“Can You Guys Still Hear Us?”: President Obama Talks Economy Amidst Technical Snafus

We’re not listening anymore, Barry. Not to mention the guys with a D after their names…

Dear Sock Puppet,
The 800 Billion and change did what? The billions spent on crap did what? You have a majority in the House and Senate, you had it in the last 2 years of the Bush admin and you still have it now, so you are blaming the most powerful minority party in history?
I can see November from my front porch Zippy!

A lot of work, time, energy spent on a lot of nothing talk! I am afraid that continueing to blame the GOP and Bush for everything is not going to cut it much longer!

It’s time the Administration educates American’s about what the GOP is blocking and what those bills would help do. STOP letting FoxNews lead with false information – which enables simple minded people to believe it is truth. GET AGGRESSIVE!

I am so sick of hearing our President run down the opposition and blaming others. Enough is enough!

At least this President spends money on the People of the United States. Republicans are the enemy within. They have robbed the entire country. They even robbed the helium reserves. Talking about robbing from our children. The republican controlled house and senate back in 1996 wrote a law that said US helium reserves had to be sold. No reason why only that they had to be sold. The wealth was robbed out from under the feet of the people of the plains states. It gives a whole new meaning to supply side economics. those who control the supply are in a position to demand. Want proof. Do a search for, “world helium supply could be gone in 30 years”. Look at which party controlled congress in 1996. Hopefully the US voter is waking up and realising that republicans, conservatives or whatever they call themselves these days feed on ignorance, fear, and desperation.

Obama logic:
Small Business = Good (but burden them with increased health care costs)
Big Business = Bad (so burden them even more)
(They should be treated the same. Big business is not less important to our economy than small business. Many industries are just naturally more suitable to being big).
Union Members: Good
Non Union Members: Bad
“Rich people”: Bad
(So when restructuring General Motors, give the unions some ownership at the expense of the bond holders).

Oh my word, rightbehind is now going back to 1996 to find something to blame the Republicans for.
What the heck does ‘helium reserves’ have to do with the here and now?

It’s time the Administration educates American’s about what the GOP is blocking and what those bills would help do
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I agree with this.
Educate us about what the bills would do. It isn’t enough to assert they are the right thing to do and that the GOP is blocking them just out of spite.
It could very well be the initiative isn’t worth the cost, or is poorly designed, or is fantastic.
Complaining about political games isn’t informative.

a child looks to blame others, a man looks to solve problems and get on with it. All this president does is blame others and whine like a child. Time for him to grow up and be a man.

Don’t the Dems have a majority on both the house and senate…and they can’t get this passed…what am I missing here? We are two years into this mess…if it does not clear up in two years I’d expect to see a reversal and repubs will get their chance…and when that doesn’t work then maybe some indies will come in do what needs to be done….

Lets review WHY the Dems don’t get cooperation —– Obama is elected and the Dems gain a supermajority —– The Dems and Obama assume they can pass any bill they want… They immediately go for the jugular, trying to pass the LARGEST ENTITLEMENT BILL in 50 years, and not only that, they include provisions (ABORTION FUNDING, THE PUBLIC OPTION) that have been TABOO even by Dems for years!!!!!! … and GUESS WHAT… people all over America woke up!!! —- It didn’t matter that the Dems then dropped some controversial provisions…… by their actions of bribing Senators and legislative tricks… all with 65% of Americans opposing them…. they showed their TRUE COLORS to America…. they proved that their AGENDA took priority over the opinion of the majority of Americans!!!! —- Now comes payback!!!

Take reponsibility for your failures Obama !! You wasted all the money and no one else !! the Trillion dollars Bill was on your watch !! Do you think we are stupid or you are so full of it that you can’t see straight?? Your ego is bigger and WE dont want you anymore !!

Hey Dems!! —- Isn’t it frustrating to have the 2006 and 2008 elections go TOTALLY in your favor and see your party “punt away” victory because of their cluelessness and ineptness??????

It’s worrisome that the majority of comments aren’t discussing the topic at hand…just muckraking.
It’s also worrisome that the majority of posts which deride the President of the United States for non-action are being posted when people should be at work….working.
2+2 isn’t equaling 4 here…
If you think this problem is red vs blue you’re missing the big GREEN elephant in the room.

I own a small business-restaurant. We use to have 8 employees we are now down to three. We are dying down here in Houston Texas area. We have applied with SBA for small business loans and always get the same…your credit is messed up…maybe if we could get our business going again it would not be so bad. Bottom line is only the “big” business gets the bailouts and help from this government…thanks for everything!!

Quick, ABC….bring out a disparaging story about Palin! Or Hannity!. Surely you have something about Limbaugh you can print. Right? Right?? c’mon. gotta deflect attention from the REAL problem in the country…lack of leadership from our ELECTED officials. So let’s drag our NON-elected folks out for red meat for the dogs of liberalism to salivate and slobber over.

“I know we’re entering election season, but the people who sent us here expect us to work together to get things done and improve this economy.” work together….like he did with the whole Health Care process…..didn’t expect him to say anything different now did you?

Sound system dying but I’ll bet the teleprompters work! LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL

GDP…1.6….And they wonder why……

What does the GOP really want? Gridlock. That’s what they had during the Bush years. George Will said it is the most beautiful word in the world. Why? Nothing gets done. Things don’t happen. Yeah – that’s a real answer to this economic climate. Wait for the private sector to what? Get all the tax breaks they need to send jobs overseas? Don’t invest but hoard money and wait for a better climate? Japan suffered a 10 year recession. We are well into our 4th year of that type recession. Meanwhile, who grows? Germany? China? India? Brazil? This is a disaster people

Vote the greedy Republicans out. Force the Democrats to stand up for the people.

you can almost feel the desperation of the liberals. Nothing to offer. Nothing to help. So……blame the conservatives. Blame Bush. And a few of the more extreme liberals are even going back to blame Reagan, Eisenhower, and Abraham Lincoln. If there’s an (R) behind the name, blame them. It’s so easy and so funny. obama, so used to dealing with liberals, thinks that he can deflect attention from his failures by saying…..”Look…over there! A shiny thing!! “

Same old Obama, doesn’t know what to do so he blames the others. VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT! They are clueless..

Racism? I hear your silly rant but tell us SPECIFICALLY where this racism exists . . . cite an example. And don’t get confused, the conservative voices on here don’t like ANY liberal, of any color, race, sex or orientation. We apply a code of equality to disliking liberal pinkos.
But speaking of racism . . . Why did liberals accuse Bush of hating black people becuase he “didn’t help them durign Katrina” BUT liberals didn’t say Obama hates white people when he did not help the flood victims in Nshville?
Take your racist chip off of your shoulder and put it where the sun doesn’t shine!

FOX news lies lies lies!

the HEADLINES of this story: “”Can You Guys Still Hear Us?”: President Obama Talks Economy Amidst Technical Snafus” Maybe it would be more accurate to say, ‘President obama Talks Technical Amidst Economic SNAFU’s’ ….Maybe it really is best for our nation if he just keeps going on vacation and/or playing pickup basketball games at the White House. The economy would probably recover faster if he keeps his fingers out of it.

Obama needs to get it.
The right wing crazies are NOT interested in governing.. They are not capable of governing. Ther is NO bi-partisanship. NONE.
Obama needs to find his cajones. NOW. He has a majority. 51 votes is a majority. There is NOTHING in the constitution that requires 60 votes. The health care was passed by reconciliation. Do this bill the same way. And cap and trade. And the recess appointments. The right wing republican crazies will scream like hyenas. SO WHAT. That is what they are doing now anyway. Just maybe when the crazies lose enough votes and the legislation actually works they might find a way to join in governing. Right now that is the furthest thing from their mind.

OH MY GOD!!!! B Obama, give it a rest!! Be a stand up man and stop trying to always blame everyone else!!!

The GOP is “blocking” an awful bill which will only spend more of our money with no results, just has Obama’s stimulus package did.
Get this clown out of office in 2012, and help him out in 2010 by voting the DEMS out.
He’s always crying and complaining, when is he going to take responsibility. The DEMS control both houses and the presidency, so who exactly is stopping him from turning the economy around..his own economic team of clowns (#1 being Geitner who doesn’t even pay his OWN taxes).
We need conservatives in both houses to bring this country back and stop giving away the “store.”

The way to make the Republicans accountable is in November when it’s time to vote. I am tired of the none co-operation on both sides. With that being said Rome was not built in a day nor with it take a year for the economy to turn around after all the damage that was done with the Market, the banks and the Mortgage Crisis in this country. In November instead of allowing APATHY and not voting. We as citizens need to get out and VOTE not to go back but to keep going forward. Then in when it is time for OBAMA to run again and this country is still not happy we can vote him out and any other PARTY that we want. But if we sit on our collective ASSES and allow REPUBLICAN/TEA PARTY TALI BAN to even get a foot hold. NOTHING WILL BE DONE. So people. Young, old, Minorities, EVERYONE stop the APATHY and VOTE in NOVEMBER.

Does anyone remember that the dems controlled the senate and congress for the last 2-years of the Bush administration? They have had control for 4-years with Obama having been involved both as a senator and president for the entire 4-years.

Malcat…I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t get that post about helium reserves. What the heck was he/she talking about and what does it have to do with the present situation?

Modeldon…”Obama needs to find his cajones. NOW. He has a majority. 51 votes is a majority. There is NOTHING in the constitution that requires 60 votes. The health care was passed by reconciliation. Do this bill the same way. And cap and trade. And the recess appointments.”…….problem is, modeldon, obama has shown his true colors. He does NOT have the support of the entire Democratic members of Congress. He cannot get the 51 votes because his fellow democrats no longer trust him. They have discovered that he will throw them under the bus at the first sign of trouble. He demands loyalty to the Party, but displays not loyalty to them. Look how many Democrats have lost their jobs (i.e., resigned) because of him. And the other see the writing on the wall…they are GOING to lose their jobs in November because of their blind loyalty to this charlatan……….He can’t even get the votes he needs from his own party………but will continue to blame the GOP. And that is sadly laughable.

As a small business owner, i don’t need a loan, I either need to reduce my expenses or increase my sales. How many business that gross under $200k can afford to add employees regardless of loans or an incentive for new hires. Small business who gross less than $200k likley hire minimum wage employees. These employees make more drawing unemployment for two plus years than they would at a minimum wage job. We need small business incentives but, this bill does not address the problems.

These people that keep saying we are whiners are just people that don’t believe in accountability. They are on the red team and just want to blame the blue team. That’s as far as their education will take them. Republicans don’t want anyone accountable, they want to let capitalism reign and for everyone to be on their own. That is anarchy, not a society. Sounds to me like there are a lot of people that don’t appreciate what our society has gives them.

I miss the days when news came in a newspaper or during a 30-minute news program in the evening. The high-value space meant non-news and twaddle like this article would have never made it to print or on the air.
Now, thanks to the Internet, we have a breathless article about the president’s microphone not working and a collection of imbeciles–myself probably included–who take the opportunity to throw bad cabbage and rotten eggs from the comment gallery. If we had any luck at all the Internet would go the way of the CB radio, but we are not a lucky people lately. Instead we will continue to have the Internet empower shrieking baboons to give their opinions about everything.

I’ve come to understand that the single greatest impediment to our advancement as a country is its people. While you morons argue about which loudmouth pundit said the most obnoxious thing and which politician is the most clueless, they’re all shoveling cash out the back door of the treasury to secure their long and fruitful post-legislative careers. Wake the ^&@$ up and stop being so easily manipulated.

Isnt it time for the Obama’s to go on another vacation???

Give us a break. We all know who is in charge right now Obama and it isnt the Republicans nor are you listening to them or the wishes of majority people of the United States.

All of these posters seem to be happy that the Republicans are being obstructionist and slowing down the recovery. It is shameful that they care more about political retorhic the other Americans.

How can anyone believe anything that comes out of this mans mouth, he’s a whiner, crier, and is not to be held responsible for anything within his administration. He is a tyrant and I can’t help but believe from his actions that he’s a radical muslim determined to ruin this country for his own greed and beliefs. He cares not about the Constitution and should be immediately impeached for lying to this country. Isn’t there anyone in Washington with the balls to carry this out?

America faces a long slide into darkness if the conservatives win. If there was ever any doubt read the posts on this board and see where their insanity will take us.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, The economy is something like the weather. 10% chance of rain, 90% chance it will not rain. I remember back in ohio, between 1957 thru 1960 we were in a recession and many politicians and news men felt that 10% unemployment should be acceptable in our present day world population. I was in that 10 percent and that is why I lost everything and moved to California– 10% may sound OK if you are in the 90% group, but today, 10% is catastrophic when we all know that 10% of our jobs are overseas. A good law to enact would be when unemployment goes to 9% move jobs back to America until it reaches 8%. That would be a good bench mark for unemployment. Would keep the internatonal people honest. There is no honor without laws and regulations you know.

“we control the WH and both houses of congress with super-majorities…but it’s all their fault.” what a crock on bull. anyone who any longer buys into this baloney needs their head checked. what does he need, 100% control of congress, the supreme court, every governorship, state legislature, and local town council? he has more control than any president in recent memory and he still can’t get anything done. this is ultimate loser talk. it’s like complaining that my kids won’t allow me to make decisions for the family. what a wimp!

Obama still seems to think that throwing another few trillion dollars in a hole is going to pull us out of this. The truth is that he needs to LOWER SPENDING. That is the only way to save us. If he doesn’t do that, we’re in for a depression.

You tell them President Urkel!!

What he doesnt say is that all this spending in this bill will be money borrowed from China. Meanwhile the other “stimulus” spending will peak during his election year. And like his other bills, this one will only benefit groups and orgs that vote Dem. He takes our money to give to them, then they return the favor by contributing to their campaigns. All on you childs credit card. What a Jewel this guy is.

Obama threatend us with healthscam that will put many of us out of business. After that the e.p.a. threatens us with “command and control” and we small business owners are supposed to hire ? Expand ? NO WAY ! we will wait out this small business nightmare.

The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $6 million in American tax dollars to restore 63 historic and cultural sites around the world, including mosques and minarets in 55 countries. The projects include $76,000 for a 16th century mosque in communist China, $67,000 for a mosque in Pakistan, and numerous others.
So, where’s the ACLU and everyone else who believes in the separation of shurch and state?

I don’t understand why after a year and a half, one person can’t solve the biggest global economic crisis in almost a century! Lets vote this hack out and get some empty rhetoric back in the White House! Instead of voting for the guy with long term vision, I’m going to vote for whoever says “Freedom”, “America”, and “Liberty” more times.

It’s pretty simple folks… redefine National security to include healthcare, education, housing, and commuter transportation and divert 15% of the Pentagon budget toward these ends. Revenue neutral, no upset generals cuz their budget empire remains the same, life is good.

“Is it still going to the press?” ..from your lips, Mr. Obama, to their ears, pens, laptops, papers and broadcasts sir…”IT” is still going to them..every day..and they in turn serve it up to us..every day…and “it” doesn’t change a thing- not a thing.

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Obama is a stumbling, staggering, corrupt con man. Nothing more.
November — and 2012 — can’t come soon enough to get America out of the hands of the arrogant children, America haters, socialists, Marxists and other hacks that comprise the Obama White House.

Too many people hear obama say something and take it at face value, yet believe everything the Republicans say is wrong. If obama says something will help someone, you should actually ask the “someone” if it will help. Most of the time a small business will tell you that what obama is proposing will hurt them more than help. Obamacare is one example. Also, many things may help, but you can be assured that what obama suggests will help government more than busines. One small help for business, one giant takeover by government.

The sound system is news? Welcome to everyday life. Things don’t go perfect every day. Good god, when did this crap become reporting? How about more info on the BILL and what’s going on with it. Save the other crap for Two and Half Men.

As a small business owner, I’ve not only had my best year to day… but for the first time in 9 years got a tax refund rather than having to owe. I think President Obama has done a wonderful job and passed some amazing reform bills and will support him in future. But then I’ve lived the proof of what he’s done rather than taken some pundits word for it. I have to say… the republican leaders said they would vote no on everything so I think republican supporters can’t cry when they are called the party of no. It was their words not progressives who claimed that road.

Great Depression, Savings & Loan Crisis, Great Recession – Each amid 2 consecutive republican administrations and mostly congressional majorities in senate and house. See a pattern there people. Look it up.

Isn’t funny that the Moron who has a majority in both the House and Senate still has to blame the Republicans for his failures. Maybe we should put a Republican back in office

It will trickle down – rich people hire people; poor people get work.

The November elections will tell the truth. If the current administration had done such a great job, they have nothing to lose. That is not the case, they will lose, a lot. Bush inherited a poor economy from Clinton. Obama from Bush and so forth. The bottom line is that Obama’s choices at economic stimulus have not worked. They have not figured out who to blame for that, other than Bush (uhmm, the recession was worse than we thought). Claims that they created, uhm no, saved, uhm no again, uhm effected (the latest term used) somewhere between 2 and 4 million jobs is a joke. They have not a clue what has happened with the money or who it affected. This is simply a smoke screen in order to obscure the facts. So I don’t agree with the current administration’s policies or the direction they are trying to take the country. I did not vote for them either. That makes me a really bad racist by default. I also like a lot about the Tea Party. One more strike against me…! I will soon be struck by the hand of Reverend Wright and be smitten from this earth. Tell me folks.. how’s Hope and Change working out for you?

O’bama is a one term president because his political and economic leanings are too left wing. You need a safety net, but not a welfare state. I don’t have a problem with the federal dollars spent on unemployment, but uncertainty about higher taxes, higher healthcare costs, new carbon credits, on and on is making business hold on tight to their money. Once the pro business crowd is back in office, the economy should tick up. O’bama doesn’t have any practical experience of running and growing a large organization, and he seems to want to ignore security threats that we face on our borders, and from overseas.

Boo Hoo Congress has been in control of the Democrats the last four years. Obama is incompetent and a sorry loser

“For those that are not happy with FOX News, where would they suggest we get a better view of the news?”
NPR–National Public Radio

I am so sick of this guy telling anyone that will listen that he inherited a HUGE DEFICIT…let’s look at the facts for a change. because a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics lesson.
Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.
And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009.
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.
In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

A trillion in stimulus and 4.6 million jobs lost since Obama’s inauguration. Liberals, left-wingers, etc., please argue that.
Obama ‘sounds’ good, I mean literally. That is all he has got. Zero leadership, zero good sense.
I wish we could have a vote right now to get him out of the White House. ANYBODY else would do a better job. Even my dog Pierre would do a better than this guy.
Apparently EXPERIENCE matters – even for the job of president. Who know?
I encourage everyone to look into Obama’s past in Chicago and his business associations.

YOU LIE!!!

I personally blame Reagan .. he started all of this bickering. How come a movie star with no experience be made a president .. that is just asking for trouble.

Thank goodness the teleprompter did not go out on him. He would been all uh…uh…umm…uhs.

The Dems have had a super majority in the Senate and have controlled both houses of Congress since 2006. This rhetoric is just political spin to cover up, not only his gross failures, but to cover up the failures of his ideology.

Hey quinky .. at least Obama doesn’t make up words like Palin and GW.

You cannot tax small businesses out of existence and then say, hey wait guys, how about a loan?
You people talking about great this is need to take Economics 101.

Oh, gawd make it stop.

Small Business owners are facing the following issues. Now ask yourself what Obama has done to help?
1. Higher taxes after Bush tax cuts expire if your business makes $250k plus.
2.Obama care is going to cost us more when it takes effect.
3. Are worried about unions taking over and forcing them to lose their competitive edge.
4. Are concerned about cap and trade passing and higher cost being imposed on them.
5. Concerned about the debt and what will happen to the value of the dollar.
6. Concerned about more government regulations being imposed on them due to how the size of government growth.
7. Know higher taxes are coming because of the huge deficits.
The list goes on if you want to hear more but this is reality and Obama has done his best to inflame those fears instead of calming them.

Even his sound guys are tired of his BS “Blame Bush”. He needs to get his feet off the desk and go to work fixing the economy, not tanking it and blaming others!

It’s the tooth fairy’s fault!
Obamao is an idiot!

“Left” out by the lefties at ABC:
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell countered that the bill would result in tax increases and that the administration’s policies simply aren’t working.
“It’s time to listen to the American people, lower the deficit by reducing out-of-control spending, prevent tax hikes and work with Republicans to create the environment necessary to grow sustainable, private sector jobs,” McConnell said in a written statement.
FYI – Most legitimate news organizations without an agenda to push actually mention both sides of a story (or at least acknowledge that other points of view exist).

Maybe you think BOBO don’t make up words – he makes up whole sentances and they are called LIES,

Two words to describe the Obama Presidency: one term.

All Obama knows how to do is spend money $$$. He doesn’t care that we are 13 Trillion in debt or who will pay for this debt.

Is he deluding himself? The Republicans could not blockade themselves into a paper bag, with the overwhelming majority Democrats in power and control of all three branches. How inept are these people, if they cant’ accomplish anything even without opposition?

Tejasoutlaw wrote: “”"”"All of this hatred being plastered all over this blog without a single fact to back it up”"”"”"” Not true. Jackson posted this earlier: “”"”Earlier this month, first-time claims for unemployment hit a nine-month high. The unemployment rate remains at 9.5% and 18.4% of workers are out of a job, can only get part-time work, or have given up looking for a job altogether. Sales of existing homes dropped 27% from June to July, hitting the lowest point since data were first collected in 1999. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell to 50.4 in July, continuing a slide that started in February. And the stock market is down 11% from its peak in April.”"”"”

That’s funny, the Republicans didn’t have the power to stop the health care bill scam but somehow they have the power to stop this. This president is just pushing the blame around…

Here we go again. More governance as a sport. More news as entertainment. More mindless babbling of the fans of one team or the other. Too bad history doesn’t come with instant replay.
BOTH political party’s are participants in the current dysfunctional mess that we refer to as our government.
BOTH political party’s are being disengenuous with respect to what is included in their proposed bills and with respect to any opposition to those bills.
That has been happening for a long time while most people have been too disengaged to care about anything other than who is winning the game at the momment. Until they discover that they, themselves, are the real losers and that the game has been fixed all along.
Every comment thread on every ‘issue’ posted on the internet, anywhere, devolves to blame, counterblame, and meaningless blather.
I wonder; could We the People even agree on this:
1) Congress should pass no legislation that is not clearly written and easily understood by the average citizen.
2) No legislation should cover more than one specific aspect of any given problem or issue requiring resolution for the common good of the people and the nation.
3) No legislation should be passed if a clear majority of the citizenry oppose or object to passage.
Sadly; I doubt it.

The one thing I noticed in all of the above comments was the lack of any viable alternatives. That being said, I will offer a few fixes…
1) Introduce a third party into our system (which was never supposed to be party based anyway). This would prevent ties and stalemate conditions in situations where everyone votes the party line (which is all anyone cares about anymore – America has been forgotten). This would also make it harder for any party to control anything, which is as it should be. Fairness and non-biased outcomes have little to nothing in common with CONTROL. Control today basically means large scale corruption and lining of pockets.
2) Eliminate all the voting voodoo which throws your vote away if you vote outside of your registered party – this is supposed to be a free country, any voter should be free to vote for anyone.
3) Make it illegal for any branch of government to borrow or create funds from any source other than taxpayer funds for any reason without the express approval of the public via referendum or other voting mechanism. PERIOD – no exceptions ever. If the fed can’t get the money from the taxpayers, then they don’t have the money. You and I can not simply borrow ourselves into oblivion (usually, anyway), so the gov should not be able to do it for us either.
4) All voting days should be considered federal holidays in the areas effected. No one should have to work on the most important day in a democratic society – the vote is sacred and should be treated accordingly.
Well, those are my thoughts – what are yours?

I think this loosely translates.. I’m laying this down, are you guys ‘picking it up’??

looier, i don’t need to “try” to watch C-SPAN….i DO watch it. I listen to NPR also. And obama is still wrong. He’s the wrong man for the job. has absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin….after all, he’s just as white as he is black. It’s all about his ineptness. So please…take your ‘advice’ about what i should “try” to watch somewhere else, junior. Your arrogance is outdone only by your foolishness. Because people disagree with you does NOT make them any less intelligent than you. And your haughty posts actually make you seem much more foolish. Thanks.

Mike, Vashon WA —— No, what the GOP is doing is trying not to spend our country into oblivion!! —- Instead of spending billions to make loans… ALL Obama would have to do is get his Dem buddies to sign the legislation extending the Bush tax cuts… then amend Healthcare reform and Finance reform so that any NEW taxes & business expenses would be deferred for two years…… WALLA!!!! Instant economic recovery!!!! —– As it is now, businesses are paralysed by the new crap coming at them from DC!!

Okay…looking at it closely, I wouldn’t sign it either. first he calls it a “tax cut” for small business, then later it is defined as a “lending program” for businesses to get the “credit” they need and a break on capital gains tax.
The term “lending” turns me off right there. Isn’t that what put us into this recession in the first place was lowering standards of credit to the private sector for houses…now he wants to add small businesses to the problem? Freddie and Fannie, Part 2…

What for? If you take them down.

Matt —- Wake up…. Obama and the Dems have ALREADY created more deficit spending than any deficits Bush racked up!! — And don’t forget… the Dems have controlled congress fro almost 4 yrs now!!

Interesting, the right are tired of President Obama blaming Bush, but they are not tired of blaming Obama. If you don’t have a job, go back to school and acquire new skills. I thought you all don’t want a government handout. Well then take the initiative and go learn new and marketable skills. Some say he has done too much and is destroying “our” way of life, others say he hasn’t done anything. Well make up your minds. Interesting no one on the right wants to realize that spending a trillion dollars in Iraq was just flushing our money down the drain. But in the end, if you are out of work, and want to be grown up, well then go out and get new skills, and get a freakin job. Hmm, hasn’t congress been on break for August?? that includes GOP. Why are people on the right not made about this as well??

Doesn’t one party have a super majority in the Senate and an overwhelming majority in the House?
The GOP is not blocking anything. The Democrats need to corral their own and get them to vote. Having a super majority and not being able to exploit it is simply pathetic.

I had hopes for this guy–but I no longer believe or trust anything that comes out of his mouth. His incessant blaming, whining, “let me be clears”, etc. are now ever so grating. The economy is a mess and it’s primarily the fault of the Democrats, going all the way back to Carter.(Community Redevelopment, Energy, Education)All corrupt money pits for the Democrats. Obama has proven to be a serial liar and does it so easily. The worst and most dishonest President in my lifetime. Hoping he’ll be neutered in November. He knows nothing of the real world and it shows more and more. All he wants to do is keep throwing money at problems that can’t be fixed that way. He’s only a community organizer after all; nothing more. What a mistake this country has made!

Keeps blaming the GOP when the DEMs control both houses. They know the policies are bad and want the GOP to step in and support them so they can blame the GOP later as text book as the dems operate. When is this country going to have a president? The one acting it now is only acting. He is a hollywood, golfing make believe president who takes vactions like drinking beer at his summits while America is sufering. Does he think he is some Pharoh? Obama us Peeons are about to rebel against your party.

Too little too late. His Agenda took priority over the economy and now Obama is eating the results. He does not like what he tastes and he is spitting it out at who ever he can. The next President must have the ability to lead, boots on the ground style and take us back to Reganomics.

vicky says, “Hey quinky .. at least Obama doesn’t make up words like Palin and GW”
No, Obama just gets “wee-wee’d up”
Liberalism is a disease

HOW can the repubs stop anything when the dems have the majority in both the senate and the house!!!!!!!!!!! He is a community organizer and that is where his experience stops.

Ronald Reagan got you right wingers messed up! This President has to clean up your mess before he can even start his agenda. Please people “Wake Up” Barack Hussein Obama is the president of the United States, and he needs our support. The Republican Tea Party who speaks of “Taking Back Our Country” where the hell were you all when George Bush was running this country into the ground. Our credibility around the world has been eroded and you all have to nerve to complain about the efforts of President Obama. Please!

The Democratic Party has been highjacked by the communist on the far left. Come November, God willing, your all getting thrown out on your collective ears!
Bye, Bye O-Bozo and the rest of the circus clowns!

Will this be like his other lame programs? Cash for clunkers where all you do is boost sales fast at the expense of sustained sales down the road. Or the home buyer credit with the same results, a short initial boom followed by a now extended fizzle. And you knew this would be the result of these programs before they even started. What a waist of tax dollars. A few reap huge benefits at the tax payers expense and nothing comes from it in the end. This guy has the poorest vision I’ve ever seen. Pretty soon we’ll all be working for the highway department rebuilding roads that didn’t need to be rebuilt.

Spend less you say? Lets see here. Estimates say the Iraq war will end up costing somewhere near 5 Trillion by the time all is said and done. That’s Bush’s debt. So half the debt we have is from a Republican President! And there’s a reason. Government spending is the only way to fuel the economy right now. If that stops watch out we will crash! Who else will be there to spend money? It took obscene governement spending and debt equilavent to ten times what we have now to pull us out of the Great Depression. Don’t believe me, ask any republican what war does for the economy. They will tell you it helps build it, it will pull you out of a depression. Yeah but doesn’t all that spending create debt? Yes. Ok but you’re a Republican… so debt is only good if it’s from war spending? Uh I don’t know, yes! For some reason Republicans have got this partially right even though it goes completely against everything they stand for. Government spending on war spins up the economy. Of course Government spending on just about anything in America would spin up the economy. But why do Republicans only say it’s with war spending? I’ll never know. So in reality the truth is right now we need to spend money on something big. Another war sure, but it would be better to spend on something magnificent? Archetecture for the world to see or something like that? For the next ten or twenty years to get our economy going again. Exactly what the tea party is the in opposition of. I’m afraid their spending cuts could smash our economy. They are blocking every bill that has to do with spending. What do you people think would have happen if they would have succeded in that during the Great Depression? That’s right a much much worse Greater Depression. If that’s even imaginable.

No, Obama, it’s your fault. Things may have been bad when you came into office, but it was your party that created the housing bubble through social engineering. You supposedly have a Harvard degree, but we can’t see it, you’re reportedly the most intelligent president we’ve ever had, but Bush seems to have been a better leader than you have. I think you’re a fraud. You have no clue on how to get the economy going other than class warfare rhetoric and actions. One thing you will not hide from the public is your dismal four years of failure to solve this country’s problems. 2012 can’t come soon enough!

billybob: He wants to extend cuts to small business and mega corporations. From what I gather individual tax cuts is an entirely different matter

I’m a small business owner and I read most of the program details in this plan. Don’t know who it would help but it isn’t me, so PASS.
Take away the uncertainty of what will implode next, provide a stable foundation so we know what to expect next, quit it with all the double talk and finger pointing. You’re supposed to be in charge and cannot come up with even a basic package of bills and programs to steady the course and calm the jitters.
We get it that you don’t get it.

I don’t think Government that fix our economy. I don’t think Mr Obama understands this. Our President is a very smart Politician and Lawyer. He is not a smart businessman. This has become painfully clear in recent months. I encourage him to consider a much different approach. Let the American public fix this. Let markets work freely and unfettered. Let the great people of this country decide how, what, when and where to spend their money. It has worked before. I will work again. It always has. Please, Mr. President, leaders and congress, keep your hands out of our pockets. We the people will fix this mess if you will only let us.

anthony…”our credibilty around the world” who cares whatt the rest of the world thinks? they do nada for us and depend upon what we do. liberals always forget whose number one.

After reading the above article, I was going to write something else, but I made the mistake of reading some of the comments that I am adding to myself. My God, all of the name calling and the specific claims that anyone who does not agree with the writer is stupid, idiotic, uneducated, lazy, et cetera, etc cetera.
Well, after that I think I’ve finally concluded that YOU ALL are a significant part of the problem. You on the Left and you on the Right. You are developing or existing extremes. You all do not listen nor hear what the other side even suggests. You do not consider a workable compromise is a workable solution for a real problem. You think only perfect legislation is acceptable. Perfect legislation is almost never passed nor does it even get voted upon. I know that compromise is a dirty word to the people who populate the extremes but it is, and always has been, a necessity of any successful democracy since the beginning of democracy in ancient Greece.
A simple (it would NOT be a waste of your time) history review would show you that extremes never govern, they just complain. Whether it be center-right or center-left, the CENTER is the only governing body that is ever successful. A president and a congress must represent ALL OF THE CITIZENS, not just one segment. And the sooner you all learn AND ACCEPT that, the sooner the country will move forward, not as any one person would choose, but in an imperfect (but functional) way that almost all people can accept.
Oh, by “you people”, I am ALSO including the extremes within both the previous Bush administration AND the current Obama administration, as well as the extremes in the current and past congresses of these United State.
Talk to one another. “Deal” with one another. Represent all of the issues with compromises that ultimately suit most of the people on one issue and offset somewhat by suiting other people on other issues. Right now, almost everyone is not being served and almost everyone is unhappy with the current logjam.

Vicky above said all we need to know, even though she came to the wrong conclusion. The Democrats have only 57 seats. They need 60 to overcome Republican filibusters so that they can even vote on the bills. A “super majority” doesn’t help if they can’t also overcome the incessant blocking by the party of No.

Wow, this guy is helpless.

I voted for Obama to fix the problem. He is failing miserably and wasting huge sums of money with little or no impact. I’m sick and tired of hearing him blame others, his inability to exploit his huge congressional majorities, his inability to work an 8 hour day, and the endless vacations.

And Kevin, Bush was trashed for eight years, heck, the man’s still being trashed but we on the Right should shut up? Oh, I don’t think so Kevin, we’ve only just begun.

Obama has an economic plan? News to me.

I don’t hear small businesses crying for “lending opportunities.” I hear them crying for business and customers.
I wonder if Obama has ever sat down and talked with a small business owner.

January 2007 when Democrats took over House and Senate is nearly 4 years ago. They have been the worst 4 Years in AMERICA since the Great Depression.

Why doesn’t someone in the drooling lapdog media ask the President exactly how the Republicans are holding up the bill when the Democrats out number them. I mean, come on, Tapper – even you could ask that, but won’t because you aren’t a journalist, just a stenographer or instrument of the state. Really, the Democrats still have the majority in the Senate, yet they don’t want to be the only ones to take the fall when this piece of junk legislation fails. If they want it passed, they can get it passed without the Republicans. Yet, the media won’t report this crucial fact, will you Tapper? No, it goes against the meme that everything is the Republicans fault, even when they don’t have the votes.
And by the way, why is this needed? Wasn’t the stimulus for job creation as well? Of course, Obama’s kiss ups (the so-called media) will never ask that as well.
Journalists, especially the White House pool, are pathetic. Go ahead and get that bailout and then you’ll officially become state controlled media. You’re almost there.

Ohhh now he wants cooperation? Where was that call for cooperation and working together when he crammed that Health Care Bill down our throats. His idea of cooperation is doing exactly what he wants and not giving any thing in return. He cant leave office fast enough for me.

Oh did he figure this out on his 10th vacation this year. He needs to get over the blame game. It really does make AMERICAN MAD.

Too bad O-Bozo was brought up with the “victimization mentality” where everyone else is at fault except him.
It’s time he put his “Big Boy” pants on and stops reading what his handlers keep putting on his tele-promtor.
I’ve seen 6 year olds with more intestinal fortitude than this clown.

From Day One, the only thing the GOP has been for is “stopping Obama”, and having our country fail. As a person who loves this country I find this a repugnant and despicable principle to organize a Party around. We are one country and we all go up or down together. It’s remarkable to me that the BushGOPers still don’t get that. Is their money and their power so fulfilling that they would rather sink the ship than be good crew.

This is a joke. Obama has spent enough of our money for the next 20 years, enough of his spending. He came into the white house to turn things around and stop the needless spending. I think he’s done more spending then the last 5 presidents combined. What a joke of a Government.

Whether this was the result of GW Bush or not doesn’t really matter right now. Obama is President and it is his responsibility to get us out of this mess. He can’t lead and he does not want to follow. It is time for him to get out of the way. The man has not a clue what he is doing. He has no executive experience and although a lot of talking heads mentioned this shortcoming before the election, not enough people listened. Regardless we are stuck with another 2 years or so of listening to him blame Bush. What a joke!

Let me sum up.
The three most common complaints against the current administration:
1. Higher taxes (taxes are actually lower now than under Bush and the proposed tax ‘hike’ hasn’t happened yet);
2. Obamacare (none of costs have yet been realized). The alternative, doing nothing, would mean continued increases in health care costs at twice the rate of inflation;
3. The stimulus didn’t work and it was $ 787 billion wasted ($ 104 billion were sacred tax cuts, so it is really $ 683 billion wasted). How do you know it didn’t work? It is an interesting intellectual exercise, perhaps, speculating on what would have happened if there had been no surplus.
It wasn’t enough. The Chinese spent the same amount on their stimulus. Of course, all their money stayed home and there were no tax cuts.
It wasn’t enough because the right made sure it wasn’t (except for the banks of course).
This economic reckoning has been coming for 30 years. Do you really expect a turn-around in 19 months?
Remember this, if you remember nothing else, a victory for the Right means we hop right back on the Reagonomics roller coaster and, like all roller coasters, you never end up higher than where you started. Hand the country to the birthers, the Tea Partyists (they don’t even get that the original Tea Party was a protest against the East India company [the granddaddy of all transnational corporations]), the corporatists and the neocons and we will all live to see the collapse of this great nation.
Any newly minted MBA looking at the mentality of Reagonomics will tell you that eventually the income statement will look bad. “Let’s borrow like there is no tomorrow, ship all of our jobs overseas and cut taxes as low as we can get away with and see what happens.” It has looked bad, now, for over 30 years.
My favorite cliché of the neocons is that we need to run government as a business…Well, in the real world of business they would have all been fired decades ago.

it’s not democracy when 41 votes in the Senate can block the majority in the 100-seat Senate from passing legislation.

Thank you Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller for telling me all the stuff I don’t need to know.
Like the PA system failing.
Or the jet.
Sheesh.
Once again the right-wing media shows they can’t report the news. Obama wouldn’t *need* to be holding a press conference about the anti-American Republicans (trying to destroy the economy so they can smear Obama and win an election)if the right-wing media was doing its job.

What a clown. CRUSHING piece by Harvard economics Professor Robert Barro in today’s Wall Street Journal: Obama’s unemployment welfare extension to 99 weeks increased unemployment from 6.8% to 9.5%. GOP needs to actually STOP Epic Fail’s dismantling of our economy.

This afternoon I went to the local Republican Headquarters to do my job which is fix any computers that are down. I was surprised by the number of people there! I learned 3 were from the National Headquarters.
I saw the President ask ME to help to grow jobs and help sell houses that have been empty for 20 months. I will only help to replace many of the Democrats now in Office. If we are very successful we will control both the House and the Senate to a point that we can fail to fund the monster Health Bill and kill the Cap and Trade which is hated all over the world for raising taxes on EVERYONE!
Vote Republican in Nov 2 2010. You will be glad you did.

LOL! Whine, Republicans are holding up my bill! Whine, Republicans are not playing nice! Whine, Michelle, Republicans stole my basketball!
Last I checked, O-Bozo controlled both houses of Congress. Hey lefties stop your whining. Our forefathers are rolling in their graves watching all this whining from the White House!

IF everything was Bush’s fault while he was President, then everything is Obama’s fault while he is vacationing while playing President. Give me the unemployment rates under Bush…it is fast approaching the time where the Bush Presidency will look like the good old days.

can you guys still hear us? No and don’t intend too.

If he wants to stimulate the economy, he can start by letting the few of us still working keep our tax money instead of handing it over to real estate, oil, car, and investment companies, who bankrupted and raped us for the past 30 years.
He’s going to go out the way he came in – blaming Bush for everything, and claiming that his plans are genius no matter how high the unemployment rate climbs.

Obama OWNS this economy. He needs to “manup” and accept responsibility. He does NOT know how to lead, and he REFUSES to follow. Obama is a DISGRACE! Keep up the fight, Republicans…don’t let Obama bankrupt our country any more than he already has. Can’t wait til November to kick these Democrats out of Congress, followed by kicking Obama out of the White House in 2012. ENOUGH of Barack Obama’s LIES!!!!

Ever since Obama has been accusing a minority of Republicans of obstructing and preventing his plans from happening I have been trying to figure out how that works.
Bush, during his second term had to work against a democratic majority in Congress and yet he is responsible for the economic problems inherited by Obama. What were those democrats doing? Watching from the sidelines?
Obama is working with the majority of the House and the Senate being his democrats but the minority republicans are responsible for his economic failures. (Per Obama himself and he does not lie) Are the democrats watching from the sidelines again?
Obviously the democrats do not run anything no matter if they are the minority or the majority. What is the purpose of electing democrats if they do nothing?
Bush must be a pretty sharp, a lot sharper than I thought because he is apparently still running the country in the background 2 years after Obama took over.

This bad economy caught the Democrats completely by surprise. At least that’s the only viable explanation as to why the Democrats with a huge majority in The House and a filibuster-proof super majority in The Senate failed to do this last year.
Either that, or everything they did last year to help the economy failed spectacularly.
Now they propose some tax cuts and even talk about extending the Bush tax cuts to all but “the rich”. Odd that is. Haven’t they just spent the last two years telling us those tax cuts caused the economic problems as well as telling us the Bush tax cuts only benefited the “wealthy”. I suppose by “wealthy”, they mean those that still have jobs.
So Joe the Plumber, how is that redistribution of the wealth working out for you? Are you part of the 9.5 % that are unemployed?

Get some real a/v techs,not affirmative action heroes.Remeber what c-rappers have been telling us since 2Live crew,we’re all “out of touch”.

Bush must be a pretty sharp, a lot sharper than I thought because he is apparently still running the country in the background 2 years after Obama took over.
Posted by: Hubert | Aug 30, 2010 4:45:15 PM
Good post, Hubert. When Obama & the Democrats blame President Bush for the economy, they fail to realize that the Congress was controlled by the Democrats. I agree with the earlier post: Obama doesnt know how to lead & refuses to follow. It will be a “bloodbath” for the Democrats in November, and Obama will be a “one-term” prez. I’m beginning to believe Ben Quayle: “Obama is the WORST president in the history of America!”

So you “conservatives” spend 8 years raping the economy and send us careening into Great Depression II. You all sign off of the Bush bailouts. Look you got us into a way with lies and spent all our money. You had your chance and failed miserably. Now it’s time for you to shut the f-up and go away. You broke it. Thanks. Go try golf or something where you can do less damage.

anitlaen2, the definition of “neocon” doesn’t matter. It sounds ugly and that’s quite enough for liberals. Anyway, it’s cool to toss the word around, very fashionable among the adolescent set.

Another day, Another speech and no mention of the sacrifice from those who serve and protect. What a disgrace. And you lefties put this disgrace of a Commander in Chief in the White House. Shame on all of you!

Note to ABC: If you guys can’t publicize reality (e.g. Obama smoking a cigarette), the last 19+ months of your coverage of Obama will become an irrecoverable nail in the coffin of your reputation of being unable to deliver something other than falsified propaganda driven news for your fellow O-bots. ABC’s journalism is presently considered nothing more than tabloid now.

You control the entire government so much you rammed healthcare down our throats against the majority of the american people, and now you claim the repubs are blockading you? WHAT A LAUGH. Get out of the White House, you pretender.
Posted by: JackOutsider | Aug 30, 2010 4:51:14 PM
This is one of the BEST responses I have ever seen! You are absolutely right…Obama is a “pretender”….he NEEDS to GO!!!!

Faith and patience my friends to the south. Pres. Clinton left you with a trillion surplus, Pres. Bush left a
huge deficit largely because of that war, Pres. Obama arrived at a disadvantage. Those are the facts. You are blessed to have him as President at this point. Be patient! Do you think he is really enjoying himself. He is sacrificing self for the nation!!

@John Brown
Hey try this….GO help yourself first. That is what my father always taught me and it seems to be working so far in my life.

One word, IRAQ. Never forget the lies. Never forget the lost American heros who died for Republican lies. Lies Lies Lies ad more lies. That’s all they know. That’s what they are good at…that and stealing money from the middle class. You are failures. Someone needs to shove a brick in your mouth. You are American in name only. You shoudl be gound up for your lies and fed to pigs.

Obama is the all-time laughing stock of US presidents, and blaming Republicans for obstructionism is beyond laughable given that Democrats control both houses with substantial majorities and can do whatever they want. Obama is a joke – and dimwitted, weak-kneed, hopey-changey Americans got exactly what they voted for.

He states “Drop the Blockade”.. I say “End the Drilling Moratorium”

This president is nothing but a lier, fake and fraud and you will remeber how is has and will despry my American. When will he stop trying to put the blame on others. It will not work and in NOV we will change things that he cannot do anymore with his socialist ideas…

I hear so much about our dependence on foreign oil, and then it seems that there is so much oil in the Gulf of Mexico that it boils through one mile of earth at the bottom of the gulf, and all the blow off at the BP made no difference at all in the amount of oil that is still there, Also many of the old oil wells are coming back, such those wells in PA. and yet we are not allowed to recover that oil. and it has been estimated that there is enough known oil in this country to last us another 1000 years at the rate as we are using today, So why are depended on foreign oil? It is because of politics and big government, not big oil, It is time to get rid of those in big government and let the oil companies DRILL DRILL DRILL

You can be certain that the economy will continue to stagnate so long as Obama persists in hyping redistribution as stimulus. With a public sector background limited to that of a community agitator for ACORN, Obama repeatedly demonstrates that he’s little more than a “buffoon” when it comes to economic policy. If the American public does not force an overwhelming curtailment of Obama’s Marxist policies this coming November, our economy WILL experience a double dip recession much deeper than currently envisioned. Greg Neubeck

Any tabs on what consumers want product material or service???
I know that drugs are popular though I am not interested in have a country full tracked out druggies screaming protect the border ??LOL

And the GOP used the Lewinski scandal and his impending impeachment as leverage to force the hand of Bill Clinton to sign some bad laws that allowed for these banks, media and other companies to grow to big to fail status. ——-That is the best one I have heard so far, you liberals are too funny.

Obama thinks he can continue to hoodwink the nation by distracting their attention from the core issue. He stupidly wasted all the federal reserve funds on his dumb stimulus projects leading to economy being the main election issue. He knew it before the election he promised the world to young voters and they believed him. His first job, as the president, should have been to create jobs and revive the economy, NOT CLOSING DOWN GITMO and push for healthcare which had NOT contributed to the state of economy.

Gee, I just checked the market, Dow -141, S&P -34, Global Dow -9…gold+1. For those of you that so love to bash corporate America but happen to work for a corporation that contributes to your little retirement fund, guess what? You just lost some bucks.

Obama is just a Chicago street thug with a Harvard mouth.

The question isn’t whether we can her him… the question is do we want to hear the same old thing time after time. NOT!

This is one of the funnies videos I have ever seen. He must still think people are STUPID!!! What a lame speech – and what did he do right after? RUN AWAY back to the Golf Course – did he have a game today? Probably – he doesn’t ever work – his woman goes and spends have a MILLION dollars on a vacation and he has the nerve to ask the country to “all help out a little” ha ha ha – he is making pres. carter look brilliant…. and carter was the biggest fool on earth. Way to go you stupid liberals – elect a clown to this office…. another Chicago Crook!!! Nothing more…. and a lot less!

Does anybody believe he is trying to help small business ? By forcing 7 year depreciation on all purchases we are taxed harder each year for tring to expand or hire.

Obama staff is as incompetent has he is. They cant get his mic working and Homeland security is supposed to make sure there are no planes flying over the White House. We’re in really good hands. By the way Mr Prez. Quit being a coward and answer some questions from the press for once- and not handpicked ones that attend your lavish concerts and parties.

I guess the PA system and the plane that drowned him out were Bush’s fault. Hopefully those that voted for him the first time have seen the light and hopefully the Tea Party will have a competent candidate in 2012.

Can you hear me now?

We can hear you, Mr. President, we’re just ignoring you.

1/2 term is already too much !

O-Bozo, Your kidding me right? That was awful! All you had to do is read what your handlers put on those tele-promtors.
OK, I’ll cut you some slack. You just got off vacation and your not into your full “Sham-Wow info-mercial” mode.

@Madmaxwell, Wah wah wah.. same old whining. Obama is failing and miserably.
HOW can he stand there and blame it on the REPUBs when the Dems have a Majority in the Senate??????? EVIDENTLY, some of his own people WILL NOT VOTE for it.

I watched president Obama in the primaries, then the election, and then his presidency. I read his book on the audacity of hope. My conclusion is: I trust this man and I support him. He’s a brilliant orator, a constitutional lawyer and professor. My conclusion about all the vitriol,hate and anger constantly hurled at him is: some never accepted him as American, some fear real needed change, some are sore losers, and some it’s just blatant racism. To me there has been a concerted effort to sabotage his presidency from the very start. Republicans decided day one to block anything and everything Obama. This country is at war with itself over the kind of country it will be : the current status of corporate/facism or a balance between a social safety net and capitalism. Support the President!

Kathy,
It’s called super-majority in the Senate. That’s how the republicans are blocking any constructive legislation proposed by this President. What’s needed are the days when a simple majority could get things moving again. The super-majority has been the tool of the obstructionists and is prolonging the pain of this recession.

I fail to understand how the Republicans continue to block this Obama agenda, with a Democrat controlled Congress and Senate. Since they control the house and the senate, wouldn’t t be Democrats blocking those bills? Just sayin’.

CRUSHING piece by Harvard economics Professor Robert Barro in today’s Wall Street Journal: Obama’s unemployment welfare extension to 99 weeks increased unemployment from 6.8% to 9.5%. The LAST thing the US needs is more Obamanomics.

Obama doesn’t really believe the BS he’s spewing does he? Since when did raising taxes, gov’t spending out of control and uncertainty create jobs or economic recovery. He just doesn’t get it. Haven’t we learned from Cuba, the Soviets and France that socialism does not lead to prosperity and jobs for all? Government is not part of the problem, it is the problem. Gov’t is not the solution, it is the problem. Less is more.

Amazing to finally hear a great speech. Simple concise and to the point. We need decisive SBA initiative here. We need the SBA to run business loans. I resigned completely today from all banks. I have one now with the only investment bank that had no hanky panky, received no tarp funds, no fees, and actually rebates me back anyone who fees me. You hear that banks, you are all fired. Now lets couple my efforts here with SBA actually being the underwriters for the loans and commanding banks to offer the business lending. Then Bank of America and its bogus claims might today see the light of day.

I am just really concerned that were not ready there is not enough enough understadning that money needs to invested in eduction form the the businesses as food on the table Bills insurance and Medical Needs as well as savings so teh younger ones will have a chance i have seen so many many business go to drugs so fast that i could not tell how it got there and after it did they turn to congress for for more and discounts and LOL !
I am interested in a starting a school of ethics and princples and having it made a requirment instructing behavior methods drug avodinace and manors
There is a lot that can be acompleshed now and in teh future space stations for et increasing population hundreds of feet above ground with flying space cars to travel

[["Unfortunately, this bill has been languishing in the Senate for months, held up by partisan minority that won't even allow it to go to a vote. That makes no sense.”]] – - – - R e a l l y? And why wasn’t anyone that was truly concerned working on it?…. hmmm…? … dems?, Obama?, Pelosi?, Reid?, Fannie-Freddie twins (Dodd-Frank)?

God you lap dogs never give it a rest do you…The Republicans are not Blocking anything…They do not have the votes in either house to block anything. The Democrats have the votes to pass anything they want…wake up and learn something about how our system works before you swallow the load that Obama keeps pitching about Republicans being C-Blocking him…Even if they had the votes they wouldn’t be blocking him, they would be representing what the people who elected them to do. Funny how when the Republicans are in power objection from the democrats is not viewed as Obstructionist behavior and instead viewed as patriotic…can’t wait until November…

Obama was a community organizer with an activist’s understanding of economics: nothing. He is dismantling the free market system for a command economy where the morons who never ran a business call the shots. As much of a catastrophe as Jimmy Carter was, at least he ran a peanut farm. Obama understands even less than that.

What a farce. Obama has every desire to bleed this country dry in order to fulfill the Marx’s Communist Manifesto. A nation for the people cannot exist until the capitalist nation that has been built upon the backs of the proletariat is destroyed completely and rebuilt for the proletariat. The only method to this destruction is an economic collapse so devastating that the United States is reduced to the status of a post-first world nation. The Democrats have realized this, and so have foreign investors. Obama’s international contributors are funneling all their wealth to new accounts in Dubai, waiting for the collapse while our lenders, China, Saudi Arabia, and banks worldwide , are trading our currency and U.S. bonds for the Euro and the Yuan Renminbi by the millions. Even Obama has opened a foreign account in Dubai for such an occasion.
The time of absolute class rule is quickly approaching. Those that know of the impending collapse will be the same who will occupy this class structure that rules the working class absolutely – just as the Manifesto advocates. They will be politicians and foreign investors with the leverage to distribute their funds beyond the grasp of our nation’s laws. Are you outraged? If you are delusional enough to believe you will reach the top in a communist country, then no. For the rest of those with an inkling of courage to stop and consider what is worse—fighting tooth and nail for a president that has grown immensely rich and powerful with your money or questioning this administration’s intentions in order to make an informed decision—feel free to stand up and get in their face. Marx demanded a violent revolution. The elections were nothing less than violent. Why not operate on the same logic?

You liberals bashing Bush need to understand something. Bush was unpopular not because he was a right-wing conservative, but because he was a pro-war moderate.
Why do you think Republicans lost seats in 2006 and 2008? Because Republicans were reckless with spending just as much as the Democrats are now, so spare me the garbage about conservatives “not saying nothing” about the Bush spending. Because we did, and our voices were heard by non-votes of no confidence. So there.
Ironically, Bush gave you liberals everything that you asked for. He worked hand in hand with Democrats on domestic issues. Ted Kennedy’s education bill, prescription drug plan, highway boondogle, AIDS funding, etc and now you have the audacity to complain about his spending when it was liberals that benefited from it.
Since Democrats took over in 2007, the economy has been in the crapper. Democrats and Obama OWN this economy now.

I just had to turn to MSNBC and listen for a while..(I do this for comic relief). MSNBC,ABC, NBC, CNN all know that Obama is a fraud and liar. They also know they are caught in the “crosshairs” because thier viewership has dropped to nothing because of their support of this liar, Obama. November can’t get here soon enough to get rid of these Democrats and 2012 will be a GLORIOUS year because Obama will be voted OUT of our White House!

His policies are ancient Keynesian theory which, having failed over and over, still hold some attraction to some political types. Unemployment under GWB averaged 5.8% over 8 years, while Obama, averaging 9.7%, would have you believe that he only needs another 10 years of this type of destruction to bring prosperity. It is absolutely counterintuitive to believe such crap.

“Overall, 91 percent of the owners reported all their credit needs met or they did not want to borrow, up one point.” – National Federation of Independent Businesses Poll results
Clearly we need more and easier lending for the… uh, at most 9% of businesses who might want to borrow more.
Good way to look at a problem, find a small sliver of the problem, and focus on maybe trying to solve that by spending really large amounts of money Obama.
Next maybe you can replace the windows on my log cabin with weatherized windows at taxpayer expense?

When will people wake up and realize that this president is a complete scam artist and charlatan? He is deliberately setting out to destroy the economy of the US because that way his “real” employers can form their world government with the US out of the way. We are just a roadblock in that scheme. Listen to him blame the republicans for blocking his bills. What a crock! The republicans don’t have nearly enough votes to block anything. Obama can do whatever he wants, but he is demonizing the republicans and the media blindly supports him.

This guy is a LOSER!!!!!!!
Posted by: Robert | Aug 30, 2010 5:32:30 PM
I see the intelligence and maturity levels of the right wing have remained pathetically low.

I really don’t see how anyone can criticize the governing and economic skills of a Community Organizer. Don’t you realize that it is a stepping stone to the WH!?
I am waiting for another community organizer to be nominated by the Dims! LOL

SSGTMIKE61 I have been trying to tell all my democratic friends the same thing. They all point to Bush and talk about his spending and I keep pointing out he had a democratic congress who actually spent the money. This is Obama ‘s problem, he wants to blame but his side controls everything and all that is left is for him to whine and try to make it look as if repubs. are blocking his brilliant (in his mind only) moves. Fancy the most powerful man on the planet and all he can do is blame others.

So very few of you are able to stand back and see that the big ugly nasty bumble bee is on a huge massive hairy bear that is read to strike us down. Again small mindedness has been hypnotized into focusing on the bumble bee. Meanwhile the bear is so close to us, we can’t see it. Connect the dots. Obama is the bumble bee and the bear is the bigger plan that is using Obama to trhow your vision out of focus. WAKE UP AMERICA – PLEASE -

Tell us Chan, just what makes Obama a winner? Is it because he was elected by winners? What exactly in your book constitutes a winner? Someone that lives off the charity of others, or maybe Mom and Dad? Someone that’s so angry that he lives in a country with more opportunity than any other and still can’t make anything of himself?What is your definition of a winner and a loser? I would assume that it’s someone that’s caring, sensitive and giving but doesn’t depend on himself for the necessaties to actually survive in the world on his own.

We have some more imposters in the White House, and unfortunately this time it isn’t those hillbilly reality show wannabees.

He stumbled on his words, it wasn’t the sound. It started with “the havoc it would wreck” should be “wreak”. Then, “what we did know was that it took nearly a decade {Pause}” then, “what we did know was that it was going to take nearly a decade, uh, in order for {stumped}” clearly off script now, blames the sound again, then “what we did know was that it took nearly a decade to dig {uncertainty} the whole that we’re in.”

“The president said that his “economic team is hard at work in identifying additional measures that could make a difference in both promoting growth and hiring in the short term and increasing our economy’s competitiveness in the long term.”
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What this President does not seem to understand (or wants to ignore) is that things like hiring new employees and big purchases, like a house, are LONG-TERM decisions. When everything he is doing or proposing (i.e. increasing the cost of labor through the tax code or mandating new medical coverage – or threatening to eliminate the mortgage interest tax deduction) creates uncertainty, then people are reluctant to make those long-term decisions.
He just does not seem to understand that he HE is making things worse.

Don’t anyone of you work???? Then to be discussing issues neither one of us can fix!!!!!!!!

The Super-Minority rule is likely saving American from blood in the streets!

“The only real question is whether Obama is enacting all his destructive policies on purpose or is he really just incompetent. I fall in the camp that thinks he is doing it on purpose.”- ….Dusty, let’s not fall into the camp of thinking its just Obama…there were dusty files filled with progressive legislation just waiting for the liberal moons to align..and did they ever!!! Did you read the ABC report here today that Ohio has distributed “smart recycling bins” that monitor how much people recycle? If you are found to be under-utilizing the bins, the local govt will send it’s “officers” out to investigate your trash production and interview you..and if they find you are not recycling in accordance with their “standards”..you will be fined $100? ….For every BIG Washington decision that is being argued about in the press there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of laws being enacted across the country that would make the hair stand up on every one of our liberty loving necks.

Joe wrote:”Kathy, It’s called super-majority in the Senate. That’s how the republicans are blocking any constructive legislation proposed by this President. What’s needed are the days when a simple majority could get things moving again. The super-majority has been the tool of the obstructionists and is prolonging the pain of this recession.”
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So for all the yapping the progressives have been doing about what Republicans SHOULD have done while they were in charge of Congress pre-2007 we now find out that it takes a supermajority to get anything done. Well I’ll be darned, all the while these progressives and the worthless news media were making us think the Republicans were just ineffective.

Who is John Galt?

.Today’s performance shows how inept he really is . . .
Posted by: Nephron | Aug 30, 2010 6:13:55 PM
Oh sure, just like we saw how inept he was when he wiped the floor with the Republican caucus – all of them – with not a teleprompter in sight.
And just like he demostrated yesterday in an excellent interview on another major network.
Those of you who keep attempting to prove Obama is stupid only show your own shallow bias.

If Obama is in fact as smart as his supporters insist, then he knows exactly what he’s doing and it’s intentional. In that case, I seriously wonder if those that so adore him have actually thought a bit ahead and would truly like the outcome of his policies or are just looking at this as a big old game of them verses us. If he’s just dumb, the country will survive him.

His failed communication Rose Garden Conference resulted in a loss of 140 pts in the Dow, or a 1.4% of the economy, in one day.
Posted by: skinny dog | Aug 30, 2010 6:26:56 PM
This shows a real lack of understanding on your part of how the stock market works.
p.s. – the stock market is up almost 2000 points since Obama took office.

the lack of sounding and the effect getting diluted by outside noise and other forces is about like his economic plan….some vote of confidence with this economy when the best he can do is to tell us we are lucky its not worse.

SKinny dog. Todays market was not indicative of anything O’bama did or did not say. Only 816 million shares traded hands. A very low number of trades, 40-56 percent of normal. I’m guessing you have never been a serious investor and are in the 90% of all Americans our President wants to see have more money in their paychecks. And you probably eat the slop that Boehner, McConnell, Cantor, Palin feed you. Cut off your nose to spite your face kind of a person. I’m close, right?
SECREG_756

Both you lefty / righties couldn’t do ANYTHING without us independants. We voted for Obama to throw you Republicans out because that was the only way to vote for change. Don’t misread that we automatically want your sorry guys back. We are looking for something different than the back and forth Dem vs Rep over and over. I’m sick watching you extremeists.

Obama, STOP SPENDING MONEY WE DON’T HAVE!!!!!!!!, The people of America CANNOT borrow and spend money like you are doing, so why do you keep putting us further into debt????
PS- Please start helping Harry Reid pack his belongings from his D.C. office, he won’t be re-elected AGAIN….

repetitive
redundant
rehashed

Mr. Obama has to be our worst President. Mr. Bush is second last.

@Darr247 – You are, of course, correct with respect to representative democracy vs the ‘republic’ that our Constitution created. Also; you are correct regarding your ‘once elected’ point. I’m not sure about ‘recall’ but don’t believe it IS an option. Wouldn’t it have to be a Perjury charge?
In any event; given the change to the Republic resulting from the 17th I’m not convinced that #3, taken in context, can not be applied. I would, however, settle for #1 and #2. :-)
Thanks for the breath of fresh air amidst all of the standard vitriol.

Tap, tap, tap……Can you hear me now?
This Technical Snafus was God speaking.
Ha ha ha ha. Just love it.

It was the bees……………because they know.

Posted by: Kathy | Aug 30, 2010 6:48:58 PM
Kathy don’t forget Bush and the Republican’s American Dream Downpayment Initiative which they put in place to provide taxpayer’s money to people who couldn’t afford a downpayment! It was passed in 2003.
This put literally millions of Americans in ownership of homes for which they couldn’t even afford the downpayment – and helped set up the entire mortgage and housing bubble and collapse.

The comments I read are tragic.
I read those from Republicans mourning Reagan and blaming Obama for destroying the economy because it was in freefall when he came into office. He answered Wall Street’s call for help and they promptly sat on the money. Any attempt on dealing with the nation’s economy in a rational matter is dealt with by saying ‘Barry is Scary and ‘Bamie is a Commie.
Is there any goal of working at a consensus and cooperate, ever. NO WAY!
For once, be brave and take the time to listen to him trying to explain that the economy will not turn around on a dime especially when there is no unanimity or consensus.
God will only help us if we help ourselves.

Bob, Bush strongly warned against the Fannie Freddie scheme but was shot down-didn’t stick to his guns on many issues and that in my opinion was his problem. No matter how many call him a cowboy and a warmonger, in my book he was a wimp and that’s the problem I had with him.

As far as I’m concerned this mess started with Freddie and Fannie and loans for huge loans given to those that could never repay them-thanks Dodd and Frank. …
Posted by: Kathy | Aug 30, 2010 6:48:58 PM
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As far as this cat is concerned, it all started when then Candidate 0bama ridiculed HRC to use Bush’s first bail-out money to rescue the banking problems, one and half years ahead of 0bama’s big banking bailout. Had that money used in the right place as HRC envisioned, it would have cost you two trillion dollars less. But, our Greatest Smartest Clueless Leader wanted to pocket his voters, and he further promised to give you $1000 if you voted for him. Well, the cat is still waiting for the check to arrive, presumably any day now.

Obama speaks with a fork tongue,like a snake. What housing market is he helping. The banks don’t want to part with the interest rate on home mortages. All over the news banks are forclosing on houses. BOA is one of them. They have a $100.000.000 law suit against them from a home owner in Arizona, who lost their house even when trying to get a home modification through BOA. Evertime he say’s jobs are getting better the unemployment rate goes up.The stockmarkets go down, the housing market is dropping.I sure want to know where he’s getting his facts and figures from. But as everyone knows as long as the government is behind all this the truth will never come out.

The inanity of the postings in this board explain how a community organizer could be elected to the highest office in the land. Unbelievable.

Young voter—you are certainly entitled to your opinion. Noted hHistorians have already established W as one of the worst. Obama’s record has not yet been finalized and reviewed.

The inanity of the postings in this board explain how a community organizer could be elected to the highest office in the land. Unbelievable.
Posted by: s | Aug 30, 2010 7:10:04 PM
Seriously? I thought the dumb posts explained how a failed businessman born with a silver spoon in his mouth and the son of BIG BANKS, BIG OIL and the CIA could get elected president.

Andy, you’re young, I’d guess twenty something. So, let’s just crush the big banks and oil industry shall we? By the way Andy , do you drive a car?

Bob,if he is so smart why did he bring up the birth certificate issue? Go to Politico-the comments are overwhelmingly in favor of him releasing his long-form.Why would he even bring this up for discussion-once he gets off of the teleprompter he makes statements that need to be “clarified” to try to prevent further self-inflicted damage.All that I recall about the health care meeting was the fact that apart from a few talking points Obama had no credible answers to questions or comments from the Republicans.Ryan kept bringing up issues that Obama couldn’t handle.The wheels are falling off.

The U.S. State Department just reported, under the guise of “cultural affairs” and “Cultural Preservation 2010 Awards,” that it is giving away U.S. taxpayer funds to 63 foreign historic and cultural sites in 55 nations, including
$50,000 for an Islamic Monument in India,
$76,000 for a 16th century mosque in China,
$67,000 for a mosque in Pakistan and
$77,000 to restore minarets (tall slender towers attached to Mosques) in Nigeria and Mauritania. Should the State Department even be funding any of these religious quests, especially when the U.S. is broke? (To be fair, they are also giving monies to restore early Christian Frescoes in Greece, 17th and 18th century church paintings in Peru, etc., too.).
CHUCK NORRIS
@WND
PELOSI AND OBAMA SPENT MILLIONS REDOING THEIR OFFICES.
$375 MILLION FOR MICHELLE’S SPAIN TRIP ‘PLUS’
6 VACATIONS THEY HAVE TAKEN.ALL OBAMA IS DOING IS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY. HAVING FUN WHILE HE DOES IT.

Wow there are some real idiots posting here. YEST BUSH WAS and idiot! The way he got elected was by the media that tried the same thing with John from Arizona- we just didn’t fall for it this time!!! LOL. BUT Barry is Jimmy Carter on steriods. I can’t believe how many people think that just because Bush got elected as a Republican, we liked him. He was a wishy-washy sissy!!!

Can anyone explain how a minority in a majority ruled senate can prevent the majorities bills to be passed. The lies that are spread by our “entire” federal government are offensive to any citizen with an inkling of common sense. They have the majority in both houses and still complain they cant do what they want. More “partisan politics” as the Obummer would say. November cannot come fast enough so we can really give this administration something to complain about. If he doesn’t quit his job by 2012. We had better impeach him for the sake of our future. Vote out incumbent politicians and take our country back from the greedy powerful people they represent. And I’m talking about union leaders and the entire community organizing charades that have been the only ones to benefit from one of the biggest disasters in my lifetime. . Not corporations owned and controlled by honest hardworking citizens. God bless America!

Can I still hear you?
You lost me at Stimulus.

He ignored BECK….We ignore HIM!!!!

No hype just truth, freezing government spending would have bulldozed the wrold’s economy down to the center of the earth.
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And that differs from now?

You most understand that America is no longer the big daddy, that the other countries fear. Not one country fears us anymore. China and Russia are paying small payoffs to those who deliver our top secrets. It is Americans selling our top secrets. So again, fear not President OBama, but the Divider and Conqueror. Wake Up Americans!!!!

Franklin Raine’s, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Harry Reid – and the wonderful Mrs. Nancy Pelosi. These are the people behind Fannie and Freddie’s ninja loans. President Bush had warned about these loans in 2003. Congress still went ahead with these loans. In a Democrat led congress Barney Frank stated that all was well with Fannie and Freddie. Oh BTW, Franklin Raine’s – look up his associates!

If it took a decade to get into this mess and we got into this mess in 2008, then it is CLINTON’S FAULT!

Why is he pounding on the podium like a dictator???

S, you are so right. It certainly looks like the plan. I mean, anyone who would have inherited the mess from Bush would have been in Obama’s shoes. That is how many “led sheep” we have in this country who are mindless, irrational idiots. The Pubs aint nothin if they aint smart and I don’t think your theory is that far off because I myself thought of it many times. It adds up.

Can you hear us? Have you heard us at all this past year? Hello? Bueller? Bueller?

You Just dont get it!

All that was missing from this was someone throwing two shoes at him for destroying our country. (change = the same bs the Democrats have been peddling for a century. Now they say because social engineering ruined housing we should do MORE social engineering.)

Obama better realize that HIS party has held the majority in both houses for his entire presidency. If bills he wants are not getting passed he had best look at his own puppets, er, I mean people, and pull their strings the right way. Lest I forget, the mid-term elections are only 2 months away now, and after they are past he will be able to blame the Republicans, since they will then be the majority party!!!!!!!!

secreg:”Three- Reich, Friedman, Ohlshan.”
Really? Two lawyers and by Friedman I’m guessing you mean Tom Friedman, not Milton, because Milton Friedman would consider the runaway spending of this administration to be a criminal act.

Posted by: Nephron | Aug 30, 2010 7:22:16 PM posted: “Go to Politico-the comments are overwhelmingly in favor of him releasing his long-form.”
Nephron, there is NO LONG FORM. Hawaii digitized its birth records. What you see on factcheck is the only document the state of Hawaii issues.
Do you have a copy of your “long form” Birth Certificate? Sorry to say I don’t know what happened to mine. I’d need to get a copy from the state where I “claim” to have been born. So when the state sends me a short form, even though it’s sealed and signed, does that mean I’m not a “real” American born citizen?

Look at Obama’s Achievements —–
1) Revived the Republican Party from the brink of extinction
2) Destroyed the moderate wing of the Democratic Party
3) Double digit unemployment — and NOT IMPROVING
4) Two ultra liberals on the supreme court
5) a nuclear Iran (As of August 21, 2010)
6) Sharia law (desired) (Why doesn’t Michelle go to Arab Countries with him?)
7) a victory mosque at ground zero
8) rights for illegal aliens
9) a HC bill that the majority of the country doesn’t want
10) a new record for vacations by a President
11) $13 trillion in debt
12) Permanent unemployment benefits
13) record size of Gov’t
14) Gov’t worker’s salary higher than private industry
15) Personally put over 23,000 oil workers out of work in the Gulf
16) As a pseudo FIELD MARSHAL, advised the enemy when and where we would be withdrawing from Iraq, and trying to do the same with Afghanistan
17) Displayed a ‘DITHERING’ demonstration during a 100 day oil spill crisis
18) Insults the public’s intelligence on a daily basis by blaming others for his lack of judgment, foibles, and ill thought through actions, and appears incapable of accepting responsibility!
19) Constantly displays his Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)
AND TEAM OBAMA FEELS THEY ARE GOING TO INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN BUSINESS THROUGH THE ABOVE?????
HECK OF A JOB OBAMA! Heck of a job!

The problem with the fringe and the uninformed is just that. 1 and 1 is always 2. When1 and 1 becomes an opinion, take your meds.

secreg_756 – So Obama should be blaming the DINOS? If they are that close, why doesn’t dingy Harry Reid recall the Senate prior to Sept 13th. Oh wait, he’s out politicing trying to save his Senate seat. He doesn’t have the time to mess with legislation.

Boehners only redeeming quality is that he is a single digit handicapper. After listening to his lies I believe he cheats at golf. Now that is just wrong.
Ohlshan, Neil is not an attorney.
Reich-sec of state for clinton.
Nmae three who think we should have frozen government spending. As Palin and uncle fester would have done. BTW in an effort to keep his job. McCain denied he was ever a Maverick, Some people will sell their souls to remain politicians . Long after their time is up.

valwayne Said: “Obama spends 10 days with his rich Elite friends in the Vinyaaard, and what does he do when he gets back. Does he meet with Republicans to discuss a compromise?”
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LMAO!…are you serious!? The “Party of No”, the “Obstruction Party”, compromise? What rock do you live under?

Yes Mr. “President”….we’ve heard LOUD AND CLEAR…Spend like there’s no tomorrow on “Agenda”, Jam through EVERY Democratic “Wish-List” Bill ever imagined over the screams of NO by the public AND completely ignore the REAL Mortgage meltdown that created this mess due to the Democratic “vision” that EVERYONE gets to own a home.

if it’s so great why do you need the Republicans? you own both houses: MORON!

Don’t let this Marxist muslim pass anything. He has done enough damage. Please someone find the real birph certificate and put this guy and his accomplices in jail where he belongs.

Even the sound man has heard enough.

the dems have the majority , how can the Republicans block anything…nobama is an idiot, its HIS own parade of fools who are stopping him …UNREAL!!!

What a joke. Small businesses are supposed to use Obama’s loans to hire employees to do what? They laid off their employees because there was nothing for them to do.
They are supposed to go deeper in debt to expand their businesses to do what? They moved to smaller facilities because they couldn’t afford the rent or taxes where they were.
Obama has no clue about business.

George_Bushie wrote:
“LMAO!…are you serious!? The “Party of No”, the “Obstruction Party”, compromise? What rock do you live under?”
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When Obama walks into a room full of Republicans, and basically tells them “shut up, we won” it doesn’t exactly convey the idea that he’s willing to work with them. So why should they be willing to work with him?

Are you sure his teleprompter didn’t go out and he was trying to not look stupid?

Idiot can’t even read off the teleprompter any more.
Impeach Obama

I don’t like when he says: “You guys.” I never did. When he used to hold press conferences in the WH, he would always close with:”Thanks, you guys.” To me, it was too casual with the people who were supposed to be holding your feet to the fire. Just too cozy. But then, when did they ever act other than “you guys?”

This just in, you control both the Senate and House… Deal with it.
Remember how you guys filibustered Republicans constantly? Yeah, payback sucks huh? Guess you shouldn’t have told the Republicans to “deal with it” a year ago.
Weird, Obama’s own mouth, seems to ALWAYS get him in trouble, even the Teleprompter is getting hard for him now.
Go on vacation, permanently please.

Proof that this guy’s an idiot…stop listening to him people, he does not and will not ever listen to you…join the revolution and kick all these political correct fools out of office and make them live in the economy they created…fools, they’re all fools!
God Bless America!

If Obama wants businesses to “hire and expand” he doesn’t need another bloated piece of legislation to drive us further into debt.
He could get businesses to start hiring and investing by the end of the week if he would announce that he was doing 3 things, effective immediately:
1. Extending the “Bush Tax Cuts” for 5 years (heck Barry, you can even rename them the Obama tax cuts and take credit, or call it the Blame-Bush Tax Cut since that fits your talking points)
2. Pushing back the implementation of Obama-Care for 5 years (both the care AND the new taxes to pay for it),
3. He is abandoning Cap and Trade Legislation until nation-wide unemployment was below 5%.
By removing these 3 giant weights that are currently hanging over businesses, Obama could jumpstart investments literally immediately.
Why won’t he do it?
Businesses are sitting on trillions of dollars, waiting for him to change course. The savings rate for most American’s is at the higest rate in years, and credit card debt at it’s lowest.
The money to invest is out there.
Waiting.
We’re all waiting for YOU Mr. President.
What will you do?
Unfortunately, nothing, I’m afraid. Because he’s too committed to his precisious political agenda and in debt to his ultra liberal supporters to make the changes needed to save our economy. Or is that save our country?
We’re waiting Mr. President.
But in November we can stop waiting and start to give you back some of that CHANGE you like so much.

Can you hear this- Put down The Communist Manifesto and pick up Capitalism and Freedom

Obama has “confidence” in me?? Oh my gosh, I feel so much better now!!

This administration is a “Technical Snafu”

Is it 2012 yet?

Testing 123 Testing 123 Testing 123
Who would even dare not to listen to the Prez. Hey Prez Obama we’re all ears!

Posted by: fantum | Aug 31, 2010 2:47:06 AM
fantum, you win the Post-o-da-Day Award™.
In just a few concise lines you have explained to the world why Obama is failing and why we voters should not elect people with no experience to the Presidency.

“The president said the bill “is fully paid for. It will not add to the deficit. ”
What do these guys not get!? If your credit card is mazed out, buying something on a different one does NOT make it free!
Heres a novel idea, don’t spend it in the first place!

Snafu? I’d love nothing more than to see a snafu with his teleprompter tonight and the idiot in chief stands up there going, “uhh…uhhhh..uhhhh” and he goes into total meltdown. Oh, that would be epic.

There WAS NO sound problem… everyone heard him fine! His teleprompter died and he fudged till he could find his place on the paper notes! He’s INCAPABLE of ad-libbing off the cuff!

So let me get this straight, Obama is upset with Republicans for blocking a questionable small business bill which MAY ‘create or save’ a handful of jobs, but yet still insist on enforcing a oil gulf drilling moratorium that is ABSOLUTELY killing 20,000 plus jobs? Is that right? You communist-liberal-democrats are absolutely brilliant!!

Who is behind the Obama anti-american rhetoric?
Great question cjvwise1.
As you alluded to, he doesn’t have the intellect to pull it off himself.

We need any blockade that we can get!
PayGo has been a failure as Congress keeps designating spending increases as “emergencies” to get around the rule. This is every bit as devious as underpricing Obamacare and calling it the Rx for the deficit to get around the “sunset rule”. Most Americans have failed to do the research and don’t realize that almost two trillion dollars of spending is exempt from PayGo.
It is time to stop talking about deficit reduction and get serious about deficit elimination and paying down the national debt. If we were to apply credit card minimum payment rules to the debt the payment for 2010 would be $520 billion. With zero deficits and half-trillion per year payments it would take 50+ years to amortize the current debt. But the Obama/Pelosi/Reid triad continue to spend and the CBO projects that by 2020 the payment just to service the interest on the debt will be a required $900 billion. I suspect that with its more recent and more accurate re-scoring of Obamacare costs the real number to service the debt will be over one trillion by 2020.

“Let us pray that the Republicans get the message the taxpayers are sending.” – gollywiggle
Yes and Common Sense Conservative leaning Democrats too.

“Drop the blockade,” he said to Senate Republicans, whom he said were “holding this bill hostage,” damaging economic growth.
DROP THE GARBAGE!!!
How can Republicans block ANYTHING as a minority party Mr. President?? Or am I too intelligent to be part of your target audience? Filthy lying creep

Posted by: Justin | Aug 31, 2010 1:29:27 PM posted: “How can Republicans block ANYTHING as a minority party Mr. President?? Filthy lying creep.”
Take a look at congressional votes on opencongress. Here’s an example: The House managed to pass a bill to help small businesses create jobs back in June, but it has been stuck in the Senate ever since. Small businesses lost 80% of the jobs since this recession started – ya think it might help to provide help to re-build jobs?
First, Republicans demanded the ability to add amendments to the bill. Delay. Senator Reid agreed. Then the list of amendments Republicans wanted to offer grew so large it was clear they wanted to kill the legislation by amending it to death. More foot dragging with dozens of procedural votes.
And one of those Republican amendments? REPEAL the estate tax, adding $1.3 TRILLION to the deficit between 2012 to 2021. Aren’t these the same people so worried about our national debt? Now where should we fling the words “filthy lying creeps”?
This is the ultimate goal of Republicans – do nothing, pander to the rich, and hope obstruction against the Muslim Elitist Socialist Obama will help them win in November.
Explain again why Americans should vote for politicians who filibustered job creation, tax incentives and financial help for small businesses?

I know that this president is doing his best to help the American people. I also know that the republicans, the tea party, and all the rest know that he has the best interest for the American people.
Anybody who has a problem with a president helping all to get healthcare, stopping a war, helping big and small businesses to get on their feet is down right mean, heartless, selfish, and full of hate. You even disbelieve his religion.
Where is the Christ in any of you sanctimonuious people? You are so full of hatred for this president, that you would rather see all of those people without jobs, homes,etc. continue to suffer, rather than to see this economy improve under this president.
You people need to give your lives to Christ, and maybe you wouldn’t have so much hatred & resentment for PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. No matter what you say about him; he is still a good man, and the best president in 50 years.

Sam; How easily you dismiss the liberal idea of providing affordable housing to people who can’t affford homes as being feasible. How easily you dismiss the idea of providing affordable healthcare insurance to people who can’t afford healthcare. How easily you dismiss the fact that our legislature was controlled by Dem’s for two years prior to the financial crisis. It was Democratic oversight failure and liberal Democratic policy that got us into this mess. Now you sincerely believe a Chicago community organizer can fix it? Acorn attracted a lot of squirrels.

Where in the hell were all these angry tea partiers when Bush was sending the country to hell in a hand basket? Oh that’s right, Dubbya was WHITE. The Republican party has clearly defined the people the ingnorant followers can scapegoat: Muslims, Obama whom they want to believe is a Muslim because it gives them a philosophical realm to their actual racist hatred, immigrants because apparently they are more responsible for the bad economy than the REPUBLICAN POLICIES that caused the mess, homosexuals to the point that a top homosexual in their party had to pretend he didn’t know he was gay, and working Americans who can get relief because Republicans want power and play politics by preventing passages of bills that will boost job availability.
The Republicans have nothing to run but distortions of facts and stirring of hatred among the lowest sections of society who don’t understand that their hatred of groups and the economy are separate issues.

Wiggle whatever, thank you for revealing your subconcious mind–slavemasters? I never brought up a single word about slavery.

Well, at this point the Republicans aren’t just holding the bill hostage; they’re holding American workers and business hostage.

Dude; You don’t understand the difference between depending on a federal government charged to “provide for the common defense”, a task too large for individuals, and looking to ourselves to provide our own general welfare the government is charged to “promote”.

American; The bill being held up amounts to 30 billion dollars of tax breaks for small businesses and only for one year. What then? Not even a drop in the bucket considering we’re terying to fix a failing 14 trillion dollar economy. The Democrats deal in smokescreens because they don’t have a clue how to stop chasing their deficit spending tails as they continue to
spend spend spend.

Nancy Smothers; I do believe the president is doing what he thinks is right for America. Unfortunately I feel his thinking has been skewed by theorists and idealists who fail to weigh the greedy nature of mankind into their formulas. Utopia is unattainable as long as there are people in charge. Some will always be more equal than others because power invites corruption. Common sense is the area where his policies are lacking.

The administration is “flailing” on the economy..really, Mr. Tapper?
The Republicans aren’t even in Congress are they? They haven’t voted against every stimulus bill (okay, 3 Rep Senators voted for the ARRA after the Dems gave in to Republican demands for tax cuts instead of stimulus and converted ONE THIRD of the stimulus to tax cuts – which don’t stimulate the economy as people won’t spend additional money when they are afraid of, or already have lost their jobs). The Republicans haven’t voted against, and delayed, every Unemployment extension bill. Is that what you would have us believe Mr. Tapper? The Republicans have played no part in sabotaging the administration’s efforts to repair the enormous damage caused by Republican policies of deregulation and Government in Abstentia ..or so you would have people believe.
A Congressional Budget Office report concluded that the stimulus saved or created up to 3 million jobs raised GDP 45% and kept unemployment down at least 1.8%. And this was with Republicans’ successful political play to water down the stimulus with tax cuts.
The Small Business loan bill, which would have a direct impact helping small businesses survive and hire more people IS ENTIRELY PAID FOR – IT’S REVENUE NEUTRAL — so why are the Repubicans fighting it? The only explanation is they are out to sabotage the President’s and Democrats’ efforts to repair our economy from the damage done by the Republicans. Then they can campaign this Fall saying: “Look how the Democrats screwed up.” What a contemptible group they are. They are willing to make collateral damage of our economy and millions of Americans to win votes to come back and finish the job on our economy.

Bill_9X.”ENTIRELY PAID FOR – IT’S REVENUE NEUTRAL” The exact words he used to describe the “health care” bill that we now know is a LIE. Wake up!
I’m a small business owner. Know what I want??? I don’t want GOVERNMENT LOANS, I don’t want any kind of GOVERNMENT largess that takes from Peter to pay Paul. I want GOVERNMENT to get the hell out of the way and let ME and the FREE Market work! I want GOVERNMENT to stop PICKING THE WINNERS AND LOSERS as GOVERNMENT decides who gets $$ and who doesn’t. I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK.

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