Comments on: Left erupts over Obama spending freeze proposal

By: Anwyn’s Notes in the Margin » “Spending Programs” Will Fall Outside a Spending Freeze

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:39:34 +0000

[...] Imagine that. “You guys … are not only not talking about a second stimulus, you’re talking about trying to cut … the budget,” Maddow said. “I have to tell you, it sounds completely, completely insane.” [...]

By: Left in full freakout mode over Obama’s spending freeze « Tea Party News Live

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:59:17 +0000

[...] Daily Caller has a fun round-up of the Pretty Vicious Rants and Important Action Alerts, but as always, Krugman sets the tone. [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Left in full freakout mode over Obama’s spending freeze

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:30:43 +0000

[...] Daily Caller has a fun round-up of the Pretty Vicious Rants and Important Action Alerts, but as always, Krugman sets the tone. [...]

By: American Glob » Blog Archive » Spending Freeze or Brain Freeze?

American Glob » Blog Archive » Spending Freeze or Brain Freeze? — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:00:47 +0000

[...] Obama’s base is just thrilled with the idea. [...]

By: Conservatives and liberals slam Barack Obama’s planned spending freeze | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:49:21 +0000

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By: Nobel Liberal Economist: Obama SUCKS! “Pure Disaster” « PunditPawn

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:00:04 +0000

[...] true. His deficit committee was just tossed to the curb by Congress hours ago, and his “spending freeze” is, let’s just say nicely, being called a cluster: Now, I still cling to a fantasy: [...]

By: hurtzallot

hurtzallot — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:04:02 +0000

I agree with Kevin!
If I may I would like to dig a little deeper and place a time limit on those who serve in the Senate and in Congress. I for one am for change and if a Congressman or Senator serves too long they become too wrapped up with “special interest” groups, catering and often being bought off by these groups. I say from this day forward Senators and Congressmen should be limited to TWO terms in office, that’s it, over, done, finito.
1 term in office.
1 term in PRISON!

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:48:46 +0000

All this “Hooverism” is a bit lost on me. When FDR took office unemployment was at 22%. He then had “The New Deal”. Conventional wisdom’s memory is that this policy solved the depression…sssoooooo what do you think unemployment was in 1941, a full 9 years after he took office?? 2%, 4%. nope 16%. The war is what solved the Great Depression. People went to work. Liberalism is so overrated.

By: Kevin Hirth

Kevin Hirth — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:15:30 +0000

“the left” as you refer to it is made up of normal people like you and me. The politicians who “represent” either side, however, apparently care nothing for anyone else but themselves.

By: Kevin Hirth

Kevin Hirth — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:13:40 +0000

Great post!

By: oldguy5

oldguy5 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:52:31 +0000

Subject: An idea whose time has come

For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress. Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn’t pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed (such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered…in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn’t seem logical. We do not have an elite that is above the law. I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. The self-serving must stop. This is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:

“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States “.

By: tomdoff

tomdoff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:39:18 +0000

Obama’s Teflon coat may be beginning to crack. It’s being reported the he was ‘Quite stung’ this morning, when he overheard someone referring to him as the ‘Lieberman President’.

By: tomdoff

tomdoff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:35:22 +0000

Finally, Obama has achieved bi-partisanship! The Left and the Right have agreed to join in ‘Just Saying No’ to the President.

By: johnstuartmill

johnstuartmill — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:15:54 +0000

Who cares how the ‘left’ feels about? Is contrarianism really how we decide policy now? Good grief, both parties are populated by partisan hacks.

By: sandra3dee

sandra3dee — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:23:26 +0000

Can’t wait to see how Healthcare and 2nd stimulus are tied to national security.

By: campbell62

campbell62 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:42:15 +0000

Hey all you conservatives…a great read, “Rules for Conservative Radicals” by Michael Patrick Leahy. It gives us ammunition against the Saul Alinsky tactics used so effectively by the far-left!

By: drstock

drstock — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:21:56 +0000

I love how Biden needs his own economic advisor, Jared Bernstein. That’s got to be a great gig. He probably has to answer like one question every 22 days.

By: billbrady

billbrady — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:05:49 +0000

Looks like a little rankling in the ranks. I’ll still reserve judgment on these proposed spending cuts and bail out of the middle class until the details come forth. As they say, the devil is in the details. Right now, the timing of all this appears nothing more than dangling a carrot or two before the “good” news from the CBO on deficit projections and to have something good to say at the State of the Union. Obama can promise the stars but a far left majority Congress controls spending and I don’t believe they’ll go for the ride. Soros, big union, and the rest own them.

By: goprules

goprules — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:49:47 +0000

This lib loves it. Indeed, I’d love to see half of this countries government employees given the pink slip. Government is far, far too big. They are the largest employer in the country. That is just completely [redacted] up.

Good for the big O.

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I’d Rather Be a Really Good One-Term President | Feed Your ADHD — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:33:56 +0000

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