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Obama's Mockery of Tea Party Stirs Tax Debate
Fox News ^ | April 16, 2010 | Major Garrett

Posted on 04/17/2010 5:37:28 AM PDT by Zakeet

For 20 seconds on Thursday, President Obama basked in applause from donors in Miami when he mocked the nationwide Tea Party rallies that caused an eruption of angst on Tax Day.

"I've been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies about taxes. You would think they would be saying thank you," Obama said to a group of Democratic supporters who shelled out between $250 and $1250 to attend.

But it remains unclear who will get the last laugh: the president or the Tea Party?

"What the president said last night was arrogant and smug and a perfect example of why the Tea Party is so intense and so organized" said Republican strategist Terry Holt

Democratic strategist Peter Mirijanian defended Obama's statement by saying if you take a look at the middle class voters, contrary to protesters' claims, you'll see that their income levels and their taxes have actually not gone up.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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To: Zakeet
What Obama, and alot of liberals dont understand, is that for Tea Partiers, and conservatives in general, its not necessarily about the PERSONAL. In other words, MY taxes don't have to go up, (in fact they might even go down), for me to believe that tax rates are TOO HIGH. Contrary to popular opinion, we DO think of others. We understand the burden that a high tax load places on producers, and thus society in general.

For example, you don't have to be Jewish to be worried about increasing antisemitism.

By Obama's logic, white people should have stayed out of the Civil Rights movement of the 60's. Sheesh, what ASSinine logic.

21 posted on 04/17/2010 6:05:40 AM PDT by Paradox (`)
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To: Zakeet; All
Obama King
22 posted on 04/17/2010 6:09:38 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Diogenesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL5bPJFHRnA


23 posted on 04/17/2010 6:12:13 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Clean the RAT/RINO Sewer in 2010 and 2012)
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To: Zakeet

What an arrogant a$$!


24 posted on 04/17/2010 6:14:01 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Zakeet

what’s Obama’s cell number? I want to text him...


25 posted on 04/17/2010 6:28:17 AM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: Zakeet

Are these people serious? We should all just take a look at this year’s taxes, without any regards to the tax increases that WILL come in starting in 2011 (allowing Bush tax cuts to lapse, Medical “reform” taxes, etc...)? There isn’t one journalist who can mention that simple fact?


26 posted on 04/17/2010 6:29:24 AM PDT by winner3000
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To: Zakeet
The only way we can ever regain control of our government is by hitting it, as these Socialists have been doing it to us, in their pocketbooks. Cut the purse strings, get control of the Tax Code and put pressure on our elected Reps to re-vamp the entire system, to the point where the government is can be held accountable for every tax dollar spent. Period.

For the record: I'm all for money well spent on law enforcement, the military and other “Essential” government services, that's fine with me. But idiots like this guy and the socialist cabal behind him are slowly sucking the life out of our civilization to the point where, I believe, the goal is the total collapse of it. Why? To try and re-establish that old canard of “World Socialism”.

Remember this: Obama is a “Front Man”, it's the people backing him that should be our concern.

and one last rant: We have to stop referring to these jokers as “Liberals”; They're not, they are socialists and communists and the American people have to be enlightened to this fact. Calling them Liberals only justifies their fascist philosophies and gives them legitimacy where none is deserved.

27 posted on 04/17/2010 6:36:24 AM PDT by Mr. C (Take Back America!)
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To: CMailBag
"Uh, Amerika has gotten too big for it's britches, and I plan to knock it down to size. Um, and , Muhammed is merciful" !


28 posted on 04/17/2010 6:38:16 AM PDT by timestax (Why do LIBERALS pay NO TAXES$$$? eh)
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To: Need4Truth

Yes, look at the jobs he is creating.


29 posted on 04/17/2010 6:41:31 AM PDT by Big Horn (Rebuild the GOP to a conservative party)
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To: freedomfiter2

And the millions of Americans out of work? Guess he’s written them off.

After all, he does give everyone on unemployment an extra $25 per week. They should be thanking him?


30 posted on 04/17/2010 6:43:15 AM PDT by Carley (I'll keep clinging to the constitution, my guns and my religion, thank you.)
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To: Piquaboy
Why do people have to post pictures of this a-hole? I can’t stand to look at his arrogant face.

It's easier when you imagine prison bars superimposed over his arrogant muslim mug.

31 posted on 04/17/2010 6:48:35 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: madinmadtown

It’s also one of the common lines abusers use to manipulate their victims. Watch for “Look what you made me do” or “No one else could ever love you”.


32 posted on 04/17/2010 6:49:13 AM PDT by Ellendra (Can't starve us out, and you can't make us run. . . -Hank Jr.)
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To: Caipirabob

odumbos rasmussen ratings dropped like a stone because of his childish statments


33 posted on 04/17/2010 6:53:08 AM PDT by italianquaker (My bartender knew about the attempted Christmas attack before odumbo)
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To: Zakeet

Well, I guess I’m one of the ones that Obama would say “benefited” from his porkulus plan. I qualified for the $2500 college tuition credit for my son who is attending the University of California. Previously my salary was too high to qualify. But the money came by borrowing from the Chinese, so both my son and I will have to pay it back in higher taxes very shortly.

Even more aggravating is before the ink was dry on the porkulus bill I got a letter from the UC Regents saying tuition was increasing 32% next year and they justified it by saying I could afford it because of the new tuition tax credit.


34 posted on 04/17/2010 6:54:34 AM PDT by blue state conservative
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To: Zakeet

Obama really thinks the American people are stupid. In fact, the entire dem party are putting all their chips on the table betting the American people are dumb enough to keep them in power.

November can’t get here soon enough.


35 posted on 04/17/2010 6:59:38 AM PDT by NotSoModerate
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To: Zakeet

bttt


36 posted on 04/17/2010 7:02:33 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Zakeet
I was at the Santa Rosa tea Party in Calif. Allot of great Americans all very polite. My sign was to the point and mentioned deporting the marxist. There were others mentioning the allmighty one.

I was impressed with a young gal who got up and spoke and told her story of spending her first years in Russia. She is blown away that we now have an administration and politicians that are just like the government she and her family left.

So the next day I look at the Press Democrat ( the local paper) to see what was said about the gathering. Not much said just a few pics of people at the tea party. The way they depicted it with pics was showing older folks and kids standing around like it was an easter egg hunt with select signs showing the tamer sayings. Well my sing was in one of the group shots...and guess what...they had pixeled my sign blank. Now was this young lady right the mark or what?

37 posted on 04/17/2010 7:05:46 AM PDT by jetson
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To: csmusaret

I fear we’re past the point of no return. The ‘progressive’ agenda requires alot of revenue. Obama’s policies are narrowing the tax base when it should be expanding it. In other words there are fewer taxpayers and a larger need for taxes. The deficit spending WILL be curtailed by interest rates. (We’re paying over $300B/yr in interest with rates this low. Our interest payments will be over $500B by 2015, BEFORE the health care debacle passed. Our risk of default is going up so will interest rates.
Greece is now paying over 7% on a ten year sovereign note.)
Liberals don’t understand math apparently.

This isn’t going to be pretty.


38 posted on 04/17/2010 7:10:49 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: NotSoModerate
Obama really thinks the American people are stupid.

Most are after all they voted for him.

39 posted on 04/17/2010 7:11:42 AM PDT by angcat (GOD SAVE US!)
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To: angcat

Yeah, you’ve got a point there.


40 posted on 04/17/2010 7:13:21 AM PDT by NotSoModerate
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