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发帖数: 29846 | 1 by Jammie
To judge from his surly demeanor and defiant words at his press
conference Monday, Barack Obama begins his second term with a strategy to
defeat and humiliate Republicans rather than a strategy to govern.
His point-blank refusal to negotiate over the debt ceiling was clearly
designed to make the House Republicans look bad.
But Obama knows very well that negotiations usually accompany
legislation to increase the government’s debt limit. As Gordon Gray of the
conservative American Action Network points out, most of the 17 increases in
the debt ceiling over the last 20 years have been part of broader measures.
Working out what will be in those measures is a matter for negotiation
between the legislative and executive branches. That’s because the
Constitution gives Congress the power to incur debt and the president the
power to veto.
Obama supporters like to portray Republican attempts to negotiate as
hostage-taking or extortion. But those are violent crimes. Negotiations —
discussions attempting to reach agreement among those who differ — are
peaceful acts.
What we do know, from Bob Woodward’s “The Price of Politics,” is that
Obama is not very good at negotiating. He apparently can’t stomach
listening to views he does not share. | P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 2 As long as he can screw GOP, he's good
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: by Jammie
: To judge from his surly demeanor and defiant words at his press
: conference Monday, Barack Obama begins his second term with a strategy to
: defeat and humiliate Republicans rather than a strategy to govern.
: His point-blank refusal to negotiate over the debt ceiling was clearly
: designed to make the House Republicans look bad.
: But Obama knows very well that negotiations usually accompany
: legislation to increase the government’s debt limit. As Gordon Gray of the
: conservative American Action Network points out, most of the 17 increases in
: the debt ceiling over the last 20 years have been part of broader measures.
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发帖数: 4150 | 3 靠，就这头黑驴，也配associated with the phrase "ivory tower"?
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: by Jammie
: To judge from his surly demeanor and defiant words at his press
: conference Monday, Barack Obama begins his second term with a strategy to
: defeat and humiliate Republicans rather than a strategy to govern.
: His point-blank refusal to negotiate over the debt ceiling was clearly
: designed to make the House Republicans look bad.
: But Obama knows very well that negotiations usually accompany
: legislation to increase the government’s debt limit. As Gordon Gray of the
: conservative American Action Network points out, most of the 17 increases in
: the debt ceiling over the last 20 years have been part of broader measures.
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