You mean we haven't elected leaders?? I'm shocked and disappointed! I agree with you on most of it, but he really is the president of the USA, even if life looks more in line with your beliefs if you pretend he isn't. Remember, we went through eight years of Bush, and even though I did not agree with him, we was our president. Give him the same respect.

David Gregory will interview Boehner on MTP.

How precious!

No one will be watching the "weeper" say the same old, same old.

Democrats believe in growing the economy from the middle class out.

Republicans believe in trickle down, which has been proved NOT to create jobs. GWB's job creation was abysmal and cannot hold a candle to the 6 million jobs created under President Obama. And the DOW is very close to an all-time high.

POLITIFACT:

"Using raw dollars, Obama did oversee the lowest annual increases in spending of any president in 60 years."

"Using inflation-adjusted dollars, Obama had the second-lowest increase -- in fact, he actually presided over a decrease."

No one will be watching the "weeper" say the same old, same old.

HA! -- you mean VS the "same old Blame old"

Pat Boston....wish you would at least be honest. The Presdient got his tax increase last January and instead of talking about finally cutting spending he coupled sequester negotiations with another revenue increase. The Bob Woodward article was correct, "he moved the goalpost." I am sure the GOP will put closing tax loopholes back on the table so your beloved leader can get even more revenue out of us "rich" people, BUT and a big BUT only if he puts entitlement reform on the table.

Obama said it best. McConnell and Boehner are elected leasers too. Every time Boehner is asked anything about what HE will do, his response is always, let the sernate take action first. That's not the way it workers John.

I'm with the president....hold your ground and let the reppubl8icans burn on this. They are wrong, and we'll see how long it takes for them to do their damn job. They want cuts? They need to now man up and spell it out.....

The ReThulicans will not see reason until things get bad enough for their constituents to complain.

Further, they have been terribly successful in lying about what the REAL problem is . . . .

The REAL PROBLEM we have is a "jobs deficit" . . . we do not need "spending cuts," at this time. Sucking $$ out of a fragile & recovering economy is not what's best NOW. We need JOBS, JOBS, & more JOBS - put people back to work (at increased min wage) and the budget deficit will take care of itself.

This is a myth ("we need spending cuts") that Norquist and his crew have been trying to sell - with unfortunate success, since it is a LIE> They want a "government that is so small you could drown it in a bathtub." We surely don't need big gov, . . . but we do need EFFECTIVE GOV . . .

When voters are shown a list of 25-30 budget items, they do not want to cut ANY of them - NOT ONE! which is good, because we don't need to NOW.

we need a gov that can process applications from our veterans, so they can get the services they need/benefits they have earned, for example. We need early childhood ed; we need R & D' we need infrastructure investment - this will GROW the economy; as it grows, it takes care of the deficit.

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Plus we need a small tax on the kinds of Wall St trades that are purely speculative - a small tax would add up very fast, because of the huge volume of the trades. and the loophole on cap gains, above a certain level.

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All the intelligent & reasonable economists are trying to explain this, based on FACTS, not just ideology - Jared Bernstein, Robert Reiche, Paul Krugman, Ezra Klein, etc.

If you are truly intered in understanding this (and not just yelling & hurling hateful messages) go the the website for "The Last Word" . . . earlier this week, Ezra Klein subbed (for Lawrence) on The Last Word, and explained all this very well. Last night BOTH Bernstein & Reiche were on (with Chris Hayes). After you watch those videos, you'll understand what's REALLY going on - quickly & easily.

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WHERE ARE THE JOBS, MR BOEHNER - YOU PROMISED US JOBS!!! (oh, wait, the only one you care about is YOUR OWN!)

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FORWARD! :-)

Boehner keeps spinning about couple of bills from LAST year that are now irrelevant and done - as though they are current.

And now he has gone home.

I got your respect right here!!!!!!!!!!!

He has to earn respect......so far that hasn't been show by this Empty Suit Napoleon want to be............ little man........

Michelle, where do you live?

Every time Boehner is asked anything about what HE will do, his response is always, let the sernate taek action first. That's not the way it workers John

Then why don't you tell Reid to actually bring up the House Bills that have been passed for a vote in the senate, let the senate pass its own version of those bills and take them to reconcilliation. If Reid won't even bring up bills for debate in the senate, why should the House even bother to pass them.

James, thanks for defending the rich who are exploiting all of us. Thanks for sticking up for Boehner and Cantor and McConnell, who don't give a **** about this country.

When you vote "R" you are helping to drive this country into the ditch.

I'll repeat it again - President Obama has offered cuts. Cuts that I don't want. But cuts YOU obviously do want.

btw, go check out this story:

DailyKos:

A range of mainstream American publications printed paid propaganda for the government of Malaysia, much of it focused on the campaign against a pro-democracy figure there.

The payments to conservative American opinion writers — whose work appeared in outlets from the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner to the Washington Times to National Review and RedState — emerged in a filing this week to the Department of Justice. The filing under the Foreign Agent Registration Act outlines a campaign spanning May 2008 to April 2011 and led by Joshua Trevino, a conservative pundit, who received $389,724.70 under the contract and paid smaller sums to a series of conservative writers.

I respect the office of the president. This means I will not attack him on a personal level. I do not agree with him on many areas as I am conservative but I take out my frustration by voting. When people make informed decisions and vote according to their beliefs it is good. Also people can respectfully take opposing viewpoints. The president signed and suggested the sequester so it is his. Both parties of congress voted for it so the sequester is theirs as well. As much as they want to deny it unless you are a first term new guy your hand is in this. Everyone is at fault.

Pat - I live in the sad state of Illinois. We have as many or more problems than any just about any state in the union.

I saw that story on the fishing industry, and a few days earlier they were talking about how 90% of fish were imported into this country, how sad. And, of that 90%, only 1 to 2% get inspected!

I think we must be giving unfair advantages to foreign industries for this to be happening, sad really.

Yes, let's spend more money and demand that the minimum wage increases! Let's tax people so that we can pay it, or mandate companies pay more to their employees! It's not like those companies will take less in profit, Wall Street Bankers and CEOs are altruistic and will cut into their profits in order to take care of their employees. So what if the cost of goods and services go higher and higher? We're closing the gap between the rich and the poor, right? Right?!

Increasing minimum wage and increasing government programs for the poor don't help close that gap and improve the lives of the poor. I'm not saying to cut those plans all together, but if your goal is to raise the standard of living for the average person, that's not going to do it. We need a way to force the wealthy to invest in sound, long-term economic growth. And slow the rapid growth of quick-profit speculative investment that does little to actually GROW the economy. Tax speculative gains, but not the rich that actually help the working man by owning companies.

Heck of a job, Party of No.

You are officially economic terrorists.

The same Republican Party that says sequester cuts won't hurt the economy are the same people that said "the economy is sound" - right before we sank into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Pat Boston-7793618

I vote Independent and vote for those that preach fiscal responsibility and personal responsibility.

That can be a blue-dog democrat or moderate republican or even tea-party.

James, Tea party members are racists. I would think you wouldn't want anything to do with them as an independent. And moderate republicans aren't fiscally responsible.

Obviously.

Michelle, where in Illinois do you live?

When are the intelligent, rational, patriotic Republicans going to gain control of the G.O.P.? How long are the 'tea-nut gallery' and the 'Destroy Our POTUS At Any Cost" crowd going to be allowed to call the shots? These extreme groups are dysfunctional and detrimental to our country (and tearing apart the Republican party). Chris Christie is the only Republican that has the cajones to stand up to them-after Hurricane Sandy he did what he needed to do for WE THE PEOPLE and I truly admire and respect him for that..........

Pat, hi and yes,

Folks who live day to day, or are laid off or furloughed through no fault of their own, are not somehow shirking their "fiscal responsibility and personal responsibility".

James-546195-1049965

"Listen, we've known about this for sixteen months,"

The President needs to do something other then hitting the 'campaign' trail to try to create fear mongering and more divide in the country.

James, Surely you think the President is campaigning? The election is over there's no need. Besides, there's no need for it since President Obama was re-elected. What President Obama is doing is education the people withe the truth as opposed to the LIES Republicans are telling.

NO, our President is doing what he should do. He shouldn't be in the Washington bubble where nothing happens. Have you not forgotten, the Republican mantra of NO, NO, NO, NO?

Re: divisiveness, the dividers are the xenophobes over @ FOX & the FOX NATIONALIST audience, along with their Echo Chamber media flunkies. They hate African Americans, Hispanics, women, LBGT, and anyone who recognizes Obama to be the President of this nation

Boehner was ready for a early Happy Hour. Get a good hard drunk on John and pound it on the weekend. You will eventually have to face the music this month, the problem being you will not go away.Just quit if you cannot do your job as "speaker". F Grade........

Pat correction some Tea Party members are racists. Just as some members of the Democratic party are racists. The majority of people don't fit these stereo types.

Yes, and Tea party members do NOT recycle as well, the commies!

I thank GOD every day that he sent Democrats down to fix everything.. /sarcasm

To answer your question, I live south of Chicago by a couple of hours...

The DOW's all-time high and corporate all-time profits do not translate into job hires.

But wage increases go back into the economy, goes back to businesses - and they end up hiring more workers because of it.

chris, "some" tea party members are racists? That's news to me.

I saw them all over tv, thousands of them - and they hated the fact that a black man was our president. You can try and change their image all you want - but it's never going to go away. How I remember those signs.

Backhouse, hi yourself!

Thank you chrischambee. I was typing some of the same things. Pat- I consider myself a tea party supporter, and I could care less that the president is black. Why does it matter what color his skin is? I don't like him being president because of his policies. I'm sorry to hear that you believe everything the media shows. But here's a newsflash of my own: the media will show whatever gets the ratings going; in this case, the most inciteful bad element of a group that it can.

Isn't Massacusettes sending "fat" kids home with a note to inform their parents of their condition? I wonder how that makes an overweight child feel, being sent home with a note calling him/her "fatty".

How does something that mean and cruel get passed?

I vote Independent

Yeah, right. We weren't born yesterday, James-lotsanumbers. Your posts reek of the kind of conservatism that doesn't budge an inch on anything--it's easy to imagine you siding with McConnell when he said, way back when, that his goal was to make Obama a one-term president. The only person you're fooling is yourself.

Pat, the most racist people I've met are on the left. It's usually the ones that decry race wars that are the most racist. See Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, etc. Those that pull the constant "race card" and blame others for their situations. You know we were most likely all slaves at one point in our families history...time to let it go.

Jack...believe what you want...I don't care. I know what I vote and what I believe in which is personal and fiscal responsibility. The rest is rhetoric and ideology...

Lil Michelle@#1.5: The reason they imposed a limit on cod fishing was to PROTECT the fishermen. If they fish them out - which they started to do by the way, what are they to fish for in future years? Cut back on the season and let them replenish. Then go back to full out fishing again in a few years.

Pat Boston:

"Tea party members are racists"

I'm truly sorry but this just shows your ignorance.

Funny how the media never explains things, thanks for that info IAMMYOWNWOMAN

I actually know several Tea Party members. They are more concerned with the ways that the country is run than the color of the man running it. Racism is wrong. It exists and we should strive to stamp it out. Disagreeing with the administration due to your principles does not a racist make. Look into their stances and talk to one of these people. I don't often agree with my demo rat friends about politics but we can discuss them with out unwaun called for attacks and accusations of hate. God bless

Pat, looks like lm is holding you personally accountable for everything that goes on in MA! Priceless! Some stuff you just can't make up.

James, those people you mention will stop at nothing to finish the job of equality for all. Blac,k. White. Latino, etc.

I admire the work they have done. Have you ever marched for equality, for civil rights?

Pat,

I have been to Tea Party rallies and I have never, never seen anything signs and no racist comments.

Eliminate Excessive Taxes

Eliminate the National Debt

Eliminate Deficit Spending

Protect Free Markets

Abide by the Constitution of the United States

Promote Civic Responsibility

Reduce the Overall Size of Government

Believe in the People

Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” --Abraham Lincoln

Nah, just noting how that state is being run into the toilet, much like my own.

The leadership in both Pat's state and my own are failing miserably, no fault of anyone but the voters.

To all those who insist the tea party crowd isn't racist. No president has gotten more death threats than President Obama. This bit of news comes not from me, but from the Secret Service.

I.saw.the.signs. We.all.did. And it's still going on. They reek of racism.

There's a reason WHY the GOP is so unpopular. And the tea party gang is a big reason why. Although Boehner and McConnell and Cantor don't help things.

No doubt that part of the threats increase is due to racism. No one has implied it doesn't exist. But your comment implies all presidents get threats. And this one, I feel, has done more to divide us than any president in recent memory. Don't get me wrong, the field is fertile after Bush, who led us into a lot of this trouble, but the great uniter has proved to be more of the great divider. We can say it's the Republicans fault for not working with him, sure, but he's the president, and as Truman used to say, the buck stops there.

To those saying the TP is NOT racist - what about those T-Shirts about wanting a White Man in the White House? Nah, that's not racist at all - (eye roll!).

Too bad Lil Michelle thinks Illinois is in the toilet. I live in Chicago and I can tell you we are making great strides to improve the city and the economy. But, you'd actually have to know facts to know that. We are bringing in new business and more jobs. We're working to improve the city and the state. But, again, knowing facts is important!

Brad, I love how the right likes to claim President Obama is responsible for the divisiveness THEY have encouraged from day one of President Obama taking office!

Brad, no - the buck stops with those who don't want to work with him. The country is paying attention and they're pretty fed up with seeing republicans receiving a paycheck yet not working for anyone except their rich lobbyist friends.

The country is behind President Obama. Not the GOP. It isn't President Obama who wants to see people suffer. He wants a deal. The republicans don't. They have made it quite clear.

And a lot of these cuts are going to affect the poor. It's just sad that not more of you independents/republicans will stick up for them. Will stand by them.

Heartless.

You act like Obama has some unquestionable approval of the masses. Like everyone thinks he's doing a great job. His approval rating is 50.9%. 43.6% think he's doing a bad job. Granted, that's the majority, but that's hardly the whole country. I don't believe for a minute that Obama wants this country to fail. I can see, plain as day, that the man cares deeply for this country and believes in what he's trying to do. I just disagree with his means to get there. Is it so wrong that I resist? Or should we just roll over and become a democracy, or a mob of the 50%+1? And I do care about the poor, but I believe in the idea of giving a man a fish, feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Give me a solution that doesn't increase debt, rob Peter to pay Paul, and in regards to the poor, something that actually helps them help themselves.

Pat Boston:

"They reek of racism"

I cant be nice with this one...You are full of crap!

Our leaders really are a bunch of idiotic babies! What's all this my team versus your team idiotic nonsense? For God's sake you're all Americans!

Wouldn't it be More Productive if Our Elected Leaders Started Working Together as AMERICANS for AMERICANS and AMERICA, instead of just bickering, stalling and posturing for the next election as democrats and republicans! The American People have had it with this unproductive BS! The way that both parties having been operating for years just stinks! Neither party has really been looking out for the best interests of the US Citizens who elect them and who they're supposed to represent.

Both parties have sold out the bulk of the American citizens, who they're supposed to represent, by allowing the "out-sourcing" floodgates to open wider and wider without taking any sensible measures to stem the tide.

It shouldn't be all about Democrats or Republicans! It should be about Americans, especially our elected officials, doing the right thing for our country and its citizens. All the single-minded, left versus right, ideological one dimensional bull has got to go!

Both parties need to start working together and actually start doing something to fix the real problems in our country like "out-sourcing", illegal immigration, the out of control costs of health care insurance and our reliance on foreign fuel. If they don't start working together and actually start making progress by the next election, then American citizens should run a nation-wide campaign to vote out all incumbents regardless of party to send the message.

The ONLY REAL FIX is to Raise Revenue, by Bringing Back Jobs to US Citizens who Pay Income Tax.

Massive cutting just puts more people on unemployment, which just depresses the economy even further.

Returning private sector jobs to American Citizens will provide income tax revenue to OUR Government versus our government having to pay unemployment benefits to those who would be jobless instead. We need our elected officials to Start Protecting American Jobs and do whatever it takes to bring back the jobs they let go. We need leaders who will actually stand up for the American people.

Bringing manufacturing back home to the USA is going to end up being not only a key to restoring our economy, but to maintaining our national security as well.

China has been crushing the USA in a war without even firing a shot.

Just check out Chinese extreme pollution issues - We all live in the same world, but not every country plays by the same rules.

The bottom line is that "Our Government" has to protect domestic industry and the jobs that those industries provide. If they do that, the rest will take care of itself.

We may have to pay a bit more for products made here in the USA by US citizens, but at least we'll still have jobs and a future for our children.

Yes, leaders cave. They cut medicare, social security, food stamps and foreign aid and let everything else stay the same. They then get re-elected because they did all this things and the people that depended on these programs vote for them anyway because they led. That is exactly how it works.

SS,

So you are basing your opinion on a few idiots wearing offensive T-Shirts. So naturally the whole Tea Party Movement must be racist. How very narrow minded of you.

The sequester was a bet on the part of both Obama and Boehner. Obama bet that Pelosi would be speaker of the House after the last election, and Boehner bet Romney would b president. They both lost. Boehner was counting on cuts reorganized by Romney, and Obama was not planning on cutting anything with Pelosi leading the House. But now Boehner knows that bad cuts are better then no cuts, and in the end only the House passed anything to avert the sequester. Obama has talked a good game when it comes to solutions, but sequester was a spending cut tool and Obama decided to move the goalpost and go after more tax increases. The Democrat led Senate never passed a bill, but the last minute one they were pushing would have added to the deficit according to the CBO. Obama has failed on sequester. All Obama needed to do was put the okay on smarter cuts, and push forward with a complete tax reform package. Pushing against some paltry cuts dollar wise and trying to close some very targeted tax loopholes is hardly a commendable effort from Obama. It really does appear that the Obama strategy all along was to derail any compromise by insisting on more tax increases, solely to blame Republicans.

Happy Pig Day!! GOPigs...

Oink.

Brad, no worries. Congress's pay won't freeze until this crisis is over. Nothing will be taken away from them. They don't have to do anything to earn their paychecks. Except go on tv.

Meanwhile, we must teach the poor to help themselves. By taking away any advantage they may have to get ahead.

Have a nice weekend.

STLMIke

Then why don't you tell Reid to actually bring up the House Bills that have been passed for a vote in the senate, let the senate pass its own version of those bills and take them to reconcilliation. If Reid won't even bring up bills for debate in the senate, why should the House even bother to pa

STLMIke,

What do you think the BUDGET CONTROL ACT of 2011 IS?

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/51009201#51009201

Boehner is lying. There has been a white house plan for a while now that the GNOP has been ignoring. http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/sequester/the-presidents-plan
To the Grand O'le Plutocrat party there is no plan unless it is their plan. If they disagree with an plan then there is NO plan. My way or the highway mentality regardless of the ill effects on the country. What happened to country before party?

james, have you ever taken a civic course? If you had you might remember that the LEGISLATIVE branch is responsible for the finances/purse of the country NOT the executive branch.

@ SS

Isn't Chicago have a FELON on the ballot -- to replace Jesse Jackson Jr's seat? Albeit a REPUBLICAN that will NEVER get a single vote (it is Chicago, btw).

Yeah Seeking, better start seeking sanity within your own city.

TO: James-546195-1049965 who wrote:

"... The President is the leader of this country. It's his responsibility to not let it get to this point. Reid and Boehner are both to blame also but the majority falls on Obama."

I disagree, because Republican Voters wanted to stop the President from being able to do anything, so they installed the Teabaggers to create "gridlock". Now there is gridlock, but not because of the President, but because that's what enough voters wanted that they were able to elect enough Teabaggers to create gridlock.

There's nothing Boehner can do, although I know he's tried in more ways than one to control the Teabaggers, and there's nothing the President can do about it.

I heard more than one Republican say that they put the Teabaggers in place, and that they [the Teabaggers] are doing exactly what the people in those Congressional districts want them to do.

All I can say is, majority rules, even when it's not going my way, but those folks are Americans too and if there is enough of them that want gridlock, we have to deal with it.

Boehner is just taking a Piggy back ride with the Tea Powwow Movement for all mankind !!!

TO: James-546195-1049965 who wrote:

"...This President is not President of the United States..."

Statements like that are causing a serious problem for the Republican Party, but keep it up, the less there are of you, the better I like it.

Some folks make being "Republican" an embarrassing confession.

Pat,

Just like everyone should call the Black Panther's racists organization for their voting intimidation tactics, right? If that isn't racist, then you are blind.

Lil Michelle,

I do feel your pain...like Illinois, we here in california are straddled with a senile governor that wants to spend $95+ billion on a high speed choo choo to nowhere, yet can't find enough money to get guns from convicted felons. We are also a state that has now two bankrupt cities. A state where illegals have more rights than citizens of ths state. Los Angeles is near bankrupt thanks to a bumbling mayor of Tony Villar who couldn't even do one thing right at the Democratic Convention last year. Yes...we are sad sad state with our elected officials.

I guess we can strike "Strong on Defense" from the Republicans' mission statement. They have actually decided its worth risking weakening our national security in order to secure tax loopholes to benefit private equity managers.

John Boehner is flat out lying. President Obama's plan has been on the White House web site for weeks; he has made numerous offers to the GOP. Democrats tried to bring a plan to the House floor three times this week, and Boehner refuses to allow it on the Floor for debate and an up/down vote. The Senate yesterday afternoon voted on a GOP plan which failed getting only 38 votes; then the democratic plan had the required majority votes EXCEPT the GOP Senators filibustered it.

Speaker Boehner, "you lie", do not claim President Obama and democrats have not provided any plans. The better question where is the House GOP plan? What is the GOP plan besides just taking defense cuts out of the sequester and cutting everything else?

Challenge to David Gregory: for once on MTP, do your job and call out the lies, challenge this poor excuse for a Speaker of the House. Viewers deserve the truth.

I saw them all over tv, thousands of them - and they hated the fact that a black man was our president. You can try and change their image all you want - but it's never going to go away. How I remember those signs.

Pat,

So did the rest of us! For those who are "playing" the game of 3 blind mice, here's a friendly reminder of some of the WORST signs the baggers put on display. The poor grammar and mis-spelling is an added bonus (lol);

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CEIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2Fdiscuss%2Fduboard.php%3Faz%3Dview_all%26address%3D389x5472612&ei=qRcxUf68HsSO2AXi3IDACA&usg=AFQjCNGaor3WBhLjVk9rNkjP2H_nGd704Q

Here's a tea party leader calling for assasination of the @!$%#ing @!$%# (his words not mine) and his monkey children;

In an unnerving display of racism and violence today, this Ron Paul supporting libertarian, who ran for a seat on the City of Carson's City council last march, and thankfully failed, wrote:

"Assassinate the @!$%#en @!$%# and his monkey children"

- See more at: http://freakoutnation.com/2011/12/18/tea-party-politician-on-obama-assassinate-the-@!$%#en-@!$%#-and-his-monkey-children/#sthash.11HVlLJq.dpuf

But wait there's more!

The guy who claims to be the founder of the tea party can't even spell niggar correctly;

It's going to be a lot harder for Tea Baggers to claim they're not racists now that a photo has emerged of Dale Robertson, who calls himself the "president and founder of the Tea Party," holding a sign that reads,"Congress = Slave Owner; Taxpayer = Niggar."

The photo was taken in Houston on Feb. 27, 2009.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2010/01/04/photo-shows-top-tea-bagger-holding-sign-with-n-word-which-he-misspelled/

Scratch a tea bagger and undercover a bigot!

Save us from your phony indignation!

I'll believe what my own EYES see over your pathetic attempts to convice me otherwise!

All anyone has to do is "google" Tea party racism and you'll find a treasure chest of their racist bias!

James lots of numbers, I believe is the same re-reg idiot Jason-317892(something like that).

Boy, these idiots have nothing else better to do than create multiple accounts to make it seem like right wing conservatives have such a big gathering of people. Please!!! Laughing at these nutjobs..

Boy, these idiots have nothing else better to do than create multiple accounts to make it seem like right wing conservatives have such a big gathering of people

Welcome to First Read, Jason! ☺

You mean there's inappropriate references to Obama by people with posters? Good thing no one had any for Bush... oh, nevermind. There were tons! Just google "bush hating posters" for a few, and more than one or two reference race, hitler, or outright call for his death!

As far as some of the tea-party politicians that make racist statements, thank you for pointing them out, and please keep it up. While I support the tea party, I don't support racism. Not all of us "tea-baggers" (which I hate that term, just FYI) are 100% knowledgeable about every candidate out there. Point them out when you see them, and more of us will be more than happy to oust them. The job of the opposing viewpoint should always be to keep their opponents feet to the fire.

thetotas, if the TP doesn't like being called racists, then they should stop behaving as if they are. They may not all be racists but they do nothing to discourage the ones who are from being the voices and the public persona of their John Birch Society roots--they even elect them.

America don't have a spending problem, America has a funding problem, years and years of republican tax cuts for the very rich and the failed trickle down policy's of the republican party have devastated this country. Two wars, that was not needed, and an unfunded drug benefit that only benefits the big pharma and an another ill advised tax cut for the very rich have us where we are today. Quite frankly you righty are nuts. Irresponsible little children that won't pay homage to your country because your own ego's get in the way.

Social Security is not an entitlement, it is paid for by working people to supplement and benefit people that work. End the cap on S.S. and means test it. Otherwise keep your f-ing hands off of it. Medicare can be fixed by a slight raise in taxes for all, and means testing. Its time the very rich started paying their fair share. It is the working people that made them rich and its time to give back.

Jody,

And where is your outrage for group like the Black Panthers or Nation of Islam?? I see...since they are liberals, they must not be racist, right?

The tea party TRAITORS, has nothing to do with large government or spending, it has everything to do with racism. The tea party formed in Feb. of 2009 in direct response to our first person of color being elected president. Backed by Koch brothers money, it enlisted some of the most vile people I can think of. Irresponsible morons. They started protesting Obama before he even had a chance to do anything, then when he give them cause (Obama Cares) they ran with it with lies, mis-statements and misdirection. (death panels) and such. Don't try to defend these low life people whose purpose is to demonize a president that is working for the middle class. Teabaggers are un american and should be treated as a terrorist organization and deported to gitmo in my opinion.

JK, where was the outrage when George W. Bush was spending faster then money could be printed?

John,

Please...Obama is the king of spending money he doesn't have... Next stupid question??

You are the epitome of a blow hard liberal that drools over every little tidbit thrown to you by your fellow liberals and then runs off screaming "RACIST!" Why don't you take a walk down through memory lane of all the southern Democrats that wanted to hang black people from trees left and right. Talk about a party of racists...

Even look at your party today...even if one minority (be it African-American or Latino) has enough intelligence to be a Republican, you on the left are out there clamoring that they are a "token" for the Republicans...without even once considering that you are being a racist simply because they choose to believe in a different political viewpoint than your narrow mind subscribes to.

Pat Boston-7793618:

There is racists on both sides. You can't get over 80% of any race's vote and not attribute that to race. President Obama benefited from racist voting FOR a black candidate. BTW - I'm OK with it that as long as it is acknowledged.

Finally, the president's job is to bring together the two sides and rise above these things (regardless of party). He absolutely refused to discuss the issue of entitlement reform as part of the fiscal cliff deal. He deftly maneuvered the Republicans into the post-election and New Year deadline choice which had to be addressed. There was not time to tie the two together then, and the stakes were higher. However, the Republicans stated then, that next move was on the budget side, not the revenue side. That's what the sequester is, cuts - it isn't a revenue tactic.

Please remember that this represents a 3% reduction in the planned INCREASE of spending. The total sequester amount is only .85 of a single month's deficit spending. Less than 1 month's "in the hole" spending - total. It's a drop in the overall bucket, but it's a step. We need the ratio of GDP to spending to drop back to Clinton era 18-19% range.

The president is a great politician, but unlike the last great Democratic communicator, President Clinton, he's not a pragmatist that gets something, if there is something to get. The president should have allowed all the tax cuts expire, that way the entire country could share in the solution. The problem with that is that it would have focused EVERYONE on the spending issue, rather than simply demonizing 1% that almost none of us ever interact with. When the Middle class starts feeling the pinch of all these programs, there will be change. Right now, the president is saying that only the wealthy should pay more. There isn't enough wealthy people to make it work - that's just math.

President Obama wants us to work together. The first step might be to say that the Senate needs to actually vote on a budget. He might also proclaim that it is not only the leader of the House and Minority Leader in the Senate, but the leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader in the House that are part of the gridlock issue. If you're going to throw Congress under the bus, throw both parties under the wheels. That is a credibility builder for those of us who read widely, think carefully, and vote across party lines.

Finally, back to the original point. I voted for President Obama in 2008, Mark Warner for VA. Governor and later the US Senate, and Doug Wilder for Va. Governor (back in the day) - Because I thought they were the best people for the job, not because or against the color of their skin.

When you use the really insignificant margins of a group to demonize the whole, it limits the constructiveness of any dialogue. This isn't about race, it's about differences of opinion and what it will take to get us back to a robust economy. all the revenue can't come from somebody else (although I too find that an attractive option), and all reasonable program cutting and additional efficiency cannot do the job, either. President Obama needs to include all in the pain / solution and the Republicans have to admit that revenue and tax code simplification (read closing loopholes), needs to be part of the plan.

Lil Michelle - I don't give a rat's a** about a felon the GOP is running. And, the city of Chicago has voted Republican in the past - i.e. George Ryan - oh wait - he's out of jail now, right?????

As always, seeking sanity in the Republican party but I can point to your many posts as proof that absolutely NONE exists - as well as not one iota of common sense. OH, and the 162 IQ? Not a chance in H*LL!!!

JK1963 - Neither the Black Panthers nor the nation of Islam are Liberals - they're extremists! Nothing more - nothing less!

and pray tell us your IQ Seeking?

didn't think so...

JK please, And you are the king of liars stupid. You are the exact person I am talking about when I call your kind lying conservatives. YOU are a rascist. YOU are the liar. YOU suck and are stupid.

Completely ignor the truth, southern democrats, KKK members moved to the republican party when their jig is up. Of course JK you knew that. you lying bigot.

Lil Michelle - much higher than yours. Spent from 4th grade up in gifted classes. Uh oh - lost again, didn't ya?

LIL stupid, At least SS don't lie about her IQ or gender.

what a lying sack of crap!

hey listen, this fiscal cliff and sequester were NEVER NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!!!

they were ALWAYS supposed to happen, and GOING to happen, from the minute the idea was spoken.

if youre too dumb to realize it, stop voting. please!

congress is all rich and could care less what happens to the rest of us, as long as you keep blaming republicans, they they keep blaming democrats, the plan is just perfect. they bailed out the rich after they screwed us, and WE are the ones who are going to pay it off.

and in all honestly we deserve it because WE all keep voting for all of them.

vote, for the first time ever, in this next congressional election, against EVERY incumbent. do not do that, and this will be the exact same thing forever. their pay isnt going to get cut nor their taxes raised, but mine and yours sure will!

1700 less in my return this year, thanks to child care credit being reduced by two grand. so much for hiring a contractor to redo my bathroom, so much for a new car downpayment. the only thing im going to be able to do is once and for all pay off every last cent of credit card debt, so at least these vultures will never get another cent of interest out of me.

Johntho - thank you. Am a woman - have always been a woman.

John,

You are nothing but a blind fool, and even worse a blind liberal fool. How am I a racist? Specifics...I know that is a hard concept for you, but at least give it a try.

Black Panthers and Nation of Islam are as extreme as your "progressive" liberals that want to deny the fact that Obama benefitted from the black vote. Plain and simple. Greg, nailed it right on the head. At least be an adult enough to admit it.

James-546195-1049965

Our constitution calls for the house to make up a budget and send it to the senate for additions or changes..and the congress to vote either for it or not. Like it or not..it is the responsibility of the house to develope a budget..if , as it seems that they are not capable then we need an all new group of members in the house. They are elected to work for us all...they have not done so in years. What this nation needs is jobs..and neither party has addressed that issue..given a lot of mouth to it but not one bit of action. As for calling democrates lyers..you have to includs all republicans as well since none of them uphold what they ran on to get elected.

JK1963 - Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam are NOT liberals - just extremists. You can say differently all you want but we all know it isn't true.

And, yes the President benefited from the black vote as did Bush in both elections. Your point???? President Obama also benefited from votes of the more highly educated whites who didn't buy Romney's stupidity and Ryan's lies. Again, your point????

YOU should not be talking to anyone about being an adult - will you even be a teenager this year?

Oh my, 4th grade they put you in "gifted classes"

degree in what Seeking?

ivan, NC:

Actually, in the recent past, the House has passed several budget proposals.

They haven't been allowed to come to the Senate floor to be considered or voted upon.

Whether the (assuredly) different budgets could have been reconciled in committee is another question. However, without coming to the Senate floor for a vote, we will never know.

Only small-minded people project the behavior of a small group of extremists in any group to the entire group. Isn't that the very basis of stereotyping and bigotry? A lot of hypocrites posting comments...

hey jk 1963, are you serious? youre really jealous of black people huh?

heres a statement for you to ponder:

the first 43 presidents got in with the white vote!!!!

did you ever even stop long enough to consider? my guess is no. since black people are the dawn of man, that means for thousands of years the racist vote won out!

in our countrys first 200 bloody years, black people have been here ALL along, so the RACIST WHITE VOTE kept them out of power two hundred plus years, and youre mad that for the FIRST TIME EVER it happened in reverse? hypocrite!

ps, im WHITE, and i voted for obama. it wasnt just blacks, as people like you, ungracious losers, love to fool yourself into believing.

Greg Shep,

Thanks for your comment, very insightful.

SS, the only point JK has is the one on top of his head that keeps his size two, three cornered, tin foil hat, adorned with tea bags from slipping over his to small a head.

yeah man im like, so super worried the black panthers are gonna take over! any day now theyre going to! just like in the sixties right? (except for how it never ever happened).

please keep focused on that.. obamas a muslim.. hes from kenya, and indonesia, he's a radical racist christian who sat in reverend wrights racist christian church for twenty years, but also a muslim (somehow).

Lil - I have my MBA And, yes, in 4th grade I tested into the gifted classes program in Winston-Salem. Get over it!

believerof - oh, I thought he was a alien, from outer space??? Pretty sure I heard that from one of the low information types! LOL Does it EVER end????

gasp! did you guys hear how much his wifes dress cost?!?!?!?!?

John,

You are a useless human being. I've seen your posts before threatening violence if anyone touched your Social Security. You are nothing but a bitter old man who gets his kicks by being able to log and talk and act tough. You are far too stupid to understand how the world works. Try not spend all your SS check on booze and cigs...

Seeking,

Once again you prove yourself to be a waste of air.

Totas,

I second Greg's comment. It's refreshing to have intelligence posted here instead of the drivel from the likes of John and SS.

Au contraire, SS. You obviously ignored the exit polls with followup showing that the average Oblama voter had an IQ 28 points lower than the average Romney voter. Kind of surprised me. I really thought it was more.

Now that you mention it, 4th grade does not surprise me.

hjack - wrong but nice try. The voters for President Obama were more highly educated than the low information voters who pulled the lever for Romney. But nice try at deflection. And, no one would have the IQ of voters in any poll - they would have to have actual IQ tests scores to get those. Your post shows how a simpleton thinks - or doesn't actually!

JK1963 - you posts always prove you are a total waste of air; space; etc! As for drivel - it's all you have! And, it's all we've come to expect from you!

believerof - GASP! And, the fact that she pays for her own clothes seems to be a difficult concept for the little far righers!

Seeking Sanity

The voters for President Obama were more highly educated than the low information voters who pulled the lever for Romney.

No, miss lib, I am not wrong. If you are any indication of the 'highly educated' who voted for this non-leader, your 4th grade education is showing.

The country is broke, and all that everyone does is point fingers at each other. The division is obvious, my self included. Everyone complains and points and calls others names, but offers no real intelligent dialect to the blog. The libs seem to be the worse of all.

The sequester is not important, it's pennies on the dollar in the whole scheme of things. We are 16 trillion dollars in debt people. More taxes is not the solution. Closing loopholes is not the solution. Too much energy spent on finger pointing and posturing when it comes to peanuts. The real problem is SPENDING. Both parties have had plenty of time to seriously talk about responsible spending cuts. It was Obama's idea and the House signed off on it long ago. It is EVERYONES fault that an agreement has not been made. Yet we have the money to send Syria $60 million in aid plus food and medical supplies. We have the money to send drones and troops to Niger. We have the money to continue the lifelong pensions of the same thieves we voted for in local elections in the past. There is too much government involvement in every aspect of our lives. It is not what it was meant to be. No wonder the country is in the toilet. I don't see things getting better anytime soon as long as we sit back and do nothing about it.

No hjack - you're totally wrong and the funny thing is - NO one is believing the lie you've posted - not even the far righties! Tray again.

And, I truly could not care less what YOU think of me! Why would ANYONE care??? LOL

No JK, you are the useless human being, not me. A waste of human flesh, and a waste of my good air. And a stupid young man, you actually think conservatism is good for the country. I have seen it with my own eyes. IF you worked for a living you might see it too, and I meant what I said about Social Security. You want to fight, try f-ing with my Social Security, you'll have something you can't handle.

hjack, shut up, you ignorance is showing, S.S. has always been an inteligent poster. You, not so much.

Sow, Our country is not broke, irresponsible rich people have more money now then ever before. Our country needs to tap into that resourse, instead of them only taping into ours.

We do not have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem. Pay up.

hijack - and the 4th grade reference shows a total lack of any cleverness - really - is that the BEST you can do????

I'm telling you, the military industry complex, health complex, and mega-rich individuals are deep in Boehner's pocket, telling him exactly what to do. They have some power over this man!!!

SS, 2, count them, 2 responses to the same message! Little nerve irritation there?

hjack,

You will notice that SS NEVER posts any link that supports her supposed claims. They obviously believe that people are that stupid to believe their nonsense.

John,

Yet another post to prove what a violent human being you are... Oh wow...like you are really scaring me with your threats like a schoolyard bully. So how come you didn't save for a rainy day like the rest of us? You couldn't bother because you spent your weekly paycheck hanging out at the local bar with your drunken buddies wallowing in your own demented version of life. Cry me a river loser. Anyone that resorts to violence and threats is certainly a few fries short of a happy meal.

Johntho - again, thank you! Have a great weekend!

hijack - no, you couldn't strike a nerve with a hammer!

JK1963 - and yet I've posted much more information than you EVER have. If you haven't seen any links, you've never had anyone read them to you!

Damyou - oh and that is the BEST you can do???? Why is THAT no surprise? LOL Typical little right winger!

And, actually I always hated the "gifted classes" name. I wish they had just called it advanced classes or something else. It created problems but I guess in the end, it was worth it!

SS...

Your "information"?? Oh you mean random words strung together in a feeble attempt to convey a message?

JK1963 - yours is a truly a pathetic post- as usual.

No JK, she means, good post, ones that show a lot of sense and above all something you can't understand at all, she types the truth.

SS, time to come clean. Is your welfare check late? Food stamps cut back? WIC turned-down? I'm sure your payroll check is not a problem (since only those who work has taken a beating the first 2 months of the year).

So what gives? Why all the animosity?

Ivan,

You are completely wrong about the Constitution and ignorant of statutory law. The Constitution says that "bills of reevenue" must originate (be first introduced) in the House. By statute, the President is required to propose a budget to Congress by Feb. 22 each year (the fiscal year ends on Sept 30). That starts the budgetary procedure. Obama has not complied with this law yet.

A 'bill of revenue" is tax-creating legislation. It is not a budget.

Simple issue:

Republicons for the rich 1%.

Democrats for the middle class and poor.

Republicons for Citi Bank who had over 200 subsiderary accounts in the Caymen Islands which paid no taxes. Infact they received money from the taxpayers instead of paying taxes.

Republicons for welfare for the rich 1%.

Pat Boston-7793618

chris, "some" tea party members are racists? That's news to me.

I saw them all over tv, thousands of them - and they hated the fact that a black man was our president.

Obama is white, y'all need to get over the skin color thing. Did Biden say people were racist because they don't like him either?

Just in, liberal media requires the sheep to bleat racism a minimum of 3 times a day, did you make your quota?

John,

You truly are a fruitloop! Jesus..."f with me"? Where in the h*ll did you grow up geezer? So what would you do if someone "f'ed" with your precious SS? Throw a tantrum? Pull out your automatic weapon? Wet yourself? Chase them with your oxygen tank? Do tell...I know the left is unbalanced, but you are whack-o extreme! Please do us a favor and never procreate...

hjack - when you are trying to debate with those they speak from emotion and not facts, it's not really a debate. It'a more like shooting fish in a barrel. They have no facts, so they have to try to belittle. That's all they have.

Like everyone thinks he's doing a great job. His approval rating is 50.9%. 43.6% think he's doing a bad job. Granted, that's the majority, but that's hardly the whole country.

No, but it is one helluva lot more than the last departing Republican president, isn't it?

CBS News, Feb 11, 2009:

President Bush will leave office as one of the most unpopular departing presidents in history, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll showing Mr. Bush's final approval rating at 22 percent.

So what kind of job did George W. Bush do, eh? And why in the hell do you think any Republican would do any better this time around?

Hendy,

So true... Great post!

Pat Boston-7793618: "James, Tea party members are racists. I would think you wouldn't want anything to do with them as an independent. And moderate republicans aren't fiscally responsible.

Obviously."

You, sir or madam, are a liar. With your broad brush you paint every person that associates themselves with the Tea Party as racist. So, here's one right up your alley, all persons that use the moniker Pat Boston are child molesters.

JK - I just call it as I see it. Thanks.

SeekingSanity @ 1.99:"...The voters for President Obama were more highly educated than the low information voters who pulled the lever for Romney. ..."

You know I see this "fact" pop up all the time from lefties. If that were the case, why do the vast majority of those on welfare vote for Democrats? If they're so smart why can't they figure out how to get and hold a decent paying job? If the Republicans are less intelligent why do you call them the party of the rich? By your logic all intelligent people are poor people that are not contributing to society and the less intelligent make all the money and run the country.

Obama is white, y'all need to get over the skin color thing.

Really?

Did you even bother to look at the links I provided?

One of your KKK tea party member are screaming for his assassination along with his children. Where is your POUTRAGE at calling for the killing of innocent kids?

If "Obama" is white, why is your brethren calling him a @!$%#?

The sooner you all recognize and stop defending the rampant racism, the sooner this country will move forward...

Bottom line is, if ya'll weren't racists, you would be calling out those that are rather then making excuses!

Don't talk to be about HYPOCRISY, you bigot!

Dear feisty RED , You are such a great liar, I mean really!! I did goggle Tea party racism, And what do you know, Lots of studies saying yes and just as many saying no, So you of course only high light the negative ones because thats what you do! I'll give you credit you never let the truth get in the way of your own twisted agenda of a totally left wing utopia that will never exist or survive. On the brighter side, Hey did you hear the keystone pipe line has been approved? Awesome huh. Now run right out and go crap on a cop car and show them how you really feel!

hjack - the welfare nonsense if what shows how totally ignorant you are. Most everyone I know works and many do quite well. However, I don't begrudge those who are experiencing difficult times from getting assistance to help them through.

Again, your pitiable post shows how low you will stoop and how totally ignorant you are. Now, you're not worth the time it took to post this so bye! I've better ways to spend time.

Hendy329 - then clearly you see hjack is posting nothing as usual. And, as I read your pathetic posts I see you're probably related to he and JK - absolutely NOTHING to say and no facts or ideas to offer. Typical Republican - you know nothing but are eager to show everyone how little you know!

More BS from the left...try calling out your brethren like Black Panthers and Nation of Islam, then you MIGHT have an argument...

SS - You make me laugh. Thank you.

Fiesty @ 1.127, I seem to remember many references from the left about killing President Bush for 8 years. So please clean up your own backyard before casting stones. Further, the left has just as many racists as any other group.

And what do you know, Lots of studies saying yes and just as many saying no

OH NOES, selective learning is really NO way to go through life, Goober!

I mean really!!

I mean "really", if I am so wrong, then why can't YOU provide any sources anything to bolster your *cough* opinion? Meh!

Now run right out and go crap on a cop car and show them how you really feel!

Not ME, you on the otherhand, sound like someone who knows what they're talking about! ;o)

I seem to remember many references from the left about killing President Bush for 8 years

Well darling, if you can "remember" then surely you can prove them! LMAO@U

Further, the left has just as many racists as any other group

Again, if YOU and others don't denounce it, it doesn't mean @!$%#! The "well he did it too crap" doesn't count!

WTF are you people in the 3rd grade?

Maybe if Congressmen spent more than 2 to 4 days a month actually in Congress things could get done. I wish I had a job where I got paid over $100K and worked less than 200 days a year.

So please clean up your own backyard before casting stones

Here lies the difference between you & I, when "my side" crosses the line, I call them out on it!

You & your ilk, excuse it, blame, whine & embrace your persecution complex...

The louder you defend it only verifies what YOU are guilty of!

I hope we are clear now!

Ohhh, You know vey well why I referenced that specific act! That one is right out of your "Occupy wall St" Play book, Own it! You said goggle it and I did dumb ass! THAT is where the sources are goggle it again and this time take your stupid glasses of and try to see the whole picture this time.

Pat from Boston. You can't reference an article written by a kos writer as proof of anything. That would be like me telling you something Rush Limbaugh said. The kos is not a news outlet, it is a political opinion operation and nothing more than that.

Oh, we are clear. You are a poor excuse for a human. You are a liar. Please point to one instance where you rebuked any Democrat or Democrat idea. You are the one that is over the top defending your side. You must be one this site 24/7/365 spewing your lies and hatred. You are the one playing the race card saying you and your comrades are being persecuted. You are the one here constantly bellowing out your disdain for any ideas that are in conflict with your idol's. You are the one that stoops to 3 year old name calling and innuendo.

So, yes, I believe we are clear.

Fiesty, I have read your dreadful posts for awhile on here. Never really take much away from what you write, other than you are a seriously misguided and/or mentally unstable individual.

You constantly use talking points you get from the kos or the huffington post. You don't even realize that those sites do not employ real journalists. What they do is get people to write opinion pieces and then fool people like you by passing them off as news.

Your rebuttals are absolute nonsense 90% of the time. What you write is not even true or fact, but your opinion. Yet you always try and pretend you know what you are talking about and try passing your own personal opinion off as fact. I'll refrain from a copy and paste session, but you know what you do, or maybe you don't. Most liberals are so conditioned to lie that they actually start believing the lies after awhile. You are a prime example of what is wrong with this country.

You are a legend in your own mind.

You said goggle it and I did dumb ass!

OH MY!

Did I hit a nerve? Why so angry Dick?

You are a liar.

You on the otherhand, still don't recognize when YOU are up to your asshoele in quicksand, darling! lol

So, I DO thank you for playing... ;o)))

Redhead

Here lies the difference between you & I, when "my side" crosses the line, I call them out on it!

You & your ilk, excuse it, blame, whine & embrace your persecution complex...

The louder you defend it only verifies what YOU are guilty of!

I hope we are clear now!

Please...I've read many of your comments, and you don't say bad things about dems. All you are is a stuck up party-liner who keeps being rude to anyone who has a different opinion or speaks the truth. Your kind is a disease to any country.

Leave the commenting to the sane dems, repubs, etc., on this site.

I cannot believe the stupidity of the liberals today! They are all panting about taking more from the 1%ers and giving it to the "people"! The problem in todays' political situation is that there is not a battle between the 1% and the 99%, there is a battle between the 1% on the right and the 1% on the left! The 1% on the right made their money, as a rule, by creating business, thus creating jobs, thus creating tax revenue! The 1% on the left has made their money, as a rule, in government, by growing bureaucracy, by increasing taxes, and by paying themselves as much money as they can steal! I you really think that if the socialists in the Obama camp win and manage to have total control of this country that you are going to be one of the "intelligensia", you have better get a grip!

In history, when extreme socialists have gotten complete power they have taken from the people and left them with little to nothing! (Examples, the USSR, Mao Communist China, Cuba, Nazi Germany, etc....) All of these countries promised to take away from the haves and give to the have-nots! The only people who really benefitted were those in power! Learn from history or be bound to repeat it!

Party-liners wreck the country ....

For someone that is a re-reg and continues to get kicked off these boards, your words are not worth the read.

Why don't you leave the commenting to those of us who actually play by the rules, eh?

citizen-xx

Right on, citizen. I can't stand how the redhead continually posts opinions as fact. All I can say is the redhead is brainwashed.

Not really, I just like calling you a dumb ass. It just feels good. And yea I am simple. Soo anyway My work here is done for tonight. BTW I was kidding about crapping on a cop car, I hate to think of all the bad things that would happen to you in prison :)

Layton-3733410

Re-reg? Where? Happy to tell you I've never been kicked off the boards. I'm sorry that you are a party-liner who only wants to mislead the general public. Glad to also say I don't play by your destructive rules. Unlike you party-liners, I give credit to the people who are correct.

Party-liner, just remember that when the radical liberal argues he insults, dismisses you with as many lies as possible, then does his "superiority dance" and congratulates himself for being "the smartest person in the room"! You don't need to defend yourself from insults from morons! (Kind of like trying to herd cats).

Please...I've read many of your comments, and you don't say bad things about dems.

NO YOU don't or you wouldn't of taken precious time out of your life to make such and outrageous, bull@!$%# statement. Again, I DO thank you for playing little buddy & we have some lovely parting gifts for YOU! LOL

Please, get back to me when you are Feisty worthy! ;o))))

Leave the commenting to the sane dems, repubs, etc., on this site.

NAH! Even though it's burns the few "pubes" you have left, I'll continue to speak my mind! Best part is, there isn't a DAMN thin YOU can do about it! LMFAO yet again!

So tell me Mr. Testosterone, what are YOU going to do about it, little man? ;o)))

“Listen, we’ve known about this for sixteen months,” Boehner told NBC’s David Gregory in an exclusive interview on Capitol Hill after the White House meeting. “And yet, even today there’s no plan from Senate Democrats or the White House to replace the sequester.”

Boehner just got tired of passing bills to address the 'sequester', only to have Obama and Reid criticize them, so he's decided to stop playing Obama's 'game'. He's telling the Democrats "You didn't like the 2 bills I passed, so let's see what YOU can come up with.

The problem now is that the Democrats don't have a plan, leaving us in limbo.

You certainly didn't hit any of my nerves. But it seems I hit yours. I notice you have no answers to my assertions, therefore you must agree with them. How many times have you used the adolescent "LOL", "thanks for playing, ";o)))", etc. I mean, really, are you a child or just mentally challenged? And how is it that I'm "up to my asshoele in quicksand, darling?" I'm not your darling and I doubt anyone is. By the way, your the Dick who's up to their asshoele in ignorance. Thanks for being an idiot, lol ;o))).

It is time for this TURD, Dirtbag, Fake and Conman Named Obama to eigther Resign, of face the wrath of Most of the American People, not the voices in his head, but the real American People, He needs to leave and leave now. For all you fools still Waiting on free crap, his excuse now is the Obama Sequester just took it all away. You stared it Bummer and You just LOST it. Your not the President

Redhead

Prove it then by posting some of your previous comments. I'd also like to see you try to write a comment without the added childish crap.

Hey Feisty! Great job! You were fighting a battle of wits and the guy came unarmed. Do the morons from the Tea Party not understand that Mr. Boehner (That is BOE pronounced 'bow' or 'bo' NER pronounced 'nur')has not realized that America has spoken and we want him to bring a proposal to the table that represents the will of the American people, not the will of the Koch brothers or the will of Lockheed. Mr. Boenhead just doesn't understand that he needs to come to the table with a proposal that has a chance of passing the Senate.

Feisty @ 1.148: My, my, my you certainly are pissed. Your name calling has risen exponentially. Whose nerves are being hit?

Here, just for you...lol, lmao, Please, :))))), thanks for playing!!!

How much more evidence to The People of the United States of America need as proof that both the Democratic and Republican parties actually work together to screw the American People? They only care about promoting wealth for the wealthy! They have stolen Our country and put on a good show to try and fool us, but if you look at everything they do, the laws they pass and they things they ignore, you would come to understand that they only care about themselves - the wealthy! They want to make cuts, cut $50,000 a year from Congressman's pay, that be nearly $27,000,000.00 a year in savings. Cut that 100% healthcare for Congress and the rest of the fat cats in Washington - they are all millionaires anyway, why do they need an 80 year old woman's tax money to pay for their healthcare? They tag-team us. They play good cop, bad cop on us. Both Republicans and Democrats thing their side is the good cop - but the reality is, both sides are the bad cop. They rob from the poor and give to the rich! If anyone is the Anti-Christ - it is all of our government leaders!

Boehner says president has NO PLAN TO REPLACE.

Obama is only interested in raising taxes on the wealthy, again, which will in turn allow him to continue his out of control spending.

He has refused to accept any proposal that doesn't meet his agenda.

Thanks to the GOP for standing up for what's right for the country.

Backhouse " GWB's job creation was abysmal and cannot hold a candle to the 6 million jobs created under President Obama."

REALLY???????? You are obviously fooled by Obama's rhetoric. Let's look at the record according to the official government Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS.gov)

Average number of jobs in 2000 (Clinton's last year) = 131,794,000.

Average number of jobs in 2008 (Bush's last year - including losses at end of year) = 136,794,500, for a GAIN of 5,000,500 jobs.

Average number of jobs in 2012 (Obama's 4th year) = 133,363,000, for a LOSS of 3,431,000 jobs.

Backhouse "POLITIFACT:"Using raw dollars, Obama did oversee the lowest annual increases in spending of any president in 60 years."

Politifact is biased left-wing source - they claim that Bush is responsible for the 'Stimulus' spending by Obama in 2009 - hardly a credible 'FACT'.

The main demand of democrats was that republicans accept some closing of loopholes to raise revenue. Is there any republicans posting here that believe there isn't one single loophole or subsidy that doesn't overly reward one group or another? Gentlemen farmers paid not to plant when there are shortages of corn, wheat and soybeans due to the drought? Subsidies for ethanol made from corn when corn supplies are so low cattlemen have to prematurely butcher cattle because they can't afford grain? Subsidies for big oil despite record profits? Few democrats oppose spending cuts to many programs. We oppose putting more hurt on average Americans so a wealthy few can prosper.

It is time for this TURD, Dirtbag, Fake and Conman Named Obama to eigther Resign, of face the wrath of Most of the American People, not the voices in his head, but the real American People,

The real American people voted last election. Obama's approval ratings are higher now then at election time, Get ready for more disappointment the next four years and more yet after Hillary wins in 2016.

Politifact is biased left-wing source - they claim that Bush is responsible for the 'Stimulus' spending by Obama in 2009 - hardly a credible 'FACT'.

Roy Wilson: Lie, twist, distort is all you people have. They blame Bush for the 1.2 trillion budget for fiscal year 2009 because Bush passed it in 2008 before Obama was even elected. And they point out much of the stimulus passed by Bush in the ending months of 2008 were added to Obama's debt in 2009 because it wasn't spent in 2008. That's not blame that's simply a fact. Something you wouldn't recognize if it bit you in the ass. That's the problem with the tea party agenda, facts hurt.

Average number of jobs in 2008 (Bush's last year - including losses at end of year) = 136,794,500, for a GAIN of 5,000,500 jobs.

Roy Wilson: Bush created a whole 5 million jobs in only 96 months as president? You must be proud as that works out to a liitle over 50,000 jobs a month. The lowest job creation record since Eisenhower despite over 3 trillion dollars in job creating tax cuts over eight years. Interesting you ignore jobs created and focus on job totals despite the lower number being because many of the 11 million Americans unemployed during the Bush meltdown under his budgets gave up looking. Spin, twist, lie. It didn't work last election but maybe in 2016, keep pitching.

Well it looks like Feisty Pam's electricity was shut off. Her idol signed the sequester into action and the cuts have begun. Now the blame game gets turned up a notch. Hey, Mr. President, if they were such dumb cuts why did you suggest them and then sign them into law? You could have vetoed it. Right.

So, whose fault is it?

OMG. First it was Fiesty, now we learn that Lil Michelle also hails from that bankrupt state of Illinois! There's probably a good chance that the rest of the liberal, brain dead, hate spewing, can't get over the Bush years cabal with names like Pigotry, Dennis, American Girl, et. al. live in the suburbs of Chicago, the home base of our Chief Community Organizer! Just remember, the names identified here are all part of a clandestine group that regularly meet on alternate websites to coordinate their maniacal ideology. I'm sure they do it just to upset those of us who still believe in the principals that founded this counrty because NOBODY could distort reality to such an extent so as to reach the conclusions that they do. Just ignore them and have a rational conversation with the unpaid bloggers on this site. With the amont of conservatives I see posting now, maybe those liberal morons will just go back to newsvine and Libs R Us websites. Just go away! Oh, and you're right Lil Michelle, majority does rule, and the republicans RETAINED the majority in Congress based on the last election, so they are obligated to follow their constituants desires!

My deepest apologies to Lil Michelle for using her name in my last post when I was actually referring the the (NOT) American Girl. Not to big to admit my mistakes unlike the rest of the liberal whack jobs on this site. Sorry again, Lil Michelle.

Even look at your party today...even if one minority (be it African-American or Latino) has enough intelligence to be a Republican, you on the left are out there clamoring that they are a "token" for the Republicans...without even once considering that you are being a racist simply because they choose to believe in a different political viewpoint than your narrow mind subscribes to.

Wow, you people can spin the crap. Your the all inclusive party whose delegates at the last convention were throwing peanuts at a black woman reporter followed by racial slurs. Regardless of how you feel about policies on women, gays, immigration, the miitary or whatever any person of color who would join a party that the vast majority hate you simply for the color of your skin or place of birth is an idiot. Plain and simple.

Oh, and you're right Lil Michelle, majority does rule, and the republicans RETAINED the majority in Congress based on the last election, so they are obligated to follow their constituants desires!

Get Real 2011: According to polls you're mistaken. Even a poll by Fox shows the majority of Americans including the majority of republicans supported some tax increases on the wealthy. But Norquist said no. Is Norquist their only constituent?

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/national/Poll-shows-support-for-raising-taxes-on-the-rich_45865295

It's time for those in Congress to do as they promised, which will no doubt "fix" the economy & budget, pass laws that will create quality US Jobs. Many, including many TP/GOP candidates ran on that promise.

Congress is making this matter overcomplicated. Simple fix, impose (or reimpose) tariffs on foriegn made goods, American corporations will bring their jobs back home. As an alternative, create heavy tax penalties on American corporations who employs more than 5% of their workforce overseas (that 5% being in sales). Problem solved, many empty factories will be reopened in no time.

It's totally unfair for American corporations to outsource their jobs to Asia, yet file for their huge tax refunds in the US. They wouldn't receive the same benefits relocating their headquarters to Asia, it's a simple matter of creating laws to reward those who create American jobs & severely punish those who outsources them. Congress should easily see this.

Fact is what it is, we need more revenue to keep the country going. Americans with quality, secure jobs will take care of this issue w/o raising taxes on anyone. There's tens of thousands of empty factories all across the US, as well as almost totally abandoned cities that's in great need of jobs. All that Congress needs to do is act.

What is it about Congress that cannot see that we're on the wrong track when it comes to looking out after our own? By doing so, many issues will solve themselves.

And while I'm here, how is having military personell stationed all over the globe keeping the US safe? We proved when we helped to liberate Libya that we don't need to send hundereds of thousands of troops, risking their lives for political reasons, when we can accomplish the same with drones in a fraction of the time w/no lives lost. We don't need a mass military buildup everywhere, if anywhere, we need them policing our borders & crime ridden cities.

On a last note, as long as there are American families hungry & homeless, we don't need to be sending any foreign aid packages anywhere. That aid is paid for by the US taxpayers, as well as some US donors, that aid needs to be distributed to Americans first. We are in no position to be dropping aid packages all over the world when it's needed at home.

And probably the total cost of that foreign aid is very close to the 85 Billion needed to end this sequester. That & the wasteful defense spending in the Middle East (which doesn't benefit the US in the least) likely is well over that amount.

In closing, it's time for Congress to Put America First! By doing so, most of our issues would be solved in a very short time.

However, I'm sure that's just too simple for Congress to understand.

If it sounds as though I'm Pro American, it's because I am.

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charlie-295522

You mean we haven't elected leaders?? I'm shocked and disappointed! I agree with you on most of it, but he really is the president of the USA, even if life looks more in line with your beliefs if you pretend he isn't. Remember, we went through eight years of Bush, and even though I did not agree with him, we was our president. Give him the same respect.

Uh, what? I could make no sense out of this. Must be someone drunk posting.

I almost feel sorry for Crying Speaker Tan Man. He's in so far over his head he doesn't know if should wind his butt or wipe his watch. However - he invited these tea bag fools into their tent in 2010 and now he has to live with them and watch them destroy the Republican Party.

Larry-367607 "Politifact is biased left-wing source - they claim that Bush is responsible for the 'Stimulus' spending by Obama in 2009 - hardly a credible 'FACT'..............Roy Wilson: Lie, twist, distort is all you people have. They blame Bush for the 1.2 trillion budget for fiscal year 2009 because Bush passed it in 2008 before Obama was even elected."

NONSENSE. The Democratic Congress refused to give Bush a Budget for 2009 to sign or veto, so Bush only signed a Continuing Resolution authorizing spending for fiscal 2009 AT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN 2008. Here's the proof;

https://www.aamc.org/advocacy/washhigh/highlights2008/159056/president_signs_spending_bill.html

www.chieftain.com/news/local/bush-signs-budget/article_0d64329f-0c6f..

The $535 Billion increase (+18%) in spending for 2009 was authorized by Obama in early March after he signed his $860 Billion 'stimulus' bill and his $411 Billion 'porkulus' bill.

Stop the nonsense of trying to 'Blame Bush' for Obama's big spending spree.

The President needs to do something other then hitting the 'campaign' trail

OK, so I ask you geniuses again, exactly what is President obama campaigning for? If any one is campaigning, it Boehner and his crew of obstructionists, after all, it it THEM who keeps running for office for 5-1-15 terms.

Damn some of you people are stupid and do nothing but listen to your handlers, Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, and now I see you'll beginning to quote the other idiot, Van Susteren!

President Obama campaigning! How ignorant can you get.

OK, so what now, seems like Boehner and his crew had planes to catch for another vacation? Is that what's going on?

Larry-367607 "Roy Wilson: Bush created a whole 5 million jobs in only 96 months as president? You must be proud as that works out to a liitle over 50,000 jobs a month"

And 'You must be proud of the 3,431,000 average jobs LOST in only 48 months under Obama as president'????? That works out to 71,000 jobs LOST a month.

Keep in mind that Bush also had to deal with a crisis - 9/11, which resulted in 1,964,000 jobs lost in the following 24 months.

Once the economy started turning around after the job losses from 911, a total of 8,123,000 net new jobs were created under Bush in 52 months - an average of 152,000 jobs per month.

And you don't EVEN want to try to compare economic growth (GDP) under Bush (about 6% per year) with Obama (about 2% per year) - remember, the 'great recession' ended only 5 months after Obama took office. Normally we see dramatic growth after a recession ends, but it has been very anemic under Obama - I wonder if the record number of new regulations, moratoriums and tax/cost increases on businesses has something to do with that?

PS - You'll notice that I said jobs created or lost UNDER Bush and Obama - a President doesn't 'create' or 'lose' jobs - they only help create a business climate that encourages or discourages business/job growth.

Boehner is a Boner.

Greg Shep..you are correct in part..but for the senate to vote on anything compromises are suppose to become a part of any bills to be considered..not just one way deals that the republicans have pushed for Obama's whole time in office. Our problems come from one party controling what is or is not passed in either the house or the senate. Threats by controling members of the republican party ( the tea party group) to its own members have stopped compromise in its tracks.

Boehner had a plan but it failed last November. Now Boehner has nothing because he is a one plan man.

It all boils down to that we the people keep putting the same sellouts back in office so we the people are our own worst enemy. I believe in workfare over welfare but as long as the USA keeps rewarding people for going to foreign countries for slave labor and the freedom to pollute their heart out people will keep losing their jobs and then there will be no one left to buy the goods, services or pay taxes. Greed is like cancer eventually it kills the whole organism. That's why I voted for independents, Democrat and Republican two sides of the same hand sold out. People say I wasted my vote but at least I voted my heart and didn't put either sell out in office. Stocks will be a poor choice as long as CEO's and insiders are allowed to take massive stock options, salaries, bonuses and golden parachutes all while they run the company into the ground leaving the workers and stock holders holding the bag. Insurance has become a big Ponzi scheme, it allows an industry to charge more for services then the market would allow. It is based on people paying far more into the system then they will ever get out of it while others take sweet profits from that pay while cutting services to those who paid for them. America anymore is now controlled by industrialized elitist that only care about profit not who lives or dies. The public is just as greedy and corrupt as the companies, that's why it goes on and that's why we continue to elect the same sellouts back in office. The whole idea of the trickle down theory was give tax breaks to the rich so that they would create jobs in the US and those jobs would widen the tax base so everyone wins. The people of the US are being played, now graft and corruption is the rule instead of decency and fair play. I don't understand what is so hard about rewarding people for investing in the US and taxing the hell out of them for not. There was a reason we had tariffs, Ross Perot warned of the big sucking sound with free trade agreements while our so called leaders promised prosperity for all. If you invest in jobs in the US the government makes more money to give you tax breaks and if you invest outside the US but want the comforts and security of the US you should pay more. You can't compete with countries that allow slave labor and the freedom to cut costs by not having any regulations. Instead of moving forward our so called leaders are taking us backwards to the days of slave labor, child labor, unsafe working conditions, products and pollution so that a select few can make massive profits while the majority suffer.If we don't have a mass exodus of incumbents at the next election we deserve everything we get.

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.
It is a sign that the U.S. government can’t pay its own bills. ...
I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”

— Then-Sen. Barack Obama, floor speech in the Senate, March 16, 2006

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The Act brought conclusion to the 2011 United States debt-ceiling crisis,
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