Barack Obama: A Divider, Not a Uniter (DuH)

National Journal ^ | September 3, 2013 | Beth Reinhard

[yoe]

Mr. President,

We thought you were different, but you turned out to be like all the others. You promised hope and change, but we trust government even less than before. You offered a new brand of post-partisan governing, but the red states and blue states are farther apart than ever.

Washington was a mess when you arrived in January of 2009, but by breaking your promises and, frankly, our hearts, you made it worse.

[snip] Perhaps Obama's biggest failing has been his inability to build relationships and make deals on Capitol Hill--a shortcoming in sharp relief during the ongoing debate over a health care law that didn't win a single Republican vote. Even Democratic members complain they get short shrift from a detached White House and that Obama's crusade for the controversial health care law laid the groundwork for the rise of an intransigent tea party.

[snip]"The president wasted 17 months, and in one weekend the old pros made a deal," Black said. "All the president knows how to do is campaign and attack."

[yoe]

Mr. Obama said he would NOT NEGOTIATE closing the door on anything resembling a rational discourse on solving the problem...one of which is why does congress and their staff, the Senate and their staff, unions...why do they get a pass with Obamacare law? This is freedom...liberty...only for Obama and cohorts.

[SERKIT]

Harry, Barry, and SanFranNan are the leaders of an illegal strike. Get back to work, slackers! The negotiations for ObamaCare were all one-sided, so why would this be any different?

[justlurking]

From the article:

"There's a false idea that if the president spent more time playing golf with [House Speaker] John Boehner or having cocktails with [Sen.] Ted Cruz that all this animosity would be papered over," Burton said. "There have been no willing partners."

Ronald Reagan and Tip O'Neill were bitter political enemies.

But they set aside politics and were great friends "after 6PM" (per Reagan's memoirs).

[ZULU]

He’s a vicious partisan Marxist. Need I say more?

[hosepipe]

But they set aside politics and were great friends “after 6PM” (per Reagan’s memoirs).

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Tip O’Neil was a TRAITOR...

[Cyber Liberty]

"There's a false idea that if the president spent more time playing golf with [House Speaker] John Boehner or having cocktails with [Sen.] Ted Cruz that all this animosity would be papered over," Burton said. "There have been no willing partners."

See how that's the Republicans' fault now?

[Wiser now]

Her words will fall upon deaf ears. Obama is being deliberately divisive.
Evil cannot create unity.

[MtnMan101]