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By American Girl in Italy on March 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM in ACORN, Backtrack Obama, Bamboozling, Current Affairs, Earmarks, Economic Stimulus, John McCain
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.”
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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.”
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.
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American Girl in Italy, I haven’t been on the site for awhile…..till working hard on getting through this with our business intact! So it was nice to come on and the first thing that I read is this great article. It is nice to hear my thoughts echoed and I hope this site continues to question and report.
Great article! Thank you!
Great work American Girl!
Bo took McCain’s “clean up Wall Street” statement and added his own take.
His says “clean UP on Wall Street”!
Great article AGI, So anyone think the MSM will point any of this out? Of course not. BUt more and more Americans are (finally altho much too late )waking up to what a can man he is.
oops con man, I must have been brainwashed by yes we can
if he is a can man, maybe he can be flushed.
hehe
Wow, great blog post! This is good work. Thanks.
Thanks peeps! :O)
It is SO frustrating!!!
There is two economies…
The before Sept 15th and Lehmann bros and the one we now have to live with.
McCain was calming the markets and the American people and he is right when he said that the fundamentals were sound.That we could get through this crisis!
Since then the democrats have played the class warfare and fear card with the hope of socially re-engineering this country.
Thank you for you your great thread..American Girl
Does anyone remember the CEO of Lehman Brothers testifying before Congress, saying he would go to his grave wondering why Lehman was allowed to fail, when later bank failures were propped up? I think I know the answer. Lehman Bros, in my opinion, was allowed to fail in order to turn the tide for Obama. Remember how Obama was tanking in the polls from July until this crisis came virtually from nowhere? Never let a crisis go to waste, indeed. Even one you have a guiding hand in yourself.
You said: “McCain was calming the markets and the American people and he is right when he said that the fundamentals were sound”
OH PLEASE! Accept the truth, Dude! McCain ADMITTED he knew NOTHING about economics which is why the American people have been robbed..i.e. first bailout. McCain had no clue then and still doesn’t, so he complains and rambles around the periphery of the nation’s problems without offering concrete solutions. I’d rather see him consulting with congress and economists for solutions rather than acting like a sore-head campaigning for the next election. Not having much time left, he should go to his afterlife with some historical dignity and significance. My suggestion to McCain – GET TO WORK!
For an instructive explanation regarding the stupidity of repeating the “McCain knows nothing about the economy” distortion, look downthread you pathetic cretin.
I think the 2008 US election was not a real election, it just was made to seem that way to the American people. I think the result was ‘managed’ and a done deal.
Perhaps it’s time to begin thinking the unthinkable.
Take a look at a documentary film about Obama called the ‘Obama Deception’, online streaming at http://www.prisonplanet.tv/subscribe.html
and clips on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrpRocaEfQE
Totally.
What really gets me is that I’ll hear leftists talk about 9/11 being a “conspiracy.” But then these same dunderheads can’t possibly consider that if that is true, then the same people who orchestrated that wouldn’t be so STUPID as to back another Republican for president after Bush.
They’d pick a Democrat, of course, and make him APPEAR to be progressive.
Seems obvious to me.
But I do have progressive friends who do believe Obama is owned by the bankers and connect the dots on this, so not all leftists are stupid. Just a lot of them it seems these days.
Great post! I had never heard McCain’s comments in context like that–they take on a different color, don’t they? (what a surprise….)
yes, all the MSM ever played was the one line, and Obama attacking him…
Great read American Girl in Italy.
The stench at 1600 is due to the hypocracy of politics and reality colliding like the sound of the Titanic and the ice berg..
I am pissed. Yes, I desire my nation to find it’s way out of this mess and not to fail. But with each passing day that is fast becoming a brdige to nowhere called “HOPE”.
Harry
Obama
Pelosi
Enough!
It’s a terrific article with only one flaw.
He didn’t inherit this mess or buy it.
It was given to him by an ignorant and uninformed American public too lazy to do their homework. The information on this crook was out there, they just didn’t want to look for it. And when it was shown to them, they didn’t want to see it.
he spent nearly a billion dollars convincing those uninformed americans…. but you make a great point.
i think it’s easy to distinguish between something you “INHERITED”: you got something you didn’t plan on, maybe didn’t even want, and something you “DESPERATELY SOUGHT”!!!
Agreed. That One wanted to be President and he got it. I suppose he forgot that one needs to be careful what one wishes for.
It is too late for him to start whining now like some adolescent slacker. He needs to roll up his sleeves and do some real work for the American people or get out of the way and let someone who can, do it.
There will be bamboozling!
“heh, heh, heh.”
- Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU
AGI, I think you’ve expressed the outrage and frustration many of us feel at this moment. Obama charged:
“He [McCain] doesn’t get what’s happening between the mountain in Sedona where he lives and the corridors of Washington where he works…”
And I sense that Obama knows exactly what’s happening but has nothing between his ears but raw ambition and a highly questionable agenda.
What’s infuriating is he has been held accountable for absolutely nothing, not the ridiculous porkfest, not the diplomatic snafus, the turning on a dime language, or the actual reversals in election promises.
One wonders when the country will wake up and catch on that we and our children are being robbed blind by a bunch of mindless ideologues. This faux bear market rally may give these guys temporary cover, but when the bottom falls out we’ll need to “gird our loins” for the new excuses. Disgusting.
Thanks for the article!
obama thinks those in between are all bitter clingy gun totin bible worshippers, who don’t eat arugula!
and you are welcome! :O)
I think that is the biggest problem. Obama doesn’t think. He allows everyone else to think for him. Can’t answer questions unless they’re pre-selected and someone is feeding him the answers. Can’t write his own speeches…
And he’s in so deep with so many lies, he can’t keep up with them all. That’s one of the reasons why he so desperately needs the teleprompter and someone feeding him answers. He can’t think on his feet worth a damn. I am simply amazed that he is known for being a skilled orator. Kind of like Britney Spears known for being a “singer” when she doesn’t actually sing.
Thank you for a great post. I had the EXACT same thoughts this week when I hear the “fundamentally sound…” quote. Nobama is the biggest fraud this country has ever had to suffer. I despise him.
Anyone else notice Barky’s “Eye of Mordor” is now turning to healthcare? I swear if one more Obot sends me an email about how the economy will never recover unless we complete transform healthcare as we know it in the US- I will scream. Otherwise intelligent adults getting their marching orders and talking points from a mass email. Brainwashed much?
Don’t get me wrong. We need to reform healthcare. I am just sick and tired of Barky using fear to push his agenda of a certain type of social engineering.
Benissima
Amen and Hallelujah AGII!! I remember thinking when McCain said that the fundamentals were strong, that the MSM and the Obama campaign (if you can make a distinction between the two) would have a field day with that statement, and that they would distort it beyond recognition. I knew EXACTLY what McCain was trying to describe, but I also feared that the ignorant masses (Obama supporters) would ridicule him for it.
I felt the same sense of dread when McCain claimed that he “wasn’t an expert on the economy”. I knew it would’t matter that he said that while standing next to Phil Graham, (a Professor of economics, long time Senator, and his economic advisor). I knew that when McCain said that, it was half self depricating, and half a polite and respectful deferral to his old friend and the greater mind on economics IN THAT PARTICULAR MEETING! Unfortunately, I also knew that the Obama camp would take that statement out of context and straight to the bank. How many times did Obama supporters say “Well, McCain said that he doesn’t know anything about economics.”? More times than I can count!
Phil Graham claimed that we are a nation of whiners, a regrettable and clumsy way of describing an actual and disturbing developement in this country. When he said that, what came to my mind were images of the army of silly people in this country that can only focus on the negatives to the point where they are blinded to the positives. Of course, Graham was hounded off of the campaign for saying it, even though there is a sad truth at the foundation of the statement. How else would you describe the so-called homeless woman in Fla, or Julio, the ingrate four year McDonald’s employee, other than whiners. The collective whine generated by Obama supporters is deafening! Of course, when the Guinness Book record holder for whining (Obama) not only directs the SymPHONY of Lament, and adds his voice, heads will explode from the sonic boom created.
…and he qualified the statement by adding something like, ‘I know a lot about economics but not as much as I know about foreign policy…I’ll have to learn more…’
McCain’s modesty comes from a time when actions and a long and admirable resume speak louder than any boast. Obama’s arrogance and claims to superior ability are a distraction meant to keep people from realizing that his knowledge, experience, and accomplishments, are as deep as a coat of paint. It’s called a whitewash.
I’ve been over at ABC blogs fighting a one man war re Georgie’s ring kissing of Summers this morning, especially the lack of calling Summers on the total lie quoted below:…anyone care to pitch in
Well, it appears ABC NEWS is deleting any reference to the quote from Summers as soon as it is posted. Typical sychophantic response to being caught in a lie. You think it okay to trick the American people into believing that the Dems had nothing to do with the deficits of 07, 08 and 09 when indeed they were in charge of Congress, as the Obama Administration’s point man wants to trick the public into believing?
That’s change we can believe in? Straight lies via propaganda delivered by ABC News to millions?
Seriously?
Here is the quote and Georgie boy’s failure to correct Summers LIE:
SUMMERS: We’d love to see Senator McConnell’s concrete
alternatives that gets closer to a balanced budget. The situation the
president inherited of nearly $1 trillion deficits, before he did
anything, came at a time — came at a time when it was a Republican
president and a Republican Congress that were making the decisions.
……..
STEPHANOPOULOS: OK, Larry Summers, thanks very much for your
time this morning.
SUMMERS: Thank you.
Wasn’t it Georgie boy that quickly corrected Obama on the “My Muslim faith” gaffe? Just wondering.
It’s revealing that when misstatements are made that detract from Obama, corrections are offered immediatly, while mistakes that make Republicans look bad are allowed to linger.
He was helped from many diverse sources. Everyone had their “What Obama Meant to Say”
Jed Clampett would say “piiitiiful”
No doubt about it.
George was on the attack v. McConnell, repeatedly questioning him with Dem talking points such as repeatedly interrupting McConnell and demanding an answer to the Dem talking about about GOP=Party of no — that became an ABC news story that McConnell has no alternative….what he said is that they’d put forward comprehensive amendments to cut Obama’s pork budget —
yet george kept interrupting and stating “but what about a whole different budget? Arent you just the party of no”
it is amazing Georgie gets to cross examine GOP leaders on dem talking points right after kissing the ring of a Dem talking head without any challenge to the dem talking points, like for instance to above refrain we’ll hear for years to come:
SUMMERS: We’d love to see Senator McConnell’s concrete
alternatives that gets closer to a balanced budget. The situation the
president inherited of nearly $1 trillion deficits, before he did
anything, came at a time — came at a time when it was a Republican
president and a Republican Congress that were making the decisions.
How dare you?!
You dare compare Barack Obama with the wonderful Emily Litella? In doing so, you’ve proved that you either didn’t watch SNL or have completely forgotten the character.
Emily (as portrayed by the oh-so wonderful Gilda Radner) was perpetually confused, most likely from bad hearing. She was never DELIBERATELY deceitful (unlike Obama); she was just easily misled (like most of the Obama faithful).
This is a character who would rant on the audacity of people being upset by violins (or, sometimes, violets) on TV. Emily thought that TV could use more violins because they made such beautiful music (or more violets because they were such beautiful flowers) and couldn’t possibly create such a problem. For minutes, she would present her argument in such a way that you couldn’t help but realize that her argument was based on mishearing the original editorial commentary. It was actually rather funny to see her get all worked up, raising her voice in outrage to the attack on her beloved violins (or violets) until Chevy Chase (and later, Jane Curtin) would interrupt her and explain the problem was violence. Emily would then look very chagrined and utter the immortal phrase, “Never mind.” (For a different take on the character, if you get an opportunity to see her 1980 concert film, Gilda Live. In it, Emily is presented as a substitute school teacher who starts reading “Tiny Kingdom” to her class. The story is presented as a typical fairy tale but there’s a subtext that’s definitely NOT your standard fairy tale–and when the bell rings ending class, Emily’s in the middle of reading a line that most certainly would prove just how NON-fairy tale the story is.)
What you described Obama as saying was NOT something Emily Litella would have said. Obama’s commemts put me more in mind of Jon Lovitz’s liar or David Leisure’s Joe Isuzu character from the 1980s Isuzu ads.
i saw it on other sites, and thought it was funny. And the site I pulled the quotes from used it.
But I wouldn’t even compare obama to Lovitz’s character! hahah
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Concerning that list of Obama quotes up above, which of 1, 2, and 5 through 10 weren’t true? Sometimes hearing the truth point blank can be frightening.
Fear is sometimes entirely appropriate. When the object of our fear is real, fear is an alarm bell that alerts us to danger and motivates us to necessary action.
Whether the specific actions taken have been the best choices–or even good choices–is of course a matter of much disagreement. The stimulus package is a philosophical hybrid, involving both tax cuts that follow from conservative thinking, and stimulus spending that promotes a progressive democratic agenda. Given the political environment–the fundamental philosophical split in both congress and the nation–neither set of components could have been effectuated without the inclusion of the other. That’s another truth.
Deadlock would have resulted in no response at all. What do we think would be happening now if the new administration had frozen in the headlights of the uncoming train and simply done nothing?
Refer to quotes 2, 4, and 5. Those were true observations, and an entirely real possibility.
Great post. I love the parallels.
I just listened to David Gregory on MTP hound Obama financial aide Christina Romer about that very statement. She WOULDN’T ANSWER the question. It’s a must see in political verbal evasion. It went past spinning.
Oh and she’s so effing perky I could throw up.
Slightly OT but now The Dragon Lady Pelosi is “outraged” by the AIG bonuses. How ’bout those congressioanl raises, Nancy???
Nancy likes her raises,,she just doesn’t want anyone else to get one..MISS PIGGY!!!!!!!!!!
The administration is trotting out new talking points.
Bo is putting in place the “pillars” of the recovery! Ha!
They want a classy re-run of the Grecian Temple…it’s all empty glitz!
Love this article, especially love the way you bring up this point:
He acts like such a freaking martyr. As though this huge burden was placed on his unwilling shoulders and he didn’t play every nasty political trick in the book to get where he is.
Obama’s deception amount to treason against the electorate. Obama was elected because people believed him. Now that is obvious he was lying then Obama who is Bush 3 is more of a thief than Bush ever was.
And like Dubya, he will apparently get away with it.
A month in, I don’t feel like Obama has let me down. I wanted alternative energy initiatives and attention to the infrastructure. That’s part of the stimulus package. I wanted climate change to be taken seriously. It’s being taken seriously, and addressed in a way that will make the initial transition to alternative energy economically competetive. I wanted the Bush tax cuts dumped because I considered them totally irresponsible. They’ll be allowed to expire. I wanted attention to health care and education. That’s all in the works. I fully expect to see our regulatory agencies doing what they were designed to do again before Obama is out of office.
I don’t actually see any deception. Anyone who listened closely to Obama during the campaign had a pretty fair outline of his post-election agenda. Given the economic crisis, I’m only surprised by how much of that agenda is already on the roll. The beginnings have been made possible by turning the agenda into the response to the very crisis that might have prevented it.
There’s more FDR thinking here than Obama’s detractors like to admit. We came out of the Great Depression with new roads, highways, public building that are still serving us, the electrification of rural America, hydroelectric dams and bridges we’re still using today, and a Social Security system that has kept generations of Americans out of poverty in old age. That was accomplished during decades of economic adversity that were punctuated with our involvement in a global war.
This time, if all goes as planned, we might come out of a shorter period of economic adversity with modernized and more effective social programs, a renewed national energy and transportation infrastructure, and the beginnings of permanent energy independence based on non-polluting, inexhaustable sources.
I bet on all of those possibilities when I voted. So far I haven’t regretted where I placed my chips.
I want a new big house, a big shiny cadillac, a yacht, a brand new wardrobe, 500 new pairs of shoes, all new furniture for my huge house. (and world peace).
I could go out and *buy* it all today….But I can’t afford to.
All your wishes are on their way as soon as the Chinese send us their money. Sit tight.
LMAO
I keep forgetting that the last republican administration trashed our credit rating. Well, damn… I guess we’ll have to borrow it from ourselves. I sure hope the Chinese like devalued dollars. We might be forced to start manufacturing our own consumer goods again, and hiring American workers to do it. Wouldn’t that be bloody tragic?
That’s because you’re credulous. That One made no specific promises about much of anything and those he did, he reneged on. Want specifics, goob? I have a million of them.
Compare what’s in the stimulus package with what he talked about in his campaign speeches. All in 3 weeks, and at one fell swoop. Details forthcoming. Sorry about the exploding republican heads.
OH PLLLEEEEASE….enough with the comparisons to FDR. Obama is NOTHING like him or anything close to him. Within days FDR had restored a sense of confidence in the economy…DAYS, as in the first week! Obama has done absolutely nothing to get at the core problem, the housing crisis. Enough with the kool-aid induced glorification of the Empty One.
Within days FDR had a plan in place. Confidence was actually a quite while in coming back. The economy didn’t fully recover until after the war.
As a gal, I’m pretty happy with the one where we get equal pay…so speak for yourself, dude. 2 months in office, remember? Give the man a break; after all, you let Bushie boy and the Chainman have 8 roller coaster years without complaining…and they ruined us. Hey, it’s tough all over but lighten up. Remember the “if you aren’t with me you’re against me” doctrine of Bush; how neat was that for you?
Hah…. haha… Obama thought governing is the same as reading a campaign speech from a teleprompter.