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He may be from Kentucky, but I think Mitch is more of a white wine guy.
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If I am nice to them they will be nice to me back.
Bwaaaa Haaa Haaa Haaa
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“To his credit, he has never made a promise he couldn’t deliver,” he said of McConnell. “He’s always given me realistic assessments of what he can get through his caucus.”
If you’re not reading that as somewhat backhanded, then I can’t help you.
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More like White Whine.
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Exactly. Bend to my will you were only elected by the majority of people in the USA I was elected by a majority in Kentucky! Makes sense doesn’t it?
I think that is a shot at Boehner, who has made promises he couldn’t get by his bagger buddies.
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Continue to be cool Sir .
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Obama about to assume his favorite position, kissing Republican ass. He’s just a hopeless incompetent.
Not really. He has the veto pen. No way the Republicans can pass anything that is veto proof, they don’t have that kind of majority. And if they don’t present something he will sign, then they look like the bad guys come 2016. They can’t blame the “Democratic Senate” any longer.
Apparently some here still don’t understand our president. As already reported here in another article, McConnell and the triumphant Republicans are already receiving advice from the National Review pundits not to govern - to stick with the obstruction and attacks against Obama and the Democrats. This was similar to what former Senator Jim DeMint advised, around the time he was made president of the powerful Heritage Foundation – don’t legislate, but instead continue with investigations and witch hunts to paralyze the administration and poison any faith left in government.
But I think Obama knows what McConnell wants – he wants to leave a mark, which might create an opening for something to get done.
For example, at today’s press conference, Major Garrett asked Obama about the Repub’s proposal to provide “amnesty” for some $2 trillion of corporate money parked offshore waiting for some tax holiday. Obama said he was open to some proposal and pivoted to an idea of using that money for some infrastructure fund.
This is an example of a community organizer’s approach to overcoming a bottleneck – find out what the other person wants. As someone who cut his teeth advocating and solving problems for the powerless and disenfranchised, Obama knows how to deal with the powerful.
Hopefully this might spur some discussion beyond the “Obama caved” refrain.
I’ll say it again: we live in interesting times. Hope is alive.
Good; get him good and drunk, then hand him the keys to his car.
That’s right. Republicans will spend the next two years arguing between the GOP and the GOTP wings only to arrive at legislation that will be smacked to meaninglessness by Obama’s veto pen.
Or, better still, a Kentucky bourbon without McConnell.