This is what - the 7th time they're saying Obama is making jobs his #1 priority? Sure worked out great the first 6 time, no? Fewer jobs, higher unemployment, a buttload of debt, more regulations that choke businesses, and a partridge in a pear tree:
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Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts
Flashback 2011: Obama Says Stock Market Is Roaring, Economy Is Growing Again
In the 2011 State of the Union, Obama said this:
UPDATE: Thanks Obama for this too: Americans cut spending for first time in 20 months
"We are poised for progress. Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back. Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing again."Yesterday, the stock market plummeted a whopping 513 points the day after Obama signed the debt ceiling increase to prevent the market from plummeting.
UPDATE: Thanks Obama for this too: Americans cut spending for first time in 20 months
Obama Press Sec Jay Carney: "The White House Doesn't Create Jobs"
Re-he-he-he-heeeelayyy. That's sure not what they said after Obama was emaculated into office in 2009. I'm pretty sure in fact that he promised that spending $1.2 trillion on the stimulus boondoggle (including interest since it was all borrowed) would create 3.5 million NEW jobs. Instead, 3 million jobs have been lost, the unemployment rate skyrocketed, is still above 9%, and we have a massive debt to boot. So Carney is right about this White House:
Well, the White House doesn't create jobs. The government together -- White House, Congress -- creates policies that allow for greater job creation. And that can be through tax cuts, for example, for working Americans; everyone who works pays a payroll tax. And the tax cut that this President pushed for, for one year, for this calendar year, he's pushing for to be extended next year.Hang into that quote the next time Dems want to raise taxes, which will likely be tomorrow. Obama's efforts have culminated so far in this: White House on worst market drop since 2008: ‘Markets go up and down’
Obama Press Sec Jay Carney On Dow Jones Plummeting: "Markets Go Up And Down". But By 513 Points?
By now, you all know how bad the market tanked the day after the debt ceiling was raised to keep the market from tanking:
Good grief - always blaming someone else for Obama's doing:
Good grief - always blaming someone else for Obama's doing:
"There is no question that we have -- this economy has faced headwinds this year, a variety of them including the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the increase in oil prices, energy prices that resulted from the unrest in the Arab world and the situation in Europe, also. So, our focus has to be on the things that we control which is to take the necessary measures"- Jay CarneyThere was only one natural disaster to blame - Hurricane Obama. I mean, what else can he possibly do to destroy the economy any more than he has? Speaking of: Market Plunge Startles Investors, But Fed 'Out of Ammo' Amid Double-Dip Fears
Video: Where are the jobs?
Put together by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA):
Hey - Obama promised them, didn't he now? He deserves to be called on it.
UPDATE: Who Got the Stimulus Jobs?
Hey - Obama promised them, didn't he now? He deserves to be called on it.
UPDATE: Who Got the Stimulus Jobs?
"The re-paved Main Street... a lot of Main Streets, and the retained a lot of teachers police officers and firefighters."
Of Course: Taxpayers to Cover Obama Fundraiser Tour of Midwest Battleground States
It is illegal to use taxpayer dollars to run your campaign or for political purposes in general. Not to this regime though. Obama is getting around the law by scheduling official events around his fundraisers thereby forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for his re-election campaign. From CNS News via memeorandum: Taxpayers Will Pay for Obama Bus Tour of Battleground States, Says White House
CNS also notes:
President Barack Obama’s upcoming bus tour through the Midwest states typically viewed as swing states during presidential election years will be paid for by the taxpayers, the White House says.Of course it is, copied onto Obama's campaign route. Note how defensive Carney is in this video:
Obama will start the tour on Aug. 15 and will talk about strengthening jobs and the economy, the White House announced on Tuesday.
“He is very happily getting out into the country again after a very sustained period here in Washington and he looks forward to talking to folks about growing the economy, creating jobs," said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. "We will have more details, as I said, about the specifics of the trip."
Carney indicated he did not know now precisely where the president would go or what he might be announcing.
CNSNews.com asked Carney, “Is that a campaign event or a presidential event?
Carney answered, “Negative. That is an official event.”
The generally accepted policies in place since the Reagan administration for incumbent presidents running for re-election are based on legal opinions from the Department of Justice and Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which say that taxpayers should cover the cost of official presidential travel while travel relating to the campaign will be reimbursed to the government through campaign funds.Funny that his "official" travels are to battleground states where fundraisers spontaneously pop up, no? More from Weasel Zippers, Gateway Pundit and The Lonely Conservative
Arianna Huffington: Nobody Believes Obama’s Top Priority Is Jobs; It’s Getting Re-Elected
Of course not. Since coming into office, Obama promised a lot of spending would create 3.5 million NEW jobs by 2010. It's now getting late in 2011 and 3 million jobs have been LOST instead, and unemployment is at 9.2% having been around that level for more than 2 years now. Obama had time to spend lots of money that we didn't have and ram through ObamaCare and the Frank-Dodd monstrosity both of which will cost us even more (both money and jobs). So the jig is up, and even liberals are admitting it - Obama is an ideologue and at this point only cares about himself and not about jobs: Huffington: Nobody Believes Obama’s Top Priority Is Jobs; It’s Getting Re-Elected
Related: Unemployment Has Gone Up During Obama's Presidency Despite Promise To Focus On Jobs
Video of Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA): PA Has Mixed View Of Obama Because Of Poor Economy
Obama owns it:
The crappy Obama economy coupled with massive overspending has lead to this bombshell (via memeorandum): US borrowing tops 100% of GDP: Treasury
The crappy Obama economy coupled with massive overspending has lead to this bombshell (via memeorandum): US borrowing tops 100% of GDP: Treasury
US debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic project after the government's debt ceiling was lifted, Treasury figures showed Wednesday.Speaking of rating agencies, how much do you want to bet Democrats will actually try this: Video of Barney Frank: If Moody’s Downgrades US Economy, JUST IGNORE THEM!
Treasury borrowing jumped Tuesday, the data showed, immediately after President Barack Obama signed into law an increase in the debt ceiling as the country's spending commitments reached a breaking point and it threatened to default on its debt.
The new borrowing took total public debt to $14.58 trillion, over end-2010 GDP of $14.53 trillion, and putting it in a league with highly indebted countries like Italy and Belgium.
...The last time US debt topped the size of its annual economy was in 1947 just after World War II. By 1981 it had fallen to 32.5 percent.
Ratings agencies have warned the country to reduce its debt-to-GDP ratio quickly or facing losing its coveted AAA debt rating.
Good to be the King: Obama orders 1,700-calorie burger, pushes fatty milkshake on 11-year-old boy
1,700-CALORIE BURGER BINGE...
President Obama took his debt team out for burgers at Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, giving new meaning to the "Popeye" character Wimpy's catchphrase "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today."That's actually quite ironic for our Marxist community organizer-in-chief to be rewarding his minions based on merit while stripping any such notion from the private sector, no? Also ironically, th efighter of obesity pushed a fatty milkshake on a young boy: After Debt Bill, Obama Takes Staffers Out for Burgers
The White House said the outing, at which the president consumed a meal of about 1,700 calories, was a reward for the debt team's "nonstop" work over the last few months as they worked out a deal with Capitol Hill to extend the government's borrowing limit.
“Michelle eats here all the time, but I don’t get out,” Mr. Obama said of his wife, who’s had a burger named after her on the Good Stuff menu.Spreading the obesity around I guess.
The lunch group included Mr. Obama’s budget director, Jack Lew; Vice President Joe Biden‘s chief of staff, Bruce Reed; the director of the National Economic Council, Gene Sperling; the White House’s top laison to Congress, Rob Nabors; and deputy White House Chief of Staff Nancy Ann DeParle. Mr. Obama sat at the table with a burger, fries and a salad in front of him, according to a pool report. The president was apparently in a good mood, sharing his spread with fellow diners, including 11-year-old Andrew Parker, who said Mr. Obama told him to choose any milkshake he wanted from his table.
His wife is even worse: :Obama: “I can’t stop eating french fries. But eat your vegetables”. Ironically, that happened the same day as Obama said this: ‘Eat our peas’: Pea growers react to Obama remark. The reality here is that the Obamas are denying kids that which they indulge in, typical of ruling class mentality. Obama's plate is always full of things he denies others in regulating what's on your plate. Also, recently: Good to be the king: Obama wolfs down TWO chili dogs and fries... day after his wife unveils new dietary guide. By the way, it's also good to be the queen: Irony: Anti-Obesity Michelle Obama Feast On Ribs At Ski Resort, 1575 Calories Pers Serving, 175g Fat. Going on a diet is for the little people. Michelle Obama wants doctors to prescribe drugs for fat kids. She wants to restrict what children are allowed to eat. She has even talked about removing parents from the child nutrition picture altogether: Michelle Obama on Child Nutrition: ‘We Can’t Just Leave It Up To The Parents’. As part of the ruling class though, she has an abundance of hypocrisy in her veins. Dietary restrictions for thee, but not for me! Next time she piously lectures on the evils of saturated fats, remember this post. Such a thing isn't the first time that Obama's bitter half ignored her own edict either. From last year: Irony: Anti-Obesity Michelle Obama Orders Double Cheeseburger & Fries At Milwaukee Diner (With Video). She was called on her hypocrisy by ABC: Video: ABC On Michelle Obama's 1,700 Calories Of Hypocricy
Also, Michelle Obama urged black moms to LIE to their children to keep them from being fat
Sarah Palin: If Tea Party Were Really Terrorists, Obama Would Pal Around With Us
This will go down as classic Sarahcudda:
Video of TIME Mag's Mark Halperin: Doesn't Seem Like There's Going To Be Much Bipartisanship From Obama
Just a reminder that Halperin is a committed liberal:
Other than unilateral bipartisanship that Obama is known for, the only real bipartisanship from Obama is when it benefits his re-election, such as the debt ceiling being increased enough to go past the 2012 November election. Halperin is one of the few liberals that publicly speaks some truth about Obama, and it's gotten him in trouble before: Audio of Rush: MSNBC’s Response In Firing Halperin Would Have Been Different If He Had Defamed Bush. But he didn't defame Bush, he instead called Obama "a dick" because of the arrogant presser he gave full of strawmen and demagoguery and not much else: TIME Editor Mark Halperin calls Obama a “dick” after last night's presser
Other than unilateral bipartisanship that Obama is known for, the only real bipartisanship from Obama is when it benefits his re-election, such as the debt ceiling being increased enough to go past the 2012 November election. Halperin is one of the few liberals that publicly speaks some truth about Obama, and it's gotten him in trouble before: Audio of Rush: MSNBC’s Response In Firing Halperin Would Have Been Different If He Had Defamed Bush. But he didn't defame Bush, he instead called Obama "a dick" because of the arrogant presser he gave full of strawmen and demagoguery and not much else: TIME Editor Mark Halperin calls Obama a “dick” after last night's presser
Video: Dick Morris Says Obama Faces Landslide Loss
We can only pray and hope:
Because a second term for Obama may indeed be the end of the US.
Because a second term for Obama may indeed be the end of the US.
Figures: After getting a $2.4 trillion credit card, Obama goes on fundraiser with millionaires, billionaires and corporate jet owners
News of this is all over the place, at least away from the establishment MSM, but here's a good start: What debt crisis? President Obama heads off to be serenaded by Jennifer Hudson for lavish 50th birthday celebration
Plus this great vid from Rb Kraft: Millionaires, billionaires and corporate jet owners to attend 50th birthday bash for President Obama
From The Chicago Tribune via memeorandum: Obama to head home for 50th birthday fundraiser
UPDATE: Obama Reflects On Debt Fight: Didn't Need This "Manufactured Crisis"
As he signed off emergency legislation today to prevent the government defaulting on its debt, President Obama spoke of the need to work together for Americans who cannot 'make ends meet'.Worry not though - when it comes to golf and his own fundraisers, the manchild is quite the trooper: President to Pivot to Real Job - Campaigner-In-Chief
So, with hindsight, rushing off for a lavish 50th birthday party in his honour - starring Dreamgirls singer Jennifer Hudson - was probably not very sensitive.
There has been speculation for days as to whether the President was going to make it to his own fundraising 50th birthday party - a plush affair at a $40,000 a night ballroom in Chicago.
Plus this great vid from Rb Kraft: Millionaires, billionaires and corporate jet owners to attend 50th birthday bash for President Obama
From The Chicago Tribune via memeorandum: Obama to head home for 50th birthday fundraiser
Obama is scheduled to attend a 50th birthday gala on Wednesday at the Aragon Ballroom, an event featuring Jennifer Hudson and Herbie Hancock. There’s also a dinner fundraiser planned for some special donors to go with the show at a cost of $35,800 a person.How many calories each meal?
UPDATE: Obama Reflects On Debt Fight: Didn't Need This "Manufactured Crisis"
"In the last few months, the economy has had to absorb an earthquake in Japan, the economic head winds coming from Europe, the Arab Spring and the rise in oil prices, all of which have been very challenging for the recovery. But these are things we couldn't control. Our economy didn't need Washington to come along with a manufactured crisis to make things worse. That was in our hands. It's pretty likely that the uncertainty surrounding the raising of the debt ceiling for both businesses and consumers has been unsettling and just one more impediment to the full recovery that we need and it's something we could have avoided entirely. So, voters may have chosen divided government but they sure didn't vote for dysfunctional government. They want us to solve problems, they want us to get this economy growing and adding jobs," President Obama said in the Rose Garden Tuesday afternoon after the debt ceiling deal passed in the Senate.If he and Democrats would only stop overspending there would be no crisis. Speaking of, from Dob Calabrese: Debt deal game-changer
...if Democrats were serious about dealing with the deficit, they could have done things in 2009 when they had complete control of Washington. If they really believed the Bush wars and tax cuts were the problem, they could have ended the wars and raised taxes. They didn't. They could have refrained from passing $862 billion in pork barrel spending disguised as "economic stimulus." But they spent it anyway. They could have passed a responsible budget. Instead, they neglected to propose any budget.
What that proves is that they really don't believe their own arguments about wars and tax cuts - and that they want to spend much more than they want to deal with the mounting debt problem.
Transparency! Obama signs debt ceiling deal in secret
Remember those calls for a more transparent government from Obama in 2008? Here's some change for ya:
Why in secret? This is probably it: Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of debt deal
UPDATE: From Gallup: Poll: Obama weekly approval hits new low, but liberal support stays high
Just 44 percent of Americans approve of the agreement between Democrats and Republicans to “raise the federal government’s debt ceiling through the year 2013 and make major cuts in government spending over the next few years,” while 52 percent disapprove.You can't, after all, solve a debt problem by piling on more debt. And from the NY Daily News via memeorandum: Pols all ‘look like idiots’ during debt crisis, but President Obama takes biggest hit of them all
Republicans and independents are driving this disapproval. Democrats approve of the agreement, 63 percent to 32 percent. But only 35 percent of Republicans and independents approve of the agreement. More than three-in-five independents disapprove.
Specific elements of the agreement are more popular than the agreement overall, however, suggesting the tumultuous and often times messy process had a negative impact on Americans and their perception of Washington. One measure of that: the percentage of Americans who approve of the way Congress is handling its job has shrunk to an abysmal 14 percent, easily the lowest measure in five years of CNN polling.
...even Obama loyalists on Capitol Hill privately say he didn't exactly burnish his leadership credentials in this process. "At the end of the day, voters expect their President to bring people together," one of them said. "He hasn't been able to on this."Or anything else I might add. His form of bipartisanship is quite unilateral.
UPDATE: From Gallup: Poll: Obama weekly approval hits new low, but liberal support stays high
Varlie Jarrett: American People Want The President To Fundraise Or Something
I think most Americans just want Obama to do his job, something he's shown himself incompetent at. Instead, he spends his time not making decisions, on the golf course and raising money for his re-election so he can continue to do nothing. All with the approval of the sycophantic suck-ups like Jarrett:
Speaking of Jarrett, a flashback from 2008:
Speaking of Jarrett, a flashback from 2008:
Birds of a feather...Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents linking Valerie Jarrett, an advisor to Barack Obama and the co-chairman of the President-Elect's transition team, to a series of real estate scandals, including several housing projects operated by convicted felon and Obama fundraiser/friend Antoin "Tony" Rezko.
Predictable: Pro-Infanticide Obama To Force Insurers To Offer Free Abortion Pills As Per ObamaCare Law
The big fat lie:
The proof, via memeorandum: Obama administration approves no-cost birth control, including ‘morning after’ pill
NARAL is celebrating more baby deaths. The devil is throwing a party. And Obama has earned himself a throne in hell. More from LifeNews.com, Maggie's Notebook and Maggie's Farm. Once again, for the umpteenth time, on Obama and abortion, it is indisputable that in his short time in office, the most viciously pro-abort zealot to ever sit in the Oval Office did the following:
UPDATE:As is typical with ghouls, they redefine crimes against humanity to sound benign, in this case redefining pregnancy such that the earliest stages of a human being aren't even considered a pregnancy, and an early abortion is redefined as health care. Check out the headlines on this topic:
The proof, via memeorandum: Obama administration approves no-cost birth control, including ‘morning after’ pill
Pro-lifers are horrified at the announcement Monday that the Obama administration has approved a recommendation from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to guarantee full health insurance coverage for birth control, including the so-called “morning-after” pill, under the Affordable Care Act.Babies are a problem now. Remember that Obama equated babies with an STD:
The new guidelines, which the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) labeled “historic,” will require new health insurance plans to include women’s preventive services including FDA approved contraceptives, breast feeding support, and well-women visits — all without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible — beginning August 1, 2012.
“The Affordable Care Act helps stop health problems before they start,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a statement.
NARAL is celebrating more baby deaths. The devil is throwing a party. And Obama has earned himself a throne in hell. More from LifeNews.com, Maggie's Notebook and Maggie's Farm. Once again, for the umpteenth time, on Obama and abortion, it is indisputable that in his short time in office, the most viciously pro-abort zealot to ever sit in the Oval Office did the following:
- signed an Executive Order opening up taxpayer funding for destroying embryos for research, even though the effort is moot (more here)
- directed the Department of HHS to overturn regulations that protect medical professionals from being forced to perform or refer for abortion (more here)
- second act in office was to authorize US dollars to fund abortions oversees (more here)
- voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act (more here and here), thereby outright condoning infanticide (this was before he was elected President, but something that no one should forget). Apparently, not just once but 4 times!
- signed an Executive Order authorizing taxpayer funding for the destruction of human embryos for research and overturned a prior administration EO pressing for forms of stem cell research that wouldn't require embryo destruction. Even though destroying embryos is likely already moot at this point
- announced $50 million for the UNFPA, the UN population agency that has been criticized for promoting abortion and working closely with Chinese population control officials who use forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations.
- defunded all abstinence-only education, instead going with contraceptive-only education that is proven not to decrease pregnancy or abortion
- Signed a new budget calling for taxpayer-funded abortions in Washington D.C.
- Replaced controversial ‘conscience’ regulation for health-care workers allowing medical personnel to not be involved in procedures like abortion that they found morally objectionable.
That last part was a defacto "no" vote. More than the above is the personal account of nurse Jill Stanek who witnessed surviving babies being left to die in soiled linens (keep in mind that Obama is now "shocked and saddened" by gay suicides):In 2002, as an Illinois legislator, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, which would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions.
Obama voted against this bill in the Illinois senate and killed it in committee. Twice, the Induced Infant Liability Act came up in the Judiciary Committee on which he served. At its first reading he voted “present.” At the second he voted “no.”
The bill was then referred to the senate’s Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired after the Illinois Senate went Democratic in 2003. As chairman, he never called the bill up for a vote.
Jill Stanek, a registered delivery-ward nurse who was the prime mover behind the legislation after she witnessed aborted babies’ being born alive and left to die, testified twice before Obama in support of the Induced Infant Liability Act bills. She also testified before the U.S. Congress in support of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.How does a dying baby crying and screaming not faze a person? Does this man have a conscience? Watch this video of what Obama defended as an Illinois Senator and see if you can still be "pro-choice:"
Stanek told me her testimony “did not faze” Obama.
In the second hearing, Stanek said, “I brought pictures in and presented them to the committee of very premature babies from my neonatal resuscitation book from the American Pediatric Association, trying to show them unwanted babies were being cast aside. Babies the same age were being treated if they were wanted!”
“And those pictures didn’t faze him [Obama] at all,” she said.
UPDATE:As is typical with ghouls, they redefine crimes against humanity to sound benign, in this case redefining pregnancy such that the earliest stages of a human being aren't even considered a pregnancy, and an early abortion is redefined as health care. Check out the headlines on this topic:
- Detroit News: Birth control coverage ordered
- MLive: Insurers must provide free birth control under new federal health care guidelines
Video of CNBCs Jim Cramer: Obama Caused Fear And Panic, Not The Media
Jim Cramer on "Meet the Press": "We were all hopeful in Wall Street and in Main Street that the president would come out and say a few things which had compromise. He came out and panicked the heck out of us. He talked about the higher interest rates for mortgages, he talked to spiking credit cards, he talked about how hard it's going to be to get a student loan. It took us all aback because we felt that he'd be a compromise leader. Instead, he created tremendous fear. Tremendous fear means uncertainty. Uncertainty means no spending. Uncertainty means no spending by businesses. It means no hiring. It was a setback. He caused the panic, not the media."
Almost like the whole crisis was manufactured.
Almost like the whole crisis was manufactured.
Video: How Hope and Change Turned Into Excrement
Another great vid compilation by Rob Kraft on YouTube:
Change! Obama Approval Drops to New Low of 40%, Disapproval at 50%
An all time low since his emaculation:
From Gallup via memeorandum:
And from the co-founder of Home Depot: Obama 'Unpresidential,' 'Petulant' 'Dividing Us': Langone. America is finally waking up to that fact. More from Pajamas Media, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Outside the Beltway, JammieWearingFool, TThe Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Don Surber and HotAirPundit
President Obama's job approval rating is at a new low, averaging 40% in July 26-28 Gallup Daily tracking. His prior low rating of 41% occurred several times, the last of which was in April. As recently as June 7, Obama had 50% job approval.Why so low? Even Democrats know and admit why. Via Instapundit: Top Congressional Democrats Complain Obama Is Not A Leader. The economy is suffering because of Obama: Limbaugh: We Are Living In An Obama "Man-Made" Disaster
And from the co-founder of Home Depot: Obama 'Unpresidential,' 'Petulant' 'Dividing Us': Langone. America is finally waking up to that fact. More from Pajamas Media, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Outside the Beltway, JammieWearingFool, TThe Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Don Surber and HotAirPundit
Heh: White House Reporters Challenge Carney on Obama’s Community Organizing Tactics in Debt Ceiling Debate
And they should as he s talking out of both sides of his mouth, claiming to want compromise but at the same time getting his minions to muscle politicians into doing what he wants them to do, in what I have termed 'unilateral bipartisanship' before:
It is, always has been and always will be about him.
It is, always has been and always will be about him.
