Lamar Alexander tells Obama: to "back up" and not "start an enemies list"

[Thrill]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Republican invoked the memory of the scandal-marred Nixon administration on Wednesday to urge U.S. President Barack Obama to "back up" and not "start an enemies list."

Senator Lamar Alexander told Reuters he has begun to see the Obama White House adopting an attitude similar to that of the Richard Nixon White House four decades ago, that "everybody is against us and we are going to get them."

Alexander cited as examples the Obama administration's suggestion that it may support stripping the insurance industry of its exemption of federal anti-trust laws, its clash with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the president saying he will call out people who oppose him and boycott Fox News network.

Alexander, a member of the congressional Republican leadership, said he is "suggesting that the president back up" and "don't start an enemies list."

Alexander made the comments at the Reuters Washington Summit, a series of interviews with key Washington figures, in advance of a speech that he plans to give later in the day on the same topic on the Senate floor.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/pl_nm/us_washington_summit_politics_enemies

You know because Boy, I don't want to have to put you in yo place

[bluestateguy]

1. Fifth time this has been posted

nt

[ingac70]

2. Lamar Alexander is pro rape.

Fuck him.

http://www.republicansforrape.org/legislators/

[jbnow]

3. "the president saying he will call out people who oppose him"? He didn't.

He said "If you misrepresent what's in this plan, we will call you out."
That's not opposition, that is death panels and free sex change operation blather.

Support stripping the insurance industry of its exemption of federal anti-trust law?
Past due.

Clash with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce? We should all support a group that lies about it's membership and claims climate change is made up.

Please, no one encourage Obama to e nicer.