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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: President Obama on the cliff at 5pm eastern
Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller
BREAKING: THE PRESIDENT delivers a statement on the fiscal clif at 5pm
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)leftstreet
(36,112 posts)Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)There's things he might could be accused of but Coward is not one of them
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)He needs to go bold
not
bigtree
(86,005 posts). . . as posting self-serving insults on an internet message board
I don't think he was waiting on the Friday news dump. I think the Republicans just happened to melt down on a Thursday night.
trumad
(41,692 posts)You make a wrong turn here?
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
MineralMan
(146,329 posts)When was you thought the President would speak about it?
Your snide, sarcastic attitude about President Obama is getting really, really old, you know. I, for one, am sick of it.
President Obama will speak at 5 PM. I'll be listening. You can do as you please. But please spare us the sarcasm when you don't even know what he'll say. That's just juvenile.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Why has Obama not come out and told us why Boehner's Plan B failed in the House sooner than the day after!!!
What is Obama hiding about what he knows about future events???
Why won't Obama tell me what Santa is bringing me for Christmas!!!
Rex
(65,616 posts)another nation (to kill OBL) that has nukes is a coward...excuse me while I sit here and don't believe you know jack shit about the POTUS.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)He needs to make a bold statement
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Big bad anonymous poster - so fucking brave.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)Obama needs to make a bold statement after what just happened
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)for the people re: deal negotiations with republicans
and a chance to apply more leverage
and a chance to get the last word over the GOP going into the weekend news shows.
much more proactive than cowardly from a politics standpoint but I understand how many would not be able to perceive the nuances involved in the situation.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)He needs a bold explanation as to why
How is this so difficult for people to understand?
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)but funny strange
not funny haha.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)Maybe I'm misinformed...
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)and not what will happen now?
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)Will Obama pretend-offer the Food Stamp program?
Or pretend-offer Veterans benefits?
nyuck-nyuck-nyuck
He looks weak
TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)leftstreet
(36,112 posts)A Democratic President offered to cut Social Security
I'm sorry, but this is big
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Idiotic criticism.
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)to something that happened on the next day, Thursday!!! That'd show how brave he is!!! Really!!!
bigtree
(86,005 posts)Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller
WH official confirms Reid is meeting with POTUS now.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)I'm going Christmas shopping.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)the new proposal is to kick all of the sequester cuts down the road and focus on extending the unemployment benefits and extending the tax breaks for folks under $250,000
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)I can't hear you....
bigtree
(86,005 posts). . . to folks interested and affected.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)Is it possible to stand on the edge of a cliff and wave a white flag without falling off?
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)There's nothing really to say. He's just keeping himself on TV sounding reasonable.
(And if 15 minutes from now he says something game-hanging and dramatic I will have been wrong.)
bigtree
(86,005 posts)cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)I'm not knocking it. Just noting that he most likely won't have anything substantial to say.
Not his fault. There is nothing substantial to say. There isn't much he can do unilaterally
Cha
(297,655 posts)applegrove
(118,778 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)This is AUSTERITY being snuck in under another name. Remember Greece. STAND UP FIGHT BACK!
bigtree
(86,005 posts). . . and expiring tax cuts which will effect as many as 97% of working-class Americans.
A report says that he's going to propose postponing sequestration.