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McCain invokes 2008 campaign promise at summit

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Quote from article(McCain said people don't understand why health care legislation was produced with dealmaking "behind closed doors." He said Obama promised better governance during the campaign "and what we got was a process you and I both said we would change in Washington.")

What Mccain failed to state although quite obvious, was that only a fool would believe promises made by a Politician.
 
I think I caught some of that today. Was that when Obama quickly (or maybe that was editing on the news program I was seeing it on) said McCain was forgetting that the election was over? The look on McCain's face was priceless. I thought at least twice McCain was trying to hold himself back. Awwwkward.
 
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Fiddytree said:
I think I caught some of that today. Was that when Obama quickly (or maybe that was editing on the news program I was seeing it on) said McCain was forgetting that the election was over? The look on McCain's face was priceless. I thought at least twice McCain was trying to hold himself back. Awwwkward.
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Obama was an arrogant prick in his reply to McCain. He will live to regret his impetuous comment.
 
That's okay, he and Reid got pwned at that summit. Obama was nothing but talking points, as the Reps read off one problem with the bill after another. They brought up points right out of the bill that Obama insisted was the starting point, and he didn't want to hear their new ideas, the big hypocrite. The left MSM and wingers will be trying to spin the hell out of this, but it's too late the American people saw it.
 
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American said:
That's okay, he and Reid got pwned at that summit. Obama was nothing but talking points, as the Reps read off one problem with the bill after another. They brought up points right out of the bill that Obama insisted was the starting point, and he didn't want to hear their new ideas, the big hypocrite. The left MSM and wingers will be trying to spin the hell out of this, but it's too late the American people saw it.
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Funny how people see what they want to see.
 
NoJingoLingo said:
Funny how people see what they want to see.
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There was but one way to see what happened yesterday unless comprehension is a challenge or intellectual integrity.

Obama and his poorly spoken compadres got their collective asses handed to them on a plate. That backfired on the Democrats badly, as the post-summit polls are showing clearly.

It was funny how Obama kept claiming the Republicans were just talking in talking points, while it was plainly Obama who had only talking points to offer and the Republicans had very specific points on specific issues within the bill.

Now it's time for reconciliation, of which there are dozens of quotes from these very Democrats floating around the web of when they spoke angrily against it a few years ago.
 
Erod said:
There was but one way to see what happened yesterday unless comprehension is a challenge or intellectual integrity.

Obama and his poorly spoken compadres got their collective asses handed to them on a plate. That backfired on the Democrats badly, as the post-summit polls are showing clearly.

It was funny how Obama kept claiming the Republicans were just talking in talking points, while it was plainly Obama who had only talking points to offer and the Republicans had very specific points on specific issues within the bill.

Now it's time for reconciliation, of which there are dozens of quotes from these very Democrats floating around the web of when they spoke angrily against it a few years ago.
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Of course you saw it that way. I'm sure you saw Obama get his ass handed to him the last time he took republican questions.

And reconciliation? LOL, I hope they ram "medicare for all" through reconciliation, just to piss off guys like you. :rofl
 
American said:
I'll bet you did.
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I didn't watch it because it's all bull**** anyway. :golf

Let me guess what happened. The republicans came in prepared this time. They all had their talking points ready and they were all in sync and on message.

Democrats were all over the place and looked foolish.

Obama played it cool and handled all questions with relative ease.

How close am I?
 
NoJingoLingo said:
I didn't watch it because it's all bull**** anyway. :golf

Let me guess what happened. The republicans came in prepared this time. They all had their talking points ready and they were all in sync and on message.

Democrats were all over the place and looked foolish.

Obama played it cool and handled all questions with relative ease.

How close am I?
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Not close at all.

The Democrats defended the need for health reform, real similar to debates for Pay-Go where they debated on the merit of fiscal responsibility. Of course, the angle they debated from had little to do with the bill itself, but the sentiment was impressive.

Obama continually asked the Republicans for input, and continually told them those ideas wouldn't work. When it was requested that they started with the 70% the Republicans and Democrats agreed on and scrap the rest Obama shut them down. When they asked that the parts be removed that were put in to buy the votes of Democrats Obama remarked that it was a good point and moved on to the next guy.

When they asked how we are going to pay for the 30 million people Obama wants covered under this reform he told them that we have to decide, as a society if this is worth paying for. Forgetting that the money in the private sector is extremely important for our economic recovery. He all but acknowledged that this was going to come with a tax increase.

Obama came off as an egoist. It seemed that he wanted Republicans to come up with ideas to buy their votes, rather than to make it a bill worth voting for. I doubt I would ever consider this perspective, if it wasn't so necessary for the bill to be where it is today.

The Republicans didn't come off on top of that debate. They came off as unheard, which is why it will cost Obama and the Democratic party so dearly.

Oh, and Obama didn't play much of anything cool. His speaking ability was heavily challenged without a tele-prompter. I seriously didn't expect that amount of stuttering coming from him.
 
Old John is up to his usual political trickery, that of bringing up the past since he has never had anything to add to the issues AT HAND.....
 
NoJingoLingo said:
I didn't watch it because it's all bull**** anyway. :golf

Let me guess what happened. The republicans came in prepared this time. They all had their talking points ready and they were all in sync and on message.

Democrats were all over the place and looked foolish.

Obama played it cool and handled all questions with relative ease.

How close am I?
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Obama handled his talking points with ease, and did not present anything in his plan honestly. He acted like an arrogant bastard.
 
American said:
Obama handled his talking points with ease, and did not present anything in his plan honestly. He acted like an arrogant bastard.
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Well, that's natural.... for him.
 
Zinc Route said:
****** This is WHY the GOP in rerality achieved little by even showing up. Obama knew weeks ago what options existed and he just wanted a photo op.
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You're right, I think it was a photo-op. I believe it was designed to expose the repubs so they can't easily claim they haven't been allowed to participate. Even though they have been involved and in fact wooed for the first year.
 
American said:
Obama handled his talking points with ease, and did not present anything in his plan honestly. He acted like an arrogant bastard.
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Of course he did. He outsmarted them and the GOP faithful will simply hate him even more for it. :rofl
 
NoJingoLingo said:
He outsmarted them
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We were discussing the Healthcare summit... NOT the Beer Summit!

You know... the one where Barry had his ass handed to him over and over... The one where he couldn't defend his Marxist, Nanny-state, Entitlement Slavery, Sold-to-the-Ignorant-as-Healthcare Bill... THAT one! :2wave:
 
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