Boehner dismisses President Obama's plea for compromise

[ProSense]

Boehner dismisses President Obama's plea for compromise

by Jed Lewison

Earlier Wednesday, President Obama said Republicans should support his effort to avoid the fiscal cliff because he's already made significant compromises, meeting them "at least halfway."

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Then, less than two hours after the president's plea for compromise, John Boehner essentially offered up his middle finger in response, saying that on Thursday, House Republicans will pass his "Plan B" to extend Bush tax cuts for everyone earning up to $1 million per year and that if President Obama refuses to support it, he "will be responsible for the biggest tax increase in American history."

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So in case you were wondering what you get in exchange for offering up Social Security benefit cuts and extending Bush tax cuts to $400,000, now you have your answer.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/19/1172024/-Boehner-dismisses-President-Obama-s-plea-for-compromise

I agree with Kos.

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Update: Sheesh, why didn't Obama say something like, "I made a more than fair deal. The GOP rejected it. So now I'm pulling the offer off the table and waiting to see what the GOP has to offer. Clock's ticking!" Instead, the GOP will bank the concessions he's already made, then demand more. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/19/1171989/-Obama-admits-he-s-already-conceded-more-than-warranted

The President should definitely pull his offer and return to his original proposal: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021905787

Anything less is unacceptable. Anything involving cuts to Social Security benefits is cruel and indefensible.

[ellisonz]

1. Howard Dean is right.

Over the Cliff!

[Panasonic]

2. OK. Fine. Then the negotiations are over.

And Republicans will be the one responsible for the tax increase. They own it now.

And we'll be demanding more to forever protect SS, including a real-life COLA adjustment effective immediately to adjust for the cost of living on a quarterly basis. To ensure that everyone is covered, the cap for SS needs to be removed.

[leftstreet]

3. Jesus Christ. Obama is 'pleading' with the GOP

Yippee Four More Years

[sharp_stick]

11. I applaud your effort at learning to read

I don't think you yet understand the difference in the term "plea" taken from the author of an article in relation to your usage of the word "pleading" directly attributed to the President in the subject line of your reply.

Please continue your studies I am hopeful that you will find it fruitful in the future.

Best of luck in your continuing effort to overcome illiteracy.

[leftstreet]

15. Boehner sounds like a leader. Obama doesn't n/t

[sharp_stick]

16. Well stated

now we know for sure where you stand just in case there was ever any doubt as to true intentions.

"Have a great day"

[graham4anything]

4. There is NO deal if Boner don't agree to a deal, therefore there is nothing to pull

but it's easy to be Howard Dean- he is not in office, and can afford to say anything he likes.
I looked, and nope, he never made the Presidency either on my placemat of the Presidents.

You all do realize that all the ones that speak out the loudest in office, are doing so, most of them with the president's full acceptance and knowledge prehand.

It is all a game after all.

And that is the way it plays. (And I include Sanders in that statement, as I did Kucinich in prior times).

It is what negotiation is.

BTW-it is like contract negotiations, unless arbitration is done. Back and forth and meet somewhere

[ProSense]

6. Flawed logic.

"There is NO deal if Boner don't agree to a deal, therefore there is nothing to pull"

If Boehner accepts the deal, there is a deal. The President needs to know that cutting Social Security is unacceptable.

He should listen to the outcry, to the American people, to the logic he once espoused, and withdraw the offer or alter it to remove Social Security from the negotiations.

[graham4anything]

8. I hear the outcry about guns in the headlines.

We should be focused on that being that now is the time to act on that

But there are only a couple of hours left to make a deal

[ProSense]

9. Suggestion

"We should be focused on that being that now is the time to act on that "

...learn to walk and chew gum at the same time. The notion that the welfare of seniors is any less important is absurd.

In both instances, people's lives are at stake.

[TheKentuckian]

18. Fucking laughable. We've got to worry about the tens and hundreds of millions

Mind on the money and money on the mind.

This is a capitalist economy run by neoliberal corporatists, everything but the money is a distraction.

No, we can't walk and chew gum at the same time as evidenced to where we are and were we are going, falling further behind by the day.

[Segami]

5. Pull the offer. Why does President Obama continue to be drawn into the pot

by these old school Grifters?

[vadermike]

7. offer

Go off the cloff Mr. President.. they will not negotiate whatsoever.. IMO this where we are headed.. I think the Pres knew.. he looks reasonable.. BOahner looks like an ass and we pass the MC Tax Cuts .. the rich are raised Jan 1st and the sequestration can be dealt with seprately.. time to play hardball....

[MiniMe]

10. Pass it, it won't even make it to the President's desk. The Senate will not pass that pile of sh*&

[monmouth3]

12. Boehner is trying to be re-elected as Speaker. A lot depends on that. I personally hope he

loses and we get someone else..Ooops, just saw the choice, never mind.

[TheKentuckian]

17. Fucking Cantor would be worse. Sadly, Boner is one of the better draws not only plausibly but at all

Their caucus is a bunch of fucking loons.

[Vox Moi]

13. "Biggest Tax Increase in History": hyperbole is not compromise.

How can you negotiate on one side while the other is sprouting this nonsense?
If Obama has a weakness it is in his devotion to 'bipartisanship' in the face of mutineers.
Yes, Barak ... sometimes you have to defeat your opponent.
Winning an election is not winning anything, really, it only gets you into the game.
Now, play to win. Just like they are doing.

[CanonRay]

14. I'm afraid he knows exactly how to play Obama.

who seems to like to negotiate with himself.