Obama Spars With GOP Leaders In Private White House Meeting

[babylonsister]

Ryan Grim

Obama Repeatedly Reminds House GOP Of Their Zero Stimulus Votes
04/24/09 04:30 PM


In a meeting with House Republicans at the White House Thursday, President Obama reminded the minority that the last time he reached out to them, they reacted with zero votes -- twice -- for his stimulus package. And then he reminded them again. And again. And again.

A GOP source familiar with the meeting said that the president was extremely sensitive -- even "thin-skinned" -- to the fact that the stimulus bill received no GOP votes in the House. He continually brought it up throughout the meeting.

Obama also offered payback for that goose egg. A major overhaul of the health care system, he told the Republican leadership, would be done using a legislative process known as reconciliation, meaning that the GOP won't be able to filibuster it.

Congress has until October 15 to pass health care or student lending reform under the normal process. If it doesn't, reconciliation can be used to eliminate the 60-vote requirement.

Democratic aides said that Obama made clear to the GOP leadership that he would continue to work in a bipartisan way, but that they didn't have veto power over health care policy. GOP aides, however, said that Obama was pretty clear that reconciliation would be used. "From what was told me, it sounded more like he would almost definitely use reconciliation for healthcare. I don't think he hedged much," said one.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/24/obama-repeatedly-reminded_n_191207.html

[AllentownJake]

1. Translation

"Listen you mother fuckers, I don't need you, I can do this the hard way, so if you want to have any input be prepared to sit at the table and compromise from a position of weakness or I'll just pass whatever the hell I want" "I'm not going to make compromises and than have you attack the very compromises you forced into the bill and refused to vote for"

[vaberella]

15. Hah. n/t

[roguevalley]

24. bwahahahahaaha! poor angel. I know Barack truly believed in

bipartisanship. These people are going to get smashed.

[Cha]

2. Prez Obama tried to work with them

and now it's time to get things done. And, if some transparent skinned repuke thinks Obama's "thin skinned"..well, let's just say it sounds like they're got a big ol Whine goin' on.

[Tripper11]

33. Thin skinned? PROJECTION!!!

Like everything else the republicans do, accuse their opponents of the actual flaw they have to live with daily....project their weakness, their uncompromising, blind eye views!!!!

[Mme. Defarge]

3. K&R!

:nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce: :nopity: :bounce:

[RoyGBiv]

4. Thin skinned, huh?

The GOP leadership tried very hard to make him look like a fool, pulling absolutely no punches, and they want to call him think skinned.

So be it. He's thin skinned.

So am I.

What was it Dear Leader said about fool me once?

Piss off, GOP.

[rvablue]

5. "Thin-skinned"????

Sounds more like bad ass to me.

How much you want to bet the "GOP Source" is that sniveling weasel Cantor?

[firedupdem]

6. I wouldn't call it thin-skinned at all. He's reminding them that he

tried the bi-partisan route and they failed to get involved. I'm sure he will continue to remind the people of this country that they are the party of no. They mucked up big time. I call it smart!

[SteveG]

7. No more Mr. Nice Guy to the Rethug's. (nt)

nt

[patrice]

8. They will never respect anyone who lets them take advantage.

[glitch]

13. They will never respect anyone, period.

They don't even respect themselves. Oh they'll cower in fear and call it respect, like they did with Bush/Cheney, but people who strive for their "respect" are fooling themselves.

Let them go their way and we'll go ours. Kudos to Obama for this, it's important.

[AtomicKitten]

9. I love his no nonsense way of dealing with the swine. n/t

[Seldona]

10. K&R

Good news.

Welcome to the minority party suckers, you sure earned it.

[mecherosegarden]

11. K&R Very Good! N/T

[ellie]

12. Bwahahahahaha!

Fuck off repukes!

[Luminous Animal]

14. I wish people would stop saying "60 vote requirement".

There is no such thing.

[vaberella]

16. Agreed, but it's the whole changing the meaning of things..

And most people think there is some 60 vote limit.

[Thrill]

17. Damn they messed around and pissed the good guy off

[Fire1]

18. They can't say they weren't invited to the party. He did his

part and they declined the invitation.:shrug:

[cooolandrew]

19. And if they take issue we'll just bring up as many clips of Reagan passing big bills in the budget >

too. If works for them it's fine for us legitmate congressional process that even they used. Hopefully even more good things come next budget too. The country sees their game and will see that this is best way forward for real progress now. We'd all love single payer but this will do for intermeidate.

[Egnever]

20. God I love this guy!

Best president eva!

[cliffordu]

21. "I'm drinking your milkshake..."

[FrenchieCat]

22. He certainly does!

[jillan]

23. Obama to GOP - I haven't even been here 100 days and already I'm sick of your BULLSHIT!

Doesn't sound thin-skinned to me.

[davidpdx]

25. Obama to the Republicans: Screw you!

[Kdillard]

26. Yeah thin skinned when he reached out to Republicans and the only thing

thing he got for his trouble was a whole bunch of nothing. They must really think the President is a fool or a sucker. Either work with him or seriously get out of the way. He also needs to remind them of the crap shoved down our throats using the same method when they wanted to get their priorities passed.

[SpiralHawk]

27. republicon homelanders: "Whine"

"But, you are going to mess up our plan to make America FAIL. Whine."

- Republicon Homelanders

[alcibiades_mystery]

28. It's rarely mentioned that BOTH Bush tax plans passed through reconciliation

Republicans end-ran the supposed "60 vote requirement" on both of them.

I don't see why we shouldn't do the exact same thing on both health care and energy. These are both first year priorities, and they will pass, GOP be damned. Elections have consequences, motherfuckers.

[Raine1967]

29. Project Much, Boner?

Another GOP aide said that Obama and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) had a back-and-forth about the zero votes. Obama argued that House Republicans had made a "strategic decision" to oppose the stimulus, while Boehner countered that Obama hadn't accepted House Republican input on the bill.

Who exactly is thin skinned you whiny, crying, overtanned Gin Soaked Sot?

[Arkana]

30. Obama's pissing off all the RIGHT people.

John Boner is an impotent fool and he's going to realize that tangling with President Obama will be no easy task.

[Life Long Dem]

31. It's not like it's torture to allow American's to a health care system

What is their problem with always saying 'no" to America?

[Puzzler]

32. I think it would be wise for the GOP to remember in which city ...

... Obama "cut" his political teeth in ;)

[Odin2005]

34. Hey Pukes, want some cheese with that whine?

:nopity:

[mvd]

35. K&R

I never thought Obama was so naive that he thought a bipartisan approach would always work. Good thing he isn't taking crap from them like I thought Clinton did too much.

[WinkyDink]

36. Elections have consequences!! They're lucky they aren't locked in the basement!