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When 'the Adult in the Room' is Wimpy Weatherby

By Chris Horner on 8.21.11 @ 11:07AM

I caught up on some Friday evening and Sunday morning news shows this morning and it struck me, particularly with the president's looming plan to reduce the deficit beginning with, erm, massive new spending, to you know, enable the (chuckle) 'cuts' later:

deficit -- spending hikes now, we'll agree to cuts to come later

immigration -- amnesty or some version now, and we'll agree to secure the border later

energy -- take the windmill etc. schemes (and debt) now, we'll agree to permit the stuff that works later

And on, and on. I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for what I want, today. That's how they roll. They aren't serious people. And pointing that out, calling for seriousness, makes you intransigent.

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Rick V.| 8.21.11 @ 11:15AM

About this whole "later" thing ... either Obama seriously thinks he's going to be in the White House post-2012, or he's not concerned whether he is or not because the damage (his) will still be done and it will be irrevocable. We should not underestimate this man. We don't have to like him, believe him or trust him, but do not underestimate him. He may not know squat, but he knows something we don't. Or someone.

Clint| 8.21.11 @ 11:24AM

" Manana ! "

Obama Vacations.

Pecos Pete| 8.21.11 @ 11:32AM

"And pointing that out, calling for seriousness, makes you intransigent." Or racist. Or not patriotic. Or just downright mean.

Clint| 8.21.11 @ 12:17PM

Interesting,
"Ron Paul got a great birthday present Saturday, as the 76-year-old defeated 11 other Republicans in Saturday's New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll.

Paul, a congressman from Texas, won a commanding 45 percent of the vote and bested runner-up Mitt Romney by 35 percent votes despite not actually attending the event, which was held in New Castle and also included a lobster bake."

Oldefarte| 8.21.11 @ 1:57PM

Chris, absolutely! What STUPIDLY insane is that, with this super committee established to supposed discover ways to reduce governmental spending, the president declares that Republicans must comes to the negotiating table and partner with him in order to formulate government action to create jobs. Translation, Republicans are at fault for not agreeing with him to create governmental policies to hire/pay governmental employees and provide them with a paycheck [which any third grader will tell you that same requires GOVERNMENTAL SPENDING OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY, which is GOVERNMENTAL EXPENSE INCREASES, not the decreases that the committee is charged with establishing]. Duh, are the American people that stupid that they'll buy into his BS? I know they did so concerning his HOPE & CHANGE, but haven't they finally woken up, hopefully???????

TexasMom2012| 8.21.11 @ 2:39PM

It would be so very easy to get this economy trucking again... But Obama would have to repudiate all his core beliefs. So we will have to wait for the next President to release the economy from the stranglehold of Washington rules and regulations. All of which can be represented by the words "Drill Baby Drill" or "Drill Here Drill Now!"

TexasMom2012| 8.21.11 @ 2:41PM

Those policies would cost the government nothing while at the same time it would increase revenues via royalties and increased income taxes paid by workers!

Tom Osterman| 8.21.11 @ 4:07PM

This is what we knew the Democrat's strategy would be: demand what they want now, make what everyone knows are worthless concessions ("blah blah blah, later"), then blame the GOP for not compromising/working with Obama/putting aside partisanship. Repeat for the next fifteen months. Notice I said the Democrats. Not just Obama, the Democrats.

What the GOP needs to realize is that the fight is not behind closed doors but in the public square. If the Democrats aren't fought there, they win.