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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (23974)	8/19/2012 1:10:39 PM
From: gamesmistress	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 85487

"the stimulus worked, altho it was too small, and wasted too much money on tax cuts. " Yeah, if you worked for Government Motors and the union. And God forbid anyone should keep more of their own money when the government thinks it has a better use for it. "We had an R pres then and D pres now. " And that's the only difference between 2002 and 2012. Riiight. "we had the R's agree on Day 1 to disagree on everything. Once the Dems controlled the Presidency and both Houses of Congress, there was no interest in bipartisanship. None. (Although since Obama's primary interest was in Obamacare, which he let Pelosi and Reid write, I wouldn't have wanted any Republican to sign onto it anyway, especially the final product.) "Obama to GOP: 'I won' By JONATHAN MARTIN & CAROL E. LEE \| 1/23/09 1:25 PM EDT President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.

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