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Cal33

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5. Which isn't saying much. If you consider how much of the time he has yielded to the outrageous

Reply to blm (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 01:18 PM

Sep 2013

demands of the Republicans -- oftentimes already yielding ground before they've even begun
their first bargaining session, and yielding still more ground during the bargaining, so that by
the end, he had given away 3/4ths of what he wanted for the Democrats. I remember once
Boehner boasting that he had gotten 95% of what he had wanted from Obama.

The bargaining process is supposed to be a two-way street. With Obama it rarely is. So, if
anything, he's to the right of Clinton.

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Obama recently said that if he had been president in the 1980s, he would have been considered a [View all] Cal33 Sep 2013 OP

He's telling us that he is just to the left of President Clinton. blm Sep 2013 #1

! NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

You misspelled Reagan leftstreet Sep 2013 #3

No...I have it right...Clinton - Best Republican president since Eisenhower. blm Sep 2013 #4

Eisenhower has also been called a "Commie" by Right-Wing crazies. Cal33 Sep 2013 #6

I think Clinton is more correct. Reagan was so far to the right that he is totally out of Cal33 Sep 2013 #7

Which isn't saying much. If you consider how much of the time he has yielded to the outrageous Cal33 Sep 2013 #5

He negotiates from a position of weakness every time almost like it was planned from the get go ThirdWayCowplop Sep 2013 #13

Yes, he does negotiate from a position of weakness. Whether planned or not, it doesn't Cal33 Sep 2013 #16

It's all very depressing that it's come down to this, though. n/t KoKo Sep 2013 #8

... Scuba Sep 2013 #9

When was the video from? davidpdx Sep 2013 #10

I have the impression that it was about a month or so ago, when I saw it on TV. It's possible Cal33 Sep 2013 #15

Here's what he said and the context in which he said it cali Sep 2013 #11

Good catch davidpdx Sep 2013 #12

I think when you say so-and-so said this, you have an obligation cali Sep 2013 #14

I don't think Eisenhower would have been against the measures above advocated by Obama. In Cal33 Sep 2013 #17