Goddamn right! Excellent remarks from the president!

[jpgray]

Raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans! Absolutely!

Any health care reform must include a public option! That's great!

No more corrupt revolving-door Washington game-playing, like that Billy Tauzin character! Re-import and negotiate for his scummy Medicare Part D. Woo!

No lobbyists regulating what they lobbied for in -this- administration! Especially not Raytheon at Defense, or Goldman Sachs at Treasury!

Hahaha, that comfortable pair of shoes will be great to see if labor is under assault!

(Disclaimer: Saying good things is great, and I'm happy Obama has finally availed himself of his unmatched influence over public debate. What would be greatness on greatness? Actually sticking fast to those promises. Here's hoping!)

[Tx4obama]

1. Details from the White House

FACT SHEET: The President's Framework for Shared Prosperity & Shared Fiscal Responsibility
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/13/fact-sheet-presidents-framework-shared-prosperity-and-shared-fiscal-resp

[MannyGoldstein]

4. So tell me this:

Why does Obama keep parroting the far-right lie that FDR did not start Social Security for retirees?

And why did he pick the two most vitriolic foes of Social Security in their respective parties to head his "Deficit Commission"? And why were 10 of the 18 commissioners on record as being in favor of Social Security cuts before being picked, while only two were on record as being against cuts?

[leftstreet]

2. Is this from today, or from the 2008 campaign?

:shrug:

[notesdev]

3. LOL

Guy makes promises a lot more readily than he keeps them. Don't get your hopes for change up, this guy is the Status Quo President and that's all he's about.

[ddeclue]

5. The President who cried Wolf...

I've heard it all before..

[Zorra]

6. Hey, c'mon now, he got all of that done already with his past speeches!

Obama Says He’d Roll Back Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest May 13, 2007

WASHINGTON, May 13 — If elected president, Senator Barack Obama said Sunday, he would seek to repeal President Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and use the money to pay for health care, but he did not suggest he would raise other taxes to pay for expanded services.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/us/politics/14talk.html

I have to admit, he has great ideas and really does talk about doing some awesome things.

[Mojeoux]

7. I hoping too

also I hope that the wishy washy people who have been ready to buy the repug paradigm, can GET,and really Understand, how far crazy right the minions of Rand are willing to go.

Words of truth matter. (I hope hope hope hope)