 100% in favor of seeing Obamacare refunded, it would be hilarious if Boehner had a press conference in front of the Capitol where he stated “Me and my Republican brethren in Congress are prepared to avert this shutdown under the condition that the President, his administration, and all Democrats in Congress sign up for health coverage under the President’ s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.

[Cheerio]

"There's still an opportunity, during the course of this day to avert a shutdown and make sure that we are paying our bills,"

What is he talking about? Every contract the Government awards had funding through a given date - you cannot award a contract without the appropriations being there. If a contract's funding is up on Sep 30, there are NO MORE BILLS TO PAY. The contract has to have termination funding set aside, in the event Congress wants chooses not to fund the contract further, and it is over - e.g. on Oct 1.

If he is talking about Government salaries then use the word salary, not bills.

If he is talking about paying the debt on T bills, that doesn't stop without an appropriation CR. I have never heard of Congress putting a line item into the Fed budget to pay interest on US Treasuries.

This boy has an entire nation of fools completely bamboozled because he owns the media and can just march out in front of cameras and say anything he wants. He just makes it up and no on in the press corps will question their Lord and Savior.

The boy king is a boob.

[MWS]

Part of me firmly believes that, if, by some weird twist of fate, Obamacare was proven beyond all doubt to the whole of the American people and tossed into the garbage heap of history where it belongs... Obama would try to finagle primary credit for its repeal.

[kcvl]

“Me and my Republican brethren in Congress are prepared to avert this shutdown under the condition that the President, his administration, and all Democrats in Congress sign up for health coverage under the President’ s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act.”

PERFECT!!!

[Hoodat]

Narcissism on steroids.

[EBH]

Rush Limbaugh made an interesting point today.

"I have said consistently that I'm always happy to talk to Republicans and Democrats about how we shape a budget...

The CR is not a normal form of government business. The CR is not even a budget. It is an anomoly that keeps the government running when there is no budget. There hasn't been a formal budget in over 5 years.

Now, that means the government is operating illegally. Forget the 0bamacare issue, there is a FACT in the room that everyone is ignoring. No budget exists for the CR to attach too.

[Freestate316]

The msm would make sure of it!

[woofie]

I believe Republicans should dress like this and ask Obama to meet them in Tehran to negotiate

[dead]

They're not doing me a favor by paying for things that they have already approved for the government to do. That's part of their basic function of government; that's not doing me a favor.

He has the view that the purpose of the legislative branch of our government is to bestow favors on the executive leader.

Honestly, I know it's déclassé to mention such in the world of internet decorum, but it's unavoidable.

This is the EXACT way Hitler viewed all institutions in Germany once he became the executive.

It's a hellaciously dangerous perspective in a political leader.

[Tanniker Smith]

He’s happy to talk to the people who are obstructing the government by giving him 90% of what they claim that they want?

[Rummyfan]

rebuilding our roads and bridges and putting people back to work...

Five years and those roads and bridges still aren't rebuilt? What about that trillion dollar stimulus?

[The Antiyuppie]

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[Fresh Wind]

Hey Barry...

Eat **** and bark at the moon.

[VideoPaul]

I guess that whole “spirit of bipartisanship” thing was utter bullcrap wasn’t it, Barry?

Obama’s idea of compromise is “everyone else compromises their principles to give me what I want.”

You’re a president, not am emperor, doofus. Lean the difference, mister “constitutional scholar”.

[LibLieSlayer]

You will face justice one day obama... your crimes will be answered for in accordance with the US Constitution... you bastard child of a white whore and drunk Kenyan communist muslim.

[Vinnie]

Obamacare was/is a bait and switch.

Promised.. Lower costs..reality, Cost going waaay up.
Promised.. You can keep your plan if you want......No, many Co. bailing out.
Promised.. Will cover millions more..no, Est. 25 mil won’t be covered.
Promised.. Will stimulate economy..no., The opposite is happening.
Companies shedding workers, cutting hours to avoid the
extra expense.
Promised..Congress and Federal workers will be under the plan..no, he has
exempted Congress and all the ancillary employees.
He has handed out exemptions like candy to his favored groups.
The rest of us saps getting stuck with the bill.

[lowbridge]

bump

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Great news. I heard on the radio that Boehner said that he didn't have the votes in the House to pass a budget funding Obamacare.

YES!

[justa-hairyape]

Obama is just one of those people that always makes the wrong choice. In every thing he does. Always the wrong choice. Had a manager like that once and I could not figure him out for the life of me. All I knew was that every time he had to make a decision, it was always the wrong one.

[tet68]

because the Republicans have decided, ideologically, that they’re opposed to the Affordable Care Act is not something that we’re going to be discussing.”

So the half the country that is against this monster
means nothing, they’re just being “ideological”?

I get it.
Democrats = people
Republicans = ideologues
Only an ideologue would say that.