Robert Reich Said He Would Reluctantly Approve The Compromise Bill On Tweety's Show

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Does that make him persona non grata around here?

[fascisthunter]

1. to me, yes

[Dawgs]

21. +1.

[dkf]

2. Take it or leave it.

Any future proposals are only going to be worse.

[Clio the Leo]

3. He sure did....

.... everyone is starting to fully understand the reality that confronts us. (It's up to each of us to decide which is worse, "caving" Dems or poorER Americans.)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. And Don't Forget The Legitimate Fear Of Getting Something Much Worse Next Congress

...

[Clio the Leo]

5. lol, no, that was the fear in October....

.... it is NOW a REALITY. ;)

[Davis_X_Machina]

7. Nonsense.

It stands to reason that a much better deal can be gotten from a Congress with a Republican House, and a reduced Democratic majority in the Senate.

DU reason.

The secret is patience. Why, if come March 30 or so we're a few dozen inches short of our annual snowfall of 70" here, it's just a matter of waiting till May. Patience does the trick.

[gateley]

10. But it's not either/or, as I understand it, Clio. They're saying that those who

are making less than $20 K annually will get a tax INCREASE. How about those poorER Americans?

I'm scratching my head on that one. I've been back and forth on this and finally settled against it because I think it will harm us ALL in the long run, but I'm not up in arms about it because I really worry about those on unemployment and who are living paycheck to paycheck who can't handle a tax increase. But then I read that about the under 20K people, and I'm thinking WTF?

[ladjf]

6. Well it is a big strike against him in my opinion. I do think he is

a very intelligent man. I rarely disagree with what he says but, in this case, I do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Respectfully

If all the people you admire are starting to line up on side and you remain on the other side maybe it's time to reevaluate where you line up...

[Bluenorthwest]

9. He was just on Olbermann and his view is much more complex

than the OP is suggesting and he was very clear that he feels both Clinton and Obama are wrong on this deal.
There is no glory is being stuck with something awful.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. That's Why I Qualified His Support As Reluctantly

As opposed to enthusiastically, wholeheartely, or unqualified.

[ladjf]

20. I heard Reich on Oberman and he was most definitely against

the deal. I didn't hear the Mathews comments.

At this point, I don't care if everyone on the planet is in favor to the deal. I think it stinks for reasons that I'm too lazy to list in the post. The President has sold us out. That I'm sure of.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. When Did He Say That

I hope the professor didn't say one thing on Hardball at 7 and then retract it on Olbermann at 8.


Go the 7.20 mark:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_35reEogeB4

[ladjf]

24. He said it last night on Keith at 8:00. He was defending an articl

that the recently wrote stating that the tax cut compromise was a mistake.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. I'd Like To See The Video

I can't believe he changed his mind from show to show.

That just shows the dilemma of a legislator. His or her votes are binary.

[Uzybone]

11. he is a corporaticaputilationist

or whatever the true left uses to describe anyone who has to deal with the reality of governing nowadays.

[Davis_X_Machina]

12. Can we primary him?

I mean, he's not an elected official anywhere, but think of the message it would send...

[BzaDem]

14. ROFL

:rofl:

[grahamhgreen]

29. Or the falsehood of claiming we have good governance.

[BzaDem]

13. Oh boy! This means it's either time for some people here to FINALLY enter reality, or...

someone's about to get thrown under the bus.

:popcorn:

[NYCGirl]

15. Well, Al Franken got DU-tossed under the wheels in another

thread.

[zulchzulu]

16. He's a (insert some clueless purist parlor talking insult here) Add !!! n/t

[lamp_shade]

18. he's a.. a.. a.. caver. He f**cking "CAVED".

:rofl:

[ProudDad]

17. Looks like Reich has reluctantly realized that it's the best

he's going to see from O the Appeaser...and the corporate Dems...

And Robert hasn't realized how deep the real shit pile is yet...

He did write a great book on how to temporarily rescue the current paradigm though...

Obama probably hasn't read it yet though...nor will he...Larry Summers wouldn't let him...

[WI_DEM]

23. So another DU favorite has lost his luster

[Supersedeas]

26. note the absence of Repukes who have objections to the deal on Shallow Matthews show

[DemocratSinceBirth]

27. Very Few Repubs Go On Matthews Show

They have a tacit and general boycot of it.

I watch him every chance I get and rarely see any...

[grahamhgreen]

28. He was a cherleader for the slave-trade agreements, as well.

[TheKentuckian]

30. I've never seen him defend this tax policy, what exactly did he say?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. See Post 22

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