Obama Rules Out Negotiations With Congress on Budget Until Government Reopened.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/reuters

President Barack Obama ruled out negotiations on budget issues with Congress on Wednesday until lawmakers end a U.S. government shutdown by approving spending measures.

In a CNBC interview, Obama described himself as exasperated that Republicans refused to drop demands that led to the government shutting down on Tuesday.

"Am I exasperated? Absolutely I'm exasperated," he said, because the shutdown was totally unnecessary.

Obama said Wall Street should be concerned that a faction of Republicans in the House of Representatives seemed willing to allow the United States to default on its debt in order to push their demand that funding be cut for Obama's signature healthcare law.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/10/02/us/politics/02reuters-usa-fiscal-obama-cnbc.html?hp

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Stand firm, Mr. President!

[elleng]

4. Yes, and I think he will, CalPeg.

He knows we know, and want him to save us from the terrorists within our midst.

[onehandle]

2. Fuck those terrorists.

They are doing more damage to America than ocean-buried Osama could dream of.

[obxhead]

22. That was my first comment on Tuesday morning at work.

Republicans finally did what OBL couldn't.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Shrewd move.

.

[TBF]

5. Damned straight.

Good work Mr. President. Stand strong.

[frazzled]

6. Oh, I thought he was caving

Negotiations, as Senate Democrats and the President have indicated, will only take place after the CR is passed and the shutdown is ended. That means giving up an attempts to defund the ACA through the budget or debt-ceiling.

[bowens43]

9. You can't blame folks for thinking he would cave..look at this track record

[frazzled]

10. Sure I could /nt

[JoePhilly]

11. Like those 10 times he cut Social Security!

[tridim]

13. LOL. Mythology is not a "record" of anything.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. Indeed...some of the haters love to have it two ways: first they make up that Obama has 'caved'

Then they point back to their ridiculous inventions as evidence.

It's not clear whether they're liars, morons, or both - but they are an embarrassment to themselves.

[sweetloukillbot]

20. Sort of like how he needs to use his bully pulpit and all he does is give speeches n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

23. Then they complain that he doesn't give enough speeches. Whu??!?!?!

[bowens43]

7. Good news!!

[Wait Wut]

8. Translated:

"I will not talk to any of you until you can behave like adults and not spoiled little brats."

[Shrike47]

12. Keep it up, O!

If you give in to terrorists, they will never cease their terrorism.

[mac56]

14. Right on.

They wanted shutdown, they're gonna get shutdown.

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. Brilliant

just f'in' brilliant.

[Liberalynn]

16. I'm reading this as The President saying I've done my best to compromise

with them, but all they keep doing is saying no and then demand even more. I tried to tell you blind bats on Wall Street that. Now I am done. See what you can do with them Wall Street.

[texanwitch]

18. Beginning to feel like the movie High Noon.

With Gary Cooper walking down the street.

Good going President Obama for standing up.

Let the big money people try to control the monsters they made.

[frylock]

19. big ups!

[Swede Atlanta]

21. I have your back Mr. President IF and only IF

you don't cave. The Republican majority in the House are domestic terrorists and I suggest you begin treating them the same way you treat the bad guys in Afghanistan and Pakistan and your NSA treats the American people. No backing down. I feel for all those affected by this shutdown but if you give so much as a millimeter Orange Man will be out on Faux News claiming victory and how he got 99.999999999% of what he wanted.

The time has come to stop giving in. You were re-elected by a safe margin. The Democrats control the Senate. If there ever was a time to use your political capital it is now. You must stop the hostage taking by taking out the hostage takers. They must learn they will NEVER win with these tactics.