'years of hurt feelings'

[spanone]

from my local rag.....

what a crock o' shite, grow up assholes.

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama’s courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans’ jobs at risk.

Yet the lawmakers cautioned that years of hurt feelings were unlikely to heal simply because Obama dined last week with Republican lawmakers. They also said they would not to rush too quickly into Obama’s embrace during three scheduled, and unusual, visits to Capitol Hill next week to win them over.

“He is moving in the right direction. I’m proud of him for doing it. I think it’s a great thing,” Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said. “I’m welcoming (him) with open arms. I think the president is tremendously sincere. I don’t think this is just a political change in tactic. I think he would actually like to solve the problems of this country.”

The White House charm offensive comes as automatic spending cuts have begun to take hold, and if Washington does not block them, they could cut jobs as varied as air traffic controllers, meat inspectors and Head Start teachers.

http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20130311/NEWS08/303110030/GOP-lawmakers-say-Obama-outreach-may-break-budget-logjam

[L0oniX]

1. Sociopaths can have hurt feelings??? n/t

[NightWatcher]

2. While O was being sworn in the first time they said they'd do everything to obstruct him

and make him a 1 term-er, but Obama's the bad guy, ok sure, keep smoking that one

[Kber]

3. Oh FFS!

[Faux pas]

4. What a wild bunch of

wusses! Hurt feeling? What about all the old, sick, starving people out there who have lived on the brink all these years due to the right's undiluted greed and lack of empathy? Self involved much?

[monmouth3]

5. Get a room FFS...n/t

[Wait Wut]

6. When my son was little....

...and he got in trouble, I never felt bad because he got his feelings hurt when I grounded him.

[alsame]

7. Cry me river. The GOP repeatedly turned down invites to

state dinners, Super Bowl parties and movie screenings at the WH. Now they are whining because Obama doesn't call any more?

[spanone]

9. what's sad is that the media prints this hogwash as 'news' and not as comedy.

so republicans are so sensitive, that's why they've obstructed the President at every possible turn?

[alsame]

11. The media loves this drama. IMO, when Boner and

the Turtle refused to attend state dinners for foreign leaders, it should have been a big deal. But not a peep from the media.

[malaise]

8. My only job is to ensure that Obama is a one term President - Mitch the chinless

Fuck all ReTHUGs

[tularetom]

10. If they now want to cooperate with the president

it's because their puppet masters on Wall Street have told them they better not fuck with the rally that the market is currently experiencing, not because Obama has finally decided to start treating them nice.

They have openly mocked him, vowed to limit him to a single term, opposed every initiative he has put forward, and he has been the model of poise and graciousness in his dealings with them. They've ignored other invitations he has put forth so why are they responding so positively to this one?

IMO it's because the money men of the republican party are starting to see the folly of austerity and the value of government spending in sustaining the current recovery.

The rest of us have known this for a long time but it takes a lot of beating it into the thick skulls of republican legislators before they see the light.

[Myrina]

12. What about the hurt feelings on our side dating back to ...

... Poppy Bush condescendingly calling Al Gore "Mr. Ozone" and the millions of other slights we have tossed at us on a daily basis from that side of the aisle?


Assholes. Have I ever mentioned how much I fucking hate Republicans?