No. 2 House Republican Compares Obama to Putin

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

The No. 2 Republican in the House on Thursday compared President Barack Obama's plans for the auto industry to the policies of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, saying the White House has stripped credit holders of rights and given them to Democratic allies.

"They said, 'Set aside the rule of law, let's strip secured creditors, bondholders, of their rights. Take them away outside of the bankruptcy process and give them to the political cronies and the auto workers' unions," Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., said in an interview with The Associated Press.

"It's almost like looking at Putin's Russia," added Canton, the GOP's House whip. "You want to reward your political friends at the expense of the certainty of law?"

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"Like Obama, Putin has a fawning media that is intimidated by an uncertain marketplace and looking for any help to stay afloat," John Feehery, a conservative consultant and veteran House Republican spokesman, wrote Wednesday on his blog.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7816184

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These jerks can't even tone the rhetoric down for one friggin' day!

[msongs]

1. thank gosh Obama values bipartisanship. really! nt

[BadGimp]

2. Screw this Assclown

What a FucTard

[opihimoimoi]

3. Tell Canton to go FK himself....what an ASSHOLE

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Up yours, Eric

Enjoy the wilderness, because that's where you'll be for a long time.

[muntrv]

5. Poor Eric! He misses the good ole days of coporate cronyism of the Chimpy era.

I guess this link here doesn't matter to him

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5780523

[bemildred]

6. What a toad. nt

[tularetom]

7. I was all ready to get really pissed at this thread until I read it again

I thought it read "No 2 House Republican Compares Obama to Palin".

[Dakota Flint]

8. What next feces flinging?

More screeching from the alternate reality monkey house.

[rpannier]

9. "You want to reward your political friends at the expense of the certainty of law?"

That would be ummmm....Bush and Cheney that did that.

[kestrel91316]

10. Wow, so Putin is a Kenyan muslim, too?

[cosmicone]

12. At least we know

that Putin wasn't born in the US :sarcasm:

[Patsy Stone]

11. I thought they loved Putey Poot?

Wasn't he Shrub's bestest buddy EVER?