Obama says, if the GOP would just quit saying no..
 

Obama: Republicans leaving themselves little room
January 29th, 2010 @ 11:23am

BALITMORE (AP) - President Barack Obama is telling Republicans that their rhetoric claiming his plans would "destroy America" has left them little room to reach bipartisan solutions.

Obama on Friday told GOP members of the House that their name-calling and blind opposition have led them to become politically vulnerable because their sole message is that they say "no" to the first-term president. Obama says their characterization of his plans as part of some "Bolshevik plot" has been unhelpful to both parties.

Obama says Republicans' statements have boxed them in with their conservative base. He says the tone in Washington has become corrosive and is not serving their constituents, something he says must change.

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What a joke! If Pres. Obama were to take responsibility for anything he'd done I think I'd pass out.

TJJJ why don't you run for president? I'd vote for you if you'd run against Obama.

BeenThinkin

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Yep, blame Dubya and the Republicans. Nothing's BHO's or the Democrats fault.

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Come to find out, Obama is related to a lot of white Republicans, including the Bush family.

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Oh WOW I didn't know that someone else had posted a thread about this same meeting in Baltimore!!!

The President has a point.

If it was wrong to unnecessarily demonize the former President, it is wrong to do the same for the current President, regardless of the political party.

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Yes, I agree. And the thing I find kind of ironic is that 2 former President's got together to ask for support for Haiti. No politics.

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If you read the article, you should not come away with that as the President's message to the GOP at all.


In fact, the President and the GOP took turns lecturing, tossing barbs, and surprisingly, even listening to each other.

Imagine that-- a call to civility in American politics!!

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So in other words Republicans have to NOT play by the same rules Democrats do and ONLY then will Obama let you play with him?

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That never stopped the Democrats. That didn't stop Obama ever blaming Bush and the Republicans since he got into office.

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Some things Bush must take the blame for.

President Obama took the blame on not presenting healthcare reform to the American puiblic in a clear manner.

The President is not always dodging the bullet and passing the blame.

To say he never takes repsonsibility would be inaccurate.