Reply #33: Classic shoddy Politico reporting [View All]

[RufusTFirefly]

Where other than in the headline does it say "liberals"?

The original question was from Bill Plante, and you'll note that neither Plante nor the President uses the word "liberals."

Q Mr. President, now that you’ve negotiated with the Republicans, are you willing to negotiate with the Democrats who think they’ve -- that you’ve betrayed them on the tax package?
And when you talked to the Republicans, did they give you any assurances that they would take up START and “don’t ask” in the lame duck?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, first of all, Bill, I think it is inaccurate to characterize Democrats writ large as feeling “betrayed.” I think Democrats are looking at this bill, and you’ve already had a whole bunch of them who said this makes sense. And I think the more they look at it, the more of them are going to say this makes sense.

I'm a liberal, and I feel betrayed. But the President never addressed that issue. Politico just made it up.