Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition

[Henny]

Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition

 

WASHINGTON?After months of heated negotiations and failed attempts to achieve any kind of consensus, President Obama turned 50 years old Thursday, drawing strong criticism from Republicans in Congress. "With the host of problems this country is currently facing, the fact that our president is devoting time to the human process of aging is an affront to Americans everywhere," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who advocated a provision to keep Obama 49 at least through the fall of 2013. "To move forward unilaterally and simply begin the next year of his life without bipartisan support?is that any way to lead a country?" According to White House officials, Obama attempted to work with Republicans right up until the Aug. 4 deadline, but was ultimately left with no choice except to turn a year older.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-turns-50-despite-republican-opposition,21061/

[BT]

As always the MSM (including the Onion) gets it wrong. It was not McConnell who wanted to postpone Obama's birthday right before the election in 2012. It was Obama who was willing to put SS, Medicare and Vets on the cutting table in order to avoid the negative publicity and sink in the poll numbers as his longevity ( and who knows for sure what that number really is - see birthers) and leadership are called in to question each year at the beginning of August.

[Henny]

As always the MSM (including the Onion) gets it wrong. It was not McConnell who wanted to postpone Obama's birthday right before the election in 2012. It was Obama who was willing to put SS, Medicare and Vets on the cutting table in order to avoid the negative publicity and sink in the poll numbers as his longevity ( and who knows for sure what that number really is - see birthers) and leadership are called in to question each year at the beginning of August.

I put it for a laugh. And will continue to laugh about it.

[BT]

Me too.

[Henny]

By the way, I was trying to get in to respond to your comment last night using my Blackberry. It seems the site renders for mobile browsing, but when trying to logon, the boxes where you would input user name and password didn't render.

Any way this can be fixed? Not urgent obviously, but just when too lazy to boot up the computer...

[BT]

try this app

http://www.tapatalk.com/mobile.php