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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (772437)	3/1/2014 11:38:03 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576163

"Simpson Bowles was commissioned by Obama" I know. "he decided to ignore his own commission" I know; a most pleasant surprise. It was a POS. There Was No Bowles-Simpson Commission Report The New York Times badly misled readers by repeatedly referring to a report of the deficit reduction commission led by former Senator Alan Simpson and Morgan Stanley Director Erskine Bowles. There was no report from this commission. The report discussed in this article was exclusively the report of the co-chairs. It did not receive the necessary support of 14 members of the commission that would have made it an official commission report, a point noted only in passing toward the end of the piece. cepr.net but, never fear... we can still fake it... WASHINGTON — The House voted decisively late Wednesday to reject a bipartisan budget mixing tax increases with spending cuts to wring $4 trillion from federal deficits over the coming decade. The 382-38 roll call paved the way for Republicans to muscle through their own, more stringent budget on Thursday, a measure that would blend deeper spending reductions in safety-net programs for the poor with a plan to dramatically overhaul Medicare. The vote also underscored the partisan polarization dominating Washington this election year, with leaders of both parties showing little inclination to compromise and let the other side claim a victory. The bipartisan measure rejected Wednesday was patterned on a plan by President Barack Obama's 2010 deficit commission and was written by moderate Reps. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio, and Jim Cooper, D-Tenn. huffingtonpost.com

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (772437)	3/1/2014 11:47:07 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By d[-_-]b Respond to of 1576163

>> let's talk about Bush after 6 years of obama failures. One of the big problems we have right now is that the scandals, corruption, lies and failures of the Obama administration are just so many that I'm not sure anyone has though of cataloging them all. I guess my favorite presidential biography is that of Teddy Roosevelt, written by Edmund Morris. Three substantial volumes to basically outline his life and accomplishments. Think of the biography of Obama. It will be essentially null until the day he took office. Not one significant accomplishment prior to that date. Then, starting in January '09, a series of blunders, blemishes, embarrassments, corruption, denials, almost endless violations of the law, political outrages, you name it. But where are the accomplishments? There will be the anticipated "journalist" versions of Obama's presidency, all heaping praise on him. But 10 or 20 years from now, when the real historians begin to write about Obama, it will sink in just how bad he was and how little he had to offer. The claims of opponents being racist will all be gone; it will be down the cold, hard truth. The worst president in American history. The least accomplished. The one with the worst legacy. The one that really took the country over the edge. Pretty sad.