The Worst Press Conference Yet
I can’t fully describe how bad Obama was just now.
He presented absolutely zero spending cuts. Jake Tapper from ABC News asked him for some, and Obama mucked it. Couldn’t offer a single example of what he’s put on the table.
This was an accusation made last night by John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan – namely, that negotiating with Obama is impossible because he won’t commit to anything. Everybody knows that spending has to be cut – not the baselines, the actual spending that’s going on right now. Obama refuses to agree to any cuts, period.
And he actually had the gall to blame this on Bush. Look, Bush spent too much money. We all know that, and it’s one reason why The Bush GOP lost the support of fiscal conservatives and with it the elections of 2006 and 2008 (Bush wasn’t involved in the 2008 elections, but they happened largely because the party’s base was disillusioned thanks to his presidency).
But the idea that Bush caused all these deficit problems is a bald-faced lie. Bush never ran deficits of this size. We’re spending so much more money now than we did when Bush was president – even after Nancy Pelosi got the House Speakership and spending exploded even before Bush was gone – that it’s not even funny. And the majority of the spending increases are Obama’s. He’s increased non-defense discretionary spending by EIGHTY-FOUR PERCENT as president. The idea that he can escape accountability for that is mind-boggling.
Except it’s not. Other than Tapper, and MAYBE Chuck Todd, nobody in that White House press corps challenged any part of this idiotic spectacle. Obama was asked question after question about the mean Republicans and their intransigence; this was basically a campaign event rather than a press conference.
Yesterday I was at a luncheon with somebody who had to deal with Obama while the BP spill was going on, and there was a strong impression given that this guy had no idea how to do anything of value in handling that spill. All he cared about was how things would look in the media; as though his complete attention was on how to win today’s news cycle rather than actually solving problems.
Today’s press conference was a crystalline example of this. Obama has no interest or engagement in the budget crisis. Or any other problem of note. He won’t do the work and he doesn’t know how. It’s not that he’s a socialist, though he certainly is one, it’s that he’s simply not qualified to deal with matters of substance because he’s never run anything.
We’re like an old European country with a boy king. You can’t go to the throne to get anything done, because you’re basically asking a stupid, spoiled kid to make a good decision. That’s not gonna happen, so you’re dependent on the underlings to do something.
And we’re in even more trouble than we know, because the underlings are just as bad as the boy king is. Joe Biden isn’t qualified to handle anything of substance. You wouldn’t want Valerie Jarrett in charge of major national issues unless you had a death wish for this country. And so on.
If you watched this press conference and didn’t come away from it with abject fear for the future of our country, you’re just not paying attention. Our noses are wide open.
I used to get frustrated with the Young Communist president too, but I soon realized that was like getting mad at a Tiger for eating a Cheeta. He’s naturally going to destroy our country unless we figure out a way to get him in a cage where he can hurt no one – or ship his ass back to Africa where he came from.
It’s the Republicans who can’t make a commitment for fear of their tea party base. They are the ones who will have to step up to the table and make a deal. Cantor keeps walking away.
No, Dave.
Dave, have you truly been evaluating this thoroughly. The Democrats sound bytes need to stop and you need to face this honestly. Your future could not be any dimmer. The Congressman are doing exactly what they were sent there to do and that is to stop the insane spending, cut taxes, and pay down the debt. Obama and the Democrats in Washington don’t want to face up to what damage they have done to our country and they do not want to stop spending and paying for all sorts of entitlement programs that we can not afford.
Dave555, take this as a FLAG on your comment. Only comments that can be backed up with facts are worth posting, otherwise the poster is just another Molotov cocktail chuncker. Think your thoughts out to logical conclusions that are backed up with verifiable facts.
Dear Don,
It is so unfair to be critical of Valerie Jarrod. She recruited Van Jones, after observing his work for years. She also looked to Mother Theresa and the great Chaiman Mao for inspiration, making a trifecta:
Jones, Mao, and Mother.
Are you ready to apologize!
Just Say No Politics, Continue To Allow The Rich Get Richer and To Hell with the Rest Of Us!
The republicans are doing everything in their power to destroy this great country, they “just say no” to anything aimed at assisting poor or middle class Americans.
What I really don’t understand how we the real Americans who pay most of the taxes, who pay for the best health care for those that we have elected, those whose salaries we pay, whose families we take care of convince us that the rich shouldn’t have to pay their fair share, that we don’t need affordable health care, that we shouldn’t earn a livable wage to care for our own families. It amazes me that we continue to buy into the Republican Lies and deception.
WAKE UP MY FELLOW AMERICANS WAKE UP! Come election time “JUST SAY NO TO THE REPUBLICANS!
I doubt you pay much in taxes. But if you’re not satisfied with what you’re paying then by all means why not just write a check to the U.S. Treasury? Exercise your rights!
I probably pay more than you, you must be Rich and pay little to no taxes, insanity personified, it’s people like you who are assisting this Great Nation to It’s Knees. Keep taking and not contributing you’ll be in the poor house soon, soon, soon
Typical lefty moron. Go post somewhere else – your prattle reduces the quality of the site.
Moron not! Just a Republican with common scenes. Wake up and open your eyes. Jesus said, “when the blind lead the blind they both fall into the ditch” all I’m saying is don’t be a blind Republican, moron
Henry,: Republicans are your salvation even while you know not what you do.
No, Republicans are the detriment to this Great Nation. Give me one justifiable reason that the rich should not pay their fair share in taxes and relinquish their subsidies. Give me one good why the elderly who earned it should not have affordable health care, one reason why the middle class should bare the brunt of Americia’s burden. Only one justifiable reason for each.
Please break down for us the percentage of the tax burden paid by the top two percent of income earners and the top ten percent. When you’ve demonstrated your understanding of those facts, then you can tell us about how the rich need to pay their fair share.
EASY 0%
Try 47 and 75. The only zero in this discussion is your knowledge of what you’re talking about.
It amazes me Henry that you are either this ignorant or arrogant to post such nonsense.
Ignorance is as ignorance does. Look in the mirror!
All the socialist Henrys banned together and elected their moron President and we Conservatives are stuck with his change. The Henrys will probably ban together again in 2012 and spend billions attempting to reelect their moron.
Socialist, moron not! Just not an ignorant Republican only a Republican thinks for himself. Jesus said “if the blind lead the blind they both fall into the ditch” just saying don’t be a blind Republican, think for yourself and stop following our corrupt Republican leaders that we put into office.
It amazes me Henry that you are either this ignorant or arrogant to post such nonsense.
Henry, Henry, Henry.. The party of ‘No’ currently happens to be the pulse of the American people. Your party has failed miserably the past 2+ years with runaway spending crippling us with the worst deficit ever and your party hasn’t passed a budget in TWO years. I guess when you have no budget to follow, there is no reason to care where and how much you are spending. Do you currently spend more than you make? Why not? Your party is currently doing it. Try it out for a year and call me from the poor house.
Why does Cantor walkaway from the spending cuts and tax increase? Because we’ve had the wool pulled over our eyes before with the same tactic. The tax increase will occur immediately while the spending cuts are in the future but are not guaranteed just like in Reagan’s first term when a D held congress held a near supermajority at that time as well. Why would do you think your clueless party would OK spending cuts with more tax revenues coming in when they refuse to cut spending NOW with less tax revenue hitting the books?
What’s currently wrong with this country is your refusal to see past your party affiliation and help correct the problem by putting people in the position to make the right decisions to put this country back on a path for prosperity; not one heading for fiscal ruin.
Please Please Please get your Facts straight 8 years of over spending got us into this mess be honest with yourself we Republicans must learn to think for ourselves and STOP following our BLIND leadership they care nothing for us only themselves if we continue to follow our blind leaders WE all fall into the DITCH!
All I can say is WOW! It couldn’t be more apparent that Obama is incompetent. All these people that have been asking for Obama to be impeached, now ought to really get a loud voice about impeachment, because he is ruining our country by either intentional or unintentional means. Can we even hold on until Nov 2012?
“Can we even hold on until Nov 2012?”
For a very long time, Monica, I’ve asked that same question, publicly and privately. To see how horrid things really are, read this: http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1852/article_detail.asp.
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Just take the time to read Steve Croft ( CBS ) piece on Obama, and his relationship to George Soros. You know, he’s the Communist billionaire who is actually pulling Obamas strings.