No 2 Analysis Address & Q&A

No 2 Analysis Address and Q&A

Call for Peace   

In the Name of Allah,

the Most Gracious, and the Most Merciful

US Politics


Fort of Islam

Mid – Term Elections

Analysis

Address and Questions and Answers

At GOP Conference in Baltimore on

29 January 2010


Barrack Hussain Obama

President of USA

Dear Mr President

You graciously accepted the invitation of GOP to address at their conference in Baltimore and in your address you summarised the state of politics of USA due to Global Recessionand asked for co – operation of the Republican Party. As below are the relevant extract of your address.

Inter Party Dialouge

Part of the reason I accepted your invitation to come here was because I wanted to speak with all of you, and not just to all of you.  So I’m looking forward to taking your questions and having a real conversation in a few moments.  And I hope that the conversation we begin here doesn’t end here; that we can continue our dialogue in the days ahead.  It’s important to me that we do so.  It’s important to you, I think, that we do so.  But most importantly, it’s important to the American people that we do so.

Observation

Mr. President! This extract depicts that you want co – operation of GOP for the welfare of American people.

Loyal Opposition

I’ve said this before, but I’m a big believer not just in the value of a loyal opposition, but in its necessity.

The only thing I don’t want — and here I am listening to the American people, and I think they don’t want either — is for Washington to continue being so Washington-like. 

And I’m not a pundit.  I’m just a President, so take it for what it’s worth.  But I don’t believe that the American people want us to focus on our job security.  They want us to focus on their job security. 

I don’t think they want more gridlock.  I don’t think they want more partisanship.  I don’t think they want more obstruction.  They didn’t send us to Washington to fight each other in some sort of political steel-cage match to see who comes out alive. 

And I think your constituents would want to know that despite the fact it doesn’t get a lot of attention, you and I have actually worked together on a number of occasions. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that for the welfare of the American people you want constructive opposition and not opposition for the sake of opposition.

Unity

So it may be useful for the international audience right now to understand — and certainly for our enemies to have no doubt — whatever divisions and differences may exist in Washington, the United States of America stands as one to defend our country.  (Applause)

It’s that same spirit of bipartisanship that made it possible for me to sign a defense contracting reform bill that was cosponsored by Senator McCain and members of Congress here today.

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that government and opposition are One Unit and have worked with the spirit of bipartisanship and this should go on and on and on.

Lack of Co – Operation

So we have a track record of working together.  It is possible.  But, as John, you mentioned, on some very big things, we’ve seen party-line votes that, I’m just going to be honest, were disappointing. 

There was an interesting headline in CNN today:  “Americans disapprove of stimulus, but like every policy in it.”

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that You did not receive the support of GOP in major issues although GOP approved them.

Agreement

Well, that’s what the Recovery Act was.  And let’s face it; some of you have been at the ribbon-cuttings for some of these important projects in your communities. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that although GOP opposed Stimulus package but they approved it by going to ribbon – cuttings.

Growth in the Economy

Now, I am happy to report this morning that we saw another sign that our economy is moving in the right direction. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that your policies are producing positive results where the economy is growing.

Best for USA

Now, here’s the point.  These are serious times, and what’s required by all of us — Democrats and Republicans — is to do what’s right for our country, even if it’s not always what’s best for our politics. 

Our future shouldn’t be shaped by what’s best for our politics; our politics should be shaped by what’s best for our future.

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that both parties work together what is best for the future of USA and not best for Party Politics.

Move Forward

But no matter what’s happened in the past, the important thing for all of us is to move forward together. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that it is time to move forward and not look back.

Deficit of Trust

And as I said in the State of the Union speech, there’s not just a deficit of dollars in Washington, there is a deficit of trust. 

Let’s do the people’s business in the bright light of day, together, Republicans and Democrats.

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that both parties must join hands to remedy the Deficit of Trust.

Health Care Reforms

I know how bitter and contentious the issue of health insurance reform has become.  And I will eagerly look at the ideas and better solutions on the health care front. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that Health care Reform is major issue and it should be tackled jointly.

Status Quo

I mean, to be fair, the status quo is working for the insurance industry, but it’s not working for the American people.  It’s not working for our federal budget.  It needs to change.

This is a big problem, and all of us are called on to solve it.  And that’s why, from the start, I sought out and supported ideas from Republicans. 

Creating a high-risk pool for uninsured folks with preexisting conditions, that wasn’t my idea, it was Senator McCain’s. And I supported it, and it got incorporated into our approach. 

A number of you have suggested creating pools where self-employed and small businesses could buy insurance.  That was a good idea.  I embraced it.  Some of you supported efforts to provide insurance to childrenand let kids remain covered on their parents’ insurance until they’re 25 or 26.  I supported that.  That’s part of our package.  I supported a number of other ideas, from incentivizing wellness to creating an affordable catastrophic insurance option for young people that came from Republicans like Mike Enzi and Olympia Snowe in the Senate, and I’m sure from some of you as well.  So when you say I ought to be willing to accept Republican ideas on health care, let’s be clear:  I have.

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that issues are complex but they can only be resolved by joint efforts.

Solution of Problems

Bipartisanship — not for its own sake but to solve problems — that’s what our constituents, the American people, need from us right now. All of us then have a choice to make.  We have to choose whether we’re going to be politicians first or partners for progress; whether we’re going to put success at the polls ahead of the lasting success we can achieve together for America.

Let me close by saying this.  I was not elected by Democrats or Republicans, but by the American people. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that both parties should not act to score Political Points.

Political Game

But we’ve gotten caught up in the political game in a way that’s just not healthy.  It’s dividing our country in ways that are preventing us from meeting the challenges of the 21st century. 

Observation:

Mr. President! These extracts depict that the fact is that GOP is not coming forward to join hand to resolve the issues created by Global Recession which has been the result of their policies in the last eight years.

Mr. President! The essence of your address is that GOP ought to co – operate, join hands to deal with issues emerged due to Global Recession. But they did not take any notice of the ‘essence’ of your address and that had already framed the question in such a manner to affect the credibility of your policies.

Mr. President! Now, please read the analysis of the questions posed by members of Republican Party.

Question No 1 by Mike Pence


Reaction of President


CONGRESSMAN PENCE:  [Off microphone.]  We are pleased to have you return.  (Inaudible) a year ago — House Republicans said then we would make you two promises.  Number one, that most of the people in this room and their families would pray for you and your beautiful family just about every day for the next four years.  And I want to assure you we’re keeping that promise.

THE PRESIDENT:  I appreciate that.

CONGRESSMAN PENCE:  [off microphone] Number two, our pledge to you, Mr. President, was that door is always open.  And we hope the (inaudible) of our invitation that we (inaudible).

Mr. President, several of us in this conference yesterday on the way into Baltimore stopped by the Salvation Army homeless facility here in Baltimore.  I met a little boy, an African American boy, in the 8th grade, named David Carter, Jr.  When he heard that I would be seeing you today his eyes lit up like I had never seen.  And I told him that if he wrote you a letter I’d give it to you, and I have.

But I had a conversation with little David, Jr. and David, Sr.  His family has been struggling with the economy.

[On microphone]  His dad said words to me, Mr. President that I’ll never forget.  About my age and he said — he said, Congressman, it’s not like it was when we were coming up.  He said: there’s just no jobs.

Now, last year about the time you met with us, unemployment was 7.5 percent in this country.  Your administration, and your party in Congress, told us that we’d have to borrow more than $700 billion to pay for a so-called stimulus bill.  It was a piecemeal list of projects and boutique tax cuts, all of which was — we were told — had to be passed or unemployment would go to 8 percent, as your administration said.  Well, unemployment is 10 percent now, as you well know, Mr. President; here in Baltimore it’s considerably higher.

Observation:

Mr President! This part of the question is framed in such a way that you are naïve about understanding the nature of the Issues and called Stimulus Bill as ‘so called Stimulus Bill’ and tax cuts as boutique tax cuts. Moreover, to win the support of the public and to show you are not capable of job as President of USA, Mike Pence pointed out the unemployment of 10 percent.

Mr President! This question has been framed for the reason that American people look at the outcome of polices i.e. promise that unemployment will not exceed 8 per cent it has increased to 10 per cent.

Now, Republicans offered a stimulus bill at the same time.  It cost half as much as the Democratic proposal in Congress, and using your economic analyst models, it would have created twice the jobs at half the cost.  It essentially was across-the-board tax relief, Mr. President.

Question Continued


Observation:

Mr President! Mike Pence makes reference to their Stimulus Bill and said to the effect that if their Stimulus Bill had been adopted it would have cost half the cost and created twice the jobs.

Mr President! This statement was made to win the hearts of the Americans that Republican Party has better ideas which have been ignored.

Mr President! GOP knew it that that their Stimulus Bill was not workable but they misrepresent the fact to win the hearts of American people because American people take such statements on face value.

Now we know you’ve come to Baltimore today and you’ve raised this tax credit, which was last promoted by President Jimmy Carter.  But the first question I would pose to you, very respectfully, Mr. President, is would you be willing to consider embracing — in the name of little David Carter, Jr. and his dad, in the name of every struggling family in this country — the kind of across-the-board tax relief that Republicans have advocated, that President Kennedy advocated, that President Reagan advocated and that has always been the means of stimulating broad-based economic growth?

Question


CONGRESSMAN PENCE: Mr. President, will you consider supporting across-the-board tax relief, as President Kennedy did?

Observation:

Mr President! Every economist knows that taxation structure is based the economic environments whether there should be higher rate taxes or lower rate taxes and which class; upper, middle and lower class the tax cuts are passed on to. Moreover, Fiscal Policy depends upon what has been the basis of emergence of ‘recession’.

Mr President! Right wing theology is that the tax cuts should be passed on to higher earner. When President Jimmy Carter, President Kennedy and President Regan took the approach for across the board tax relief the economic environments were different. I believe there was no deficit and economic policies were taking their normal course. But now the economic environments are different i.e. Global Recession, enhancement of innovations, increase in population, work force doubled i.e. woman must work while thirty years ago most of the women were housewives. Mr President!

Mike Pence wanted to score ‘political points’ to make reference to John F Kennedy and Jimmy carter who were Democrats and adopted the polices of across the board tax relief.

QUESTION BY CONGRESSMAN RYAN


Question continued and President was listening


CONGRESSMAN RYAN:  I serve as a ranking member of the budget committee, so I’m going to talk a little budget if you don’t mind.  The spending bills that you’ve signed into law, the domestic discretionary spending has been increased by 84 percent.  You now want to freeze spending at this elevated beginning next year.  This means that total spending in your budget would grow at 3/100ths of 1 percent less than otherwise.  I would simply submit that we could do more and start now.

You’ve also said that you want to take a scalpel to the budget and go through it line by line.  We want to give you that scalpel.  I have a proposal with my home state senator, Russ Feingold, bipartisan proposal, to create a constitutional version of the line-item veto.  (Applause)  Problem is, we can’t even get a vote on the proposal.

So my question is, why not start freezing spending now, and would you support a line-item veto in helping us get a vote on it in the House?

Observation:


Mr President! It appears the object of suggesting that domestic discretionary spending should freeze now instead of next year to give impression to the American people the increase in domestic discretionary spending was unnecessary while being a Congressman he should be aware of that the budget for the following year has to take into account the outcome of the earlier years. But the object was to win the hearts of the American people because they take everything on the face value.

QUESTION BY SHELLY MOORE CAPITO, WEST VIRGINIA

CONGRESSMAN PENCE:  Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia.


CONGRESSWOMAN CAPITO:  Thank you, Mr. President, for joining us here today.  As you said in the State of the Union address on Wednesday, jobs and the economy are number one.  And I think everyone in this room, certainly I, agree with you on that.

I represent the state of West Virginia.  We’re resource-rich.  We have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas.  But our — my miners and the folks who are working and those who are unemployed are very concerned about some of your policies in these areas:  cap and trade, an aggressive EPA, and the looming prospect of higher taxes.  In our minds, these are job-killing policies.  So I’m asking you if you would be willing to re-look at some of these policies, with a high unemployment and the unsure economy that we have now, to assure West Virginians that you’re listening.

Observation:

Mr President! The question is clearly framed to highlight that how incapable you are as President of USA that it is your policies which are job killing and the Congressmen wants put a veil that the high unemployment is the result of Republican Party’s doings for the last eight years.

Mr President! The words:

  • job killing policies,
  • Relook some of these polices,
  • unsure economy,
  • and you are listening

are such which will penetrate straight in the hearts of the American people and have negative impression about you.

QUESTION CONGRESSMAN JASON CHAFFETZ, UTAH

President is Listening

CONGRESSMAN CHAFFETZ:  Thank you, Mr. President.  It’s truly an honor.

THE PRESIDENT:  Great to be here.

CONGRESSMAN CHAFFETZ:  And I appreciate you being here.

I’m one of 22 House freshmen.  We didn’t create this mess, but we are here to help clean it up.  You talked a lot about this deficit of trust.  There are some things that have happened that I would appreciate your perspective on, because I can look you in the eye and tell you we have not been obstructionists.  Democrats have the House and Senate and the presidency.  And when you stood up before the American people multiple times and said you would broadcast the health care debates on C-SPAN, you didn’t.  And I was disappointed, and I think a lot of Americans were disappointed.

You said you weren’t going to allow lobbyists in the senior-most positions within your administration, and yet you did.  I applauded you when you said it — and disappointed when you didn’t.

You said you’d go line by line through the health care debate — or through the health care bill.  And there were six of us, including Dr. Phil Roe, who sent you a letter and said, “We would like to take you up on the offer; we’d like to come.”  We never heard a letter, we never got a call.  We were never involved in any of those discussions.

And when you said in the House of Representatives that you were going to tackle earmarks — in fact, you didn’t want to have any earmarks in any of your bills — I jumped up out of my seat and applauded you.  But it didn’t happen.

More importantly, I want to talk about moving forward, but if we could address –

President Interrupted

 

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, how about — That was a long list, so — (laughter) — let me respond.

CONGRESSMAN CHAFFETZ:  — I would certainly appreciate it.

Observations:

Mr President! This question is framed and presented in such a way that Congressman Chaffetz is addressing a junior who does not know how to do his job.

Mr President! Please judge the remarks as below and tone of representation:

  • We didn’t create this mess,

  • You talked a lot about this deficit of trust,
  • I can look you in the eye and tell you we have not been obstructionists,
  • a lot of Americans were disappointed,
  • You said you weren’t going to allow lobbyists in the senior-most positions within your administration, and yet you did, .”
  • We never heard a letter, we never got a call.  We were never involved in any of those discussions,
  • And when you said in the House of Representatives that you were going to tackle earmarks — in fact, you didn’t want to have any earmarks in any of your bills — I jumped up out of my seat and applauded you.  But it didn’t happen.
  • Mr President! No doubt anyone can see that question is framed in such a manner where American people will get the impression you being naïve and immature person and wrongly elected as President of USA.

QUESTION BY MARSHA BLACKBURN


President is Listening to the Question


CONGRESSMAN BLACKBURN:  Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you for acknowledging that we have ideas on health care because, indeed, we do have ideas, we have plans, we have over 50 bills, we have lots of amendments that would bring health care ideas to the forefront.  We would — we’ve got plans to lower cost, to change purchasing models, address medical liability, insurance accountability, chronic and preexisting conditions, and access to affordable care for those with those conditions, insurance portability, expanded access — but not doing it with creating more government, more bureaucracy, and more cost for the American taxpayer.

And we look forward to sharing those ideas with you.  We want to work with you on health reform and making certain that we do it in an affordable, cost-effective way that is going to reduce bureaucracy, reduce government interference, and reduce costs to individuals and to taxpayers.  And if those good ideas aren’t making it to you, may be it’s the House Democrat leadership that is an impediment instead of a conduit.

But we’re concerned also that there are some lessons learned from public option health care plans that maybe are not being heeded.  And certainly in my state of Tennessee, we were the test case for public option health care in 1994, and our Democrat government has even cautioned that may be our experiences there would provide some lessons learned that should be heeded, and would provide guidance for us to go forward.  And as you said, what we should be doing is tossing old ideas out, bad ideas out, and moving forward in refining good ideas.  And certainly we would welcome that opportunity.

So my question to you is, when will we look forward to starting anew and sitting down with you to put all of these ideas on the table, to look at these lessons learned, to benefit from that experience, and to produce a product that is going to reduce government interference, reduce cost, and be fair to the American taxpayer?  (Applause)

Observations:

Mr President! This question is also framed on the lines of Congressman Chaffetz. Each line of the question is such that depicts that Republicans are like masters and you are failed student. Mr President! As below each line is separated:

  • Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you for acknowledging that we have ideas on health care
  • because, indeed, we do have ideas,
  • we have plans,
  • we have over 50 bills,
  • we have lots of amendments that would bring healthcare ideas to the forefront. 
  • We would — we’ve got plans to lower cost, to change purchasing models, address medical liability, insurance accountability, chronic and preexisting conditions, and access to affordable care for those with those conditions, insurance portability, expanded access — but not doing it with creating more government, more bureaucracy, and more cost for the American taxpayer.
  • And we look forward to sharing those ideas with you. 
  • We want to work with you on health reform and making certain that we do it in an affordable, cost-effective way that is going to reduce bureaucracy, reduce government interference, and reduce costs to individuals and to taxpayers. 
  • And if those good ideas aren’t making it to you, may be it’s the House Democrat leadership that is an impedimentinstead of a conduit.
  • But we’re concerned also that there are some lessons learned from public option healthcare plans that maybe are not being heeded. 
  • And certainly in my state of Tennessee, we were the test case for public option health care in 1994, and our Democrat government has even cautioned that may be our experiences there would provide some lessons learned that should be heeded, and would provide guidance for us to go forward. 
  • And as you said, what we should be doing is tossing old ideas out, bad ideas out, and moving forward in refining good ideas.  And certainly we would welcome that opportunity.

    So my question to you is, when will we look forward to starting anew and sitting down with you to put all of these ideas on the table, to look at these lessons learned, to benefit from that experience, and to produce a product that is going to reduce government interference, reduce cost, and be fair to the American taxpayer? 

    Mr President! The layout of the above question depicts that COP invited you at their conference to accuse you the emergence of Global Recession and they offered you in a plate a very strong and prospering economy and you made a mess of it.

QUESTION BY CONGRESSMAN PRICE


President is Listening


CONGRESSMAN PRICE:  Mr. President, thank you.  I want to stick on the general topic of health care, but ask a very specific question.  You have repeatedly said, most recently at the State of the Union, that Republicans have offered no ideas and no solutions.  In spite of the fact –

President Interrupts


THE PRESIDENT:  I don’t think I said that.  What I said was, within the context of health care — I remember that speech pretty well, it was only two days ago — (laughter) — I said I welcome ideas that you might provide.  I didn’t say that you haven’t provided ideas.  I said I welcome those ideas that you’ll provide.

Congressman Price Continues the Question


President is Listening to the Question


CONGRESSMAN PRICE:  Mr. President, multiple times, from your administration, there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions.  In spite of the fact that we’ve offered, as demonstrated today, positive solutions to all of the challenges we face, including energy and the economy and health care, specifically in the area of health care — this bill, H.R.3400, that has more co-sponsors than any health care bill in the House, is a bill that would provide health coverage for all Americans; would correct the significant insurance challenges of affordability and preexisting; would solve the lawsuit abuse issue, which isn’t addressed significantly in the other proposals that went through the House and the Senate; would write into law that medical decisions are made between patients and families and doctors; and does all of that without raising taxes by a penny.

But my specific question is: what should we tell our constituents who know that Republicans have offered positive solutions to the challenges that Americans face and yet continue to hear out of the administration that we’ve offered nothing?

President Answers Question

THE PRESIDENT:  Tom, look, I have to say that on the — let’s just take the health care debate.  And it’s probably not constructive for us to try to debate a particular bill — this isn’t the venue to do it.  But if you say, “We can offer coverage for all Americans, and it won’t cost a penny,” that’s just not true.  You can’t structure a bill where suddenly 30 million people have coverage, and it costs nothing.  If –

Congressman Price Interrupts


CONGRESSMAN PRICE:  Mr. President, can I — and I understand that we’re not interested in debating this bill, but what should we tell our constituents who know that we’ve offered these solutions and yet hear from the administration that we have offered nothing.

President Listens to Interruption


 

THE PRESIDENT:  Let me — I’m using this as a specific example, so let me answer your question.  You asked a question; I want to answer it.

Observation:

Mr President! Congressman Price has framed his question on similar lines of Congressman Chaffetz and Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. Mr President! Please look at the lines of the question:

  • You have repeatedly said, most recently at the State of the Union, that Republicans have offered no ideas and no solutions,
  • Mr. President, multiple times, from your administration, there have come statements that Republicans have no ideas and no solutions.  In spite of the fact that we’ve offered, as demonstrated today, positive solutions to all of the challenges we face, including energy and the economy and health care, specifically in the area of health care,
  • But my specific question is: what should we tell our constituents who know that Republicans have offered positive solutions to the challenges that Americans face and yet continue to hear out of the administration that we’ve offered nothing?, :
  • Mr President! When you were answering the question, there was interruption by Congressman Priceand he repeated the same question as below:
  • Mr. President, can I — and I understand that we’re not interested in debating this bill, but what should we tell our constituents who know that we’ve offered these solutions and yet hear from the administration that we have offered nothing.
  • Mr President! Obviously when the American people will listen the views of Congressmen and they have not seen the outcome of your policies, they are going to change their minds.

Chairman Interrupts


Chairman:  Mr. President, a point of clarification, what’s in the Better Solutions book are all the legislative proposals that were offered –

President Listen to Interruption


THE PRESIDENT:  I understand that.  I’ve actually read your bills.

Chairman:  — throughout 2009.

THE PRESIDENT:  I understand.


Chairman:  And so, rest assured the summary document you received is backed up by precisely the kind of detailed legislation that Speaker Pelosi and your administration have been busy ignoring for 12 months.

Observations:

Mr President! Chairman Mike Pence takes the opportunity to point out that their ideas supported by detailed legislation have been ignored by Speaker Pelosi.

President Interrupts


THE PRESIDENT:

Well, Mike — well, hold on, hold on a second.

No, no, no, no.  Hold on second, guys.  (Applause)

CONGRESSMAN ROSKAM:  Hey, Mr. President.

 THE PRESIDENT:  Peter and I have had many debates.

QUESTION BY CONGRESSMAN PETER ROSKAM


CONGRESMAN ROSKAM:  Well, this won’t be one.  Mr. President, I heard echoes today of the state senator that I served with in Springfield and there was an attribute and a characteristic that you had that I think served you well there.  You took on some very controversial subjects — death penalty reform — you and I —

THE PRESIDENT:  Sure.  We worked on it together.

President is Listening to the Question



CONGRESSMAN ROSKAM:  — negotiated on.  You took on ethics reform.  You took on some big things.  One of the keys was you rolled your sleeves up, you worked with the other party, and ultimately you were able to make the deal.  Now, here’s an observation:

Over the past year, in my view, that attribute hasn’t been in full bloom.  And by that I mean, you’ve gotten this subtext of House Republicans that sincerely want to come and be a part of this national conversation toward solutions, but they’ve really been stiff-armed by Speaker Pelosi.  Now, I know you’re not in charge of that chamber, but there really is this dynamic of, frankly, being shut out.  When John Boehner and Eric Cantor presented last February to you some substantive job creation, our stimulus alternative, the attack machine began to marginalize Eric — and we can all look at the articles — as “Mr. No,” and there was this pretty dark story, ultimately, that wasn’t productive and wasn’t within this sort of framework that you’re articulating today.

So here’s the question.  Moving forward, I think all of us want to hit the reset button on 2009.  How do we move forward?  And on the job creation piece in particular, you mentioned Colombia, you mentioned Panama, you mentioned South Korea.  Are you willing to work with us, for example, to make sure those FTAs get called, that’s no-cost job creation?  And ultimately, as you’re interacting with world leaders, that’s got to put more arrows in your quiver, and that’s a very, very powerful tool for us.  But the obstacle is, frankly, the politics within the Democratic caucus?

Observations:

Mr President! Congressman Roskom’s opening remarks clearly an accusation that their ideas have been ignored:

  • Over the past year, in my view, that attribute hasn’t been in full bloom.  And by that I mean, you’ve gotten this subtext of House Republicans that sincerely want to come and be a part of this national conversation toward solutions, but they’ve really been stiff-armed by Speaker Pelosi. 
  • Now, I know you’re not in charge of that chamber, but there really is this dynamic of, frankly, being shut out. 
  • When John Boehner and Eric Cantor presented last February to you some substantive job creation, our stimulus alternative, the attack machine began to marginalize Eric — and we can all look at the articles — as “Mr. No,”
  • and there was this pretty dark story, ultimately, that wasn’t productive and wasn’t within this sort of framework that you’re articulating today.

CONGRESSMAN JEB HENSARLING QUESTION


President Listening the Question


CONGRESSMAN HENSARLING:  I’m doing well.  Mr. President, a year ago I had an opportunity to speak to you about the national debt.  And something that you and I have in common is we both have small children.

THE PRESIDENT:  Absolutely.

CONGRESSMAN HENSARLING: and I left that conversation really feeling your sincere commitment to ensuring that our children, our nation’s children, do not inherit an unconscionable debt.  We know that under current law, that government — the cost of government is due to grow from 20 percent of our economy to 40 percent of our economy, right about the time our children are leaving college and getting that first job.

Mr. President, shortly after that conversation a year ago, the Republicans proposed a budget that ensured that government did not grow beyond the historical standard of 20 percent of GDP.  It was a budget that actually froze immediately non-defense discretionary spending.  It spent $5 trillion less than ultimately what was enacted into law, and unfortunately, I believe that budget was ignored.  And since that budget was ignored, what were the old annual deficits under Republicans have now become the monthly deficits under Democrats.  The national debt has increased 30 percent.

Now, Mr. President, I know you believe — and I understand the argument, and I respect the view that the spending is necessary due to the recession; many of us believe, frankly, its part of the problem, not part of the solution.  But I understand and I respect your view.  But this is what I don’t understand, Mr. President.  After that discussion, your administration proposed a budget that would triple the national debt over the next 10 years — surely you don’t believe 10 years from now we will still be mired in this recession — and propose new entitlement spending and move the cost of government to almost 24.5 percent of the economy.

Now, very soon, Mr. President, you’re due to submit a new budget.  And my question is –


President Interrupts



THE PRESIDENT:  Jeb, I know there’s a question in there somewhere, because you’re making a whole bunch of assertions, half of which I disagree with, and I’m having to sit here listening to them.  At some point I know you’re going to let me answer.  All right.

Congressman Jeb Hensarling Continues the Question


President is Listening


CONGRESSMAN HENSARLING:  That’s the question.  You are soon to submit a new budget, Mr. President.  Will that new budget, like your old budget, triple the national debt and continue to take us down the path of increasing the cost of government to almost 25 percent of our economy?  That’s the question, Mr. President.

Observation:

Mr President! In a nutshell Congressman Hensarling is blaming you for the Deficit created and will be created over the years to come which will be passed ion to next generations. Mr President! Obviously, American people look at the statements on face value and when they do not see the outcome they change their minds.

OVERALL OBSERVATION

Mr President! In a nutshell, you have dealt with every question in detail with reasons and supported by evidence. But the problem is that American people cannot digest the answers Why? Because GOP manipulated their minds that they have offered ideas and those have been ignored altogether and Obama administration is acting like a Dictator.

Mr President! MSNBC media: Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow , and Chris Mathew have made analysis of the Question and answers. Their discussion can be read under title: Critical analysis by Media.

Mr President! I have jotted down the text from the video clips on www.msnbc.com. I shall upload these video clips under the title: Emails. Please get in touch with Keith Olbermann and have these video clips displayed for the view of the American people. I have only five video clips but there are more. The view of these video clips will change the minds of the American people.

Last Word

Mr President! No doubt you will agree that the only way to regain your and Democrats popularity is to prove to the American people that Republican Party is ‘Party of No’ and they are concerned to score ‘Political Points’ and they are not concerned for the welfare of American people.

May Allah be with you.

Wa’Assalam

[May Allah Bless you]

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