Paul Krugman Smacks Down Republican Whining That Obama Hasn’t Reached Out To Them

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Paul Krugman Smacks Down Republican Whining That Obama Hasn’t Reached Out To Them

Paul Krugman smacked down the Republican lie that Obama hasn’t reached out to them by pointing out that every time the president tries to reach out, he gets his fingers ripped off.

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Dowd was using the standard Republican talking point that Obama hasn’t reached across the aisle to Republicans. After four plus years of Republicans rejecting their own ideas when presented to them by this president, it is clear that what Republicans really mean when they say reach across the aisle is, “do exactly what I want.” Krugman was correct. Obama spent years reaching out to Republicans, only to be rejected each time.

The president eventually realized that Republicans were trying to run out the clock on his presidency by saying no, so he is working around them by doing things like naming Susan Rice to a White House position. Sure, Obama was sending a political message by appointing Rice. What Republicans fail to acknowledge is that they forced Obama to behave this way by refusing to work with him on anything.

Krugman’s statement was something that is rarely heard in the mainstream media. It was an actual acknowledgement of the real dynamic in Washington. The dysfunction in Washington was caused and is being perpetuated by the Republican Party.

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Full article, video, transcript - here: http://www.politicususa.com/2013/06/09/paul-krugman-smacks-republican-whining-obama-reached.html

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1. Happy somebody is smacking that shit

Down.

thanks Tx