Obama address was surprise attack, Ryan and other Republicans say

[Snoutport]

I hadn't heard some of this....quite an interesting take on things....certainly worth a read :0)

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/article_f148c8de-678e-11e0-a63d-001cc4c002e0.html

"They expected a peace offering, a gesture of goodwill aimed at smoothing a path toward compromise. But soon after taking their seats at George Washington University on Wednesday, they found themselves under fire for plotting “a fundamentally different America” from the one most Americans know and love."

snip

"At two Chicago fundraisers for his reelection campaign Thursday night, Obama defended his GWU speech. “That wasn’t a critique,” he said of his repeated attacks on Ryan’s ideas. “That was a description.”

[Thunderstruck]

1. Came out swingin' didn't 'e?

[Snoutport]

21. Yeah...he stays so calm it is hard sometimes to realize he is opening some whoop-ass

I think, sometimes, that it is Obama's style that frustrates me. He is quiet and takes a lot of blows...but then sneaks in a winner...and goes back to taking the blows. His winners are winners and when he's taking the beating...well...he just doesn't seem to notice.

I guess we were all hoping for a KO in the first round...

[Brigid]

28. Rachel Maddow suggested:

Reaading the speech instead of watching it. To read it, she said, you would think he was breathing fire. If you were watching and didn't speak English, I guess you would have no idea he was ripping them a new one either.

[Snoutport]

59. good point-i'll look it up nt

[driver8]

2. "They expected a peace offering..."

I think Obama has extended plenty of 'peace offerings' to these assholes -- I haven't seen much reciprocation. Compromise should be both sides offering something; not the Dems caving in to all the Rethugs demands.

[Liberal Veteran]

10. Republicans think compromise means handing them a bottle of Astroglide before bending over.

[Snoutport]

17. i don't think they'd bother with the astroglide...unless of course astroglide gave them a donation

[Snoutport]

22. I'm OK with compromise! I'm not OK with blackmail!

Like Scott down in Florida...cutting 15% to the disabled...then forcing cuts to other programs to get it back.

[tsuki]

3. Well, I guess we'll just have to call the Waaaabulance for

Representative Ronald Reagan Hair. He can afford it. He has the Cadillac Health Plan that I pay for.

[Snoutport]

23. we probably subsidize his rent in D.C. as well.

[dhill926]

4. love this part.....

“That wasn’t a critique,” he said of his repeated attacks on Ryan’s ideas. “That was a description.”

[Snoutport]

5. Me too....ouch...that is a zinger.

and true!! Every day on facebook I share an article about cuts to special ed, schools, nurses, the aged...I don't talk politics at all. I just let their words speak for themselves.

[socialist_n_TN]

47. Yeah I liked that too..........

As a occasional critic of Obama, I HOPE he doesn't back down off of this stance. If he loses because of Congressional numbers, I'll be OK with it IF HE'LL JUST CONSISTANTLY FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT!. Like this.

[ljm2002]

52. I love it too...

...it harkens back to Harry Truman, who said, "I don't give 'em hell, I just tell them the truth and they think it's hell."

I'm liking the way this is going so far. These guys are such a bunch of WHINERS. Americans don't like WHINERS. They don't like CRY BABIES. At least so I've been told... usually by rabid right wing thugs.

[Snoutport]

54. excellent quote! I'd forgotten about that one!

[gateley]

6. Oh, poor babies. Took a page from their playbook, didn't he? nt

[Taverner]

7. WTF?

NO Republican has any right to criticize Obama. Period.

We can, but they CAN'T. He's gone in every way he could've for them, policy wise.

[malaise]

8. Would they just STFU

And Obama's correct - he merely described that fascist budget

[Snoutport]

24. fascist budget is a great way to put it.

[Angry Dragon]

9. They just hate attacks with the truth attached

The Regressive Party has never seen the truth before so they think it is an evil thing

[opihimoimoi]

11. Compromise??? They thought Obama was gonna beg them for peace....on their terms..

the baggers wanted all in....no budging.....

Instead, they got hardballs of the stinging type....

[Snoutport]

46. yeah...fully deserved too. :0)

[GoCubsGo]

56. Just like that health care "summit"

They thought they were going to walk all over him, but he handed their asses to them. On national TV, nonetheless.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/25/us-usa-healthcare-scene-idUSTRE61O6H420100225

[XanaDUer]

12. I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell!

nt.

[Snoutport]

19. yup. the especially hate it when i point out exxon and b of a paid no taxes

that just riles 'em right on up, I've noticed!

[Brigid]

36. Harry Truman.

Love the old school pols. :)

[jillan]

13. No more Mister Nice Guy - it's campaign season!

[Snoutport]

26. maybe he was gettin' some stuff done before he started fighting back nt

[ThomWV]

14. If President Obama has shown us anything its that his actions speak louder and later than his words.

We'll see.

[eleny]

15. Aw, he kicked their widdle shins

:rofl:

[Raschel]

16. Still, Republicans said, did Obama have to attack the men to their faces?

“Reagan had the decency to insult his enemies when he was out of town,” grumbled one GOP aide.

Are they too spineless to be confronted by the President face to face?

[Snoutport]

41. Like the Supreme Court shows Obama respect?

The Republicans are the LAST people I'd ever take a lesson on manners from!

[Guilded Lilly]

18. The truth hurts. It's about time the Republicans were held accountable for their agenda.

[Snoutport]

38. They need to be held accountable for a lot more than that!

[Drale]

20. Its like the people who beat their dog then are surprised

when the dog mauls them.

[Snoutport]

39. Yeah...they keep poking the sleeping beast with a stick...that's for sure

can't wait for the beast to wake up and dish out some justice!

[RagAss]

25. Fuck them...lying bastards...!

When did they ever want or offer a gesture of goodwill?

[Snoutport]

43. They are hurting so many Americans....they deserve a total takedown!

[Renew Deal]

27. Crybabies

Obama had the balls to challenge them to their faces and they say he should have done it behind their backs. :rofl: That was a badass move by Obama and I think he did the right thing. He reminded those clowns that he's still president.

[Brigid]

29. So what do they want: A sympathy card?

Geez. :eyes:

[Snoutport]

49. tantrum throwers don't like it when they don't get their way.

[EC]

30. This is so much BS

They're throwing out the pity card to see if it sticks...:nopity:

[onethatcares]

31. waaaaaaah, he picked on us.

and we're the epitome of compromise. Why oh why would he treat us so mean.

I say go PRES< GO>

[stevedeshazer]

32. And this whining comes courtesy of the people who attack Obama and the Dems every day.

I'm struggling to find a sufficiently non-sexist term for Ryan and his runaway posse as they scurry for cover and cower from the glare of the spotlight of truth.

Paul Ryan has been characterized as brave and courageous.

The President has his patriotism and even his birth questioned.

What a whiny, snotty-nosed response from a guy who ten years ago said that the federal deficit was too small.

[Snoutport]

58. the hypocrisy of it all is amazing

It makes me want to go lecture their mothers for doing such a cruddy job raising them!

[NYC Liberal]

33. LOLOLOLOLOL...Republicans really are something, aren't they?

Jeez.

[Dawson Leery]

34. This from the bigots who attack Obama everyday about his citizenship?

[LaurenG]

35. Oh FFS I didn't think he did anything that was over the top

He told them like it is, obviously they much prefer subversive liars and covert bullsh**. These a**holes can blow innocent civilians to bits yet they whine about being called on the carpet. What a bunch of crybabies, maybe they should get out of politics and let the grownups get to work. I just can't roll my eyes hard enough at this crap. :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[TheCowsCameHome]

37. Aw, did Ewic get a boo-boo? Let mommy see.

It's ok, sweetie.

Go rub some of your venom on it, you whiny little prick.

[mfcorey1]

40. This is what happens when bullies get what's coming to them. nt

[mvd]

42. He needs to be nice less, so hopefully the Repukes..

will be getting used to being surprised.

[leeroysphitz]

44. liking it.

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

45. the GOP is realizing that they have stranded themselves out on a limb.

and Obama is about to take a chainsaw to the tree trunk.

[tanyev]

48. I'm partial to a Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote analogy, myself.

[toddwv]

50. So President Obama forgot to bring the lube and a chair to bend over?

And then...and then he said mean things about our highly partisan budget proposal...SNIIIIFFFFFFFFFF

[Brigid]

60. And you win the very first Brigid DUzy Award!

It's highly coveted, you know.
:rofl:

[ljm2002]

51. From the article:

"The situation was all the more perplexing because Obama has to work with these guys".

Here's the thing, guys: he was letting you know that YOU have to work with HIM. HE is the President of the United States, arguably the most powerful man in the world, and he doesn't take his marching orders from YOU, especially when YOU are a bunch of goose-stepping fruitcakes.

[jpak]

53. Poor babies, they should learn to fight like girls

:rofl:

[Motown_Johnny]

55. Everything is a surprise to them. No biggie

[Canuckistanian]

57. Hey, Republicans and Teabaggers - tell your friends

Spout your nonsense and Obama will call you on it - publically.