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Obama vows to ‘play offense’ against GOP-led Congress

There was already trillions in debt when Obama entered office. What was that spent on?

Yes, we were 10.6 trillion in debt on a 14.7 trillion dollar economy. Today we are 18.2 trillion in debt on a 17.4 trillion dollar economy. I suggest researching the Treasury site to find out what it was spent on starting with the failed Obama stimulus and the failure to get shovels delivered for those shovel ready jobs Obama was talking about? Obama budget proposals today exceed 3.9 trillion dollars.
 
Funny how those eight years of misguided war and economic devastation have just vanished down the rabbit hole.

What truly is amazing is how you and others focus on leftwing rhetoric and pass it off as being true. Civics isn't a strength of yours and I defy you to tell me how taking the GDP from 10.2 trillion in December 2000 and leaving it at 14.7 trillion in December 2008 is economic devastation? You buy what you are told making Gruber right on.

You and your liberal cohorts point to two months of 700,000 job losses as the normal during the Bush term but ignore the 1.2 million monthly Discouraged workers in 2010 long after the stimulus was implemented and the shovels were to arrive. Keep buying the rhetoric and keep looking foolish
 
Even as you say that even you must realize all of your accusations are baseless. The GOP hasn't really obstructed anything. That versus Harry Reid who literally put a blockade on the Senate. Furthermore the GOP has never endangered voting rights. Obamacare is a problem and many Americans, including myself, cannot afford it's high premiums. I don't have health insurance, nor currently do I have any income (cant find work in this job environment), and ill still be levied a fine that i cant afford because i cant afford healthcare. So I applaud the GOP for taking on Obamacare considering the financial burden it places on Americans.

You're just in denial of what is on the record about republican's obstructionism. Then you come on with accusations with no evidence, just opinion. Unless you're referring to executive orders, which all presidents have used in the past.
Couple of links of real evidence of Republican obstruction. The first, a republican senator stating your parties goal, making Obama a one term president. The second link, the Republican leadership on the taxpayers payroll, meeting with private citizens to plot Obama's downfall. What bothers me is that the wimpy Democrat leadership didn't shout out these almost treasonous Republican actions from the rooftops for all the world to see. Republicans would have, if Democrats did something similar, that's for sure.

Mitch McConnell vowed to make Obama a "one-term president," now shocked that Obama portrays him as villain | The New Republic

Democrats Duped by the Caucus Room Conspiracy
 
Oh.....the irony is strong with this one! (and he doesn't even realize it....which makes it all the more hilarious)

I have the data and facts on my side something you don't understand and never refute
 
What truly is amazing is how you and others focus on leftwing rhetoric and pass it off as being true. Civics isn't a strength of yours and I defy you to tell me how taking the GDP from 10.2 trillion in December 2000 and leaving it at 14.7 trillion in December 2008 is economic devastation? You buy what you are told making Gruber right on.

You and your liberal cohorts point to two months of 700,000 job losses as the normal during the Bush term but ignore the 1.2 million monthly Discouraged workers in 2010 long after the stimulus was implemented and the shovels were to arrive. Keep buying the rhetoric and keep looking foolish

Look at the state of the economy when Bush left office. It certainly wasn't all his (or anyone's) fault, but it was a smoldering crater.

Nobody is claiming that 700K monthly job losses were normal during Bush's term. You're lying.
 
You're just in denial of what is on the record about republican's obstructionism. Then you come on with accusations with no evidence, just opinion. Unless you're referring to executive orders, which all presidents have used in the past.
Couple of links of real evidence of Republican obstruction. The first, a republican senator stating your parties goal, making Obama a one term president. The second link, the Republican leadership on the taxpayers payroll, meeting with private citizens to plot Obama's downfall. What bothers me is that the wimpy Democrat leadership didn't shout out these almost treasonous Republican actions from the rooftops for all the world to see. Republicans would have, if Democrats did something similar, that's for sure.

Mitch McConnell vowed to make Obama a "one-term president," now shocked that Obama portrays him as villain | The New Republic

Democrats Duped by the Caucus Room Conspiracy

Did you read the article, the date was November 4, 2010, not right after the election but after Obama rammed through a stimulus that failed and when that failed rather than focusing on the economy he went after Healthcare. Keep trying to re-write history
 
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Look at the state of the economy when Bush left office.

Nobody is claiming that 700K monthly job losses were normal during Bush's term. You're lying.

LOL, no, I am not lying, Ask Disney?

The state of the economy when Bush left office has Democrat footprints all over it as they were in charge of the entire Congress, purse strings and legislative agenda since January 2007. I gave you the GDP when Bush left office and I have yet to hear how the Bush economy hurt you and your family? It didn't hurt me at all nor did it hurt most Americans since most Americans don't own homes
 
Yes, we were 10.6 trillion in debt on a 14.7 trillion dollar economy. Today we are 18.2 trillion in debt on a 17.4 trillion dollar economy. I suggest researching the Treasury site to find out what it was spent on starting with the failed Obama stimulus and the failure to get shovels delivered for those shovel ready jobs Obama was talking about? Obama budget proposals today exceed 3.9 trillion dollars.

My question is what did Republicans do with all those trillions? You do know that Obama is considered a miser when it comes to spending? Are you sure he spent it, or that it was just recurring expenses. No Republicans so far seem to mind their leadership's attempt to make Obama a failure even if America failed in this effort.
 
My question is what did Republicans do with all those trillions? You do know that Obama is considered a miser when it comes to spending? Are you sure he spent it, or that it was just recurring expenses. No Republicans so far seem to mind their leadership's attempt to make Obama a failure even if America failed in this effort.


Yes, I know Obama is called a miser because his spending is less of a percentage but still exceeds 3.9 trillion dollars. Here is the debt by President

Reagan 1.7 trillion in 8 years
GHW Bush 1.4 trillion in 4 years
Clinton 1.4 trillion in 8 years
GW Bush 4.9 trillion in 8 years
Obama 7.6 trillion in 6 years

You do the math, Republicans 8.0 trillion Democrats 9.0 trillion.

9/11 cost the Treasury 1 trillion dollars according to GAO and the war on terror cost the Treasury 1.4 trillion dollars in 10 years

Obama is a failure and there is nothing the GOP can do to change that. Results speak volumes, you ignore the results and buy the liberal rhetoric
 
LOL, no, I am not lying, Ask Disney?

The state of the economy when Bush left office has Democrat footprints all over it as they were in charge of the entire Congress, purse strings and legislative agenda since January 2007. I gave you the GDP when Bush left office and I have yet to hear how the Bush economy hurt you and your family? It didn't hurt me at all nor did it hurt most Americans since most Americans don't own homes

Any bad economic news since 2009: All Obama's Fault!

Prior to 2009: Not Bush's Fault!
 
Yes, I know Obama is called a miser because his spending is less of a percentage but still exceeds 3.9 trillion dollars. Here is the debt by President

Reagan 1.7 trillion in 8 years
GHW Bush 1.4 trillion in 4 years
Clinton 1.4 trillion in 8 years
GW Bush 4.9 trillion in 8 years
Obama 7.6 trillion in 6 years

You do the math, Republicans 8.0 trillion Democrats 9.0 trillion.

9/11 cost the Treasury 1 trillion dollars according to GAO and the war on terror cost the Treasury 1.4 trillion dollars in 10 years

Obama is a failure and there is nothing the GOP can do to change that. Results speak volumes, you ignore the results and buy the liberal rhetoric

Adjust those for inflation.
 
Yes, I know Obama is called a miser because his spending is less of a percentage but still exceeds 3.9 trillion dollars. Here is the debt by President

Reagan 1.7 trillion in 8 years
GHW Bush 1.4 trillion in 4 years
Clinton 1.4 trillion in 8 years
GW Bush 4.9 trillion in 8 years
Obama 7.6 trillion in 6 years

You do the math, Republicans 8.0 trillion Democrats 9.0 trillion.

9/11 cost the Treasury 1 trillion dollars according to GAO and the war on terror cost the Treasury 1.4 trillion dollars in 10 years

Obama is a failure and there is nothing the GOP can do to change that. Results speak volumes, you ignore the results and buy the liberal rhetoric

I look at an economy in better shape than when Obama entered office. I'm not much an Obama fan myself.
He didn't capitalize on the Bush failure to push a liberal agenda like LBJ or FDR would have. Instead he reappointed left over hacks from the Bush administration and not one liberal by the way. Look at all his appointments. My question is still, why are republicans bashing Obama obstructionism when the republican leadership is on record for vowing to destroy Obama even if they had to bring down the country and the economy while doing it. I'm still a democrat, a party that will still do something for the little guy, although with the supreme court allowing big money to purchase politicians, Democrats wil move further to the right all the time. And with no media except corporate media, it will continue.
Careful what you wish for with a country ruled by all republicans is what I have to say.
 
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LOL, no, I am not lying, Ask Disney?

The state of the economy when Bush left office has Democrat footprints all over it as they were in charge of the entire Congress, purse strings and legislative agenda since January 2007. I gave you the GDP when Bush left office and I have yet to hear how the Bush economy hurt you and your family? It didn't hurt me at all nor did it hurt most Americans since most Americans don't own homes

Seriously....LOL......it just shows how completely out of touch with reality you are. Try telling Americans that they weren't hurt by GWB driving us to the brink of economic bankruptcy.....wow.
 
Any bad economic news since 2009: All Obama's Fault!

Prior to 2009: Not Bush's Fault!

No, unlike you Bush AND CONGRESS are both to blame, just like Congress and Obama are to blame for the terrible recovery we have today with Harry Reid blocking Republican Initiatives and bills passed not allowing them for debate. All I hear is an Obstructionist GOP but never an Obstructionist Harry Reid. Why is that?
 
Why? those are the numbers taxpayers pay debt service on not inflation adjusted debt. Debt service matters to everyone but liberals.

BLUUUURGH LIBERALS

1.7 trillion in the 1980s is not the same as 1.7 trillion today.
 
I look at an economy in better shape than when Obama entered office. I'm not much an Obama fan myself.
He didn't capitalize on the Bush failure to push a liberal agenda like LBJ or FDR would have. Instead he reappointed left over hacks from the Bush administration and not one liberal by the way. Look at all his appointments. My question is still, why are republicans bashing Obama obstructionism when the republican leadership is on record for vowing to destroy Obama even if they had to bring down the country and the economy while doing it. I'm still a democrat, a party that will still do something for the little guy, although with the supreme court allowing big money to purchase politicians, Democrats wil move further to the right all the time. And with no media except corporate media, it will continue.
Careful what you wish for with a country ruled by all republicans is what I have to say.

Your opinion noted as is your acceptance of low performance due to low expectations. Doesn't look to me like you have much of a clue as to how to do research. The economy has to be better when you throw a trillion dollars into it however there are still 11.2% of the labor force unemployed/under employed. Amazing how the economy is so much better than when Bush left office but Obama isn't getting credit, or maybe he is. He lost the Congress and the country is headed in the wrong direction under his leadership.

You claim that the Democrat Party is the party for the little guy? Who is benefiting from the record high stock market, the little guy? How about African Americans from this African American President? What is their unemployment rate? Tell me what programs the Democrats under Obama have created that truly help the little guy?
 
Seriously....LOL......it just shows how completely out of touch with reality you are. Try telling Americans that they weren't hurt by GWB driving us to the brink of economic bankruptcy.....wow.

Yep, that damn Bush, a dumb cowboy from TX drove the economy to the brink of bankruptcy and the Democrat controlled Congress was powerless to do anything about it? Do they teach Civics in California or just Marxism?
 
BLUUUURGH LIBERALS

1.7 trillion in the 1980s is not the same as 1.7 trillion today.

no, it isn't it would be about 3.5 trillion today just like the 1.4 trillion of Clinton but rather 3.0 trillion wouldn't be the same today. Only the 7.6 trillion of Obama's is the same today.
 
From the OP:

"President Obama told Senate Democrats in a private meeting that he plans to "play offense" against the new GOP-controlled Congress, showing little hesitation about clashing with Republicans for the next two years. . . ."

After the fall of Richmond, Confederate President Jefferson Davis publicly welcomed the opportunity to take the offensive against Federal forces, Confederates having been "freed from the necessity of defending fixed positions." Delusional then, delusional now.
 
Obama vows to

So we have a Constitutional Scholar who doesn't understand that he isn't king? Congress makes the laws, not the executive Branch. Can you imagine the outrage if GW Bush took this attitude and was as arrogant as to not meet with Congress or to dictate to Congress? Just goes to show how poor of an executive he is and just how incompetent throwing a tantrum when he doesn't get his way. So much for negotiation



First, Barrack Husein Obama is not a constitutional scholar. He has been a college lecturer on constitutional law, but his understanding of the function of the constitution is flawed through his partisan misuse of it.

This is an extension of "they won't let me". Remember, his die is cast, his record, as horrid as it is, stands as is, and isn't likely to improve at all in the next two years as the mess he's made on all fronts continues to worsen. He now has only "posterity", his 'legacy', which at best, with the exception of the howling gerbils still in the Obama fan club, is a poor man's pie of failed expectations.

His career from now on, he is still a young man, is the speaking circuit where, if he wants to command the big fame, he has to has some level of authority in his message. His only excuse for the abortion Obamacare has become is "they wouldn't let me". He is setting the stage for a tail of woe about he was pursued and hounded, investigated and blocked by his "enemies" in Congress and on and on.

Remember, Barrack Obama's academy award roll has always been savior/martyr, he has gone from "Yes, we can" and "hope and change" to "they won't let me" and "It's Bush/Romney/Bush/Sarah Palin/Ted Cruz fault".
 
Wow. Didn't even take you a paragraph to get into CPC mode. I'm kind of impressed in a very sad way.



Following the lead of a failed president, the post goes on the offensive, attacking the messenger, without, apparently even having read the message.

Sad? I doubt it. But you should be depressed as ****.

Seven years after having been elected on "hope and change" you have no hope and the only change there has been is a complete refusal to work with congress and listen to the message of the American people and get the ****ing country working again.

Instead, you poke fun at the OP, while ignoring the many disasters of this administration, and how hopeless is your president. Nothing is ever accomplished through confrontation, at best, even the civility of the courts delays real change by years or even decades.

You also ignore the will of the people, whose voice was clear to most professional political scientists, they want these age old problems fixed, they do not want petty, superficial, name calling feuds, they want answers.

Sad? No, perhaps borderline suicidal knowing those answers are not even going to be addressed.
 
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