Nothing’s Off Limits at – Another? – Annual Reporters’ Dinner

Never were truer words spoken than the part about the media turning Obama into a celebrity. We’d rather have a competent president…

And so the Sat. morning venom starts from those who can’t see the forest thru the trees! Preident Obama has taken on more in his first 6 months than others have in the 4 years! And even with the party of NO, he is making gains! The last four years this country was going down and the leaders did NOTHING! Before you gripe, look up a few facts to base it on. Incompetent, please what did you have the previous 8 years!
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Saturday morning worship of the Lord of the Flies. They can’t help themselves.

“And even with the party of NO, he is making gains!”
Can’t argue with that. Obama’s made gains in increasing unemployment, the deficit, taxes, inflation, overtaking private companies, escalating the Middle Eastern conflict, and putting us at greater risk for a terrorist attack. Thank goodness the “Party of NO” didn’t stand in his way!

Oh-no-Obama – - joking about the mess he has got everthing into. Yes, he inherited somewhat of a mess – - but to quadruple it in his 4 months ? ? ? – - yup, that’s change and the media and the lemming liberals try to convince us to worship him like they – - and he does.

It’s strange how any story about Obama brings out the racism in some people. It’s 2009 people. Time to evolve.

Hodgman is brilliant!

It’s strange how any story about Obama brings out the racism in some people. It’s 2009 people. Time to evolve.
Posted by: Eric Ragle | Jun 20, 2009 12:15:09 PM
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What racism are you talking about?

A President should expect nothing other than criticism from the press and the public except in the most critical times requiring national unity. It is no good for us to address what is done right, but we must always be vigilant about the starts of what is or could go wrong with respect to the presidential power. The same is true of government in general, but only in the office of the president must that criticism be borne by one individual.

I still like the reporter from California, who said: Let Pres. Obama and the media get a room.

Tell ya what Barack, I voted for you. Name me one campaign promise that has come to fruition. What have you done? Every unemployed friend I had is still unemployed with additional friends joining this rapidly growing group. The fact is you have done nothing but surround yourself with other children who are clueless. It aint getting any better for anyone, its getting worse…….after $1 TRILLION spent which equates to $3 TRILLION at the very least all said and done. And now we’re all waiting with baited breath to see a N. Korean intercontinental ballistic missile splash down into an Hawaiian sunset. Keep up the bad work.
Good Gawd, I never in my life ever thought I would ever say this but where’s Bush?

“Obama you’re NOT funny. I wish you would stay in the White House and actually do some work for a day or two. Where is the job creation, unemployment is rising!”
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Good grief Julie, President Bush was already on vacation at his ranch in Texas by this time in his career.
You can accuse the President of all you want, but putting forth the idea he hasn’t been working hard is completely laughable.
And . . .uhm . . . the President was VERY funny at the Correspondents’ Dinner.
I think you’re just out to smear the President. Surprise, surprise.

Seymour, as if you voted for him, and now want Bush back. It always kills me when right-wingers get on here and try to portray themselves as anything but. So transparent. You didn’t like Obama before and you don’t like him now, big news. And those of us that did vote for him, we see him working phenomenally hard and we are proud to have him as our president during this unprededently difficult time of digging out from years of gross mismanagment.

I’m just astonished at how all of the Bush lovers are trying so hard to distance the previous administration we are in and make it not their fault and all on Obama and his administration after it took the last administration 8 years to screw this whole damn country up and this man only being in for six whole months and he’s supposed to have every unemployed person employed and fix everything it took 8 yrs to screw up all fixed in as little as six whole months. You people are completed idiots and it’s not wonder we are all screwed. News flash no one can get us out of the mess we are in, absolutely no one. McCain wouldn’t be doing any better if he was in because we are screwed every last one of us. Thanks REPUBLICANS!!!!!

Most of Obama’s “taste” is in his mouth…and mouthy is certainly his forte. As a standup comic, he is fairly effective; as a president he is a flop. But then, again, he was reading his material. I know.. he is so busy with “affairs of state” he only has a few minutes to jolly up the press, but they don’t mind; they are a cheap date. (He did say they had stepped on his “Date Nite”, didn’t he? (Big Yuks!!)Most interesting were the “questions” from John Hodgman. they were pretty succinct, but didn’t get much response from the audience. Perhaps the questions were too close to home to be comfortable. Oh well, let’s all Yuk it up in the midst of the chaos. Nero fiddled; Obama goes to self-serving galas. Not much difference.

vitg . …
You oughta learn its important to both work hard and have some fun – even in difficult times.
It’s a good model to set for your children.
Mean-spirited, bitter people usually accomplish little of real worth.
Enjoy yourself, have a laugh, work smart and hard.

I find it very difficult to appreciate President Obama’s attempts at humor when the recent terminations of nearly 2,000 Chrysler and GM dealers will result in 100,000 Americans losing their jobs. I hope President Obama will support Bill H.R.2743 to reinstate these businesses until they can be given a fair review. Why “reinvent” the auto industry where it was already successful?

Give the man a break ..he has only been president for 6 months…bunch of hypocrites

Let’s all call ABC and demand that the conservative view about health care be aired alongside the Obama admin’s group. This is getting to be a media run country. The media is making all decisions along with the almighty one. He seems to be rewriting the constitution and we will suffer a s a nation for this. VOTE AGAINST national healthcare and let ABC know you will not support their programming if they follow through with this agenda, airing only set up questions and making this choice look good.

Very tacky Mr. President.

karen . ..
I know its difficult for you spammers who are in here every day trying to smear the President about anything and everything he does . . .
but President Obama ran for president and was quite clear that addressing health care inequities and problems was a major part of his campaign platform.
He won a majority, he is now a short 6 months into his presidency and he is now implementing his campaign promises.

“The messiah has spent more in 6 months than bush did in 8 years.”
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This is a straight lie . . . unfortunately many right wing posters here are just not to be trusted.

Our President is not only very intelligent but hilarious too!

ROTFLMFAO!!! This guy IS the joke!!! What a world-class moron!!!

Bush derangement syndrome on display. Course, since you libs are still whining about 2000, and how Bush personally blew up the World Trade Center, I suppose it’s no wonder.

whatahappened . .. .
Were you equally venomous when Bush mocked sending our troops into Iraq to find WMD by looking for WMD under his desk?
Over 5000+ Americans killed and Bush thought it was appropriate to make a joke.
(thanks to Sam)

whathappened . …
p.s. – did you want President Obama’s administration to buy even more of GM to save the workers jobs?

Stacey . .. .
When Bush left office the public debt was at over $10 trillion dollars . .. and the economy was in virtual free-fall collapse. These are facts you conveniently avoid.
President Obama has done exactly what he promised – he has made government MORE transparent, he has REDUCED the role of lobbyists in Washington, and he has invested in attempting to save jobs that are being lost due to the devastating condition the american economy was left in at the end of the Bush administration.
That you want him to be a perfect ‘messiah’ is your problem.
It’s childish to expect perfection; all the above moves in the right direction are CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

those “WAS” should say war”

To Steve, Mr. Obama didn’t inherit anything. He desperately campaigned for a position knowing the risks, knowing the problems and I would of hoped, assuming the responsibilities too. He took the position under the guise he would make things better not worse and not continually blame other people. He’s made enough decisions; Bailouts, stimulus, buying GM and health care, where this is now his economy. Get over it…

govt . . .
You’re living in a fantasy. Nobody with any memory wants to go back to where Bush, Cheney and the Republicans left the country.
When Bush’s 8 years were over, the country was $10 trillion in debt (sold off to China), the country’s economy was in free-fall and the U.S.A. had lost respect around the world due to Bush’s dismissive, arrogant approach. He had squandered all the good will towards america after 9/11.
Nobody wants to go back to that.

National Health Care?!?! Do some of your own investigating into it without the skewed views of the media. Do you actually think the government will be able to acurately SECURE this system? The fleecing of Government welfare and other services(jobs, FEMA moneys, construction work) has long been documented. Government can’t even SECURE our borders! I see it everyday in the classroom; this feeling of entitlement without any incling of a work ethic. When the government GIVES things without having them work for it, it perpetuates apathy, dependence, and increased poverty. “Why work for it, when its free?”

Ms Trish posted “You must be referring to the “spammers” of the last eight years who relentlessly pilloried and excoriated the former President.”
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Most “spammers” I’ve talked to are a lot like me. I didn’t vote for Bush but he was my president and I backed him. I thought he did a number of correct things after 9/11; first and foremost going to war with Afghanistan to get Bin Laden. I thought it was a bad idea to use so many “locals” to fight with us, but I knew Bush’s information was so far greater than mine, so I accepted it. Even when Bin Laden escaped Tora Bora, possibly with the help of those same locals, I felt disappointed, but not made at Bush. I knew what he promised about getting Bin Laden and I had faith in him.
Then, Bush started talking about the Axis of Evil and how we have to invade Iraq. He told us that Bin Laden didn’t matter and wasn’t a priority. That’s when I gave up on Bush and all of his mistakes from then on just proved to me what a horrible President he really was.

“President Obama has done exactly what he promised – he has made government MORE transparent, he has REDUCED the role of lobbyists in Washington, and he has invested in attempting to save jobs that are being lost due to the devastating condition the american economy was left in at the end of the Bush administration.”
LOL. I just provided evidence to the contrary. No amount of Kool-Aid inspired propaganda will change the fact that Obama LIED and the economy is getting WORSE.
Actually, I don’t believe things will get really bad until later this year and into 2010-2011. It takes several months for regulatory and tax policies to get enacted and really start doing their damage. Throw in the fact that people will also run out of unemployment and a ton of homeowners will lose their homes to Option ARM resets (esp. in Cali), and it’s going to get mighty ugly.

Stacey . …
You provided no proof of anything, but continue deluding yourself if you wish.
President Obama did not promise a miraculous cure for the economy, in fact he cautioned repeatedly that fixing the mess was not going to be easy and would take time.
People like you are the only ones foolish enough to call him ‘the messiah’ and expect him to be perfect.
All of the changes I outlined are CHANGES IN A POSITIVE direction, but not miracles a child’s mind might expect.

Ms. Trish . …
When you have 70% of the population against the failed policies of a government – it is far more than a few ‘dissenters’.
When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does – those are spammers.
Their common tactics are fairly juvenile – name calling, insults, lies and ‘smear and fear’ campaigns.
Keep your eyes open, you’ll notice them without much trouble.

” When you have 70% of the population against the failed policies of a government – it is far more than a few ‘dissenters’.”
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I never said anything about “a few dissenters.” Just summarized your theory: dissent against Bush was American–but against Obama it’s nothing but spammers.

” When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does – those are spammers.
Their common tactics are fairly juvenile – name calling, insults, lies and ‘smear and fear’ campaigns.”
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Thank you for the explanation. That’s what I’ve seen for the past eight years against the former President. Now I know…all the lefties were spammers!

“When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does – those are spammers.
Their common tactics are fairly juvenile – name calling, insults, lies and ‘smear and fear’ campaigns.”
Hopefully this allows you to better understand what is meant by spammers.”
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Yes, I do better understand now. Your definition describes perfectly what I have seen the left do for the past eight years.

The Presidents comments about turning to Williams “in bed” and asking his opinion wasn’t far from being wrong. Come this next week the bed will become a bit overcrowded with Charlie and the GMA crew in doing his healthcare infomercial.

YEAH, BUSH DID NOTHING BUT PROTECT OUR BUTTS, PROTECT OUR ALLIES AND FEED THE REST OF THE WORLD. HAVING SAID THAT WHO GIVES A D…MN ABOUT LOSS OF RESPECT? NOT ME!

“YEAH, BUSH DID NOTHING BUT PROTECT OUR BUTTS, PROTECT OUR ALLIES ”
Where were you on 9/11/01; 7/7/05 and March of 2004? Have those dates escaped you?