Interesting Take on Gridlock and Obama

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Fred Barnes: Does Obama Want the Congressional Democrats to Lose the Midterm Elections - WSJ.com

Fred Barnes can be a bit of a lunatic, but this was an interesting take on Obama potentially wanting gridlock to come so that he can bow out of the tax and spend mode with some dignity.

I've said a lot around here that gridlock is the best position for our government and that Clinton's presidency solidified that for me. His commentary on Clinton's spending corroborates that some.

All that said, I don't buy for one minute his idea that Obama wants an opposed house in congress. Just don't buy it. It would screw up his vision of turning the SCOTUS into a French outfit.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Fred Barnes: Does Obama Want the Congressional Democrats to Lose the Midterm Elections - WSJ.com

Fred Barnes can be a bit of a lunatic, but this was an interesting take on Obama potentially wanting gridlock to come so that he can bow out of the tax and spend mode with some dignity.

I've said a lot around here that gridlock is the best position for our government and that Clinton's presidency solidified that for me. His commentary on Clinton's spending corroborates that some.

All that said, I don't buy for one minute his idea that Obama wants an opposed house in congress. Just don't buy it. It would screw up his vision of turning the SCOTUS into a French outfit.
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Any of the conservative judges look like they may retire soon?
 
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it's absurd to imply that obama really wants fiscal responsibility. he had the clout to not spend like a drunken sailor and still keep his support.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Fred Barnes: Does Obama Want the Congressional Democrats to Lose the Midterm Elections - WSJ.com

Fred Barnes can be a bit of a lunatic, but this was an interesting take on Obama potentially wanting gridlock to come so that he can bow out of the tax and spend mode with some dignity.

I've said a lot around here that gridlock is the best position for our government and that Clinton's presidency solidified that for me. His commentary on Clinton's spending corroborates that some.

All that said, I don't buy for one minute his idea that Obama wants an opposed house in congress. Just don't buy it. It would screw up his vision of turning the SCOTUS into a French outfit.
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I agree with you, there is no way Barry wants the Rs to take Congress. The only way he can continue his march toward a full socialist country is to have a willing Congress.
 
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droski said:
it's absurd to imply that obama really wants fiscal responsibility. he had the clout to not spend like a drunken sailor and still keep his support.
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Agreed. He doesn't give a rat's ass what he spends. He's simply thinking job preservation. The number one issue right now in the world of politics is gov't spending via debt. It is killing him and will continue without a huge turnaround in the economy.
 
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IMO, he is a Chicago style activist politician which explains how he pushes and strong arms his social agenda while being woefully unprepared and inadequate on the big stuff (i.e., foreign policy, war, oil spill crisis).
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Agreed. He doesn't give a rat's ass what he spends. He's simply thinking job preservation. The number one issue right now in the world of politics is gov't spending via debt. It is killing him and will continue without a huge turnaround in the economy.
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it particurally will get ugly if we don't see that unemployement rate drop significantly by the election. all of his bs about the stimilus saving jobs will backfire. with the local and state govts cutting jobs like crazy a massive increase in private jobs is his only salvation and that seems pretty unlikely.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I agree with you, there is no way Barry wants the Rs to take Congress. The only way he can continue his march toward a full socialist country is to have a willing Congress.
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BigPapaVol said:
Agreed. He doesn't give a rat's ass what he spends. He's simply thinking job preservation. The number one issue right now in the world of politics is gov't spending via debt. It is killing him and will continue without a huge turnaround in the economy.
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Republican's picking up more seats may be one of the primary deciding factors in Barry keeping his job for a second term.
 
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....so in response, the republicans are going to stop campaigning for those seats. Excellent tactics.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
so you think ludacris wrote the article? or you're trying to sound like ludacris when you write? Which is it?
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Still hate people that don't buy what your selling. No tolerance for diversity of opinion with you. Then when all else fails spelling, and grammar and there misuse become your fall back. You have a solid intellect why you choose to use it as you do remains a mystery.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Still hate people that don't buy what your selling. No tolerance for diversity of opinion with you. Then when all else fails spelling, and grammar and there misuse become your fall back. You have a solid intellect why you choose to use it as you do remains a mystery.
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i don't think he said he believed it, he just said it was an interesting article.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Still hate people that don't buy what your selling. No tolerance for diversity of opinion with you. Then when all else fails spelling, and grammar and there misuse become your fall back. You have a solid intellect why you choose to use it as you do remains a mystery.
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shall I point out your James Cameron fanboi posts and your ridicule of anybody who had the audacity to think that "Avatar" sucked?

or, how about your instinctive need to defend labor unions from legitimate criticism?
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
Still hate people that don't buy what your selling. No tolerance for diversity of opinion with you. Then when all else fails spelling, and grammar and there misuse become your fall back. You have a solid intellect why you choose to use it as you do remains a mystery.
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Let me know anything you might have said that made any sense. I clearly said I don't buy the Barnes commentary, but liked his analysis of why Clinton was the only pres to even approach Reagan for controlling costs. Maybe you struggled with the reading part, but you essentially tried to make a point I had already refuted and wholly missed the point of my post.
 
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MG1968 said:
shall I point out your James Cameron fanboi posts and your ridicule of anybody who had the audacity to think that "Avatar" sucked?

or, how about your instinctive need to defend labor unions from legitimate criticism?
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Don't forget Mr Ludacris' attempt at pedantry (your characterization, I would call it throwing a snit fit and sheer language mangling) when explaining to us ignorant peons how he knew for a fact that global warming was real.

Avatar is to great movie making as Bambi is to the study of of wild life.
 
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I sad nothing about what he thought. I clearly referred to the "LINK" in the OP (opening post).


Mg1968, GSvol, joevol320,

Where one self proclaimed profit leads the others will follow each doing there own little idioms of self righteousness for the feeding frenzy.
Arguing with those that are the harpies of the nation grows tiresome and mind numbing. Who knows in a few generations you may actually succeed in either affecting someones opinion or learn that opposable thumbs are used for other things beyond stroking each other(s) ego's on this board.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Let me know anything you might have said that made any sense. I clearly said I don't buy the Barnes commentary, but liked his analysis of why Clinton was the only pres to even approach Reagan for controlling costs. Maybe you struggled with the reading part, but you essentially tried to make a point I had already refuted and wholly missed the point of my post.
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It makes sense in that it is the perfect tactic to counter what the author suggest Obama wants to happen in regards to congressional elections.
 
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orangeblooded2 said:
A play on the word.

Serious.
Why not they are.
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You play on words that way a lot around here. I had no idea you were just doing it for effect. Clever ruse. Invoking Ludacris was pure genius. I have no idea why, but it had to be. Profit rather than prophet just baffles me, but you apparently had a good reason. Sprinkling in there for their and sing idiom as awkwardly as possible just made the whole thing work. Most people jst don't have the capacity to put it to others that way. I like it, although I will have to adjust how I read your poetry from now on.
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