"Pass this bill"

[BLAZER PROPHET]

He's so done.

He's going to go down as the worst president in the 20-21 centuries.

Even if spending another $450B did start to turn things around, by the time congress passes the bill, the effect would be too late.

In a few short years, social security will be devastated due to the acceleration of it cashing in it's T-Bills to make it's payments. And barfo will be spinning himself even more dizzy than he already is.

If he would have done this early on instead of the union bailout... it might have meant a lot more.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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[julius]

pass the salt.

 

[ABM]

pass the salt.

Pass the ammunition.

 

[julius]

Pass the ammunition.

praise jesus and.

 

[mobes23]

Going out on a limb here, but isn't it possible that he was saying pass the bill that does these things I've said in my speech? The literal interpretation makes a whole lot less sense...especially coming from an ex-con law professor.

 

[PapaG]

Going out on a limb here, but isn't it possible that he was saying pass the bill that does these things I've said in my speech? The literal interpretation makes a whole lot less sense...especially coming from an ex-con law professor.

He was a "senior lecturer", not a tenured professor. Basically an adjunct professor, which isn't a true professor, nor should he claim to be one.

 

[PapaG]

Pass the peas. We all need to eat them and PASS THE BILL!!!

 

[mook]

The speech definitely had more of a Dubya "do what I damn well say" vibe about it. Which is just fine for this liberal. Obama has approached his job to this point as the Compromiser. We on the left have been waiting for him to get angry and start setting a vocal agenda.

For 20 years we've heard nothing but "government is bad and tax cuts are good" in this country. Democrats haven't even tried to present an argument to counter that. It's retarded how long it's taken them to get to this point.

I have no doubt his bill will never pass. But I like that Democrats finally have something worth running on--a moderate program that focuses on tax cuts, bridges, and keeping teachers/cops/firemen employed.

The problem right now is jobs. The problem for the last two years has been jobs. Let Republicans own deficit reduction in the coming elections if they really want to own that. Partisans on the right really care about that issue. The rest of us, I believe, are much more concerned about jobs.

 

[mobes23]

He was a "senior lecturer", not a tenured professor. Basically an adjunct professor, which isn't a true professor, nor should he claim to be one.

Either way, your interpretation of 'pass the bill' doesn't make much sense.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

When I contemplate passing this jobs bill, I think of this "passing":

 

[blazerboy30]

The speech definitely had more of a Dubya "do what I damn well say" vibe about it. Which is just fine for this liberal. Obama has approached his job to this point as the Compromiser. We on the left have been waiting for him to get angry and start setting a vocal agenda.

Wait, what? His entire campaign was a vocal agenda and lip service.

 

[PapaG]

Either way, your interpretation of 'pass the bill' doesn't make much sense.

Saying that a joint session of Congress should PASS THIS BILL 17 times doesn't make much sense.

Boehner should have called for a voice vote of the "bill", in its present form, immediately after the rah-rah speech.

 

[PapaG]

Obama has approached his job to this point as the Compromiser. We on the left have been waiting for him to get angry and start setting a vocal agenda.

HAHAHAHA!

My favorite part of Obama's compromising is when he let Ted Kennedy write the NCLB bill. Wait, wrong President!

My favorite part of Obama's compromising was when he had to bribe two DEM senators with hundreds of millions of waivers to pass a simple cloture bill on his "compromised" ObamaCare.

I also liked when we were told we "had to pass the bill to see what's in it" by Pelosi.

Or the "hurry up and pass it overnight before anybody reads it" Stimulus Bill.

That liberals think Obama is some great compromiser is probably the funniest thing I've read on this board in some time. Hell, Obama's own budget was voted down 97-0 in the Senate this year. Who did he compromise with on that embarrassment of a budget?

 

[mook]

Wait, what? His entire campaign was a vocal agenda and lip service.

His campaign was. His governing wasn't. He got into office and seemed to abandon so many things, and compromising way too easily on others. His speeches have been mostly professorial and couched in compromise. He seems to have done everything he could in the first few years to prevent anyone from calling him an "angry black man." It seems ludicrous now to think back about how tainted he was by the Rev. Wright thing a few years ago. The guy has been a freakin' robot.

Last night was one of the few times he's sounded truly emotional since he got elected. It was nice to hear a politician speak out emotionally for the good things government can do. Haven't heard that from a Democratic president since Bill Clinton (on his better days).

 

[PapaG]

His campaign was. His governing wasn't. He got into office and seemed to abandon so many things, and compromising way too easily on others. His speeches have been mostly professorial and couched in compromise. He seems to have done everything he could in the first few years to prevent anyone from calling him an "angry black man." It seems ludicrous now to think back about how tainted he was by the Rev. Wright thing a few years ago. The guy has been a freakin' robot.

Last night was one of the few times he's sounded truly emotional since he got elected. It was nice to hear a politician speak out emotionally for the good things government can do. Haven't heard that from a Democratic president since Bill Clinton (on his better days).

Who did he compromise with when he had a supermajority in the Senate and a House majority? The GOP was irrelevant for two years, and the end result was an asswhipping at the ballot box.

 

[Masbee]

His campaign was. His governing wasn't. He got into office and seemed to abandon so many things, and compromising way too easily on others. His speeches have been mostly professorial and couched in compromise. He seems to have done everything he could in the first few years to prevent anyone from calling him an "angry black man." It seems ludicrous now to think back about how tainted he was by the Rev. Wright thing a few years ago. The guy has been a freakin' robot.

Last night was one of the few times he's sounded truly emotional since he got elected. It was nice to hear a politician speak out emotionally for the good things government can do. Haven't heard that from a Democratic president since Bill Clinton (on his better days).

"ludicrous"?

Rev Wright has some batshit crazy quotes.

It was entirely Obama's fault that he continued such a close relationship with such a bigmouthed dunderhead all those years.

If that relationship blew up in his face and made him extremely cautious - he only has himself to blame.

And Democrats only have themselves to blame for throwing Clinton to the curb in order to embrace such an unknown quantity in the political world. Many, many, many level headed people warned that Obama was not known well enough, had too little leadership experience, and was a political lightweight.

 

[julius]

Going out on a limb here, but isn't it possible that he was saying pass the bill that does these things I've said in my speech? The literal interpretation makes a whole lot less sense...especially coming from an ex-con law professor.

Wait, he's an Ex-Con too?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Wait, he's an Ex-Con too?

Not really an ex-con . . . he only did a couple of days jail and got the the charge dismissed. He should stop trying to lie about that too.

So I guess what makes one a professor and not a professor is being tenured . . . someone should tell the colleges and law schools. Here they are paying people as professors when really they aren't professors because they aren't tenured.

 

[PapaG]

Not really an ex-con . . . he only did a couple of days jail and got the the charge dismissed. He should stop trying to lie about that too.

So I guess what makes one a professor and not a professor is being tenured . . . someone should tell the colleges and law schools. Here they are paying people as professors when really they aren't professors because they aren't tenured.

A visiting lecturer is not a professor. A professor who is on a tenure path and publishes works is a professor.

 

[barfo]

A visiting lecturer is not a professor. A professor who is on a tenure path and publishes works is a professor.

Y'know, I'm pretty sure we had this debate back during the campaign, and then as now, the University of Chicago's opinion on who is or isn't a professor there carries a whole lot more weight than your opinion:

UC Law School statement: The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer." From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School’s Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

I want to see his air national guard records to prove he showed up to teach.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I want to see his air national guard records to prove he showed up to teach.

They'll be available once Dan Rather finds the right font.

 

[ABM]

They'll be available once Dan Rather finds the right font.

Comic sans should be a nice touch.

 

[ABM]

Pass This Bill = Try My Product (Video Professor)

 

[julius]

Pass This Bill = Try My Product (Video Professor)

Good News everyone....
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[PapaG]

Good News everyone....

Please stop trivializing this situation. We all need to work together, read through the bill that doesn't exist, and pass it ASAP to get JOBS JOBS JOBS!

Or is it GOBs?

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[maxiep]

pass this bill, and teachers will get jobs!

democrats applaud, republicans don't.

they're putting partisan politics ahead of the country.

For the low, low price of half a trillion dollars. What a deal!

 

[julius]

For the low, low price of half a trillion dollars. What a deal!

whats a half a trillion dollars between friends?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

whats a half a trillion dollars between friends?

well its alot of change, thats for sure