Interview with the President

Did ama decide to endorce the health care plan after you threatened to impose that 21% cut in there medicare payments but if they endorced you would drop that cut? Seems criminal to me that is bribery in anyones book.

I would ask…. Mr. President, as the health care bill stands in the house, its over $1 trillion. You said you would not sign a bill over $900 billion. Do you plan on signing a $1 trillion+ health care bill??

Do you think you know what’s better for the American people than the American people?

Why was he able to fly to Europe on a moments notice to lobby for the Olympics but not able to fit in a historic anniversary like the fall of the Berlin wall.
Also…did he act “stupidly” for giving “shout outs” before he addressed the Fort Hood massacre?

would you sign HCR with a stupak amendment attached?

First ask him what his biggest mistake in office has been so far and then ask what his biggest acomplishment was so far: )

Is there anything that might happen – even in your worst nightmare – that would make you conclude that your Middle East policy is flat wrong?
(same question using Iran, climate change, etc etc.)

The American public would like for you to resign. Which day would work better for you, today or tomorrow?

Where can I find a job commiserate with my recent earnings history and education (J.D.). The economy is a disaster.

Now that Iran has been caught redhanded sending arms to Hezbollah and the UN is doing nothing even though it clearly violates numerous UN resolutions. What will your administration’s responce be if any?

You said there will be no tax increases on the middle class. Yet cap & tax as well as Obamacare do this. Explain why you lied to the American people?

What has been the biggest surprise about being President? What is it that is completely different from your pre-conceived ideas of the job?

Jake
Asking and press him (I say this as a guy who is a liberal democrat and fought for him and the public option)
Why does he and the other dems blame the republicans (remember liberal democrat here) for cowtowing to the healthcare lobby… and it is clear the democrats are trying to belittle tort reform, trial reward redundancy and abuse based on pain and suffering rewards… and their effect down the chain of a healthcare system where doctors are pressured daily to just make the patient happy by shortening visits, prescribing anything to make them walk away and not complain or threaten…and cowtowing to patients because they saw a commercial on tv or a 20/20 special on a 10,000 test for a kid who has a cold or short of breath.
If he says it is not proven that defensive medicine is a factor…tell him do we need proof or shouldn’t overwhelming common sense based on logic play a part here…and get the dems to openly stand up to the legal lobby (and I am a dem and I am disgusted by the hypocrisy in the legislation of this bill for spending so much money and protec the legal lobby)
If Pres Obama really wants healthcare reform at leveled out level with all these ideas…why not incorporate the idea that the republicans have claimed for ages…correctly for once. Tort reform and removing defensive medicine pressures from these medical conglomerates who put the presure on their docs to overprescribe, limit contact and throw services at patients just to not lose their jobs due to threat of malpractice lawsuits and insurance hikes to the hospitals and conglomerates.

Mr. President,
As a conservative who opposed the Iraq War I was disappointed by the narrow minded foreign policy ideology of your predecessor and his close-mindedness to facts on the ground.
In the domestic realm I am disappointed by your advocacy of more debt and government involvement despite your very own projections of success not panning out. Given that measures such as the unemployment rate have worsened will you admit we are in a domestic quagmire and consider reversing course or will you–like your predecessor– ignore realities on the ground and press on?

and I am a filmmaker not a doctor…but every doctor and medical industry worker I know agrees threat of medical malpractice has a large effect on the cost of healthcare going thru the roof here.

Why didn’t he go to Fort Hood immediately instead of making it a photo opportunity at the memorial service tomorrow when the only important thing tomorrow should be the soldiers and their families and not him?

Would the President be more responsive to Gen. McChrystal’s request for an additional 40,000 if Gen. McChrystal was a leader of the UNION Army?

To me, there’s one area where President Obama’s strong words haven’t been met with equally strong action: gay rights. I want to know why he hasn’t been more aggressive in working to repeal DOMA or DADT, and why he didn’t speak up on behalf of Maine’s No on 1 campaign. I voted for President Obama because he seemed to understand the problems of prejudice and bias – and the ways that government can correct them – better than his opponent or his predecessor. I get that health care, the H1N1 virus, and the various conflicts in the Middle East have swamped him, his cabinet, and his staff. But there will always be something pressing and immediate – this is an issue of civil rights, and I want to know why it hasn’t seemed to be among his highest priorities yet.

As a supporter of the President i’d like to know when he is going to stop reaching out his hand to our enemies and having it slapped? when is he going to toughen up? And stop criticizing the US in every speech in front of a foreign audience it looks pathetic and get over his we are the world naive fantasy of a world without nuclear weapons it looks dangerously naive. BTW I truly am a supporter of the President I just hate to see him looking weak and naive

Do you think the American people SHOULD have “faith in Government”? Faith defined as a belief that is not based on proof?

As the leader of our country do you understand that action not rhetoric gets the job done? You Mr. President should read the book Execution the discipline of getting things done.
You talk the talk but I haven’t seen any evidence of you walking the walk. So sir when are you going to start???
A famous quote from the movie It’s a Bugs Life says “If you are the leader then everything is your fault” There is great truth in that . I think corporate leaders have forgotten that and ethics. What are you doing to correct it?
The time for action is now no more talk.
Does our government realize that as long as people are unemployed and under employed the economy isn’t going to turn around? Without free cash in the system there is no spending. Sir most Americans have no free cash to spend.

Why can’t you find a way to get the Blue Dogs in line? They watered down the Stimulus so that it didn’t get the job done and now they have weakened the Public Option to the point that it will prevent the majority of middle class Americans from experiencing any real change and consequently healthcare reform will be also seen as a failure as well. Why is it so hard to carry out the vision of real meaningful changefor the middle class that was promised on the campaign trail?
Oh and why on earth would you have chosen Geithner and Summers- two that were intricately involved in creating the conditions that caused our economy to implode-as your chief economic advisors?

3 T’s:
Troops – Why haven’t you responded to McChrystals request? Why haven’t you visited Fort Hood? Why the “shout out” at the press conference?
Taxes – Can passing a health care bill be considered a high water mark in your term if it puts medical personnel, insurance agents and the public under water with restrictions on services, salary and care, not to mention higher taxes and penalties? If the private sector jobs keep disapearing and the only new jobs are in the government, do you see a time when there are too few productive taxpayers to keep the government running? Is that a goal?
Tea parties, do you think your distain for conservative and libertarian Americans is hurting your chances for 2012. Do you know “teabag” is a sexual term meant to smear Americans who disagree with you? Is using that term presidential, unifying? Is dissent still patriotic?

I wouldn’t ask a single question. I would say just how much we appreciate what is is attempting to do for others. President Obama has GREAT health insurance; yet he is in the fight of his life to bring good health care to us. It’s time to stop bashing him for all the world to see and stand with him rather or not health care reform is successful or not!
AJ

When Hasan recovers, will Obama’s run to his bed and apologize?

AJ’s school girl fawning is what the press already does. No real questions just starry eyed adoration.
I almost fell off my chair laughing. This must be a joke or Chris Matthews is now posting under the handle “AJ”.

Why am I interviewing you if I know what you’re going to say either dodges the question or isn’t the truth?
Why should I be giving you more air time when we have already heard these talking points before?
Would you try to remove video from the Internet of you saying the opposite of what you say now?
How about we push Congress to lower its salary, as their high salaries create an inequality versus what the average citizen makes?
Who really wrote your two books?
What is one of your favorite quotes from Rev. Wright?
How can we embrace diversity when you don’t embrace your own biracial make-up?

What is a “shout out”?

Is the term “its about the jobs stupid” passe and no longer applicable?

Why the rush on this huge healthcare bill?
Where is the transparency promised?

1. Mr. President, there are now 30 states that are introducing “Health Care Freedom Acts” to offer protection of individual health care rights. There have been hundreds of thousands of Americans speaking out in protest to the health care reform you are advocating. Polls indicate more than 80% of Americans are satisfied with their current health plan. The House bill only passed by the narrowest of margins. Shouldn’t legislation of this magnitude, taking over 1/6th of the US economy, have overwhelming support? Do you worry about the execution of such legislation being that it has so much opposition?
2. You have now been in office 10 months. Why haven’t you or the law makers in Washington done anything to combat the fraud and waste that you spoke so freely about during the campaign? Why not fix that first prior to passing new health care mandates?
Thank you Mr. Tapper for allowing citizens to participate in your questioning.

If we the people want this healthcare so much… Why not allowed us to vote on it?

At the last press conference, Jake asked President Obama what Americans would have to give up in terms of medical care in order to bring down HC costs. At the time, Obama answered that we would have to give up procedures that don’t make us well.
Would he care to readdress that answer more candidly?
Does he still foresee panels to address the expense of end of life care?
Does he imagine the public option using QALYs to control costs?

If the health care plan is about promoting choice and competition, why does it outlaw the private sale of health care plans after 2013?

1) Does the House hcr bill meet your cost requirements? Why endorse it, if it doesn’t?
2) Do you believe the Stupak amendment was necessary and should remain in the final bill?

There are pictures of him on the phone all Saturday, shepherding votes on Health Care.
When will he start giving that kind of attention to our war in Afghanistan? What is he evaluating? He has now known for a year that he would be commanding that war. What does he think changed, what changes is he trying to bring to our strategy there, and how does he explain the time he’s taking as he ACTIVELY works on other agenda items?

The stimulus isn’t working as planned, but it is still incredibly expensive.
Why should Americans believe other expensive plans, such as Cap N Trade and HCR will be better? Upon what should we judge him & trust his judgement?

What are you going to do about the storage of Doctors we already have?
How do you put More people in a system with a storage of Doctors?
How do you not end up having long lines of people looking for a Doctor?

Why not just help the people that need help with insurance?

JPT:
Thanks for asking. These are just a quick couple to try to throw him off his game. Expect him to say “look” before just about every answer as he struggles to think of a response…
Why did you misjudge unemployment going over 10% when you said the stimulus bill would keep unemployment from more than 8%?
Why do many people feel that your top three priorities for 2009 were government run healthcare, obamacare and obama-pelosicare?
When will the economy and the Afghan war become your problem and your legacy and not just Bush’s fault?
Conservatives would like you to keep VP Biden out on the campaign trail in 2010 every day; is that some kind of sign about the communication skills of Biden as your VP?

How do you put so many people in a system where there aren’t enough Doctors?

Mr. President:
Would you agree that energy independence is a national security issue? If so, what bold initiatives are you prepared to undertake to move the United States away from being dependent on foreign sources of energy, which one year into your presidency we still are?

Dear President Obama,
Why is Sean Goldman still in Brazil? Brazil gets to pick and choose what international law they will follow. Not moving swiftly and no progress 5+ years later. What are you going to do about this
non compliance status of Brazil and Mexico with the Hague Convention?

Food stamps are used by the government to insure the poor can eat with no need to takeover grocery stores. Why can’t a similar program be used for health insurance? Why does the President refuse to explore such a solution, perhaps using HSA’s, that would be far more likely to achieve bipartisan support?

Why Barrack, did you allow this attack to occur at fort hood, we now know YOU KNEW this man was a terrorist.. do you still feel the need to defend Muslim terrorist and apologize for America? The largest terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11… has occured on YOUR watch and you were WARNED.. Why didn’t you defend America?
Why are you still claiming the stumulus is working when the unemployment rate is actually 17.5%.. aren’t you still lying to America

Do you consider what happened at Ft. Hood an act of terrorism?

Hi Jake,
Thanks for answering my tweets yesterday (@marklainer):
Here’s my question. It’s long, but I think it needs to be, for the purpose of clarity and to avoid evasion:
CBO estimates make clear that the best method for controlling rising health care expenditures would be to include the so-called “robust” public option as part of the health care exchanges, with reimbursement rates tied to Medicare (plus a certain percentage, between 5 and 10%). This choice for health care consumers would eliminate the need to create a brand new bureaucracy, as well as the costs to negotiate separate reimbursement agreements with doctors, hospitals, etc.. It also should result in the lowest premium that Americans would have to pay for comprehensive health insurance and that would in turn reduce the amount the government would have to pay out in subsidies to middle and lower middle class Americans, thus lowering taxes (making everyone, even Republicans, happier). Given that most of the opposition to the public option, and specifically the “robust” public option, comes from the health insurance industry, which has not shown itself to act in good faith in the past, as well as Democratic Senators and “Blue Dog” Representatives, almost all of whom have received VERY large political contributions from the aforementioned health insurance companies, how can you justify allowing our Democratic Senators and Congresspeople to force all Americans to buy health insurance from private companies, who are motivated primarily by profits, and not also allow Americans to have the ability to choose the most cost effective access to health care, with the lowest premiums, a robust public option that utilizes the existing billing structure and bargaining clout of Medicare as a framework?

I have one simple question.
How can he sleep at night?

Hasan attended a mosque where the radical cleric preached hatred for America.
If Hasan says he didn’t hear the sermons
is that a valid excuse?

Since you seem willing to sign any health care bill put before you–are you really concerned about health care or your legacy?

Jake: Please ask President Obama why he won’t mandate that all members of the House and the Senate, in fact all government employees, would have to share in the SAME healthcare plan as HR 3269 mandates for all of us. Why isn’t it possible to get all the healthcare providers/insurance companies/big pharma together and have them help design how to fix the system.
What the heck are Baby Boomers going to do with the reduction in Medicare that’s proposed.
Thank you.

Obama knew:
U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.

I’d ask why Robert Gibbs is so detached from reality. Gibbs wondered what would have happened if Bush had been portrayed as Hitler.
All you have to do is Google “Bush as Hitler” and see the tens of thousands of images there. This isn’t news.
Gibbs is either totally incompetent or complete liar.

The estimates for the cost of the house bill range from $1.05 to 1.5 trillion depending on who is doing the estimating. However all acknowledge that the 10 year estimates count 10 years of revenue, but only 6 or 7 years of full expense. The Heritage Foundation estimates that once fully in place, the 10 year costs will be $2.4 – 2.6 trillion. Even if you don’t agree with the Heritage Foundation’s arithmetic, don’t you have to agree that the actual cost of the bill once fully in place will far exceed your target of $900 billion? Shouldn’t you and your administration be more up front with the public concerning the true cost of the house bill? How can you endorse a bill that so plainly relies on postponing costs to make it appear fiscally palatable?

Will you read the HC bill or just sign whatever comes across your desk?
What about the parts of the bill that Rep. Boehner(sp) brought up in the closing statement?
Do you believe the federal gov’t does way more than the Constitution allows?

In light of the news today that said the government knew for several months about Hasan and the fact that he could be linked to terrorists and yet did nothing to stop him, and also given how you “responded” to the Fort Hood massacre, I have only one question; Just exactly whose side are you on????

Why is it Okay to call Police Officers Stupid for doing their Job and not Okay to call this murder at Ft. Hood a terrorist? Could it have something to do with your Muslim Faith?

Mr. President, your administration measures stimulus success in the terms of jobs “saved or created”. Do you believe this is a new standard that all future presidents should use? Should economists reevaluate previous administrations based on this criteria? And, why do you believe this new criteria is the most accurate measurement for success?

Question for Jake to ask:
Which side of the bed do you sleep on? Left or right?
What do you normally eat for breakfast?
Has your golf game improved since becoming Commander in Chief?

Why do you continue to mislead the people about the effectiveness of the stimulus?

Simply, I’d ask how the health care bills that have passed in the house and senate are going to lower health care costs for the private sector as well as for the Government’s health care obligations?
That is the health care reform that we really need and I think it is being overlooked for political reasons.

When will you sign a release to have all your school, college, law school and medical records released to the press?

Is it more important to get any health bill passed or get a GOOD bill passed?

Barrack..Did you not swear to defend the constitution and to protect America against enemies foreign and domestic?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START DOING YOUR JOB???????

Mr. Prez. The CoLB you posted on your web site appears to have been photoshopped, and it is only stamped “recieved” by hawaii registrar, not “accepted”, wouldn’t it have been easier to have posted your real/original birth certificate?

ask president obama why the DNC removed the statement “and that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution:”
from the “official certification of nomination”

ask the president why I have to pay for the health insurance for illegal aliens in the country

Please ask the president where he was born and why he is so reluctant the show americans his true birth certificate

When were you made aware of Nidal Malik Hasan’s attempts to contact Al Queda?

Why did you decide not to make time to represent the USA at the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall? Are you going to send a representative?
Did you guys actually eat the vegetables in the White HOuse garden, even after the Clintons had fertilized the area with sludge a few years ago?
Why didn’t you want the DC students to have the opportunity to attend charter schools?
Still wondering why you would have anyone in your administration who cheated on their taxes.
After learning more about the situation in Honduras, are you willing to change your position?
Is it true that you guys called ABC to complain about the TV show “V?”
Compliment:
Good work freeing the captain from the Somali pirates.

The American public would like for you to resign. Which day would work better for you, today or tomorrow?
Posted by: LRaven | Nov 9, 2009 7:54:54 AM
My favorite so far… ;-)

I’m sick of seeing his face.

1. When did the FBI brief Obama on Hasan? Before the attack? When?
2. Did Obama authorize an op to track Hasan?
3. Since he’s awake, has or will Obama authorize enhanced interrogations?
4. Will Obama ask for the death penalty?
5. Will Haasan be sent to Gitmo?

You said that 90% of stimulus jobs would be in the private sector. Why is that number less that 40% and will it change?

Is it true the first law you signed as president was a bill that insured all your personal records would not be released?

Mr. President
How does one equate the concept women’s reproductive health with federally funded abortions? Isn’t the idea of health and abortion somewhat oxymoronic? Shouldn’t women take charge of their own ‘health’ and not depend on the taxpayer for their choice. Does the government view pregnancy as a disease like cancer, something to be overcome and conquered? Women should be free to choose their birth control, and I should be free to not pay for their choice.

Are you still smoking, Mr President?

Why did you tell America about your daughter’s bad grade in Science when you refuse to release your own college transcripts?
How is that transparency and what are you afraid of?

Are you surprised that your soft power, appeasing and apologies have done nothing to help you with our enemies?
Do you resent being compared to Carter and Nixon–and if so why not stop acting like them?

Why do you think Socialism will work in America when it has failed everywhere else it has been tried?

Do you have any appreciation of our Constitution?

under the new health care reform bill, taxpayers will subsidize the insurance premiums of those who can’t/won’t pay their premiums, is this part of the president’s “spread the wealth” program, taking from those that have and giving it to those who want? you know, like communism

Mr President, why are you spending millions of dollars hiding your birth certificate?

why is he breaking his promise not to raise anyone’s taxes who makes less than 250k by supporting the house health bill?
how will raising taxes on small businesses create jobs?

Mr. President,
When is your office and that of Secretary of State Clintons going to help American David Goldman get his son home? Both of you have claimed to want swift action by Brazil to aid in his son Sean’s being returned, yet you are allowing this continue without repercussion. Will you now take action as promised?

Mr President,
The stimulus has failed. Even by your own Administrations projections it has failed. Unemployment was suppose to stay under 8%, it is over 10. You administration now faces the worst economy since the beginning of the Reagan Administration.
Why cling to this failed Keynesian model when you have the proven examples of the post 1983 Reagan years to follow?

Jake, you are one of the few journalists in the business today. The hard questions, the ones that the other reporters are afraid to ask, have to do with “transparency.”
Why won’t he show us his college transcripts? How did he get admitted to school and how was it paid for? And yes, why won’t he release the long-form birth certificate?
Obama and his staff have spent a great deal of energy hiding these things from the American people. If they are so damn transparent, then what’s the excuse?
Other Presidents and candidates have willingly given up such information. Obama has something to hide and the reporter that gets it will achieve Woodward & Bernstein status.
C’mon dude, think of the lecture circuit, the book tours, the corner office at the Washington Post! The way things are going over there you might get a whole floor.
All you have to do is ask the question…

Why doesn’t Obama release his education records or his birth certificate? What is his idea of “transparency in government”?

Unemployment among young blacks and minorities has increased dramatically during your Presidency. Was that the Change you Hoped for?

You have been called by some as the Critic in Chief as you critize certain parts of the media you don’t like and yet MSNBC programing is so tilted towards you that people from both sides see it as Obama media all the time. Isn’t this a major conflict as GE who has major contracts with the US government and is trying to obtain even more now. Aren’t they your Haliburton?

Now that we know that the government knew killer Hasan wrote radical pro-suicide bomber quotes online and tried to contact Al Qeada, as revealed by ABC News, why did the government not stop this man?

Mr. President,
You have claimed that you have created or saved 1 million jobs yet several news organizations have proved that over half of the jobs claimed were submitted in error and don’t really exists. Why do you keep making these false claims.
or
Mr. President, you continue to claim that you inherited the current deficit, yet you lobbied and voted for TARP and the Democrats in congress which you were a part of approved the budget that created the deficits. How can you stand back and blaim others for things you and your fellow democrats voted for?

A report came out today by ABC’s Brian Ross stating that Hasan tried to contact Al Qaeda and the CIA knew about it…Why didn’t we act on that intel?

In the mid 1960′s the first health warnings about cigarette smoking were put on packs of cigarettes, yet you yourself, a highly educated man, started and continue to smoke them. What do you hope to accomplish by requiring small vending machine owners to put nutritional information on vending machines?

Mr. President,
While health care reform is an important topic, why did you choose to work on that instead of working with the economy more?

Where in the U.S. Constitution does it say Healthcare is a right?
If Healthcare is a right, shouldn’t food, shelter and transportation be a right too?
How is this not socialism?

Mr. President,
If a $15 copy of your complete birth certificate would silence hundreds of thousands of your skeptics, why wouldn’t you allow that to happen?

Your generals are asking for tolerance and you have asked not to jump to any conclusions on the terrorist act committed in Texas at the Army post.
Why does “diversity” in the U.S. military need to include tolerance for Islamo-fascist activities and statements and the encouragement of violence against US troops in the name of a religion – made by what was supposed to have been from “an officer and a gentleman”?

Were you briefed by the intel agencies on Hasan prior to the terror attack?
Will Hasan be charged with treason?

What is the cost per kilo watt hour for solar, wind, hydro,nuclear, oil , nat gas , coal?
Why would you favor promoting the most expensive forms of energy with our money when cheap energy is one of the greatest benefits to mankind?
Will you put your proof of man made global warming and its dangers on a website for all to see your basis for your thinking?

Why are all your school record and medical records kept from the public?

Hey Barry, let’s start with a review of your long form birth certificate, college transcripts and medical records. Then we’ll go from there. . .

Will you put billions instead of 150 million into the Social Security
budget and hire more staff so that the average wait time to have
a court hearing if your disabled is no
longer 2 years?

Will you ever admit that you are wrong on something or continue to demogogue your opponents?

What EXACTLY was more important than attending the Berlin Wall ceremony?

You promised that people an keep their health insurance plan, exactly as it is, if they are happy with it. The House health care bill requires that all private health insurance plans MUST meet Federal guidelines that have not yet been established. So if someone’s plan doesn’t meet those guidelines, it will have to change or I can’t keep it. How do you reconcile your promise with this new reality that will become law?

Mr. President, Do you believe that the founders of this country intended for the son of a British National to be commander-in-chief of the United States military?

Have you authorized enhanced interrogation for Hasan in order to protect Americans?

When you think of MSMBC do you get a tingle up your leg?

Mr. President,
With all of the intention that international child abduction has recieved recently ( Chris Savoie in Japan and Dave Goldman in Brazil ), do you plan on honoring your words in making sure that Brazil and other countries “act swiftly” and “resolves this issue in a timely manner” like you said? You promised that on July 21st, 2009 and Mr. Goldman is still waiting……….

What is being done to protect Muslims in the US military from reprisals …. by fellow Muslims who are angered by Muslims serving in the US military?

Mr. President,
My son earned the Presidential Award for all A’s last school year. Why is it taking you so long to send him his award?

Twice you have been saying you are a Muslim on t.v.. Well are you or aren’t you?

One year into your presidency, you have made limited or no progress on a number of difficult issues, for example, Afghanistan and the economy. You blame problems inherited from the previous administration for the tough going. At precisely what point in your administration do you intend to take ownership of solutions, or lack thereof?

mr. president, i’m sure you have taught your girls that “birds of a feather flock together”; “if you lay down with dogs you’ll get up with flees”; show me who you run with today and i’ll tell you your future”; action and inaction both have consequences.
referencing these sayings and considering your “past and present” associates and those you have “trusted” to place as czars what do you have to say for yourself?
you were not elected to change our nation to a “one world government” or to bring us down financially to a 3rd world country. you were not elected to give away our soverignty. you were not elected to change us to a truely socialist; communist; marxist nation. you were not elected by a landslide only a majority.
tbere’s another saying; “it’s better to be far right than far wrong which i believe is where you are. what do you plan on doing about all this?

Do you think that you will be able to dis-arm the people before the end of your frist term?

Mr. Obama, being that the majority of Americans have stated, in many polls, that they do not know where you stand on the biggest issues facing us today, could you tell us where your mindset is on the following:
1) Jobs and the Stimulus. We have seen many reports showing that the Stimulus package has not created/saved the number of jobs the WH says it has. As a matter of fact, much of the money is being wasted on projects that have nothing to do with jobs at all. How do you explain these numbers? How do you think the money went to pet projects without being detected? Would you say transparency was an issue? Do you think another Stimulus is needed, and if so, how would a second one deliver results, and how would your administration track the money in a tougher way?
2) The economy. We are all aware that the economy problems you face now, were, to an extent, “inherited”. However, since taking office, it seems that the economy is worsening. What would you say was the most pressing problem that caused this fiasco? The banks and/or lenders? Defaulted loans? Bailouts that should not have happened that are backlashing now? Or, is it personal responsibility that the public in general dismissed and in the end, put themselves in a bind? Next, how do you intend to fix this to a point that we can feel comfortable it will not happen again?
3) Healthcare. The bill currently being fought over in Congress is, in the understatement of the century, immensely EXPENSIVE. We have not seen much in the way of cost cutting measures when discussing healthcare, only the same mantra of “choice and competition”. What are the ways your administration is proposing to cut costs? How will these plans affect our everyday healthcare? Are increases in certain citizens taxes absolutely necessary?
Next, the CBO now says the government plan will actually cost MORE in premiums than private plans. Could you explain this? Why would the government want to provide a service that will cost more, and in turn, end up having to give more in tax credits to the people who want to get it? Doesn’t that take away from any type of “savings” the WH is touting?
Next, when it comes to new medicines and technologies, the cost is enormous. How do you include research, development, innovation and implementation of these medical factors into the cost of healthcare? As the technology gets more advanced, wouldn’t the costs of insurance need to go higher as well? Please explain.
4) Afghanistan. You have stated on more than one occasion that this war is a war of “necessity”, not a war of “choice”. But it is ultimately YOUR choice on strategy, troop levels, time tables, etc. Although most of the public understands putting thought into any decision, since this is a war of “necessity”, don’t you feel that a little more urgency might be needed? At what point do you decide that diplomacy will need to take a back seat to pure force? Do you think there is an end in sight to this war?
Next, you have also made clear in the first few months of your presidency that we “are not at war with Islam”. In fact, we have sent millions of dollars to countries that are predominantly Muslim as a way to “help” them and in turn gain their trust. That doesn’t seem to be happening. Are you willing to stand on that platform that we are not at war with Islam, even if the Muslims in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and so on believe that they ARE at war with us? This past week’s shootings at Fort Hood are a stark reminder that we cannot “take our eyes off the ball”. Would you explain your feelings on that tragedy now that more details have come out?
6) Robert Gibbs. Why him?

I would ask Peter Roskam’s question regarding the health care bill:
We’ve heard from the best and the brightest all afternoon, and not a one of them have answered:
Why it is that you have to criminalize people to coax them into a plan that’s so fabulous?

Mr. President, during the election you said pro-life voters could vote for you because you would reduce the numbers of abortions. How is that project coming along? Perhaps you can tell us the number of babies that were “saved or created” since you took office?

Why are you becoming more involved and friendly with Brazil when they are a safe haven for kidnappers of American children? Why haven’t we DEMANDED they return the 70 children that have been abducted from the U.S. including Sean Goldman. Sir, you promised on July 21st, 2009 to make sure this situation was resolved “swiftly and in a timely manner”. It hasn’t. Will you step up to the plate and help American parents and their children? How long would you expect to wait if it were your children?

Will you support the establishment of a bipartisan commission to investigate what was known about the major, and why the dots weren’t connected?

There exists over this Administration a growing belief that it is not trustworthy, and the source of that belief is twofold: first, the President’s apparent concurrence with his employment of totally unvetted so-called czars, and second, his permitting the attacks…and that’s what they are…by high level “advisers” in the West Wing on Fox News. Simply, if those folks don’t choose to watch ANY network, or program, or paticular news reporter or analyst, that is their free choice. While the traditional Big 3 networks continue to treat this Presidency with kid gloves, I must say that many of us find it refreshing to find another network providing the American public with “a check and balance” on what we are being told both in print and on the airwaves. Our media is the freest in the world. Does the President agree with that statement? Does he agree also that it must remain so?
Again, a Presidency must have the TRUST
of the People or it never will succeed.

I fully expect at least one question about ACORN, one question about Joe Lieberman and if reform should be passed if the mighty Joe is displeased, sand more than one embarrassing negative question regarding the enormous victory for the president in the House on Saturday.

Mr. President. Considering the hard economic times and the fact that you suspended cost of living raises for the elderly in favor of a one-time payment, will you demand Congress give back the raise they just gave themselves?

You have been giving speeches daily for almost three years.
You are on TV everyday.
Your speeches have become mechanical.
Do you even know what they are about or are you just reading a script?

20 years ago today the Berlin Wall, a symbol of communist oppression, came down. Ronald Reagan encouraged the end of this physical and symbolic barrier to freedom with his famous “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” speech. What encouragement would you offer to those in places like Iran, North Korea snd Venezuela who are currently deprived of basic human rights like freedom of speech and the right to assemble?

You adjust your speaking style based on the audience.
You even use a folksy southern accent sometimes.
Did you learn that in Snakeoil School?

Mr. President,
There are 60 or so American children being held in Brazil against their own will and against the provisions of the Hague convention, and hundreds more in other countries as well. The most prominent of these children is Sean Goldman, whose father, David Goldman–a U.S. citizen and NJ resident–is the boys only living parent and yet they have been kept apart coming on FIVE YEARS now. You are aware of this particular case, and in fact back in July you essentially stated that unless Brazil showed “swift progress”, you were prepared to take some action. Do you consider the inaction of the past 5 months, plus the preceeding 4 plus years, swift? What action are you prepared to take to force Brazil to comply with the international treaty that they signed? If this were your child being held captive against your wishes as the parent, what would you expect your government to do to assist you?

Mr. President,
In your 2004 speech before the DNC, and during your presidential campaign, your words about this nation not being a red or blue nation, but a “united” nation were overwhelmingly inspirational.
I am forever dismayed at those who continually espouse rhetoric that encourages divisive stereo-typical segregation.
Partisan politics is divisive. Segregating or categorizing any group of individuals is divisive.
Yet, our country is comprised of great diversity in culture, religion, ethnicity and nationality, defining the term in broad scope.
Example of a typical conversation: “I was on the bus today, and there was this white woman or black man…”
Why the color reference? Why not, simply put, “this woman or this man…”
It seems conversations, news stories in papers or television media reporting all have a reference within that reflects segregation or class stereo-typing.
Celebrating or honoring the diversity amongst our nation is admirable, and reflects our stewardship and ambassador driven conduct to the world at large.
Divisive vs. Diversity: How do you propose we will ever end such divisiveness and truly “unite” the population of “We, the people,” when the voices of our Congress, your Administration, and the media continually find reason to point out and segregate?

Mr. President: When are you going to allow the heads of the CIA, FBI, NSA and AG to answere questions on why no steps were taken to prevent the Islamic terrorist attack which occured at Ft Hood?
Secondarily, if we cannot control our own homegrown terrorists do you really think it is such a wise idea to bring 200 Al Queda/Taliban trained terrorists from Gitmo to the US.

Why do you wantCongress to pass legislation to create the Consumer Financial Protection Agency.Government bureaucrats will have the subjective authority to determine what, from whom, and even IF individuals may borrow money to get financial help when it is needed most. This includes mortgages, credit cards, debit cards, installment loans and much more. It will put thousands of people out of work. Why would you want that?

On the day of the Ft Hood massacre, your address to the nation regarding the attack was preempted by two and a half minutes of joviality. Will you now apologize to the soldiers and families of Ft Hood and to the nation for your stunning insensitivity?

Final Q:
consider asking POTUS about striking out the so-called ‘lone wolf’ section(s) of the PATRIOT act the same week (day? Check me on this) that an apparent Lone Wolf walked across FT Hood and killed 12 with over 30 more injured?
Thanks for the opportunity to possibly pass a question to POTUS through you…
Ken

What will your White House and you specifically be doing to effectively communicate the short and long term benefits of health care reform for the middle class and others. I know this topic has been talked about a lot, but a consistent factual message needs to be repeated and fully understood by the nation.
Posted by: Lou Toliver | Nov 9, 2009 1:39:28 PM
Great Question. I second that one, and also would like to know what the President thinks about moving up the date as to when key structural aspects of health reform legislation (national insurance exchanges) would go into effect– from 2013 to the beginning of 2012 for instance. I realize insurance reforms and consumer protections, which should prove popular, will go into effect before then.

Do you know how many states there are, and can you name them, please?
Will you donate your marked up copy of “Rules for Radicals” to your presidential library?
Define “megalomania.”
How in God’s name did we end up with you in the presidency? (This one is rhetorical)

Mr. President, being that the health care bill passed by such a narrow margin, and that the 39 democrats oppposed to the bill are clearly in danger of losing their seats had they voted yea, what concessions were made by the White House in order to get the necessary 218 votes for passage?
And on that note, why did you allow the Speaker and others in committees hold meetings behind locked doors, shutting out all oppposition, when crafting this bill since you professed so strongly that all negotiations would be “open & transparent” and even viewable on CSPAN?
How does CSPAN feel about that broken promise?
Thank you, Mr. Tapper. I enjoy following your updates on Twitter.

Why have you sealed all documents relating to your college years at Columbia, Harvard, and Occidental Colleges?
Why have you spent on the order of $1 million in legal expenses to prevent the public from seeing these records?
Were you enrolled as a foreign student receiving foreign aid?
How did you finance your college education?
Did you receive any scholarship funding from a foreign entity?

Mr. Obama
Why do you hate America and hard working Americans?

Do the spirits of Karl and Saul visit you in the White House?

Have you always had trouble making a decision?
Have you always been thin-skinned?
Have you always blamed someone else for your problems?

What a bunch of mindless, pig-headed questions. Is this the brain trust of the right wing? The cream of the crop?

How do you put 36 million more people in a system when already there is a shortage of Doctors?

Many Americans have supported the idea of health care reform for many years (I personally had a lot of faith that Hillary Clinton, as a moderate Democrat was the one who could best get this done). However, given the current state of the affairs in our country, do you really think it is wise to divert your attention from the ills we are facing, and take on something of this magnitude? Two wars, jobless rate, national debt, etc… Wouldn’t it be best to heal the wounds this country has before biting off such a monumental task? Seems you are destined to fail, while the USA is in such a state of disrepair.

Why is healthcare reform your number one priority when the American people consistently rate it much lower on their priority list and consistently rate the economy as highest priority?

Q for O:
Given the US Government has a current deficit of about 1.4 Trillion, Medicare is broke, Social Security is Broke, Public High School graduation rates are dismal, US Post Office is broke, Amtrak is Broke, Cash for Clunkers ran out of money in 4 days, and the availability of H1N1 Vaccinations were grossly overestimated by the current administration, why should the American people believe that the government will be able to successfully run 1/6th of the economy? Jake, you get the idea, I am sure you could word it better than I could.

to make it appear there is more support for your policies than there actually is
Posted by: jennifert7 | Nov 9, 2009 5:25:40 PM
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The voters had the opportunity to show they don’t support the President or the Democrats in Congress during 2 Congressional elections last week. Did they kick the Democrats OUT of Congress to show their ‘lack of support’?
Not at all.
The voters elected 2 Democrats INTO Congress, and in fact booted the Republicans out of a seat they had previously held.
It’s the right wing that is trying to make it appear there is more support for their nonsense than there actually is . . . trouble is – the American people have rejected their extremism and attack campaigns. You’re way out of the American mainstream.

Mr. President, What in the world are you doing here tonight?
In the last 9 months you have jet-setted across the nation 30 times in support of Democratic races, you even squeezed in that Olympics bid on the eve of one of the Big Ultimatum Deadlines for Health Care.
So how can it be that there was no way to be in Berlin tonight on this historic night, and instead you choose to be here talking to me?

Posted by: Alyson | Nov 9, 2009 4:28:44 PM
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Like I said before, it’s definitely cool to see another Alyson on here, but very bizarre to read repeats of your previously posted tea-party-ilk-type questions. You actually sound very much like other commenters on here– same voice and all.
Since the interview already down, can I ask why you’re repeating questions from earlier today– and if you also post here under another moniker?

The voters had the opportunity to show they don’t support the President or the Democrats in Congress during 2 Congressional elections last week. Did they kick the Democrats OUT of Congress to show their ‘lack of support’?
Posted by: tierra | Nov 9, 2009 5:33:49 PM
Nice points here, Tierra. I agree about mindless, pig-headed questions. Yikes! I’m glad Jake followed his own lead, and didn’t completely cater to the fringe.