Block all progress then blame the guy you block on his lack of progress.

[Kablooie]

This was the Republican strategy since day one.

Whenever anyone mentions things that Obama hasn't accomplished remember that it's the Republicans that blocked everything, not our president.

The GOP put all of the country's best interests aside for 4 years in order to manufacture this artificial argument specifically for this election season.

If this had not been the case, if the Republicans had been debating in good faith, I'm sure the country would be in a much better state than it is right now.

It speaks to Obama's ability just how many things did get passed.


I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I'm bringing it up because I don't hear it discussed in the media very often.

[Rex]

1. It is amazing he was able to get anything passed

since the GOP said they would do everything in their power to make him fail. FUNNY THAT, since the GOP wanted anyone that questioned GWBs abilities waterboarded...guess respect for the position of POTUS is just all lip service by the GOP. Just like everything else they pretend to do...all lip service.

[malaise]

2. Spread this everywhere

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/democrats-gop-plot-obstruct-obama
<snip>
detailed account of who was present at the dinner on that January 20 night and the plan they worked out to bring down Obama is provided by Robert Draper in 'Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the US House of Representatives', published this week.

In his book, Draper opens with the heady atmosphere in Washington on the days running up to the inauguration and the day itself, which attracted 1.8 million to the mall to witness Obama being sworn in as America's first black president.

Those numbers contributed to a growing sense of unease among Republicans as much the defeat in the White House race the previous November. The 15 Republicans were in a sombre mood as they gathered at the Caucus Room in Washington, an upscale restaurant where a New York strip steak costs $51.

Attending the dinner were House members Eric Cantor, Jeb Hensarling, Pete Hoekstra, Dan Lungren, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Pete Sessions. From the Senate were Tom Coburn, Bob Corker, Jim DeMint, John Ensign and Jon Kyl. Others present were former House Speaker and future – and failed – presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and the Republican strategist Frank Luntz, who organised the dinner and sent out the invitations.
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Why isn't this the number one story on TV?

[freshwest]

6. And Rush the thug announced that immediately to begin the media side of it.

[tularetom]

3. "You didn't clean up our mess fast enough"

Description of the republican platform by an administration rep on one of the sunday bullshit pundit shows.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Oh, how I wish ...

that starting May 5th (President Obama's official re-election kick-off) the Democrats in both the House and the Senate would help themselves and every Democratic candidate by going back and submitting the exact Jobs Bill that President Obama presented all those months ago.

The coverage of the debate will do more for their campaigns than any ad buy can accomplish.

[zazen]

5. classic batterer's technique

Abuse, them blame the person on the receiving end for causing the abuse, and use their reaction as the justification for why _you_ are abused.

[librechik]

7. It's the Republican Way. Has to be since their programs are so shitty.

a Positive Campaign is just impossible. They have to spread poison and hope the voters are so blinded they never look at the platform, where they get screwed.

[emulatorloo]

8. Well put, and thanks for posting this