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Washington Politicans Desperately Search for Actual ‘Adults’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Suddenly everyone in Washington wants to be an adult.

President Barack Obama’s repeated call for an “adult conversation” on spending is being echoed and rebutted by Republicans as the government reels toward a possible shutdown.

Obama says he wants to have an adult dialogue on the budget. Republican lawmakers contend they’re the ones trying to have a grown-up talk. Both sides are pointing fingers yet both have agreed to repeated delays in completing a budget to keep the government open for the last six months of the fiscal year.

The bickering might seem, well, childish, but the stakes are high as each side tries to win public opinion and display the leadership qualities to attract voters at the ballot box through 2012 and beyond.

The rhetoric heated up this week with Republicans and Democrats jockeying furiously for advantage as the prospect of a government shutdown Friday grew more real. Each day that passes with no deal seems to bring more talk of who‘s an adult and who’s not.

Obama on Tuesday emerged from a meeting with Democratic and Republican leaders and proposed “that we act like grownups.”

That same day House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., released a budget plan for calling for dramatic cuts, and laid down a challenge to Obama: “Americans are ready for honest talk. They’re ready to be spoken to like adults.”

When the White House attacked Ryan’s plan, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, jumped in to criticize the president.

“If he wants to have an ‘adult conversation’ about solving our fiscal challenges, he needs to lead instead of sitting on the sidelines,” the speaker said Wednesday.

Then the Republican National Committee added its voice, accusing Obama of ducking a meeting on the budget. “Adults don’t say one thing and do another,” the committee said.

Later Wednesday it was Obama trying to seize back the adult mantel at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania. Voters, he said, want politicians to “act like adults, quit playing games, realize it‘s not just ’my way or the highway.’”

For Obama, who first called for an adult conversation on long-term fiscal issues at a press conference in February, it’s an attempt to put himself above the partisan fray, demonstrate firm leadership in a chaotic world and remind voters of his promise to change the way politics works in Washington.

For their part, Republicans are trying to set themselves up as the ones who can tackle the tough issues of leading Washington through the economic recovery and bringing down debts and deficits over the long term.

To voters, though, it might sound like the typical Washington back-and-forth, not adult behavior at all.

Yet perhaps for a politician the only thing worse than not acting like an adult, is acting like one, said Jack Pitney, a politics professor at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California

“Most people would agree that politicians should act like adults by making tough choices even when they are unpopular. So it‘s popular for politicians to say that they’ll do the unpopular thing. But when they actually do the unpopular thing, they are…unpopular,” Pitney said. “The lessons of adulthood are seldom happy ones.”

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  • 5410amh
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:12am

    Is obozo even out of his teens? I hope Rep Ryan kicks his @$$ on the budget issue.

     
  • DaveOregon
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:02am

    Well – what about this then..if they don’t make the cuts in current spending and pass a balanced budget agreement, we, as the “adults” who are paying for everything the “kids” in Washington are buying/spending/giving it away – simply cut the off the funds. It’s called a tax revolt – we simply don’t pay it. You don’t have to have your employer take your taxes out of your paycheck. renegogiate your employment contract or simply place “24” as number of dependents. No way the Feds can lock everyone up and if they try – you’ll see the new French-type revolution – which is not the revolution they want. We the people have to get the “children” in Washington to stop. Like an addict – cold turkey may be the only way.

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  • Ellbee
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:56am

    Responsible ADULTS don‘t spend what they don’t have and try to pay down their debt ASAP. You JACKASS.

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  • coalfired
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:54am

    I wonder what the adult in the White House doesn’t understand about the statement…..We’re Broke!
    Could it be that’s the plan all along?
    Progressive/socialist/communist/unionist/democrats, have exposed their hand and think this is their moment in history……….Stick to your pledges Republicans! Don’t allow these gangsters destroy any more of this country.

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  • I Believe In American Exceptionalism
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:34am

    I’m one of the many American adults who works hard, pays taxes, and balances my own budget – I‘m sick and tired of politicians who do nothing to resolve our nation’s pressing problems.

    The only time Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and their liberals allies lie awake at night is when they‘re trying to devise innovative new ways to take my money so they can redistribute it to their more worthy friends who don’t pay any federal income tax and just take from the system. Remember “punish our enemies” and “reward our friends?”

    It’s Makers v. Takers in 2012.

    And once again, the Makers are mad as Hell.

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  • psykeskaos
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:52am

    This from the group who was too irresponsible to create a budget??? If things were going His way he‘d be singin’ a different tune. Why was he being Pimped by Sharpton yesterday or since his presidency, and where was Biden? I’m sick of this worthless lazy blame others bunch..

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  • leary1
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:41am

    You won`t find many healthy adults running our country, but you will find alot of spoiled brats..especially when you deal with obama and many of the democrats in congress. They want it their way or they will throw tantrums and lie to get their way. Just like a child, whah whah whah. When they are done crying, they always claim someone else caused the problem…never themselves!!

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  • Fight for America
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:36am

    So, the current President wanted “grownups”. Where was he in October when all of HIS so-called grownups didn’t pass a budget and he had the House and the Senate and himself in charge?

    Condescending claptrap from never ending campaigners makes me more determined to vote them out of office the first chance I get.

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  • Hugh Akston
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:27am

    The bottom-line fear of the Democrat looter party in this country is this: that the government will shut down and….nothing will happen. As post-‘shutdown’ days roll by, Americans with brains (most of us) will come to realize what many of us have known for years, namely this: we do not need this federal government.

    Then Americans with brains (again, most of us) will come to realize, whether by the bleating and moaning and crying of the government media, unions and other rank and file leech-like looters (who have survived solely on the forcibly-extracted-from-producers government handouts) or by the absence of anything bad happening post-‘shutdown’, that the federal government had become nothing more than a mob-protection-racket criminal enterprise.

    The looter party’s fear boils down to the public coming to know this: To exist, producers do not need looters; the opposite cannot be said.

    It is astounding to see how far America has fallen since January 20, 2009. I used to think there would be something left to save after 2012. But the country’s descent has been so rapid that “Thelma” Uhbammah may have already driven us off the cliff and we‘re halfway to the canyon floor and don’t even know it yet. In fact, it seems that the witless part of the country has bought the Dimocrat reasoning that ‘we’re doing OK…give him time’ solely because we have not hit bottom of the canyon yet.

    History will show that America committed suicide by Uhbammah, solely because the public education system and laziness finally produced enough ignorant imbeciles in the country to vote for imposter garbage like Uhbammah. Why anyone with brains would listen to the anything the imbeciles who elected this Kenyan fraud have to say is beyond any human understanding.

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    • FREDINOHIO
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 12:21pm

      I think you are really on target with your remarks. I would think that many will have their eyes opened by a shut down.

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  • Omaof19
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:25am

    A boyscout who never became a boyscout leader, leading our country, asking for “adult conversation”. He’s the leader it should start with him. He is an oxymoron.

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  • thermonator
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:16am

    LOL……. if you want to have an adult conversation, then lets stop treating everyone like children who can’t take care of themselves without the governments help.

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  • ares338
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:13am

    Adults and Washington…..this is an oxymoron.

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  • ginger100
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:03am

    Didn’t see any adult conversation for Obamacare

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  • Vicdakota
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:59am

    Wasn’t it Mr Obama himself that said …..“ They can come along but theyneed to ride in the back of the bus ”…… Mr President, when it comes to the Money to FUEL that Bus you need to get it now out the People in the back of the Bus ! So I suggest you sit down shut up and listen to The Republicans or your NEVER going to get anywhere !

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  • NEOBIO
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:41am

    There is to many womenkind in DC. Some women like to work off of feeling and not facts.We need some policitians with B_ _ _ !! I think Barry and Harry need to check.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:36am

    Glenn has tried to have a serious conversation at 5:00 for the last couple of years. What happens? The well funded left rises up and attacks his advertisers to the point where his network can’t make a buck off him and he is gone. Obama wants an adult conversation like he wants to cut spending. It’s the farthest thing from his mind. He hasn’t had an adult conversation about anything in his entire career as a community organizer.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:30am

    I could weep for the state of mankind. If I were GOD, I would spew us out, turn my back and walk away. That said, “It‘s a good thing I’m not GOD!”

    Saddened by the confirmed news yesterday of Glenn’s leaving his 5 p.m. program, I find myself crying and sad. Who will lead us, LORD? Are we on our own once again? We do not do well without a leader. We are like sheep without a ……Oh,

    Thank YOU LORD that YOU are our shepherd and that we shall not want. Thank YOU that YOU lead us by still waters and that YOU hold our heads above the waves that would wash over us. Thank YOU that YOU guide us with YOUR rod and YOUR staff and that YOU prepare a table before us in the presence of our enemies. Thank YOU LORD that “Shirley”, Goodness and Mercy shall follow us ALL the days of our lives and that we will live in YOUR house forever and ever. In JESUS’ name, amen.

    And to our enemies, every last horrid, lost, smelly, foul, filthy, mean, godless one of you, may GOD have mercy on YOUR souls. (Dang, that’s not how I want to pray!) *sigh*

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  • EP46
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:14am

    Are we the American people, suppose to have an ADULT conversation with a little PUPPET that is swinging from strings being pulled by the great OZ hiding behind a curtain ?

    The big problem is that obama LIES every time he opens his mouth. mr obama, how stupid do you really believe we are ?? obama says ‘this can’t be about politics” WHY then did YOU and YOUR DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS not pass a budget last Oct. when it was due ? Was it NOT political in Oct leading up to the elections, but now it is ? I don’t believe the American people are as stupid or as forgetful as you would like to believe. Please, Puppet, for the sake of America…STEP DOWN NOW as you tell other world leaders to do. Those who pull your strings are the greatest danger this nation faces.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:05am

    By Vasko Kohlmayer
    Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is Chairman of the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives. He is also widely acknowledged to be one of the most fiscally conscious members of the Republican Party and of the conservative establishment.

    It was, therefore, with much expectation that those concerned about the government’s fiscal condition awaited his blueprint budget proposal, which he calls The Path to Prosperity. The hope was that it would pave the way out of the predicament.

    Disappointingly, it does not do so, even though many well-meaning people want to believe otherwise.

    The first thing that should tip you off that something is seriously wrong with the proposal is that it does not balance the budget. Startling as it may sound, one of Washington’s leading fiscal hawks has no intention of bringing federal finances into balance anytime in the foreseeable future.

    That the budget needs to be balanced immediately is be quite obvious. Having assumed more obligations than it can conceivably make good upon, the US federal government is for all practical purposes bankrupt. Taking on even more debt simply amounts to fiscal insanity.

    This, however, is precisely what Ryan’s budget will do. He tries to conceal this by claiming that his proposal “puts the budget on the path to balance and pays off the debt.“ Notice the phrase ”on the path.” The question that we need to ask is: How long will this path be?

    When you look at the summary tables at the back of The Path to Prosperity you will see that Ryan’s proposal still foresees a sizable deficit in 2021, the last year for which he makes projections.

    Ryan apparently justifies his “on the path” claim by referring to a study by the Congressional Budget Office which estimates that under his plan the federal budget will balance by 2040. This is almost thirty years from now!

    Is this how a serious and responsible leader should address the most serious fiscal crisis in this country’s history?

    Year 2040 is obviously only a cop-out. Given the depth of our indebtedness, it is safe to say that if the spending and debt trends continue, the dollar will have collapsed by the end of this decade, if not sooner. It is enough to look at the climbing price of gold to see just how much confidence the world places in our rapidly failing currency.

    Any serious budget cutter would insist that the budget be balanced straight away. If we are to have any chance of averting the impending collapse, it needs to be done now. This may seem radical in Washington, but this is the only way. No over-indebted entity can keep borrowing and hope that things will turn out well in the end.

    Government is no exception. It is true that it has more leeway, because it can freely print money with which to paper over its obligations for a time. But this does not solve the problem. It only postpones the inevitable and makes the eventual day of reckoning all the more painful. A good look at The Path to Prosperity makes it distressingly obvious that Congressman Ryan has no intention of taking meaningful steps to address the government’s fiscal plight.

    Some may find this assessment of Paul Ryan’s proposal too harsh or unfair. It is not. Consider these facts.

    On page three of The Path to Prosperity Congressman Ryan boasts that his plan will cut “$6.2 trillion in government spending over the next decade compared to the President’s budget.” The $6.2 trillion figure may seem like an impressive amount, and so it is when viewed in absolute terms. But if you know that Obama’s proposed spending was some $46 trillion over that ten-year period, your prospective is bound to change dramatically. The figure only represents 13 percent of the overall amount.

    Furthermore, to call these reductions cuts is disingenuous. There is only one overall budget cut in the whole ten-year period, and it is a small one at that. It occurs in the next fiscal year when government spending will decrease by less than $100 billion, which is less than 3 percent of the total budget. Thereafter, government and debt will grow in their usual merry way. When all is said and done, there are hardly any real cuts in Ryan’s plan. All it does is to slow down the projected rate of growth by relatively modest amounts.

    Ryan’s timidity in cutting is due to his fear that the public would not tolerate serious slashing. He is right. The problem is that we cannot cut the budget, because we the people will not allow it. We blame the politicians, but it is actually we who are ultimately responsible. Any politician who proposes serious cuts almost invariably gets voted out. We agree in the abstract that the budget needs to be reduced, but we reject the practical implementation of this idea. It is a bad situation.

    The Path to Prosperity, regrettably, probably is more harmful than most proposals of this kind. This is because it is cast in language that creates an impression that it tackles the problem while all it really does is only to further exacerbate it.

    Sad to say, Paul Ryan’s document is misnamed. Instead of The Path to Prosperity, it should be called The Continued Path to Fiscal Doom.

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    • TexasStu
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:43am

      My first thought about your comment is; ok is there a better plan out there? The answer is no. Ryan is the only one that has put out ANY proposal that actually cuts spending. Yes it will take a long time to bring the budget into balance and for many reasons. We have lost millions of jobs over the past three years and we have expanded the government so large it is more than just scary. Yet through it all obama wants to spend even more next year and the dems even more. 6.2 trillion amounts to spit in a bucket compared to the amount of spending obama and the dems have done in the past 3 years but if you look at the problem it started around 2006 when the dems won the congress and senate. So now we have the dems in the senate blocking ANY try at lowering our spending. You can blame the republicans or dems it really does not matter what matters is that we start cutting and do it NOW. Shutting down the government sounds like a great place to start to me. We will see how many millions of jobs in the government sector are not important and from there we can really see how to fire all those union workers.

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    • CWS1971
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:44am

      This is the problem conservatives always face. It always has to be all or nothing and we usually wind up with nothing. If you watch the progressives closely you will find them pushing forward inch by inch. Sometimes they give back a few inches only to take more in the future.

      Some of you may recall reading how the income tax started. It was only supposed to be on the rich. That is how it got its’ foot in the door. Now it is just a large incomprehensible mess that almost anyone can be found in violation of some point or another.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:04am

    as good as ryans budget sounds, there is one little bit of math i would like to submit for your veiwing pleasure

    46,000,000,000,000.00 ( obamas 10 yr budget proposal { estimated 46 trillion }
    - 6 ,000,000,000,000.00 ( ryans proposed 10 yr budget cut )
    ————————————————————————————————————————————
    40,000,000,000,000.00 ( 40 trillion over 10 yrs )
    / 10 yrs
    ——————————————-
    4,000,000,000,000.00 ……………4 trillion a yr average spending for the next ten yrs

    we are currently 3.7 trillion dollar budget

    WHERE ARE THE CUTS?????

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  • justruth
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:01am

    You know what they American people would like even more that adult conversations from our policitians in Washington? They would like them to be people of integrity, good character, and Godliness. They would like them to be people who do not lie continuously, who do not manipulate the truth, who uphold American values and traditions, who put America and its citizens first, who do not seize upon every catastrophic event and even create some in an effort to promote anti-American schemes, and who do not side with our enemies against their own country. Perhaps if Obama and the Democrats could cross a few of these hurdles, then an adult conversation might be possible, otherwise an adult conversation with Obama or any of the Democrat Party is out of the question. Because they are not only children, they are rebellious, perverted, unGodly, violent, selfish, destructive, irresponsible children who are destined to not only destroy themselves, but everyone around them.

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  • ExpertShot
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:55am

    The entire problem stems from 2 things: 1. They (mainly the dems in the Senate) are soooooo worried about their political career, they don’t want to risk angering the base in 2012. & 2. So many politicians today (both parties) are so entrenched in the socialist mantra they do believe it‘s governement’s responsibility to take care of everything. I was watching the fox stream of the House Budget Committee yesterday (Paul Ryan’s attempt to address the FY 2012 budget) & I thought my head was going to blow up. I heard the dems say time & time again that it was the government’s responsibility for this or that & the cuts were “unfair”…they kept bringing up the class warfare argument about the rich bankers & oil companies. I suggest everyone watch a few of these hearings to see what representatives/senators say during these meetings/debates….the media doesn’t cover it & it’s the best way to see what they really think & who is really willing to work together to get something done to fix the mess the progressives have made over the past 100 yrs.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:30am

      Unfortunately, most Americans are more interested in Jersey Shore than the House Budget Committee. Perfectly willing to be lead by the nose by Colbert, Stewart and vapid left leaning headlines. The Republicans obviously have the right plan but, people are disinterested. That’s how Obama got elected and is likely to be re-elected. I’m afraid the U.S. is going to get exactly what is deserves for becomming intellectually lazy, self absorbed and disinterested. When somebody comes along (like Glenn) and starts waking people up, the hammer comes down and he’ll be replaced with some hot blonde talking about Charlie Sheen or some missing college student.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:42am

      Gonzo I think Beck has rang a bell that can’t be unrung. People more than ever are watching Washington and paying close attention,and looking for the angles. However that said when you say the Republican have the right plan I hope you mean they‘re heading in the right direction because the Republican plan is far from a fix it’s is only slowing the growth of the National Debt. We need a plan to start eating away at the debt not just slow it down.

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    • glashole
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:57am

      Hey dead eye, you are correct. The people sent to office need to be willing to be hated just like mommy and daddy are after they discipline their children. In this case the children are in control, thank you Dr. Spock. We as voters need to see the financial statements of the people in office to see if they are qualified to make decisions regarding anything with the nations budget. A welfare check should be given to one who serves, in some fashion their community, and can pass a drug free test.

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    • JaimeJLL
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 11:48am

      Gonzo,

      I disagree completely….people are not too stupid, they have just stopped trying. There is a huge difference. When you are told over and over again, “its just the way it is, you can’t change it” then you will believe it. So why bother watching when you have no say.

      I do agree that we need to start over for sure. Something has to change. Washington is not capable of running things…..‘We The People’ had a good run in the beginning but today we no longer have a say in anything, no matter who we vote in.

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  • jungle J
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:50am

    I think the hustler actually thinks he is presidential material…

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  • jungle J
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:49am

    what a professional clown

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  • quarter horseman
    Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:46am

    Barry manchild You have to be an adult fist to have an adult conversation. O and we dont care we won!

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 6:54am

      When you live in a welfare state as we do, this is how it ends. With massive debt and an eventual currency crisis. The dopes in Washington will never, never, never make any meaningful cuts. It just ain’t gonna happen.
      http://guerillatics.com

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:19am

      You would think…….looking around and realizing 2012 isn’t going to happen for him or his party, he would just go play golf. But he is giving this one all he has, insults distortion,class envy. He really is working hard for the people!!! {sarcasm off}. Until they get something done, none of them are adults.

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    • ISeeDanger.com
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:25am

      We need a good crisis to open peoples’ eyes…
      Let it shut down, and stay down.
      http://www.ISeeDanger.com

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 7:35am

      Well someone needs to tell Obama that adults spend within their means. So the adult conversations starts with making a budget based on what you can afford not on what you want.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:20am

      “For Obama, who first called for an adult conversation on long-term fiscal issues at a press conference in February, it’s an attempt to put himself above the partisan fray, demonstrate firm leadership in a chaotic world and remind voters of his promise to change the way politics works in Washington.”

      Yes! All you congressmen quit acting like children! I am the President and I am here to lead. We need to have an adult conversation and i will be the nonpartisan judge to keep things rolling. Oh, BTW, Republicans are babies, Republicans are babies, nah na nah na na…Drove the car into the ditch, want to kill old ladies, taking away the union rights, Republicans are babies, Republicans are babies…(sticking out tongue)

      I think this is why Beck is stepping back. He has finally realized that it is hopeless. Very few even care about doing business anymore, it is all about public opinion and politics and the public is generally stupid enough to play the game too.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:28am

      It’s just a fact of life that Democrats are children. Liberalism is a mental disorder that manifests as childish behavior. That’s just a fact. To hear the Democrats demagogue this issue makes me want to puke. Here’s to hoping Chucky Schumer gets a bad case of hemorrhoids. Just wait until 2012 we’ll send even more Adults up there to clean up the mess you children have made. Always remember DEMOCRAT = LIAR.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:43am

      How bout both you jacka$$ parties wake up and quite with the party crap and try and solve some of the pressing problems in this country before it’s too late. Being an independent rather than a GOP or Democrat means more and more each day. There are a lot of politicians in Washington D.C. that have way over stayed their welcome or usefulness. Many, many of them are too tight or beholding to special interests, unions, etc., etc. The only way to cure this countries ills is to bring in some more new blood and sweep out the trash.

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    • LAMET
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 8:51am

      I received an email from AARP this morning – insisting that I call my Senator and tell her to back the democrats. With the usual LIES !

      I cancelled my AARP subscription this morning and sent them email and telling to STOP SUPPORTING THE DEMOCRATS. And that AARP will be held accountable for any government shutdowns for supporting corrupt politicians

      I told them THEY MUST STAND WITH THE PEOPLE and DEMAND the budget cuts and SUPPORT THE REPUBLICANS!

      Please everyone send AARP THE MESSAGE -DEMAND AARP SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET!

      member@aarp.org

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    • BMMiller1975
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:01am

      Where was this statement “it‘s not just ’my way or the highway” when the Republicans were in the minority?

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    • gman46
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 9:33am

      Just goes to show you how bad things are in Washington, and yet socialists want to be controlled by these guys, I think not!

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    • right-wing-waco
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:27am

      Go onto whitehouse.gov and make your comments known to the Barry & the whitehouse. Maybe we need to begin to send comments to the whitehouse on all issues each week. If you were dumb enough to have sent him money in the last election, ask for it back.

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 11:26am

      quarter horseman…you are so right. A cocaine addict is like a kid that can’t live in reality. When times get tough, they look for an escape. It‘s the don’t bother me syndrone! I can’t deal with this! And then they flee to where there is less heat. He is so small and over his head. It is really scary there are so many idiots who may put this traitor back in office. We need a voting standard. If you can‘t read or have a drivers license you shouldn’t be allowed to vote!

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    • desertkid
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 11:38am

      A congressman or senator just yesterday when commenting on Obama’s where about during such dire times that our country facing (obama was in pennsylvania campaigning and they called it a town meeting HA!) thought maybe they should put out an Amber Alert. I about fell out of my chair laughing so hard. That pretty much sums it up folks. hahahahaha

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    • sooner12
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 11:57am

      The Manchild is the one who needs to grow up.

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    • drbage
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 12:00pm

      If they are only looking in Washington, D.C., it is probably going to be like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack except there the needle is hidden in a pile of manure. They should not only be looking for adults, but also ones who still believe that common sense is an important human trait.

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    • thegrassroots
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 12:19pm

      Here’s how it goes, Big-Spender-In-Chief: It‘s America’s Way Or The Highway! No Compromise!

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    • georgiagun
      Posted on April 7, 2011 at 3:27pm

      these libs sound like they are crying to mama that someone is trying to steal there lunch money.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on April 9, 2011 at 10:30am

      They can look but they won’t find one. The habits they have actually ‘become’ are now ‘who’ they are. Childish and petty are the name of their ‘game’ now. There is no ‘going back.’

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