Obama Takes Blame for Partisanship in Washington, Republicans Let Him

[Joanne98]

Or, put another way, “Mugging victim apologies to thugs for not carrying enough money.”

Continuing the conciliatory tone he has taken since Election Day, Obama told the lawmakers that he needed to do more to reduce the partisan tone in Washington, press secretary Robert Gibbs said later. The president said he plans to hold additional talks in Washington and at Camp David with lawmakers of both parties.

“The president acknowledged he needed to do better,” Gibbs said.

Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), the No. 2 House Republican, said later: “I was encouraged by the president’s remarks regarding his perhaps not having reached out enough to us in the last session, and that this meeting was the beginning of a series in which he hoped that we could work together in a different fashion for the benefit of the American people, given the problems that we face. “

Naturally, the Republicans took no responsibility at all for “the tone in Washington.” I guess they think that being hell-bent on taking down Obama from Day One is to “the benefit of the American people.”

As a quick recap, before he was even inaugurated, Republican members of Congress were calling President Obama a Marxist Hitler on the House floor. (Had that ever happened before?) Then there was Jim DeMint, who compared Obama to Napoleon and Hitler in the same month. Let’s not forget Michele Bachmann’s warning that Obama was going to brainwash our children in Marxist gulags to go with her constant hectoring about “socialism.”

Then came the Birther Caucus — that group of 17 Republican lawmakers who questioned Obama’s citizenship and even introduced legislation which suggested the President isn’t quite American. And when Obama planned to address the nation’s school children on their first day of class, Republicans rioted

http://firedoglake.com/2010/12/01/obama-takes-blame-for-partisanship-in-washington-republicans-let-him/

[Democrats_win]

1. It will take much more than words to humble the GOP hate machine.

[Myrina]

2. I'm really tired of presidents with Daddy issues ...

... it appears that POTUS is following Dimson's footsteps in using his Presidency to try to reconcile father/son issues. In this case, Obama seems to be pissing all over himself to make amends with the daddy-figure who left him, played by the GOP.

WTF is wrong with men in this country??? :wtf:

[DJ13]

4. WTF is wrong with men in this country???

They're weak and enjoy getting spanked.......?

[emulatorloo]

5. Whatever you do, don't talk about "Man Pants"

Too much of that from the Wacky angle palin, o;donnell types

[katandmoon]

3. Pathetic.