Obama and Republicans debate for over an hour
 

You gotta love politics! :tro:

I thought it was great..Righties got their shots in...Reminded me of British Parliament

Good to see BO getting in the faces of these GOP (Grand Obstructionist Party) losers again.

Thoroughly enjoyed his jabs during that State of the Union speech the other night … particularly the one that caused the severe contortions on Alito's ugly mug.


By the way, anyone know who these con hypocrites are who voted against the stimulus package … then had the nerve to show up at ribbon cutting ceremonies for some of the projects?

"So effective was the president that Fox News cut away from the broadcast 20 minutes before it ended."

Obama sure has a lot of people fooled. It's about what they do, not what they say. I'm really looking forward to the offshore drilling for oil promised in the SOTU.

He was trying so hard to keep from saying their healthcare plans are crap. They kept saying he ignored their plans, and he calmly said "I look at this stuff." In other words, come again. It's crap.

"And I invite any independent fact checker to review what I just said, and what you just said"

The Republicans invited the guy to an open, televised Q & A consisting of all GOP, didn't give him any subjects ahead of time, had their best and brightest reading attack-point political statements one after the other, and Obama owned them.

Without a teleprompter in sight :rolleyes:

Pretty awesome politics.

Rose colored glasses,anyone??

Obama makes them wet.

You didn't watch it, did you?

some of it

Maybe watch the whole thing, if you have the chance. The fun part is how both sides didn't pull any punches. It was far more sharp-edged than the endless debates candidates usually have with each other. The GOP went after the guy on their home ground, prepared, and he had to defend himself.

We rarely get to see that in American politics. It would be better for we voters if we did, I think.

But Obama owned them. Even the GOP admits, afterwards, it was a huge mistake (politically, in retrospect) to let the cameras roll live. They read off their campaign points right to his face, using their best and brightest (Budget members from House, House leadership, etc). and he owned them.

Especially in the end, when he was double-teamed from the audience and the stage, and make them both walk away with their tails between their legs.

The guy knows his stuff, and he objectively deserves the big win for this one.

Didn't catch any of it … but it sure sounds like BO took the pathetic con obstructionists behind the wood shed … again.


Would be great to see him sit down some time and school those two gabby uneducated blowhards (Limbaugh, Hannity) that show up on my radio everyday. lol

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/

Yes, this has accompanying comment from "the liberal left wing".

But I looked on FoxNews page, they don't have a link to it :rolleyes:

Yay they debated......but our problems remain. Deeds not words and all that rot. I just wish both sides would quit worrying about sound bites and what side came up with what and move us forward. We're increasingly becoming victims of our two party system

What came through clearly is that Oba respects their concerns, but often doesn't agree with their solutions. Then, you see the Republicans standing up, and making attacks on him (which he mainly showed to be incorrect.) He explained the economic theory involved with the stimulus plan. Only 1 person said they respected the view. I think he comes across as willing to try anything that has a good chance of actually working for the country. They certainly didn't seem to be the same way.

The uniqueness of this event was that it wasn't about "sound bites" (the President destroyed any chance the GOP would get any out of this).

It was about truth. It was about moving forward. It was bringing together a two-party system, making each side - yeah, Obama included the Dems - responsible for what they say, and DO, or do not do, in Congress. In public.

The GOP Congressional elite stood up and read prepared context, directly to the Prez's face, all the nonsense we've been hearing for the past year - the Prez didn't do this, he didn't listen to them, he didn't read their plans, they have a healthcare plan that will do this, tax cuts, the economy, yak, yak, yak.

He destroyed them with the truth and reality. There were 140 of them, and they were free to publically call him out on anything that he said that wasn't true. They couldn't do it. He knew more about their plans and talking points than they did. He pointed out exactly where they were lying to their constituents, where GOP stuff has indeed been adopted in the past year (tax cuts, health care, etc) . He called them out for boxing themselves into a corner politically, making it impossible for them to be bipartisan in the least.

The last thing this was, was another tepid "political talking points political" redeux.

Republican Leaders form new group
 

From WSJ:

O'Dumbass didnt fool me, he didnt get my vote in 08 and wont get it in 12 if he is the Democrat nominee for Presindent.

you missed it, man. there was a thread earlier that confirmed he wouldn't even bother running. words from his own mouth.