Ladies and gentleman, President Smackdown!

[Writer]

"I'm coming to f-- your s-- up!"

[livetohike]

1. Good day to resurrect this pic Writer

:hi:

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[Skittles]

2. when?

[FrenchieCat]

5. Burns, doesn't it?

:rofl:

[Skittles]

7. ?????

yes, I certainly am tired of getting BURNED

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. I'm glad to hear that.

[Parker CA]

10. Obama just spoke to the GOP caucus and destroyed every one of their BS talking points. nt

[Skittles]

15. I no longer give a fuck what is SAID

I want to see ACTION - I want Obama to fucking stop trying to compromise with the same piece of SHIT party that witchhunted the CLintons for EIGHT FUCKING years, then spent the NEXT eight fucking years RUNNING AMERICA OFF A CLIFF - I want to hear Obama say "I'VE TRIED WITH YOU FUCKERS AND NOW I AM DONE WITH YOU FUCKERS"

[Jennicut]

24. But many people here agree he had to start taking them on and draw distictions

and lines in the sand with them. Now that he made his case in the SOTU and at this meeting, he can move onto action.

[Skittles]

27. START taking them on?

he should have done that on DAY ONE - do, you know, WHAT HE WAS ELECTED TO DO

[Jennicut]

28. Yes, he made mistakes. Big ones. And the public lost confidence.

Either he takes them on now or forgets about for the next 3 years and loses the Presidency. Many of us want to see him fight so I think and hope he got the message. Maybe that loss in Mass was actually a good thing in the long run, it sure woke Obama up. He seemed fixated on bipartisanship for a long time.
You know, I never think he is above criticism. But he is not below praise from me either. If he just lies down again in his actions, well, I will go and criticize that too.

[Skittles]

43. I AGREE

but this better not be just another fucking speech - I'm hoping it's a CHANGE IN TONE to treat those bastards the way they DESERVE AND NEED TO BE TREATED

[instantkarma]

29. endless arguing

negative poisonous destructive

[Skittles]

41. YES

which is WHY he needs to take this tone and RUN WITH IT

[Drunken Irishman]

55. STOP SHOUTING!!!ONE

[Skittles]

61. NO!!!TWO

[FrenchieCat]

31. He walked into the GOP den, kicked their asses, and you hate it!

It's leadership in action, and you are still poo-pooing everything he does.

Your Caps shows your anger and frustration. You hate it when he does well,
and your slip is showing.

Everything you and and some short fiery thing post
reveal more about you than anything.

[Bobbie Jo]

35. !

:rofl:

[Skittles]

42. you are SO full of shit

I DO NOT HATE IT - I LOVE IT: I want to see him KEEP AT IT WITH both words AND ACTION

[frazzled]

48. There can be no action when false words and debate are used to stop down any progress

That was his point. He can't act; the Republicans can't act; the Democrats can't even act--there is no real debate right now, just politicking. And therefore total gridlock. The only way out of the impasse is for honest debate. That is how a democracy works.

Unless you listen to the whole exchange, you won't get it. On second thought, you may not get it even if you listen.

[grantcart]

57. If you no longer care about what is said then you don't need to participate

here anylonger because EVERYTHING here is political words in either speeches or discussions.

I will be interested in reading your diary on what you are doing in campaigns in actually doing something or in your word 'Action' and not in your screeds which you refer to as 'words'.

[wryter2000]

18. Where? Where?

I need to see that. :bounce:

[Parker CA]

20. It's over now, but apparently there's a video in the video forum. It's well worth a watch.

[wryter2000]

23. I watched it

Wowza. I hope people post more.

Thanks.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. I was watching it while waiting at Jiffy Lube for them to be finished with my car.

It was indeed a masterful smackdown.

:bounce:

[gateley]

11. There's a vid clip up in Political Videos -- check it out! nt

[wryter2000]

19. Thank you!

:applause:

[Parker CA]

3. That was unbelievable. Never will he be invited back to speak to the GOP.

[CherokeeDem]

4. Love this pic....

I have it hanging on my home office wall...the man is cool and in charge.

[quiet.american]

6. Perfect caption, Writer! nt

[The Wielding Truth]

8. It was an adult conversation with an intelligent statesman.

I am so proud of this man. He went into the lions den with respect and is in turn respected.He stopped their ignorant and political assurance and as always came up the leader.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

13. Did Obama bring an interpreter? (nt)

[The Wielding Truth]

36. Hey. Let's be civil. You know I mean Barack is the intelligent statesman.

:spray: Should I have said that the meeting with the Republican caucus was conducted intellectually and statesmanly by our , our President, Barack Obama?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

51. I knew what you meant....

I just figure anybody who want to talk intelligently to a Republican will need to bring an interpreter to translate it into "Stupidese"

[The Wielding Truth]

70. Okay, I get it now. I guess I need a cognition tutor. te he

:pals:

[ShortnFiery]

12. This will NOT translate into action. It only deters us peasants from open revolts.

Can we say placate the masses on behalf of the ruling elites who truly OWN this Country?

[Skittles]

21. it's the feeling I get too

the bone toss to make us peons feel like we're getting something - yeah well we will see

[instantkarma]

26. I get tired of all the negative bullshit on here

people more interested in destruction rather than construction.

[phleshdef]

32. Its typically coming from the same broken record, vocal minority of DU posters.

Bankrupt on ideas but full of all the empty criticisms you can handle.

[instantkarma]

33. The true believers.

or, as Obama put it, the ideologues. Both parties have them. The idiots who would rather carry on a never-ending argument than work to actually solve problems.

[Skittles]

46. the never-ending dialogue has been going on for a year

TIME FOR ACTION

[Skittles]

45. bullshit

plenty of us have had ideas and what do you know, Obama USED ONE OF THEM TODAY

[Skittles]

44. it's what happens when you get shit on constantly

the tone gets negative - but I keep hoping for real change, I DO

[instantkarma]

47. then change

hoping for it isn't going to do anything. Choose to change. That's where the power is.

[Skittles]

60. WTF??

it's not ME who needs to change - I know exactly what needs to be done and I take every action I can think of as a citizen and as an American - it's DEMOCRATS IN POWER WHO NEED TO LISTEN TO US and stop PANDERING to the fucking GOP

[instantkarma]

65. look in a mirror and say what you wrote.

It's not you? It's them?

[Skittles]

72. WTF is wrong with you?

[instantkarma]

22. Then get out of the way

and crawl back into your cynical self-hating peasant hole. There's work to be done.

[The Wielding Truth]

38. That's exactly the way I feel. Barack said so, too.

:fistbump:

[instantkarma]

50. right on right on

Ideologues just get in the way of true debate.

[phleshdef]

30. Yea, maybe you are a peasant. Me, I'm just a hopeful American.

So speak for your own damn self and leave "us" out of your personal problems.

[CakeGrrl]

62. Sorry, this is not "Air Force One" starring Harrison Ford throwing bad guys off the plane

I don't think you could even bring yourself to acknowledge when something has taken place that is at least A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I want it all, I want it now, and if I don't have it now, it's a failure!!!!!

:eyes:

[instantkarma]

67. Adventure seeker on an empty street

Just an alley creeper light on his feet
A young fighter screaming with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out
It ain't much I'm asking I heard him say
Gotta find me a future move out of my way
I want it all I want it all
I want it all and I want it now

[tblue]

14. Indeed. Great pic & caption.

I'm watching him address the Repubs. (I tivo'd it.). Yes, he's smokin'!

[impik]

16. http://twitter.com/pwire

Check this out.

[Parker CA]

17. HAHHAHAHAHAHHAA. That's hilarious.

[Phx_Dem]

34. That was fun!! When the Sentate GOP's turn?

Never, now that they've witnessed the public ass-whoppin the House GOP just got! They're probably all crying and hiding in the hall closets. :scared: :cry:

What a great way to start the weekend!

[gkhouston]

39. Hey, if he invites them to a Q&A and tells them it'll be televised, how can

they not show up? That'll leave the President by himself, in front of the cameras, to explain his policies and tell the country that he wanted to discuss the pressing issues of the day with the Republican leadership and they wouldn't even show up. And then Obama gets an hour or so of uninterrupted time to talk to the country on subjects entirely of his choosing. That's not going to make the Republicans look good.

[HopeOverFear]

37. From Steve Kimura on twitter:

"GOP House members: Better to STFU and be thought an idiot then to open your mouths and remove all doubt."

:rofl:

[oasis]

40. Gotta cut the Prez some slack based on his actions today.

:bounce: :woohoo: :fistbump:

[Sky Masterson]

49. Watching it now.

The Tan Repuke is talking right now but Cassius Clay is about to come on. :)

[Writer]

52. Let me know what you think of THE GREATEST FIGHT OF ALL TIIIIIME.

;)

[Sky Masterson]

53. So far he is floating like a butterfly

It keeps freezing :mad: I'm 22 minutes in. (I'm sure he is about to whoop out the old stinger) ;)

[Writer]

54. ...

:o

[goclark]

56. the video froze on me too ~

does that happen when too many people are trying to see it at the same time?

[Sky Masterson]

58. That is what I'm thinking

:)

[goclark]

63. Ladies and Gentleman~ In this corner is Obama Ali!

:bounce:

[Sky Masterson]

64. ;)

[Sky Masterson]

66. It was a TKO

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uMGWxRFx3Bw/SXVSjIpM-TI/AAAAAAAAArU/gttiKBYJyrE/s320/Obama+and+Ali.jpg
Man did Cspan.org's feed suck.:mad:
I'll have to DDR the repeat later and watch it tomorrow.

[Sheepshank]

59. Freeper heads exploding

page after page after page of how there was no smack down, it was merely Obama arrogance and bullying. They have absolutely no comments on the content and rebuttals, just a personal issue with the attitude :)

I think this attitude is exactly what they needed to get instead of the soft compliance they have been used to hearing. loving it :)

Oh and a few were wondering (surpriise, surpriise surpriise...think Gomer Pyle) how he did this without visible teleprompters haa haa haa.....idiots.

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[Phx_Dem]

71. Who else wants to invite me to their meeting?

Bwahahahahahahahaha.