Firstly where did I insult you? I consider insult a high art form, and only display my facility with racist, bigots, holocaust deniers and nazis.
Secondly, no I don't think that the republicans should merely give a rubber stamp, but on the other hand I do thinking they should have been ready to compromise. We both know Obama could have done a better job communicating with congress, but I think he thought everyone was a grown up and in time of crisis solutions mattered more than politics. It didn't turn out that way, he was wrong.
The "people" managed to elect 65 teapartiers (or at least that is the number in caucus) or 12% of the seats. If it wasn't for Texas, Florida and Louisiana, they would have had half as many members. However, they had a legitimate position, but they were intractable and in many ways they were ignorant of the larger economic issues. That's democracy for ya, a minority can stop the majority from doing anything.
The teapartiers didn't question obama, they set about to deliberately block his agenda and very clearly stated that they were not going to compromise. they ran around telling the world that maybe it was a good thing that america default - displaying an astonishing level of ignorance in very difficult financial times not just in the US but around the world.
If he wins, why would it be tougher on him? are you suggesting that politics trumps the good of the nation? Are you suggesting ideology will trump developing and implementing solutions? From taking action? Hmmmm. That kind of attitude seems to me to be counter productive to the good of the nation, but hey......
Funny thing about compromise, it’s suppose to work both ways, and the president shows leadership by being willing to work with the opposing party to get something done, The only time Obama moved and inch, was when his ideas and his alone couldn’t pass . When you go in with the attitude it’s my way or the highway, that is often what you will get back …. As the leader of the free world, it was up to him to be the “adult” (as you put it) instead of the school yard bully .. That was saying it’s my ball, you play my way or I’m going home and taking my ball with me.
In the first place those 60 some “Teapartiers” that you seem intent on blaming our woes on, were elected by the people of their state. They were elected because they “promised’ to put a damper on the reckless and insane spending that had been going on in Washington over the last 12 years . They stood up as they promised to do . I don’t find it wrong for elected officials elected fairly from their states to do what they said they would do . In fact I find it rather refreshing. Imagine someone doing what they say they will do when campaigning …. What a novel idea.
To welfare, I’m one that sees our welfare system as totally broken. Fraud everyone can agree on, that is bad. Those that “need” welfare those unable to work because of illness or injury, should absolutely be taken care. I don’t think anyone on either side disagrees with either of those statements. That broken part of our welfare is that it promotes more welfare, there are 2nd, 3rd , and forth generations on welfare. There are way to many able bodied people that choose not to work . That is a system that is broken, welfare shouldn’t be a life long reality. That is where the system is broken. The problem I have with it is nothing is being done to fix it. The welfare budget for 2010 was over 400 billion dollars. In 2002 welfare spending was 200 billion dollars … Doubling the budget in 8 years hardly sounds to me like a system that is working.
One last thing, well you constantly attack Romney/Ryan’s plan on the economy, I guess you do that because there is no plan in place by the sitting president. It’s easy to deflect away from that by attacking someone else’s plan. In three years the administration hasn’t been able to pass a budget let alone produce a plan. Once you get by letting those evil tax cuts expire, if in fact they will, I say that because they were set to expire in 2010, and the party in charge (Dem’s in total control) pushed to get them extended, make all the excuses you want , but that is a fact. There was no way for Republicans to even get it brought up.
Aside from those tax cuts expiring, what is our plan ?? Show it to me in at least as great of detail as Romney has shown his. Until you can do that , you have nothing. A leader starts with a plan, Romney/Ryan have one to present and be worked upon, Obama has nothing , wait and hope things will get better isn’t working so well.
