Reply #9: STILL LYING!x Last night Rachel Maddow did a superb report on this incident and the RW lies [View All]

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that are trying to change RECORDED history.

There were no "LAST MINUTE" negotiations. It was all settled two weeks prior to the meeting.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/01/president_obama_official_sched_221.html

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/12/first-on-the-ticker-president-obama-to-speak-at-house-gop-retreat/

January 12th, 2010
03:07 PM ET

President Obama to speak at House GOP retreat.

Washington (CNN) – Rep. Mike Pence, chair of the House Republican Conference,said Tuesday that President Obama had accepted an invitation to address GOP members of Congress at the group's retreat later this month.

"House Republicans are grateful that the President of the United States has accepted our invitation to meet with the Republican Conference later this month," Pence said in a statement released by his office. "House Republicans look forward to presenting the president with our proposals to protect our nation, create jobs, control federal spending, lower the cost of health care, achieve energy independence and strengthen families."

The House Republican Conference is slated to meet in Baltimore Jan. 28-30.

Even POLITICO reported it...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31408.html

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By JAKE SHERMAN & CAROL E. LEE | 1/12/10 3:23 PM EST

The Repukes were totally humiliated in front of the cameras that THEY had agreed to allowed into the meeting..

http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2010/01/president-obama-speaks-at-gop-retreat/

Obama performed as well as any British prime minister during Question Time. The same cannot be said for the Republicans who, by and large, tried to use dishonest arguments and demonstrably inaccurate statistics only to have Obama tell them to get serious and stop trying to score cheap political points. I can honestly say that if as many Americans watched today’s Q & A with the Republicans as watched the State of the Union, our political problems would be over. If we had Question Time, we’d have a much easier time winning over public opinion and sustaining support for progressive policies.

The Republicans certainly will not want to repeat this extremely painful beat-down.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/29/russert-gop-obama/

Republicans dismayed by Obama’s strong performance, say it was a ‘mistake’ to let cameras roll.

House Republicans were fired up and ready to go for their conversation with President Obama at their annual retreat today. According to the New York Times, members of the conservative Republican House Conference said they were “itching to quiz the president and present their policy ideas rather than listen to another lofty presidential address.” Although such sessions generally occur behind closed doors, Republicans agreed to open it up after the White House said it was willing to do so. However, after Obama’s strong performance, some Republicans are now regretting that decision.

As Rachel said, merely saying something does not make it true....