FARK.com: (6674254) House GOP secretly set up a trap for Obama, but since we all know the trap, and he knows the trap, it's not really a trap, now is it?

		House GOP secretly set up a trap for Obama, but since we all know the trap, and he knows the trap, it's not really a trap, now is it? (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)		168
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Weaver95

2011-10-25 10:47:07 AM

the first step in avoiding a trap is knowing of its existence.

Diogenes

2011-10-25 10:49:55 AM

This headline brought to you by Fuzzy Wuzzy.

Diogenes

2011-10-25 10:54:45 AM

Politics is a means to end. Not the end itself.

Farking Congress.

impaler

2011-10-25 10:59:04 AM

Diogenes: Politics is a means to end. Not the end itself.

Farking Congress.

What if the end is to "stick it to the libs"?

Diogenes

2011-10-25 11:00:41 AM

impaler: Diogenes: Politics is a means to end. Not the end itself.

Farking Congress.

What if the end is to "stick it to the libs"?

Well if politics is the end, it's implied you must win the political game. Winning, de facto, means screwing the libs.

The All-Powerful Atheismo

2011-10-25 11:04:43 AM

Yeah but... aren't we forgetting the part where it's a trap?

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vernonFL

2011-10-25 11:05:39 AM

coeyagi

2011-10-25 11:06:00 AM

Can we slap the contractors with a huge fine if they don't pay up on taxes that the Republicans will probably do with anyway?

sprawl15

2011-10-25 11:06:12 AM

FTA: The piece of the jobs bill Republicans will pass would end a requirement that the government withhold three percent of the cost of projects contracted out to private companies, to assure tax compliance.

Oh, FFS.

Glenford

2011-10-25 11:06:41 AM

vernonFL: [images.wikia.com image 299x245]

7 posts to get to this? Fark, I am disappoint.

The All-Powerful Atheismo

2011-10-25 11:07:15 AM

Glenford: vernonFL: [images.wikia.com image 299x245]

7 posts to get to this? Fark, I am disappoint.

A superior sci-fi reference was already posted so obviously everyone thought there was no point.

whidbey

2011-10-25 11:08:33 AM

Is this gonna be another "let's b*tch about TPM" thread again?

deadcrickets

2011-10-25 11:09:06 AM

I'm ok with this. I won't be surprised if an amendment or two is added to the bill; one of which being the rich welfare tax cut repeal.

Shaggy_C

2011-10-25 11:09:23 AM

Contractors are jobs. Old peopel are not.

Lost Thought 00

2011-10-25 11:09:39 AM

Republicans need to be forcibly removed from office and exiled for life.

coeyagi

2011-10-25 11:10:55 AM

whidbey: Is this gonna be another "let's b*tch about TPM" thread again?

God I hope so. Because there's NEVER been a week where NewsBusters, NRO, Daily Caller, American Thinker, WND or Breitbart has beat out KOS, TPM or HuffPost for most greenlits.

s2s2s2

2011-10-25 11:11:20 AM

The trap is trapping the trap, TRAP.

/try again

The TRAP is traptraptraptraptraptrap.

nevermind.

Headso

2011-10-25 11:12:22 AM

Obama set a trap for the middle class and poor by putting legislation in the bill that with out a doubt would be cherry picked by republicans.

whidbey

2011-10-25 11:12:27 AM

coeyagi: whidbey: Is this gonna be another "let's b*tch about TPM" thread again?

God I hope so. Because there's NEVER been a week where NewsBusters, NRO, Daily Caller, American Thinker, WND or Breitbart has beat out KOS, TPM or HuffPost for most greenlits.

Well, after all, those are actual news outlets for men to get hard news hard and quick...

heavymetal

2011-10-25 11:14:26 AM

Just add some amendments to the Senate version of the bill like universal healthcare and/or double Planned Parenthood & NPR funding. Then when the Republicans filibuster it, accuse them of not supporting their own bill.
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Rashnu

2011-10-25 11:14:54 AM

Shaggy_C: Contractors are jobs. Old peopel are not.

Fine, no problem but is it just a definitional article of faith that eliminating this withholding "tax" on Job Creators who take government contracts translates directly into jobs?

shamanwest

2011-10-25 11:15:11 AM

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Glenford: vernonFL: [images.wikia.com image 299x245]

7 posts to get to this? Fark, I am disappoint.

A superior sci-fi reference was already posted so obviously everyone thought there was no point.

I like the Firefly reference.

/sniffles

qorkfiend

2011-10-25 11:15:21 AM

This thread has a marked lack of Akbar pictures.

Im_Gumby

2011-10-25 11:16:58 AM

s2s2s2: The trap is trapping the trap, TRAP.

/try again

The TRAP is traptraptraptraptraptrap.

nevermind.

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jake3988

2011-10-25 11:18:04 AM

In sum: make it easier for big contractors to cheat on their taxes, and covering the cost by limiting Medicaid eligibility for sick old people.
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Aww, ain't that nice?!

/Ugh

Fista-Phobia

2011-10-25 11:18:35 AM

Bag of Hammers

2011-10-25 11:18:43 AM

Riche

2011-10-25 11:18:45 AM

What pisses me off so much is these stupid and transparent tactics actually WORK for the most part.

If the American voting public even bothered to farking pay attention a bit to what's going on in Congress beyond a 30 second sound bite per day...

...It's still too early in the day to drink, damnit.

Hollie Maea

2011-10-25 11:20:09 AM

Time to play hardball. Pass this bullshiat law, and then do a 20 page signing statement saying that you "take it to mean" whatever the hell you want. The Republicans are desperately trying to keep the economy in the tank for the next year. Obama is obliged to thwart them.

Lumpmoose

2011-10-25 11:22:20 AM

I don't see how it's a trap. Repeat after me:

See 2012 Republican incumbents, you were only willing to vote for part of it and it wasn't enough!
Why didn't your jobs counter-proposal have any positive effect, GOP?
Where are the jobs, Boehner?
This is your economy too, Republicans.
etc etc.

Therion

2011-10-25 11:23:21 AM

The Joint Committee on Taxation concluded that the requirement saves the federal government over $10 billion over 10 years that would otherwise be lost to major contractors.

Ten billion dollars saved? Why, that's ONE MONTH OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

Don't these heartless bastards ever think of the Predator drones?

eraser8

2011-10-25 11:23:48 AM

Riche: ...It's still too early in the day to drink, damnit.

Are you sure FARK is the right website for you?

whidbey

2011-10-25 11:27:02 AM

Lumpmoose: I don't see how it's a trap. Repeat after me:

See 2012 Republican incumbents, you were only willing to vote for part of it and it wasn't enough!
Why didn't your jobs counter-proposal have any positive effect, GOP?
Where are the jobs, Boehner?
This is your economy too, Republicans.
etc etc.

Well you know, as soon as they get in power for real they'll have a jobs plan. It's just having to deal with all these SOCIALISTS can take you away from the focus of your mission.

/derp

keylock71

2011-10-25 11:27:27 AM

In sum: make it easier for big contractors to cheat on their taxes, and covering the cost by limiting Medicaid eligibility for sick old people.

Exactly the type of crap I would expect the Greedy Old Plutocrats to propose...

clambam

2011-10-25 11:29:03 AM

Seriously, there's something called "Republicans' Plan for America's Job Creators"? Isn't "Job Creators" code for "rich people"? Are the republicans just out-and-out saying "our main concern is the economic welfare of rich people"?

?

coeyagi

2011-10-25 11:30:39 AM

clambam: Seriously, there's something called "Republicans' Plan for America's Job Creators"? Isn't "Job Creators" code for "rich people"? Are the republicans just out-and-out saying "our main concern is the economic welfare of rich people"?

?

Yes

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meat0918

2011-10-25 11:31:04 AM

HellRaisingHoosier

2011-10-25 11:31:33 AM

No one will take the time to see what's happening and call their politicians on their bullshiat.

Sock Ruh Tease

2011-10-25 11:32:36 AM

coeyagi: clambam: Seriously, there's something called "Republicans' Plan for America's Job Creators"? Isn't "Job Creators" code for "rich people"? Are the republicans just out-and-out saying "our main concern is the economic welfare of rich people"?

?

Yes

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mrshowrules

2011-10-25 11:33:29 AM

At this point the GOP is just masterbating in a public park. There is no way that this will convince anyone that they aren't the true obstructionists. Their base know it (their proud of it), the Liberal sure as hell know it and the Independents are completely retarded I'm sure.

El Pachuco

2011-10-25 11:33:50 AM

Boehner: All right. Where is the trap? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both vote, and find out who is right... and who is dead.

Obama: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the trap into his own bill or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the trap into his own bill, because he would know that only a great fool would vote for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the bill in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the bill in front of me.

/meh, it doesn't work too well with Obama as the Sicilian

kanedasan

2011-10-25 11:35:56 AM

vernonFL: [images.wikia.com image 299x245]

/Oblig

Lipo

2011-10-25 11:37:13 AM

The author asks how Dems can say no. That's easy. Amend the bill so that nobody wants it. After all, that's what Republicans in the Senate do all the time. Throw in a few good poison amendments and make the Republicans vote no to their own bill. Suddenly the plan backfires and the President can say the Republicans are just playing games when he's trying to get real job creation legislation passed.

AxiomJackson

2011-10-25 11:38:09 AM

slayer199

2011-10-25 11:38:20 AM

El Pachuco: /meh, it doesn't work too well with Obama as the Sicilian

Still...gave me a chuckle...thanks for that.

SnakeLee

2011-10-25 11:39:37 AM

They know this would let Obama use a signing statement for once, right?

DirkValentine

2011-10-25 11:40:15 AM

Headso: Obama set a trap for the middle class and poor by putting legislation in the bill that with out a doubt would be cherry picked by republicans.

Wow, man, that's deep. Obama == Meta-troll.

coeyagi

2011-10-25 11:40:50 AM

Sock Ruh Tease: coeyagi: clambam: Seriously, there's something called "Republicans' Plan for America's Job Creators"? Isn't "Job Creators" code for "rich people"? Are the republicans just out-and-out saying "our main concern is the economic welfare of rich people"?

?

Yes

[i.qkme.me image 485x364]

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meat0918

2011-10-25 11:40:55 AM

AxiomJackson: The All-Powerful Atheismo: Glenford: vernonFL: [images.wikia.com image 299x245]

7 posts to get to this? Fark, I am disappoint.

A superior sci-fi reference was already posted so obviously everyone thought there was no point.

Begun, the geek wars have.

He's right you know. Dune is the far superior reference in this case. The headline, it set the mind in motion.

Crunch61

2011-10-25 11:41:17 AM

jake3988: In sum: make it easier for big contractors to cheat on their taxes, and covering the cost by limiting Medicaid eligibility for sick old people.

Yep, they're shameless scum.

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