Arianna appeared on Larry King Live tonight to discuss the events in Iran and whether or not Obama is being bold enough in pressing his agenda through Congress. Watch it below.
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Arianna appeared on Larry King Live tonight to discuss the events in Iran and whether or not Obama is being bold enough in pressing his agenda through Congress. Watch it below.
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Arianna appeared on Larry King Live tonight to discuss the events in Iran and whether or not Obama is being bold enough in pressing his agenda through Congress. Watch it below.
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The money is there...it's being spent wrong...it goes into too many pockets...especially the pockets that are there to make sure there is not enough money.
Tax money is being used against us...yes that's our country!
The lobbyist are playing for keeps....Forcing a violent outcome!
beckpod1: The money is there...it's being spent wrong...it goes into too
Some have actually said that the dem, party will destroy itself I don't think so, we had 8 years to watch self destruction and turmoil and job lost and ponzy schemes ect.... we are already in a ditch not put hear by dem.
Flavor: Some have actually said that the dem, party will destroy
Bay Buchannan totally mischaracterized the aftermath of Tiananmen.
She claims that after the T-Square crackdown, the government began to appease the people by allowing more "Capitalism."
She has it exactly wrong. The demonstrators wanted more political freedom, and were protesting many of the economic changes initiated by Deng Xiaopeng. It was only after the crackdown, that Deng was free to go full bore with the opening up of China, and was able to say to H**l with the political demands.
pfc1369: Bay Buchannan totally mischaracterized the aftermath of Tiananmen. She claims
Keep in mind as you Dems destroy your own party, that health care has some very powerful lobbyists. It is highly unlikely that anyone is going to get what he wants.
What you have to do is get the camel's nose under the tent by settling for whatever you can get.
You'll get another chance but if you just blow it off because it's not perfect, that chance will be a long time coming.
I'm an independent and you Dems need to stop beating up on each other. You aren't helping your president when you do that.
I would not and do not expect anything significant from Obama for at least one year. He is planting seeds (if y'all would stop digging them up) that take time to grow.
I'm an independent and don't care what y'all do, but y'all are your own worst enemies, it seems to me.
Tuckerndfw: Keep in mind as you Dems destroy your own party,
Who is confused here? Remember when Barack and Hillary seemed to be worst enemies? How long did that last? Infighting ultimately makes the party stronger. It's the one thing the GOP seems to tolerate least within it's own ranks; yet even they don't show long-term ill effects from it. Those who forget the words of Will Rogers are doomed to be humorless: "I am not a member of any organized political party; I'm a Democrat".
ranchero42: Who is confused here? Remember when Barack and Hillary seemed
As "Dems destroy your own party?" When I last looked, the Democrats were a growing party, in power, and opposed by the dying GOP that is burying itself beneath its "Big Tent of Freedom.".
Whitley2009: As "Dems destroy your own party?" When I last looked,
I support the President. Arianna might be right though. We need to get active. Write your Congressman or woman, march in the streets put the pressure on. Donate $5 dollars or what you can afford to the cause. Good government is like everything else in this country. You have to pay for it with your time and or money.
GiveUsFree: I support the President. Arianna might be right though. We
I know exactly what Maher was saying - we're furious with Obama.
We have the pool bailing out the rich -- and we can't even get health care out of the deal. What Obama is proposing for health care is worthless Garbage.
He can't get even his LAUGHABLE "public option" taken seriously by Traitorous Democrats. His proposed "public option" is being pawned off on Americans in a shell game - to make them think it is equal to a Single Payer plan - when nothing could be further from the truth.
Our privileged congressmen - each one of them with taxpayer funded socialized Single-payer health care -- have decided the Taxpayers can't even have that abysmal substitute -- a Public Option.
What THEY get is too good for the American People.
They know nothing -- and their efforts are stupid and laughable at best. I think they are tragic - Obama is doing NOTHING to help desperate Americans.
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Trittydi: I know exactly what Maher was saying - we're furious
I'm afraid you might be correct. I swallowed the bank bailout because I thought he was appeasing the right so he could get us single-payor. I swallowed the suppression of torture memos because I thought he was appeasing the Right for health care reform. I swallowed on no repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell for health care reform, swallowed continuation of many of Bush policies- for what? I can tell you, if he fails us on health care, he and the Dems are over for me.
Chernynkaya: I'm afraid you might be correct. I swallowed the bank
Lets ALL give President Obama some time, this mess didn't happen over night and it will not be solved over night. I too want him to just tell the right wing republicans to get out of his way and let him do what MUST be done and in the end he will. The democratic party has to stand up and work with him EVERY ONE OF THEM. We as Americans also have to stand up and make sure he has all the respect and support he needs to bring our country out of the hole Cheney and Bush left us in. I am grateful everyday we have President Obama and Vice President Binden working for our country.
JanSP1971: Lets ALL give President Obama some time, this mess didn't
THE PRESIDENT SAID THINGS WILL TAKE TIME. IN THIS MICROWAVE SOCIETY, WE CAN'T EXPECT EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN IN MOMENTS AND/OR SECONDS. THE FOLKS ON THE RIGHT ARE MAKING LOTS OF NOISE. BUT WHAT I SEE, HE STOPPED THE BLEEDING. WHERE WOULD WE BE WITH MCCAIN/PALIN? PERISH THAT THOUGHT. I HAVE COMPLETELY CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT OBAMA. SOMETHINGS TAKE TIME. NO NEED TO WORRY.
MYSTERIOUS: THE PRESIDENT SAID THINGS WILL TAKE TIME. IN THIS MICROWAVE
I guess Bay Buchannan is saying that the USA is far inferior to all of those european countries and canada that are able to care for their citizens, since we can't quite figure out how to do this. The repubs have turned this country into an international joke but since they are "not citizens of the world" they don't realize it, or care about it for that matter, as long as their rich friends keep getting richer.
LHoney: I guess Bay Buchannan is saying that the USA is
I'd like to see you get out the door when you have a bunch of stubborn mules [GOP and some spinless Dems] blocking the entrance You gave the decider eight years, and now you want everything in five months. Refusing to stop and think [Bush] is what got us into this mess.
cariintexas: I'd like to see you get out the door when
Ben Stein advocates pre-emtive nuclear strikes against Iran and N. Korea.
Bill Maher is quoted and discussed as some kind of sage or oracle.
Some Reagan-loving musty old chick refers to the President of the United States as "this fella" and insinuates that a Harvard grad constitutional law professor is less prepared to be president than the B actor that was Ronald Reagan.
W.T.F. IS HAPPENING AT CNN?
Xylem44: Ben Stein advocates pre-emtive nuclear strikes against Iran and N.
Some have mentioned the word honest, I think most presidents start off with good intentions but once in office, it is harder to accomplish many task. We want honesty from our presidents and senators, mayors, alderman, principles ect... and there is nothing wrong with that, employers want honest employee's not stealing the companies time, phone privilages, work that you and (I) are hired to do, they want us not to use the companies computer for our sake, paying your bills on line while your at work on the companies time ect.... so if we want honest leaders, we have to be honest people.
Flavor: Some have mentioned the word honest, I think most presidents
The fish rots from the head down. You should not be surprised when many in the general population (especially young people) behave dishonestly and unethically when a society's leaders behave without integrity or honesty or ethically. The damage done to society's sense of belonging to a healthy community by the cravenness of its leaders is incalcuable. It is the root of all apathy and cynicism.
WoodyCPM: The fish rots from the head down. You should not
Politicians do not usually tell outright lies, they make misleading statements that are intended to convey other than the truth, so they are effectively lies.
I never heard Bill Clinton tell a lie. He never told a lie because he never said anything. And, he was very careful with the words he used.
As an example, he said, "I did not have SEXUAL RELATIONS with that woman." referring to Lewinsky.
That is the truth despite all the false claims he "lied to the American people." He did not lie. Sexual relations refers specifically to intercourse, not fellatio.
But, you had to listen to Billy Boy to know what he was really saying because if you didn't, you interpreted whatever he said to mean what you wanted it to mean. He was a master but he's lost his touch in the past few years. His mind must be slowing down.
Honesty is way overrated. The most sure way to provoke anger is to tell someone an unwanted truth. The more unwanted, the angrier they will become.
If a person knows he's fat and you say, "You're fat." He'll agree with you.
But, if he's pretending he's not fat and you say that, he's liable to hit you.
Seriously.
Try it for yourself at your convenience but do not try it with anyone you want to remain a friend.
You may decide honesty is overrrated.
Tuckerndfw: Politicians do not usually tell outright lies, they make misleading
Fellatio is not considered a sexual relation? What is it considered? similiar to a warm firm handshake between two friends.? So if your wife gives your best friend head, they are really just greeting each other affectionately.? Billy boy lied.
Jeffreygeez: Fellatio is not considered a sexual relation? What is it
On the one hand, I love Obama, I think he's done incredbile things, and every day I feel grateful I have a president I can trust and respect. Finally. I think he's done a LOT since taking office and I understand that part of governing is developing consensus and bipartisanship. And he does need to get re-elected.
But I can also see Arianna and Maher's points. He's done an incredible amount. But we are at a time with incredible crises and we are still subject to policies implemented by outdated ideas. He's been bold in many ways, but he needs to go further. Align with some conservatives when you can, but don't get hung up on it. He knows what needs to be done, and he needs to see it through.
I have unreasonable expectations for Obama because I know what he is capable of. He deserves us demanding he see through the policies we voted for. And to be honest I think he will. If there's anything I saw in the campaign, its that Obama sees several steps ahead. And whenever the liberal bloggers were up in arms about what the campaign was doing, they would later see the larger strategic picture and how it had paid off.
We have a lot of interests in this country, but ultimately, we know there are things on which we CANNOT compromise. Lets give Obama the mandate he needs. I think will watch him see it through ten-fold.
trevorf: I'm torn. On the one hand, I love Obama, I
The primary problem facing the US right now is the deep divisions within the nation.
President Obama is clearly attempting to solve that problem so he can work on other problems.
We do not need another partisan hack in the White House promoting the party agenda. We need someone like President Obama whose actions demonstrae he is the president for all people, not just Democrats.
The idea that he should spend his time pushing the Democrat platform is the worst idea anyone could come up with, both politically and for the nation. Which is why I strongly disagree with people who claim he should be like George Bush & his 51% strategy (president for 51% of American voters).
It will be a minimum of one year before President Obama can be expected to do much of anything other than mend fences. And, anyone who is unwilling to give him that much time is not his supporter.
Tuckerndfw: The primary problem facing the US right now is the
I didn't say in my post and certainly don't believe we should blindly push any agenda, democrat or otherwise. While I think Bill Maher exaggerated in his statement a while back (he's on TV after all), one of the specific points he made was about carbon dioxide emissions. According to Maher, Obama's bill is calling for a 4% reduction in greenhouse gases while Scientists are calling for 50%. Now that may not be the whole picture, but if his statement is accurate, that is unacceptable. That is not partisan hackery, that's necessary for our survival.
Its not about the democratic party, its about progressive reform. Many democrats are corporate owned themselves, so this has to rise above the party. There are issues where it makes more sense to build consensus, and I said so in my post that this is important for Obama to be able to govern. But there's a line. We need real reform in healthcare, with a viable single-payer public option and to stop Insurance companies from running the show. We also need to make sure our economy is never artificially inflated again.
These are just a couple of the large number of issues we have to deal with, but Obama is far from being at risk of partisan hackery. We voted for him to push through a number of things which he promised during his campaign. I strongly support Obama, but I do think we need to hold our president accountable for real progressive change.
trevorf: I didn't say in my post and certainly don't believe
Obama needs to remind Americans that when it comes to domestic policies, he needs the help of the american people.
Wow, Ben Stein supports Healthcare reform!
With all of the problems to discuss presently, why are they bringing up a 15 year old story? Arianna turning the conversation back to Iran was a low key and well deserved chide at CNN.
Tax money is being used against us...yes that's our country!
The lobbyist are playing for keeps....Forcing a violent outcome!
She claims that after the T-Square crackdown, the government began to appease the people by allowing more "Capitalism."
She has it exactly wrong. The demonstrators wanted more political freedom, and were protesting many of the economic changes initiated by Deng Xiaopeng. It was only after the crackdown, that Deng was free to go full bore with the opening up of China, and was able to say to H**l with the political demands.
What you have to do is get the camel's nose under the tent by settling for whatever you can get.
You'll get another chance but if you just blow it off because it's not perfect, that chance will be a long time coming.
I'm an independent and you Dems need to stop beating up on each other. You aren't helping your president when you do that.
I would not and do not expect anything significant from Obama for at least one year. He is planting seeds (if y'all would stop digging them up) that take time to grow.
I'm an independent and don't care what y'all do, but y'all are your own worst enemies, it seems to me.
We have the pool bailing out the rich -- and we can't even get health care out of the deal. What Obama is proposing for health care is worthless Garbage.
He can't get even his LAUGHABLE "public option" taken seriously by Traitorous Democrats. His proposed "public option" is being pawned off on Americans in a shell game - to make them think it is equal to a Single Payer plan - when nothing could be further from the truth.
Our privileged congressmen - each one of them with taxpayer funded socialized Single-payer health care -- have decided the Taxpayers can't even have that abysmal substitute -- a Public Option.
What THEY get is too good for the American People.
They know nothing -- and their efforts are stupid and laughable at best. I think they are tragic - Obama is doing NOTHING to help desperate Americans.
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Bill Maher is quoted and discussed as some kind of sage or oracle.
Some Reagan-loving musty old chick refers to the President of the United States as "this fella" and insinuates that a Harvard grad constitutional law professor is less prepared to be president than the B actor that was Ronald Reagan.
W.T.F. IS HAPPENING AT CNN?
I never heard Bill Clinton tell a lie. He never told a lie because he never said anything. And, he was very careful with the words he used.
As an example, he said, "I did not have SEXUAL RELATIONS with that woman." referring to Lewinsky.
That is the truth despite all the false claims he "lied to the American people." He did not lie. Sexual relations refers specifically to intercourse, not fellatio.
But, you had to listen to Billy Boy to know what he was really saying because if you didn't, you interpreted whatever he said to mean what you wanted it to mean. He was a master but he's lost his touch in the past few years. His mind must be slowing down.
Honesty is way overrated. The most sure way to provoke anger is to tell someone an unwanted truth. The more unwanted, the angrier they will become.
If a person knows he's fat and you say, "You're fat." He'll agree with you.
But, if he's pretending he's not fat and you say that, he's liable to hit you.
Seriously.
Try it for yourself at your convenience but do not try it with anyone you want to remain a friend.
You may decide honesty is overrrated.
On the one hand, I love Obama, I think he's done incredbile things, and every day I feel grateful I have a president I can trust and respect. Finally. I think he's done a LOT since taking office and I understand that part of governing is developing consensus and bipartisanship. And he does need to get re-elected.
But I can also see Arianna and Maher's points. He's done an incredible amount. But we are at a time with incredible crises and we are still subject to policies implemented by outdated ideas. He's been bold in many ways, but he needs to go further. Align with some conservatives when you can, but don't get hung up on it. He knows what needs to be done, and he needs to see it through.
I have unreasonable expectations for Obama because I know what he is capable of. He deserves us demanding he see through the policies we voted for. And to be honest I think he will. If there's anything I saw in the campaign, its that Obama sees several steps ahead. And whenever the liberal bloggers were up in arms about what the campaign was doing, they would later see the larger strategic picture and how it had paid off.
We have a lot of interests in this country, but ultimately, we know there are things on which we CANNOT compromise. Lets give Obama the mandate he needs. I think will watch him see it through ten-fold.
President Obama is clearly attempting to solve that problem so he can work on other problems.
We do not need another partisan hack in the White House promoting the party agenda. We need someone like President Obama whose actions demonstrae he is the president for all people, not just Democrats.
The idea that he should spend his time pushing the Democrat platform is the worst idea anyone could come up with, both politically and for the nation. Which is why I strongly disagree with people who claim he should be like George Bush & his 51% strategy (president for 51% of American voters).
It will be a minimum of one year before President Obama can be expected to do much of anything other than mend fences. And, anyone who is unwilling to give him that much time is not his supporter.
Its not about the democratic party, its about progressive reform. Many democrats are corporate owned themselves, so this has to rise above the party. There are issues where it makes more sense to build consensus, and I said so in my post that this is important for Obama to be able to govern. But there's a line. We need real reform in healthcare, with a viable single-payer public option and to stop Insurance companies from running the show. We also need to make sure our economy is never artificially inflated again.
These are just a couple of the large number of issues we have to deal with, but Obama is far from being at risk of partisan hackery. We voted for him to push through a number of things which he promised during his campaign. I strongly support Obama, but I do think we need to hold our president accountable for real progressive change.
Wow, Ben Stein supports Healthcare reform!
With all of the problems to discuss presently, why are they bringing up a 15 year old story? Arianna turning the conversation back to Iran was a low key and well deserved chide at CNN.
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