-
SEQUESTER: The Horror!
March 1, 2013 | 4 comments
-
SOTU Preview: Human Props, Budget Fights, and Wedge Issues
February 12, 2013 | 0 comments
-
Hello, I Must Be Going
August 14, 2012 | 18 comments
-
Weekend Political Wrap-Up, Paul Ryan Edition
August 12, 2012 | 16 comments
-
Esquire Blogger Sees Paul Ryan, Shreds His Safety Net
August 11, 2012 | 13 comments
The Spectacle Blog
The president had what sounds like a somewhat testy meeting with Republican congressional leaders about the debt ceiling, a day after the “clean” vote failed in the House. The Washington Post reports:
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), whose budget plan has been widely criticized by Democrats because it would drastically overhaul Medicare, complained that the plan “has been misdescribed by the president and many others.”
According to a Republican official, Ryan told Obama that his criticism of the GOP budget plan was a sign that the president was thinking about his reelection campaign, the Associated Press reported.
But Ryan did not confirm that account, telling reporters that it “wasn’t exactly what I said.” He added: “I just said, ‘we’ve got to take on this debt and if we demagogue each other at the leadership level, then we’re never going to take on our debt.’ ” He said the exchange was “not at all” confrontational.
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), in a television interview with Andrea Mitchell, just remarked that the president said the right things about the national debt but frequently doesn’t end up doing the right things.
View all comments (16) | Leave a comment
More Blog Posts by W. James Antle, III
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/06/01/obama-gop-meet-on-debt
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
ADVERTISEMENT
Oldefarte| 6.1.11 @ 1:37PM
No, he doesn't DO the right things [but usually SAYS the right things] because......HE LIES!!!!
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 1:41PM
He said the exchange was "not at all" confrontational.
Why was it not confrontational? If it was truly not confrontational then what was the point? And what does it say about the GOP?
solidground| 6.1.11 @ 1:51PM
Price's comment is a wee bit of an understatement.
BD57| 6.1.11 @ 1:58PM
@simon ...
C'mon, you know how politics works.
1) Way too many voters believe "confrontational" is bad.
2) Way too many commentators believe it's disrespectful to even publicly disagree with the President (see, e.g., "Netanyahu, Bibi - public comments on Obama's 'new and improved' Israel/Palestinian policy).
Because to too many voters, "confrontational" is bad
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 2:18PM
Except when it is a democrat being disrespectful. Except when the President is a Republican. Except when the candidate is a woman from Alaska and a conservative. Then confronation is good..absolutely wonderful and an expression of free speech and our right to bear our grievances to our government...it's patriotic. Yeah, I know how it works. Do you?
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 5:06PM
Let me add if your a writer for a childrens program, a writer for an adult tv sitcom, or a hollywood movie producer you can be as insulting and confrontational as you like.
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 2:23PM
People are literally starving for a confrontation. It is a majority. You need to stop buying into the lame stream media's pronouncements and double standards. Bibi cleaned his clock and the majority loved it.
PCC| 6.1.11 @ 3:41PM
I do not agree with the overall thrust of ST's comments on this subject, but he is right in saying that Mr. Netanyahu's public rebuttal of the president's inane remarks was some of the most refreshing and admirable political discourse we have witnessed in years.
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 5:13PM
You have just proved my point. What exactly do you object to in the reality that there is a gigantic double standard created, supported, and promoted by the progressive elites that allow them to confront conservatives, their movements, their ideology, thier disabled children, their presidents, their party, their policies, their vp candidates, their talk show radio host with impunity, ruthlessness, slander, libel, and CONFRONTATION that would make Lenin and Satan blush?
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 5:24PM
Just a reminder..we live in an age where the founding father principles and values are now considered radical, extreme and the radical extreme values are considered normal. Confrontation? LONG, LONG OVERDUE!
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 2:31PM
This addressed to the community of conservatives out here.
Nothing is going to change unless we start changing the rules, not collasping to the double standards, and start writing the narrative. Nothing is going to change if we continue to accept their language, their definitions, and their politically corrrect constructs. Nothing is going to change if we continue to accept their false premises and argue against these lies.
Warrior | 6.1.11 @ 4:36PM
Simon, Conservatives worry too much about public image and rules. Liberals are the professional wrestlers of politics. If you put on a tremendous show, the substance can be hidden. When you try to make people embrace the substance, they would rather retreat and find a good show.
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 5:19PM
Well, we can learn..and some of us have already started and have been taking no prisoners. Breitbart for one. What we got going for us is we can have both..the show and the substance..that can not be beat. No more apologizing for conservativism, no more double standards, no more demure, parlor niceties, and no more George Will's.
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 5:30PM
Let me add, since I am on a roll... for those who still do not get it...think about what your are going to tell your grandchildren when they ask you 'grandpa, why did you not confront these people'? as they sit in squalor.
Clint| 6.1.11 @ 4:11PM
Americans Will Vote Their Wallets.
The Pew Research Center:
"The approval numbers for Obama among whites are grim.
56 percent of white men disapprove of Obama’s performance. Just 36 percent approve. Fifty-two percent of white women disapprove of his performance, while just 41 percent approve.
As well, whites of all income groups disapprove of Obama, and he is particularly unliked by the white middle class, or those earning $30,000 to $75,000 annually. Among them, 59 percent disapprove of his performance. Fifty-six percent of whites earning $75,000 or more annually don’t like Obama, and 47 percent earning under $30,000 annually disapprove."
simon templar| 6.1.11 @ 5:31PM
Thanks for the post..interesting stats.