President Obama says tax cut deal proves Republican Party is "looking out for the American people"

[Better Believe It]

Tax cut bill easily clears Senate hurdle
Obama hails Senate action, urges House to follow quickly
msnbc.com news services
December 13, 2010

Even before the vote was complete, President Barack Obama said the show of support "proves that both parties can in fact work together to grow our economy and look out for the American people."

(Well, since the Republican party is also looking out for the interests of the American people should we vote for their candidates President Obama? And which American people are you talking about? BBI)

Senate passage, expected within a day or two, would set up a final showdown in the House between Obama and liberals in his own party who want the White House to scale back the billions the bill includes in relief ticketed for the rich.

In his remarks, the president gave no indication he was willing to accept further changes to the measure he negotiated with senior Republicans.

"I understand those concerns," he said of the objections from some of his usual allies in Congress. "I share some of them. But that's the nature of compromise, sacrificing something that each of us cares about."

(Right .... letting the Republicans open the attack on our Social Security in return for some unemployment compensation funds. Nice trade-off and "compromise"! BBI)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40637568/ns/politics-capitol_hill

[Skittles]

1. I thought this would be The Onion

:(

[madrchsod]

5. sad isn`t it......

[glinda]

13. sader than sad

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[jannyk]

27. I was hoping it was. eom

[snagglepuss]

60. My exact thought. What have billionaires scarificed in the spirit of compromise?

Obama's statement is too ludicrious for words.

[calimary]

194. I was just going to ask that. We know what WE'RE being forced to swallow.

Anything THEY'RE being asked to do without? Or is it all on us?

[Jackpine Radical]

93. Satire is dead.

You can't compete.

[awoke_in_2003]

210. sad, isn't it. nt

[MsPithy]

212. Fuck ya!

"Satire is dead, you can't compete." Definitely should be a bumper sticker.

[roguevalley]

159. I am speechless. who is this guy?

[awoke_in_2003]

209. Truth is stranger than fiction. nt

[asdjrocky]

2. The only thing worse than a repudlican or demacrat working alone,

is when they work together. I'm paraphrasing Lewis Black.

[HopeHoops]

3. The Republicans are looking out for Americans - they're looking out to avoid getting shot.

Patriotic Americans don't vote Republican.

[HillbillyBob]

20. I would hate to waste the lead, besides the are all fat f kers

little sport in 'hunting them' since they are mostly old or waddlin.

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[FiveGoodMen]

129. Yup.

[awoke_in_2003]

211. Blackwater (now Xe)...

are the modern take on the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Shooting Americans is nothing new. Welcome to DU.

[Poboy]

4. HOPEless

:rofl: :cry: :spray:

[senseandsensibility]

46. gallows humor

is fun sometimes...what else are gonna do? But personally, I don't find it roll on the floor funny. Too each his own, though. Mostly, I'm still in the anger stage.

[Poboy]

62. Oh I'm right there with you.

[niceypoo]

87. Didn't you know that hope is now a pony?

Everything becomes a pony down the road

[Jackpine Radical]

95. The Audacity

of Pony.

Yup. It works.

[obxhead]

156. I'm waiting for someone to explain to me how tax cuts for the rich

was a pony that I really did want even if I didn't know it yet. Then it can be explained how Obama really gave me yet another pony!

Edit to add:
I'm not being one bit sarcastic. I'm really waiting for someone here or another site to do that.

[TheMadMonk]

195. Your 'pony' is a 5 oz small beer. And you should have bought...

...it out of your stimulus package.

Not their fault if you forgot.

[obxhead]

199. ..

:toast: :rofl:

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

On edit:

:yourock:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

The Republicans are looking for New World Order

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[defendandprotect]

96. +1000% ...

[nc4bo]

89. It's not just an (R) thang anymore. It's the have's vs. have not's.

Huge apologies to the punctuation police if I f'd it up.

Promise ya won't chop off my head for my erroring ways.

[TheMadMonk]

198. haves/have nots. Appostrophe is only for possessives and contractions.

Except possesive non-homophonous pronouns. They're poor, they don't deserve extra punctuation.

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[Scurrilous]

12. Definitely the latter. n/t

[yourout]

8. At least a few of them....

[MichiganVote]

9. And they all lived happily ever after in their McMansions making Rice Krispie treats

Their pensions secure, their health care bought and paid for, their kids in swanky colleges, (no nasty wars for their children), traveling the world at tax payer expense, no bread lines, no shitty schools, no food stamps and premo colleges and jobs for their spawn.

ALL of it at tax payer expense.

"I understand those concerns," Obama tells us, "I share some of them. But that's the nature of compromise, sacrificing something that each of us cares about."

Too bad the only sacrifice going on is by ANYONE but the wealthy, the corporations or these politicians who stand around and cry on National TV. Nauseating.

[Better Believe It]

18. Exactly! What are the rich sacrificing in this this tax cut bill?

They wrote it!

[MichiganVote]

32. Not-A-Goddamn-Thing

[glitch]

58. Their souls.

Well, the remnants anyway. Amazing they aren't ashamed but I guess they just can't roll that way.

[hobbit709]

84. Those have already been repackaged into derivatives and sold 3 times over.

It's like that Spongebob where Mr. Krabs sold his soul to the Flying Dutchman and all the Dutchman got was an IOU and the other holders told him to get in line.

[glitch]

138. !

:spray: true.

[Hestia]

177. You pretty much summed up the last chapter of "The Shock Doctrine" - this is her

vision of the US if we do not stand up together to stop it.

[fascisthunter]

185. sure is easy sacrificing us at the alter of the wealthy

[Amonester]

10. Nice work at re-invigorating that dead corp (the republikkkan party)

Hopeless, indeed.

[savannah43]

11. I think we've just been greenmailed.

The government's version.

[Lucky 13]

14. You must be joking. W.T.F.??

Has someone kidnapped Obama and replaced him with a Rethug doppleganger? Has he had a stroke and is not in his right mind? I'm fucking sick of these articles day after day after day where I read them and am slapped in the face with how wrong I was about who this guy is and what he thinks. This is NOT the man I voted for in 2008. It's a complete 180.

[blindpig]

127. What you see is what you get.

This is the real thing, everything else was smoke & mirrors.

[Lucky 13]

200. If I had lapsed into a coma the day after the election and woke up today...

... I would immediately fall back into that coma out of the severe SHOCK of the contrast between now and then.

It's not the same guy. It's just not. I have a working theory that Republicans kidnapped Obama and what we see now is just a doppelganger. But sadly THAT would be wishful thinking.

[theophilus]

15. Time will, unfortunately, prove him to be very wrong. n/t

[Dr.Phool]

116. He's admitted to using drugs in his younger days.

He's never admitted to quitting.

[stillrockin]

16. That is just sad.

[gkhouston]

17. So they're taking my citizenship, too? Fuckers!!!! n/t

[stray cat]

19. They care about wealthy dead people!

[newspeak]

54. how do repukes care about most of the american people?

As Little Boots stated to his wealthy audience "you're my base." They believe in deregulation over the well being and safety of the populace they believe in profit over life; they don't believe in labor or safe working conditions; they could care less if the plebes are starving, homeless (oh, they're lazy that's why there in that predicament); and most would sell us all out for some foreign corporation in a heartbeat.

So, tell me how the repuke party cares about the people.

[sasha031]

21. nothing surprises me anymore

:(

[msongs]

22. ummm is he gonna be switching parties soon? he must not have heared Boner on Sunday nt

[somone]

23. They're killing Americans with kindness

I tell ya

[tridim]

24. Lovely twisted misquote. nt

[Better Believe It]

31. The press misquoted him? No. This is what he said:

Even before the vote was complete, President Barack Obama said the show of support "proves that both parties can in fact work together to grow our economy and look out for the American people."

So in President Obama's mind, both parties, the Republican Party and the Dems, are working together to improve the economy and are looking out for the American people.

When did that happen?

I don't think so!

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[Better Believe It]

37. Obama clearly said Republicans are looking out for the American people.

That's bull shit. They could give a fuck for the American people!

Defend that view if you like.

CASE CLOSED

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[Better Believe It]

41. I changed the caption pointing out that Obama said the Republican party, not Republicans

are looking out for the American people:

President Obama says tax cut deal proves Republican Party is "looking out for the American people"

Now are you satisfied or would you like to engage in some more nit picking?

[tridim]

45. Why don't you post the actual quote?

I dare you.

[Better Believe It]

48. I did. But I accept your so-called "dare". Here it is again, just for you!

Even before the vote was complete, President Barack Obama said the show of support "proves that both parties can in fact work together to grow our economy and look out for the American people."

CASE CLOSED.

END OF STORY.

END OF DISCUSSION!

[pnorman]

83. Had you changed the caption to:

"Obama is NOT looking out for the American people!" you'd have pleased some here even more!

Maybe we need a new Forum on DU: "Vote Third Party in 2012!" Ha! That'll keep the Reptilicans from capturing the White House in 2012!"

[Hydra]

111. What's better?

Having the Republicans running the show as the majority party, or the minority party?

Personally, I'd rather they take credit for destroying our economy rather than a sitting Dem President.

[pnorman]

122. Perhaps, a better title for that proposed DU Forum would be:

"THERE'S NOT A DIME'S WORTH OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN...."

[Hydra]

157. No, a better one would be

"How did we get here, and how do we go back?"

Because the last time I checked, we were supposed to have some input on that.

[rhett o rick]

183. Why are you so afraid of the republicans. You seem willing to give them anything they want. nm

[snagglepuss]

225. B-I-N-G-O.

[fascisthunter]

186. funny

[Better Believe It]

227. "There's not a dime worth of difference between the tax cuts proposed by Obama and the Republicans

for the rich."

Would that be accurate?

[treestar]

107. +1

[rhett o rick]

184. Show your true colors. Are you supporting the President and the Republicans on this tax deal? nm

[bullwinkle428]

25. Baby Jesus...please give me some hip waders for Christmas!

:banghead:

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[freshwest]

160. Thanks

I needed that one today!

[peace frog]

175. Open a window and get out the shovel

It's getting mighty thick in there....

[TheMadMonk]

205. Obviously he is looking out for the welfare of the American people.

Setting you up to land in something soft when you 'fall'.

Of course the downside is, you land in something soft.

[Bonhomme Richard]

26. And I spent all those years voting for Democrats. Silly me. n/t

[BlueIris]

28. Dear President Obama: They're not going to do what you want.

They're just not. This bribe isn't going to "take." Prepare for the onslaught, Sir. And don't say we didn't warn you.

[FiveGoodMen]

131. He's not that stupid.

He knows what they're going to do.

Apparently, he's okay with that.

[TheMadMonk]

207. Doesn't have to "take". Just has to be "taken up" by the media. /nt

[proud patriot]

29. "D'oh"

(slaps my forehead with my hand)

[unkachuck]

30. "...and look out for the American people."

....not all Americans are 'looked out' equally....

....where's our SS COLA?

....I think he's joined the No Label Party....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bloombergs-no-label-movement-takes-on-the-tea-party-2143119.html

[sad sally]

49. Didn't you get the notice from the SS that sez' "The Dept of

Labor's Consumer Price Index (CPI) has not risen since the last cost-of-living adjustment was determined in 2008. As a result, your benefits will not increase in 2011." Same as they didn't in 2010. Yeah, right, your cost of hasn't gone up one red cent in the last two years, huh?

Oh, and by the way, you know that $250 the administration said they were for before they decided the republicans were right and now are against it? Well, you're not getting that either -nor are disabled veterans.

Come on, "American People", let's have an "adult conversation" about all this good stuff coming your way.

[unkachuck]

51. "Didn't you get the notice..."

....yes I did....and it's a sad commentary on this nation when we will borrow trillions of dollars from the Chinese to give billionaires a tax-break but we won't put an extra chicken in Grandmas' soup pot....

....this country disgusts me....

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[Octafish]

33. Yeah, for target practice.

Or is this rabbit season?

[frebrd]

34. Well, he's either dumber than I thought...

or more evil than I thought!

:puke:

[jannyk]

36. I don't think he's dumb. Unfortunately, that means he believes we ARE! eom

:wtf:

[DJ13]

40. I vote evil

The ultimate trojan horse.

[Lorien]

59. +1. nt

[Hawkowl]

69. +100 .nt

[peace frog]

176. We can say *trojan horse* now? Far out.

The phrase has put the delete police on overtime duty in the recent past.

[dflprincess]

42. Maybe delusional?

:shrug:

[Individualist]

56. He isn't dumb...

[Toucano]

39. Puke. n/t

[Ramulux]

43. So fucked up

I dont even know what to say. So the republicans take 98% of this country hostage to hold out for tax cuts for the riches 2% and somehow that means that they are looking out for the American people? Obama is losing his fucking mind, there is no reason to say this kind of crap, all its going to do is make conservatives laugh at him and liberals want to puke.

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[emilyg]

44. k/r - I've had it.

[lonestarnot]

47. Fucking puke me!

:puke:

[eridani]

50. I think I'm gong to go outside and vomit a lot n/t

[DaveofCali]

52. So Obama's making the terrorists look good

And Obama apologists still want us to trust and follow him!?

[hulka38]

53. Kick me n/t

[Major Hogwash]

55. The purists won't like this.

You can bet.

[thereismore]

151. LOL

[Gin Blossom]

216. Nor will the sanctimonious. n/t

[coyote]

57. Oh look! Change I can believe in.

:puke:

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[whatchamacallit]

63. Dude is a fucking nightmare

Fool or tool? You make the call.

[Safetykitten]

64. What was that 80's show about alien "friends" that were really lizzards?

Wow, the new republicans.

[lafayettelonewolf]

132. What was that 80's show about alien "friends" that were really lizzards?

Answer: V

[walldude]

171. There was also a movie called They Live...

Which could have been made yesterday...

[EOTE]

193. Because there's never a bad time to post this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZpdUUdd3I

[Union Scribe]

65. You know, if he'd said, "those bastards painted us into a corner

and we got what we could" I'd be far more understanding of his position, but to give Republicans credit for "looking out for Americans" and for the deal's supporters to paint this as a victory has been too too much. It's mind boggling.

[Lucky 13]

203. +1000

[Lugnut]

66. WTF?

We've been snookered.

[Rex]

67. Wow, did he drink the kool-aid?

Repukes only care about themselves.

[TheKentuckian]

68. Okay....This fucking guy, I tell you what, he is proving so craps that I almost think

we should be banned from voting due to such piss poor judgment to nominate and elect such a person.

Seriously, what a lay down sally our President is.

[upi402]

70. Heels in the air or grab our ankles.

We are free to vote for either party.

effemall

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[upi402]

73. I never

voted for Clinton or Gore.
If they were for "Right to Work" :cough puke: or NAFTA, GATT, Telecommunications Act, against banking regulation -they didn't get my vote ...FWIW.

I did vote for Obama, though, and knew better. Was pretty pissed they allowed Kucinich to be black listed out of nomination debates.

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[Marr]

71. Well... 2% of them, anyway. Just like Obama.

[hfojvt]

76. well he'd be right

if he just replaced the words "look out for" with "screw".

Ah, compromise. What did the Republicans sacrifice again?

[w4rma]

81. Given a choice between this jerk and the last jerk, I'll take the last jerk.

At least the previous jerk made the Repukes look bad. This one is costing us Congress.

[HughBeaumont]

82. Even if by some miracle we GOT a progressive president, how do we stop the corporatism?

THAT'S the problem with America. It's what's behind
* our crap voting choices (Republican, Arch-Right Wing Asshole, Symbolic "Principle" Vote),
* our crap product choices (China, Malaysia, Taiwan or higher cost USA stuff),
* our crap energy "Choice" (the anvil oil or pay-through-the-nose for something cleaner),
* our semi-crap media choice (Widespread and influential Corporate McOpinion Pravda, Euro news or the internet; the first option, by and large, dictating and influencing problem #1),
* our crap health care choice (Bankrupted by Death Panel or get sick 'n' DIE) and
* our crap life choice (Work until sheet-gurneyed in a plantation-based model or starve to death, sometimes both).

Who fixes THAT? Who even subsides it?

[TheMadMonk]

213. Hmmm, maybe you (the US) should have thought about that, when you decided...

...to create a model of prosperity that absolutely depends on:

1. The continuous appropriation of land and resources controlled by others. - Yes that is a major part of Colonialism, but it is also a practice the US has continued long past the colonial era AND unto the point where that appropriation has to become canibalistic to meet the demands of business; cf: frost mittigation for Florida strawberries; mountaintop removal for coal; fracking for gas; GOM deadzones for Kansas corn.
   
2. An enormous underclass of subsistence workers, first at home then more lately abroad;
   
3. A national bigotry entirely at odds with the national "mission statement";
   
4. Placing profit before service or even environmental (and not just in the sense of natural nature) integrity;
   
5. Moving every possible "incidental cost" off the ballance books of those incuring them;
   
6. The continuous deferral of current costs into the future.

[Doctor_J]

85. They call him a foreigner, Muslim, socialist, Marxist, traitor...

And this is how he responds. :cry:

[Better Believe It]

86. Pathetic.

[Poboy]

90. Infuriating, and indescribably pathetic. If you do not forcefully defend yourself in American

politics, your are seen as lacking conviction and weak.
Nevermind 'forcful'. Nevermind occasional. The people know that someone who never defends himself against these horrific attacks, will not defend others either. No self respect.

Just wait til the 'investigations' begin.

[liberation]

108. He doesn't mind the personal insults, so long as we don't ask him to stand up for progressive stuff

... that's what really grinds his gears though.

[pnorman]

125. Would you like him any better had he replied to them with

the same sort of "coked to the gills on my own rhetorical/satirical skills" word-salad that passes for "comment" lately on DU?

[TheMadMonk]

215. How about if he'd just reply to the right with one fucking tenth of the rhetoric...

...he used to game (there is not other word) the support of the left in his campaigning.

Every single progressive (and I'm being very generous with the word) initiative has begun its 'life' as with absolute minimum parameters necessary to effect a positive result.

AND THEN

99% of all defence is directed towards telling the shaftees why it was necessary to a) completely gut the initiative, and b) give enormous concessions to oponents.


"coked to the gills" might describe your own little missive.

Forget their words for a moment. Suspend your own beliefs. Simply look at the actions and their outcomes. Not in isolation, but as part of a greater whole. Work out for yourself who is benefiting and who is getting the shaft. Look at the results and only then compare them to the words being uttered by your representatives. Apart from a tiny handful, from the President down, they are pretty much all lying through their teeth.

[pnorman]

218. "Forget their words for a moment."

All the content-free and smug, self-laudatory word-salad on this thread doesn't seem to bother you one damn bit. But my questioning of the collective wisdom of this school of minnow does! Odd.

Your idea that Obama is "INDISPUTABLY a weasel-worded sell-out artist" is NOT "proven beyond serious discussion". FAR from it! I'll refer you to FrenchyCat's time-line in this DU thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9757324

[TheMadMonk]

219. No I am saying that very few of his actions to date bear any resemblance...

...to the words that he spoke to get elected.

I am saying that when there is a basic dichotomy between what is offered and what is given, between what is said and what is done, then it best behooves each and every one of us to close our ears to false promises and open our eyes to what is actually going on around us.

This "word salad" you disparage is the result of a thousand individuals reporting what they see. And we're all going to see something different, but the common threads we are seeing are twining into rather damning cables. (Pun noted and intended.)

[pnorman]

220. More non-responsive editorial word-salad! (and boring).

n/t

[peace frog]

178. When a dog licks the hand that beats him

it's because the dog loves unconditionally. Obama audaciously hopes the beatings will stop. Get a clue: the beatings will only increase in ferocity.

[fascisthunter]

188. I'm WOndering if their hatred is an act

[sarcasmo]

88. One Term.

[bvar22]

91. SEE....Obama IS playing Chess.

He is sacrificing the Pawns to protect the American Royalty!

And he is very good at it.
No hesitation or remorse at sacrificing the Pawns (Working Class/Poor)..
.
.
.
Sucks if you are an American Pawn (lower 98%).

[Better Believe It]

92. I wonder if anyone will be forming a "Obama for Republicans" campaign committee in 2012?

[ProudDad]

100. Maybe that's what he's angling for...

(Triangulating for?)...

Get both nominations and then he's almost sure to win in 2012...

[Gin Blossom]

222. God, a new nightmare idea - that's where candidate Palin comes in.

What great kabuki theatre. The ratings will go through the roof! Imagine how fun the debates will be! Man, he's gonna cream her! She'll make us all fall in love with him again! Palin will make the professional, purist whiny left tremble with fear, and they'll be so relieved when President Obama wins in a landslide. We win again! Then he'll really have a mandate for change!

I heard David Sirota say today that the President's team is gearing up for a billion dollar campaign. It's so simple - "You don't want President Palin, do you?" Now this is master chess. But somehow I don't see myself volunteering too much this time...

[FiveGoodMen]

134. FTW

[laughingliberal]

136. Depressingly accurate! nt

[defendandprotect]

94. Speaking as though the Republican president of the US? I'm getting sick to my stomach.....

at this point --

There was no reason for Obama's destructive policies for Americans at home --

and we have ever increasingly disastrous policy being set by Obama around

the world -- more aggression -- growing MIC -- more threats of war.

How do we stop this madness?

[creon]

97. Empty rhetoric

It is diplomatically correct to say that sort of thing. It means next to nothing.

[bbgrunt]

98. unf**ing believable.

[ProudDad]

99. Well, thank you very little...

Fuck you very much, you bastard...!!

I'm glad you could find it in your "heart" to "sacrifice" my meager social security check (in the long run) so that millionaires and billionaires can get huge tax breaks...

FUCK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[rucky]

101. Nobody is sacrificing anything for "the economy"

and certainly not for the deficit. We just tacked everyone's Christmas list onto a single bill and busted out the credit card.

The reason why we're fighting mad about the 2-percenters getting a bulk of the tax cuts is because they're the ones who are thriving in this recession and have made ZERO sacrifices.

They keep saying this plan will be good for the economy, but they never explain HOW. That's because it will do little if anything for the economy, unless you believe that the 2-percenters will hold true to their terms of blackmail and start hiring again. But they've already indicated that they're not comfortable doing that until their tax cuts become permanent - even though there's nothing to indicate that personal income taxes have ANYTHING to do with employment whatsoever. In fact, if you look at the trends, the higher the upper incomes are taxed, the lower unemployment tends to be.

[paparush]

102. We've substituted Newt Gingrich for Barack Obama. Let's see if anyone notices. nt

[ProudDad]

103. Hedges: Every Act of Rebellion Helps Tear Down Our Corrupt System

We, like those who opposed the long night of communism, no longer have any mechanisms within the formal structures of power that will protect or advance our rights. We too have undergone a coup d’état carried out not by the stone-faced leaders of a monolithic Communist Party but by the corporate state. We too have our designated pariahs, whether Ralph Nader or Noam Chomksy, and huge black holes of state-sponsored historical amnesia to make us ignore the militant movements, rebels and radical ideas that advanced our democracy. We opened up our society to ordinary people not because we deified the wisdom of the Founding Fathers or the sanctity of the Constitution. We opened it up because of communist, socialist and anarchist leaders like Big Bill Haywood and his militant unionists in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation, our culture, and our ecosystem, powerless and weak. But we are not. We have a power that terrifies the corporate state. Any act of rebellion, no matter how few people show up or how heavily it is censored by a media that caters to the needs and profits of corporations, chips away at corporate power. Any act of rebellion keeps alive the embers for larger movements that follow us. It passes on another narrative. It will, as the rot of the state consumes itself, attract wider and wider numbers. Perhaps this will not happen in our lifetimes. But if we persist we will keep this possibility alive. If we do not, it will die.

All energy directed toward reforming political and state structures is useless. All efforts to push through a “progressive” agenda within the corridors of power are naive. Trust in the reformation of our corporate state reflects a failure to recognize that those who govern, including Barack Obama, are as deaf to public demands and suffering as those in the old Communist regimes. We cannot rely on any systems of power, including the pillars of the liberal establishment—the press, liberal religious institutions, universities, labor, culture and the Democratic Party. They have been weakened to the point of anemia or work directly for the corporations that dominate our existence. We can rely now on only ourselves, on each other.

http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/149171

[avaistheone1]

104. Obama said he trusts McConnell a few days ago!

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[florida08]

105. does he really believe his own bs?

the only thing they're growing is debt and wealth inequality..good job. Sacrificing my ass, you gave us up for slaughter.

[on point]

106. Yeah, like a pick pocket looks out for a mark

[aquamarina]

109. Gag me. Seriously, gag me.

[mwrguy]

110. "What's good for Obama is good for the American People."

That is basically what I am getting from Obama.

[BlueJac]

112. Shameful......

but I new this would happen, and the bad thing he is not done yet. The Korean trade deal, fucking up Social Security, endless wars, going after Assange, shutting down the free press and speech. What will be next? no net neutrality? He better look out because these great Americans he is talking about, hate him real bad. They will totally shut down anything he wants to from January on,and talk about investigations. He better hang on to his ass because they will be coming after that candy real soon! We are fucked but I think he is going to find out what that is about soon enough.

[eilen]

196. At the rate he is going, I hope someone shuts him down. nt

[KansDem]

113. Wasn't this a deal worked out between him and he GOP?

I was under the impression that the Democrats were left out of the "negotiations," so, where does he get this "both parties" notion?

[taught_me_patience]

114. It's getting harder and harder to listen to his drivel

pretty sad considering where he once was. Obama is becoming more like Bush each day.

[Dr.Phool]

115. Kick and Rec!

The truth must be told, whether some like it or not.

[INdemo]

117. How could we have been fooled so easily?

Republican, Republican, Republican..Why would the Republicans bother nominating a candidate in 2012 when they have their best choice already serving in the executive office.

[glitch]

139. It's a brand thing.

They feel he's jumping on their brand and they don't like their resulting loss of market share (aka graft).

[AllyCat]

118. Okay, so Obama is a Republican? I'm confused.

[bongbong]

119. Reply from the wingnuts

repig pundits: "This latest action by the Muslim Marxist just PROVES he is in Soro's pocket! He is giving away billions to rich Liberals like Soros! None of our brave, suffering, right-wing billionaires will take a cent of the tax cut!"

repig politicians: "Now that Obama has shown he is weak, we can ram through our pet project: The 'Let Billionaires Rule The Peonage From Birth To Early Death Act'. It's our DREAM!"

[CLANG]

120. He's finally gone completely off the reservation!

[Faith No More]

121. Obama has become a joke

I shudder to think what the next two years are going to be like. The repugs can now do their worst and blame it on the black guy. We are in for a royal screwing......

[Sherman A1]

154. Agreed

Unfortunately, but I must agree.....:banghead:

[Swampguana]

123. Yeah grow the economy for the rich

Looking out for the 1% of Americans. Disgusting! :puke:

[blindpig]

124. Oh yeah, they're looking out...

Guess they needed someone to steady the rifle.

[Deep13]

126. That soundbite will make a great R. campaign ad. nt

[FiveGoodMen]

128. "that's the nature of compromise, sacrificing something that each of us cares about"

As in: Satan gets your soul, but you get seven wishes.

[rpannier]

167. Then that becomes

I know you thought you heard seven WISHES... But I clearly said, "Seven WITCHES!"
At which point seven witches appear and blast you into oblivion.

[ellie]

130. Hahahahaha

That Obama is so funny! What do you mean he isn't kidding?

[superduperfarleft]

133. Well, the quote in your post doesn't really match the quote in your OP.

Just saying.

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[pam4water]

173. The Obama defends are a lot few now. Don't know if they left or wised up. I guess I have to hope

wised up.

[rury]

179. oh, I'm still here...I'm just beyond responding to your anti-Obama

Bullshit!!!!!

[pam4water]

221. Hay look you are in this video!

http://www.youtube.com/v/bqsd0WNl8u0

[tridim]

226. Anyone remember when DU used to pride itself on coherent posts and perfect spelling?

What the hell did you just say? Are you even human?

[laughingliberal]

137. *Sigh* K&R.

:nuke:

[MrMickeysMom]

140. Awww... he wants us to TRUST them....

[Frisbee]

141. I'd laugh if it wasn't so fucking depressing.

I'm in my mid-forties, and I suspect in my lifetime, historians will consider Obama to have been one of the least effective presidents in history. I already consider his presidency one of the biggest disappointments in my life.

Edited for spelling.

[CanonRay]

142. Did he switch parties and I missed it?

I have to pay more attention.

[Paper Roses]

143. If I hear the word 'compromise' from Obama one more time,

I think I'm going to get sick. I voted for 'change' not compromise. So did millions of others. He is stabbing us in the back.

[webDude]

144. Well, why doesn't he just lick..., oops, too late.

[davidthegnome]

145. Not surprised

Is anyone honestly surprised by this? Oh yeah, it's disgusting BS, but he's been giving us disgusting BS for a while and some are begging for more.

[Javaman]

146. Well, he lost my vote.

even if he walked on water, that still won't create jobs or feed people.

truly amazing.

if any politician preaches hope ever again, I'm running the other way.

Way to destroy a concept.

wow, just wow.

[katty]

147. surely, he jests?!! he really BELIEVES this fairytale?!!!

[valerief]

148. Is this a joke? Maybe they're looking for 1% of Americans. nt

[CrispyQ]

149. "...the nature of compromise, sacrificing something that each of us cares about."

Yes, they got caviar & we got crumbs.

I am so finished with this president!

[tinrobot]

150. WHAT?

I'm done. This is too heartbreaking.

Fuck.

[Enthusiast]

152. He is a fucking Republican.

Or a complete dumb ass, one or the other.

[CrispyQ]

223. The two are not mutually exclusive!

;)

[Enthusiast]

224. True.

:fistbump:

[JDPriestly]

153. So, who shall we vote for in 2012?

Wall Street's Democratic Party?

or

Wall Street's Republican Party?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

155. So one day they're hostage takers. The next they're working to grow our economy??! How fucking lame.

[Vinca]

161. As Boner said, they don't do compromise.

The happy talk is really starting to get on my nerves. Wait until the next giveaway to the rich causes our credit rating to be downgraded and there will be even less money for job creation than there is now. You might as well round up a bunch of 6th graders to make this tax policy.

[placton]

164. o, he who must not be called Barry

doth speak again, of his friends, the GOP

[54anickel]

165. WTF? So just how is this shit playing overseas anyway? What's our credit rating looking like these

days? Just what was it the Republicans sacrificed again????

[SemperEadem]

166. you mean the same thugs who you said drove the car into the ditch

and want the keys back? those same thugs?

man, you have gone around the bend.

[katnapped]

169. Want the keys back?

No no our fearless leader is freely giving them the keys back...the reasoning "Well EVERYBODY deserves a mulligan!"

[niceypoo]

168. He is setting us up for more RW policies

He hates the left but trusts republicans to 'look out for the American people'. Someone must have given him a lobotomy or something.

[dpbrown]

170. Obama can't SERIOUSLY believe that putting a poison pill into Social Security is worth it, can he?

The rich don't need tax breaks, heck, we could probably all do without. The Clinton years were not so bad. But really, spiking the dedicated revenue stream for Social Security? How badly does he want to get rolled?

[AsahinaKimi]

172. OK I have figured it out..

Someone Has cloned OBAMA and replaced him with another Obama.. We want the old Obama back and NOW!

[xloadiex]

174. The republicans don't give a flying shit about us

If Obama thinks this is going to stimulate the economy with jobs he's insane. The republicans want him to fail. They are setting him up big time. They aren't going to create jobs and this bill is going to cost him the 2012 election.

I've been out Christmas shopping and I've been making a point to look at everything I touch to see where it made. It's ALL made in China and India. The only economy this new bill is going to boost is China's and India's economy. It's not going to do jack shit for ours and I'm afraid he is going to pay dearly for it.

[PoliticAverse]

191. The Chinese need the money...

to buy our debt that bills like this run up.

[leeroysphitz]

180. DTM. n/t

[Politicub]

181. I'm going to huddle with my people, the purists

It's better for my blood pressure.

[proReality]

182. I hope he'll compromise more...

...and sacrifice his 2nd term.

[L0oniX]

187. Oh for fucks sake!

[B Calm]

189. I wish now I had never voted for him!

[Eddie Haskell]

201. Me too!

I feel betrayed.

[DaveofCali]

190. Obama is humiliating his whole campaign and all the people that worked for him

"Change", "Change we can believe in", "Hope", "Yes We Can" Apparently just sayings used to get elected.

[Lucky 13]

206. humiliated & angry

with a big discolored patch on the back of her car in the shape of a bumpersticker

[Fire1]

192. That's not eactly how I see it, Mr. President. n/t

[orbitalman]

197. OH REALLY?? Obama just continues to lose credibility on a....

DAILY basis.:tinfoilhat:

[DesertDiamond]

202. What some of us have been suspected is now official. Obama is a Republican.

[Lucky 13]

204. Someone should warn him!!

Disparaging Democrats and promoting the Republican Party will get him banned from DU.

[diane in sf]

208. What is Obama smoking these days?

[Better Believe It]

214. Come on now people! We need more bi-partisanshit!

[StarsInHerHair]

217. we're done, I don't see a way out

nt