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Obama urges Americans to keep pressing Congress

World Jan. 01, 2012 - 06:21AM JST ( 16 )

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globalwatcherJan. 01, 2012 - 06:39AM JST

I am doing my share, President Obama. I cannot stand my district congressman who is very racist and anti Obama. I just hoping he will lose his seat in next election. This is a well known immoral "white Bread: city in USA.
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Bartholomew HarteJan. 01, 2012 - 09:37AM JST

Be careful what you wish for-This man is dangerous& the Only "Change" he's made is to change the world view of America from one of a True Leader into a Laughing Stock.How on earth so many folks think he has leadership skills is beyond me.
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paulinusaJan. 01, 2012 - 10:34AM JST

"...the Only "Change" he's made is to change the world view of America from one of a True Leader into a Laughing Stock."

Please name some countries where he's considered a "Laughing Stock".
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LagunaJan. 01, 2012 - 12:23PM JST

Obama tried to work with the Republicans in Congress; he tried sincerely, and each time he was rewarded with a slap in the face, particularly from Boehner's House. 仏の顔は三度まで，after all, so now he's pulling a Truman: he'll spend the next nine months reminding America of this.

Republicans in Congress have nothing to stand on and much to answer for.
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Bebert61Jan. 01, 2012 - 01:19PM JST

the president also called on Congress to extend a payroll tax break for the whole year

Which is what the Republicans were pushing for prior to Christmas. The Democrats insisted on only passing a 2 month extension. If Obama wanted to "lead" he could have told the Democrats to pass a 12 month bill instead of a 2 month bill.
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smithinjapanJan. 01, 2012 - 02:25PM JST

Batholomew: "This man is dangerous& the Only "Change" he's made is to change the world view of America from one of a True Leader into a Laughing Stock."

I'm not sure why you need to capitalize 'true leader' and 'laughing stock' but perhaps that says something about your post as a whole, and how clearly you don't understand the situation. The nation became a laughing stock under Obama's predecessor, and continues to be a laughing stock only in how perfect an example of how dysfunctional a government can become when Republicans are given too much power (ie. Congress). But quick question, Bart... how many times has Congress filibustered during Obama's presidency vs. other presidencies in the past? Republicans form 'the party of no' for a reason.
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yaneeJan. 01, 2012 - 02:32PM JST

As long as Obama has someone else to blame then he is clean. Still a child doing a mans job!
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LagunaJan. 01, 2012 - 02:42PM JST

If Obama wanted to "lead" he could have told the Democrats to pass a 12 month bill instead of a 2 month bill.

Berbert, you are brilliant - you've just solved the Congressional deadlock! All this time, all that it would have taken was for Obama to "tell" the Democrats to "do" something, and all of the pieces would have fallen into place! There would have been no need for a Senate supermajority; there would have been no chance of House obstructionism! My man, you are in line for a Nobel Prize for this insight.
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unreconstructedJan. 01, 2012 - 06:30PM JST

Still mouthing 'hope and change.'

Good luck with that.
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unreconstructedJan. 02, 2012 - 12:17AM JST

smithinjapan

"the nation became a laughing stock under Obama's predecessor, and continues to be a laughing stock only in how perfect an example of how dysfunctional a government can become when Republicans are given too much power (ie. Congress)."

Bush was quite popular in India , beloved in Africa I would imagine (no president in US history did more for AIDS victims there) and he now polls better than Obama in the Mid East. Two - term presidents are rare. Clinton is the only post war Dem to be one, but that was between the demise of the Soviet system and 9-11.

US gov dysfunctional? Can you give us a comparison,smith? Should we be like the Japanese gov you rail against daily and even hourly here? Should we be like Belgium? - which had no official government for 250 days last year. Should we be more like Russia, with its Potemkin elections? Should we be like the hot-headed crazies in South Korea, who have fist fights on the floor of the parliament building?
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unreconstructedJan. 02, 2012 - 12:37AM JST

The Dem-controlled Senate had not passed a budget in almost three years. That is what I would call the Party of No.
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SerranoJan. 02, 2012 - 12:37AM JST

"he predicted change in 2012"

Yes! Change the current president, please!
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unreconstructedJan. 02, 2012 - 12:37AM JST

The Dem-controlled Senate had not passed a budget in almost three years. That is what I would call the Party of No.
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NessieJan. 02, 2012 - 07:17AM JST

I vow to press Congress like it was a broken elevator button.
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FruitsBasketFanJan. 03, 2012 - 04:49PM JST

You got it backwards.....it is the Republicans who are the party of NO.

Most Americans want the wealthy to be taxed more and want loopholes to close....but the Republicans will not have any of that. They refuse to compromise.
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hworta269Jan. 04, 2012 - 11:45AM JST

I am keeping the pressure on my Congressmmen,women, to finish the job we sent them there to do in 2010. The majority of Americans dont know or realize that only 50 percent of Americans pay taxes and of that 50 percent 10 percent pay about 80 percent. America dies not have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem. Once again look at 2010 if you want to know how the majority of Americans really feels. The lapdog media will always portray what liberals want portrayed.