Comments on: Tapper Exposes Obama’s Budget Charade

By: Jim S

Jim S — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:27:25 +0000

In simple terms, its like a CEO that, with salary and bonus, got a check for a cool $100 million. He later decides to go on an economy kick and skips stopping at Starbuck’s for coffee one day out of 365. Proud of his “savings”, he goes out and buys a $500 million yacht bragging that he couldn’t have bought the yacht if he hadn’t saved the $3.75 from Starbuck’s. Call it Øbama math.

By: jbjd

jbjd — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:42:11 +0000

To calculate what percentage of the deficit/bailout/budget is the $100,000,000 BO wants his cabinet Secretaries to ‘find,’ take whatever figure you come up with and divide this into the one hundred million. For example, the 8 billion in earmarks Tapper complained Gibbs had previously referred to as a minuscule part of the $410,000,000,000 “appropriations bill” is $8,000,000,000. So, to see what percentage 8 billion is of 410 billion, divide 8 by 410. You get 0.0195%, or .000195. To find what percentage of that same stimulus bill is $100,000,000, divide .1 by 410 – here, we are dividing billions into millions – and get .0002%, or .000002.

By: foxyladi14

foxyladi14 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:37:00 +0000

only if you are not in debt to begin with.lol.

By: foxyladi14

foxyladi14 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:23:49 +0000

where is my barf bucket??

By: foxyladi14

foxyladi14 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:21:59 +0000

enough of them are.the ones that voted for the fraud.

By: Foxwood

Foxwood — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:37:43 +0000

Obama is counting on our public school indoctrination. After all, it’s really hard to think.

By: lauraks

lauraks — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:42:11 +0000

Right because it is not what Obama does that is of the moment to any of those people you referenced but rather that HE himself is what is important to them.

By: Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:44:39 +0000

There was a point in time when we were told that criticizing the war in Iraq was equally uncool, even unpatriotic. Seems to me I remember that same meme being spun during Vietnam.

But I agree, I also think how much easier and comforting it would be to drink the kool-aid. There’s truth in the saying “ignorance is bliss.”

But then, I always hated kool-aid, even as a kid. Too sweet. Rots your teeth out.

By: Paula Revere

Paula Revere — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:39:44 +0000

Believe me, I’m with you. Sometimes I think being an clueless Obot would be bliss.

By: politicalidentitycrisis

politicalidentitycrisis — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:13:26 +0000

It isn’t easy being among the sane. Sometimes I wish I had just drunk the kool aid so I could be clueless, too!

By: Peg

Peg — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:53:34 +0000

Paul Krugman was a finalist in this category for his columns on the financial crisis.

No, I think this was for O supporters only.

By: Ani

Ani — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:42:39 +0000

Save 52 million at Staples. Shake the printer cartridges!!!! Toilet paper contributions!

No kidding. Ya got that right!

Bless you, Tuppence411, for your great comment. You have nailed it exactly. I am appalled by the waste from both parties — our elected representatives sure are cavalier spending other people’s money.

If their salaries, health care or ability to get a lobbying or other kind of job when their elected terms were over were tied to how frugal they were with our dollars, you’d see a huge difference.

No accountability. Business as usual.

By: Paula Revere

Paula Revere — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:39:22 +0000

Here’s Jake Tapper on “President Beefcake”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/president-beefc.html

By: Ani

Ani — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:34:57 +0000

Forgive me, but look at the results of this last election. Obviously, there are 69 million people who bought this kool-aid hook, line and sinker. Why should the Administration feel that anyone of them has wised up?

The media has also been enabling this line of nonsense with no vetting for 16 months and keeps running interference, so that people of all parties, who do try to speak up, are vilified and marginalized.

By: DAB

DAB — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:09:44 +0000

I can’t say that I’m familiar with how Tapper acted during the primary campaign re: Hillary but I do agree with those who find him to be the most objective TV correspondent right now. He has criticized Obama way more than any of the others have. In fact, I sent an e-mail to ABC News just yesterday to praise his objectivity, especially when compared to his peers.

Regarding Gibbs, he reminds me of Scott McClellan i.e. bland and ends up offering the least amount of information possible. His response that “$100M is a lot of money where I come from” is condescending and ridiculous.

To me, the most interesting and least annoying Press Secretaries in recent times were Mike McCurry and Tony Snow.