State of the Union: More Lies, Fewer Facts
And in blatant opposition to the will of the American people, the president again asked the House to pass the Senate version of ObamaCare. He tried to overcome the fact that his plan is unpopular by promising those who elected him that the passage of ObamaCare “would protect every American from the worst practices of the insurance industry.”
Does anybody but me wonder who’s going to protect the insurance industry, and the thousands of people employed in it, from our government?
Of course, Obama had to bring up the insurance industry because he’s always in need of a scapegoat. This is why he continued to point the finger at George W. Bush throughout the speech, accusing him of causing our current economic malaise by “not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and [the] expensive prescription drug program” he signed into law on December 8, 2003.
While only a fool would argue that Bush doesn’t deserve some criticism for spending money like a Democrat while in office, there’s absolutely no way to blame him for the approximately $12 trillion deficit Obama has racked up in just one year’s time.
That’s right, twelve trillion dollars.
In addition to these varied attacks and attempts to blame someone other than himself for the mess he has caused, Obama also took a jab at the Supreme Court justices seated in the chamber. As a result of the court’s decision to protect the First Amendment by striking down aspects of the McCain/Feingold campaign finance reform law, Obama said he believed the court opened the door for future elections to “be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.”
As Justice Samuel Alito listened to Obama make these allegations, the normally reserved jurist “mouthed the words ‘not true.’” (It will be interesting to see if Obama’s sudden concern over powerful and/or foreign interests will keep him from taking money from George Soros or Moveon.org as the 2012 election draws near.)
On Monday, January 25, Rush Limbaugh predicted Obama would say these very things during his speech. According to Limbaugh, although various Democrats had given Obama somewhat different advice as to what he should say, they all seemed to agree that he should “show [his] anger, … bash Wall Street, … [and] keep blaming Republicans.”
All I know is that this is the same approach Obama and other Democrats took toward the Massachusetts special election when they blamed “George Bush and his cronies” for the problems citizens of Massachusetts (and of America) were facing on January 17. Yet two days later, the people rejected Obama’s tactics and Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Marcia Coakley handily.
I don’t see any reason why the American people should do any less than reject Obama’s plans as outlined in his State of the Union speech either. All they amounted to were more lies, fewer facts.
As I remarked in the comment section on the party leaning more and more to the left, the Democrats have apparently become a Canadian liberal political party. Why should they care about American voters?
Where are the lies? You didn’t mention any lies. and as for “attacking” someone in a joint meeting of Congress, I thought that became ok after joe Wilson did it, you know, so long as it’s true.
Y’all got spanked lat night. I don’t blame Republicans for not clapping. it’s hard to do when you got your thumb stuck up your butt.
…to protect the First Amendment by striking down aspects of the McCain/Feingold campaign finance reform law, Obama said he believed the court opened the door for future elections to “be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.”
Rather shocking that a POTUS would use his SOTU to rag on a decision of the SCOTUS. (“Hey, I didn’t put Sonia in there to place tiddlywinks with that crowd !”)
(any SCOTUS decision that renders Chuck Schumer apoplectic has gotta be a good one. Eric Holder muttering about challenges and so forth ? Who are these people ?)
Barack’s probably averse to the ruling on McCain-Feingold, making large swaths of it illegal, ’cause he won’t be able to get all those gigantic sub rosa injections of cash from places like Soros’ NGO’s and the like & the whole process of campaign donations will become more transparent.
I’d say some very “powerful interests” bankrolled his own campaign.
What is the difference between the concept of “put on a burqa so I won’t be tempted to rape you” and McCain-Feingold’s “don’t let them spend money on politicians because they might be corrupted”?
2. skeeziks:Flailing and desperate. America has rejected this charlatan. America has rejected his ideology and America has rejected you.
5. baal:
Not my America. So, where are the lies in his speech? If you’re too busy fellating activist judge Alito, you can get back to me.
6. skeeziks:
Not me buddy, that’s your deal. That’s why you’re called Barack Suckers.
Dear skeeziks,
Here are ten lies as compiled by the Associated Press.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fact_check
There are More listed elsewhere. The problem is that when ‘the one’ drones on for an hour and ten minutes he creates shuch a target rich envrionment it takes some time to tabulate them all.
I have some really bad news for you, Ovomit will be an outcome based presedint from now on. Like his true predecesor, Jimmy Carter.
jd
Money doesn’t corrupt people/politicians – those that are corrupted were ready and willing for same long before they make it to office.
I hope this helps.
7. baal:
And now that we’re on the subject. You know the messiah got his start in politics turning tricks for criminal pervert slumlord Tony Rezko? Yes, he really stepped up to the mic for his sugar daddy!
I want that picture burned into your mind. Hmm, I might just have to remind you of it every single day.
And despite all our divisions and disagreements, our hesitations and our fears, America prevailed because we chose to move forward as one nation, as one people.
Again, we are tested. And again, we must answer history’s call.
Let’s pretend….that since the Democrats obtained a filibuster proof majority and one party control over both Houses, that they didn’t act like bullies on a schoolyard playground, flexing their muscles and pushing everyone else around.
Let’s pretend that moving forward as one nation, one people was on their minds, and not cramming their legislative fists down everyone else’s throats.
Let’s pretend that they didn’t adopt the insolent, arrogant, smug and pedantic attitude that allowed them to call people “terrorists”,”, “bitter clingers”, and worse….including a slur invented against homosexuals engaged in oral sex…”teabaggers”.
Let’s pretend that the strobe lights at the Bully’s Ball didn’t just suffer a Brown-out that began in a grid in Massachusetts and has lights flickering from California to Florida.
And let’s pretend therefore that this call for “unity” isn’t a crass and cynical ploy to avoid a mid-term blood bath for Democrats who gleefully participated in the taunting, oppressing, intimidating, hectoring, and freezing out of the legislative process of fellow congressmen and senators and, more especially, of average Joe the Plumbers all across this land.
Let’s pretend that the rest of the Democrats and the whole of the entrenched media did not join in, or sit on their hands in passive acquiescence as this electoral brutality was taking place.
Yes, let’s pretend.
Let’s pretend that we have suddenly found “religion” on campaign finance, because we do not want the “wrong” people “influencing” the voters.
Let’s pretend that we didn’t shut off the credit card check that allowed that very thing, or at least one “somebody” did…and thereafter nobody investigated, neither the entrenched media or the government. And they didn’t complain…not even a whimper.
Let’s pretend we are fighting two wars, instead of just one.
Let’s pretend that state sponsored terrorism is an isolated criminal act, rather than a declared war by armed combatants seeking horrific ways to harm our interests, our allies, our way of life, to mass murder us or maim us at every opportunity.
Let’s pretend this isn’t one war on multiple fronts, similar to Germany and Italy in WW II, but that there’s good place and a bad place to confront the enemy in their training lairs and mass murdering plotting grounds.
Let’s pretend that the emails from East Anglia and Penn State and the “melting glaciers” of the Himalayas are not cause for complete mistrust or worse… proof… of a massive hoax in the Global Warming scam.
Let’s pretend that the fraudulent number of “jobs saved” somehow equals “jobs created”, when the CBO itself says there is no way to remotely verify such a thing…and that the numbers are made up out of whole cloth.
Let’s pretend that the former President left behind a debt because of “not paying” for the financing of a military action after commercial airliners were hijacked and slammed into our Pentagon and our skyscrapers.
Let’s pretend that the lending institutions of Fannie and Freddie are not in the least bit responsible for the mortgage meltdown, since they are never mentioned in the same breath as “greedy bankers”.
Let’s pretend that it was NOT the Democrats that had insiders in Fannie and Freddie and let’s pretend that those books were not cooked under Frank and Dodd’s watch.
Let’s pretend that seizing the auto industry, the banking industry, the health industry and the energy industry is not a naked power grab during a One Party rule cramdown….that effects nearly half of our wealth in this nation.
Let’s pretend that turning your back on a promise for C-Span transparency, and instead…began cutting side deals, Cornhusker kickbacks, the Louisiana Purchase, and union “Cadillac limo” rides because that was just the “messy” way that business gets done under One Party Rule.
Let’s pretend you don’t need to constantly raise your chin, in order to better look down your nose at the rest of us.
Let’s pretend all of this….in the name of “unity”.
Because if we indeed pretend all of that and more…when the mid-term elections come around…that hallmark of arrogance, the hyper-narcissistic phrase “you got me”…will need another word added when uttered by one of those born every minute…
“Again”
State of the Union:
“You didn’t like my communist policies ?
I will give you more communist policies.
And the Supreme Court will be pulled down by the Red Guards if it doesn’t behave.”
(Translation:
a totalitarian is a totalitarian)
Godspeed America !
Let’s get rid of the commies in November !
that should read “affects” not “effects”, of course. Sorry..no edit button here…
Well, since this tactic worked so well for Oabama in Massachusetts, I hope he keeps it up.
skeezix @ 2
Huh? You must have been watching that speech thourgh vodka-colored glasses. It was simply a rehash of the tired Obama trope of presenting campaign-rhetoric-as-state-paper. Obama didn’t particularly lie about anything he just repeated the same things he always says. So he’s going after the banks is he? Will that include Goldman, Sachs and the other Wall Street giants from where he recruited his “top financial advisers” like Geithner and Summers? How does he exactly expect the government to “create” jobs? Even a freshman in Econ 101 knows the government can’t create employment except for more jobs in government. The line about increasing nuclear power was a howler. I can’t wait until THAT gets chewed over by his lunatic allies on the enviromental left. And doesn’t he realize that all these new taxes on oil, banks et al are simply costs that will get passed on to the consumer thus raising prices and further impeding economic growth? He might actually realize this on some level but it is more important to “stick it” to the “fat-cats” to keep his base satisfied. The shot at the Court resulting from the “Citizens United” case was unbelievably “unpresidential”, partisan and undignified. (Yes – As President he is held to a higher standard than Joe Wilson.) However it was a Democrat “applause line” and had to be included.
In short it was the usual Obama performance – Vaporous baritone generalities descending to partisan and demagogue-like specifics.
“Foreign interests”, obama must be kidding. “Foreign interests” affecting our elections, well obama has yet to finally dispel the suspicions that he is not a “foreign (Kenyan) interest”. And, what about all the money Clinton got from the Chinese in exchange for our secrets? And what about liberal, progressive judges stating they look at “foreign courts” in making their decisions, instead of our own tried and true Constitution?
Overturning precedents!! What a huge joke. This is the process by which liberal, progressive judges are trying to ruin our country.
obama is an enormous, shameless hypocrite and an empty suit to boot. He is using the same intimidation that FDR used when the Supreme Court did things he did not like.
Help me out here. How did he cut taxes for 95% of americans? Maybe I just don’t remember or maybe I missed the cut.
I once had a root canal in the morning and was deposed by Defense Dept attorneys in the afternoon. This was infinitely worse. Any hope we might have had that recent events had delivered a well-deserved smackdown with the cluebat were dashed as the Obumbler doubled down on his schemes to take us kicking and screaming to financial ruin. Seldom have I seen such self-absorbed petulance on display. This boy president is a disgrace; stuck on stupid doesn’t even begin to cover it. The best we can hope for is to, um, persuade Congressional Democrats not to follow their Dear Leader over the precipice into the abyss.
I guess not everyone felt as I did. Chrissie Matthews apparently was so enthralled that he even forgot Dear Leader is black.
And, Mr. Hawkins, I think Rush must have made those predictions on Wednesday since undocumented anchorman Mark Steyn stood in for him on Monday and Tuesday.
8. jd:
Here are ten lies as compiled by the Associated Press.
No, every single item in that list is a matter of opinion. So I repeat, where are the lies? While you’re at it, you can provide a link to where Obama apologized for America.
They don’t exist.
That’s a whole lotta pretending, cfbleachers.
Great writing.
SKEEZIT-
A random sampling of:
1.)Insane Clown Posse fans
2.)Remedial Reading Students
3.)Wal Mart Shoppers
4.)WWF Audience Members
…any of the above could have done a better job creating jobs with 3 TRILLION DOLLARS than your messiah.
GW Bush was a terrible president. Somehow YOur messiah manages to be worse. How is that possible? I thought you guys were so smart, and we’re gonna show us how it’s done… That’s not working out so great.
I’m laughing at the superior intellect.
More lies, fewer facts, surely.
Here are some choice quotes.
“So I know the anxieties that are out there right now. They’re not new. These struggles are the reason I ran for President.” Really?
“Because of the steps we took, there are about two million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed.” Really?
“I know there have been questions about whether we can afford such changes in a tough economy; and I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. [That, I say, is a lie.] But even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future–because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.” Hah!
“Now, even as health care reform would reduce our deficit…” Hmmm.
“Now if we had taken office in ordinary times, I would have liked nothing more than to start bringing down the deficit.” Yes, of course.
“Like any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don’t. And if I have to enforce this discipline by veto, I will.” Well, I for one will believe that when I see it.
“…we’ve excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions.” Really?
“Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests–including foreign corporations–to spend without limit in our elections.” According to Justice Alito, that’s not true.
“I never thought the mere fact of my election would usher in peace, harmony, and some post-partisan era.” No!
“I know that all of us love this country.” Really?
“Since the day I took office, we have renewed our focus on the terrorists who threaten our nation.” Really?
“And in the last year, hundreds of al-Qaida’s fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed—far more than in 2008.” Really?
“These diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of these weapons. That is why North Korea now faces increased isolation, and stronger sanctions–sanctions that are being vigorously enforced.” Right.
“That is the leadership that we are providing–engagement that advances the common security and prosperity of all people.”
“We are working with Muslim communities around the world to promote science, education and innovation.”
“We have gone from a bystander to a leader in the fight against climate change.” From which bystander, though, to which leader?
Do tell us, skeeziks, how many of the above quotes you accept as totally accurate.
A FATWA I ISSUE: Barry’s speech last night was a travesty. He is an apostate having left behind the tenets of Islam behind to pretend he is a Christian to rule your filthy living with dogs and pig eating nation.
I ask all soldiers of Allah in the US to rise up and capture this infidel. We will then dispose of him as the Quran dictates! (followed by diabolical laughter)
Where are the lies? How about “I cut taxes for 95% of Americans?” Or “We created or saved 2 million jobs?” Or claiming that global warming is real when it was refuted over a month ago.
Ooh what a bad bad man that Alito is, daring to silently mouth disagreement with our God-Emperor.
Obumbler has decided to go on a suicide bombing mission. So be it. Hopefully civilian casualties will be minimal.
21. baal:
You need to start hanging out with a different group of friends. Obama worse than Bush? Sorry, but it will take the next 7 years to match the arrogance and incompetence foisted on this great nation by the Bush cabal (with your willing support . . . how’d that work for you?)
I suggest you focus on what you know best – BJs.
21. baal:
SKEEZIT-
A random sampling of:
1.)Insane Clown Posse fans
2.)Remedial Reading Students
3.)Wal Mart Shoppers
4.)WWF Audience Members
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As a WWE fan I must agree.
I actually turned the station to watch DOG the bounty hunter because it was such a strawman filled dishonest speech.
Nice breakdown by CATO
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253D7r5MfEG9xmE&h=06fa684e5057749c4b49904d4384067c&ref=nf
Thanks to all who listened, I couldn’t make myself do it.
Doubling down, is he? Too bad for America, too bad for the Dems, too bad for the big O. We are going to win.
27. skeeziks:
Yes, your messiah provided excellent and full throated service to his slumlord criminal pervert boss, Tony Rezko.
skeezix, if this POTUS gets his way, you will be looking to the good people who post on this and similar threads for physical protection and day to day sustenance, just like the people of Haiti are doing right now. If there’s anything that normal people know for a fact, it’s that yahoos like you do not know how to take care of themselves and don’t care to anyway, so the lack of ability doesn’t concern them. Why else would you be such a clinger to the lies of the statists. Good luck, you’re going to need it. Conservatives don’t need luck, because they know how to think and how to work and how to produce.
28. Phranc:
You know that Dog’s a convicted felon and a crack addict, right? But you’re not really watching for Dog, are you?
Obama last night:
“With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that, I believe, will open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our elections.”
The Citizens’ United case had nothing to do with foreign corporations and there exists other law/regulations that bar foreigners & foreign corporations from meddling in American campaigns through injections of cash (the Clintons and the Chinese notwithstanding
)
In other words, Obama’s reference to foreign corporations relative to last week’s SC ruling was a complete red herring.
There are restrictions on foreign participation in U.S. elections that were not part of the case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
ALL ON THIS FORUM:
As I told someone the other day, “skeeziks” is a 400 lb shut in woman. It’s not hard to figure out that a shut in such as herself would have numerous emotional disorders. If she didn’t have forums such as this she would be eating bulk bean burritos and cutting herself. Sad, but true.
27:
‘. . . how’d that work for you?)’
Pretty good, thanks for asking. No successful terrorists attacks on US soil for 7 years. A war fought and won in Iraq that is transforming the Mideast. AlQ as a political player driven out of Afghanistan and consigned to the tribal regions in Pakistan. Economic record setting growth in 2006 – the year before the House went progressive. Al Gore marginalized as a cheap revival tent AGW charlatan. Entry of Sarah Palin onto the national stage. Dan Rather off the national stage for good. Same with Edwards.
…worked out well all and all. The last 12 months or so have been a continual freefall though.
What was this boondoggle promise to essentially have the Federal government take over repayment of student loans!!! Borrowers would never have to pay more than10% of their income to repay student loans and after 20 years all is forgiven no matter the remaining balance! The Feds would just eat the remainder. So if you get a degree from Kumbaya University in underwater basket weaving and then can’t get a decent paying job to repay your loan, my tax dollars have to cover your debt! Worse, if you go into ‘public service’, I repay your loans after 10 yrs. So I’m paying to create more bureaucrats who vote for more government expansion to eat up more tax dollars. There will be no one left to pay taxes.
True, true, and true. Hawkins is right on every count. Kudos, too, to Limbaugh for nailing (in advance) the tone, tenor, and content of The One’s speech.
Obama’s policies are appalling. And his unwillingness to “hear” the concerns of millions of Americans will hamper governance at the federal level for the forseeable future. For years, perhaps.
Most egregeous, however, is Obama’s total lack of respect for those with whom he disagrees. All that blather about being a “new kind of politican” — a post-partisan one — is hogwash.
Since Obama thinks it acceptable to openly criticize governmental officials (as evidenced by his attack on Supreme Court justices during his State of the Union address), turnabout is certainly fair play.
See: http://bereapundit.com/its-ok-to-diss-obama
2. skeeziks:
“…hard to do when you got your thumb stuck up your butt.”
Hi Now and Then. Is that the Handsome Mixed European – American Turkey With a Touch of Black returning?
From sleazits elsewhere. A variation.
“Hail Rush! Go Sarah! Onward Scott!”
I’ll be damned. Could it be? The Modern Liberal Turkey Now and Then goes moho with a new I.D and all.
“Hail Rush! Go Sarah!” How many times have you said that? That’s the Basted Turkey rappin’!
You do know that PJM comments are searchable. Way back.
Anvil Johnson, are you there?
It was lie after lie after lie. He hasn’t learned a single lesson from the Massachusetts loss.
Welcome to the alternate universe in which Obama would be recognized as a pragmatist:
You don’t want my health care program, but I’ll give it to you anyway, because the phantom of George W. Bush has come back to this world as an obstinate locksmith who swore that he will keep Gitmo closed, even if he has to give his life for the lost cause of National security. But let’s not jump to conclusions: The poor fellow has been misguided by the obtuseness of the old cranks in the Supreme court, who are still clinging to an obsolete constitution, and its out-of-control first (and second) amendments.
Make no mistake: These dark-robed guys are on the wrong side of Avatar! Thanks God we still have an executive branch to show them the way!
Trickle-Down Taxanomics: A process whereby businesses are taxed out of expansion and hiring while those new taxes are simultaneously passed down to the end consumer, eventually becoming an effective tax on everyone, and an especially regressive tax on lower-income people. Subsidies for the lower-income folks turn into still more taxes, higher prices, and the need for further subsidies, until the cycle completes itself in the form of the former Soviet Union circa 1987.
Keynesianism needs to be taken behind the barn and put out of its misery once and for all.
skeeziks @ #2: POTUS’ description of the Citizens United case is simply wrong, and, with it the number of lawyers in the White House, it has to amount to a lie. For confirmation that POTUS was wrong, see:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTVkODZiM2M0ODEzOGQ3MTMwYzgzYjNmODBiMzQzZjk=
Demand, threaten, attack the very middle class he claims to want to help. This Obama is a dictator. Don’t listen to what he says, he lies, watch what he does. He is targeting the people who are working now. “I was told by some”, “Washington has been telling us”, “I didn’t ask for”,”they did it”,”Bush did it” Obama’s usual straw men. Above it all lecturing the unwashed. Meaningless deadlines and promisses. His above-it-all cynicism, mocking, and dry humor didn’t work. He is a snikering professor talking down to dumb students. This is no leader. This is a poor president.
When arguing with a liberal, they often challenge one to ‘prove’ something, and when various proofs are proferred, they will dismiss them as proving nothing.
Liberalism is the secular religion of marxism, and very few abandon their religion based on rational discourse. Certainly not discourse from those they are taught are evil (conservatives).
Bear this in mind when dealing with our childish troll here–its completely up to you if you want to spend time playing their little game of “convince me”.
Obama whines on about the problems he inherited from Bush Barry needs to grow up.
Obama did indeed inherit the recession and the GWOT from Bush the younger but
Bush inherited Al Qaeda, North Korean nuclear Iraq and a recession from Clinton but
Clinton inherited Iraq and the Balkans from Bush the elder but
Bush the Elder inherited a pretty good economy and the death Soviet Union from Reagan but
Reagan inherited a expanding Soviet threat and the worst economy since the depression from Carter but
Carter inherited the beginnings of stagflation and a debased Presidency from Nixon but
Nixon inherited the Vietnam War from LBJ but
LBJ inherited the Vietnam War from Kennedy but
Kennedy inherited the Cuban problem and a recession from Eisenhower but
Eisenhower inherited the Cold War and the Korean War from Truman but
Truman inherited the Second World War and post reconstruction/domestic adjustment from Roosevelt but
Roosevelt inherited the Great Depression from Hoover but
Hoover inherited an economy on the brink from Coolidge…
I could go on but I think even our trolls can get the point. In our system of government problems are passed from one President to another. It is up to the sitting President to make things work the best that he can. Some Presidents, like, Truman and Reagan rise to the occasion and make things better while others like Carter and now Obama makes things worse. Most others just muddle through.
Skeeziks:
If they were to ban trolls, you would not be here.
2. skeeziks:
Where are the lies?
They’ll be apparent a year from now, when he’ll make another set of unkeepable promises.
Now, how truthful was he when he pledged to close Gitmo and meet with the leaders of Syria, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela within a year?
Cap and trade, tax the banks…
blather blather blather
blah blah blah
The real debate now is:
whom do we choose for President in 2012 ?
And:
which emergency program do we need to heal all the damages that four years of demented radicals will have inflicted to America ?
State of the Union or should it have been called “I Won II”?
By the way, has anyone ever seen Bagdad Bob and B.H.O. in the same room at the same time?
just wondering.
jd
The greatest parts of last nights rehashed campaign lecture?
(1) Watching Big Sis and the Nevada nincompoop dozing off while the faux leader bloviated.
(2) Trying to determine whether the botox queen reminded me more of flipper, or the bride of
frankenstein.
(3) Wondering if Biden even knew where he was.
(4) Watching the contingent of military personnel sit on their hands as Barry ranted about
“don’t ask, don’t tell”.
(5) Wondering if Soetoro is suffering from jaundice. Dude’s turning orange! (Ok, I don’t
wish an illness on him. Just want him to go away.)
48. Sherab: Actually, I’d say the better question is who will the Democrats nominate for president in 2012? If they renominate Barack Hussein Obama, the GOP could run a monkey and still carry the day. Obama’s arrogance and cluelessness are making people think good things about Joe Biden, for heaven’s sake!
If there are any moderately sane, non-power-mad minds remaining among the Democrats’ strategists, they have to be thinking about Obama’s successor — and how to get him installed sooner rather than later.
I’m confused, would someone please help me?
Why is it called a health care plan if it’s going to stick it to the insurance companies? Exactly how is forcing millions of people to give thousand of dollars each to the insurance companies sticking it to them?
If they sent that money to me instead would I be getting stuck? Sticked? Or something like that?
A more important question is how will Lewis, who owns Progressive as well as some TeleCom company, take being stuck like this. After all, he is one of Soros’ buds and a multi-Billionaire. Also a major contributor to the Democratic Party.
“and how to get him installed sooner rather than later.”
Her, not Him. Remember who wasn’t there?
As has been commented on another blog, it should have been called not SOTU, but Obama’s STFU speech
Obama has single handedly managed to make Russia look, by comparison, like a thoughtful, freedom loving, rational country and Putin a statesman.
Don’t feed the trolls.- skeeziks:
Every time you write-publish his name he gets a quarter from his old buddy Soros.
That is the last 25c you will ever get from me.
gaze/// (o^o)
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I sat down to watch Obamas speech-
Haven’t slept that good in months.
The Fraudulant State of Obama last night was so over the top and continues the same bad policies. There will therefor be no significant new jobs forthcoming. In fact I believe that the intention of this administration is in fact (as described by Glenn Beck and an ever more attentive public profess) to destroy America. Continued growing govt. spending (24% last year alone) and more requested spending programs will surely bankrupt America.
It is apparent that Obama did hear the Massachusetts voters and New Jersey and Virginia voters and it is equally apparent that he is angry about it. His speech was nothing less than a thumbing of his nose at America, telling us that it is his way and his way only.
All I can say is that we need to remove Democrats from every level of government and if necessary call for a constitutional convention so that we can unwrite a century of Democratic Party Socialist Party nonsense. Maybe we should go even further and reset our country to include the constitution and its 27 amendments and throw away ALL of congresses bills so we can start over restoring our country.
If you need an indicator of Obama’s trashy self, his consummate vulgarity and coarseness, his insult and lies about the Supreme Court, while they sat there in front of him and the nation watched, should suffice.
Obama is a bottomless pit of vileness. No wonder the left admires him.
Oboe got one good laugh last night when he said something to the effect that man-made global warming was a settled scientific issue. Some folks laughed out loud. It may have been the gallery.
How pointless.
America has known – or should reasonably have known – that BHO has a problem with the truth ever since he lied in his pledge to accept public campaign financing. The result was this and this, and worse.
Re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-confirming that this guy can’t tell the truth is a pointless waste of resources.
At some point sites like this are going to start allocating resources to ideas focused on what to DO about this guy, his ilk, and the damage they’re visiting upon this nation.
Here’s one idea.
Here’s another.
Anyone else?
Was Obama moving his lips?? Then he was lying. He is a theoretical lawyer, an Academendician from Harvard, and a community lay about from Chicago. His resume was wiped clean by the American fifth column who are desparately trying to take over the country. He was chosen for his oratory skills and his dedication to the party. It was never expected that he could be elected to a second term unless he could deliver on amnesty for 30 million illegal immigrants.
Cap in Trade, the Tsars, Healthcare, the take over of banks and American’s major industries and what do you have? A Bolshevik state from the 1920′s. Welcome to the new America, or Obamaland. These speeches are for the simple minded like Baal and O’Reilly. These journalist Zombies are trying to read meaning into his empty rhetoric. It is all as futile as his promises.
Who else remembers the Congressman from South Carolina (I think) who
yelled out, “You Lie”, earning him daggers being stared at him by Pelosi and Michelle?
I remember, and once again the chief deformed soul in the Oval Office, whose initials are BHO, blithely ignores whatever, or whomever, counters their “supremely profound plan”.
Some fat ugly slob, a pseudo intellectual with some sort of advanced college education, and the cretins who take his redeck rants seriously need to check their veracity.
31. Meryl:
skeezix, if this POTUS gets his way, you will be looking to the good people who post on this and similar threads for physical protection and day to day sustenance, just like the people of Haiti are doing right now.
Liberal response to Haiti – correspondents serving as doctors treating the injured the injured, Hope for Haiti telethon raising $60 million in one day.
Conservative response to Haiti – “We already donate to Haiti, it’s called the U.S. income tax.” (Thanks, Rush. You’re a prince – a PortoPrince.)
Your problem is that you’re trying to co-opt actions instead of your usual fare – symbols. Stick with symbols – flag pins, three-cornered hats, tea bags, etc. All you have to do is whine to claim ownership.
58. Fred Beloit:
Oboe got one good laugh last night when he said something to the effect that man-made global warming was a settled scientific issue. Some folks laughed out loud. It may have been the gallery.
They were laughing at Republicans who have their heads stuck in the sand. (See: “symbols” above.)
And finally, to everybody, the headline of this rant was “More Lies. Fewer Facts.” I challenged you all to name the lies in the speech. So far, not a one has been produced. Please, for your own sakes, think about that.
As the dust settles over the planet following the longest speech of President Obama’s political life, (70 minutes), which included this downer line, “We do not give up. We do not quit. We do not allow fear or division to break our spirit,” the wags are wagging and the talking heads are talking their heads off.
If Obama meant to invoke Churchill’s, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender,” he didn’t come close and, besides, he doesn’t smoke cigars.
Various observers did come close, to burlesque, to insight, and to honesty.
. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is always ready to inadvertently inject some absurd humor into the political scene and he scored again last night.
You may recall MSNBC, it’s the cable news network that no one watches. And you may recall Matthews who, not once but twice, experienced a “thrill” up his leg during the presidential campaign while in the presence of his Obamassiah.
I thought at the time it could be a touch of bursitis or arthritis.
Fortunately or unfortunately . . .
Skezz:
I make it a policy not to respond to morons like you but your last post deserves a rebuke. Study after study has shown that conservatives give more to charity then liberals. Sarah Palin gave an order of magnitude more to charity then Joe Biden despite the disparity in their income.
http://www.fertilethoughts.com/forums/debate-board/576734-charitable-giving-conservatives-vs-liberals.html
As usual halfwit Progressives only project their own views on the opposition. It is not Conservatives who think they gave on tax day, its lefties like skeezer who have that attitude.
Progressives only believe in taking from others and not giving of themselves.
SKEEZIKS#2 All of your messiah’s advisors, czars, cabinet,and anyone around him are, thives, thugs, tax cheats, socialist, marzist, commies, child molestors, convicted felons, any other pieces of crap that he can latch onto.
His best friends are, home grown terrorist, radical preacher, black panthers, code pink nuts, radical muslims,etc, etc, etc.
Hangin there SKEEZIKS, they will be coming after you when the time comes.
You and your kind never learn.
Get off your ass, get a job and quit spewing garbage from your big mouth.
People like you and your MESSIAH make this country look bag.
GET A LIFE, and get out from your mommys skirt.
@38
skeeziks is actually none other than vivo, as much as his inane postings might lead you to believe otherwise. I do not doubt that Now and Then also has created a new persona for himself, trolls need a new skin every couple of months.
Sheeziks: the jobs saved/jobs created claim is a figment of the imagination and unprovable. As noted by posters #11 and others, even the CBO says there is no way to verify these claims. Some call that a lie. You may think it’s oratorical hyperbole. In either case, it’s a gross distortion of the facts (or the lack thereof).
Just because the President thinks (and wants) it to be true, doesn’t make it so.
I think the key here is just telling the truth. Not just referring to Shuster`s lies here, but the broader picture.
Papers don`t sell well lately, but that really means illiberal lies don`t sell. And we are not buying it anymore. Literally. I would venture that conservative magazines and newspapers (Washington Examiner for example? Any other conservative papers out there?? Please fill in the blanks!) sell because they are trying to tell the truth. Same applies to CNN and MSNBC down the tubes with FOX up.
As a society we are really beginning to realize that the truth is in short supply from the personal to organizational and governmental levels.
The truth is now a rare commodity and if you find it, a big taste of fresh air. A cooling breeze that brings you back for more.
Yeah, I think it is almost that simple.
Anyway, papers and magazines and news networks will do much better by telling the truth to the best of their ability and retracting mistakes fast.
NOT ALWAYS blindly and blanketly aligning your organization with a given political agenda is key here.
The truth brings credibility. People will buy credibility.
And if your organization is devoted to a certain stance, then just say so and the chips fall. That is, don`t be a CNN or NPR pretending to tell the truth and tricking viewers and listeners into thinking you don`t have an ideology when you really do have one.
The conservative blogs, for example, are just doing a better job of telling the simple truth. Telling it like it is.
I feel as if I am giving the liberals some real hints here as to how to improve themselves and their organizations. Maybe I should not do that.
But I just did.
The truth really sells these days because there is a big market for this shrinking commodity.
That old saw: “Honesty is the best policy,” really has real merits
I have a question…. BHO touted $8 Billion for a new high speed rail system. Is this the same $8 Bil. that is part of the stimulus passed in Feb. 2009 or a new $8 Billion for high speed rail? If it is new….what happened to the previous $8 Billion? If it’s the same $8 Billion, why is he passing it off as if this is some new job creating program?
Why hasn’t MSM caught this?
here is the Feb. 2009 story:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18924.html
My apologies for the “Shuster” line above! I submitted the same comment to http://www.hotair.com in response to a video showing the Shuster vs. Breitbart argument (regarding O`Keefe). Thus the Shuster reference. Later I went on to post the same comment on http://www.polico.com but framed it as a criticism of Obama`s lies. So please consider the above in the same way. In any event, my point is the same:
Tell the truth, will ya!!!
And the truth will set you free and make you wealthier at the same time . . . .
#67. You are ever so right! I’m tired tonight after getting up this am, taking care of the dog, putting out the trash, working 9(+) hours, picking up the dry cleaning, grocery shopping, bringing in the trash, cooking dinner, cleaning the kitchen and all the “stuff” that most of us do during the day. I completely let skeeziks (vivo) get by me. T
Thanks for the “heads-up” I read the blogs every evening, but rarely respond. But you… well now you are my hero!
(Mayby Vivo/skeeziks should get a real job?
This is for the trolls who have invaded this site – there is no
need to identify them, you know who they are: George Bush’s
failures, both real and imagined, in no way excuse President
Obama’s incompetence! And he is incompetent. From the ballooning
deficit to national security to energy policy, our marxist
President is a one man wrecking crew.
I hope I didn’t hurt any of the trolls feelings.
a waste of time an air….
With the advent of the internet, we are seeing a lot of things in our country that we do not like…namely the politicians.
Ok troll,how about the oft repeated lie “I inherited Bushs’ budget deficit”.If I’m not mistaken the Constitution clearly states that the legislative branch is responsible for the budget.Therefore it stands to reason Obama inherited congressional budget deficits.This includes the budgets put forth by congress while controlled by Democrat majorities,that Obama himself voted in favor of,n’est pas?
Hey Horace,I don’t understand how anyone can tolerate Olberman either.
@67 I respectfully disagree.Displaying a fixation on male genitalia and homosexual erotica ad nauseam doesn’t fit the M.O. of vivo or n&t.It fits moho like a tailored suit.No worries though,with open registration getting nixed next week,I expect the more execrable specimens to meet the ban hammer tout de suite.
65. tdiinva:
Progressives only believe in taking from others and not giving of themselves.
Nope, $60 million in one day. Talkin’ ’bout Haiti. Try again.
66. KEYBOARD555:
People like you and your MESSIAH make this country look bag.
Nope, Google Steve Buyer (oh the irony of names) Try again.
67. Leftist troll who won’t change his handle:
skeeziks is actually none other than vivo
Nope, not vivo. Try again.
72. roseannie:
Mayby Vivo/skeeziks should get a real job?
Nope, don’t need a job. Try again.
73. KDW:
I hope I didn’t hurt any of the trolls feelings.
Nope, didn’t hurt a bit. Try again.
73. KDW:
This is for the trolls who have invaded this site – there is no
need to identify them, you know who they are: George Bush’s
failures, both real and imagined, in no way excuse President
Obama’s incompetence! And he is incompetent. From the ballooning
deficit to national security to energy policy, our marxist
President is a one man wrecking crew.
ditto
What about those lies from the speech, people? Haven’t heard one yet. Chop chop, folks. You gotta produce in this land of the free or the next guy will. Show some initiative! Stand up for your assertions!. Defend your claims! Or is this whole thread just another example of y’all runnin’ your mouths with nothing to back it up. Can you say . . . maybe tomorrow?
Maybe you should just all quit, you know, for the good of the site, the site you love so much. In fact, you can claim a mandate of conscience. Or as Sarah Palin calls it, a mandation. God, I love that woman. Don’t you? Now, if you want to talk lies, well, she offers some fertile ground, know what I’m sayin? So, who’s it gonna be? Step right up! Lay down right here on the waterboard of patriotism. We have one reservation ahead of you, a Mr. Sean Hannity, a standing reservation to be done for charity, but he hasn’t shown up yet. Anybody know why?
Oh, the sword of principle, such a double-edged wonder, ain’t it?
You have no standing.
Hail Rush, Go Sarah!
Skeez the moron:
How do you know how much money was given to groups like Food for the Poor which has a big Haiti. You have no idea how much religious conservatives give on daily basis to charities that help Haiti and other poor countries. Haitians need support every day and not when some high profile event happens.
46. Ole Sarge::
If they were to ban trolls, you would not be here.
Sorry, Sarge, I’m a corporation. You can’t ban my right to free speech. Take it up with that half a man Alito.
A good place to start…if you didn’t like my long “let’s pretend”…because I consider an intentional misdirection no different than a lie. I consider withholding key facts for the purpose of misleading the audience…a lie.
I consider any attempt to get people to believe something that is known to be false…a lie. No matter how cute they are about parsing the words or playing semantic games. If the intent is to deceive…it can be all dressed up with a frilly bow and grand rhetorical flourishes…it’s still a damn lie.
http://www.nationalreview.com/onthenews/?q=Nzg5MjQ4ODQ0ZmZkNjAzMDg1MmRhNmRlMmU0MGExZTk=
Here is the video: http://www.breitbart.tv/liar-loud-shout-interrupts-key-obama-address-to-congress/
Leave it to the chief deformed soul in the Oval Office to demonstrate how not to learn from history.
Skeeziks,
Yo, homey! Hurricane’s comin’ Better get yo’ self down to the Dome for potection and yo gubment cheese!! Dont ferget yer 9″oo” for the lootin afterwards. Peace out.
Skeeziks pants on the ground
pants on the ground
skeeziks lookin like a fool
with his pants on the ground…
75. McBride:
What color is the sky in your world? That may be the single most asinine dodge I’ve ever read here on PJM, and that is saying something. I think you need to convene an immediate confab gathering consortium to inform your conservative brethren and sisteren of this new-found obeisance to Constitutional chicanery. They’re all under the impression that Obama is doing all of this stuff. Go have your pow wow and get back to me with the stance you really want to take. Doesn’t matter, you understand, but you should pick one.
By the way, are you the one who writes for Dana Perino? Are you the source for gems like, ‘There wasn’t’ a terrorist attack during George Bush’s presidency.”
You people really gotta start focusing.
Hail rush, Go Sarah.
79. tdiinva
How do you know how much money was given to groups like Food for the Poor which has a big Haiti. You have no idea how much religious conservatives give on daily basis to charities that help Haiti and other poor countries. Haitians need support every day and not when some high profile event happens.
OK, tell me, how much have conservatives raised for Haiti? You can’t tell me. But I can tell you how much Hope for Haiti raised – $60 million in one day from those evil liberals. I can tell you that O’Reilly questioned the legitimacy of the event because nobody from the show would go on his show. (I hear it’s because they were afraid he would ask to pinch their nipples.) I can tell you that Rush denied the need in Haiti saying the U.S had already done enough. I can tell you that a CNN correspondent is doing double duty as a doctor treating injured victims. I can tell you that Fox News barely knows where Haiti is. So tell me, you moron, what have you and yours done? Tell me again how much conservatives have donated to help people in Haiti. Do you know? Of course you don’t. You just assume it to be so, because some half-wit on the radio told you to think it
Putz.
83. donttreadonme:
Penis envy.
This guy is on an endless-loop tape. The same words off the teleprompter as he has spoken for the last 2 years. If he had creative genes that evoked “hope and change”, they are left on the cutting-room floor. His words have no passion or caring for what he’s saying. He’s a robotic faker wrapped in the body of a Chicago mobster, under the control of an outside body – the reincarnation of the Manchurian Candidate.
i fell asleep with the tv on and i heard so much BS. it was flowing like a river, even in my sleep i automatically raised my watch so i could at least save it from the avalanche. i especially liked the part where he promised the middle class a break to send their kid to school. it went something like this, i will take your money now and in ten years we’ll call it even. wtf? what i don’t understand is that the big O thinks he’s gonna be here after 4? did that guy fall and hit his head or does he have a plan we haven’t heard about? after he dogged the supreme court i wouldn’t count on their help to much. blah blah blah and in ten years we are gonna save x amount of money. hey Bozo you got 8 years max, and you’re making plans for 14 years later? did i fall and hit my head?
Hail Hillary! Go Joe! Run against Obama!
2. skeeziks:
Where are the lies?
Well, for starts there’s the fact that the Supreme Court did not, and came nowhere near, allowing future elections to “be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.” Foreign contributions to U.S. elections – whether corporate or individual – have been illegal for some time, and that status was not challenged by this decision. As for “powerful interests”, why is it that corporate contributions – to Republicans – were made illegal, but union contributions – to Democrats – were not?
cfbleachers (11): well said.
What’s interesting is the prevalent Progressive attitude – well expressed by Obama in the speech – that there is no real difference between Republican and Democrat or Conservative and Progressive, and that we should all simply be rational, “get along” and do things their way. There was no hint in the President’s SOTU address that he or the Democrats would be willing in any way to meet Republicans half way, or reconsider any of their actions. No, we all must “work together” and do things his way, no matter what the consequences might be.
So nothing he said was good, or an appropriate adjustment; it was all bad…and lies? And this passes for intelligent political discussion?
Skeez is like a thingy on your tongue. You know that you should leave it alone but you can’t. All he has is “So’s your old man”. It’s like being 12 years old again at the play ground. He never has an intelligent thing to say and calls everyone names. Come to think of it he’s just like Obama.
PLEASE IGNORE SHITZIKS. HE’S PAID TO POST IDIOTIC COMMENTS HERE. RESPONDING TO HIM SIMPLY ADVANCES HIS MASTERS’ GOALS. PLEASE STOP.
Okay Skeeziks, I’ll make this simple. Here was a clear lie that he made concerning the Supreme Courst latest decision. This will lay it out clearly. Obama stated: “Floodgates will be open to foreign corporations to contribute money to US political campaigns”.
That’s not true. The court did not deal with that law. “Foreign companies are already prohibited from influencing American campaigns. The current legal prohibitions on foreign involvement in elections are quite specific, and prohibit a foreign national from directly or indirectly contributing to a candidate or party, or paying for a broadcast, cable or satellite communication which refers to a federal candidate in the period before an election. Furthermore, FEC regulations already prohibit a foreign national from direct, control, or indirectly participating in the decision-making process of any corporation, labor union, or political committee in their election-related activities.” So it’s a flat-out and out lie.
Does that help?
skeeziks: where are the lies?
though he has now revised his statement to allow more leeway, let’s start with the one that he said before election and broke on the first day in office,
OBAMA: He said his administration has “excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs.”
THE FACTS: seven waivers from the ban have been granted to White House officials alone.
reminds me of,
Four legs good,
Two legs better.
…if you understand that quote, then you know all you need to know about this administration.
Dr. T #56:
“All I can say is that we need to remove Democrats from every level of government and if necessary call for a constitutional convention so that we can unwrite a century of Democratic Party Socialist Party nonsense. Maybe we should go even further and reset our country to include the constitution and its 27 amendments and throw away ALL of congresses bills so we can start over restoring our country.”
Wow, the very BEST IDEA I’ve heard in a loooong time…
Thanks.
@78. “skeeziks”: – What about those lies from the speech…
You STILL screaming like a girl about this? Knock yourself out, while you ponder the fact that the glitterati who “supported” Hope for Haiti are “collectively” worth billion$ (as an example, BrAngelina’s fortune alone is some $300M+). The fact that this army of celebs could only scrape together $60M – by coercing donations from viewers – is hardly something you should be drawing attention to if you’re trying to dig the liberal image out of the dirt.
- …the worst of the storm has passed.
Lie. We still have consistent, awful news in the housing sector (where all the trouble started in 2008). Job losses continue unabated since the Democrat Congress took the reins of the economy. Current trends point to a double-dip recession, and BHO’s attack on the banking system will likely make the second dip much worse than the first.
- One in 10 Americans still cannot find work.
Lie. The actual ratio is closer to 1 in 5.
- Our most urgent task upon taking office was to shore up the same banks that helped cause this crisis.
Lie. Banks did not “help cause” the economic problems we currently face. Fed policy, banking regulations that increased moral hazard in lending, and the anti-business policies of the Democrat-controlled Congress killed what was – until January of ’07, at least – a steadily growing economy with a government on track for a balanced budget by late ’08.
– But if these firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again, they can afford a modest fee to pay back the taxpayers who rescued them in their time of need.
Lie. A new bank tax will not be paid back to taxpayers, it will go into the Treasury’s general fund where it will be stolen to shore up the insolvent Medicare and Social Security programs. In order to cover the cost of this new tax, banks will have no choice but to raise the cost of their services, which will comprise a new tax on banking consumers – including those making less than $250,000 per year.
– We cut taxes for 95 percent of working families.
Lie. Almost a third of tax filers pay no tax at all or – to add insult to injury for those who DO pay tax – they receive a federal welfare check called a “tax credit”. Since some 30% of tax filers already pay no tax at all, or receive others’ redistributed wealth, there is no way taxes could have been “cut” for 95% of working families.
- And we haven’t raised income taxes by a single dime on a single person.
Lie of misrepresentation. Income taxes will increase as soon as the “Bush” tax cuts are allowed to expire, which BHO long ago pledged to do.
- Because of the steps we took, there are about two million Americans working right now who would otherwise be unemployed.
Lie. This number has no basis in verifiable fact. The shenanigans regarding jobs “saved or created” are well-documented.
- … I’m proposing that we take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid and use it to help community banks give small businesses the credit they need to stay afloat.
See above. As noted, the TARP money “repaid” by the banks isn’t being paid back to taxpayers at all. Rather, it’ll be used – strings attached – to exert more corporatist pressure on the financial system by coercing smaller banks to increase moral hazard by loaning according to Democrat fiscal policy (see also: CRA).
- The only way to move to full employment is to lay a new foundation for long-term economic growth, and finally address the problems that America’s families have confronted for years.
Lie of implication. The CBO has already analyzed the Democrats’ current fiscal policy and found no reason to believe that it will lead to long-term economic growth.
– We can’t afford another so-called economic “expansion” like the one from the last decade … where the income of the average American household declined …
Flat. Out. Lie. “Personal, disposable, inflation-adjusted income grew 9% in the first six years under Bush.” (ref.) Again, the Democrat takeover of Congress ended that trend.
- … I am not interested in punishing banks.
Lie. He’s already stated that he’s going to exact a “fee” (read: new tax) from the banks because they have the audacity to pay their employees well.
- We can’t allow financial institutions, including those that take your deposits, to take risks that threaten the whole economy.
Lie of misrepresentation. Democrat fiscal policy, bank lending regulations such as CRA and their support of corruption in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – which continues to this day – has increased moral hazard in lending and associated securities markets, creating the risks that threatened, and still threaten, the economy.
- At the beginning of the last decade, the year 2000, America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion.
Flat. Out. Lie. As a result of the Unified Budget instigated by LBJ, a huge portion of that so-called “surplus” was already pre-allocated to non-discretionary spending to cover Social Security entitlements. The largest actual surplus ever reported by the Clinton administration was about $85B, and that was thanks to legislation passed in 1993, aka “The Largest Tax Increase in U.S. History” (note: depending whether you measure in adjusted dollars or percent of GDP). Get ready for a repeat of that one soon, which will constitute another lie of omission.
- By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program. On top of that, the effects of the recession put a $3 trillion hole in our budget. All this was before I walked in the door.
Lie of misrepresentation. As Senator, BHO voted for the budget he’s complaining about here. In fact, the 2009 budget he’s whining about was rammed through Congress on a party-line vote supported by him, Rahm Emmanuel, Biden and Hillary, among others. The implication – that the deficit in effect when he “walked in the door” was the fault of the previous administration – is ludicrous on its face.
- … if we just make fewer investments in our people, extend tax cuts including those for the wealthier Americans, eliminate more regulations, maintain the status quo on health care, our deficits will go away. The problem is that’s what we did for eight years. (Applause.) That’s what helped us into this crisis. It’s what helped lead to these deficits.
Lie. Tax cuts passed in 2001 did not lead to deficits. The Bush tax cuts led to historic, record levels of federal tax revenue AND led to spending/revenue trends which – as late as January of 2007 – had the federal government on track for a balanced budget by late 2008. Those trends ended when the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007 and, as one of their first official acts, signaled their animus to small business by jacking up the minimum wage.
- … we’ve excluded lobbyists from policymaking jobs, or seats on federal boards and commissions.
LIE. Possibly his most brazen of the evening. Here’s the list, courtesy of Ed Morrissey:
* Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm [now confirmed].
* Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
* William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
* William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
* David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
* Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.
* Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
* Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
* Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
* Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
* Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
* Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the president’s assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.
Enjoy.
I guess my friends at PJM thought i pushed on Obama’s speech defects a little to hard because they appareantly
refused to publish it. That’s okay, I guess. There are other blogs without such politically correct choking editors.
If you misplaced my 2,000 page piece by mistake, maybe you could look for it. I’d appreciate it. Thanks. Rachel
I fear it is worse than just words. In my opinion, Obama declared war- on us. He just said we are too stupid to see his vision, too foolish to see his majesty.
http://truthandcommonsense.com/2010/01/28/war-on-the-people-obama-draws-a-line-in-the-sand-and-reveals-who-he-is/
From his head tilt to his Mussolini-like faraway gaze Obama has proven to me, finally, that he is not just a man sold on himself but an ideologue committed to the revolution. As many have read, I’ve been studying Mao last cultural revolution and have blogged about some of the information I’ve picked up. During this time it has become apparent that just because we are a Republic doesn’t mean we are immune to electing a similar type personality as we have seen in other nations (Chavez, Castro, Mussolini, etc.). It happens. We did it with Wilson, maybe with FDR and certainly with Obama. I’m not saying he’s monster. But that doesn’t make his actions less harmful to those he controls.
For example, his approach to terrorism, treating terrorists as criminals, created the atmosphere that led to the Christmas bomber being read Miranda fifty minutes into an interrogation. That means days of information that will save others was lost. Any deaths that come from the next attack are DIRECTLY tied to Obama.
http://truthandcommonsense.com/2010/01/07/hmm-what-do-these-have-in-common-a-less-than-serious-approach-to-terrorism/
What does it mean when a President dismisses seventy percent of the citizens in his country as fools? That is an interesting question, the answer we will all experience in the next three years. The great thing about our nation is the three branches of government can act not only as supports for each other but friction brakes ON each other. Obama’s comments towards the Supreme Court were so far out of line that even a member known for his self-control had to react. (On a side note, I know some good lawyers and judges. They are human too. If Obama thinks he intimidated them, he is sadly mistaken. I’m willing to bet the lawyers on the left with upcoming cases just spit up their tofu sandwiches and Perrier water (or champagne depending on how “pure” they are). Each of them are seeking out good rope so they can hang themselves as we speak!)
But aside from the pleasure I’m getting from that vision, I know this is bigger than just one bent out of shape leftie in charge of my country. This is serious. Obama just declared war. Or as I say in the closing of my post;
—-
For those of you out there with friends who say “How bad can he be?” or “We are just misreading his intentions.” I hope now we are past the “ah golly” stage of dealing with this man who I believe truly thinks he is the chosen one. Before I figured he was just sold on himself. Not anymore. He has left himself little wiggle room between what he wants and what we will not give him. So his only option left is to take it.
So the question is still this- What happens when the irresistible force meets the immovable object?
Mao knew, as did Mussolini, Stalin and all that came before them.
Welcome to the war.
Its hard for Skeeziks to tell when Pesident Obama is lieing. Balanced folk listen to the President’s words but then they see what his actions are and they never match the words. Hard for an ideologue like Skeeziks to follow it.
11. cfbleachers: “Let’s pretend….that since the Democrats obtained a filibuster proof majority and one party control over both Houses….”
You forgot to mention that they never once called the Republicans “the party of no” or “Obstuctionists” when EVERY damn one of them (Repubs) coulda taken a year long vacation and it woulda meant zilch to the progressive marxists forcing their bankrupting agenda down our throats.
@100. rachel: – … they appareantly refused to publish it.
You’re not referring to this one, are you, rp?
Goy, thanks for your help, but, no isn’t wasn’t that one.
In the one they apparently didn’t publish, I to a large extent, make comments on Obama’s speech paraggraph by paragraph.
It was a long and draining process, but I used my speech writing experience to explain it. Maybe it was too long for them.
I called them in Ca., but all I could do was leave a voice message. I think I’m going to do the whole process over again
but this time keep a copy.
Thanks for your help. Rachel
96. TriGeek:
Okay TriGeek, I’ll make this simple. What Obama stated was a matter of opinion, of analysis:
Obama actually said: “With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I BELIEVE will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections. I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.”
Obama’s interpretation echoes four Supreme Court justices who opined that the logic of decision would appear to protect “multinational corporations controlled by foreigners.” Justice Stevens: Logic of decision “would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual Americans.” From Justice John Paul Stevens’ opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part in Citizens United v. FEC — an opinion joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor.
I suggest you quit relying on Sarah Palin and Meghan Kelly for your sound bites.
As for you goybel:
We can’t afford another so-called economic “expansion” like the one from the last decade … where the income of the average American household declined … Flat. Out. Lie. “Personal, disposable, inflation-adjusted income grew 9% in the first six years under Bush.” (ref.) Again, the Democrat takeover of Congress ended that trend.
Where’s the lie? Other than you claiming the Democratic Congress is responsible for Bush’s miserable economic policy? Obama stated a fact. You don’t like the fact. So yu call it a lie without ANY PROOF WHATSOEVER as you did in your entire litany of misrepresentation and desperation.
So, y’all, the offer still stands – where are the lies in Obama’s speech? You can’t produce one.
Rank amateurs blinded by ideology. You have no idea how to defend a nation or grow an economy or demonstrate the hard-won rights of lessons of independence and community.
“But Meghan Kelly said . . .! And she’s a lawyer!”
Grow TFU.
Mr. Hawkins has touched on a tender Modern Liberal zone. Remember Non Modern Liberals, you are never, never, allowed to question a Modern Liberal about even the possible existence of disinformation emanating from their cesspool. This sets off the Bush Bomb, which from the Modern Liberal point of view, destroys all opposition because the Modern Liberal says so, and besides, it makes them feel like a billion of your dollars.
The Modern Liberal Turkey gobbles!
“Hail Rush! Go Sarah!”
106. skeeziks.
“96. TriGeek:
Obama actually said…”
So what did you actually do, skeezits Now and Then? Why the new I.D.? Or just deny it, and all will be well. Simple.
Hail Rush! Go Sarah! The signature phrase of the Handsome Mixed European – American sleazits Turkey With a Touch of Black AKA Now and Then.
A bit of a coincidence here? Or just the usual Modern Liberal needing confirmation of its existence?
Hail Rush! Go Sarah! Just a rip off? There’s the way out! Use it. Or a parallel a universe?
A quick search reveals…
First this as sleazits –
Filmmaker Who Outed ACORN in Prostitution Sting Arrested
January 26, 2010
- by Dan Riehl
129. skeeziks:
Hail Rush! Go Sarah! Onward Scott!
Jan 28, 2010 – 7:51 am
Now and Then makes an appearance after weeks of not commenting, and most this is likely his swan song, denying being sleazits –
135. Now and Then said –
132. skeeziks:
“…Then he’ll start accusing you of being me, and say you’re engaging in the chickensh!t, anonymous-threat-on-an-intertubes-discussion-board-by-some-angry-adolescent-socialist-dweeb-who-likes-to-talk-smack-as-long-as-there’s-no-chance-of-a-real-life-confrontation ‘thing’”.
Jan 28, 2010 – 10:50 am
As Now and Then, from -
Time for Sarah to Grapple
December 8, 2009
- by Bill Siegel
181. Now and Then:
Hail Matthew. Go PatGund!
Dec 10, 2009 – 7:19 am
And. from -
Palin Mainstreams the Birthers
December 4, 2009
- by Rick Moran
111. Now and Then:
Hail Rush, Go Sarah.
Dec 4, 2009 – 1:23 pm
233. Now and Then:
Hail Rush. Go Sarah!
Dec 5, 2009 – 7:03 am
388. Now and Then:
Hail Rush, Go Sarah!
Dec 6, 2009 – 3:46 pm
426. Now and Then:
Hail Rush, Go Sarah!
Dec 7, 2009 – 5:35 pm
Anvil would approve? He’s there too.
Gobble gobble Goebbels!
Lies, continued from above…
- With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections. (Applause.) I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.
Lie. There is nothing in the SCOTUS’ decision that would open elections up to the influence of foreign entities ANY MORE THAN fraudulent campaign donation scams like the one BHO’s campaign ran in 2008. Through that scam, BHO’s campaign was able to illegally accept millions in campaign donations from anywhere in the world. This lie is compounded by the fact that the fraud was never investigated.
- … the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town — a supermajority …
Lie. The Republican party has “insisted” on no such thing. The Democrat leadership has been utterly incapable of coercing its own ranks to pass legislation it KNOWS is against the interests and the will of the American People. The entire Republican Congress could have taken the past year off vacationing in the Bahamas and the Democrats STILL would have failed to ram their socialist agenda through Congress. Even their supermajority wasn’t enough for the Democrats to demonstrate the courage of their professed convictions. They want “bipartisan” cover for their plan to eviscerate the Republic. They can’t get it.
- Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it’s not leadership.
Lie. Repeating the worn out “party of ‘No’” canard is “politics”. Saying not only “No”, but “NO WAY!” to policies that have been historically discredited and/or have no rational basis other than wealth redistribution or increasing the size of government is exactly the sort of leadership a conservative minority must demonstrate.
- … in the last year, hundreds of al Qaeda’s fighters and affiliates, including many senior leaders, have been captured or killed — far more than in 2008.
Lie. Just like the “jobs created or saved” lie, this lie is impossible to verify. It’s a claim with no factual basis and is only made mildly plausible by the fact that al Qaeda and the Taliban renewed their insurgencies after the election – thereby increasing their own casualties – because they knew they were no longer dealing with a strong U.S. President.
- … as Iran’s leaders continue to ignore their obligations, there should be no doubt: They, too, will face growing consequences. That is a promise.
Given his administration’s coddling of Iran to date, this promise is about as likely to be kept as any of BHO’s campaign promises (how’s that GITMO closure thing going again?) or his promise to accept public campaign financing.
- We find unity in our incredible diversity, drawing on the promise enshrined in our Constitution: the notion that we’re all created equal…
Lie. The notion that we’re all created equal is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution, which BHO – constitutional “scholar” – would know if he’d actually ever read either document.
- My administration has a Civil Rights Division that is once again prosecuting civil rights violations and employment discrimination.
Lie. Politically acceptable civil rights violations – voter intimidation by members of the New Black Panthers captured on video during the 2008 elections – have so far been swept completely under the rug.
- This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love …
Another promise about as likely to be kept as it was the FIRST time he made it, during his campaign.
Combined, this was easily the longest string of lies, factual misrepresentations, fallacies and demonstrably empty promises ever projected on a teleprompter.
105. rachel peepers:
I used my speech writing experience to explain it . . . I’m going to do the whole process over again but this time keep a copy.
Not experienced enough to keep a copy? Tell me, those speeches you write, who are they for?
@106. “skeeziks”: – Where’s the lie?
It’s right in front of you: “the income of the average American household declined”. It didn’t decline. That statement was a lie. QED. See the link.
Wow, with over a dozen lies documented, this was the best you could do? You failed to defend even ONE of BHO’s lies. That one in particular is documented by the government itself. Sad.
Why, Mr. Scuzneck, you have certainly been a busy little beaver. But you are also a liar. I’ll prove it:
You said the following:
If you’re too busy fellating[sic] activist judge Alito, you can get back to me.” You are a liar. Nobody here is doing that to Alito, AND YOU KNOW IT. That makes it a lie. And Alito is not an activist judge, AND YOU KNOW IT. Another lie of yours. Two in one sentence. Outstanding. Try again, Mr. Scuzneck, and please try not to lie anymore.
Mr. Scuzneck, here is an Obama apology abroad:
“Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas.”
From Gatewaypundit, 4/17/2009
Look, this “lying” rhetoric sounds exactly like what the left tried with GWB on the reasons for going to war, blah, blah. It lowers the level of the discussion to name-calling and insult, which obviously, a lot of you get your kicks from. Internet discussions are often like buying several rounds of free drinks for the house and then letting the patrons “discuss” the issues. How do we FEEL about GWB or Obama? If we FEEL that one or the other is bad, then we spew accordingly, and hopefully, feel better after we vent, but it doesn’t accomplish much else.
So carry on; talk about your FEELINGS.
109. skeeziks
129. skeeziks:
Hail Rush! Go Sarah! Onward Scott!
Jan 28, 2010 – 7:51 am
111. Now and Then:
Hail Rush, Go Sarah.
Dec 4, 2009 – 1:23 pm
“105. rachel peepers:
I used my speech writing experience to explain it . . . I’m going to do the whole process over again but this time keep a copy.”
“Not experienced enough to keep a copy? Tell me, those speeches you write, who are they for?”
“…you’re engaging in the chickensh!t, anonymous-threat-on-an-intertubes-discussion-board-by-some-angry-adolescent-socialist-dweeb-who-likes-to-talk-smack-as-long-as-there’s-no-chance-of-a-real-life-confrontation ‘thing’”.
Agreed that that is the Modern Liberal Turkey M.O. Nice definition. Very dashing. If the baster fits use it.
Damn, you Handsome Mixed European – American sleazits Turkey With a Touch of Black AKA Now and Then, do you have moho’s funhouse mirror? Or are you reading you’re own spinal column?
Are moho and you a couple again?
Why is Mr. President so unpopular?
Who is Anvil Johnson?
#113 Dwight
Thanks for that splash of cold water, Dwight. It is appreciated when a person like you from a higher plane of existence than us poor buggers could ever aspire to stoops to correct our vulgar ways. But, when one is confronted by the likes of Mr. Scuzneck…the flesh is weak. Can you find it in your great and noble heart to forgive us? I certainly hope so, ere I may not dwell another day in this elegant world of yours.
115. Fred Beloit:
Are you lying again?
“Hail Rush! Go Sarah!”
116. skeeziks.
115. Fred Beloit:
“Are you lying again?”
skeeziks:
Hail Rush! Go Sarah! Onward Scott!
Jan 28, 2010 – 7:51 am
388. Now and Then:
Hail Rush, Go Sarah!
Dec 6, 2009 – 3:46 pm
“Are you lying again?”
How about a denial you Handsome Mixed European – American sleazits Turkey With a Touch of Black AKA Now and Then? You did have the fortitude to gobble that you weren’t moho. Why not deny Now and Then? Simple. Be Presidential.
Skeeziks.
“you’re engaging in the chickensh!t, anonymous”…
Jan 28, 2010 – 2:45 pm
Now and Then? Sleazits? Turkey Black? Turkey White? Eve Turkey Next?
“Are you lying again?”
Chuck Chuck bo buck
Banana rama… sleazits?
Anvil Johnson?
“Are you lying again?”
Gobble gobble Goebbels!
Obama est un véritable vis up vote lui en 2012 ou voter à ceux qui vont le destituer en 2011 lors des élections Novembre! (French)
Obama is a real screw up vote him out in 2012 or vote in those that will impeach him in 2011 in the November elections!
Have fun this November expelling this fraud!
Skeeziks traduit en français signifie qu’il ou elle est stupide d’être tombé sur la tête à la naissance! Il pourrait avoir été un accident mais je ne suis pas certain complément d’enquête est nécessaire! Oh yes avoir une journée de merde Skeeziks !
Skeeziks translated to French means he or she is stupid from being dropped on head at birth! It could have been an accident but I am not certain further investigation is required! Oh yes have a shitty day Skeeziks!
119 Madame DeMarcus:
Ah, I love it when a French hooker talks dirty.
Eh bien nous avons une skeeziks homosexuels ou queer nommé (sans majuscules) oh et la souffler vos arrières! Look, qui dans votre dictionnaire!
Troll,I direct your attention to Article 1,Section 8 of the Constitution.There it is in black and white,written so any literate person can understand it.You’re just upset and having a puerile hissy fit over the fact that it took just one year for Obama to prove himself a pathological liar.Take your toys and go home little boy.
Skeeziks vous ne sauriez pas français de l’allemand encore moins les moyens de chacun de nous, tu es un âne! Quand vous avez une pensée saine S’IL VOUS PLAÎT laisser le reste d’entre nous savent ce que l’enfer qu’elle est, ou est-ce trop demander! Peut-être qu’elle est, et ont aussi une journée de merde!
Figure out the translation on your own stupido and do not excuse my French skeeziks.I can curse you in five languages, yet you sit there with your own idiodic mind and try to intimidate those that have skills far greater than any you have, but keep it up we love the comedy! You are almost as funny as Nancy Pelosi or Henry Reid.
May God Bless Your soul but I won’t!
Mai Dieu bénisse votre âme mais je ne veux pas!
Clear explanation from our Liberal troll Skeeziks.
Anytime Obama Lies, Liberal claim it’s a “matter of opinion”.
Clinton- “I did not have sex with that woman”= matter of opinion
Obama- “I am not an Ideologue”- matter of opinion
Obama- “The Healthcare negotiations will be open and televised”- Matter of opinion.
Obama- “I saved millions of jobs”- matter of opinion
Gore- “The ice caps are melting, the polar bears are dying, and Topeka, KS will be beach front in ten years”- Matter of opinion
Wow, it must be so easy to be a liberal, you never have to be held to any level of standard. You just brush it off and move along.
123 Madame DeMarcus:
Nobody cares how many tongues you have. And nobody needs your blessing. Surely you have something of significance to offer. Or are you so self absorbed that you can’t break free from the relentless preening that defines your Frenchiness?
God bless you. And so do I, for I have that power, my little xekoliara.
124. TriGeek:
Still waiting for you to point out the lies in that speech.
Wait! Wait! I know where they are. “They’re in the north and south and east and west of the speech.”
But wait, wait, how long will it take to find the lies? “It won’t take six days, or six weeks. I doubt it will take six months.”
Keep digging, three Greeks, Im sure there’s a pony in your pile of manure somewhere.
earnin’ your soreass dole on this one, aren’y ya, skeezy?
127. RickGreenvilleSC:
From what you’ve told me, it pays better than what you’re getting from the Scaife crew.
Another one of BHO’s STFU howlers, handily eviscerated by Randall Hoven.