Confusing Obama » Obama’s Change

Headlines Sum it Up

Tony — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:39:37 +0000

Are we expecting anything less from Obama nowadays?

Press Freedom, Sure. But No Questions. (www.cbsnews.com)

There was some rich irony at the White House today — President Obama signed the Press Freedom Act, and then promptly refused to take any questions.

-T

Help or Hurt the Middle Class?

Tony — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:42:51 +0000

Didn’t Obama say less than a week ago in the State of the Union Address that he wanted to give relief to the middle class?

Backdoor taxes to hit middle class (news.yahoo.com)

-T

Perfectly Good Corvette Killed

Tony — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:34:19 +0000

This is really sad. A good Corvette killed in the Cash for Clunkers program. It put up a good fight and it took a while.

I hear these cars aren’t even being recycled. I don’t get that.

-T

Obama Healthcare Press Conference Bombed

Tony — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:26:26 +0000

Well, this holds to my “confusing Obama” theme for sure. He really doesn’t seem to understand this healthcare plan he’s pitching. The fact checkers (which is what the media should be doing) tell a different story than what Obama said. Why would he lie? I just don’t get it. We’re not stupid.

Obama health care fabrications exposed by fact-checking (www.examiner.com)

The more Obama talks about his health care reform program, the more inconsistencies are being found by fact-checkers. The basic facts about coverage, cost and who foots the bill that he touts are being challenged by independent organizations who have begun to expose the fabrications. The inconsistencies by Obama between his rhetoric and reality are becoming more obvious every time he opens his mouth trying to fend off criticism of his health care proposals.

Obama’s Health Care Claims (www.factcheck.org)

He said that the U.S. spends 50 percent more per capita on health care than the next most expensive country. Not quite. We spend 20 percent more than the second most expensive country, and 50 percent more than the third.

He’s really losing on healthcare. The more he tries, the worse he does. Democrats are turning on him. This won’t get signed on Obama’s timetable. Fail.

-Tony

Dr. Evil: One Trillion Dollars!

Tony — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:29:06 +0000

That’s not an absurd ransom amount or is it? The U.S. Deficit is now 1 trillion dollars. Here’s what that looks like:

$1,000,000,000,000.00

That’s a big number (it’s a thousand billion!). Thanks, Mr. Obama, we’re in the poor house now but that’s all part of your plan to make us even more dependent on the government, I know.

US deficit tops 1 trillion dollars (www.google.com/hostednews)

Yeah, it is like Obama hit the accelerator when he should have hit the brakes with spending. Well, we knew this but apparently the Obama Administration didn’t see it coming:

The Economy Is Even Worse Than You Think (online.wsj.com)

- The average length of official unemployment increased to 24.5 weeks, the longest since government began tracking this data in 1948. The number of long-term unemployed (i.e., for 27 weeks or more) has now jumped to 4.4 million, an all-time high.

…It may have made him unpopular in parts of the Obama administration, but Vice President Joe Biden was right when he said a week ago that the administration misread how bad the economy was and how effective the stimulus would be.

It’s like I said, Obama knew the state of things when he was running for the job of President and when he walked into office. There’s no blaming he can do. That’s pretty wimpy. Man up, dude. We’re not idiots out here even if the media repeats the same thing 500 times – well, I can speak for 58 million of us, at least – not the rest, although some in the middle seem to be seeing the light and regret who they voted for. Oops.

-Tony