I would like, for once, for a politician to actually say what it is he will do and then do it. Not offer any excuses, disclaimers, or clarifications.
I'll just file this one with 'no lobbyist appointees'. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't get this view at all. You're saying that when he stated a > general principal of earmark reform that he should have explicitly > said "in budgets that I negotiate on"? I figured that that was rather > implied. This isn't his budget. He has presented his budget and is > going into negotiations with Congress over it. If he doesn't follow > through, by all means, call him out on it. Would you like him to veto > the omnibus bill and spend weeks or months renegotiating a spending > bill that only is in place for a couple months instead of working on > the next budget and health care reform, etc? > > He's got a budget that has been presented. Lets judge him on his > commitments to things he actually has some control over. > > Judah > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is just another example of how we were told one thing yet he does > > another. I don't care that the omnibus bill is left over from last > Congress, > > he should have said so from the beginning. Not promised the farm and > then > > when it comes time to deliver say, well, that is not really what we > meant. > > This is not something that just 'popped up'. > > > > Its politics as usual. Nothing has changed...at all. > > > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> This budget omnibus bill is left over from the previous Congress. We > >> are operating on a continuing resolution right now which is about to > >> expire. This bill was entirely negotiated and done before Obama was in > >> office so I don't think you can really blame him for anything about > >> the bill. Yes, he could veto it and reopen the bill in its entirety > >> but there is only 9 months left in that budget cycle and he needs that > >> time to get the upcoming budget crafted into passable legislation. It > >> would be momumentally stupid to reopen the last budget cycle at this > >> point, its already done. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > ...well, next year... > >> > > >> > http://snurl.com/ddy0m > >> > > >> > Its interesting to see that when push comes to shove, Obama is no > >> different > >> > than any one before him. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Scott Stroz > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291025 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
