Obama, Cantor let sparks fly

[Enrique]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21725.html

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor returned from spring break determined to shed the “Dr. No” tag Democrats have hung around his neck — only to find himself in a face-to-face argument with the president over who started this year’s rift with the House GOP.

Early last week, Cantor talked like a man ready to make amends for the unanimous Republican “no” votes on President Barack Obama’s budget and economic stimulus plan.

“As we near the end of the first 100 days of this administration,” Cantor told reporters, “I think we can also reflect back and see that the era of bipartisanship we’d hoped for could probably be improved upon, and I believe that’s how we’ve come back from the Easter recess, to say to the president that we do want to work together, that we can actually unite.”

But headed for a meeting with the president at the White House Thursday, Cantor and other House Republican leaders couldn’t resist picking at the scab. They sent Obama a letter praising him for his “common-sense idea” that “Washington can work together for the American people instead of for political parties” — but also claiming that Democratic leaders in Congress had “ignored your call for a new era of bipartisanship in Washington.”

That’s what started the face-to-face bickering with the president.

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[SoFlaJet]

1. Fuck.Eric.Cantor.

and his "democrat" party bullshit

[Raine1967]

2. Same record... new spin.

The just keep saying this over and over again.. And the President will remind them again and again -and again... that THEY were the ones who voted NO on the Stim Bill after a bipartisan effort.

[uponit7771]

3. Cantor reminds me of a typical GOPer today; someones who is too immature to deal with...

...the whole culture should be choked out of existence.

[Phx_Dem]

4. Keep digging, Cantor. You're not helping yourself or your worthless party.

But keep talking because we love watching you dig your own grave.

[11 Bravo]

5. Eric Cantor, live from the Cradle of the Confederacy ... Dear Negro:

We will never support anything you put forward.

[RT Atlanta]

6. I like the Prez's reminder...

that "he's the President" when the petulant little shits start to get out of line...

[babylonsister]

7. He's picking a fight with the wrong guy...

I do believe President Obama can talk circles around Cantor. Is he dizzy yet?

[damonm]

8. what he's doing is...

bringing a rubber band to a gunfight...

[Supersedeas]

9. Eric the Songboy Cantor always has an excuse to his petty bickering and immaturity: Accountability?

No so much.