GOP Sen. Pat Roberts: Obama should "take a valium and calm down"

[jefferson_dem]

GOP Sen. Pat Roberts: Obama should "take a valium"

At the news conference, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah complained that Mr. Obama has been unwilling to have a conversation with Republicans about his "plea to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on job creators." Mr. Obama said Wednesday that Republican opposition to tax increases on "corporate jet owners" and other wealthy individuals as part of a deal to raise taxes is not sustainable.

Roberts' suggestion that Mr. Obama take Valium, a drug often proscribed to relieve anxiety, then followed.

"Maybe if he would just take a Valium and calm down and come on down and talk to us it might be helpful," said Roberts, who added that Mr. Obama's last meeting with Republicans was simply a "lecture."

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20075890-503544.html

[JoePhilly]

1. What else do we expect from these terrorists in the GOP?

[jefferson_dem]

3. Seems they are really trying to hammer home the "angry, uppity black guy" smear.

I hate to hate...these fuckers. But I do.

[CakeGrrl]

4. They're really proving themselves to be scum of the earth, aren't they? -nt

[jefferson_dem]

7. We've always had political scum, especially in that party.

But scum is all they have left now -- the party of sleazy, racist, bottom-feeding anti-statesmen.

[JoePhilly]

14. Here's one of my hopes ....

During his first term, Obama has been like Jackie Robinson. He's had to take all kinds of hate in stride. Almost ignore it.

Just to deny these racists a clear shot at calling him an angry black man.

But as we get closer to the 2012 election ... and then maybe after he gets reelected ... I would love to see him really get angry.

Politically, this is not great advice ... at least not before the 2012 ... but after ... if the GOP is like it is now ... I'd love him to squash them.

He may care more about getting things done. But I would love to see him (metaphorically) punch a right wing GOP hack right in the throat.

[butterfly77]

39. Mine too...

[DontTreadOnMe]

2. "Job Creaters"... where are the jobs!

Can't anyone in the media call his bullshit.

[woo me with science]

6. +1

Exactly.

[gkhouston]

9. Maybe "job" is a euphemism for "shit"?

:shrug:

[Cosmocat]

40. F O R T H E E V E R L O V I N G S O N O F S A M

AMEN to that ...

Just for gosh darn ONCE, it would be nice if one of these nitwit "liberal media" types didn't just bobble head and advance this job creater BS ...

Since the Bush tax cuts this country has seen its worst job creation since the fricken great depression, these jaggoffs are sitting on piles of capital, getting record bonuses, going on splashy corporate getaways and ...

NOT CREATING A DAMN JOB ...

[WhiteTara]

5. That is hilarious!

They are really such horrible excuses for humans.

[CakeGrrl]

8. And this bullshit is exactly why he can't (and won't) take their bait.

They'd LOVE for him to lose his cool so they can reassure people that they'll save them from Angry Black Obama.

But he won't.

And the calmer he stays, the more unhinged they will sound as they try to paint him as the scary one.

[emulatorloo]

12. Great post n/t

[hedgehog]

38. I know people were upset that he played golf with Boehner, but that game

told people "See, I'm not a scary angry Black Obama, I'm just another golfer."

Lots of politics is theater.

[tinymontgomery]

10. I'll take one for him

I find them very relaxing for me as I watch all this stuff. I want him to stay tough. Plus if he took one they would call him a drug addict.

[emulatorloo]

11. So says the number one Bush Apologist, pat roberts

[LonePirate]

13. These so called job creators are not creating jobs so we might as well tax them.

[applegrove]

15. Obama is an angry man. He's an alpha male these days. No way he should tone it down. Republicans

are trying desperately to knock him around for being a big dog. Obama needs to double down. Call their bluff. Show his anger. Of course the GOP would like him to be on valium...that way Obama looks like a pussycat. The Big Dog won a second term because he was the Big Dog. Obama will win too. But only if he shows he has balls. And he did yesterday. And it was good.

[Historic NY]

16. I'd respect the POTUS more if he told the GOP to kiss his bi-racial ass in Time Square....

wouldn't that be a hoot.

[buddysmellgood]

17. Asshole

[Wait Wut]

18. What a dick.

But, I am sincerely grateful that he's probably just given Pres. Obama one more reason to get pissed off.

Hell, maybe next time instead of "simply a lecture" Pres. Obama will go all out and beat the living crap out of you.

[Bobbie Jo]

26. +1

Dick, indeed.

[Hand_With_Eyes]

19. Apparently Democrats who fight back are out of bounds

...in a climate of endless GOP attacks and smears.

[Cheap_Trick]

20. And Pat Roberts needs to open

A nice tall 24 ouncer of shut the fuck up.

[KingFlorez]

21. Not the first time Senator Roberts has said this

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/25/republicans-say-thin-skin_n_589291.html

[GoCubsGo]

22. The calmest man on the planet needs a Valium?

Now, that's fucking hilarious! Me thinks Mr. Roberts doth project too much

[Drunken Irishman]

23. Fuck this guy too.

[Cali_Democrat]

24. Obama definitely pissed off the Republicans and their enablers

This is excellent news. He's finally getting confrontational.

[ClarkUSA]

27. Not "finally". He just doesn't do it every damned day like some people want.

[Cali_Democrat]

32. He does need to do it every day IMO

I have set you free. :hi:

[ClarkUSA]

25. Wow... so much for all that bullshit about Pres. Obama "caving" to Republicans, eh?

At the news conference, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah complained that Mr. Obama has been unwilling to have a conversation with Republicans about his "plea to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on job creators." Mr. Obama said Wednesday that Republican opposition to tax increases on "corporate jet owners" and other wealthy individuals as part of a deal to raise taxes is not sustainable.

Roberts' suggestion that Mr. Obama take Valium, a drug often proscribed to relieve anxiety, then followed.

"Maybe if he would just take a Valium and calm down and come on down and talk to us it might be helpful," said Roberts, who added that Mr. Obama's last meeting with Republicans was simply a "lecture."

:rofl:

[sense]

28. duh....

"Maybe if he would just take a Valium and calm down and come on down and talk to us it might be helpful," said Roberts, who added that Mr. Obama's last meeting with Republicans was simply a "lecture."


There's no having a reasonable conversation with them.... lecture is what it will always boil down to because thinking is beyond them.

[Dawson Leery]

29. Taking on the Theofascists is a no, no.

It's only acceptable for Republicans/Teaklan/Neo-Cons/Christian Fundamentalists to fight with their opponents.

[PragmaticLiberal]

30. A lecture?

Just another way of saying know your place boy.



These guys are something else.....

[and-justice-for-all]

31. Uh no...he needs to beat some ass...nt

[awoke_in_2003]

33. hey pat....

why don't you take a couple hundred valium? Your bloviating self has been wasting our oxygen for too many years as it is.

[kiranon]

34. Talking with the "no taxes" GOP won't do any good. Take it to the

people and to their districts about what it means to them if the wealthy pay less and less and the middle class pays more and more - that is if they still have a job and make any money.

[yardwork]

35. That went wide. Obama is famous for "no drama." No signs of anxiety ever.

Fail.

[MurrayDelph]

36. It's just another attempt to find a new euphemism

for "Uppity"

[TheKentuckian]

37. He needs to call them on their shit in plain terms daily, weekly and yearly till the dumb

motherfuckers see clearly or are squashed like so many grapes.

Joe Wilson was never advised to take his meds. Snake in the Grassley never was recommended a chill pill when he was out telling his crazy hyperbolic and delusional bullshit about death panels.

Fuck these pieces of pigshit with a rusty dumpster.

[mwooldri]

41. Maybe if Senator Roberts takes Concerta or Focalin ...

... then he can get to grips with the problem and focus his attention to it. (these are ADD or ADHD medicines).

Plus, Senator there's better medicine than Valium for relieving anxiety.

Concentrate at the issue at hand. Again, Concentrate.

[ClassWarrior]

42. So the Rape-Publicans are advocating prescription drug abuse now?

NGU.

[Sheepshank]

43. They love to throw out this statement....

"(Obama's) plea to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on job creators."

yet fail to mention (1) the jet owning corporations have not created jobs and (2)that statistics have already shown over and over a majority of new jobs are coming from SMALL business owners who don't own jets....who would not be hugley impacted and who have already seen assistance to keep their business running and offer employee health insurance.

It's the small businesses that are struggling when the consumer doesn't have two dimes to rub together.