Will Jack Lew please report to the Obama “Truth Team” desk now?; Update: Obama Budget Fail

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Ow. Phew. Let me catch my breath. I just heard about the launch of the Obama administration’s new “Truth Team.”
(Which is, in truth, the same thing as Attack Watch and all the other Obama snitch brigades created over the past three years.)
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahah.
[Wiping tear from eye.]
Yes, the “Truth Team” is here to correct all the lies about the budget process. Michael Czin of Obama for America tweets that the new squad will “help communicate a positive message about the President’s record of keeping his word.”
David Axelrod adds: “When the truth and facts are under assault, this will be a helpful tool to set things straight.”
So far, no word from the “Truth Team” about Obama chief of staff Jack Lew’s big whopper about the fundamentals of the budget process:
“You can’t pass a budget in the Senate of the United States without 60 votes and you can’t get 60 votes without bipartisan support,” Lew said. “So unless… unless Republicans are willing to work with Democrats in the Senate, [Majority Leader] Harry Reid is not going to be able to get a budget passed.”
That’s not accurate. Budgets only require 51 Senate votes for passage, as Lew — former director of the Office of Management and Budget — surely must know.
White House officials did not dispute that Lew misspoke. When asked about the discrepancy, a White House official said “the chief of staff was clearly referencing the general gridlock in Congress that makes accomplishing even the most basic tasks nearly impossible given the Senate Republicans’ insistence on blocking an up or down vote on nearly every issue.”
This wasn’t just a one-off “mistake.” Lew repeated the same false talking points on another show:
Newly-named White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew was not only recently budget director for President Obama; he was also the budget director for former President Bill Clinton. So when he speaks about the budget process, you would think he speaks with authority.
That’s why his comment on CNN jumped out at us. He also said something similar on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” when asked about the number of days since Senate Democrats passed a budget plan. (1,019). Lew’s response: “One of the things about the United States Senate that I think the American people have realized is that it takes 60, not 50, votes to pass something.”
Pants, shirt, coat, and head to toe on raging fire! These people will do anything — anything — to spread the fraudulent narrative of GOP obstructionism.

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Senate GOP communications advisor Ryan Wrasse tweets that the White House “released their FY ’13 budget earlier this morning, but has “no opinion” on whether or not the #Senate should pass it.”
Heritage Foundation’s Rory Cooper sums up the audacity: “Same White House that deliberately said it takes 60 votes to pass budget yesterday launches #TruthTeam today. Unbelievable.”
The Obama budget will be available here after 11:15am EST.
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GOP Rep. Paul Ryan on Obama Budget Fail: “An unserious budget w/ serious consequences.”
The President has not merely ducked from our fiscal and economic challenges, but—with his fourth straight budget flop—he has advanced policies that dangerously accelerate the crisis before us. His gimmick-filled budget fails to reduce the fast-rising debt, permanently entrenches unsustainable levels of government spending, and erects new barriers to upward mobility. His plan stifles economic growth, threatens the health and retirement security of millions of Americans, and commits the next generation to a diminished future.
Spends Too Much: $47 Trillion In Ten Years — A Net Increase Over Current Projections
After four straight years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits (breaking his promise to cut the deficit in half), President Obama’s budget worsens our fiscal crisis and speeds the country to bankruptcy. Three years after the passage of the President’s trillion-dollar spending stimulus, this gimmick-filled budget calls for more wasteful spending taken from workers’ paychecks or borrowed from abroad. The massive spending increases are greater than the few proposed spending reductions.
Spending in FY13: $3.8 trillion
Spending in FY22: $5.8 trillion
Increased spending concealed through gimmicks: $1.5 trillion
Total government spending over the next ten years: $47 trillion
Taxes Too Much: $1.9 Trillion In New Taxes
The President’s budget imposes a heavy cost for its commitment to intrusive government—diminishing economic opportunity by imposing the largest tax hike in history. Taking trillions more tax dollars from hardworking American families will further depress wages and destroy jobs at a time when millions of Americans remain out of work. In total, this budget imposes $1.9 trillion in new taxes on families, small businesses, and job creators—all to fund wasteful Washington spending.
Income tax hike: $1.4 trillion Death tax hike: $143 billion Other tax increases: $340 billion
Borrows Too Much: $11 Trillion Added To The Debt
Under President Obama’s watch, the federal government’s total debt has surpassed the size of the economy—undermining job creation today and threatening a debt crisis tomorrow. The President’s budget ignores the drivers of our debt, bringing America perilously close to a European-style crisis:
Deficit in FY12: $1.3 trillion Deficit in FY13: $901 billion Deficit in FY22: $704 billion
Gross debt accumulated during President’s first term: $6.4 trillion
Gross debt at the end of FY22: $25.9 trillion
Annual interest payments on the debt by FY22: nearly $1 trillion
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@StewSays tweets: “President Obama’s #budget: Deficits Built to Last.”
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Metaphorically speaking, she’s the sturdy dyke holding back the raging flood that is radical islam. Have some respect!
Nappy: If you see something, eat something! Ooh, a snickerdoodle!
And you’re the little Dutch boy?
That poll I saw on the AllBarackClub (aka ABC) News this morning reporting that Oblameo would beat Romney is A LIE. This administration is perfecting the lie using all the water carriers in the press. I believe NOTHING I read about polls…these are just somebody’s agenda. No wonder, and I’m not surprised, they have launched a Truth Team. They sincerely believe that most Americans are stupid. Well, some are, but not ALL.
I hate to paint.
They simply assume, correctly in most cases, that the average American has no clue how Congress works.
Depends on the canvas.
Ha, J’Napster talk.
Meal Team Six reports Americans having their ‘Dogs and eating it too on Super Bowl Sunday.
Nappy disapointed and diverts to Zeal Truth Team Six
With Janet, the word mural comes to mind.
But then, so does Earl Scheib.
‘Congress works’? Is that an oxymoron, or some other kind of moron?
Earl: Sorry, that’s gonna cost more than 29.95…
UM, please direct me to where I can read the “President’s Record of Keeping His Word”. I would like to peruse the details of this fantastic accomplishment so, please, tell me where is it???
(probably in the same place his birth certificate and college transcripts are).
Ha! Good one!!
On February 13, 2012 at 01:04 pm, Hangfire said:
…or Salvadore Dali.
He is a Conservative life-line to 26 million people. I pray for his safety!
Interesting that all the news stations base their stories heavily on polls, polls, polls! The polls change drastically from day to day. Polls mean nothing. Zero, zilch, nada. Any poll taken to day will be obsolete by tomorrow. And, it depends on the questions and how they are phrased. The polls, like the labor statistics are bogus. I don’t understand why so-called intelligent newscasters, including Fox, rely so heavily on polls. This is getting tiresome.
It’s on the shelf right between “British Gourmet Cooking” and “French War Heroes”.
oops! Not supposed to do stupid ethnic jokes here. Sorry!
They are filed in the “prognosticator in chief’s” Telling-The-Future (as ‘he’ sees it) “archive.”
(And we ALL ‘know’ how accurate, his future-telling is…)
Methinks his TTF is similar to WTF!
(And I ascribe to his ‘envisioned’ future, with the same response. WTF!)
Exactly. When I was deployed to Iraq there was an ABC/Gallup poll sent around to the soldiers. I told my soldiers it was up to them whether or not they wanted to take the poll, but I cautioned them about how polls are worded so be careful about their answers. Sure enough some of them took the poll and the results were touted as evidence of soldiers being ready to pack up and leave Iraq (this was in 2004). The question that was asked to determine this was something along the lines of, would you rather be in Iraq or back home?
Hear the one about Sock puppet wanting to give 800 Million borrowed dollars to the Arab Spring countries? Well hell, giving money to countries, that through the biggest blunder in international diplomacy since Wally the libtard declared hydrogen a inert gas, that are and heading toward Islamic Militancy seems to be a tripling down on stupidity but then, Sock Puppet does what the teleprompter tells him to do.
Uh Oh, better call Maaco!
One reason I will not be a White House reporter because I would ask;
Mr. Carney,
The White house has just put out the 2013 budget, but you yourself said it is not important that the Senate approve a budget.
Why waste the money on something even the Democrat controlled Senate will not approve?
You know, there’s not enough Bondo and coats of enamel that would help, IMO. I’m sure 123upnorth disagrees, though.
And that $800 million borrowed dollars does not include the military aid dollars that are still promised to Egypt.
Not even if it was dipped in chocolate (melted by Global Warming of course) and salty peanuts?
Trouble is, right now it doesn’t work the way it was DESIGNED to work. Trick question.
Obama has the Nerve to title the Budget “A New Era of Responsibility” . It should be title ” A New Era of Irresponsibility “
On February 13, 2012 at 02:26 pm, maddmatt3131 said:
…another thing to report to his Truth goons.
And nougat?
No, wait! What am I saying!
NO!
Seriously, Truth Team? It should be Liars’ League or the Spin Squad or the Bullsh!t Brigade!
These people can’t handle the truth.
They would have said “Irresponsibility,” but they ran out of “R”s and “I”s.
What, you don’t like nougat? I thought everybody liked nougat! You Commie!
Obama loves leftist jingoisms. I’m sure there’s a little placard somewhere in the Oval Office that serves as a reminder:
One man’s lie, is another man’s truth!
You’ll notice that all of his talking heads always say, “The truth is…“, or “The fact of the matter is…“. These are just two code words that will tell you when a liberal is lying.
I simply wait for their lips to move to tell me they are lying.
I often wonder if Congress knows how Congress should work!
Looks like whoever will be holding down the fort at AttackWatch will have something in common with the Maytag repairman: They will be very lonely and idle.
My bad, I needed to add the last line above on my previous comment.
Obama’s Attack Watch returns as … “Truth Team” ……. da da ….. The Truth Team along with Batman and Robin and of course the Joker, together with Dick Tracy, Hopalong Cassidy, Sky King, Gloria Allred and Pepe la Pew will be on the lookout for you racists out there that dare to critcize the Racist in Chief !
TAXES & DEATH, and then more taxes.
Happyscrapper, I am convinced that Barky will blame Booosh and the right-wingers for the economic catastrophe that is about to befall us. After all, that has been his MO from day one.
Maybe because they will recycle the paper the president’s budget is printed on for toilet paper next week?
Would that be the circular archive in the corner of the room already filled with wadded up pieces of paper? Would it be that one?
Damn!
I was going to add “Jewish Business Ethics” and “Famous Black Yachtsmen.” Guess I won’t.
Speaking of the budget, how many trees did they kill to print out all those budget books that no one will read and that won’t be passed? That is disgusting.
Have they already budgeted in the 30,000 drones they want to fly over the U.S. by 2020?
Wasn’t DHS created in response to 9/11? Shouldn’t DHS end when the war on terror ends? Exactly when are we going to be freed from the shackles of DHS and TSA? These were supposed to be temporary infringements of our individual liberty in order to conduct a war we were forced into. Now, they’re becoming part of the permanent infrastructure, and an added expense we won’t be doing away with.
But, I ask again, with the budget including spending and taxing additions over the next 10 year period, does it also allow funds for the 30,000 drones we’re supposed to start having fly over the U.S. in 3?
Obsolete within the hour. I have a mental picture of those little bits of paper on the floor of the stock exchange on Wall Street.
“Truth Team” reminds me of one word:
PRAVDA
Everything that comes from this bunch is so far from the truth, even Pravda seems more truthful.
Nope. (But close.)
HINT: It is nearby; by another ‘empty’ can, labeled “Encouraging Words for our Business Friendly Deal.” That gets you closer…
HINT 2: It too, is empty!
800 Million Dollars for Arab Spring countries sure buys a lot of weapons that can be used agaist Israel. Sort of like the failed green energy companies -funneling money to a known failure only to have that money funneled back into the Sock Puppets coffers.
The Sock Pupet has this down pat.
There was a book (can’t remember the name) where flavor enhancers turned people into zombies. Looks like they’re trying to make that book prophetic.
BRAAAAAAAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had thought of reporting myself (as a way of mocking this stupidity, just like people did last time) but given the way these lunatics think, that might actually put my family at risk.
Nah, sometimes it is better to be known, by your ‘enemies’ (or ideological foes), than by your friends. Anyhow, it would probably be redundant, as we already ARE “known opposition,” to “teh oone’s” agenda…
Last HINT; it is labeled:
Bin
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The Obama Administration views the truth the same way that Superman views Kryptonite.
I am one who Truely Believes that Mr. Obama/Soetoro is NOT QUALIFIED to be on the Ballot…
19 States currently have CHALLENGES!
I hope to be number 20, in South Dakota.
I have SEEN and READ the Evidence… It without a Doubt says my actions are correct.He is a 3 Dollar Bill!
Sheriff Joe Arpio will be having a Press Conference March 1st…
PAY ATTENTION TO HIM!
We was not qualified in 2008 and hold the office of the pResident as a fraud.
We = He
“Truth Team” ???
More like Roving Re-education (minus the Camp) Representatives
That name change will be forthcoming with Dear Leaders 2nd term.
And, with the Camp.
And the dumba$$ lefties still can’t do anything but the Obamamath.
As in, 3 million jobs added with 3.5 million jobs lost equals…
3 million jobs added!
‘Truth Team?’ These DOPES IN DC wouldn’t know the TRUTH if it came up and bit them on the arse!
Just like terrorists…. the Obama administration, and Obama himself, is using and abusing our laws to destroy America.
The only differences between Obama and the terrorists that want us dead are that he’s not directly killing anyone and rather than an Islamic nation in America’s place, he wants a Socialist/Communist nation in America’s place. In both case, the America you know will be gone when either the terrorists or Obama has succeeded.
Wondering how long the citizens of this country will tolerate this.
And his truth team is just like the Nazi propaganda tools.
123upnorth: Who’s the broad they’re borrowing from? Oprah?
The White House web site still has the “Cut the deficit in half by end of first term” goal posted. Pretty funny. Or pretty sad that deficit reduction is so low on his real priority list that he hasn’t bothered to change web site in three years.
Check out the story at Pundit Pete (not satire this time).
“Cut Deficit in Half” Still Goal for New White House Budget
“German Love Poets”, “Italian Efficiency Experts”, “The Famous Greek Work Ethic”, “Moral Democratic Leaders”……
Obama’s “Truth Team” reminds me of the informers to the NKVD and the KGB in the Soviet Union and to the SS in the Nazi regime. But that’s just me.
Because mankind is flawed, the natural instinct of those who govern, is to control the governed. We traded tyrants in England 200+ years ago, for a tyrannical Federal government. However it is not in the DNA of most Americans to be controlled. So where does this logically lead?
Kind of off topic but is anyone else troubled by how the Republicans stand idly by while Obama boldly dictates one executive order after another in establishing a dictatorship? By playing election politics and biding their time waiting for November, they allowing Obama isto single-handedly repealing the 1st amendment and destroy our military capability.
What are those spineless Republicans going to do if the Supreme Court rules that ObamaCare/RombamaCare is unconstitutional and Obama ignores the ruling? I have no more confidence in the GOP than I have in Obama and the Dems. We elected these bozos to do a job that they refuse to do.
Attack Watch and Truth Team should join. They could be, Watch Truth Team Attack!!!.
Lying ain’t a crime in Communism.
Is the Justice League of America next? Oh, never mind. That’s already been taken.