Obama: “I screwed up”
FAIL.
Screw up, move up, no consequences for the Screwer-Upper-In-Chief.
Cue “I’m Sorry” and let’s talk about my glistening pecs again, shall we?:
President Barack Obama is taking responsibility for mistakes in the handling of the tax controversy that led to Tom Daschle’s withdrawal as President Barack Obama’s nominee to be health and human services secretary, saying: “I screwed up.”
The president did a series of back-to-back television interviews in which the subject of failed nominees was a top subject.
Obama told NBC “I’m frustrated with myself” for unintentionally sending a message that there are “two sets of rules” for paying taxes, “one for prominent people and one for ordinary folks.”
“I take responsibility for this mistake,” he told Fox News.
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Yes, it’s a little late to be worrying about sending a message about “two sets of rules.”
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ok third time might be the charm
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090203/D964CV881.html
Is it Bush’s fault that Daschel didn’t pay his taxes. Those who fault Bush and his policies have been stated clearly the last years. One negative story by the MSM and the BO supporters get freaky. Time to get a thicker hide, like those who were dumped on the last eight years. By the Way I hope Cap is correct on the Defense allocations.
Nope, that doesn’t fly. Without getting rid of his boy Timmy, his apology is worthless. I will only give him credit if he dumps the new head of the IRS. THAT would prove he ‘gets it’ and IS truly sorry.
D@mn skippy. How can the proposed head of HHS not paying his taxes be bad, or worse, than the actual head of the IRS not paying his?
I keep thinking, and I know it’s considerably out of context, where before the election, Biden said something about how “We’re going to make what looks like mistakes….”
I don’t think he meant these mistakes.
On February 3rd, 2009 at 7:11 pm, backwoods conservative said:
So did the people who were supposed to vet his qualifications to become POTUS and C-in-C!
VP Cheney and the 538 members of Congress verified the certificates from each state for the Electoral College vote, but they didn’t verify the certificate of birth for the man who would become POTUS & C-in-C.
WHY NOT?!? Why did they believe the lies that were spread by the Associated Press and the Annenberg Political Fact Check?
To # 64 MNUSMCDavid:
“You skinny , big eared piece of garbage…. ”
I understand the policy disagreement but that remark is pretty stupid.
I wonder how you look like MNUSMCDavid, lol.
I hate the stimulus bill, it doesn’t have tax cuts. I don’t like the whole tax cheating thing with his proposed cabinet. But come on, why would I need to make fun of someone’s ears when there is plenty more substantive stuff to disagree with.
Biden was referring to their handling of the BIG Challenge: a foreign agression.
obummer is a little fish in a big pond. He has gone from being a freshman in high school directly to a senior in college. out of his league. He and Blago look good across the desk from Letterman, though.
Dear leader – you are still sending the same kind of signal about illegal alien relatives. Or have you had your dear auntie deported yet??
They didn’t commit any offense; they just made “mistakes”. I wonder if I don’t pay my taxes, I can declare it “a mistake” too? Ah, didn’t think so. First, I have to be a politician, then get nominated/elected for an office. Then I can forget my taxes.
Making repeated decisions that paying taxes on time is unimportant; These are not mistakes, it’s intentional. Fess up Obama; You KNOW there are 2 sets of rules in D.C. and you like it that way just fine.
This is new to me and I have decided to just take a breath and think about it.
A President that admits mistakes. Really not sure what to make of this. The reality is that we are all human and are not perfect. We all make mistakes.
Yep, a President can have a subordinate fall on the sword, to maintain a certain visage. I don’t know . . .
Easily answered:
Because their shadows make it impossible to light him properly for TV. (Haven’t you noticed on CNN he always looks washed out and overexposed?)
OT:
Dad asked me to say hello & “thank you!” to everyone here! He’s really enjoyed the dozens of emails sent him by posters & lurkers.
Got to talk to Dad for 15min. today. Well, I did most of the talking. It seems that though both his speech and motor coordination have been impaired, his cogitation is unhindered. I can’t wait until this TDY is over and I’m back to see him!
And “Thank you!” from me also, for all the emails sent & stuff you good people did for my Dad! I’m certain that its contributed to his improved condition!
Are you trying to set yourself up to be embarrassed? Do you really need quote after quote – video after video – of preceding presidents admitting mistakes?
Here’s what I find interesting. Obama doesn’t seem like a team player at all. He seems like the type to take credit for all his staff’s hard work. That’s probably why he was forced to take the blame in this situation. I predict staff disloyalty and dysfunction throughout the administration within two years.
Why am I starting to see a bit of Lieutenant Commander Queeg in Obama? Is he going to start rolling stress balls and mumbling about missing strawberries?
chapoutier deserves credit for keeping everyone here honest about this.
However, chapoutier, let’s be accurate. Obama isn’t increasing any funding yet. He is simply making a budget request which he may or may not stand behind if Congress pushes for cuts. Let’s wait to see what happens. Agreed?
I don’t have a tinker’s damn of concern over my usage of the ears comment… far less invective and shallow than the constant stream of foolish screed that was used against Bush. I don’t follow the mantra of taking the high ground unless I’m in combat and I use it to observe who I’m going to defeat, but only then.
On February 3rd, 2009 at 7:08 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
You’re right, Ed, it is a ten percent cut in military spending. The military planned their budgets around that extra 10% being there and now that it isn’t, they’re having to go back and reduce outlays, i.e., make cuts in their spending and programs.
For a contentious few to say a ten percent reduction in a proposed military budget isn’t a real cut because no tangible funds were lost, is a Pollyanna-ish denial of the risks such an act would bring to US security in a post 9/11 world.
I think the president’s “glistening pecs” must turn Michelle Malkin on otherwise she wouldn’t be so obscessed with them.
Fair enough.
Bull. They did it 1) because of course you are going to ask for as much as possible, even if you know you won’t get it all and 2) to put Obama in a difficult situation. If anything it is a 10% cut in the DoD’s super duper fantasy wish list.
Fact is Obama is increasing spending by $14 billion. Tell me how that is a cut without relying on claiming democrats do it all the time.
Also, please note that $527 Billion is exqactly what the Bush administration had esitmated for the 2010 FY in its figures. So tell, me was Bush who apparently loves the military soooo much, planning on stabbing it in the back and cutting spending by 10%?
Please feel free to argue that $14 billion increase is not enough. But do not lie about him cutting spending.
You defended Palin and called it “smearing” and “misrepresentation” when KOS did exactly what you are doing now.
What did you expect when the most important job he ever had prior was a ’street walker’.
chapoutier, I completely agree with #1 and completely disagree with #2.
From here. Okay, citing “Defense budget experts” isn’t exactly well sourced, but I also didn’t just make it up.
This is simply amazing to watch. Compare and contrast this with the Bush Presidency, where is was a very, very long time before anyone in the press would ask him if there was anything that he was sorry about or regretted doing, and then those were only leading questions to get him to admit that going into Iraq was a mistake.
Just how many times has this buffoon screwed the pooch since he was elected, never mind sworn in? How many times has he been made to admit he is making blunder after blunder, mistake after ridiculous mistake?
Daily we are being given a window seat into the simple fact that this idiot had no experience and no business running for the Highest Office in the World and that there is no space or time allowable for “On the job training” when it comes to being “Leader of the Free World” and PotUS.
Good intentions and high hopes are not enough and are not worth the hot air they are presented on.
Is this really the person people in this country want at the helm come the next terrorist attack? After all, even his own running mate threatened that he will be tested within the first six months.
Just remember, should another attack occur, which now seems more likely than ever before, and should that attack actually consist of a biological or nuclear nature, this is the person who the country and world will turn to for guidance and strength. By then, it will be far too late for stupid slogans and people running around talking about “Hope and Change”. They asked for it and they got it.
God help us all.
I never thought you made it up. I read that, too.
Even if it’s true that they believed they could request more from an Obama admin than a Bush admin (which I doubt), that doesn’t mean that their intention was to put Obama in a difficult position – which is what you implied.
Just because the Bush White House had planned for a certain amount doesn’t mean that the DoD wouldn’t have asked for more.
I stand by what I said in both cases.
The military is essential to our nations existence, social programs are not.
Expected increases in military spending should never be cut in a time of war as a campaign’s success may depend on them (refurbishment, new equipment, etc) and there are no alternative sources to make-up the lost money. Increases for social programs are merely projections that do not determine the success or sustainability of a program, and they have alternatives – foundational grants, municipal loans, religious charities, etc.
That being said, let me be clear: I support tightening the government’s belt across the board – even the military (I applauded Rumfeld’s base reductions and scrutiny of the Pentagon’s budget) – but only during peace time, and only when there is obvious waste. I do not support lessening our military’s ability to fight and win simply to save money while we’re at war.
Oh, so now you wanna play “my-president-loves-the-country-more-than-yours?” Well, here’s the first volley: I trusted President Bush to do what was right – if the cut proved less than wise, I trusted him to immediately restore the funding and then some. I do NOT trust Obama to do the same. In fact, if the cut is shown to weaken our military, I have no reason to think Obama will do anything to correct it but continue to draw-down their funding to pay for his social programs. Your serve!
No arguments here – been there, done that – but why be tight with the military that keeps us safe?
He could just as easily renege on the ten percent cut.
Sorry, DBNinKY, I’m going with chapoutier on this one (except as noted above – I refuse to believe that the military did it simply to put Obama in a difficult position).
Arguing that DoD should receive their wish-list budget is valid (although I probably will not agree), but Obama’s actions thus far should not be characterized as a military budget cut.
All I’m saying is the Constitution requires the gov to provide for the common defense, but to merely promote the general welfare; social programs, not the safety net ones, have avenues to recover reduced funding from private grants, etc., while the armed services are reliant solely on the gov for their funds. Therefore I feel a reduction in a social program’s funding increase does not equate to a cut, but does for the military in wartime.