Paul Broun says he’ll sit out President Obama’s speech

td,

We all get it already. You’re pro-partisan posturing and anti-cooperation. GOT IT! Save yourself some words. As for the scheduling of the speech, uh… the President gave in to Boehner’s request to move it, so if you have a problem with that, it’s because you want to have a problem with it, and pretty much everything you say supports that observation. Enjoy the division you work so hard to foster! You’ve earned it, buddy.

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Broun will probably do less damage if he fails to attend, at least not being present would prevent him from opening his mouth on camera and further embarrass both GA and his district. Of course, what else would be expected from the dimmest bulb in the House?

As for the repugs with nothing to say but hew to the mcconnel ‘one term’ line, when does the economic policy spawned under shrub and held to so firmly by the DN2 (do-nothing-House 2011 version) start to work for America? The economic activity graphs show a steady fall during the shrub years, an upturn in 2009, an intentional stall after DN2 takes power, and nothing but rhetorical nonsense as to what they want to stop/stall/dismantle/eviscerate/kill next (except for offshore military adventurism).

Republicans, your policies have failed abjectly at the National level since 2001 and at the GA level since 2003, put up or get out of the way.

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This is soooo like the ReTeapubPartyians…. if you’re not saying what they want to hear (the total demise of country in favor of Big Corporate Interests), then they feel they can be disrespectful of the most important office in this country. Nitwits. So here’s my question, if you’re so against the government and believe in smaller government, then why the hell are ANY of you running for office? The Presidency is NOT where you make these “ideas” (and I use that term loosely), come to fruition.

ReTEApubPARTYians = CRAZY.

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I blame Bush for getting us into this mess. I blame the Republicans for allowing it to happen from 2000-2006. I blame Republicans for never owning up to their gross negligence. I blame Republicans for refusing to work with Obama from Day One. I blame Republicans for telling us that their old ways, which got us into this mess, will somehow magically restore us to greatness if they’re given the power.

To recap: you did this to us, you allowed it to perpetuate, you gave no time to fix it, and now you want another shot at it?

I’d sooner turn the Falcons over to the very dead Rankin Smith.

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Keep doing this GOP

September 7th, 2011
11:08 am

“Because a) i disagree with opening up the Gulf and Alaska , b) disagree to open public lands to shale exploration because we have enough people that can set their water on fire and c) disagree to cutting regulations because most of those protect people’s right to clean water and air and plus that is not what is hampering job growth. I have talked to a lot of business owners , large and small, in my job hunt, and the main thing hampering job growth is no DEMAND. As in, there is not a lot of people asking for my product.”

Would not a million more high paying jobs not increase “DEMAND”? So what you are really saying is that you environmental philosophy is more important then you having a job?

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honested-

Dimmest bulb of the bunch? Nancy P. in her answer about Obamacare, “We have to pass it so we can know what’s in it.” Duh

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It is so sad how the republicans and teabaggars are disrespecting the president. President Obama is trying his best to fix the economy. I wondering where the teabaggars was doing Bush days.

Vote the teabaggars out the office 2012

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independent-

Look at the polls. You’ll be very disappointed on election day.

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Independent Voter – here’s a dose of reality for you. A very high percentage of the country will be “disrespecting” the President tomorrow night. If you’ve seen the latest opinion polls even his own base is “disrespecting” him right now. So by all means keep drinking the kool aid. And you need to change your screen name. You are not independent. And if this is Obama’s “best” he needs to be replaced. The man cannot even figure out how to schedule a speech any more. He’s lost his campaign touch. Amateur hour is over.

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“1. Adopt the Fair Tax
2. Repeal Obamacare
That’s all it would take to get growth and jobs created again.”

I’m curious, Retired Soldier, if all it’s going to take to get the economy going is to adopt the fair tax and repeal healthcare, why wasn’t the economy booming before healthcare was enacted? AND how many epople are going to buy a house when they see a 23% tax tacked onto the bottom line?

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The POTUS should receive respect no matter who they ARE! I’m not Republican, didn’t vote for Bush neither did any of my collegues, but when someone threw a SHOE (remember that incident when he was giving a speech) at Bush we were ready to fight! That was OUR POTUS!

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td

I sure will, I don’t mind at all…

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Sorry but a rehashed “already failed” plan is not worth giving the time of day to. And if the $300 billion price tag is true as well as the leaked contents, this does nothing for the economy and only runs the debt up. Here’s the facts people – this is a crap plan designed for one purpose and one purpose only – Obama is throwing something out knowing ahead of time it will not succeed AND will not be approved in Congress. The whole design is to give the appearance that this is the GOP obstructing him. This is not a serious plan folks. It is a campaign ploy. But what will happen is the same liberals who get pious about the GOP playing games with people’s livelihoods will say nothing over the fact that Obama has surpassed anyone in the GOP on playing games with the economy. This whole speech is a campaign speech. This whole plan is simply to make the GOP out to be the bad guys and try to flip his poll numbers. It has nothing to do with jobs or helping the American people. Unfortunately, there are those who have no clue who will buy into it and Obama’s minions who will filter out recycling these talking points. We’ve seen those already on this board – in both categories – the naive ones and the parrots.

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Such childish behavior and lack of respect. Obama won the presidential election in 2008. Get over it for christssake! Geez! Is there any wonder there is such dysfunction in our government today with so much distain for folks who have different beliefs. What has happened to our country.

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How did Chris Dodd and Barney Frank have so much power in a Republican Congress under a Republican President?

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td, dude why didn’t the republicans add that million jobs when they ran the entire government, including the supreme’s? Because that number is malarkey

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double

September 7th, 2011
1:00 pm

These are not the Bush wars any longer just like they are not the Bush tax cuts. Obama came into office and has followed and enhanced the Bush policies in Iraq so they are now his policies. Obama has double downed in Afghanistan so that is totally his war now. The Bush tax cuts were to expire at the end of last year if no action was taken. The super majority Dem controlled Congress passed a bill to extend them and Obama signed the bill into law, so now they are the Obama tax cuts. You libs just do not want to tell the truth.

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findog

September 7th, 2011
1:03 pm
td, dude why didn’t the republicans add that million jobs when they ran the entire government, including the supreme’s? Because that number is malarkey

Because the Dems have held Congress since 2006 and held a filibuster power the entire time Bush was in office. How many times was drilling in Anwar filibustered by the Dems in the Senate?

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findog,

Theres that tiny dog nipping at your heels too.

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findog – really? Where is Timmy now? He’s the only one of Obama’s team still on board. The rest left the sinking ship. He was not W’s guy. He was Clinton’s guy even before going to NY. Keep going there Einstein. Your lack of knowledge shows.

double – have you not seen the cost of what all wars that are going on now? Do you actually know we are in more wars than when Bush was in office? Do you know the amount of dead in Afghanistan now is the highest it has ever been? And this is with most operations being conducted by drones. Are you seriously this in the dark about what is going on? Look at the numbers from when Clinton left office. All of the numbers were dropping when Clinton left. For those who think Clinton left the country in good shape, you have no grasp of reality.

Ultra Violet – you clearly do not know much about Congress if you think Dodd and Frank did not have a large scope of power. The funny thing about it is that this pair who claimed to be for the working man were both so far up the rear of corporate America all you saw was shoe laces.

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It appears that this blog is only open to those of the Liberal persuasion as my comment, which questioned some liberal comments, submitted at 1:04 pm was not printed? Why the bias? Is it too painful to be questioned?

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@Honested- Pelosi’s direct quote was ““We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it” Now if the economy was so bad in 2009 because of George Bush, why did the Democrats use their super majority to pass a massive new regulation like Obamacare, without ever reading it mind you. How did that piece of legislation help to create private sector jobs.
@Independent voter- your use of sexually suggestive language is deplorable, is that the best you can do. It falls in line with the liberals SIN tactics for debate. S-Shift the subject, I- Ignore the facts, and N- Name call. If Obama is doing his best to fix the economy, why is his new economic advisor a professor, someone from academia, rather then someone from the business community? Who would do a better job advising on how to create jobs, a professor, who teaches about job creation, or a businessman who has actually created jobs. If Obama is trying so hard on fixing this economy, why didn’t he release this plan before he went on vacation? What about the budget he proposed that was so laughable, nobody in his own party voted for it.
UltraViolet- from 2001-2006 unemployment ranged from 4.2% in January of 2001 to 4.4% in December of 2006, with a peak of 6.3% in June of 2003. (Check the facts for yourself at the Bureau of Labor and Statistics). It wasn’t until after the Democrats took over in 2007 that unemployment began rising. I do blame Bush for not vetoing enough of the Democratic led Congresses legislation. That being said, the Democrats have held control over Congress during this economic downturn, with the exception of the House, which the Republicans took back this year. Now, while I disagree with the amount of increased spending that did take place under the Republicans from 2001-2006, we were better off under their policies. Oh and don’t start with excuses like, but Obama had to deal with the Arab spring and the Japanese tsunami. If you recall, Bush had 9/11 and the economic impacts of Hurricane Katrina, and we were still better off. Next up?
GABlue: You ready for examples of disrespect towards Bush.
First up: In 2004, Democrats delivered a “Chorus Of Boos” during Bush’s Bush’s State Of The Union when he called for renewal of the Patriot Act., according to the Washington Times.
Next: In 2005, Dems howled, hissed and shouted “No!” when Bush pushed for Social Security reform in the SOU: “Foreshadowing the contentiousness of the coming debate, Democrats broke decorum and booed twice,” according to the National Journal.
What about your precious Obama, who decided to go to dinner moments before Bush gave his farewell speech. As President Elect, it is considered respectful to attend the farewell speech of the departing President.
Sounds pretty disrespectful to me. But what’s more disrespectful is Obama’s failure to follow Congressional protocol. He is to request the opportunity to speak at a joint session of Congress, at a time that is mutually convenient for both the Congress and the President. Instead, he demanded there presence on a date and time set by him.
Now to more personally beliefs, this type of speech does not warrant a joint session of Congress. Those should be reserved for Speeches like the State of the Union Address. Bush made a speech to a joint session of Congress after 9/11, for example. However, the use of a joint session to release individual policy plans is unnecessary. Instead, Obama could have released an actual written plan. In fact, I bring up the question again, if jobs are so important to him, why hasn’t he released an actual plan already. Perhaps he could have done that prior to vacationing, or prior to his latest round of golf. There is no need for any Representative to attend because the truth his, Obama will not be giving any new ideas. He is going to use this as a grandstanding campaign speech. This will be just like his so called budget plan. A plan that was so vague that the CBO rejected it saying “We can’t score Obama’s budget plan because it’s just a speech.”

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I will be watching!

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Before we lose sight of the topic entirely, is it better that broun stays home or not?
What would be better for GA is if he stayed home for good!

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honested – I guess your memory erased Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and a few other places Obama has ventured in as well. I seem to recall the surge was not popular with your side but it did its job. I also seem to recall people like Harry Reid telling the world that we lost the war – good morale booster for troops wasn’t it?

Oh and I saw where the commanders on the ground, the ones Obama claims to listen to, are all against his sudden rush to bring the number in Iraq down to 3000 men by the end of the year. Now we cannot call those generals on the ground war mongering Bush brass since these are all ones placed in charge since Obama has been in office. Strange how Obama’s own picks are against him on this move. It seems everyone is displeased with his decision making these days. I guess these men in uniform are “disrespecting” Obama as well.

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