The Hill
“I am not a dictator,” President Obama said Friday while defending his efforts to stop the sequester. “I’m the president.”
Obama said there are limits to what he can do to get a deal on the sequester during a press conference in which he blamed Republicans for standing in the way of a deal.
The president was responding to a question about why he hadn’t locked the leaders into a room to get a deal. “So ultimately if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say, ‘I have to catch a plane,’ I can’t have Secret Service block the doorway,” he said.
Obama met with Republican leaders Sen. McConnell (Ky.) and Speaker Boehner (Ohio) before the press conference. He has been criticized by Republicans for not doing more to try to reach a deal. GOP leaders say he has been more interested in blaming Republicans for the $85 billion in automatic cuts set to be triggered on Friday than in crafting a deal.
But Obama on Friday characterized himself as the reasonable party in the talks and someone who couldn’t force Republicans to make a deal.
“I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that’s been floating around Washington that even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable, that most people agree that I’m presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow do a Jedi mind-meld and convince them” to agree on a deal, Obama said.
Obama on Friday said the nation will survive the sequester, though he said it would be painful for many people.
“We will get through this. This is not going to be an apocalypse, I think as some people have said,” Obama said following the 52-minute meeting with Boehner, McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
“It’s just dumb. And it’s going to hurt. It’s going to hurt individual people and it’s going to hurt the economy over all,” he said.
The sequester is set to begin on Friday and will cause across-the-board cuts to defense and domestic discretionary spending. Thousands of federal workers are expected to be furloughed, but not until April, so the pain from the cuts will be felt over time.
Lawmakers and Obama appeared to make no progress toward a resolution during the meeting.
Boehner told reporters the House has already voted twice on measure to replace the sequester, and “shouldn’t have to pass a third bill.”
He also reiterated his position that Republicans will accept no new tax hikes to replace the sequester, something demanded by Obama and Democrats.
“The discussion about revenue is over,” Boehner said.
Inside the meeting, Boehner delivered a message personally to Obama and the other congressional leaders that he has given repeatedly to reporters and privately to the House Republican conference in recent days.
The Speaker urged Obama and Senate Democrats to present a plan to replace the sequester that could pass the Democratic-led Senate, according to a summary of the meeting provided by Boehner’s office. And in a sign the Speaker has little interest in trekking back-and-forth to the White House for high-level private negotiations, he “suggested the most productive way to resolve the sequester issue will be through regular order,” Boehner’s office said.
I am not sure how or where you saw a threat in my previous message. I obviously
cannot be all the way from South Africa besides being an “oppressed” woman in hijab
and you being a war veteran and all. However the way the US is going we’ll see how your
Castle Doctrine works out for you when the feds come knocking on your do
or.
Your don’t seem to get the message I was trying to concey. Instead of fighting
each other we need to work together to fight this oppression. I know its the US today
Tomorrow it will be another country and eventually they will come knocking at mt door. We all in this together.
We’ll see who will be the saviour of mankind. Only time will tell.
I truly hope you live to see the day
5 War Veteran. Christianity was not crated by Judiasim and neither was Islam crated by
Chritianity. All three religions receiveived revelation from the prophets
of God. It would make sense that these religions would be similar as it
comes from one God. If the previos books had not been changed muslims
would believe in them too. We do believe in there revelation.
I wonder why non muslims always comment on the oppression of women there beatings and there hijab.
Mary wore hijab. In the days of Jesus and Moses peace be upon them, womem wore hijab.
Muslim continue with to show their modesty while the rest has become what the elite has
programmed them to do. I am suprised that you cannot see that religion as a whole is being
targeted. Muslims are just more steadfast and that is why we are being targeted more and lies
are being said about us. That is besides the oil. Have thay not lied to you about every thing
else.
5 War Veteran. Take it easy on DR MOHAMMED HASNAIN SIDDIQUI AMRSH. I am not sure if you know abour the case of
Affia Siddiqui. She was abducted with her young kids more than 10 years ago. Google her storey
and you might not be so harsh on Dr Siddiqui. How would you feel if a foreign nation did that to
your family member
Need I say more. Your reaction is that of one who is blinded by religious deception. The Torah is the Old Testament. It is the basis for the entire begetting of thousands of religions. Every one claiming they are the true and most correct. Each one in some way involved in millions of religious murders in the name of the false god YAHWEH.
Now you threaten me? If you cannot handle the truth do not threaten one who can.
You know this Dr Amrish about as well as you know most of your 938 face book “friends”.
You want to get involved with me? Here is a promise.
Any one who comes on my property and decides to threaten me or my family is in danger of me exercising my rights to self preservation. It is called the Castle Doctrine.
Religion “as a whole” is not being targeted. Only those who deceive and lie to suck the wealth out of their followers. The “tithes” and sacrifices that go to making the religious elite more wealthy. The ones who go on ‘holy jihad” and crusades, the ones who claim that all “non believers” must die. The ones who teach it is acceptable to use all others for profit. The ones who disrespect the lives of peaceful individuals who do not want nor accept your way of life.
This is not about all religions, it is about certain religions, it is about stupidity, about generations of followers who bought a story of a immortal god that has not been around since 300BC. A religion that hides it’s ideologies behind dogma that denies their “flocks” the right to even ask questions and calls them heretics, apostates, and more when they do. A religion that Jesus spoke against and his teachings were perverted to satisfy their religious elite.
It is not my job to teach you the history of your own faith. learn the ancient languages and read it for yourself how you have been misled. That is your job.
In my first post I meant non approval from Congress of invading a sovereign nation Libya .
You are taking away the rights of people to have firearms from them, you are forcing socialist health care upon the American people, you have violated classinternational laws, broken the U S Constitution more than once and by invading a sovereign nation with approval from Congress (Libya) . You are in the beginning stages of using killer drones against the American people . You are making laws in secret, These are Just some of the atrocities you are committing .If You are not a dictator ? please elaborate Barry
You are taking away the rights of people to have firearms from them, you are forcing socialist health care upon the American people, you have violated international laws, broken the U S Constitution by invading a sovereign nation with approval from Congress (Libya) . You are in the beginning stages of using killer drones against the American people . These are Just some of the atrocities you are committing . You are not a dictator ? please elaborate Barry ?
Sure you do because you want America to be as depraved as your country. Go back to your abusing women and children. Hide behind your masks and enjoy those 7 day shitters during Ramadan.
Remember that Judaism created Christianity and Christianity created Muslim’s and that they are all based in the original Hebrew lies of the Torah.
Think for yourself and begin to ask questions that free your mind.
May it rain bacon bits every day for the rest of your life.
Namaste!
Hmmm, Would that 85 billion in cuts reflect the end of QE3? Just guessing.
“I am not a dictator” Who else said something like that? Oh! Nixon, “I am not a crook!” Both are lies.
BTW Obama is not legally “President” stupid Americans need to wake up to that fact instead of denying it when it HAS BEEN PROVEN in a US Court of Law.
I agree, he is not a dictator, he falls in the same category as mugabe of Zimbabwe, who is stark raving mad and an absolute senile lunatic. He is no dictator, he just wiped out those that opposed him. As long as you support them and grovel before them you will be rewarded, if not its easy: you die. simple. He is not a dictator!
I HIGHLY APPRECIATE POLICY BY PRESIDENT US OBAMA.