Obama's No B+ President

[n david]

I know a few on here more than likely hate the man, but Karl Rove nails it with his op-ed piece in the WSJ.

Excerpts:

Consider Mr. Obama's comment in his interview this past Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes" that the Bush administration made a mistake in speaking in "a triumphant sense about war."

This was a slap at every president who rallied the nation in dark moments, including Franklin D. Roosevelt ("With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph"); Woodrow Wilson ("Right is more precious than peace and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts"); and John F. Kennedy ("Any hostile move anywhere in the world against the safety and freedom of peoples to whom we are committed . . . will be met by whatever action is needed").

...He [Obama] voted for the bank rescue plan in September 2008 and praised it during the campaign. Yet on Dec. 8 at the Brookings Institution, Mr. Obama called it "flawed" and blamed "the last administration" for launching it "hastily."

Really? Bush Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and New York Fed President Timothy Geithner designed it. If it was "flawed," why did Mr. Obama later nominate Mr. Bernanke to a second term as Fed chairman and make Mr. Geithner his Treasury secretary?

Mr. Obama also claimed at Brookings that he prevented "a second Great Depression" by confronting the financial crisis "largely without the help" of Republicans. Yet his own Treasury secretary suggests otherwise. In a Dec. 9 letter, Mr. Geithner admitted that since taking office, the Obama administration had "committed about $7 billion to banks, much of which went to small institutions." That compares to $240 billion the Bush administration lent banks. Does Mr. Obama really believe his additional $7 billion forestalled "the potential collapse of our financial system"?

Mr. Obama continued distorting the record in his "60 Minutes" interview Sunday when he blamed bankers for the financial crisis. They "caused the problem," he insisted before complaining, "I haven't seen a lot of shame on their part" and pledging to put "a regulatory system in place that prevents them from putting us in this kind of pickle again."

But as a freshman senator, Mr. Obama supported a threatened 2005 filibuster of a bill regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He doesn't show "a lot of shame" that he and other Fannie and Freddie defenders blocked "a regulatory system" that might have kept America from getting in such a bad pickle in the first place.

The president's rhetorical tricks don't end there. Mr. Obama also claimed his $787 billion stimulus package "helped us [stem] the panic and get the economy growing again." But 1.5 million more people are unemployed than he said there would be if nothing were done.

And as of yesterday, only $244 billion of the stimulus had been spent. Why was $787 billion needed when less than a third of that figure supposedly got the job done?

Again, Rove nailed it. BHO is a little too in love with himself, and the Nobel Prize didn't help.

The President says he gives himself a solid B+ grade ... considering his incredible failure with his foreign policy, the economy (his lack of contribution to do something to actually HELP it) and other issues ... at best he grades a D-.


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[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by n david

I know a few on here more than likely hate the man, but Karl Rove nails it with his op-ed piece in the WSJ.

Excerpts:

Again, Rove nailed it. BHO is a little too in love with himself, and the Nobel Prize didn't help.

The President says he gives himself a solid B+ grade ... considering his incredible failure with his foreign policy, the economy (his lack of contribution to do something to actually HELP it) and other issues ... at best he grades a D-.


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He gave himself a B+ because he knew it was laughable to give himself an A of any sort. He had too much pride to go any lower but, the polls have graded him.

Rove is a little arrogant around the edges but, he's a very intelligent man! I love to read his stuff!

[SOUNWORTHY]

Looking for the right grade for the president...is ther such a thing as F-?

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by n david

I know a few on here more than likely hate the man, but Karl Rove nails it with his op-ed piece in the WSJ.

Excerpts:











Again, Rove nailed it. BHO is a little too in love with himself, and the Nobel Prize didn't help.

The President says he gives himself a solid B+ grade ... considering his incredible failure with his foreign policy, the economy (his lack of contribution to do something to actually HELP it) and other issues ... at best he grades a D-.


Here

This is the kind of stuff I wish the networks would report on.

[oletime]

it is called grading on a curve ! a dangerous one.

[n david]

New low for BHO. This burns me up ...

The WH released a memo today claiming the GOP is holding up a vote on a DoD bill (with troop funds) that will expire soon, all because the GOP isn't rolling over to allow the healthcare bill pass.

And in the past few days their stunts and obstruction have reached a new low. On Saturday at midnight, money for the Department of Defense – including the money that funds our troops overseas – is set to run out. Thanks to Republican obstruction on health reform, the Senate delayed passing a bill to continue that funding.

Let me get this right ... because the idiot Democrats in Congress want to ram this Healthcare bill, even though the majority of Americans are against it, and the GOP has the audacity to try to stop it ... shame on the GOP!

Why not shame on the Democrats for not allowing other bills to move forward while they debate the healthcare bill.

The Democrats are the problem here ... they are the obstructionists. Not the GOP.

Can't wait 'til election day 2012 when I cast my vote to kick him and his chicago cronies out of the WH.

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[ChTatum]

Originally Posted by n david

New low for BHO. This burns me up ...

The WH released a memo today claiming the GOP is holding up a vote on a DoD bill (with troop funds) that will expire soon, all because the GOP isn't rolling over to allow the healthcare bill pass.



Let me get this right ... because the idiot Democrats in Congress want to ram this Healthcare bill, even though the majority of Americans are against it, and the GOP has the audacity to try to stop it ... shame on the GOP!

Why not shame on the Democrats for not allowing other bills to move forward while they debate the healthcare bill.

The Democrats are the problem here ... they are the obstructionists. Not the GOP.

Can't wait 'til election day 2012 when I cast my vote to kick him and his chicago cronies out of the WH.

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Until then, focus your energy on removing his party's power in the house and senate in 2010!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by ChTatum

Until then, focus your energy on removing his party's power in the house and senate in 2010!

Listen to this guy. He's great and saying the same thing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M