Ginger LV,

Right on. Adam Ant is really a piece of S**t. They (the repugs) keep on stonewalling the President and then claim he is a failure. The unemployment bill had a 57 vote majority. The party of NO and traitor Ben Nelson trashed a bill that had a 16 vote majority. This was their stated goal from the beginning. The Waterloo crack etc. The President is not failing to lead. He has failed to get any help from across the aisle and in some respects the DEMS have not exactly shown a lot of backbone until recently. We should have called out all of them on the filibuster to stand at the podium and make them talk. See how long that last when it interferes with their tanning appointment, hair cut or watching the basketball game of the week. Bonehead is trying to deflect the spotlight. How many bills are stalled in the Senate today that the party of no ideas, no morals, no ethics and no majority has put on hold???? The man from Orange keeps saying that the DEMS have a majority and we do. The majority does not mean squat when you have a party that is in the minority doing absolutely nothing but try to stop all of the President's bills. This is not the failure of our President. It is the failure of the system that allows the minority to overrule the majority.

Boehner would not stand in a filibuster, he would miss his latest "Fund Raiser" at his local watering hole, which of course, he just Cannot miss! I love how it was the Boehner-Balz interview a couple of days ago, what better match of interviewee and interviewer names eh??

Exactly. Or miss his tanning appointment. It amazes me that the Republican voters seem to perfer, how shall I say, leaders who seem to be a brick shy of a load! Boner seems almost tipsy in that interview.

Last time I checked, John Boehner is in the house of repugnants, he cannot stand in a fillibuster. Idiot.... no wonder why we are a socialist country now...

I can't believe how everyone thinks that the people that voted against this bill was because they wanted to deny unemployement benifits. There were other things in this bill that made no sense. Why can't the Dem and Rep just vote on a single bill to extend the benifits and not tie a bunch of junk to it. Now that would be a novel idea.

Wow, the libs are off and running with their customary ugly namecalling. Instead of your juvenile attacks on Boehner, especially you, Sailor Boy, why don't you try to convince the rest of us what Obama has done effectively over the past 17 months.....where he has shown even the least trace of leadership.....where he has acted in accordance with the will of the majority of the citizens.....where he has done something besides just giving another damned speech? Come on, let's hear some examples, and please be specific.

Yeah its rough not having money for mac salad when SOOO many people have been on unemployment for how long.... over 100 weeks now! Enough is enough. Its not the newly unempolyed, its those that have been taking checks for way to long that have been cut off now. I guess they are going to have to finally find a job now.

K-dog,

I was really aiming at the Senate, sorry. I know the repugnat one is in the HR, Maybe Chuckles can take his place and stand for himin the Senate.

Say Ginger. Get your facts straight. The Republicans are are against extending unemployment benefits that are not paid for by cutting other costs. The Dems just think printing money and puting us deeper into an already almost insurmountable debt is the way to go. Just like Greece.

Hey dummies, extending unemployment benefits doesn't increase jobs. Ginger your argument is a non-sequitor logical fallacy.

When are liberals and other fans of our great president going to wake up and smell the macaroni salad? President "O" has accomplished nothing while in office other than spend our children's and their children's money! The presdient should be ashamed of his management (lack of) of the BP situation, the greatest environmental disaster in the history of the counrty and we pull skimmer boats off the water becasue of safety violations...and why has word not gotten out regrading the huge amounts of $$$ that our president took in donations from BP and other large oil comapany's? He will go down in history as the great "stumper".... he has not stopped running for the office when he should be concentrating on running the country.

Excellent Post Ginger:

You know, the closer I look at this guy, the clearer it is becoming that Mr. Boehner is likely a run of the mill alcoholic. The glassy eyes, the stupid comments, the budget without numbers, and the shallow thoughts say it all. This guy is pathetic.

I believe our problems are not a Republican/Democrat issue, but a Washington issue. I'm a Republican, but won't claim either side in office right now. I will keep voting people out of office until someone that actually wants to serve the people gets in.

Ginger, are you still on Gilligans Island?

Nasty thing to be unemployed, but the one thing never asked about further extensions of the unemployment benefits, is where is the money to pay for it, and who is it going to come from? Max out the taxes and the taxpayer credit card some more? Better ask the Chinese if they'll still be agreeable to funding our deficit.

Obammy is a complete failure!! He a whining p***,and a traitor to the American people. All you people for Obammy are probably losers looking for handouts. And dont lie. We see you losers on the news saying "I wont have to worry about paying for anything, Obammy gonna take care of all us losers!!" Most likely most of you are here illegally looking for the govenmetn to support you. Which means people like me who have a job will be supporting you losers and you loser kids!!!

Obama does nothing wrong...If he's not blaming someone for something...He says that everyone is miss stating the facts...Just like he did for the Healthcare bill (Law).

All he does is Whine, Whine, Whine!!!!!!!!

US Navy Diabled Veteran - Retired

First of all, let me say "Thank you" for your sevice to our country. I commend you for that.

My question is, what sand have you had your head stuck in? You need to understand the reason the republicans blocked the unemployment benefits before you go blasting them. All they wanted the dems to do was explain how they are going to pay for them. Are they going to reduce expenses, increase taxes, cut programs? The dems are known for spending money without paying for it. That has got to end. Republicans want the unemployed to get their benefits as much or more than anyone, they just want to know how we are going to pay for it.

Also, the system is set up so that it takes a super majority to pass a bill like this in the senate. Over our 230+ year history, it has helped both parties from time to time, but it is mainly designed to help us, the people. Thank God we have this system or the current prez would have us all wearing brown shirts with swastikas on our arms.

Cant wait until the next election if there is still an America. But this is what we got stuck with thanks to Bush!! Where are there real leaders??? I hope we can keep him from causing to much dammage before his term is up and he can just go and live the remainder of his life knowing he's a faliure!!!!

I love the way all the people that support the GOP are out here beating this story to death. I hope the Democrats appreciate the irony in this. Why ignore a boner by Bohner and let it die out on its own when you can log onto a blog and beat the drum for days? The Democrats would have to pay a pretty penny for advertising like this.

Oh, and another thought, how cool that any time we want to we can call up stock video of the interview and the transcripts and be reminded all over again of just how much the GOP loves Americans. It has become painfully clear to ALL Americans that the GOP really loves RICH Americans and RICH American CORPORATIONS. If you cannot contribute a ton of money, the GOP has no use for you.

Sorry for the sidetrack there. I now return you to your regularly scheduled AMERICAN PRESIDENT bashing hour. Please forgive the interruption...

I have nothing but sympathy for legitimate workers who are now unemployed and who have reached the maximum number of payments.

What should be stopped are salary checks and expense accounts for the entire Congress and Obama; stop the ludicrous pension payments to teachers,police and Obama's buddies at the autoworkers union;stop all foreign aid and federal grants to study such ridiculous things as the sex life of the tse tse fly.

Start on shore drilling for oil,building nuclear power plants and place tariffs on imported goods manufactured in China, India,Pakistan,etc.

Go backi to being America again.

Obama has yet to show ANY leadership...now; and, as was the case in January, 2009, he whines and points his finger at everyone else except himself...he flaps his lips, but actually does nothing...a Chicago area community activist / organizer can get away with this nonsense; however, as a President, he is expected to do more than blame other administrations..he needs to actually DO something !!!

We are looking at a one-term President...

Go easy on Boehner. He's still reeling from the 10% tax on tanning salon sessions that goes into effect today. The shock to his personal budget is still reverberating. Health reform in action!

Well let's see, Democraps. You all want to point fingers, but somehow it was missed that the employment benefits could have been covered by stimulus money from last year that has not been spent on pork barrel projects as yet. The offer was made that the unemployment money could be spent if it had no effect on adding to the debt burden, but the Democraps insisted on adding to the deficit rather than covering the unemployment benefits with available funds or cuts from other programs.

So it was really a lot of political grandstanding on both sides and the losers are the citizens without jobs. My paycheck is fully taxed. I cannot afford to give any more of my money. Perhaps some of the whining liberals will donate money to the federal and state governments and insist that it be used only to fund unemployment checks. What?? No takers. There really is no such thing as a free lunch. The Soviet Union tried that. Remember them? Where are they now?

richiemc

"The dems are known for spending money without paying for it."

Excuse me!!! - What president and party inherited a balanced budget not so many years ago only to vote in multiple tax cuts for the rich while running up huge budget deficits for an industrial military complex expansion to wage wars of choice in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Obama inherited an economy in the middle of melt down caused by laissez faire attitudes concerning such niceties as federal oversight of the securities, banking and mortgage industries.

It seemss the repubs only want to know how to control spending when they are not in charge. Too bad their memories are as short as their logic.

Do you know why? Because they have already been extended several times and we cannot continue to pay these benefits forever given current economy and huge, intolerable deficit now facing the country - not a lack of compassion.

The people who believed in a person who promised "change" and continues to give nothing voted Oboma into office, not Bush. While Bush is an over used excuse for the mess that Oboma continues to create and continues to blame Bush for, he likes to talk, talk, talk as though he is doing something but achieves nothing. You've heard the expression, talk is cheap? One measure of a man is what he has accomplished not what he says. Some people are more gullible than others and like having their ears tickled.

What excuse does Boeyner have for eight years of gung ho incompetence by the previous administration, and the party of greed and abuse of power, not that the democrats are much better. Perhaps it's time for the curtain to be pulled back so that we can see the politicians for what they really are. The constant bickering and pandering to special interests on either side needs to end. This is America, land of the free, home of the brave, a land with seperation of church and state, a land where there is the opportunity to be anything you want to be...which means a land free of the extreme right and a land free of extreme left. Get educated,, understand the issues, think past the rhetoric of party misinformation. There are serious issues confronting this nation if it is to remain great, it's time to demand responsible leadership from both ruling parties.

Hey Disgusted in PA... I've asked you this question before and you didn't answer it... thereby proving you don't have an answer.... the question is: How many poor democrat politicians do you know? Now I will suppliment it by asking - How many democrat politicians would refuse corporate money?

I find it almost comedic that the democrats appear to be enraged at someone speaking out against the worshipful master. Instead of addressing the comments made by Boehner and showing where he may be wrong, you choose to attack the man in other ways. Maybe you should listen to the criticisms of what your all powerful, make the seas rise and fall, thug from Chicago are. You emulate his childishness. Prove that Obama is this great leader that you think he is. Remove the blinders from your eyes and take a look around at the current state of things a year and a half into his domain. Things are not getting better by his hand, they are getting worse! Wake up!

Amazing! Is this the same Boehner who slandered Thurgood Marshall for being an activist judge of the Supreme Court, who (he inferred) was a communist? Boehner is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, to put it mildly.

They filibustered it because they don't believe it's best for the country, not because they want to foil democrats. You give people x amount of weeks of unemployment, and then you stop. What happens is that many have quit looking for work or turned down lower earning jobs because they have grown accustomed to the congress continually expanding the benefits. We simply can't afford it anymore. It would be nice if we could afford to give every person in this country a big house, a nice car, and a paycheck every week for doing nothing, but we can't. We have hit the wall. THere is no more money. This fact escapes the democrats who seem to be of the mindset that we should "just print MORE!"

Brianb - seemed like a great leader when it came to getting a healthcare bill passed, something he was elected to do. I remember so many Republicans whining then about him focusing too much on that legislation, even tho we see constantly that whenever he takes his eye of a piece of the agenda the Republicans pounce and try to throw it off track. They did enough damage to HC as it is but if he hadn't been such a pushy leader we'd have exactly what the repugs wanted, nothing once again. He also kept not a few of our largest banks and automakers from disappearing or become subsidiaries of foreign companies, but no no credit for that either, you guys actually tried to start a boycott of GM. Would have been much happier seeing it owned by some company in Korea, eh? Or better yet screw all the auto workers, and the teachers, who needs them right? They're not Americans with jobs or anything.Oh yea, he failed to fulfill your prophecies to take it over. I love the way people want to pick and choose who gets benefits and who's left out to dry. Unions -screw em, it's not like they negotiated those deals in good faith with the companies they work for and paid into their pensions for decades, no lets derive them of benefits. Maybe we could buy a few more f-22s if we lay off half the teachers in the country, they do no good, right? Certainly the parent's aren't responsible for grades and behavior.

Spider,

Quit whining !!!! The constant drone of Republican complaints is more annoying than a chorus of vuvuzevas .

where he has acted in accordance with the will of the majority of the citizens

Democratic members of Congress constitutionally represent their individual districts. The total constituents in the districts they represent IS a " majority of the citizens " . Please explain your logic as to how their election to office is either invalid or their congressional voting positions is unconstitutional ?

In the real world 57 of 100 IS a majority. Or does your definition depend on the meaning of the word "iS" ??

Too bad James. You are very dishonest or very ignorant. Well, I guess your a Democrat.

What Congress wrote up the budget to give us the tax surplus?? huh??? REPUBLICANS!!! After Bush's "tax cuts for the rich", and the government took in 30 - 40% more in taxes, it sounds like the tax cuts worked well for increasing taxes. And how could many more people of middle income not have to pay taxes after Bush's "tax cuts for the rich", if it were for the rich??? And why was the economy and unemployment great until your Democrats took over and controlled the budget in 2007??? And since tax revenues went up 30 - 40% in the couple of years following the "tax cuts for the rich", who do you think paid the extra taxes????

However, Bill Clinton did sign the budget that the Republicans wrote, that gave us the surplus. We applaud him for that.

Bob-715311,

You are very dishonest or very ignorant.

Nice of you to include the proof as part of your post.

Thanks, Cap'n. I cannot understand the endemic right-wing hatred for teachers and unions. Teachers in every community have been struggling for a full decade with restrictive, mind-numbingly stupid, and mostly unfunded federal requirements while losing benefits and trying to survive layoffs. Why the animosity? And unions, that fought for so long for little things like the 40-hour week, workplace safety, pensions, a working wage -- why do people blame the unions for jobs going overseas instead of blaming the greed-driven corporations that will do anything to make a buck, including spending millions to lobby against the unions, exporting jobs, and fighting any rise in wages? Who is the enemy here?

Maurice:

What the hell are you talking about, boy? I didn't say anything about congressmen - Democrat or otherwise - in my comment. Nor did I whine. I simply challenged you, or any other lib, to list some Obama accomplishments instead of calling us nonbelievers ugly names. And, when I cite "the majority of citizens", I'm basing it on every poll out there - you know, the ones that show more than 50% are opposed to healthcare, immigration, cap and trade, and most every other Obama program/policy.

Come on, quit the name calling and provide some substance.

"Hey Disgusted in PA... I've asked you this question before and you didn't answer it... thereby proving you don't have an answer.... the question is: How many poor democrat politicians do you know? Now I will suppliment it by asking - How many democrat politicians would refuse corporate money?

I find it almost comedic that the democrats appear to be enraged at someone speaking out against the worshipful master. Instead of addressing the comments made by Boehner and showing where he may be wrong, you choose to attack the man in other ways. Maybe you should listen to the criticisms of what your all powerful, make the seas rise and fall, thug from Chicago are. You emulate his childishness. Prove that Obama is this great leader that you think he is. Remove the blinders from your eyes and take a look around at the current state of things a year and a half into his domain. Things are not getting better by his hand, they are getting worse! Wake up!"

Brian,

I took the liberty of copying and quoting your post so I could address your issues. I am sorry I apparently missed your previous incarnations of this question as this is the first time I encountered it on the boards here. So, I guess we can dispel the first (of many) misconceptions you seem to have about me by providing you with the answer you apparently assumed I did not have because I failed to come across your post. Perhaps, had it been accompanied by alarms and bells and fireworks and flashing lights, the importance of your post would have been conveyed to me and I am sure I would not have overlooked it.

All jocularity aside, what you ask is a valid question and you have laid it out in a lucid and cogent manner. As such, I will respond in kind.

I do not know of many poor Democratic politicians. Your point IS well taken in that BOTH parties are deep in the pockets of big moneyed interests. This has always been true and, unfortunately, until we manage to convince Congress to pass REAL campaign finance reform this is not going to change any time soon. To drill down a bit and get a little more specific for you (something I dearly wish more people of the opposite political persuasion would attempt more often) I will offer an example. Joe Sestak is a Navy Admiral (Retired) that is living on his Navy pension and his Senate salary. A Senate salary alone is something like $160,000 alone so none of the Senators are truly hurting in the way the unemployed of America are. VP Biden is another I believe has relatively (by Senate standards) means.

Where your arguments tend to get off track is that you seem to think that you can negate what the GOP has done by pointing to the Democrats and saying "They have their hands in the cookie jar too!!!" Well, you are correct, but that is NOT the true test here.

I will boldface and italicize this because it is important and I want ALL of you to read it (even those that cannot get through the entire rest of the post).

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"The true test is NOT where the campaign contributions come from or even how much was received. I could give two whits about where a candidate received his money. This is not the measure of a politician. The true measure of a politician is: HOW DO THEY VOTE???!!!"
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If a politician takes $10.00 from big oil and apologizes to BP, that says something. If a politician takes $75,000 from BP and still "shakes them down for $20,000,000,000", that says something else doesn't it?

Now that we know the true measure of a politician and where their loyalties and allegiances lie, let's remind ourselves how many Democrats apologized to BP or characterized the $20 billion as a "slush fund" or a "shakedown" against big oil? How many Republicans voted to extend unemployment benefits? How many Republicans voted for HCR? Yeah, crickets...

I know, I know... The Democrats refused to agree to use some of the stimulus money to avoid increasing the deficit. That would be the same stimulus package that ZERO Republicans voted for because they would rather see the collapse of the entire global economy since we were all dreaming and it was a "mental recession." That would be the stimulus package that Obama agreed to scale WAY back and to gut major provisions of in order to placate the GOP that was skittish about rescuing the economy. The same stimulus that is being roundly criticized by the GOP for not doing enough to combat the recession and spur employment. Well, after all the surgery done on the stimulus that rendered essentially impotent, the GOP still said NO in unison to the President and the American people.

Now, you all want to use some of the money that you did not want to allocate in the first place (and fought tooth and nail to defeat completely) and would jeopardize the fledgling economic recovery at its most vulnerable and turn your back on the millions of AMERICANS that are unemployed to make a political point and continue to protect your corporate masters.

Do you really think the American people do not know who voted UNANIMOUSLY against the stimulus, HCR, unemployment extension, subpoena power for the BP inquiry, legislative attempts to remove the $75 million liability cap, etc. The GOP is doing an excellent job of lining up all the ducks in a nice little row for the Democrats in November. We need nothing more than the simple voting records of EVERY Republican member of Congress and the apology of Joe Barton to BP. If that is not enough, we can sprinkle a little of the Boehner in for good measure and we should be just fine.

Throw all the stones you want at Democrats for "no leadership", "tax and spend", "liberals", "socialist/marxist", and all the other fun little slogans. All I need is your voting records and some video tape.

See you at the polls!

The Republicans filibustered the extension of unemployment benefits because there is no money to support it. It is already extended to 2 years. That is now considered a paid vacation for many compliments of the tax payer. I personally know quite a few people who are actually collecting unemployment for almost 2 years because they don't want to go back to work right now, and do not need to since their checks aren't running out.

White Menace,

Just one question in three parts:

1a) Where is the money to support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

1b) Where is the money to support the unfunded Medicare Part D that we are saddled with and do not have the right to negotiate for lower prices?

1c) The GOP is poised to eliminate or severely curtail the Estate Tax for the uber rich. Where are the many TRILLIONS of dollars that will deprive the treasury of going to come from?

I think your points are all valid and well argued. The problem is, they ignore the harsh reality of the world we face TODAY. There are not enough jobs for all that need them and if we simply ignore these millions of people, this problem will NOT be ameliorated and will, in fact, fester and grow until the problem is systemic and intractable. Frankly, this is not something I want to see happen in MY America. If this scenario does not bother you, I am sure Moscow would love to have you comrade...

@Ginger:
I am actually glad they stopped it, and they did so because of the fiscal irresponsibility being shown by the Dem. led congress that has yet to come up with a budget. How exactly do you expect these benefits to get paid?? On the back of those who are fortunate enough to still have a job? well the only way to do that would be to raise taxes, sure let's do that so those just barely getting by, or companies just barely afloat can go to the hand out side when they have to close their businesses, or when they lose their jobs. This short sitedness of yours and many others who voted these clowns into office is exactly why this country is in the CF it is in now. governemnt spending alone has gone up 24% since 2007 figures, and our GDP numbers are at a low last seen right after WW2. Keep drinking that cool aid!!

White Menace,

Maybe your "lazy friends" aren't finding jobs that pay more than unemployment. I wouldn't work either under those circumstances.

Of course, if you're a corporate bigwig, you still get your $10,000,000 taxpayer-funded bonus even though you almost ran your company into the ground...

Wow, who let all the trolls out this afternoon!

Cut the number of weeks for unemployment, not extend it. Worst case leave it where it was before the recession. Can anyone cite the statistic for the percentage of people who find work in the month before their unemployment runs out? Can't remember the number, only that it is very high. Only when people get desperate do they move, sad fact of human nature.

Spider,

Seems you dont understand boy !

The only "poll" of any value is the poll of Nov 4, 2008. During the campaign Obama explicitly stated his legislative agenda. He is doing what he said he would do. Those that voted against him naturally oppose his current policies and a few either now changed their mind or didn't bother to understand what he stood for.

As well the "polls" such as the one on healthcare reflect the large segment of the population that dont like the Healthcare bill because it does not include a public option.

New Poll: 77 Percent Support "Choice" Of Public Option

Come on, quit the name calling and provide some substance.

You may want to take your own advice.

Really Jeff? The only time I was on unemployment it took me 5 1/2mo to find another full time job. The first inclination of many will be to call me lazy I'm sure, but I worked. I left a management position to deliver flowers, paint houses, even be a proxy bidder at a tax sale. All were spot jobs, it was much more difficult to look for permanent employment on those days, and a chunk of the income was deducted from my unemployment of $700 per MONTH. Eventually I found work in my industry for 25% less than my previous income. That was during the "miraculous" 8 year recovery engineered by the economic geniuses of the GW Bush administration.

If you think the solution is to reduce benefits so you can pay less taxes you're 1) ignoring the possibility that you, too, may be without a job at some point and 2) an ignorant, selfish jerk.

US-Navy,

You're either lying about who you are or you are a Communist sympathizer. You're a disgrace to your uniform (if you even have one). Shut your lying pie hole navy puke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe they do not get political contributions from the Macaroni people.

US Navy Disabled Veteran- Retired, that is the best post of the year. VOTE

Because it reminds them they are gay.

Hate is such an ugly emotion. Here, have some salad.

And what does macaroni salad have to do with being gay? Macaroni salad is OK, but I prefer potato salad with a mustard/mayonnaise dressing. Neither have anything to do with my being gay though, hehe. I like the way that he implied that the GOP was staying in DC for the week......they will be the first ones on the bus out of the city, and most of them won't even be going back to their own home towns or states most likely.

Because it doesn't go well with martinis and country clubs probably don't have a good recipe.

They really don't! I worked at a country club while going to school, and all of the mayo-based salads really sucked -- especially compared to my WWII-vet, blue-collar dad's potato salad. Damn! Dad, I miss your potato salad! Happy 4th up there in heaven!

Spider, you asked for concrete achievements by Obama in the last 17 months. Here are some:

Fully funded the Veterans Administration, assured that the VA budget is prepared as “must-pass” legislation, fully funded the Violence Against Women Act, created an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes, changed standards for determining broadband access, established a credit card bill of rights, expanded loan programs for small businesses, extended and indexed the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch, closed the "doughnut hole" in Medicare prescription drug plan, eliminated the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans, increased the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals, made greater investment in advanced military air technology, made U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts, granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba, made U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts, reduced subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers.

lets not forget about his spending adding trillions to our def. also how he never broke a campaign promiselike complete transparency, cleaning up washington with all his chicago crooks , rev right, rezco , thats bill ayers the terroist who blows up things and help get obama started. instead of putting people to work he has only had millions loose jobs you voted for a saint and got the antichrist.

What is Boehner talking about--economic woes? I thought he said it was just an "ant". Don't wory Boenhead, we'll be glad to work until 70 to pay for the wars. You know except for those, as Republicans refer to us-- lazy, unmotivated, spoiled--on unemployment.

I personally like when he pulls out the fake cry.

IDIOT....you mean obama, right?! And what "good people" are you referring to?

NO, he did not mean Obama.

WHO in the GOP could touch the President's intellect?

Boehner? Palin? Bachman? Limbaugh?

IN general when liberal's use the term Idiot we are referring to a Republican Politician or a member of their Radical, Racist, Old, White base's intellect.

Just as If I am discussing character I would typically use the term cowards to best describe the GOP and the tea baggers.

So yes. OBAMA and the WH people are generally good people who stand for the citizens and the country OVER Corrupt Business, the GOP Talking Head Pundits, and their SHEEP who may scream real loud, but are a dying and ever shrinking minority.

Hope this helps...

Republicans are racist? So, Abraham Lincoln was a racist I guess.

Birdman you need to shutup immediately..... Your comments are completely baseless and border on comical...... Yes ALL republicans are radical, racist, old, white (uhh Michael Steele) Just like all Democrats are patriotic, heroic, courageous (insert positive adjective). Seriously you can stop arguing that the president's intellect absolves him of the fact he has turned our government into Big Brother and has torpedoed the US economy for years to come..... You know who supports all the corrupt big businesses you referenced? Your buddy Barry! Half of them would be out of business if not for bailouts he endorsed in the first place...... My advice: Go find a rock and crawl under it, this world is too complex for you.

Hmmmm, Abraham Lincoln wouldn't be a Republican today. He was too sane to belong to a party of radical right-wing misfits whose one regard is ME.

I for one am tired of hearing about "the president's intellect". He wont release his grades. He hasn't shown much intelligence in 18 months of being president. He blathers aimlessly when the teleprompter goes off. Why do so many still consider him an intellectual? Maybe because all he does is talk instead of actually DOING something?!

Hmmm, is he doing nothing or destroying the country? Most wingnuts think both apply. Perhaps he's considered an intellectual because he graduated with honors from some of the finest universities in the world, was the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review, and a constitutional law professor? Do you have those qualifications, Bruce?

MLK was a republican. I guess MLK was a racist as well. History test (smarter than god libs); Which party voted against ending segregation? Ding-ding-ding Democpaps. Hey libs, another one of your KKK members is getting planted today; and we are the racist party. Hmmm, I didn't see one mention of that on the news. I wonder why?

Sadly, when he DOES get voted out, he will be a Regular on Faux Neuz, just like Loser Unpalatable Palin!

Wayne

Ya just labeled yourself as one of those Racist Birther crybabies that just CANNOT deal with the FACT that there is a BLACK MAN sitting in the White House, shame on you. I am waiting for the Mid-Terms so that afterwards, when the Dems have an Unfilibusterable Supermajority they wont have to be distracted by the whining rants from the right. I cannot wait to see how loudly you cry then. All you seem to hate is the fact that the party that destroyed our economy and ability of our Govt. to properly regulate the banks and corporations was put out of power by the MAJORITY of Americans and a Black Man beat your Clueless one and his Govenorship-abandoning Lipstuck Pig Bimbo by a Landslide. The way that you and your party are obstructing the proper business of Government to take care of it's people is nothing less than the attempt at continuing the Bush approach of finishing off this country so that the corporations will have a captive slave labor economy.

We got tired of that and tossed you folks out of power, DEAL WITH IT, because the way you are going, you will NEVER regain it, EVER!

Oh, and Kaptian, you Were talking about Boehner, right??

Uhhh B you might want to check the Massachusetts election results again, because if you paid any attention to that race, the most democratic state in the country just filled their senate seat with a republican..... Have you heard of foreshadowing? Might apply here.

NEVER, EVER? Have you followed politics for the last 50 years? Your stupidity is hurting me.

B. Honest. who is the racist party. You dems are trying to force all the mionorities under your thumb by making them wards of the state. Anyone with half a brain is looking to throw the majority of of office. The country was doing fine until the Dems got in in 2006 and then the country went to hell. I fault George Bush for not vetoing the huge spending. The Banking situation stands firmly in your court. Now you will be trying to add all the illegal alient to your roster. Wait til you see what that costs. When is YOUR leader going to do anything about jobs?

Kaptian Krunch...I feel the same way! I can't wait until Obama is out of office and we don't have to see his face or hear his voice anymore!

Kaptian, Tiger --

I can understand where you're coming from. I felt the same way for eight years when Bush was in office. Including cringing every time he opened his mouth.

Rich -- certifiable. Did you live through the same decade I did? Jobs sliding south, market sliding south, deregulated housing market blowing up, pensions lost, Social Security under seige, numbers of uninsured growing by more than a million, two wars, neither fought with the right equipment or the right "strategery," funding cut for veterans, veteran's hospitals closing & veterans being charged for services that should be free -- all under Bush. Do you you think none of that contributed to the massive breakdown that then occurred? Tax cuts for the rich -- WHILE A WAR WAS GOING ON! What do you think happens when those who owe this country the most pay the least? Bush started out with a healthy monetary surplus and he ran the country right into the ground, with the help of his oil-tarred cronies. And now people who lost their jobs as Bush partied oblivious at Crawford for a quarter of his presidency -- over a million people, on Bush's watch -- have lost unemployment benefits, thanks again to the party of "screw you."

Hopefully the people in his district will wise up in November and vote him out of office. While I've been a GDI for over 40 years, if I still lived in OH and lived in his district, I definitely would be voting for his Democratic opponent. He appears to have some sense of responsibilities about him from what I've read so far. I'm normally a NO VOTE voter who tells all of the candidates they aren't worthy of the office they seek.

With the record number of "filibusters" the last year and a half, I think it's time to start making them actually do it and see how far these things would really go. It would be great to watch the Repubs reading from the phone book every night on CSPAN....and actually fillibustering. It's gotten out of hand and it's time to make people actually do it if they say they are going to....that goes for the Dems too.

wayne, they have been doing that for the past 18 months....stalling, stopping, refusing to allow bills to even get to the floor by putting that idiotic Senate rule of anonymous blocking of measures, etc. Over 300 House bills are still awaiting Senate action and the number increases each week.

Wayne - they "fillibuster" everything. As such, nothing can even come up to an uper or down (simple majority) vote; that's what a fillibuster does, blocks the up or down vote. If 60 is the new norm, nothing will ever get done....ever! Unfortunately, this record number of fillibusters is setting a precident that will be followed by the Dems at some point when they become the minority.

I find it funny how people say the Repubs should be fillibustering more then they have been. Up until a few months ago they didn't have the chance to fillibuster because the Dems had the amount of votes needed to pass a bill, so the Repubs could do nothing about it. I don't care if Boehner is crying and whining, he has a point that Oblah Blah likes to blame everyone else except himself and the Democratic controlled congress. He calls people out, but when they call him out he gets all pissy and cries. An example, McCryhstal who for months had been asking for more help in Afghanistan and kept asking to not have the soldiers there hands tied, but nothing ever got done. So why not call him out even if it means losing your job? Everybody knows Oblah Blah is only concerned about not hurting the Muslims feelings, so our young men and women in Afghanistan are getting killed because they can't fully do their job because he doesn't want to make his fellow Muslims upset. It is a crock of crap how he is handling the war, and yet all these Liberals are saying how good a job he is doing. Well how good a job will you think he is doing when it is your son, daughter, husband, wife, mother, or father killed in combat because they can't do their true job?

Right on! I've been calling for actual fillibusters for months now!

I think the point is that the Republicans want to use stimulus money to extend unemployment. I also have been unemployed and my benefits terminate this week. Without the extension a lot of people are going to be limited to what they can buy.

The reason for using monies that have already been voted on is so that our deficit does not increase. It makes sense to me. Why don't the Democrats go for this? Aren't they returning 16 billion of stimulus or tarp funds? Why are we being led down the path of destruction from both sides?

It's clear the delusional left is out in big numbers today. One says "the GOP really loves RICH Americans and RICH American CORPORATIONS"

So the democrats hand over a TRILLION or so dollars to the largest insurance companies and banks and the republicans love the rich?

The dems in congress are far richer personally than the republicans in congress - another inconvenient truth.

Add to that the environmental loving democrats doing NOTHING to speed up the oil spill as was detailed yesterday in an MSNBC article that talked about scientists on site who were not allowed to release oil eating microbes because the STUPID FEDERAL GOVERNMENT with the Stooge in Chief "In Charge" wouldn't give them authorization. 70+ days and counting, and Obama and his merry clowns are getting ready for another richie rich party weekend.

The only democrats still supporting this abject failure of a president are completely delusional.

I think the republicans should keep blocking the crap the democarats are putting together behind closed doors. That is saving the country from the ill concieved "change" of putting a strangle hold on all of the citizens of the country. And as for the idiot in the WH just listen to one of his speaches and tell me if he actually said anything worth while. He just made a speach on immigration that was a pack of lies.

It is fun to hear the stupid arguments of the left. They do not do anything for you poor people out of work. What has been done to creat jobs. Health care? Finantial Reform? Immigration? Everyone of these has cost jobs

Paul F

The Bush administration is the one that bailed out the banks and insurance companies through the TARP program set up in October 2008, but thanks for playing!

Dempround.

Congrats you do know how to type. Remind me again who writes the bills and who just signs them? Make sure you look it up. Democraps have been running the show since 2006. How did you get so smart? Reading these blogs. Hurry, lock the doors. The rebublicans are coming; the Republicans are coming. Make sure those cameras are off as well.

Joi, I have to agree with all that you said. Boehner and the rest are true to one thing and one thing only, and that is to oppose everything that the President and democratic party stand for. They don't care how much it costs them. They are willing to bet that the American people will be blinded by the distractions from the republican party and vote for them.

I refuse to believe that voters will stand by and reward the republicans for doing nothing. They don't even try to work with the democrats to get anything done. I truly believe that Sen. Brown and the other so-called moderate republicans and conservatives are putting on a front to make some think they might work with the dems on some issues. Pathetic!

I see only one flaw in your logic here. It would appear to me that the vast majority of the public has no idea how Congress really works; it is apparent that the majority of people don't even know what a fillibuster is and how is "should" be used. It also doesn't get reported on a whole lot, so to the average person out there, it just looks like Obama and the Dems in Congress can't/won't get anything done not even realizing what's clogging everything up. It's like having a clogged drain pipe and blaming the toilet...then you guy buy a new toilet, but the problem has not been fixed. That said, I think Dems need to grow a pair and actually make Republicans actually fillibuster.....like stand there and read from the phone book for hours and hours. It would make for some entertaining CSPAN.

The voters are going to reward the republicans for doing nothing. Every thing the dems want to do is BAD. Better to do nothing than screw up.

"The voters are going to reward the republicans for doing nothing. Everything the dems want to do is BAD. Better to do nothing than screw up."

And there you have it folks, the perfect example of Republican leadership.....Do Nothing! Sure, vote 'em in and then we can sit here and do nothing. I'm not a partisan guy, but that's pretty much what I'm seeing out of the right; I'd rather have leadership that does something, even if it turns out to be the wrong thing, than DO NOTHING.

That you think everything they want to do is BAD, as you say, is a matter of your opinion and ideology only. Most Dems that I know are much more frustrated by the spinelessness of the Dems in Congress than of anything they may want or don't want to do. My Dem friends would really like to see them stand up and just take it to the Repubs in Congress....personally, would love to see that, it would make for some great CSPAN.

Peoples work my a**, unless your talking about "The Peoples Repulic of Obama".

so what have the pubs been doing the past eight years? Ask Bubba

some of you are truly drunk on the koolaid.how many of you have written your elected representatives about cutting government spending? why do other countries get money from us, when we obviously need it? how many of the democrats waste millions(pelosi,frank,reid, etc.) and just keep spending like fools? because they have foolish constituents .who keep electing them.because people who have gotten used to being on the government dole, courtesy of the ones of us with jobs,that pay taxes, that enables people like pelosi. obama, etc., to jet around with no regard to the failing economy. they live in a dream world, like you.

and yes, the democrats have had the majority.you are blaming the republicans for every bad thing that happens.just like obama. it must be a democrat thing.

Once again, start with a lie, end up wherever you want - the Republicans didn't say no, they said let's pay for it using unspent stimulus money - AND THE DEMS SAID NO.

Fact: When Obama became President we were already very very deeply in debt.

Fact: When Bush became President were not in debt - that's what two unpaid for wars did to us. Boehner and his ilk are very succesful at making you all forget these facts.

By the way, where does he get that tan?

Joi, my beautiful neighbor to the South East in the WPC!!!!!

I COULDN'T have said it better.

I'm in the "Dyin' Cockroach Position" Because I voted for this...TWICE!!!

Disgusted,

One of your best. Adam ANT is really starting to show his colors (I do not mean orange). These guys are just becoming more repugnant every day. It is almost like they have a genetic code and they just cannot help it. They are smarter, better, more important, know what we (they) want and how we should give it to them. You know like special tax cuts to the wealthy, no regulations on Big Oil, Insurance or Wall Street, 2 Wars, No unemployment benefits for people who pay into the system etc., etc.

Now you are getting it DAV... Welcome to the America of 2010...

Nice try, but the dems are far richer than the republicans, so your lunatic leaders will be eating the caviar while the unemployed pound sand, because the liberal lefties would not allow unspent stimulus money to be used for the unemployment benefits extension.

What are you talking about? I am one of the working class people who has 60% of his earning taxed away by the local, state and federal governments. This happens so pork barrel projects can be built, the Congress can vote themselves hefty raises whenever they want, and the Pentagon (regardless of who is in the White House or Congress) can waste more money than most national governments in the world have to spend. Where are the Congressmen offering to take pay cuts so that the unemployed might feed their families. They could cut a staff member or two from their bloated staffs to help. No? Of course not. They do not see the situation as that dire. Both parties are leaving DC as fast as possible to at whatever this weekend and hustle votes they need to keep their cushy jobs in November. The America of 2010 should be remembered for kicking them ALL out of office. Every last incumbent should be replaced until the hard decisions are taken. You know like Social Security that will fail before the baby boomer generation has all retired.

If it was not for Abraham Lincoln there would not have been a country for FDR to be President of. Why did he get stiffed?

Wow, Bush even came in below W. Henry Harrison who died after a month in office. I agree with the poll. Can't argue with the top five either.

Nope, poll can't be right! Bush baby was EXCEPTIONAL at getting us into debt, making foreign countries hate us and best of all lying to get us into fake wars. He was great at surrounding himself with human trash like Chenney.

Well said Dan!

Selah.

He has postured and pontificated. His buddies finally passed a joke called health care legislation that our great-great grandchildren will still be paying for. He supported the non-convicted manslaughtering Senator from Massachusetts. He also fired a general. Has he demanded that Social Security be fixed? No. Has he cut the salaries of Congress that they so overwhelmingly voted for themselves? No. Has he balanced the Federal budget so the 53% of the working age population that actually pay income taxes do not have to pay for any more lazy people to live off the government? No. So exactly what has he done for us other than leave us with very small "change" in our pockets?

John E. can you tell us what Bush accomplished?

What John fails to mention is that Boehner is helping the Republicans run up the federal debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion while Bush was President:

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo5.htm

Or that he started two wars he didn't finish OR pay for, or helped pass two tax cuts DURING wartime, oh yes, and helped deregulate the financial industry sufficiently that it would precipitate the largest financial collapse since the Great Depression.

But "Shhh..." we're not supposed to remember that. And because they laugh the Obama uses a TelePrompter, that means he's the Messiah, and should be able to fix all this mess just by snapping his fingers. All that stuff, including Bush's carryover debt becomes Obama's "fault" once he was sworn in, dontcha know....

But the fake cry on the Senate floor is always a nice touch don't you think?

Thanks for making me laugh Wolfman13! Excellent point

Wolfman, I hate to break it to you but Boehner is in the House of Representatives not the Senate. That said, he IS a crybaby do nothing Republican.

ha ha ha, funny, calling names, don't you all sound smart.

The Democrats refused to use unspent stimulus money, and that is why the unemployment benefits were not extended. Sorry to rain on your hate parade.

Adler - oopsy! My bad, I need to slow my thoughts down a little when I type. ;)

"The Democrats refused to use unspent stimulus money, and that is why the unemployment benefits were not extended. Sorry to rain on your hate parade."

BUZZ!!! Wrong Paul. It's because Republicans in the Senate keep filibustering it. Oh, but the Democrats should use the stimulus funds, you say? Oh, so the Republicans want the Democrats to use money from a bill that all of THREE (count 'em, THREE) Republicans even VOTED FOR?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

You're funny.

Spoken as someone who is truely clueless, not to mention heartless.

and probably has had to barely lift a finger their whole lives.

If you know where all these jobs are then please tell the rest of us where to find them.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statics there are currently more than 5 unemployed people for every job opening. So tell us what the other 4 are supposed to do? Also, of the 15 million that are without a job half have been unemployed more than 6 months.

DMoneyX2

I have been saying this for the last year, are you and I the only ones that understand this.

Because being on the dole for a lifetime has worked so well for Great Britian, it sure has helped their unemployment...no, wait it hasn't. The only solution to unemployment is jobs, not government handouts, of course "free trade" means that all of our traditional jobs in manufacturing are going overseas. So what has Obama done to create jobs rather than handouts...there was the census but that is mandated by our constitution, so that shouldn't count...we don't even have the make-work projects of FDR the idol of the Dem's. Excatly what leadership has Obama provided to bring our economy out of the doldrums that it is stuck in? I see he knows how to get on Air Force One and fly all over the world rather than work from the White House and save the taxpayer the money and pollution involved with all that flying. While corporate America is figuring out e-seminars to save travel expenses and green house gases there goes Air Force One again for that oh-so important photo-op for the Prez. Leadership is more than a photo-op and a few on-liners, what has the President done to stop the leak in the Gulf? Let's leave it to BP because they caused it, if public safety is the job of government then you get the job done and bill back the cause. There are wildfires in Arizona so let's not bring in firefighters, but make the guy who left the campfire burning put it out. Yeah that will work... I may not like Boehner, but that doesn't mean the Dem's or Obama walk on water either.

DMoney and Neighbor - First off, my first comment was a little snarky so I appologize for that. I know nothing about you personally and shouldn't rush to such judgements. I am also happy for you both that you appear to be gainfully employed, as I am also during this time of crisis. That said, there is IMO some falacy to this argument of "entitlement" and these are people just milking the system and "if they really wanted to get a job they would" kind of stuff. I will use a close friend of mine as an example.

1.) We're not talking about the same people here that milk the welfare system and are willing to live at poverty levels just so they can hang out all day. If that were the case, why don't we just call all of these people BUMS and not count them against un-employment anyway? There, problem solved; we are now at 5% un-employment (or otherwise fully employed). The logic problem here is that this crisis is affecting people across all spectrums of class, with the middle and upper middle class being hit the hardest.

2.) Underemployment is only marginally better than un-employment. For example, my friend who is pushing 50 and has spent the majority of his life (past 25 - 30 years) working his way through and up in the accounting field. He has been un-employed now for about a year with the majority of accounting positions currently hiring being at the entry level and some mid-level positions. Yes, even though he has been a senior manager with a large public accounting firm, a controller with a fortune 500 company, and a CFO for a mid-market company during his long career....he has applied to these lower level positions. Guess what, they all tell him he's overqualified...which he is. Not to mention, he goes from say $150 - $200K per year in his previous positions to about $40K a year; again, something he has been willing to do just to work....but would be under-employed. Not to mention, people at that age can't just re-engineer their lifes work and start over, it's just unrealistic. I believe the vast majority of the un-employed in our current economic state have these same issues...again, over the broad spectrum of classes.

3.) I don't think too many people who have been earning middle class wages are suddenly jumping for joy for their little un-employment check....and saying "damn, this is the life". "Why have I been working so hard all my life?" "Ah, who cares that I can barely make the mortgage and have to eat beans and weenies, at least I just get to hang out all day." If you know anyone collecting unemployment, you would know that this simply isn't the case.

I am 68 yrs old,a veteran,former pro athlete,and former manager for a business firm,who I helped build from the ground up and was very loyal to the owners and employees,worked sometimes seven days a week,and continued to work after fracturing my coccyx(tailbone),and was still able to work rings around my younger counterparts,and was laid off or forced to retire because I had the nerve to ask,mind you not order a younger person to go out and do heavy labor that I was doing because they would not.This perso was then promoted to manager after my leaving due to the fact he was a friend of the supervisor.Just to answer you,I have applied for numerous jobs in the past three yrs to only be told ,"sorry you are to old,or you are overqualified,or we're not hiring right now."

Well, when jobs are not created, people out of work won't get jobs. It's pretty simple economics. It's great that You and DMoney are the only two that understand flawed logic.

All of you with the big hearts adopt a unemployed family now and support them. What?? No money for that? Great. Me either. So I cannot pay more taxes to allow the wasteful idiots in the government another crack at them. They have been supported for two years. If they cannot find something in two years they are not looking. Legal Cuban, I am sorry to hear that you were not able to figure out that they lazy idiot was a friend of the supervisor. It is not smart to order co-workers around if you are not a supervisor anyway. Still I am sorry you lost your job. They are not easy to come by right now, but there are some out there. I have seen many help wanted signs around here. Unfortunately many just want to be executives with 6 figure salaries. Good luck waiting for that.

DDC - "What has Obama done to create jobs".....Only the private sector can create jobs. Expecting that the government can create jobs is nonsense. All the gov't can do is provide safety net until things get better. This isn't your average recession and therefore requires above average steps to provide safety nets until things turn around. Private industry needs to get on with it and start hiring. I know the firm I used to work for let go of quite a few people a couple years ago and more last summer. They are now in a position where they have far more work than they have people...but instead of hiring, they're just requiring their current employees to work greater numbers of hours....they're all salary, so it's cheaper. And the labor plays along because they don't want to be added to those rolls. Until private industry goes into hiring mode, this is what we'll get.

John - yes, there are "some" jobs out there. But again, being underemployed is only marginally better than unemployed and has virtually no impact on the overall economy in that an underemployed individual cannot "consume", which is the driving factor of our economy.

I don't know about the rest of the country, but in California unemployment benefits max out at $450/week - $425/week with the federal stimulus. Can you survive on that? I'd bet that most people who are out of work would prefer to not rely on unemployment.

Thank you Republicans for taking that small assistance away.

Yeah Jason, nobody I know who is on the un-employment rolls is living it up and lovin' it. My friend that I was speaking of above is absolutely frustrated and it is very frustrating to watch such a smart, experienced and hard working guy have to go through this. Like I said above, he has been applying for entry level positions just to get off the rolls; basically he is told he is overqualified. I have to also think his age might have something to do with it as well given that these types of positions generally go to recent college grads.

And John - I have adopted, at least somewhat my friend and his wife. He was fortunate enough to be able to sell his house and move into something much smaller and he has some savings to help him out. My wife and I being charitable and kind as we are let them live with us for four months until they were able to move into their own place...even though we have a brand new baby to deal with on top of everything else. They're living pretty meagerly at the moment, so we like to have them over for a good hearty meal about three times a week as well....that's kind of what neighbors and friends do. I'm always happy to help a friend.

Concise and to the point, John E. It describes the Conservative attitude toward others very precisely..."I got mine, too bad for you."

busbus,

He is a poor excuse for a human being as well.

Obama is a worse excuse - the oil disaster is a cluster.. of monumental proportions, with government malfeasance and mis-management running rampant - just talk to the folks on the ground or read any number of recent articles on the equipment sitting not being used, the scientists sitting on their hands with oil eating microbes not being authorized by the idiot-in-chief, etc...

Our economy is a disaster after a couple of TRILLION spent, Obama has zero leadership skills - choosing to blame, call names, and chide rather than negotiate - he is the ultimate divider.

I am proud to see Boehner stand up and be honest - the democrats refuse to use unspent stimulus money so that they can play politics and make the Republicans look bad. Pathetic.

The same can be said for our so-called President and every other member of Congress. They do the bidding of the lobbies who elect them and not the business of "We the People". That is what is wrong with our government. All we get is platitudes and partisan bickering for the handsome sums of money they pay themselves. I can tell you for sure I never voted "Yes" for any of their salary increases. It is public knowledge what they make. If they cannot afford to take a cut in pay from their law practice then don't run for office. We do not need you. We need someone who will make the unpopular decisions because they are right. That does not apply to any of our so-called public servants currently in office regardless of their "side" of the isle.

And Boehner does? This current lot of Republicans are by a majority are the ones that brought us 6 years of uncontrolled fiscal spending and you think the President is worse?

Yes, John Boehner, the fiscal conservative: This is the guy who, under Tom Delay as Speaker, helped run up the U.S. deficit from 5 trillion to 10 trillion, before Obama was even elected President.

So yes, Boehner has experience. Experience at SPENDING!!

Well, at least he hasn't helped Obama spend the next $5 Trillion in record time. Obama didn't need any republican's help. After derided Bush for making a mess, our fearless leader has accelerated spending, kept two wars going, failed to close Guantanomo Bay, and run the economy completely into a ditch. Can't blame Boehner for that. Republicans have absolutely no power in the House of Reps...

casualcomment - Yes, we can blame Boehner - heres's how the debt DOUBLED from 5 trillion to 10 trillion under Bush and the supposedly "fiscally responsible" Republican Congress:

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo5.htm

Yes, Obama spent some on the stimulus. Remember than fully half of that was tax cuts, so the actual spending was only on the order of 400 billion. Compared to Bushie, that's a pittance, and given that the "free market" wasn't spending, basic Keynesian economic theory says the Government has to spend if the free market doesn't. I wonder why all those rich wealthy Americans that now own more wealth than at any time in American history and are the beneficiaries of the lowest tax rate in over 60 years don't create some free market jobs? I mean, why aren't they? Isn't the "Free market' the answer to everything?!?!?

Sorry to hear that Bubba 2,vote as you want,and pray that you're right.

Obama Rocks! I have never been more proud to be a free woman in America. I was unemployed for 1.5 years... and it was hardly the president's fault. Good ole George W. drove us into the ground while making millions off of oil and protecting the wrong people. In the past 17 months I have found the most amazing job, been able to take care of debt and put some aside for fun. It's about time we had a president for the people and not the oil! Thank you, God!