Howard Fineman: "Bad combo: passive president, tea party rejectionists and cold-blooded McConnell."

[highplainsdem]

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howardfineman Howard Fineman
Bad combo: passive president, tea party rejectionists and cold-blooded McConnell.
50 minutes ago

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Wow. Does *anyone* respect Obama any more? nt

[Poll_Blind]

5. I used to be upset I was thrown under the bus. Until I realized the buss was driving off a cliff.

When my trusted Democratic representatives in the House and Senate, whom I've voted for for over a decade, are calling Bullshit on Obama, I tell ya, I start to think being under the bus with them and the majority of Progressive thinkers is the safest place to be.

PB

[Renew Deal]

13. Will Dems vote against it?

They can say what they want, but it's BS if they just go along with it.

[Poll_Blind]

17. Since last Dec. the Prez. has been cutting deals with the likes of McConnel and Boehner and...

...keeping Democratic Leadership in the dark. Then, after they cut their little deal, Obama and (more usually) Biden come out and do the arm-twisting. It barely worked last time. This time, they have the fear they need to do it again.

PN

[Renew Deal]

22. So what's your point?

That Obama takes the blame for what Dems in congress will accept?

[Poll_Blind]

27. 'I'm the Senate majority leader. Why don't I know about this deal?'

Reid: 'I'm the Senate majority leader. Why don't I know about this deal?'

PB

[Safetykitten]

8. Rick Warren does.

[Lorien]

25. The Obamacrats do. He can give it all to the GOP, it doesn't matter

Retirees don't matter, the poor don't matter, unions don't matter, jobs don't matter, the environment doesn't matter, civil rights don't matter, the Democratic platform of 2008 doesn't matter, NOTHING matters except loyalty to Obama. It's the flip side of the Teabagger's "Obama derangement syndrome" ; they'll destroy us all to ensure that he's a one term President, the Obamacrats will do the same to our party to ensure that he isn't questioned or doubted (never mind that Obama himself instructed us to hold his "feet to the fire."). It's all complete madness, and a distraction from what really matters to the Nation and to the world.

[Bluebear]

36. +++

[JoeyT]

42. I'd call them the flip side to the 20% or so

that still insist Bush the Lesser was the greatest President we ever had. They've even appropriated the rhetoric the Bushites used. Bush Derangement Syndrome was a terrible thing to say, until they could latch onto it and use it the exact same way in the exact same context.

It's about personalities instead of policies or positions.

[indepat]

45. Like your style: some people see things as they are, some have their heads in the

sand, and others are ideologues with closed minds, having been blinded by their mostly deranged ideology. :thumbsup: :patriot:

[tavalon]

39. I'm sure he's a great guy but he has turned out to be a lousy President

It doesn't make it any easier that the terrorists are determined to run him out of town and to Hell with the damage it costs the world.

[BattyDem]

2. Say what you really mean, Howard ...

"We're screwed!" :(

[Indykatie]

Not Sure What Fineman Thinks Our "Passive" President Could Have Done

to change the outcome of events. The republicans didn't want a deal under any circumstances. Why aren't pundits others than a few on the left pointing out this inconvenient little fact?

[Raschel]

16. The news keeps playing the clip where Boehner is whining that the President isn't showing them

anything and they don't know where he is on it.

[kelly1mm]

24. So just give them what they want/demand? Great idea. nt

[maryellen99]

3. The crazy inmates are running the asylum nt

[ClarkUSA]

4. WTF is Howard Fineman and why do we care what he thinks?

[coalition_unwilling]

41. LOL. You and I may disagree on many, even most, matters. But

on this particular point, I'm with you 100%. When an OP posts a Twitter comment with no context and no commentary, we are automatically entitled to ask 'WTF' and 'Why care?' :)

[neverforget]

6. The Republicans are going to win this one and it makes the Democrats

and Obama look weak and ineffective.

[DURHAM D]

12. Obama is just fine - he made the deal.

The party has a problem but he is above it.

[neverforget]

15. The Dems have a problem that's for sure. What the fuck do they stand for?

[Horse with no Name]

7. Well I K&R'd

but we are at a serious impasse here.

[ClarkUSA]

9. @whpresscorps (White House Press Corps) now reporting ABC info incorrect

[Raschel]

10. Passive? Somebody school me here, has any other president been this involved in raising the debt

ceiling? I've heard this is the first time this has been a problem, so I'm assuming he's the first one that's had to deal with this. From what I've seen, it looks as if he's been working hard on getting it passed. My take anyway.

[ClarkUSA]

11. No POTUS has been this involved. Fineman obviously is pissed over his zero access to the WH.

[flamingdem]

18. Yes, it sounds like he's irritated with the name calling

He got a bit to big for his bitchy britches.

[Raschel]

19. thanks Clark

[Poll_Blind]

32. There you go with the same line you levelled at Cornell West. The "jilted teenage lover" angle.

:rofl:

God, maybe one day that will fly sometime you use it but it's so broken down, it's funny. "Fineman obviously felt snubbed at the dance last weekend!"

:rofl:

PB

[ClarkUSA]

33. "same line" Really? Prove it. Quote?

[Poll_Blind]

35. You're right- it was your fellow user, WinkyDink, using the SAME silly line:

HERE

LOL, you guys need another cookie cutter!

PB

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[ClarkUSA]

44. Yeah, that's why Romney is getting 2x the contributions as Pres. Obama from that sector.

:sarcasm:

[ClarkUSA]

43. So you're wrong. No surprise there.

[DURHAM D]

14. Well no President has been this involved in betraying his party.

This is a first.

[ClarkUSA]

20. Bullshit. What exactly has Pres. Obama done that compares to DINO DLC Bill Clinton's sellouts?

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[ClarkUSA]

23. lol! Yeah, my "One Note" = zero tolerance for demonization by those I know very well

[Lorien]

26. Indeed. Sold down a river. nt

[Grandrose]

31. What a ASININE statement!!!

:argh:

[Blecht]

28. You know we're fucked

when Fineman sounds sane.

[BattyDem]

30. LOL!

:rofl:

[Zen Democrat]

29. Passive President? Who gambled on the Bin Laden operation in Pakistan?

I believe several senior intelligence and defense veterans said he showed more courage than they had ever seen in a President. I doubt he's afraid of the cold-blooded McConnell. BHO has some ice water in his veins too.

[flamingdem]

37. +100000000000000000 how quickly we forget - DU is in full forget and whine mode

before the facts are in.

[ProSense]

34. Something is missing:

Democrats! You know, the Senate majority led by Reid and the 193 Democrats led by Pelosi.

"Bad combo: passive president, tea party rejectionists and cold-blooded McConnell."

Seriously, McConnell must be one ruthless bastard to get top billing over every elected Democrat in Congress.

The media, including Fineman, suck!




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[flamingdem]

38. +20000000000000000