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Audacity of Truth
"Diplomacy":
"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
“Vacation all I ever wanted, vacation had to get away …”
Michelle Obama‘s numerous lavish vacation excursions.
Barack Obama‘s numerous vacation trips.
Barack Obama’s golf outings.
Headline from Bloomberg News: Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Climb to Three-Month High.
“Unexpectedly”? Right. The only thing really “unexpected” about what’s happening to our economy right now (not to mention the oil spill issue) is the fact that this administration continues to be so outright tone deaf on the issue of at least appearing engaged and “in touch” with what’s happening. As I’ve written before, I have no issue with Presidents taking vacations because a President really never is “on vacation,” but in the context of what’s happening, symbolism is everything and this President – and the First Lady – carry on excessively in a “business as usual” fashion when it comes to lavish travel (and golf ‘appointments’) while millions continue to look for jobs in an economy that shows no signs of “recovery” (contra to what the administration wants you to believe) in a way that is insulting to many of us who remember his campaign rhetoric on “sacrifices”:
There is no talk about how his plans might have to adjust to the nation’s wrenching financial crisis, but Obama does warn that change will not come easily.
“Bush has dug a deep hole. It’s going to take some time to dig us out. We’re all going to need to tighten our belts a little bit. We’re all going to need to sacrifice,” the senator says.
Then he tells voters exactly how they will have to sacrifice, from being better parents to conserving electricity. This cautious candidate clearly does not want to risk stressing his supporters this close to the election.
What he didn’t say then, that we knew both then and which has been confirmed now, is that apparently he expected everyone outside of his “inner circle” to “sacrifice.” Those sacrifices include sacrificing health care choices, your earnings, your freedom of speech …
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Notice it’s always “unexpected” in the reporting with this Administration?
I agree that Bush had dug the beginning of the hole. It seemed as if there was never going to be a spending bill he didn’t like.
That said, if Obama is going to harp on the hole that was started by Bush, why does he then go out and get a backhoe to dig it far deeper? You don’t go out there complaining and whining about a hole that in your backyard and then proceed to dig it ever bigger and deeper. Yet that is what this President has done since taking office.
I think the only thing that was “unexpected” was that it would get reported.
Couple of comments. First, it has ceased to amaze me that, when GWB was prez and the economy was perking right along, we were always on the verge of disaster, according to the Lame Stream Media. Now that GWB’s final financial disaster (aided, of course, by Duh-1′s multiple economy-killing bills) has come to fruition, we’re right on the verge of a massive economic recovery. Louts.
The second is, if he was 1/10th as smart as people give him credit for, Duh-1 would have known what the economy was like when he was running for the office. If he claims now he didn’t have a clue (as he and all his sycophants claim), he’s not qualified for the office simply because he has to be an imbecile.
Which, according to some…
Go ‘head Boo, take the jet and put it on the taxpayuhs tab. Ima hang out rat here.
“Unexpected?”
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
I wish that Bush hadn’t signed the Stimulus bill before he left office. Although Obama and the Dems wanted to “hit the ground running”, they’ve turned around and now include it as part of the the debt under the Bush administration.
As for the vacationing, it doesn’t matter. I heard part of the Hannity radio show today and a woman called in saying no one had the right to criticize Mrs. Obama’s vacations because Mrs. Bush (not sure which) bought a $100K rug as part of White House remodeling. Of course, the rug’s still in the WH, whereas we taxpayers have nothing to show for these “personal” vacation trips.
But it doesn’t matter because that’s what moral equivalency is. Despite what our mamas told us, just because someone else did something bad means that YOU can, too.
I have seen other blogs with comments and entries around the idea of Michelle Obama as Marie Antoinette and “let them pay debt” or similar verbiage. The metaphor definitely strikes home to the entitlement-prone first family.
it you didn’t like the bush economic policies why would you do the same thing x10? bush ‘s bad economic policies were just a campaign strategy.
What gets me is no matter how much Obama criticizes the “mess” that he took over from the Bush administration, the only thing he seems to do right is following what Bush had done.
Americans don’t like to have leaders who take on the role of leader only to have them cry woe is me, its all the other guy’s fault that everything I touch turns to crap. With Obama the buck stops at Bush.
Well Old Goat, I think it must be the new lingo in Washington DC. BIOB (Blame it on Bush) must be used to frame any problem if they have no idea of how to resolve it. Obama asserts that the Republicans in Congress have no new ideas…..or no ideas that the democrats care to even think about. Perhaps that is because they do not create new government agencies or increase government control over citizens’ personal lives.
Let them take vacations….this just shows Obama’s philosophy that preception is king. He looks like he knows what he’s doing…he is able to take a break and have a breather from “governance”…..because he has all his czars to spoon feed him information. An established agenda has been created by those who allowed him to become president.
So party on first family…your time on the governement dole is limited to four years!
It would be hilarious to hear these idiot libtards who would lay down their lives defending the Obama’s and their high style on our dime except that there is nothing funny about the evidence right in your face and you refuse to see it or acknowledge any wrongdoing. (While of course, Bush should have been tried for treason for playing a couple rounds of golf). We see evidence all around us daily of the very reason this fool was voted in office. Turn on the TV and see what the ‘hip, cool, popular culture’ is watching and there is no mystery as to why they bought hook, line and sinker this smooth, lanky brown operator. There is a lesson to be learned here. It’s all in the schmooz and the delivery, Baby. No need for true capability or substance, transparency or truth.
I take exception regarding the supposed “Bush Economy”. The Bush administration got us 4.2% unemployment even after a horrific attack on our nation. The Bush adminstration managed to grow jobs, when many thought/hoped we were down for the count.
It wasn’t until the Dems took over Congress in 2007 that things started to fall apart. After years of tearing down the economy, remember “McJobs”, these individuals finally got their wish, a bad economy. Brought on by the illegalities of people like Dodd and Frank.
Nah, if anything should stop being followed, it is the model set up by the Democrats, it is too full of corruption and grapht. – Lorica
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BINGO!! Isn’t it funny how our one party media seems to forget all about that? There’s no doubt that Republicans share a measure of blame in this mess, but the dems have been in charge for over 3 years now and have gotten NO blame at all.
“There’s no doubt that Republicans share a measure of blame in this mess,…”
How correct you are there, NC. Had the Repubs had the cojones to stand up for what the party theoretically stands for, we wouldn’t have nearly the mess we do now because a lot of the legislation wouldn’t have passed, including our dearly departed “leader’s” first “stimulus” package.
Of course, it didn’t hurt that the ethically-challenged people like Dodd and Franks had their fingerprints all over the housing collapse, either, but they couldn’t have done it without the implicit OK of the Repubs.
If the “swamp” had been drained like Nazi had promised, the echo in each chamber would last 15 secs, minimum.
Too add to what NC and Carlos are posting, Why is it that elected Republicans cannot figure out that those of us who vote for them, are the WORKING folk in America. For the most part, we aren’t looking for the easiest way to get a free ride. We have a sense of pride at the end of a day, knowing that it is a job well done. We know that if we save our employers a dime, it could translate into a million. We work hard for our paychecks, and we expect that same attitude from our elected “leadership”. How hard is this to figure out??? – Lorica