Democrats are finally explicitly accusing Republicans of deliberately sabotaging the economy for political gain, but opposing all jobs bills, even those they had previously supported. The Republicans filibustered about a dozen jobs bills yesterday, and offered none of their own. Barbara Boxer was on television last night saying that she had never seen anything like it.
This as Republicans are weakening on their “no new taxes” pledge. Obviously the Democrats sense blood, as the Republican candidates are afraid to mention the middle class in their debates and Boehner’s only response to a question about what the Republicans intend to do about jobs was that they would “try to stop Obama from doing what he is doing.”
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June 22, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Anonymous
Obama and the Democrats wasted time, energy, and money screwing around with Health Care, then bailed out the richest people, banks and Wall Street, never mentioned jobs or the middle class until now. He helped EVERYBODY, EXCEPT main street America. He is an elite trying to look like a Proletariat.
Without giving it a second thought, Obama sacrificed the entire American Real Estate Market for Wall Street. Since Obama took office, American households have lost 13trillion $$$. No jobs, the real estate bust that Obama did nothing to curtail. Obama wanted Real Estate to tank.
The Democrats are more to blame for this than the Republicans.
June 22, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Eric Kirk
I don’t find Obama faultless in the matter. Mostly I blame him for caving too easily to Republican nihilism (I’m getting to like that word). But the bailout came several months before he was in office, or did you forget that?
June 22, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Anonymous
Obama administered the bail out, or did you forget that? He could have done anything he wanted with it. He did not have to give it to Wall Street. A poll released yesterday states that 44% of Americans say they are in worse shape now than in 2009. If you think Obama is doing something for the working class, you aren’t following the news as closely as you should. The diversions they keep throwing up are working on you.
The rich just keep getting richer. No time in American history has the financial sector made more money.
June 22, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Anonymous
The blind stupidity of this administration reflects the administration’s tone deafness with respect to the voters throughout America:
1. TARP & Financial Bailout: Over 70% of us opposed the bailout. Obama accelerated it with Geithner and Bernanke – both Bush carryovers embraced by Obama.
2 . Health Care: 72% of us supported “a government administered insurance plan – something like Medicare for those under 65—that would compete for customers with private insurers.” Supporting Max Baucus, Obama blocked hearings on single payer and chocked off true health care reform.
3. The Debt and Fair Taxes: Washington Post-ABC poll , Spring 2011: 72 percent support raising taxes on the rich including 68 percent of Independents and 54 percent of Republicans. Obama twice ‘bargained’ to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.
4. Afghanistan: 64% of us opposed expanding the war in Afghanistan and wanted to disentangle from Bush-era ‘War on Terror’ and ‘preventive war’ policies. Today, over 70% of Americans oppose the war. Obama continues it.
If the administration’s dismissiveness of the voters has fueled the opposition and turned Obama’s own supporters against him. This is truly a clueless administration and an embarassment to all of us who voted for the President. I’m sad that he will have lost such an opportunity for himself, but l’ll be glad to see him go.
June 22, 2011 at 8:39 pm
ED Denson
Just heard Obama on the Afghan war – he is a fairly boring public speaker so often. Bush may have messed up some words but he came across better. And Reagan, one of the great speakers. Obama has too much reason and not enough emotion, and no sense of the great phrase. Too bad.
June 22, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Eric Kirk
He could have done anything he wanted with it
Perhaps if he was a military dictator.
June 23, 2011 at 6:52 am
Mitch
“Perhaps if he was a military dictator”
Yes. Or he could implement popular change if he were President of a functioning democracy, instead of chief executive of a government that is owned by the wealthiest.
It is precisely the near total inability of someone like President Obama to move his agenda, despite the huge support for change pointed out by 8:36, that is the most glaring evidence that our democracy has been hollowed out beyond recognition.
And as long as people keep shouting at individuals that they’ve sold out, our new owners will continue to gloat. The issue is systemic, the situation was predicted, and the new reality of the past 30 years has become glaringly obvious. If democracy is going to return, it’s going to have to be from some very clever leveraging of the power of large numbers — and I doubt it will be through the government, because the wealthiest and their tools already know how to manage the government.
June 23, 2011 at 7:55 am
Dave Kirby
First of all TARP was instituted during Bush’s term after two terms of pandering to the monied interests. To blame the real estate crash on Obama is absurd. That was caused by the greed and sloppy practices of the lenders which also occurred during the Bush administration’s anti regulatory circus. The Iraq adventure which was undertaken under cover of a huge lie has resulted in a significant loss of blood and treasure.
Lately I have been amazed by the double talk of the right in this country. These folks who piss and moan about the over reaching of government and laud the wit and wisdom of the private sector are now demanding the administration produce private sector jobs. The “global economy” supported by both Bushes and Clinton has turned out to be a disaster for the working class. This country is not in a slump its in decline and no amount of posturing will change that.
When Obama took the helm the ship had already run aground and I was sure we were in for a series of one term presidents. But lately I have changed my mind. It is becoming clear that the Republicans don’t have any answers or viable candidates. That could change but as of right now Obama wins hands down.
June 23, 2011 at 8:26 am
Anonymous
It is a fundamental problem with Obama, not with America. Obama is not moving the “people’s” agenda on purpose. Eric, your military dictator statement was ridiculous. I believe a military dictator has to be in the military. Obama owned the House and the Senate and still blew it.
Wall Street loves, Bankers love him, Corporations love him, hand gun owners love him,insurance companies love him, he is definitely a good republican president, maybe one of the best. He will easily qualify as one of the worst presidents for the working and lower class.
He definitely has expensive clothes.
June 23, 2011 at 9:17 am
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June 23, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Bunny
“And Reagan, one of the great speakers.”
ED, he was an actor and other people wrote his material… great communicator my ass.
June 23, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Anonymous
Obama did nothing to correct the Real Estate crash, he did not cause it, Bush was the cause, Obama administered TARP just like Bush told him too during the one hour meeting. Obama did absolutely nothing to fix housing or employment. He just kept pumping $$$ into everything else. Everybody knows Bush caused it. Obama NEVER NEVER did anything to help anybody but the fat rich cats. The country is in a decline,yes, and Obama is still DOING NOTHING for the working class, the economy is now Obama’s, has been for a while now.