Was Obama's remark about what would Reagan do during the debt talks a freudian slip

[Quixote1818]

as to his true political leanings or just him trying to sound like a moderate?

It just strikes me as od that in a moment of frustration and anger he would be thinking of Ronald Reagan and not someone like FDR or Teddy Roosevelt. Was it a freudian slip or him just trying to sound like a moderate to conservatives?

[Exilednight]

1. Obama attempts to use examples from the right to make his case to those on the right, but

the problem is the fact that he's really bad at it. He thinks he's throwing water on the fire, but he often mistakes gasoline for water.

[Quixote1818]

2. I think you are right. Since Obama doesn't seem to get frustrated much

he probably is always thinking of something to say to win those on the right over. Probably wasn't a freudian slip at all because he doesn't get to the point where his sub-conscious speaks first.

[adhd_what_huh]

3. Oh dear god...spare me from this continued nonsense at DU

amen.

[emilyg]

5. Perhaps you need a nap.

[adhd_what_huh]

6. maybe a stiff drink.

[emilyg]

8. Salut!

[Jakes Progress]

15. You don't need dear god. Just don't click on DU.

Problem solved. You can save yourself.

[Bluebear]

16. poor baby

[applegrove]

4. He wants the Reagan Democrats in the next election. And all the independents. He needs them. Then

he can govern how he likes once he has a filibuster proof super majority.

I just wish that darned Mitt Romney would get out of the way and let the lovely Michelle Bachmann run for President. I was hopeful he had been caught in some financial scandal yesterday, but alas, I was wrong.

[Middle finga]

7. And what would Obama do with a super majority in his 2nd

Term, blow it like he blew the first one? Filibuster proof senate is an excuse used by the democrats. When Republicans are in control, they seemed to find away to get their shit passed without a super majority.

[leftstreet]

9. What's wrong with the FDR voters who put him into office?

Democrats, Republicans, Independents. You know, those people who gave him a mandate when he campaigned on 'universal' healthcare, jobs, taxing the rich...

[0rganism]

10. Mandate? Mandates are for republicans.

Who hands out mandates? The vox populi: our noble and fairly balanced mass media controls the zeitgeist.

W "won" in 2000 with 49% of the popular vote, and governed like he was the right hand of God Almighty with full Mandate blessings from our kingmaker media establishment.

Obama WON in 2008 54% of the popular vote, a substantial Democratic majority in the house, and damn close to 60 votes in the senate. That same media was on his case from November 5 onward, carefully reassuring the public that he'd step on eggshells around the very patriotic but rightfully upset republican 46%.

When W "won" I didn't hear any crap from them about a "team of rivals" from the liberal media.

[jbnow]

11. I wish he promised to do what reagan did in the

Deficit Reduction Act of 1984

It was 82% revenue increases, just 18% cuts.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-15/obama-s-deficit-offer-about-as-good-as-they-get-jared-bernstein.html

(He even set maximum estate tax rate at 55 percent, much higher than now)

So maybe he hopes republicans remember that.
(though of course they don't seem to recall anything that doesn't fit their myth)

[Rex]

12. When Obama tries to explain to GOPers in terms they use and know

without startling their only two emotions, fear and anger, they explode with blind rage before he can get to mentioning his point. Mostly it goes across from local RWingers as racist hatred, pure and burning. At least they don't want to talk about the Civil War all day long. It is failure to communicate on the GOPers part, '98% of the time' as they like to boast. It is recorded history.

Caused quite a stir, let me tell ya.

[Kalidurga]

13. I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

when Obama reaches out to Republicans it's like putting your hand in a piranha tank to calm the little fishies down.

[Rex]

17. I am laughing, it seems that no matter what Obama does

the GOPers come out with something horrible to their PR campaign (whatever that is). Just the fact that the GOP is proud of a 98% refusal to work with Dems, should hurt them next year like crazyfire.

[PufPuf23]

14. POTUS Obama has no moral nor scientific center and is

a scramble suit of what is acceptable.

I see a man that "winning" or "closing the deal" is more important than the actual policy and impact or direction of the policy.

Reagan was an morally vacuous and back stabbing individual long before he was a willing tool against most People.

Gov. Jerry Brown said this AM for POTUS Obama to listen to his soul and do the right thing even if there was a strong possibility of losing.

Brown could have chosen to destroy POTUS Obama on CNN Sunday AM and instead protected with obvious nuances.