Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Politics / Woods No Matter What You Might Hear, Cooper and Obama 'See Eye-to-Eye'
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Jim Cooper has been taking new hits lately on the liberal blogs after President Obama failed to invite our congressman to his fabulous "fiscal responsibility summit." The mighty Kos says, "There's no incumbent I'd love to see primaried more than Jim Cooper." Jane Hamsher says Obama agreed to host the summit because Cooper was pushing for one in December. "But when the list of invitees to the summit was released today, no Jim Cooper." For reasons, she points out Cooper's media bloopers of the past month.
In response, Cooper flack John Spragens tells Pith:
"I don't know Jane Hamsher, but the notion that President Obama held a fiscal responsibility summit because Jim Cooper demanded it, while flattering, is wrong. I think you'll hear in tonight's speech that the president actually believes in long-term fiscal reponsibility, honest budgeting and the need to make tough choices in order to keep our social safety net strong. I don't think those are very radical or irresponsible ideas, or that the president is insincere when he says he's concerned about them. He and Jim see eye-to-eye on these issues. I do wish Jane would use Jim's current photo though... or maybe one of his many blue dog caricatures."h/t Braisted
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