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During a speech this morning in which he castigated Republicans for not passing a bill that had not previously existed, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden tried to paint a Republican aide as hopelessly partisan:

There are some in Washington who'd rather settle our differences through politics and the elections than try to resolve them now. In fact, Joe and I, as we were walking out here, we were looking at one of the Washington newspapers and it was quoting a Republican aide saying, "I don't know why* we'd want to cooperate with Obama right now. It's not good for our politics." That was very explicit.

THE VICE PRESIDENT: It was.

But in the article he was referencing (written by Marin Cogan and Jake Sherman in Politico), the aide said something quite different:

"Obama is on the ropes; why do we appear ready to hand him a win?" said one senior House Republican aide who requested anonymity to discuss the matter freely. "I just don't want to co-own the economy by having to tout that we passed a jobs bill that won't work or at least won't do enough." [Emphasis added.]

In other words, Obama implied that the Republican admitted he opposed the bill even though he thought it would work. The reality is the opposite: he said he didn't want the bill to pass because it wouldn't work.

So, whose quote is cynically partisan?

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Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 9.12.11 @ 3:14PM

What a deep thinking Ole Joe Biden is, huh? "IT WAS,.... a deep thought"!!

President Obama's right though, the Republicans don't want to work with him anymore, they just want to wait him out. The Countdown has begun, 495 days and counting!! So why should the Republicans help him out, or be tied to some piece of crap Jobs Bill that doesn't help, and certainly will only hurt!! Because we all know what he'll say later on, the President will turn around next year and say, "see, this was their idea, this was their Jobs Bill, and let me be perfectly clear, it didn't work". Or at least, that's what his Teleprompter will tell him to say!! I heard a rumor recently, I don't know if it's true, but supposedly, he actually takes that Teleprompter to bed with him!!

Here's what the Republicans have got to get down: The answer is NO, I don't think so, It doesn't sound like a good idea, Not in my lifetime, Are you dreaming, Are you on drugs, Sorry, I'm going to be out of the Office that day, and the always useful, I don't know what the hell you're talking about!! Lie, deny, block, and wait!!

Just say no to Drugs!!

Just say no to reaching across the Isle!!

Just say no to anything the Democratic Party comes up with!!

The Tsunami's coming again next November, and it's going to clean House, and then the rebuilding can again! Just ride the Wave!!

Lesser Weevil| 9.12.11 @ 3:44PM

"There are some in Washington who'd rather settle our differences through politics"

Um, politics *is* how we settle our differences.

Al Adab| 9.12.11 @ 5:54PM

And that Mr. Weevil is exactly the point. To The Left, politics in opposition cannot stand. Only when everyone follows the Leader will we achieve the utopian centralized State the Left desires. The fact that central planning leaves no room for Liberty is of no concern to them. What they seek is control, nothing less.

LC Jack| 9.13.11 @ 7:58AM

Well said Sir !!

The over all ideology of the left is CONTROL. They cannot control opposing viewpoints, as they 'think' no reasonable view could be better than theirs. i.e. They are completely incapable of even accepting that someone would disagree with their nuanced position, let alone giving that view any credibility. It's dismissed off-hand.

"Teleprompter to bed with him!!"

Given his choices that isn't a bad one. ....LOL