Liberal Left is on the Rampage Over Obama’s Compromise on Tax Cuts

     Throughout the weekend, the Left was on a rampage wondering who the spineless sap occupying the White House is. MoveOn.org is furious, as are pundits like Bill Maher. They question where is the person that they elected.

     As Barack Obama spoke shortly before 7pm to outline the compromise that had been reached concerning the extension of the Bush tax cuts, the internet was on fire from MoveOn, Daily Kos, and many other liberal sites were attacking him.

      Jonah Goldberg, on FOXNews, said that he had received a twitter asking “Who will be the first Democrat to ask to see Obama’s birth certificate”.

     In the compromise, the Bush tax cuts will be extended for ALL for two years, as well as the extension of the tax breaks that were included in the $787 billion dollars stimulus package. The estate tax, which this year is zero, and was to go to 55% ($1 million dollar exclusion), has been negotiated to 35% (with a $5 million dollar exclusion). Additionally, the payroll tax will be lowered by 2% for the year, in an attempt to stimulate the economy with more $$$ in the hands of individuals and businesses. From their side, the GOP has agreed to the extension of unemployment compensation benefits for an additional 13 months….. now for THREE YEARS.

      Some are calling today’s Obama Drama his “Read My Lips” moment (Bush Sr), while others are saying it is his first positive volley for his 2012 Campaign with a “great stimulus” in the year leading toward the 2012 primaries. Will the hardcore Left base forgive him, or will tonight’s speech and compromise open the door to a primary challenger for Barack Obama?

Free Republic: MoveOn.Org in Panic Mode

This is a letter from MoveOn.org to its members. It was posted at FreeRepublic.com. Note that they referv to themselves separate from “the Democrats”. This is a true sign of the “progressives” in full force:

Dear MoveOn member,

After one bad Senate election, most Democrats in Washington are on the verge of full-fledged retreat.

Everything we’ve fought for together hangs in the balance. President Obama has signaled he’s open to dramatically scaling back health care reform.1 The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee says he might gut the financial reform bill to appease Republicans.2 And on top of all that, the Supreme Court just opened the floodgates of corporate cash on politics!3

We need to show Democrats that we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore. So MoveOn members are organizing an emergency rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday to urge Democrats to show some backbone—starting with passage of a real health care reform bill.

We need a big turnout to show Democrats we’re still waiting on them to deliver the change we voted for—on health care and everything else. Can we count on you to attend?

Yes, I’ll be there on Tuesday at 12:00 PM Sorry, I can’t make it

The lesson from Massachusetts is that voters are angry and it’s time for Democrats to stand up to corporate interests and fight for working families by passing health care reform and taking on Wall Street.

And make no mistake: Democrats still have the ability to pass health care reform and other progressive legislation. They have a larger majority in Congress than Republicans ever did under George W. Bush—and even in Massachusetts, polls show that voters continue to support a bold, populist agenda.4

But it took an unprecedented grassroots movement to elect this President and Congress—and it’ll take all of us standing together now to get their attention, and get them to show some backbone.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2436104/posts

Media Matters Angered at Media Shut Out at National Tea Party Convention

Media Matters is taking the Tea Party Convention to task regarding its limited credentialing for press access.

Tea Party convention hosts Palin and bans the press. Except Palin employer Fox News

Media message from the right wing: If you don’t give the Tea Party “fair coverage,” then you will be banned from covering its convention.

And who says the conservative movement doesn’t hold journalism in contempt?

So….when a quasi political convention held by a private group selectively excludes dissenting media, that’s contempt. But when the White House selectively excludes dissenting media, singling them out for vilification, that’s just fine with Media Matters.

For the record, I would like to see lamestream media outlets there. More often than not, when they cover the Tea Parties, they embarrass themselves in a way that simultaneously exposes their bias, while energizing and growing the base.

Hell, I’d like to see Susan Rosegen there. She’s ratings gold for me! But this is a private event and it’s up to the organizers to determine what they feel is best for their convention.

That said, the hypocrisy of Media Matters position on this issue is legendary, considering their fundamental working relationship with MoveOn.org and Brave New Films, in their “Fox Attacks” campaign to persuade the entire Democratic party to boycott a dissenting news organization.

For full article: http://biggovernment.com/2010/01/16/hypocrisy-matters-for-america/

MoveOn.Org getting nervous over Massachusetts Senate Race

MoveOn.Org is scared. They are nervous that Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley might have “slacked off” on the campaign trail (vacationing just weeks before the all-important special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat), and with her opponent, Scott Brown now closing in on her witgh single digit poll differences.

“We can’t let a right-winger take over Ted Kennedy’s seat because not enough progressives are paying attention.”

So MoveOn.org has dispatched the troops to the battlefield known as Massachusetts. Groups like ACORN and SIEU affiliates will be pushing the electorate in these last 10 days of campaigning. Adding to the worries, there is an Independent on the ballot, Joseph Kennedy. No, not Joseph Kennedy of THE Kennedy family. But seeing the Kennedy name on the ballot to fill the Kennedy Senate seat might pull votes away from Coakley as well.

For the full post, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2424136/posts

Until today, Coakley refused to meet face to face with Brown to debate the issues. But she has said she’d meet with the President of Iran.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/us_senate_candidates_martha_co.html