An so it begins: McConnell Shows GOP Queasiness on Obama Budget

[babylonsister]

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/02/22/10803/

McConnell Shows GOP Queasiness on Obama Budget
@ 12:52 pm by Michael O'Brien


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated Sunday that Republican lawmakers would be unlikely to sign onto any tax hikes proposed in President Obama's budget.

"When our good friends on the other side of the aisle say raising taxes on the wealthy, they really mean small businesses," McConnell said on CNN's "Late Edition. :wtf:

"I think most of my members will think that's not a smart move," he added.

The Obama administration is expected to lay out an ambitious budget this week, which will call for some taxes on wealthy Americans to be increased. The White House is also hosting a summit on the budget on Monday with a bipartisan array of lawmakers and economists.

McConnell also took exception with some colleagues' calls for the banking industry to be nationalized, as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said might be necessary.

"I agree with the administration," McConnell said. "I think nationalizing the banks is an absolutely wrong thing to do."

[ClassWarrior]

1. Sorta like when Mitch McChinless says he's a "conservative," he really means...

...he's a soul-sucking incubus?

NGU.

[Chipper Chat]

2. McConnell wouldn't agree on free Jack Daniels for all senators

if this was proposed by a democrat. He and Boner have circled the wagons for a 4-year opposition siege.

[Mz Pip]

3. The way the GOP

throws around the term 'small business' it is as though they want everyone to believe that small businesses are always poor snd strapped for money.

Grandma selling jam out of her kitchen will not be taxed out of business by Obama. The partners in a small boutique law firm might have to pay a bit more.

The really wealthy got even richer under BushCo. It's time they pay their fair share. At the end of the day they will still be very very rich.

In fact I would be more than willing to change places with any one of these poor rich people. I'll trade my dwindling IRA retirement accounts for their tax bracket if paying more taxes is such a burden for them. I doubt I'll get any takers, though.

[Odin2005]

17. It's part of the BS narative that we are "communists" that are "against small business"

:puke:

[jaxx]

4. This is how it will be for the next 4 years.

They will obstruct everything and scream the dems should try being bipartisan.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. "When our good friends on the other side of the aisle say..."

... fighting the terrorists, they really mean puppies. I think most americans will agree that torturing puppies is not a smart move."

[VP505]

6. I noticed that McChinless

brought up Senator Dodd but failed to mention that some of his own, namely Goober Graham was calling for Nationalizing Banks also. What really ticks me off is that the Senate Dem's are letting him frame the expiration of the Boo$h Tax Cuts as a negative when in reality those tax cuts along with the St RayGun tax cuts are one of the contributing factors to how we got into this economic mess in the first place. :blush: BTW, as heard on Stephanie Miller its not that the minority leader has no chin, actually he has two what he's missing is lips, his are still stuck on Boo$h's ass.

[elleng]

11. Good point, but nothing new;

Dems ALWAYS let reps frame the issues, whatever they are. SO we spend our lives listening to their damned frames.

[elleng]

15. Nothing new;

Dems ALWAYS allow reps to frame the issues, and we spend the rest of our lives listening to their damned frames.

[tularetom]

7. I'd be willing to give up my tax cut

to buy Mitch some lips and a chin.

[tyne]

8. This will come back and bite them on the butt...

...just like it did McCain/Palin/Joe the Plumber.

Obama is not going to raise taxes on small business just like he wasn't going to raise American's taxes despite what the said (lied). In fact, he did what he said he was going to do...lower taxes for 95% of Americans...but, that's not what they told you. Guess they were wrong (lied).
And they'll be wrong this time too. It'll get even better...Obama has the pulpit now so go ahead, cons and pubs...tell the American people that Obama's going to raise the tax's on small businesses.

It'll give him a great opportunity to point out that, yet again, they're lying to ya.

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. The harder they come, the harder they fall

[zbdent]

10. remember, when ReRushicans said "small businesses" when it came to tax relief,

they talked about Wal-Mart and Ford and such ...

[NC_Nurse]

12. Mitch McConnell is such a sniveling jerk. He is also completely full of shit.

Why anyone gives a fuxk what he thinks, I'll NEVER know.

[tritsofme]

13. A budget resolution is not subject to filibuster, so stuff it Mitch. nt

[fascisthunter]

14. ha ha, what a bunch of predictable liars they are

small businesses my ass. Everything they claim to represent is a lie. They ALWAYS REPRESENTED CONGLOMERATES and MONOPOLIES. That's the nature of their free-market without regulations. Small business are food for those monopolies and they know. Anyone voting for a Republican that isn't a millionaire or billionaire has been suckered. Republican politicians could give two shits about small businesses and that goes for some blue dogs Dems too, because they are the same in their endeavors to enrich their wealthiest contributors.

[hfojvt]

16. because of the nineteen million small businesses

more than 4% net more than $250,000 a year, and because every businessperson knows that taxes are paid on gross income and not net income. At least those must be true in McConnellville.