Tom Toles for January 04, 2010

Three years if he is lucky…

C’mon, Obama…look at the concessions you’ve made to the Republicans:

You promised to do something about gays in the military. What have you done? Nothing.

And what has been the Republican response? Gratitude? Even bipartisanship? No. Nothing.

So learn from this one example. The Party Of No will not respond to anything you do in their behalf.

So do something on behalf of the American people instead.

Ignore Republicans while you can – they are a back-stabbing, lock-step bunch who serve their own interests (the rich and powerful) and despise pretty much everyone else. They will quite openly and gleefully flail you alive if you give them anything.

They already did it to Clinton - a shameful example of partisan politics and misuse of tax dollars.

“HARD” work was invented by “W,” wasn’t it?

I have to agree, I think that bipartisanship has been given a good shot and just isn’t going to fly. Time to ram some things down some peoples throats.

What concessions has BO given the Republicans?

Bipartisanships??

Where do you get your information???

From reality. Open your eyes. He has put his hand out over and over again, and turned his check with every slap in the face.

the nowhere man does nothing…except pull the plug on the US economy…..but is his defense he looks after his peeps

Google’s pretty useful for getting information:

http://www.google.com/search?q=concessions+to+republicans

Forget the bipartisanship thing completely and work for a 55 majority vote for bills in the Senate. After Health Care passes start working on a progressive agenda. And Get Tough, you wimpy Democrats in Congress.

The republicans will never accept anything coming from Obama. we may not agree with them, but they are still american citizens and should that should matter. However, don’t rule like a republican, there is a reason the majority of electors voted them out.

Toon reminds me that Julius Caesar got more support from his “friends” in the Senate. (He’s lucky he didn’t have a “House” as well to deal with.)

Republicans spend all their time “campaigning” instead of working for the people. Democrats are still working too hard at the same, though some are making an effort for legislation. Voters should note who is “obstructionist” OR “wimp”- and get rid of them.

Obama is making that old mistake of asking them to think, do their jobs, and put the interests of the people ahead of their own petty arguments.

Yep, too bad we don’t still have Bush, we could invade Paraguay.

“What concessions has BO given the Republicans? ”

Economy - tax cuts (continued, for now, iirc even expanded), Healthcare bill - no public plan (and other titbits, both from conservative dems and Reps), Afghanistan - more troops… Even the stimulus bill got some Republican feedback, from those actually participated.

Also, consider it from the other side - how many of the measures he passes would actually please the hardcore liberals, the ones who actually busted their buttocks electing the guy? They won’t like the bailout, effectively pouring public money into private enterprises with little or nothing to get in return. The healthcare bill doesn’t do nearly enough to meet their wants. Afghanistan? Obama escalated it. Iraq? Full withdrawal, it ain’t. Gitmo? Still open. Don’t-ask-don’t-tell? Not repealed as far as I know. The more ambitious stuff like trying Cheney/Bush for war crimes doesn’t even deserve mention. One year into the Obama presidency, they have little to show for it. Church, some people here have been paiting obama as practically the next Marx, but his accomplishments for the hardcore left (with whom he’s been associated) have been slim to none. That is why I say the guy has been pursuing a mostly centrist policy.

On the other hand, I’m not sure how much he got in return. If 10 moderate republicans had offered to vote for the healthcare bill, in return to concessions similar to those given to right-wing democrats like Liebermann or Nelson, do you honestly think the administration would kick them out?

Bipartisanship means both parties make compromises, not just Obama.

Just replace most of the posts above with “It’s the Republican’s fault.” Yet they are out of power in the Senate, the House and do not have the Presidency. Aha-hahahahah!

Maybe the real reason you are all disappointed is because Obama lied to you, Obama and his buddy’s are no less condescending of YOUR opinions as he is of the average-Americans opinions, and you have nothing waiting in the wings to take his place when Libs are voted out en masse in the Fall…

George Souros, Al Gore, and the Windy City Gang have fleeced you all and left your useless carcasses in the gutter.

I concur with many comments above. Healthcare is a good example. Obama started with the premise that he had support from the heavy-duty special interests involved in healthcare, including insurance industry. (They all announced their support publicly.) It seems that he kept believing they were working TOWARD reform long after it seemed clear to me they were working AGAINST it.

It became clear that the GOP would continue to be opposed no matter what, no matter how many GOP amendments were accepted (and hundreds were). The GOP played that 60 vote filibuster rule constantly, requiring 60 votes to even allow the bill to be debated on the floor for a vote, for goodness sake. Thus, having a majority in the Senate wasn’t enough — the need for a super majority vote again and again gave people like Leiberman and Nelson far more power than they would have otherwise had.

Obama, it’s time to learn from that. They have one thing and only one thing in mind: 2010 elections that will handle reapportionment and after that 2012. They will never work with you on anything.

Puppy, try reading what people actually wrote, instead of your fantasy version.

Well,what kind of recognition is this political cartoon. How aboat the writer wearing the Presidents shoes?President Obama is doing what needs to be accomplished fourscore and the best that can be. 2010 will be better ,stronger and put people to work,our President is the best at the helm!

If you want me to read your post the odds will be increased: if you keep it short, if you aren’t on the Anthony List and if you don’t repeat ad nauseum your party’s line, or your fringe groups rhetoric…

BCS, if Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barak Obama wanted Single-payer Health-Care - you’d have it now.

What’s the Anthony list? Am I on it or something?

Shucks.

Sooky Rottweiler says; Am I on it? Bad puppy! Baaaad puppy!

Dogs as a rule have more sense than Libs; so - no you are not on the Tony-Baloney List, Sooky.

puppy, no one wanted single payor. But it wasn’t even possible to let uninsured and underinsured buy from same menu of private plans fed. employees/Congress has. Simplest solution, no new bureaucracy, no need to reinvent the wheel. Straight out of the chute that simple solution became cries of nationalized healthcare and sometime those cries came from the very same people saying “let us have the same health plan Congress gets.” Dems tried to do just that.

…Not one Republican vote necessary.

Not true, Puppy. If a few Republicans had voted for the people instead of the insurance companies, then the bill wouldn’t have been further watered down by Lieberman et al.

Insurance companies are people , too. And I’m glad the Republicans didn’t rubber-stamp George Souros/ACORN/Bill Ayers money-grab.

Okay, Puppy, it’s noted that you put the insurance companies’ profits ahead of adequate health care for millions of Americans.

Another thing you’ve learned from “not even an American” Jesus?

What’s this about Jesus? Can’t figure you out Anthony. The Cartoon is about the Modern American Presidency making hash out of your Lib-Messiah and his Commie-Retread Apostles; I guess you can’t handle that?

I was commenting on the fact that you put the insurance companies’ profits ahead of adequate health care for millions of Americans.

I guess you can’t handle that?

(And the Jesus remark is in reference to you telling us that we should disregard anyone who “isn’t even an American”)

Turned his check? Each slap on his face he turned away from them and wrote a check to a bank and car maker instead?