The victim card?? You're making him a victim now?
Can you provide a few examples of his making concessions?
He was not forced to say this small sampling by conservatives:
"I won"
"I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
AZ wants moats and alligators to help close the borders?
Immigrants: "should punish our enemies."
Opponents on taxes and the debt are "hostage takers" & engaged in "hand to hand combat "
AIG executives: "They've got a bomb strapped to them and they've got their hand on the trigger
"I don't want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry!"
Get in their faces
GOP Drove The Country Into A Ditch..."You would have thought at a time of historic crisis that Republican leaders would have been more willing to help us find a way out of this mess, Particularly since they created the mess."
They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.
Party of no
I'm not making him a victim. Learn to read people's posts in context (i.e. what they were responding to). I'm saying
BTW, if those quotes are supposed to prove what a "divider" he is, you might want to go get a few more quotes that actually work. These are the same type of bullshit bandied around by conservatives. (Remember someone shouting out at the President during the SotU that he was a liar? How about ANY of the bullshit Cantor said during the televised Healthcare debate about how Obama was ripping apart America because he wanted to dismantle government?... I could go on and on.)
But let's talk about Obama's concessions:
1. He gave away the single-payer option without getting anything in return.
He got a health care law passed in return
2. He gave away 40% of the stimulus as tax-cuts without getting anything in return knowing that tax cuts are the worst way to stimulate the economy (smart people hold on to their money)
He got the better part of a half a trillion dollars to spend in return
3. in response to pressure about the cost of federal salaries, he conceded to a 2 yr salary freeze for public employees on 11/29/10 and got nothing in return
Is a president supposed to get something in return for showing fiscal restraint when we have a debt issue?
4. On cap and trade, Obama put up his concessions first - 1) more offshore drilling and 2) increase the number of nuclear power plants - and got nothing in return. Bupkiss. Zilcha.
He had a majority in both houses and couldnt get it going...seems it is not what the American people wanted....So he is supposed to get something the American people dont want? Really?
5. 4/11/10 budget negotiations - Obama caves on budget spending in a high-stakes negotiation situation that got a lot of media attention - whoops! He gives away billions in cuts and gets nada in return.
From ANYONE on either side of the aisle....he was off the mark with that and even his own party knew it
What is amazing to me is how he does all this and still lots of conservatives like you are glazed over and anesthetized by Republican hatred of the man to the point where you dont even recognize what you've gotten. But that's the self-hypnosis that helps you keep asking for more.
What I dont get is why you think a President is a victim of politics when he gioves in but gets no support.
Jusr because he is President doesnt mean that we are all supposed to follow his lead like sheep.
Do you have an issue with our legislative process?
I do.
I have an issue with legislators who abuse rules that were meant to be used as a last resort. They made these "last resort" rules into Business as Usual.