(2009-01-30) — A White House spokesman sounded a triumphant note about the House passage of the president’s economic stimulus package during the daily briefing for reporters, calling House Resolution 1 “the first of President Obama’s many truly bipartisan efforts.”
“Progressive Democrats from liberal extremists to the far left came together, overlooking their differences, and did the right thing for the American people,” said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. “It’s great to see them reach across the space between their desks in a spirit of compromise, setting aside their own polarizing agendas.”
The $819 billion package of spending and IRS donations to non-taxpayers passed the House 244 to 188, with the “negligible opposition” limited to every single Republican and 11 nominal Democrats.
“It’s a new day in Washington D.C.,” said Mr. Gibbs. “On November 5th, Americans said they’re sick and tired of divisive partisan bickering. Barack Obama has already proven to be the bridge-builder he claimed to be.”
The White House said President Obama has no hard feelings toward the 11 conservative Democrats who opposed the bill, and has actually sent them each a card and a small gift — an elegant lapel pin bearing the image of the Flintstones character ‘Dino‘.
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1 Left Coast-Right Mind // Jan 30, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Have the 11 Democrat Representatives, who crossed party lines and voted against the
stimulusstick-it-to-us bill, been drummed out of their party yet? Maybe they should seek out Joe Lieberman for some advice, just in case.Those 11 are:
Allen Boyd (FL)
Bobby Bright (AL)
Jim Cooper (TN)
Brad Ellsworth (IN)
Melony Ghee Griffith (MD)
Paul Kanjorski (PA)
Frank Kratovil Jr. (MD)
Walt Minnick (ID)
Collin Peterson (MN)
Heath Shuler (NC)
Gene Taylor (MS)
If I were them, I wouldn’t be flying on any small aircraft or hanging around Ft. Marcy Park anytime, ever.
2 RepublicanAttackMachine // Jan 30, 2009 at 12:19 pm
“Santa” OBOMBA has placed them on his “naughty list”, which until now, had only one name, A certain Mr. Lieberman, an “Independent”.
I am sure they will face the same primary opposition, (from their own party), when election time comes for EACH of them!
Hey, has anybody seen Howard Dean lately?
3 conserve-a-tip // Jan 30, 2009 at 12:32 pm
A lapel pin of DINO! Hillarious. You are such a genius, Scott.
Our lone Democrat weenie from our state, voted for the Porkulus bill and then came home to officiate a “Divided We Fall” stimulus program. He’s trying to stimulate Oklahomans into going liberal. He is so under Nanny Pelosi’s thumb it is scary. I had to laugh, though. Divided we fall? This country has survived on a two party system since its inception. There have always been opposing ideas - even during the writing of the Constitution. Opposing ideas keeps people on their toes. There is always a right and a wrong and so why would people who know what is right, cave to those who are doing things wrong in the name of unity? I think that we should start an organization called, “United We Fall” and start looking at making this two nations: Washington, D.C., California, Illinois and New York as one and the rest of the country as the other.
4 gafisher // Jan 30, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Maybe we misunderestimated Obama. Anyone who can draw together a coalition of Democrat, Green, Independent, Socialist Worker and Libertarian legislators may very well have the ability to unite the Mideast (*) toward a common goal.
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[* Excluding Israel, which coincidentally happens also to be the common goal.]
5 onlineanalyst // Jan 30, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Perfect, Scott!
Mr. Gibbs (apologist for deceit): “…Barack Obama has already proven to be the bridge-builder he claimed to be.â€
Yes, building a bridge to nowhere, plunging America into an abyss of debt and government dependence.
BTW Michelle Malkin has a great thread on the ACORN payoff in this generational theft bill.
6 Fred Sinclair // Jan 30, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Rush just said that the Unions are running an ad pitting him against Obama.
What a rush (no pun intended) they have, unintentionally no doubt, elevated Rush to being on par with the Office of President of the United States.
The usurper wouldn’t stand as good a chance against Rush as a snowball in hades. (and the usurper is more than aware of that fact)
Can you imagine, if Tim Russert of, “Meet the Press” was still with us…..Tim moderating a debate between Rush and the usurper? (I’d pay good money to watch that one)!
Well, at least the “stimulus package” was truly bi-partisan 177 + 11. Unfortunately the bi-partisan effort failed. The totally partisan vote won out, having discarded truth for pork. (wearing a camouflage patterned suit designed to look at first glance like a stimulus package).
7 everthink // Jan 30, 2009 at 3:10 pm
“I am sure they will face the same primary opposition, (from their own party), when election time comes for EACH of them!”
That’s flat untrue! Democrats don’t do “lockstep”. It has been said that to ask someone to be Chairman of the DNC, is like asking them to “herd cats”. We do not fear dissent! It is vital that we not allow ourselves to become as the Republicans, “who have no hope”.
ET
8 everthink // Jan 30, 2009 at 3:35 pm
“Can you imagine, if Tim Russert of, “Meet the Press†was still with us…..Tim moderating a debate between Rush and the usurper? (I’d pay good money to watch that one)!”
“A fool and his money are soon parted”!
Can your Buddha still get through a standard doorway?
You should remember The President is not in any way like that cowering, boot licking, sniveling Republican Congressman.
Maybe you should also remember that Repugs don’t do well in debates against Democrats.
Besides, I would hate to see a fine man like Our President in the same room with the likes of such a demigod.
ET
9 RedPepper // Jan 30, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Row upon row of printing presses, operating 24/7/365.
Ream after ream after ream of currency-quality paper.
A convoy of tanker-trucks full of ink.
Stimulus ! ! !
[/sarc]
10 Fred Sinclair // Jan 30, 2009 at 4:23 pm
So the usurper in his purloined Government Housing has a cocktail party with about 48 guests and he used taxpayer money to serve $100.00 a pound (or more) Wagyu steaks and that’s supposed to be O.K.
Didn’t he say something about Americans driving SUV’s eating fine foods and keeping the thermostat at 78 degrees?
His limo gets 8 mpg (it’s heavy with the armor plating); he serves $100.00 (or more) steaks to a party of 50 plus people and keeps the Oval Office at 80 degrees - well, at least he’s a classy usurper.
This is what he should have served (and what I would have served with White House linen and sterling silver table ware with White House china and drinks in White House crystal.
Side platters of fried green tomatoes (fried dark brown - just short of black)
A good hickory smoked ham
Black Eyed Peas
White hominy - whole
Sweet potatoes or yams
Asparagus spears
Turnip greens or dock, polk or dandelion greens
Salad: Fresh green onions, leaf lettuce, cherry tomatoes, plus slices of Vidalia Onion, crisp bacon broken into pieces
Slabs of fresh baked cornbread
Plenty of really cold buttermilk
11 conserve-a-tip // Jan 30, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Neverthink said: “Democrats don’t do “lockstepâ€. It has been said that to ask someone to be Chairman of the DNC, is like asking them to “herd catsâ€. We do not fear dissent! It is vital that we not allow ourselves to become as the Republicans, “who have no hopeâ€.
Riiiggggghhhhttttt -
Pelosi Threatens Towns’ Slot
By Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff
December 14, 2005
Following two defections on key party votes by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met privately with Towns last week and threatened to pull his coveted Energy and Commerce Committee seat if he doesn’t start proving devotion to the party.
BTW, Neverthink - re #8: Is that the tone of unification and nonpartisanship that your party has been bragging about ushering in? I get it!! The Liberal definition of unity or nonpartisan is, “Agree with me or I’ll destroy you.” That was Hitler’s kind of unity too. Thanks for the lesson.
12 JamesonLewis3rd // Jan 30, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I do not want BHO to succeed at destroying [what's left of] everything good about the United States of America, either.
So. There.
I get all my Rush Updates verbatim from our non-divisive President of the United States of America delivered directly to me instantaneously via FOX News; it’s very convenient.
~~~~~Ezekiel 16:24-43
13 Darthmeister // Jan 30, 2009 at 6:03 pm
A Marine Corps friend of mine, Captain (soon-to-be-Major) Tom sent this link to me. He’s presently requesting a redeployment to Iraq for his third tour of duty though he’s none to happy with Mr. Obama as the CinC.
Marine At Checkpoint Wanting to Play With Hajis.
Other good Marine links at the same site.
14 gafisher // Jan 30, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Fred Re#10: I’m recovering from stomach flu and that menu still sounds delicious!
I honestly couldn’t handle $100/£ steaks — that sort of ostentation is above my pay grade.
15 gafisher // Jan 30, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Re#7: “Democrats don’t do “lockstep.—
Eleven of them didn’t. It’s a start, but not a proof.
16 Darthmeister // Jan 30, 2009 at 6:12 pm
A trillion dollar “bailout” just ought to triple of not quadruple the inflation rate over the next 18 months. If nothing else it will certainly ensure the job security of union government moneyprinters - well, at least for a few months.
The sheetfed presses the Treasury has, printing $20 and $100 bills, could probably print up an extra trillion bucks in about two months assuming three shifts a day, five days a week. Union rules require a two day weekend unless the government is willing to pay double-time overtime. If they had all the presses running on that job it probably wouldn’t take much more than a week to ten days.
17 everthink // Jan 30, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Say Darth,
Re: 13
That reminds me, has young Dick left yet?
ET
18 everthink // Jan 30, 2009 at 7:15 pm
“Agree with me or I’ll destroy you.â€
You talkin’ to me? YOU TALKIN’ TO ME!
We won! We won overwhelmingly! In fact there are now only five states that are out of the immediate reach of Democrats.
The president actually went to the capital to ask Republicans for input, but you can’t expect equal footing.
The problems we now face have a big red elephant stenciled on them. Besides, if Republicans had any ideas, they should have put them forth long before now.
Obstruction is such an ugly thing for the people to see!
ET
19 conserve-a-tip // Jan 30, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Oh ET, ET - there are none so blind as those who will not see. A big, red elephant? Hmmm. Are you meaning like Barney Frank, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Chris Dodd and Franklin Raines? I could have sworn that they were blue asses, but I could be wrong.
And I think that the president is finding out that just inviting a bunch of people over to “listen” to their concerns and ideas, while responding, “I won. I think I’ll trump you on that,” does not nonpartisanship make. He asked for input. Big Whoop. Now if he’d followed through and used some of that input, we might be talking. No, the president, his party and the kooks on the fringe only understand the concept of, “But this is what I want and if you’ll just want it too, everybody will be happy.”
Did it ever occur to you that they don’t want the divide to be so obvious because they don’t want to be blamed when everything goes wrong (and it will ala Carter)? They don’t need the Republicans to get their graft passed. But they WANT the Republicans so they can blame them. I am hoping that the Republicans finally get some gonads and just sit the next 2 years out. There is no better way for the truth to come out about people then to just step back and give them some rope.
20 gafisher // Jan 30, 2009 at 8:47 pm
C-A-T Re#19, Don’t be so hard little et. There’s something seriously wrong when someone’s seeing pink elephants “stenciled” on everything.
21 gafisher // Jan 30, 2009 at 8:54 pm
[on] little et.
22 gafisher // Jan 30, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Why did Porkulus pass but the accelerated DTV delay fail? Because the latter required a 2/3 majority and the Dems are, in oh so many ways, just a simple majority.
23 RepublicanAttackMachine // Jan 30, 2009 at 9:20 pm
With Michael Steele as new RNC Chair, there may be hope for our party. I believe he is the best choice for the job.
Get ready for the likes of the far left kooks, (folks like et), to call him an Uncle Tom.
The difference with Steele is he will NOT take racist comments like that lying down!
24 Left Coast-Right Mind // Jan 30, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Alaska is on the verge of a volcanic eruption from Mt. Redoubt…why hasn’t F.E.M.A. responded yet? President Obama must hate Inuits.
God protect the people of Alaska, and their governor.
In other news:
Is this just the tip of the iceberg?
25 conserve-a-tip // Jan 30, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Left Coast, this is on Romney’s site as well and they are trying to verify it. If this is true, it gives me cold chills. We have Hitler in the White House and I don’t say that lightly. Did you catch this phrase?
“We expect a lot of flak over this,†the classified memo continues. “But those that would be most against it are those looking either for attention or control.â€
Control???? Are they kidding??? Obama is the author of control. I am beginning to think that he is a total control freak.
26 onlineanalyst // Jan 30, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Look out, Scott. You have competition.
Even the Canadian Free Press skewers the Boy King.
Heh, my WV is “conception” “curry”
I guess that hash is what Pelosi and Obama are attempting with their Generational Theft Act.
27 onlineanalyst // Jan 30, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Uh oh, it looks as if Tom Daschle is another Dem who has been caught in the Turbo Tax numbers cruncher.
Most ethical administration evah! (And no one at the Obama soiree had to ask the other night, “Where’s the beef?”
Go, Steelers!
28 conserve-a-tip // Jan 30, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Left Coast-Right Mind: I think that Scott does indeed have competition as it appears that your link is satire.
The mark of good satire is that it is so close to reality that it is hard to tell. I just couldn’t face it if it were true!!
29 Left Coast-Right Mind // Jan 30, 2009 at 11:21 pm
conserve-a-tip
Re: #28
I also hope it is satire, but I heard it from a couple different sources before I found the website in the link. But you’re right, good satire is that which is completely believable based upon the character of the people involved.
30 onlineanalyst // Jan 30, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Hat tip to moxie_neanderthal at HotAir:
In a speech to his fellow Republican House members, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., compared Daschle’s issue with the tax problems that hindered the confirmation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and those of Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., who is embroiled in a controversy over payment of taxes on a beachfront villa in the Dominican Republic.
“A pattern is developing,†Cantor said. “The pattern is solidified. … It’s easy for the other side to sit here and advocate higher taxes because — you know what? — they don’t pay them.â€
Finally.
BTW This is the same Eric Cantor, who offered Obama the alternative stimulus package with myriad tax cuts to inject capital and, thus, jobs into the stalled economic system. He is sharp and articulate and ethical.
31 MajorDomo // Jan 31, 2009 at 2:47 am
gafisher 22: ” …just a simple majority.”
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Or, just a simple-minded majority, as is frequently on display here
32 everthink // Jan 31, 2009 at 2:49 am
Democrats love Hillary; so, the Republicans put up Sassy Sarah.
Democrats nominate Obama, and he wins the White House; so, of course, Republicans make Michael Steele head of the RNC . Is there a pattern here?
Bold new ideas from the Regressive Party. Do you think maybe voters won’t notice? I think most will say: “Sorry Charlie”, it ain’t Star Kist.
ET
Psst, I can make you a great deal on a new Chinese BMW.
33 MajorDomo // Jan 31, 2009 at 3:00 am
“…and IRS donations to non-taxpayers ”
Your usual incisive brilliance, Scott!
Keep it up!
34 MajorDomo // Jan 31, 2009 at 3:03 am
ET, how did you manage to come in perfectly in #32?
35 gafisher // Jan 31, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Re#32: “Republicans make Michael Steele head of the RNC . Is there a pattern here?”
Sure! Republicans are smarter.
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