Charles Brown It is important to note a fundamental principle of
American civics. You cannot do some things as President if the House
of Representative majority is willing to go nuts in refusing to pass
things. All along there has been this left criticism of Obama that
ignores this iron rule. The President doesn't have the power that many
blithely attribute to Obama in claiming he should "get tough", "talk
tough" ," not compromise". Obama can't "not compromise" and just pass
a budget etc. No House pass; no budget in America. See the
Constitution.
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Robert Routh I've heard of the Constitution. Compromise is NOT giving
the store away while the other side gives nothing. We've seen that
they won't even "compromise" when we do offer the store. Let's not.
Some day they might get drunk(er) and take it.
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Charles Brown Obama's proposal is not "giving the store away" by the
way. We are a long way from privatizing Social Security. That's
another flaw in left criticism of Obama, exaggeration.
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Robert Routh Give an inch, they take a mile. We're being nibbled to
death-sometimes by crocodiles, sometimes by ducks but always nibbled.
I don't know what you stand for. I voted for the man, twice. I would
again. But I'm not willing to give him a blank check.
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Charles Brown However, it is good for the left to raise this protest.
It can give Obama a basis to back off of it, say the Republicans have
refused to accept this so I take it off of the table. Paradoxically,
the left should protest and oppose Obama on this. He needs that
pressure in the negotiations. and they really aren't negotiations,
because the Republicans want to wreck the economy and hurt the working
class. So, they like the result of the cuts that have automatically
taken place ,Sequester , etc.
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Robert Routh I'm tired of all the silly-assed political games with my
future. By both sides!
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Charles Brown I stand for the 99%. I am to the left of Obama, but I
support Obama as his election( though not his whole program; he has a
terrible position on education; Monsanto seems to have infected him,
et.al.) represents the realization of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow
Coalition, to some extent, which new national majority is the great
hope of our political future. Obama is a liberal, especially relative
to the current tea Republicans who are proto-fascists. My exact
political program could not win electoral majorities in current
America. Maybe in the future if we succeed in reversing 40 years of Republican
Reaganism, in which reversing , Obama's successful "Rainbow Coalition"
is a first step.
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