Roskam Asks Former Colleague Obama: Where is The Bipartisanship You Had in Illinois?

Rep. Roskam, a longtime colleague of President Obama's in the Illinois Senate, remembers the President as a bipartisan deal-maker who tackled tough issues with Senators on both sides of the aisle.

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[john51880]

Bipartisanship means twice as bad! Oppose Obama!

[callouschristian]

You really live up to your dork screen name. If you changed Bert to "DO" that would be a step in the right direction.

[callouschristian]

Creating problems is about the only thing republicans know how to do right. I would say steal elections but they really didn't do that all too well since we KNOW they did it......twice.

[ThePeopleareidiots]

todnyc is an idiot. another pathetic loser who can't admit that obamer(obama and scammer) is nothing more than a lying dem politician. they all LIE!!! idiots

[dilbert111]

I am aware of 1 instance of "You Lie" which was Joe Wilson. Now in retrospect it turned out he was right...the dems WERE planning to do exactly what Wilson objected to. So while it may have been rude it certainly wasnt false. So is it lack of decorum or facts that you care about. Truly interested in your thoughts.

[dilbert111]

who gives a rip if Joe Wilson or Rush lies? maybe they do and maybe they dont.

Neither of them are President nor did they promise what Obama promised. Transparency, bipartisen debate, listening to the people...what happened there? Challenge for you...try for the next 20 days to have an open mind and listen for populist bs/weasel words over real substance. Do it for BOTH sides..both dems and repub are lying to us with Obama no exception. He SHOULD be held to a higher standard.

[dilbert111]

brilliant response todnyc....why would i quit my day job? Being in the top tax bracket I will always own little obama douchebags who are too dumb to see that this president doesnt give a damn about you. He is in the pocket of high finance(bailouts..check who his largest donors were), health insurance companies(see health bill) and unions.

Obama is like cotton candy...looks good, sounds good but no substance. Worst president since Carter.

[specialjr11]

@DAHAZE10 Yes I have and Obama is telling the Truth. To ask someone if they have read the figures is arrogant's at best. Obama walked into office facing a major collapse of our economic system which wasn't just Bush Jr's fault but Bush Sr. and Reagan's as well, Reagan came into office with a 2.5 bill debt which he added 1.7 trill, Bush Sr. another 1.4 trill and Bush Jr. 4.6 trill not even counting the 7.3 trill drug debt and 2 unpaid wars. Now those are the numbers. Deal with it!

[DAHAZE10]

While I cant comment on Rush ( not having reviewed the actual facts) , it truns out that Joe Wilson and more recently Justice Alito did not lie. The President misrepresented the facts. Check it out for yourself and read the bill and the SCUTUS ruling. Obama likes to spin things.

[DAHAZE10]

@specialjr11 I've actually read the true figures on this. HAve you? They regret televising this because the majority of viewers dont know the true figures and accept the one's that Obama presents, half of which are fuzzy to say the least.