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Democratic Leaders 'Apologize' To GOP Congressman If They Disrespected Him
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/democratic-leaders-apologize-to-gop-congressman-if-they-disrespected-him
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Skraxx
(2,977 posts)Big time.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)The one where a law gets passed by 3 branches of government, gets ratified by the Supreme Court and confirmed by the citizens in an election, but shouldn't be financed because... because... well, I don't know why but it's damn disrespectful! Not capitulating to the other party is just... disrespectful.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)United in one big fuck you to the repugs.
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)"I don't know what it is, but I want it..."
Turborama
(22,109 posts)Obama said that one faction is refusing to allow a vote unless they get some massive partisan concessions. The president said that Republicans, got exactly what they want, and now theyre trying to get out of it. President Obama quoted Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Were not going to be disrespected. We have to get something out of this. And I dont know what that even is.
The president replied, Think about that. You have already gotten the opportunity to serve the American people. Theres no higher honor than that. You've already gotten the opportunity to help businesses like this one. Workers like these, so the American people aren't in the mood to give you a goodie bag to go with it. What you get is our intelligence professionals being back on the job. What you get is our medical researchers back on the job. What you get is little kids back into Head Start. What you get are our national parks and monuments open again. What you get is the economy not stalling, but continuing to grow. What you get are workers continuing to be hired. Thats what you get. Thats what you should be asking for. Take a vote. Stop this farce, and end this shutdown right now. If youre being disrespected its because of that attitude you got. That you deserve to get something for doing your job. He said that if regular people did what the House Republicans are doing, theyd get fired.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/10/03/obama-rips-republicans-if-disrespected-attitude-got.html
ETA this:
(wish I could give kudos, but can't remember where I saw it)
Salviati
(6,008 posts)Give 'em hell Barry!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I think even morons will be able to understand this repuke fiasco. Even the ones insulated in their repuke noise machine bubble will eventually get it.
Of course, at the end of WWII, there were still some German pro-nazi flag wavers standing amid the rubble as the allied tanks drove through.... but there will always be that tiny fraction of immutable craziness.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Awesome gif! SO stealing it!
DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)Classic, Mr. President, classic!
The Green Manalishi
(1,054 posts)""The only thing that is keeping the government shut down, the only thing preventing people from going back to work, and basic research starting back up, and farmers and small business owners, getting their loans -- the only thing that's preventing all that from happening right now today, in the next five minutes, is that Speaker John Boehner won't even let the bill get a yes-or-no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremists in his party,"
President Obama
I have never been prouder of this President. If there ever was a time to grow a set of cajones and take the other side out to a back alley this is *IT*.
randr
(12,412 posts)A ticket home out of Washington is my guess.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)"We're not going to be disrespected, We have to get something out of this. And I don't know what that even is."
-- Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) on the Republican (Boehner's) government shutdown
SunSeeker
(51,564 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)But I'm glad I'm alive to see this day.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)"The president also mocked Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) for saying Wednesday that his party has "to get something out of" the shutdown fight, even though he doesn't "know what that even is.
"You have already gotten the opportunity to serve the American people. There's no higher honor than that," Obama said to applause. "You've already gotten the opportunity to help businesses like this one. Workers like these. So the American people aren't in the mood to give you a goody bag to go with it. What you get is our intelligence professionals being back on the job. What you get is our medical researchers back on the job. What you get are little kids back in the head start.".
h/t geek http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3776241