president bamboozler – updated, new video

At the end of last summer, John McCain stated, “The fundamentals of the economy are strong.”

“You know,” said McCain, “there’s been tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street and it is — people are frightened by these events. Our economy, I think, still the fundamentals of our economy are strong. But these are very, very difficult time. And I promise you, we will never put America in this position again. We will clean up Wall Street. We will reform government.”

Obama jumped al over these comments, and mocked him repeatedly. And was assisted by his little liberal media girlfriends, like here, here and here.

Sen. Barack Obama seized on McCain’s assessment of the health of the economy, blasting the Republican for being “disturbingly out of touch” with the reality that everyday Americans face.

“I just think he doesn’t know,” Obama said in Grand Junction, Colo. “He doesn’t get what’s happening between the mountain in Sedona where he lives and the corridors of Washington where he works…. Why else would he say, today, of all days — just a few hours ago — that the fundamentals of the economy are still strong? Senator — what economy are you talking about?”

Those comments pretty much lost the election for McCain. Obama and his cheering squad turned McCain and Palin into a joke, making McCain appear too out of touch, and senile to grasp the realities facing every day Americans.

So, what did Obama do once he won the election? He scared the bejeezus out of Americans, and robbed them blind. List compliled from Flopping Aces:

“Americans know that our economic recovery will take years — not months.”
- Jan 31.

“I will tell you in terms of what is alarming right now is how fast the economy has been deteriorating…It keeps me up at night and it gets me up.”
- Feb 3.

“If we do not move swiftly to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with catastrophe.” -
Feb 5.

“If we drag our feet and fail to act, this crisis will turn into a catastrophe. We’ll continue to get devastating job reports like today’s month after month, year after year.”
- Feb 6.

“And our nation will sink into a crisis that at some point we may be unable to reverse.”
- Feb 9.

“…this is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill recession. We are going through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”
- Feb 9.

“My administration inherited a deficit of over $1 trillion, but because we also inherited the most profound economic emergency since the Great Depression…Those are deficits that could turn a crisis into a catastrophe.”
- Feb 9.

“And the fact of the matter is, is that we are in not just an ordinary recession.”
- Feb 10

“…the greatest economic crisis we’ve seen in decades.”
- Feb 20.

“We are in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression…”
- Oct 7.

He used fear to pass the biggest Generational Theft Act in history.

Obama then came out and said, the national crisis is “not as bad as we think it is”. The checks haven’t even be cashed, hell, written yet, and the economy is not so bad? Why the hell are we spending trillions of dollars, then?

So once the *stimulus package* is passed, and Obama and Pelosi got all the earmarks, and tasty pork they wanted, what does Obama’s top economic advisor say this week?

The fundamentals of the economy are sound.

“But on Sunday, that optimistic message came from economic adviser Christina Romer. When asked during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” if the fundamentals of the economy were sound, she replied: “Of course they are sound.”

“The fundamentals are sound in the sense that the American workers are sound, we have a good capital stock, we have good technology,” she said. “We know that – that temporarily we’re in a mess, right? We’ve seen huge job loss, we’ve seen very large falls in GDP. So certainly in the short run we’re in a – in a bad situation.”

And President Emily Litella speaking yesterday:

After meeting with Paul A. Volcker, one of his top economic advisers, Mr. Obama said, “There are a lot of individual families who are experiencing incredible pain and hardship right now.”

“But if we are keeping focused on all the fundamentally sound aspects of our economy,” he added, “all the outstanding companies, workers, all the innovation and dynamism in this economy, then we’re going to get through this. And I’m very confident about that.”

The Times wrote:

Mr. Obama actually came close to using the same language that helped doom the campaign of his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain, who was hammered by Democrats last year for declaring that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Recognizing the danger in appearing too upbeat, however, the president and his advisers were careful to warn that recovery could take a long time.

Yes, they don’t want to appear too upbeat, they do have their sights on yet another Porkulus Spending Bill.

So, when McCain called the fundamentals strong, he was a senile old idiot, who didn’t know how many houses he owned, he was completely out of touch. But, after Obama scares the crap out of everyone, and gets away with a two trillion dollar multi-generational theft act, the economy is fundamentally sound?

Remember during the debates, when Obama was asked what he would have to give up, in order to save the economy? He didn’t say he would give up anything. And, he hasn’t, has he? He just keeps borrowing, and printing, more money.

Obama really needs to stop complaining that he *inherited* this mess. First of all, he bought this mess. He paid close to a billion dollars for this mess. Secondly, he helped create this mess. He voted, or didn’t bother to show up, for every vote in the Senate, that involved money, including funding the Iraq War, and stimulus packages, that I could find. He helped to create the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mess, and was one of their biggest recipients of cash. Remember when Barney Frank called the fundamentals of FM/FM fundamentally sound? That should have been mocked! Where was the media on that one? And Obama was closely involved with ACORN, even representing them in a lawsuit.

Obama did NOT inherit this mess. He helped create it. And what he didn’t create, he manipulated to further his agenda, to the tune of almost two trillion dollars.

Rahm Emanuele wasn’t kidding when they said, “never let a serious crisis go to waste.”

(If you haven’t read this article yet, The Sky is Falling, please do so: “Imagine a child falls down a well. Now imagine I offer to lend the parents my ladder to save her, but only if they promise to paint my house. Would you applaud me for not letting a crisis go to waste? Or would you think I’m a jerk, for want of a harsher word not printable in this space?”)

Obama managed to convince people he didn’t vote for the Iraq Resolution, and then convinced everyone we were in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Now he is trying to convince everyone he *inherited* this mess.

He is the biggest Bernie Madoff bamboozler, ever.