(CBS News) It's on: Obama takes an iron fist to the GOP

[pnwmom]

President Obama may have been wearing a metaphorical velvet glove during his big deficit reduction speech Wednesday, but make no mistake about it: He took an iron fist to the Republicans.

Mr. Obama's speech was striking not for the details of his plan as much as the way he set up the choice between his proposal and the one offered by the GOP. Mr. Obama said his plan to save $4 trillion over 12 years was grounded in staying true to the idea that "each one of us deserves some basic measure of security and dignity."

And that, he said, means protecting the social safety net - Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and unemployment insurance - even while reforming the programs involved. Those programs, he said, are integral to America's exceptionalism. "We would not be a great country without those commitments," argued the president.

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And then he really went after the GOP, targeting what he said were $1 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans contained in the Paul Ryan Republican 2012 budget proposal.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20053648-503544.html#ixzz1JRSkG31S

[Tx4obama]

1. FACT SHEET: The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibility

From the White House

FACT SHEET: The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity and Shared Fiscal Responsibility

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/13/fact-sheet-presidents-framework-shared-prosperity-and-shared-fiscal-resp

[pnwmom]

5. Thanks! nt

[Iris]

16. guided by "several principles, including strengthening the program and not privatizing it"

yes! Thanks for posting. Now I can move on to worrying about something else!

[paparush]

26. Share? Rethugs don't share. That's mamby pamby woosie demo-librul-socialist stuff.

And I hope they sink into the abyss of history clinging to their millstone of greed.

[polichick]

2. Yes, he framed things in a way that lets people see a clear difference...

...between Dems and Republicans - it will serve him, and us, well.

[jefferson_dem]

11. Indeed.

:thumbsup: :toast:

[indepat]

29. Surely we all see a difference: while pubs and most dems are clearly corporatists,

dems will draw a line erring on the side of human decency rather crossing a line that unmistakably fosters outrageously cruel depravity, which the pubs' champion by promoting Ryan's bold and media-heralded budget plan although oozing with depravity on its face. :patriot:

[Renew Deal]

3. I often make the point that Obama is an iron fisted wimp

who destroys everything in his path while he cowers in the corner.


It's funny to see this "iron fist" stuff in the MSM.

[pnwmom]

4. Go peddle your points to the Freepers, then.

They'll be happy to hear you.

[Renew Deal]

7. I guess you missed the joke.

It's the contradictory portrayal of Obama that I find comical.

[pnwmom]

10. I sure did.

:hi:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. Did you forget the

sarcasm thingy? :shrug:

[Renew Deal]

8. Yes

It just cracks me up how people talk about Obama that he's both a dictator and a wimp.

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[leftynyc]

27. Me too

With a conservative friend of mine I constantly have to remind her the right's talking points are nonsense. Like:

Is he a communist or a fascist?

Is he a coward or tyrant?

When I ask her to settle on a talking point, all of a sudden.....silence.

[vaberella]

9. Don't lie. Chuck Todd on MSNBC told me there were NO DETAILS---as he mentioned them.

one by one by one.

I have to stop listening to chuck todd. At least you were paying attention media guy at cbsnews.

[pacalo]

13. Obama came across as the sensible adult in the room. We need to see more of this.

[politicasista]

22. +1

:hi:

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[pnwmom]

18. Spoken like a true-Naderite.

The guy who gave us 8 years of Bush.

[Renew Deal]

19. How did this thread turn into a trainwreck?

:hide:

[pnwmom]

20. Happens here every time Obama does something right. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

21. The passion is palpable.......

Probably more passion is making sure Obama loses in 2012
than in saving Medicare! It's a sad type of passion.

[politicasista]

30. +2 n/t

[ProfessionalLeftist]

23. I hope he KEEPS that iron fist up and his stance strong

against their hissy-fits and juvenile, extortionist retaliation (you know they will).

But, he doesn't exactly have a reputation for being a tough guy.

[vssmith]

24. As the saying goes, " fool me once..."

[Keith Bee]

25. Yea verily, the Ides of April were not good for the GOP

(The Ides of most months are actually on the 13th, not the famous 15th. Betcha didn't know that ;P)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

28. KnR

YAYY!