Obama: If You Want To Be A Leader, You Have To Lead

[Gtrplyr1]

Dems and Repubs work for the same Puppet masters... It's rather hurmurous that people actually depict one side better then the other..

[hackit12]

Responsibility of the House of Representatives, to propose a budget; sent it to the Senate, and resolve any conflicts [do not have one yet for this year]

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Lack of leadership where ??

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70% want the House to reduce corporate Wealth-Fare [taxes, subsidies, loopholes] ...

And increase taxes on wealthy income earners.

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House-of-not-representing

[hackit12]

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This obstruction has been going on – since Pelosi won the House in 2007, -‘Repub. Senators have blocked 400 bills’- and are still holding up 100 Admin. appointments.

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The –‘same fools compromised the stimulus’- in size and form [40% tax cuts]; Congress gave Reagan close to 2 T$ -‘in the early 1980’s’- to turn around, a less critical financial situation ! 2009 – And 787 B$ - [minus 40% tax breaks] = 472 B$ ! WTF

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[hackit12]

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The –‘same did nothing for REDUCING the 30 years of compounding Repub. DEBT/INTEREST’- ... -- did not reduce it ONE PENNY ...

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... but made a big deal about reducing social programs [some that even generate more REVENUE than they cost] – because Repubs. do not like them !

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Lying about planned parenthood ... cause that is –‘a good wedge-issue’- for the –‘whore-able crowd’- !

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[hackit12]

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Repubs. twice blocked the Democrats, attempts to –‘remove the corporate subsidy for moving industries/jobs overseas’- ... –‘at taxpayer’s expense’- !

They cowered from regulating the –‘dangerous speculation’- on Wall St.[that was one of the Tea Party’s – main complaints] ! And we’are still paying about 2-3x the real value of fuel, and now they are manipulating food prices, too.

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[hackit12]

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20 M Americans are looking for work; corporations and Wall St. is saying –‘fuc_ you’- we are making good money in BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India and China]

... as they are sitting on trillions, that they could invest here !

... you have a ½ white Pres. to blame ... for the -‘intentional Repub. obstruction’ !

[Miggles805]

hes just like "deuces" and im out

[21tikcah]

Repub. red herring ... attempting to make the Admin. look bad – with their intransigent Repub. House –‘has no budget yet for 2011’- .... and the 2012 budget is due in Oct.

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and you arrogant assholes –‘blame the Admin for the Repub. House’s failures’-.GROW-UP !

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Ignoring the need to increase revenue –‘to reduce the debt’-

Obama has been calling for a tax increase since 2008, over $250 K/yr.

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Was blackmailed over unemployment at Christmas, to extend the Bush tax cuts

[d3wdman]

If you're serious about spending cuts, you need to end these senseless wars.

[MooseOfReason]

@d3wdman Absolutely. Withdraw all troops and contractors from Iraq, Libya, Germany, and everywhere else where our national security isn't threatened.

[zidmt]

The low level republicians follow the high l-evil republicians thinking "yeah lets give a tax break to the job creators" "so what if they made a billion dollars profit and didn't pay a single $ in taxes. "I love the US so much, the job creators can out source Americans jobs and rake in huge profits". You are with us or against us.

[zidmt]

Republicians = the party of NO, no matter who loses; so long as the big corporations win. How sad for the American people.

[MCsuperChristina]

Obama, England love you & we'll happily swap you for Cameron & Clegg.

[pentium2028]

This man is just awesome.

[21tikcah]

"Republican's  debt"

Bush II -6.1 T$, debt, -‘8 years’-, [750 B$/yr]--

Clinton -1.2 T$, debt , -‘8 years’-, [150 B$/yr]--

G.H.W. Bush -1.2 T$, debt -‘4 years’-, [300 B$/yr]--

Reagan -1.7 T$, debt, -‘8 years’-, [212 B$/yr]--

Carter -226 B$ in 4 years, debt [55 B$/yr]--

[oldhacks]

he's good with words. but thats about all.

[lilJ23fromnyc]

Well said

frantz

[dafttool]

A leader doesn't ask to lead, he leads; he doesn't talk about leading, he leads.

[rfrantzt]

Its our fault for giving him a republican congress. If we wanted him to be effective we would have given him the tools he needs to get the job done. Its the republicans fault. I support the president.

[tklelmo21]

booooooooo!!!! tired of their crap!



[PharaohNineD]

63 million voters are being lead into endless capitulation and one sided compromise.

And those people sit on their disappointed hands and don't vote. Watch and listen to all the wingnuts and media twits declare that everybody "voted" for change back to how things where.

[Churchx77]

Or you could just get elected.

[soundsliketruck]

El Bozo the Clown.

[vibing92]

Sometimes wonder if we are wrong and he is trying to good but he is just getting fucked in every direction.But then again i can be wrong what a crazy life

[hobo59]

The only thing Odummer knows about leadership, is who's leading off the first tee !

[21tikcah]

@MooseOfReason "...Where's the budget?..."

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Responsibility of the House [Boner ...] ... there is the problem and the lack of leadership ...

nothing but red herring, B.S.

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[21tikcah]

@MooseOfReason "..didn't copy the budget.." - Fortunately - has continually proposed eliminating the debt ... ! - @MooseOfReason "...trying to blame everything on Boehner..." No only stated the "Constitutional Responsibility" of the House ... to initiate the budget ... none yet for 2011, [2012's is due in 3 months] .... ... Repub./Ryan plan will only reduce the debt 1% - by decimating really needy people ... and continuing to benefit only 10% - to cowardice to tax their pa'trons ....

[juansihi]

Huh! pres Barabama, There You go AGAIN! , You had proposed NOTHING! & unfortunately You always expect whatever proposals: Raise Debt ceiling, Raise taxes,gov. spending on and On. HUH! Barabama I want to demand your resignation Why? inept , incompetenp,flip flop, arrogant and Treason! for our children' Future.

[hookalakah]

"President Obama said: "We have set forth a plan." He has set forth nothing. Nor has the Democratic-controlled Senate. The Republicans offered a detailed plan--the Ryan plan in the House--and they offered Cut, Cap and Balance this time around. The President has offered nothing except he says if you go in the back room now my staff will give you a tick-tock, details of everything I'm supposed to have given. He has never once spoken about real cuts." --Charles Krauthammer 7/22/11

[NOBS4321]

@hookalakah "...have set forth a plan.."

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Since 2007 ... tax increase over 250k, net. ... been screwed by the intransigents in the House and the filibusters/clotures in the Senate.

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B.S. it's all tea bagger' -'mentality'- [promoted and funded by the Oligarch]; that has lead to the devaluation of the treasury, the dollar and more loss of retirements on Wall St.

cont

[NOBS4321]

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Ignoring the inevitable tax increases on the corp./wealthy !

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Quit fuck___ the poor and tax those that -'benefit the most from labor and taxpayer funded infrastructure'- !

[hawkermustang]

Obongo is a clown!

[Eirexeyes]

do you work for cnn?

[bleunt]

Couldn't we have all these clips put into one clip?

[AwesomeBlackDude]

@bleunt indeed 1mins clips to next vids is silly.

[Watchout5]

Mr Obama, it's not serious. SERIOUSLY

[robinvan1983]

wow Now he wants to make a stance... when he gave away almost all campaign promices during his presidency

[garytcw]

Hitler was a great leader, and sure as hell he did lead.

[xadam2dudex]

damn.. how can this asshole say he is for the people.. he has betrayed every person that voted for him.. he has been kissing on the butts of the wealthy since day one....we need a real progressive...what little that has been done has been done by the progressives without his help..most of what has been passed has been so watered down that it becomes meaningless...what a liar he turned into the minute after getting sworn into office..as if somebody just flipped a switch

[ninuxy]

They must cut $200 billion/yr from military. No question asked. That's $2 trillion in 10 years. And we still are going to have a military spending 10 times than the next country in line. WTF!

[xadam2dudex]

@ninuxy we could do without the TSA Fusion centers and homeland security dept black projects as well as the huge funds spent on the NSA which is 10 x the size of the CIA add it up and it dwarfs all other spending combined..if we r that afraid of the world attacking us there must be a reason

[ninuxy]

Stop pussying around these fucking TeaNazis. Ram it to them. It's time to put aside these kids gloves and detonate a nuclear warhead in their backyard.

They are hell bent to destroy the American middle class. The master plan is to tank the economy to garner even MORE policies that would result in concentration of even MORE power in very few and enslavement of this country for a century to come.

Bury them and stop yapping.

[allgoo19]

If I'm not mistaken, when he says "Leadership" he's talking leadership of the president which is himself.

When has he shown the leadership? All I have seen since he took office is giving in, giving in and more giving in, willingly.

Leadership?

[MobRulesNow]

When did you ever lead?

Republicons are laughing at you. Senator Tom Coburn just said that you will sign anything they put on your desk!

You cave all the time! You are the biggest wimp I've ever seen!

Are you really going to put it on the middle class and poor shoulders once again!

Fuck you Obama! You are the perfect republicon tool!

FUCK YOU OBAMA!

[foodope]

not buying it

[PorscheB06]

@JustBecauseTheySaySo How about the debt from the Iraq War that Bush took us into needlessly. Remember Weapon of Mass Destruction that never were. And how about the Medicare Drug Bill that Bush signed without worrying how to pay for it. There is plenty of blame to go around on both sides of the isle. Furthermore, How about how the majority of the Fortune 500 companies don't pay income tax. GE paid no taxes in 2010!!!! You need to do some studying of the facts buddy.

[dudev]

@JustBecauseTheySaySo

You got it backwards. Interests rates are low because America's credit is the best and our national debt is relatively low. We only have a 1-to-1 debt-to-GDP ratio. Third-world countries are poor because they have no resources or industry to speak of. Republicans are fear-mongering over the debt, trying to create a crisis where none exists. The best thing to do in a recession is for the government to take on debt. Economists agree.

[815Sox]

@JustBecauseTheySaySo What programs are you exactly talking about? I would like for reduced military spending yes. But I do not want trillions of dollars borrowed to finance tax cuts for the wealthy. I like having schools, food stamps, unemployment, police and fireman, roads, water, safe medicine, safe food, mental health programs, after school programs, free medical centers, protection for abused children, foster homes etc etc Republicans/The Rich are responsible for this debt, not Obama.

[815Sox]

@JustBecauseTheySaySo Clinton balances the budget and leaves a surplus. Bush borrows TRILLIONS of dollars to fund tax cuts for the ultra rich. Corporations are given loopholes that allow them to pay very little tax. They are paid to ship our jobs overseas. Republicans have created a country where a CEO pays a lower tax rate than his receptionist. Republicans have the gall to call the fucks who created this "Job Creators". Last I check the consumer created jobs. But yeah its the black guys fault.

[TrollBuster9090]

@JustBecauseTheySaySo

Relax, Justy. If you're worried about the U.S. becoming a third world country, it WILL be six months after defaulting on the national debt. If that's what the Tea Party Republicans want, they're going about it in exactly the right way. 20% interest rates, hyperinflation and 50% unemployment here we come. All brought to you courtesy of the polyester patriots and the loonie libertarians.

[VITRUVIANMANNOLA]

70% of Americans want a balance of spending cuts and taxes increases on rich. Republicans decided to follow the few crazies in their party over 70% of Americans

[AmericanResponses]

@VITRUVIANMANNOLA Oh but they always pretend it is what the American people want as Boehner kept saving to the media today..yet not one reporter called him out on that utter lie!!

[TrollBuster9090]

@VITRUVIANMANNOLA

When the top 400 people in American have accumulated as much wealth as the bottom 150 million people...who GIVES a shit what 70% of Americans think? At least, that's how Boehner sees it. And yes, those people are the job creators. Specifically, the creators of jobs in CHINA thanks to the preferential 16% capital gains tax that only subsidizes the wealthy to invest in the HSI, which has a much higher return than the DJI.

[xadam2dudex]

@TrollBuster9090 they create only enough jobs to take care of their mansions, employ slave labor in China and protect them from all the poor people who are being screwed over everyday by them

[kaysandesses]

@TrollBuster9090 "And yes, those people are the job creators. "

Exactly (sarcasm noted). In 2010 the big corp's had the largest profit margins in 60 years. They're sitting back counting their cash and laughing at everyone else.

[VITRUVIANMANNOLA]

Finally, Obama is laying the smack down. Republicans ran up the debt with two wars, Medicare part D, tax cuts for the rich, and tripling the defense budget and now they want the middle class, seniors, students, vets, and the poor to pay for it while the rich pay NOTHING. republicans are done for IMO. Obama offered EVERYTHING, 83% of what GOP wanted & they refused.

[blevr1234]

@hackit12

Reference ...

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[tytheeman20]

Do it, Mr. President. You're on the right side

[DiceWarwick]

@tytheeman20 it's time for him to stop playing the nice guy, and be the boss.

[tytheeman20]

@DiceWarwick Yea man. That's what I'm saying. He definitely just needs to be the boss. The public can see what's really going on.

[tr28901]

lol, this is the last person that needs to give a speech on being a Leader. He has done nothing but follow his Masters command. Do the country a favor obama and step down.

[CliveSinclairZX]

@tr28901 dude the republicans are just as bad, fight both sides or you are just part of the problem.

[tr28901]

@CliveSinclairZX lol @ Republicans being just as bad as Democrats. they are 100,000 X worse ! Republicans, with obama's help, are attempting to bankrupt this country and run off with $trillions of American Tax payers money.

There is a big difference between the 2 parties and your comment about fighting both shows you are part of the problem. There is a war going on that most Americans don't even know they are fighting. It's Corporate America VS America and America is getting it's ass kicked !

[MobRulesNow]

@tr28901 Exactly!

[tr28901]

@CliveSinclairZX ummm, Democrats do want to cut Military spending.

[CliveSinclairZX]

@tr28901 I have yet to hear Obama or the Repub's talk about Military spending. It's not mentioned on the news. Nowhere. Show me Obama talking about cutting military spending? Please. There IS NO DEBATE on this it is just NOT MENTIONED. Neither side wants to cut it.

[CliveSinclairZX]

Respond to this video... We need to bring our troops home from all over the world. Significant cuts. neither side wants to drastically cut military spending.

[tr28901]

@CliveSinclairZX Democrats want to cut military spending. How much they want it cut, that depends on the democrat. Me personally, if we cut it by 2/3 and only spend 1x more money on our military then the rest of the world combined... I think you would be good. We could afford universal healthcare, SS , completely rebuild our infrastructure, lower taxes for every one, fund our public schools and feed the homeless... And have a lot of money left over. Republicans are 100% against this though.

[CliveSinclairZX]

@tr28901 show me one time obama has talked publicly about military spending cuts and overseas cuts.

[tr28901]

@CliveSinclairZX lol, just Google :Obama, Defense spending cut's. I got 50,000 + search results when i did.

[xadam2dudex]

@tr28901 the military budget has doubled since 2001.. that is not counting the black projects the homeland security dept TSA Fusion centers and a slew of other national security agencies.. a recent study shows the military gets 58% of the budget outright add the other spending and it must easily be over 75%..STOP THE MADNESS !!

[tr28901]

@xadam2dudex I agree but what are we arguing about ? This is common knowledge that Democrats want to cut military spending and Republicans want to increase military spending. It sounds like you want to agree with what i am saying but wont for some reason.

[xadam2dudex]

@tr28901 I wasn't arguing...I was just expanding on the need to cut the military budget and it's many tentacles of the police state

[tr28901]

@xadam2dudex ahh ok. Forgive me i was chatting on 3 other videos as well. I got confused with what you were saying. Anyway, i totally agree with massive cut's to military spending. I personally don't think we need to be the worlds police force. We can't even police our self, who's bright idea was it to police the rest of the world ? = )

[TrollBuster9090]

@xadam2dudex

Agreed. We've had silly arms limitation treaties for decades. How about THIS for a deal: ALL COUNTRIES AGREE TO PEG THEIR MILITARY SPENDING TO 2% OF THEIR GDP. That way, if you want a big fatassed army, you'd better make sure you've got a healthy economy. Historically, countries (Germany, Japan, France) have only gone rogue when their military is bigger than their economy can support. This is a sure fire way to prevent it.