Laughingstock: President Doom does a 180, cancels fear-mongering

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 12, 2009 07:36 PM

Haw, haw, haw. Remember President Doom? Remember the fear-mongering? And Chicken Little dances? Remember his remarks waaaaay back on February 5:

By now, it’s clear to everyone that we have inherited an economic crisis as deep and dire as any since the days of the Great Depression. Millions of jobs that Americans relied on just a year ago are gone; millions more of the nest eggs families worked so hard to build have vanished. People everywhere are worried about what tomorrow will bring.

Because each day we wait to begin the work of turning our economy around, more people lose their jobs, their savings and their homes. And if nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse.

Well, cancel the red alert and let the good times roll. I wish he’d give us some advance warning so we could protect ourselves from the whiplash:

Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy Thursday, declaring the national crisis is “not as bad as we think” and his plans will speed recovery.

Challenged to provide encouragement as the nation’s “confidence builder in chief,” Obama said Americans shouldn’t be whipsawed by bursts of either bad or good news and he was “highly optimistic” about the long term.

The president’s proposals for major health care, energy and education changes in the midst of economic hard times faced skepticism from both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill, as senators questioned his budget outlook and the deficits it envisions in the middle of the next decade.

But Obama, speaking to top executives of the Business Roundtable, expressed an optimistic vision and called for patience.

Richard Parsons, chairman of beleaguered Citigroup Inc., asked if Obama could offer some help in a national battle “between confidence and fear.”

“A smidgen of good news and suddenly everything is doing great. A little bit of bad news and ooohh , we’re down on the dumps,” Obama said. “And I am obviously an object of this constantly varying assessment. I am the object in chief of this varying assessment.”

“I don’t think things are ever as good as they say, or ever as bad as they say,” Obama added. “Things two years ago were not as good as we thought because there were a lot of underlying weaknesses in the economy. They’re not as bad as we think they are now.”

“And my long-term projections are highly optimistic, if we take care of some of these long-term structural problems.”

Like I said: Haw, haw, haw.

Barack Obama: The Emily Litella President.

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  1. #1
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:39 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

    We have nothing to offer but fear itself.

  2. #2
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, Special K said:

    Never as good and never as bad, huh? Well, that pretty much covers everything then.

  3. #3
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, txvet2 said:

    As usual, nothing of worth from the affirmative action kid.

  4. #4
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, johnsteele said:

    “And my long-term projections are highly optimistic, if we take care of some of these long-term structural problems.”

    Provided we change America to a Socialist workers’ paradise.

  5. #5
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:45 pm, swede said:

    “And my long-term projections are highly optimistic, if we take care of some of these long-term structural problems.”

    I agree. I’m optimistic his socialist structural re devolution will fail.

  6. #6
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pm, GregGates said:

    Empty suit.

  7. #7
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pm, MrScribbler said:

    Just imagine how much more quickly the recovery would come if the child-president were to resign today!

    Go away, Osama Obama. Now.

  8. #8
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pm, Stillwaiting said:

    Happy days are here again, the sky above is clear again…

    Until the next time he wants to ram a crap sandwich down our throats.

  9. #9
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:47 pm, WestCoastCoconut said:

    “And I am obviously an object of this constantly varying assessment. I am the object in chief of this varying assessment.”

    Now Obama followers will sing Losing my religion please…

    Oh, life is bigger
    It’s bigger than you
    And you are not me
    The lengths that I will go to
    The distance in your eyes
    Oh no, I’ve said too much
    I set it up

    (chorus)
    That’s me in the corner
    That’s me in the spotlight, I’m
    Losing my religion
    Trying to keep up with you
    And I don’t know if I can do it
    Oh no, I’ve said too much
    I haven’t said enough
    I thought that I heard you laughing
    I thought that I heard you sing
    I think I thought I saw you try

    Every whisper
    Of every waking hour I’m
    Choosing my confessions
    Trying to keep an eye on you
    Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
    Oh no, I’ve said too much
    I set it up
    Consider this
    Consider this
    The hint of the century
    Consider this
    The slip that brought me
    To my knees failed
    What if all these fantasies
    Come flailing around
    Now I’ve said too much
    I thought that I heard you laughing
    I thought that I heard you sing
    I think I thought I saw you try

    But that was just a dream
    That was just a dream

  10. #10
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:49 pm, tarpon said:

    Obama changes positions about as fast as his head goes from one Teleprompter to the other. The poor guy is going to have to have his wind-shield wiper motor replaced if he keeps this up.

  11. #11
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:51 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    DAMNIT!!! I’m sick of Satan telling the crowd what they want to hear without being called out.

  12. #12
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:54 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    In the last “Great Leap Forward”, Fearless Leader claimed that wheat fields were so lush that farmers couldn’t walk through the fields but had to walk on top of the crops to get across the fields. The glorious revolution produced food far in excess of central planning goals.

    People starved.

    In this “Great Leap Forward II”, Fearless Leader is again making outrageous declarations that don’t square with reality.

    Uh-oh, gotta go. Here comes those ACORN Red Guards.

  13. #13
    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:56 pm, JDinTX said:

    Ah yes, the economy isn’t as bad as it was. We are going to hire all illegals and give them more money to send back to Mexico. and the banks are going to start making loans to more illegals so we can start this process of bailing out again. As long as the Dems keep bailing out everyone, then they can keep their jobs forever. All we need to do is to print a gazillion more dollars to cover it all.

  14. #14
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm, swede said:

    Fearless Leader is again making outrageous declarations that don’t square with reality.

    PPhil, He makes his own reality. He is The One we have been waiting for.

  15. #15
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:11 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Don’t get too excited about this phony stock market rally folks. It will bomb again.

  16. #16
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:16 pm, rightwingrocker said:

    Don’t get too excited about this phony stock market rally folks. It will bomb again.

    Doesn’t matter.

    Oblahma will pretend it’s good in either case and try to take credit.

    Grab hold of your wallets everyone, and cover up. It’s headed straight for your back door!

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

  17. #17
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:18 pm, CWinNY said:

    What in Obama’s past would lead anyone to believe anything he says. Whenever I hear this man speak, I think of Orwell. I believe nothing he says. If anything, I believe just the opposite of what he says is what he really means.

    I saw this on “The People’s Cube”:
    The six dialectical contradictions of socialism in the USSR:

    * There is full employment – yet no one is working.
    * No one is working – yet the factory quotas are fulfilled.
    * The factory quotas are fulfilled – yet the stores have nothing to sell.
    * The stores have nothing to sell – yet people got all the stuff at home.
    * People got all the stuff at home – yet everyone is complaining.
    * Everyone is complaining – yet the voting is always unanimous.

    The author goes on to offer his own contradictions of America under Obama. A sample:
    Economic justice:

    * America is capitalist and greedy – yet half of the population is subsidized.
    * Half of the population is subsidized – yet they think they are victims.
    * They think they are victims – yet their representatives run the government.
    * Their representatives run the government – yet the poor keep getting poorer.
    * The poor keep getting poorer – yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.
    * They have things that people in other countries only dream about – yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

    There are several others, from a person who lived in the USSR and is very familiar with the shortcomings of socialism. A very interesting approach – sort of Haiku like – critical poetry.

  18. #18
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:23 pm, tniles said:

    This whipsaw is going to come back and haunt him. I think he is going to try and tie this bear trap bounce in the market to his economic policy and attempt to take credit for it. The market has not bottomed out yet and when it falls once again, how will he explain that after taking credit for a “recovery”. It all goes to his inability to understand a market based economy, and his desire to follow the polls.

  19. #19
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:23 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Oblahma will pretend it’s good in either case and try to take credit.

    Yeah? Is he also going to take “credit” when it tanks again or are we back to the “Blame Bush” thing again.

    Just askin’

  20. #20
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:25 pm, rktkr said:

    i’m not buying it.

    i had a thirty-two year long career as a registered architect.
    its over.
    i’ve been laid off twice in the past ten months.
    nobody is hiring.
    i went from a 125k job to a 70k job,
    i struggled by.
    …great, no problem.

    401k..ha. they sure pulled a madoff on that one.

    i had a 300k house for ten years, at the peak that was 60% LTV, and with a great (30 yr. fixed) mortgage to earnings ratio until the first 3 month layoff, then it jumped into that ugly zone.

    worth what i owe but what’s the point?
    what’s the damned point?

    why should i stick around to watch someone else profit from this?

    they can keep it.
    now i’m behind two payments, and i’m giving the place up to the bank.

    …same bank that helped push this all down my throat with their “press 2 for english crap”.

    …same bank that just got $xxx billions in taxpayer money.

    …but not mine.

    i’m unemployed, and it looks to stay that way until 2011, by some accounts.

    i feel like collateral damage.
    i didn’t do any of this sh!t.

    “not as bad as we think”…?

    screw everybody and their goddamned bailouts.

    i’m going camping.

  21. #21
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:25 pm, bjc said:

    *Please disregard most everything P-BO says; It is what he does that matters most and people need to pay attention; That is where the doom comes in; They are continuing to make all the wrong moves(cap & tax as one example); The dollar will continue to slide as P-BO, Nazi Pelosi, and Harry Reid spend us into oblivion.
    *California is the canary in the coal mine; Watch for it to collapse while P-BO and his minions are busy with Rush, Sheriff Joe, and all the other political theatrics the Democrats are famous for.

  22. #22
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:31 pm, flmom said:

    This is leadership! I’d hate to be lost in a forest with Obama, we’d be walking in circles for months.

  23. #23
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:32 pm, FruNobulux said:

    Anybody still not think O’Boingo’s a clown? Really?

  24. #24
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:35 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Thulsa Doom sheds his skin again! What else is new? MSM doesn’t care, they just want to know when he’s going body surfing again. Glistening Pecs above the fold, don’t you know.

  25. #25
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm, bjc said:

    *Hey WCC, I’ve got a better theme song for P-BO and his followers; How about “Special Delivery” from the Offspring, with the lyrics “you can’t kill a man when he’s got no hope”; P-BO is trying to take us all there faster than two shakes of a lambs tail, but as for me, I’ll continue to hang in there like a hair in a bisquit.

  26. #26
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm, right_on said:

    The Obamanation has done ONE good thing by being elected…he’s inadvertently put firearms into the hands of citizens who would not have ordinarily bought them.

    Handguns sales are through the roof.
    Demand for AR-15 type long guns has far outstripped supply. Orders for new guns are four to six months on backorder.
    Ammunition for popular calibers is hard to find, or is sold out.

    This is above and beyond what the U.S. military uses. Thank you Mr. Obama! Many citizens now have the power to protect themselves, regardless of how much you and your nephulum try to handcuff law enforcement.

  27. #27
    On March 12th, 2009 at 8:59 pm, travlinman said:

    The Emperor’s state of undress is becoming more apparent by the day. Obama is actually revealing himself to be the buffoon that his cronies on the left accused Bush of being. Another great example of the illogical left’s counter-transference of their value system onto the right. To paraphrase Rush, “If they are accusing the Right of something, you can bet they are guilty of it themselves.”
    Hey Barry, get a grip. Being C-I-C of the Free World is a hell of a lot tougher job than Community Rabble-rousing.

  28. #28
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:00 pm, lottadawg said:

    WOW. I guess I can go to Disney World after all.
    Now he can keep his campaign promise of no income tax under 50 thou. Or was it 40 thou.
    Wait. He did promise that or did I misunderstand.

  29. #29
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm, Doo2 said:

    Why does this administration look more and more like a three ring circus as it goes on.
    (Cue: Obama, Biden, Rahmmy and Geithner getting out of a tiny car.)

  30. #30
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:08 pm, thirteen28 said:

    So we really didn’t need that stimulus package, Obama? This means you’re going to cancel it, right?

  31. #31
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:27 pm, rowsdower said:

    Welcome to the golden era of Makin’ Stuff Up.

  32. #32
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:28 pm, Mainah said:

    methinks Mary Poppins wrote his Teleprompter script today, as a joke.

    Tomorrow, it will be back to doom and gloom.

    Don’t blame him, he just reads what he’s told to read.

  33. #33
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:33 pm, joannmandolin said:

    I want to think of him as just an incompetent, liberal fool, then I remember that this is just his plan to take the US down falling into place.

    Clown Shoes!

  34. #34
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:38 pm, flenser said:

    Wait, does this mean that that stuff they said about how handy it is to have a crisis to exploit is not longer operative?

  35. #35
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:51 pm, tbear44 said:

    Holy Crap! Is it 2012 yet? Seems like it should be.

  36. #36
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm, Flyoverman said:

    “A smidgen of good news and suddenly everything is doing great. A little bit of bad news and ooohh , we’re down on the dumps,” Obama said. “And I am obviously an object of this constantly varying assessment. I am the object in chief of this varying assessment.”

    He’s not a leader. He’s a victim. Oh Poor Mr. President. What a WUSS.

    The leader of the only world’s superpower needs to go on Doctor Phil and seek reassurance.

  37. #37
    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm, jangar said:

    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:49 pm, tarpon said:
    Obama changes positions about as fast as his head goes from one Teleprompter to the other. The poor guy is going to have to have his wind-shield wiper motor replaced if he keeps this up.

    Don’t waste your time thinking this guy is an idiot. I used to think that also. He knows very well what he is doing, plays a bit dumb at times, but his plan is right on target. It’s all about permanently bankrupting the nation and forcing us into rash decisions to align with unsavory countries in order to rescue the economy. And a huge number of folks will go along with it, just so the economic pain goes away. He’s selling us out, without firing a shot.

  38. #38
    On March 12th, 2009 at 10:01 pm, jangar said:

    Consider this – we know what the man studied is whole life, know is mentors, read his words in his books. Then he charismatically waltzes on to the scene, garners great attention, sees the empty throne during a time of tumult, and sits on it.

    Given that, just what do you think his intentions are?

  39. #39
    On March 12th, 2009 at 10:25 pm, rightisright said:

    I’d sure like to see his birth certificate and just as important his school records…something tells me he was never #1 in his class, ever.

  40. #40
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:10 pm, GraniteMan said:

    “I don’t think things are ever as good as they say, or ever as bad as they say,” Obama added. “Things two years ago were not as good as we thought because there were a lot of underlying weaknesses in the economy. They’re not as bad as we think they are now.”

    Think this quote over and honest to goodness it means absolutely nothing. The man can speak for an hour and say nothing.

  41. #41
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:20 pm, RetFireman said:

    Well this is good news…no, GREAT news.

    This means that they will go ahead and stop all spending off of that same bill that just had to be signed, right?

    This means that Obama and the rest of the Congress will IMMEDIATELY repeal The Porkulous before any more damage to this country is committed.

    And I am most positive that impeachment proceedings will begin on MR. Barry Sotero Obama becuase not only did he lie and place this country and all the stock holders into a serious panic, crashing the DOW over 3000 points, creating a panic the likes of which has never been seen or caused by any one human being in history, causing damage that might NEVER be recovered from….right?

    Should I hold my breath? Or will I merely just turn a funny blue color waiting for it?

  42. #42
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:24 pm, RetFireman said:

    Let me see…according to Liberals and Democrats, Bush lied in order to rid the world of a terrorist supporting despot who violated numerous UN resolutions, murdered millions of his own people, remained a serious threat to the Middle East, and who violated the terms of the surrender signed after the Gulf War.

    Der Fuhrer lies and plunges the nation…no…the WORLD into and economic panic, causing unknown hundreds of thousands of people to lose their pensions and savings in a way the Enron never could, who plunged this country into the largest debt of any President in history, whose effects will take generations to even be felt, let alone realized.

    Who is it that really should be impeached, let alone thrown into prison?

  43. #43
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:35 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    JammieWearingFool said:

    We have nothing to offer but fear itself.

    We have nothing to fear but fools alone…

    Oooops… that would be president ghetto trash…

    NEVERMIND

  44. #44
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:37 pm, JT said:

    He’s doing this on purpose. Yes, he has no clue how capitalism works and why it great. He doesn’t care. He views the successful as having stolen wealth from the unsuccessful. To him it is a zero-sum-game. The pie never gets bigger to include more people.

    I started off piss poor, but I saw or took opportunities when presented. I worked my azz off. I stumbled, failed, and kept going. I employ people who like working at my company. But I’m the bad guy.

  45. #45
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:38 pm, gco said:

    On March 12th, 2009 at 10:25 pm, rightisright said:
    …something tells me he was never #1 in his class, ever.

    Right, Rightisright. The best and brightest don’t seek to run from their alienation by taking refuge under the wings of Marxist professors.

    Prior to Marxist indocrination, P-BO was using pot and cocaine to hide his hurt feelings. Drugs or Marxism, which is worse? Well, there are (or were) people who recorded some really good albums on drugs, so Marxism is worse. It’s the mark of pure ineptitude, maybe mediocrity on a good day. The problem for us is that destruction is very easy to propagate, and that’s what Marxists are out to do.

  46. #46
    On March 12th, 2009 at 11:38 pm, RetFireman said:

    Oh…and I forgot all about how Bush was such a diabolical demon, what with all the fear mongering he was doing about the Islamic Murder-lovers who are bent on murdering every last American on the planet in their non-stop campaign of Global Jihad to instill the new Global Caliphate.

    Gee…is there a pattern here?

    Liberals despise the truth tellers, and worship the lying sacks of dog filth.

    What does that say about the general personality of your average, everyday, run-of-the-mill Liberal or Democrat?

  47. #47
    On March 13th, 2009 at 12:07 am, youngman said:

    It is very wierd that the big banks have leaked memos or are saying that they are “making profits”….they don’t say how or where…it could be the candy machine in the lunch room…but at the same time Obama has turned around 180 and its all okay now….I think its because the Chinese are not going to buy us out of this..check out the Bloomberg article..”Chinese Worried”..and he is scared to death..our dollar dropped alot in the last two days $1.2924…and T-bill interest rates are going up……here it comes folks..the big fall…

  48. #48
    On March 13th, 2009 at 12:16 am, tropicalwave12 said:

    Seems a bit like revisionist history before the history is even written! Changing the story before it goes to the press… Hoping that the rest of America blindly follows his words “I’m the ONE, and I’m here now…so everything is going to be okay”

  49. #49
    On March 13th, 2009 at 1:53 am, RetFireman said:

    His plans and policies worked even better than he could have imagined. Why, just the mere thought of what he was going to do put the fear in the American Economy and it had no other choice than to begin to correct itself.

    Can this be his first miracle? I mean, it’s no “water into wine” miracle, but hey…he is no ordinary messiah. That Messiah was Jewish. As we all know, B. Hussein Obama ain’t no Jew.

  50. #50
    On March 13th, 2009 at 5:20 am, graysonret said:

    I suspect it won’t be long before the letters go out, directing us to the “collectives”…to “promote the general welfare”, of course. We have a rookie who knows nothing of what he is doing, except covering himself, and a secretary of state who is already an embarrassment. Like kids, they’ll tell you anything to stay out of trouble.

  51. #51
    On March 13th, 2009 at 7:41 am, scituate_tgr said:

    Mainah said:
    Don’t blame him, he just reads what he’s told to read.

    Don’t blame him, he just reads what he’s told Soros tells him to read.

    Fixed it.

  52. #52
    On March 13th, 2009 at 7:51 am, iamsaved said:

    This shouldn’t come as a surprise. For 8 years the MSM and the libs demonized the Bush econonmy wishing for a self fulfilling prophecy to occur in order to win the election.

    The economic crisis, I believe, was manufactured to that end. And, as Rahm Emmanuel said, “this crisis is too good to waste”. The rushed through stimulus package was only a guise not to fix the economy but to push through spending on social programs the Dems could never get pushed through under the normal, budgetary process.

    If this crisis is truly over, then all the stimulus money that hasn’t been spent (I didn’t say promised) should be pulled back, especially that money that is going to Health, Education, and any other socialistic program the Dems are sponsoring.

    Rhetorical question – Will they be so dumb as to spend stimulus money when there is no need?

  53. #53
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:01 am, babbledabble said:

    Well of course, now that He has spent a gazillion dollars, everything really isn’t as bad as he told us last week. He just wanted to scare everyone. Things will be just peachy until the next manufactured crisis he wants to take advantage of. How many times can he cry wolf before nobody pays attention anymore?

  54. #54
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:10 am, RetFireman said:

    Just where is Biden in all of this? Anyone seen or heard of or from the Boy Blunder since the crowning…I mean, usurping…DANG IT…I MEAN Inauguration?

    He really hasn’t been out there trying to sell anyone on any of this turdburger. I think I saw maybe one thing where he put his foot in his gigantic mouth, and that’s it.

    Is Der Fuhrer really that embarrassed by his trusty sidekick that he now has to be stuffed in a closet someplace? I mean, you would think he would have Biden out there as sort of a buffer…someone he can lay at least part of the blame of this debacle on other than himself.

  55. #55
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:13 am, RetFireman said:

    The rushed through stimulus package was only a guise not to fix the economy but to push through spending on social programs the Dems could never get pushed through under the normal, budgetary process.

    Hey now…you gotta remember…America did not vote for a “rush to failure”.

  56. #56
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:25 am, babbledabble said:

    Fireman- He doesn’t need Biden to blame for anything, as long as he can keep telling people everything is Bush’s fault & don’t forget – he still has Rush to blame too.

  57. #57
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:38 am, WarEagle82 said:

    Okay. Great. Things aren’t that bad. Wish Obambi (or is he going by “Carnac the Magnificent” now) would have figured that out BEFORE he knocked that 40% off my 401k? Thanks to Obambi “The Vacillator” I may not be able to retire until I am 110.

    This is sort of like George HW Bush’s campaign theme from 1992 – “Things aren’t so bad and they might get better…”

    Now there is “hope and change” we can all get behind.

  58. #58
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:38 am, Oink said:

    On March 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm, Doo2 said:
    Why does this administration look more and more like a three ring circus as it goes on.
    (Cue: Obama, Biden, Rahmmy and Geithner getting out of a tiny car.)

    With Benny Hill music playing…

    Our Juvenile-In-Chief. God help us.

  59. #59
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:39 am, jangar said:

    A good thread going here…and while our collective dander is up, let’s keep it up, everywhere and anyway, and push his poll numbers down. His approval rating isn’t much above 50%, quite down from where it was on 1/20. It’s a rush to failure all right!

  60. #60
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:45 am, jangar said:

    Once his poll numbers tank (hopefully), the Dumb-as-stumps may just back away from him and push back on some of this rotten legislation.

  61. #61
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:48 am, iamsaved said:

    Good article by David Kupelian on how pols create a crisis to grab power…

  62. #62
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:48 am, stillontheroad said:

    Up is Down, Right is Left, War is Peace. If an Orange is Orange then a Banana must be a Yellow.

  63. #63
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:53 am, Misscheryl said:

    Obama said. “And I am obviously an object of this constantly varying assessment. I am the object in chief of this varying assessment.”

    Tell me he didn’t really say this. He’s an object? Well, that would explain a lot of stuff.

  64. #64
    On March 13th, 2009 at 8:53 am, Misscheryl said:

    P.S. Loved Gilda! God Rest Her Soul!

  65. #65
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:03 am, Auggie Dog said:

    So he’s BiPolar too.

  66. #66
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:03 am, Durangodarlin said:

    Sounds like he received his 3 a.m. phone call from Soros.

  67. #67
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:15 am, Misscheryl said:

    iamsaved
    Excellent article and I have thought the same, especially watching Obama operate. He’s a master of this game. We complain that he is destroying our country as we know it. Aahh yeah, that’s correct he is and he knows exactly what he is doing. Unfortunately, you can understand why those whom he plays to would buy into his game. Anyway, thanks for the link.

  68. #68
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:19 am, Cosmo said:

    Oink: The song you love is called “Yakety Sax”.

    Classic.

    As for Obama, he’s jus’ keeding!!!

  69. #69
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:23 am, John Deaux said:

    Wow! Obama fixed the economy in under two months! How long before global warming is fixed?

  70. #70
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:30 am, Marshall Russ said:

    Even Obambi’s strongest supporters can’t keep a straight face defending this sham of a Comedian in Chief.

  71. #71
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am, lgm said:

    It’s a no win spin war. If the economy tanks, you say it’s because of Tarp and stimulus & I say it’s because Bush made a huge mess. If it doesn’t, you say Obama over-reacted and I say Obama saved the economy.

    The difference is, I’m right and you’re wrong.

  72. #72
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:45 am, jangar said:

    What happened to lgm? Cat got his tounge? Thought for sure he’d tell us that his royalness has to wreck the economy before he can fix it.

  73. #73
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:46 am, jangar said:

    Oh my…spoke too soon…

  74. #74
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am, sims said:

    Perhaps Pres. Obama should have told us the part about not being “whipsawed by bursts of either good news or bad news” before he bombarded us with prophecies of DOOM! DOOM! DOOM!
    He doesn’t think “things are ever as bad as they say or ever as good as they say”. He is the THEY! And he is treating the American people like a classroom of dunces in Remedial Common Sense 101.

  75. #75
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:54 am, flmom said:

    I say it’s because Bush made a huge mess.

    I’m truly curious to know if you can elucidate further this statement. What were the key mistakes Bush made to create this mess? If you can clearly illustrate for me that Bush created ‘a huge mess’, then I will concur, if not, then I’ll have to assume that you are talking out of your posterior.

  76. #76
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:56 am, Misscheryl said:

    And he is treating the American people like a classroom of dunces in Remedial Common Sense 101

    Please see lgm’s post above.

  77. #77
    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:57 am, jangar said:

    I say it’s because Bush made a huge mess.

    How does that happen when the Administration tried a dozen times in 8 years to get oversight on the housing mess (to no avail), and Democrats held the congressional purse since 2006?

    Hmmm?

  78. #78
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:02 am, sims said:

    My favorite admin. quote is VP Joe Biden warning: “Six months from now, if the verdict on this effort is that we’ve wasted the money, we built things that were unnecessary or we’ve done things that are legal but make no sense, then, folks, don’t look for any help from the federal government for long while”.
    You tell them Joe! Take away their allowance for a week and give them a stern talking to, I bet that will teach them.

  79. #79
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:09 am, RetFireman said:

    How cold ANYONE say it is because Der Fuhrer fixed it? Even Der Fuhrer isn’t saying that he fixed it…all he said was that it wasn’t as bad as they had made everyone think, which is his way of admitting that he was WRONG, that the “stimuolous” package was WRONG and that anyone who bought into his lie and voted for the largest spending increase in HISTORY as well as a document that Socializes the United States without even reading in based on what Der Fuhrer said was WRONG!

    That means, LGM, that Obama lied-the US Economy and with it people’s retirements, savings, careers, jobs, hope died.

  80. #80
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:10 am, cheapseat said:

    everything is beautiful, in it’s own way. this crisis is only a semi crisis, and the fact that american households have lost 45% of their wealth because der dems propoganda machine told us the world is coming to an end was only a slight exageration. so nevermind, you are free to move about the malls now, barry’s got your back.

  81. #81
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:14 am, DBNinKY said:

    …I say it’s because Bush made a huge mess.

    Well if you want to get technical, that’s pretty much what you always say – about everything!

    Confidentially: I know you’re plant – your posts are too obvious in their construction and intent – but don’t you ever tire of it, the President Bush bashing and all?

  82. #82
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:24 am, Laree said:

    Someone let Peggy Noonan know she didn’t get the memo.

    Peggy Noonan Stoking the Fear Embers…what is she drinking? This reminds me of Anais Nin who started writing erotica for money during the Great Depression to sell to wealthy collectors. Peggy Noonan how much did you sell out for? I’m not angry just disappointed.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123689292159011723.html

  83. #83
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:28 am, DBNinKY said:

    The difference is, I’m right and you’re wrong.

    A perfect example of LGM’s role here as GOP plant: The above statement serves no argumentative purpose towards challenging our skepticism of Obama’s policies, and amounts to little more than school-yard instigation, tempting us to rally w/ replies like “oh yeah!”

  84. #84
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:29 am, Laree said:

    Cinie’s World check out City Tavern in her blog roll.

    http://cinie.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/not-as-bad-as-we-think/

  85. #85
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:31 am, DBNinKY said:

    Peggy Noonan how much did you sell out for? I’m not angry just disappointed.

    Sad to say, I gave up reading her columns last fall; it’s hard to believe she was ever in the same room w/ Reagan, let alone wrote for him.

  86. #86
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:32 am, flmom said:

    Lgm, it’s been over 30 minutes, and I’m still waiting for your brilliant expose of the role of Bush in the financial meltdown.

  87. #87
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:37 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On March 12th, 2009 at 7:44 pm, johnsteele said:

    “And my long-term projections are highly optimistic, if we take care of some of these long-term structural problems.”

    Provided we change America to a Socialist workers’ paradise.

    You are exactly right, and you beat me to saying it.

    When Obama speaks of “these long-term structural problems”, he’s thinking of capitalism.

    And when Obama says, “my long-term projections are highly optimistic” he’s optimistic about his chances to “fundamentally transform” our nation from Capitalism to Socialism/Communism.

  88. #88
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:40 am, Misscheryl said:

    Sad to say, I gave up reading her columns last fall; it’s hard to believe she was ever in the same room w/ Reagan, let alone wrote for him.

    Ditto

  89. #89
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:41 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Well, Bush didn’t help by allowing a Republican Congress to submit very Democrat like spending bills, without fear of veto, and supporting, in general, Carter and Clintons CRA that pushed banks to lend money to people that couldn’t afford it, and then Bush pre-saged the Obamanation by allowing his Goldman-Sach’s economic advisors to pick winners and losers during the economic panic in the Fall, and come up with a TARP program tailor made to save Goldman.

    But at least Bush didn’t try to raise taxes on the productive during a recession. And Bush couldn’t run up the national debt in eight years the way the Obammunist has in less than two months.

  90. #90
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:41 am, conservativesRus said:

    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am, lgm said:
    The difference is, I’m right and you’re wrong.

    And the reason I know I’m right is because what we’re doing has never worked anywhere else. In any geography, in any time. But Obama is smarter than any of those other people who have tried it. Therefore, we know it’s right.
    Further, I’ve put my brain in my pocket and am keeping there for safekeeping. Wouldn’t want to get it out all exposed to reality.

  91. #91
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:44 am, EdDantes said:

    BREAKING NEWS: Source of Obama talking points discovered! See below.

    Prince Charming: You. You can’t lie. So tell me, puppet, where is Shrek?

    Pinocchio: Uh, hmm, well, uh, I don’t know where he’s not.

    Prince Charming: You’re telling me you don’t know where Shrek is?

    Pinocchio: It wouldn’t be inaccurate to assume that I couldn’t exactly not say that it is or isn’t almost partially incorrect.

    Prince Charming:- So you do know where he is?

    Pinocchio: Oh, on the contrary. I’m possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that in no way with any amount of uncertainty that I undeniably…

    Prince Charming: Stop it!

    Pinocchio: …do or do not know where he shouldn’t probably be, if that indeed wasn’t where he isn’t. Even if he wasn’t at where I knew he was, that’d mean I’d really have to know where he wasn’t.

  92. #92
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:45 am, ITookTheRedPill said:
  93. #93
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:50 am, ITookTheRedPill said:
  94. #94
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:52 am, ITookTheRedPill said:
  95. #95
    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:59 am, John Deaux said:

    On March 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am, lgm said:
    It’s a no win spin war. If the economy tanks, you say it’s because of Tarp and stimulus & I say it’s because Bush made a huge mess. If it doesn’t, you say Obama over-reacted and I say Obama saved the economy.

    The difference is, I’m right and you’re wrong.

    /lgm

    Dude, you left an open lgm tag. Never mind, I’ll fix it.

  96. #96
    On March 13th, 2009 at 11:03 am, corona said:

    Unfortunately, even Barry O resigning wouldn’t change a thing. Biden would be up next, with Pelosi in the batter’s circle. I don’t even know how far down the succession ladder we’d have to go to get to a real fiscal conservative.

  97. #97
    On March 13th, 2009 at 11:06 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On March 13th, 2009 at 10:41 am, conservativesRus said:

    And the reason I know I’m right is because what we’re doing has never worked anywhere else. In any geography, in any time.

    Exactly.

    Capitalism >> Communism

  98. #98
    On March 13th, 2009 at 11:09 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Two Things Obama Won’t Do:

    1) Confess with his mouth, “Jesus Christ is Lord”.

    2) Confess with his mouth, “I disown Karl Marx and all of his teachings”.

    I wrote that July 8, 2008. It was true then, and it’s true now.

  99. #99
    On March 13th, 2009 at 11:11 am, Cosmo said:

    Barney “Fife” Frank s mostly to blame for the housing mess, right? (Even the Boston Globe thinks so–no matter that it’s Jeff Jacoby doing the editorializing there. It’s still the Globe)

    He certainly shoulders more of the blame than no-longer-president Bush.

    So why is he getting a pass on this? Is it because he’s such a snappy dresser?

  100. #100
    On March 13th, 2009 at 11:14 am, prendad said:

    “I don’t think things are ever as good as they say, or ever as bad as they say,”

    Mr. President, don’t you know who in the hell “they” is??? I hate to tell you this, but “they” is YOU.

    Obama added. “Things two years ago were not as good as we thought because there were a lot of underlying weaknesses in the economy. They’re not as bad as we think they are now.”

    So, Mr. President, you are saying that two years ago things were worse than you thought, and today, with the markets tanking and banks failing, things are BETTER? Or, are you saying that the underlying weaknesses in the economy are not as weak as you thought? Maybe you should share these thoughts with Nancy Pelosi before you sign another one of her economic suicide bills. Hey, and while you are sharing thoughts, why don’t you have your staff answer some of the dozen or so questions that I have submitted to the white house over the past month or else take down the stupid “contact the white house” site if you are not going to respond to anything. Web sites cost money, my money. Stop wasting it.

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