HELEN THOMAS: Nice president must start playing hardball

[bigtree]

January, 29, 2009

{snip}

Obama- who likes to play nice and not rub the Republican opposition the wrong way- does not seem to understand that he is going to have to bump heads with Congress to get moving on the domestic agenda of halting job loss in this country.

He wants to keep walking the center line - his choice of moderate Democrats for his Cabinet highlights that caution. But at some point he is going to have to take bold steps . . .


read: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinion/columns/helen_thomas__nice_president_must_start_playing_hardball_01-29-2009.html

[BlooInBloo]

1. You mean THIS "nice" President?

Suckers.

http://www.dailykostv.com/v/000176.html

[bigtree]

4. Barack Obama in late 2007?

sure.

[GregD]

5. crush them?

Boy, do I look forward to that. I just love the intonation of how he stated "if I perceive... then I will crush them", and then he laughs.

Bring.It.On.Barack.

[BlooInBloo]

6. Totally - funny how people are still going off on the "obambi" meme...

After all of the ass that he's kicked.

[GregD]

13. Has he?

I'm not aware of that. Fill me in a bit?

[Voice for Peace]

7. I've never seen that clip.. verrrrry nice!!

[BlooInBloo]

8. Neither had I - I was about to make a thread for it, but then providence landed this one in my lap.

[bigtree]

15. What is Providence for you

. . . may be Nemesis for me.

--Mason Cooley

[gblady]

11. that's a great clip.....

then I will crush them....giggles...

[leftstreet]

2. "He might start by ending the shameful tax cuts...

...that benefit the richest people in the country. Remember, they were supposed to plow their money into the local economy. Instead, they outsourced their bonanza or stashed it away."

:thumbsup:

[Tighelander]

3. Yeah

He has a "Winner" mentallity, that's why he's the Pres, but I also think he should be using his elbows more, like he would do if he were playing Basketball. In the back of my mind though, I think he does know the score.

[SmileyRose]

9. He's a steel fist inside a velvet glove.

You've heard the term "open up a can o' whoopass"? President Obama IS the can (with pretty glittery labels and everything).

[Tighelander]

10. Media Dog Pile

I'm just afraid that the Right leaning media will overwhelm him.

[elocs]

12. Obama told Rolling Stone: "I don't do cowering". Wait for it. n/t

[Muttocracy]

16. Obama would have caught that shoe and flung it right back :)

[lamp_shade]

14. Stay tuned, Helen, God love ya.