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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 949089" data-attributes="member: 9789">804brown,With all due respect, I do see that his first sentence reads the way you say.&nbsp; Thanks for pointing it out.&nbsp; But the rest of his quote is aimed at Bush and now can be used against him. I do realize that there is nobody better than this current administration to take dog poo and make you think it is essence of &quot;Chanel Nº5&quot;! But he does have a record and reasonable people will say that you cannot keep up with blaming the previous administration for the last 3 + years. What ever you do - don&#039;t go into the suppression argument!&nbsp; The right can shoot a cannon through that argument! Eg. Black Panthers on tape - Forcing people to buy healthcare - forcing companies, and religious affiliations to provide services that are against their beliefs. You want to talk about suppression. A reasonable person will never buy the argument that any type of ID is suppression of any kind. I won&#039;t take the time to show how many rules &amp; regulations (suppression) have been enacted on business in the past 3 years. We have more federal departments and czars telling us what to do from every direction then any other time in history!&nbsp; The gas crisis is the latest failure.&nbsp; As President, I would have summoned every oil CEO into the White House.&nbsp; BO HAS THE BULLY PULPIT! I would have told Congress to have hearings to justify the price increases. I would have threatened legislative action to make the speculators take delivery of the oil immediately. If no response... create the legislation.&nbsp; I would make permits for oil drilling as well as pipeline delivery (Keystone) a priority ... this is a long term solution but this shows the world we will not be dependent on other countries and prices will be affected downward based on future outcomes. Bottom Line It is the responsibility of the President to lead. You have a certain POV, I have a certain POV (more importantly) the parties and the party leadership Dem &amp; Rep have certain POVs, and BO has the obligation to bring both of the parties together to move us forward.&nbsp; He has failed miserably in that obligation. If you can&#039;t use your bully pulpit to get people to work together than move out of the way and let someone else have a go at it. You can&#039;t keep pointing fingers at one party (both sides do it!). Congress approval is partly because the President has allowed it to get that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 949089, member: 9789"] 804brown, With all due respect, I do see that his first sentence reads the way you say. Thanks for pointing it out. But the rest of his quote is aimed at Bush and now can be used against him. I do realize that there is nobody better than this current administration to take dog poo and make you think it is essence of "Chanel Nº5"! But he does have a record and reasonable people will say that you cannot keep up with blaming the previous administration for the last 3 + years. What ever you do - don't go into the suppression argument! The right can shoot a cannon through that argument! Eg. Black Panthers on tape - Forcing people to buy healthcare - forcing companies, and religious affiliations to provide services that are against their beliefs. You want to talk about suppression. A reasonable person will never buy the argument that any type of ID is suppression of any kind. I won't take the time to show how many rules & regulations (suppression) have been enacted on business in the past 3 years. We have more federal departments and czars telling us what to do from every direction then any other time in history! The gas crisis is the latest failure. As President, I would have summoned every oil CEO into the White House. BO HAS THE BULLY PULPIT! I would have told Congress to have hearings to justify the price increases. I would have threatened legislative action to make the speculators take delivery of the oil immediately. If no response... create the legislation. I would make permits for oil drilling as well as pipeline delivery (Keystone) a priority ... this is a long term solution but this shows the world we will not be dependent on other countries and prices will be affected downward based on future outcomes. Bottom Line It is the responsibility of the President to lead. You have a certain POV, I have a certain POV (more importantly) the parties and the party leadership Dem & Rep have certain POVs, and BO has the obligation to bring both of the parties together to move us forward. He has failed miserably in that obligation. If you can't use your bully pulpit to get people to work together than move out of the way and let someone else have a go at it. You can't keep pointing fingers at one party (both sides do it!). Congress approval is partly because the President has allowed it to get that way. [/QUOTE]

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