Obama: The Velcro president?

" Ensnarled in blame". What a wonderful fabrication! Corporate America has sank our economy, with the help of the Cheney&Bush administrations, and President Obama is ensnarled. Greed is running rampant across our boardrooms and President Obama is ensnarled. Journalistic sabotage, aka, " not so " Brietbart, pawns a a doctored tape off on Corporate Media and did they check its veracity? Did they know the name Brietbart? Come on, I don't think it is President Obama, who is ensnarled in blame, so much as it is Corporate Media trying to bury him in it!! Oh, you forgot to ensnarl him in the blame of the Gulf of British Petroleum Oil Slicks!! I'm sure, you will get around to that, before it disappears from Corporate Media!!
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Just because Reagan was unfairly granted a pass, Obama should be? Sorry, it doesn't work that way.
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"Velcro" president? The truth is completely the opposite.
Obama is PROTECTED from blame by political media journalists, 90% of whom voted for him.
As Obama himself joked to journalists at a Washington dinner party, "All of you voted for me."
The above article is just another example of how "journalists" are protecting the man they voted for.

The narcissist in chief has brought this on himself. His stunning lack of knowledge about economics, business, the financial system, engineering or executive decision making becomes more clear each day. This liar promises then can't deliver. Despite a fawning white house press corp, even the marginally interested recognize an epic fail.

The fact that he crams through legislation he can't be bothered to read doesn't mean he is successful, Daley does it all the time. We now have a Chicago thug in the white house pushing through poorly thought out policies formulated by a stoner and his marxist radical mentors. His handlers can hide him from the public but they can't cover up the stench.

Obama is the Teflon President. Nothing sticks to the guy, nothing is his fault. It's all Bush's fault right?

Well, he can always go back to Hawaii and be a surfer.

Clearly, the two writers of this story were either too young to recall the timeframe 2001-2010, or too stoned! According to the MSM, everything was President Bush's fault!

The problem for Obama is, as his minister for over 20 years refers: "The chickens have come home to roost." He brought most of his problems on himself!!

Drink the TEA! Let's Partay GOP Theft by Deception Axis of Evil Doers are just running out of things to wake up and blame President Obama on. It's his fault George Bush read "see spot run" "see Osama & Family go" Bye! Bye! Bye! Time to just turn the page sir! America! We're under GOP TEA PARTY AMERICA attack! It's the "Z" People from the GAZA Arizona Southern Economic GOP Southern Border. I now give unto you my "Secretary" Secretary of my new Homeland! Drink the TEA! I hear the voices! Catherine Harris heard the voices too! Let's PARTAY! Now on three! Just scream! Just shout! Just let them know Glenn, Rush, Hannity, Rupert, what the GOP Theft by Deception Axis of Evil Doers are all about! Bye Osama & Family! Thank you for your support! Bye! Ya'll hear me now! Ya'll "miss me now." It's GOP Super Two for One Tuesday! Just 99cents and SB1639 Video starring "Z" people! Privatized! "Z" People! Attested unto us! Drink the TEA! He's a "racist" No He's a "marxist." No He's a "socialist" Look up in the sky! It's Osama and Family! Just blame Obama! Just not us! He works too much! He's on the road too much! He's the professor trying to go through the backdoor of his America. He's YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Sarah is the EVE in EEVS! Tancredo is the REAL ID! He's like "Teflon" We're like Prescott! We're like Jim!

But Obama remains the colossus of his administration -- to a point where trouble anywhere in the world is often his to solve. ~ P.N. & J.H.
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This is where the Obama Fan Club goes wrong. This guy can’t fix anything. Oil spill? He knows nothing about oil. Afghanistan? He knows nothing about insurgents or military operations. Greece’s economy? He damn sure knows nothing about anyone’s economy. Even experienced Liberals are incapable of solving anything and economics surely is not their game. Obama is a placeholder, at best, IF the Republic can be so lucky.

Looks like the usual suspects have been let out of the pokey on a weekend pass, supra.

Intellectually, the current President has no equal. Except possibly Jefferson.

Only FDR and Lincoln faced worse conditions on the day they were sworn in.

And that's a fact.

Given that, the President has performed superbly and already has put through legislation other Presidents only dreamed about.

I should have thought there would be some recognition of the fact that his world-wide popularity is good---VERY, VERY GOOD--for America.

But nooooo. The usual suspects continue to gratuitously attack.....

Your weekend passes should be revoked.

Good grief, what a pile of BS journoList rubbish!!!
This idiot has had the media covering for him since he first ran for U.S. senate.
The Gulf Oil spill: the leak was not his fault, but the horrid response to it was.
Yes, he inherited a bum economy. Trouble is, he has made it worse.
Ditto Afghanistan.
Greece? Who has asked Obama to fix Greece? Seems like Europe is trying to do that itself, and will probably fail.
His legislative "success?"
Dear Janet Hook and Peter Nicholas: NO ONE LIKES his so-called legislative success!!
Heath care "reform:" The Public is against.
So-called stimulus: Public against.
Cap n tax: Public is against.
Wall Street Reform: Public is against.
It is partly because of his policies that his numbers are tanking.
The fact that the Media Washing Obama's Feet doesn't know or understand this is exactly why most Americans don't trust the media!!

Hoping to better insulate Obama, White House aides have sought to give other Cabinet officials a higher profile and additional public exposure. They are also crafting new ways to explain the president's policies to a skeptical public

Yeah, that's their usual plan: Lie, coverup, change what we call things. A terrorist attack is now a Manmade disaster. Soon, they will be calling unemployment a government paid vacation.

How about we skip the "crafting" Rahm and call the president's policies what they are: a failure. SOCIALISM always fails.

If they were a failure, " Free to watch..." a 1/2 of brain cell, you wouldn't need to call them " socialist " !! Your attacks amount to two cents, not bad for a 1/2 of a brain cell !! Continue to watch, you may learn something!!
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The velcro president? more like the tardo president.

Yeah, Free. But: what's your solution?

Teh difference between President Reagan and BO is that Reagan's policies had positive effects on this country unlike BO's. Compare the first four quarter's growth rate coming out of the 81-82 recession as compared to the past four quarter's of the 08-09 recession. The growth rate is anemic.

Ornery,

Nobody questions that BO inherited a recession, what we questions are his remidies doing any good?

I guess you forgot the mess that Reagan inherited - he inherited not only a recession, but inflation and high interest rates to boot.

I could care less how "intellectual" he is, can he produce results. I've worked with intellectuals and as a whole they can't produce.

Everyone been saying it for a while... there's even a shirt. http://www.zazzle.com/velcro_president_obama_tshirt-235386462974651124

Intellectually, the current President has no equal. Except possibly Jefferson.
Only FDR and Lincoln faced worse conditions on the day they were sworn in...

Your weekend passes should be revoked.

Posted by: ornery | July 30, 2010 3:10 PM
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Ornery, my cyberspace friend, looks like its Rashomon Time, one more time.

IF this Obama guy is that smart, why won’t Axelrod, or some other sycophant friend of Obama, just put his Harvard transcripts on some web site for all of us Right Wingers to go nuts over? Surely it would confound us and cause us to make that final jump. Are we even sure that this guy really went to Harvard? My college roommate from Army on the Brazos U. went to Harvard for his Masters degree in Mathematics. We both can say that the entertainment provided by the Red Sox was always first class.

woodie wilson was the president of Princeton before he became governor of NJ. He too made America quite miserable with his hated, forced upon, League of Nations. The LN would have only turned conflicts between third-rate countries into WWII sooner rather than later. By 1920, folks were quite glad to see him go. Sometimes this alleged intellect thing is quite over-rated.

Lincoln could not afford an over-rated, over-priced college education. He turned out quite well, thanks to the best step-mother anyone could have ever had. Harry Truman said “I’m outta here” to college. Churchill, a remarkable British P.M., had a period of bad academics. jimmy carter went to Georgia Tech. That apparently did no good for anyone. I believe in the stuff, but at the same time it has its limits.

My Real World observation is that you have to be able to somehow make a good first decision on whatever it is the problem is, and stick with it. These Hamlet types, like Obama, can, at best, talk the damn thing to death. A dog sniffing another dog is at least as capable as these elitist politicians. The dog will come to a reasonable decision at some point.

When Obama speaks, there are an awful lot of 4 and 5 letter words in his apparently limited vocabulary. Is this a good Harvard finished product? Somebody got rooked.

Here’s Obama’s bigger problem ~ He is an IDEOLOGUE totally committed to bad IDEOLOGY. That, my cyberspace friend, is a losing proposition that you can take to the bank, IF you can find a bank that is not afraid to do business in Obama’s Amerika. Keep the pass, it's Stratocaster Time here in the Land of the Sceptics.

Don Fitzgerald,

They are SOCIALISTS married to FAILURE. Thank you.

Listening to Evan Bayh, I am impressed with a Democrat that isn't a left wing Socialist.

You ask, what's my solution? Are you kidding? The solution was placed into action when The Constitution of the United States was written:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense,[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

NOTE. Nowhere is it mentioned that the government shall grant you rights, and then take them away, grant favor like a kingdom, take from you, steal from you, do dirty deals in the back room ala cronyism, favoritism, nepotism, or any other corrupt methods that big government uses to steal market share. Yes, big government, the 900 lb gorilla in the room is the problem. Get your ass out. You are scaring, and rightfully so, every business in the United States.

Big government cannot, won't, just cannot muster up the resources to enforce our immigrations laws; therefore, we have illegal immigrants. What a surprise. We don't have millions of legal citizens that do not pay taxes. Why is that? Well, the Big government decides that it is in the government's best interest to make sure that those legal American citizens pay those taxes. However, every law that applies to a LEGAL citizen is enforced. Hey, in Bell, CA the charge those poor people, and they really are poor, $600 for a freakin' parking ticket. Ain't life a bitch? Meanwhile those wonderful illegal aliens do not pay. Do you think it's right for a local government (in a working class neighborhood) to charge MORE for property taxes than Beverly HILLS? Even crazy left wingers should condemn that...NO? The city is run by minorities. What are going to do? Goose step with the left?

In conclusion, my solution is to go backwards in time. I know progressives hate that. Too bad. This country was not created for
fairness; it was create on equality. We no longer have equality. We have kindergarten
"fairness."

You see the IRS going after any illegals? Anywhere, anytime? Nope. What you are going to see, if we get amnesty, you can call it a banana, is former law abiding tax payers, say "screw you."

Ornery, wrap you brain around this and spit me out an answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve.

What taxation rate do you suggest? Where will humans, like you and me, say it's not worth killing myself to try and make more money, only to see Uncle Sam steal it? Driving back and forth 4 hours a day working 10 hours, 12 hours on top of the commute...What tax rate would you work for? Don't forget state taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, utility taxes, gasoline taxes, tobacco tax, alcohol tax, parking fees, assessments, healthcare, license fees, penalties, fines, red light cameras, dog licenses, business licenses, how are we doing so far? Feel like bustin' your ass for Obama? Let me know what business you are in and how you are going to expand and put your money where your mouth is.

Or, do you live off the government? Hmmm?

Hey, " Free to watch ..", 1/2 of a brain cell in action!! You better do some home work, yourself, and I'll even give you a helping hand, though, you'll probably bite it!!
Here is the contributions, undocumented immigrants make to just two state economies. Do you think you might, now, change your mind and end all of the misleading, distorting statements you are limited in making, due to the over-worked, 1/2 brain cell you have just about, burned out!!
"The most thorough study on the fiscal and economic impact of immigration was done by the non-partisan Texas Comptrollers’ Office in 2006, which showed Texas earned more in taxes and economic output from illegal immigrants than governments spent to provide services.
According to the Comptrollers’ office, state and local governments spent $1.16 billion to provide services like education, health care and safety, but raised an estimated $1.58 billion in tax revenues. Based on the data, the Texas taxpayer made a $424.7 million profit on its illegal immigrant population in 2006.
Fiscally, illegal immigrants contribute mostly to state and local coffers primarily through sales and property taxes, which are mostly unavoidable. A majority of illegal immigrants pay federal, state and local income tax as well - 50% to 75%, according the Congressional Budget office.
Figures found in studies such as Texas’ 2006 study, or another 2007 study by the CBO, which did a survey of all data for the past 30 years and concluded that fiscal impact of services provided to illegal immigrants “is mostly modest,” stands in contrast to political rhetoric that fueled the passage of Arizona SB1070.
“The additional economic activity and tax revenue that undocumented workers provide to state and local governments simply overwhelms the fiscal cost to provide services,” said Dan Griswald, an immigration policy expert with the libertarian think tank CATO Institute.
Arizona and Texas’ economies and tax policies are similar enough that conclusions can be drawn that Arizona may also receive net economic and fiscal benefits from illegal immigrants. Both states rely on sales taxes and fees on cigarettes and alcohol for large portions of tax revenue generation, according to the Tax Foundation. One difference is Arizona assesses both a personal and corporate income tax, which Texas does not."

Source: http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/economy/illegal-immigration-provides-benefits-states-despite-rhetoric/
I know you will struggle mightily with this and in the end, it will be filed under propaganda, since it doesn't conform to your deformed concept of the truth, brought to you by the incompetent, Fox Noise!!
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I wasn't talking about Texas, Don or AZ. I was talking about California.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/immigrationnaturalizatio/a/caillegals.htm

Here, they don't pay sales taxes because they shop at swap meets, or outdoor malls, or shops that just don't charge sales taxes. There are thousands of them. If they happen to go to a department store where they are charged sales tax, they will stand and stare at the receipt and then argue with the clerk about the sales tax on the bill.

And, how exactly does an illegal "legally" pay state and local income tax? Under what Social Security number? The far majority don't make enough money to owe any taxes.

Even the author of this slanted artilcle about "immigrants" paying taxes, (we are talking about ILLEGAL immigrants) finally admits the truth at the end of the article.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/04/AR2006060400965.html

The controversy over immigrants and taxes generally centers on illegal immigrants. Reliable numbers are hard to find, but researchers generally agree that 50 to 60 percent of illegal immigrants nationwide work for employers who withhold income taxes and Social Security and Medicare payments from their paychecks. The authors of the Urban Institute study assumed 55 percent do. To get jobs, many of those immigrants use false Social Security numbers. That means they pay into the Social Security system for benefits they will never receive and pay income taxes without ever filing a return to determine whether they have overpaid.

The other 40 to 50 percent of illegal immigrants are paid under the table, researchers say.

Okay, " researchers say ", I believe you, not!! Your argument is not with me, but with Fox Business, the presenters of the legitimate studies!! I didn't think you would accept what was presented, but that is understandable. You wouldn't have any thing to scream about if you did!!
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I'll have to ponder those points without replying.....neurosurgery is preempting everything.....

Thanks for them--more reasons to wake up. Or maybe I can reschedule.
the Swamp is way more fun...

I know lots of folk in the over $250K bracker who are bemoaning the fact that they MIGHT not be able to remodel the summer house up on Lake Geneva. That mean Obama is going to make all the "nice things" a little harder to obtain/maintain.

I don't know that maintaining 2 or more homes is really doing the economy more good than a higher marginal rate on high bracket incomes.

OK, so they may not be able to maintain a 6 car garage or redecorate so often. I don't think that makes much difference.

The notion that Bill Gates and Buffett won't be able to help reinvigorate the economy also doesn't really ring true. In fact, Warren has said he doesn't think it is appropriate that his cleaning lady pays a higher effective tax rate than he.

There is a lot, and I mean A LOT, of money out there in the safe deposit boxes and other such places of the high bracket crowd. I really don't buy the argument that they're not "being entrepreneurial" because of "uncertainty" or because they are "already being taxed too much". Some of them are hoarding cash to see how cheap some assets they want may become before the depression, er, recession is over.

I think a lot of folk would be glad to pay a higher marginal rate if it helped the economy revive. Or even if it didn't. Maybe just to hire about 1000 more police for Chicago, or 100,000 for the country. Things like that.

Marginal rates used to be a lot higher. I remember when Ronnie lowered them. He also did sly stuff like mking credit card interest non-deductible. Cute little things like that to squeeze the middle class. (Yes, that interest used to be a deduction.)

Trouble with that Laffer curve: he's like Johnny-one-note. Too many other factors affect output and investment. It's not just a question of the marginal rate on high bracket incomes.

Ornery,

You need a history lesson:

During the 1920's President's Harding and Collidge lowered the top tax rates from73% to 25% - economy roared.

Hoover raised the top tax rates back to 63% (along with Smoot Hawley) - cue the depression.

FDR follows by raising the top tax rate even higher in 1936 to 79% - cue the extension of the Great Depression.

JFK lowers the top tax rate from 91% to 70% - economy grows

Reagan lowers the top tax rate to 28%, economy booms.

President Bush lowers tax rate from 39.6% to 35%, economy grows for six years and has great unemployment.

http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703977004575393882112674598.html

Yeah Ornery, I remember "tax simplification" where credit card interest became no longer deductible. That's called a tax hike.

I also remember immigration reform in 1986 where laws were passed making it illegal to hire an illegal immigrant.

Funny how we legal citizens have the laws enforced against us, ain't it?

You think I am going to believe any politician's promises about immigration reform?