During a recent press conference, President Obama blamed George W. Bush for the nation's fiscal condition. "When I walked in," he declared, "wrapped in a nice bow was a $1.3 trillion deficit sitting right there on my doorstep." Earlier this year he asserted that "we came in with $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade."
Neither statement is correct, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). True enough, the outgoing Bush administration bequeathed big deficits to Mr. Obama. The expected 2009 deficit was $1.19 trillion, not $1.3 trillion, however—and the actual deficit for 2009 came in at $1.41 trillion, meaning that the new president added some $220 billion to the total.
Far more significant, however, was the president's misstatement that Mr. Bush and the Republicans left the country with $8 trillion of debt over the next 10 years. The CBO's projected 10-year deficit when Mr. Obama took office was actually $4.09 trillion. Now, after 20 months of his presidency, the expected deficit has almost doubled, to $7.68 trillion.
Steve Moore in Washington with the latest on the looming tax increases.
A strong case can be made that the people most responsible for the gigantic deficits we face today are neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama. The real culprits are Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Congress controls the purse strings. When Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Reid rose to their present jobs in January 2007, the deficit was $161 billion. It had been on a downward trajectory from $413 billion in 2004. Three years later, the Pelosi-Reid Congress had added $1.2 trillion to the deficit.
LIE #2
Obama is now trying to say that the Tea Party is corporate and that the people that aren't corporate are bigots. Obama has never been to a Tea Party or talked to a Tea Partier. How does he know? It's politics (oh and lies.) He isn't trying to unify the country! He's trying to keep it divided. Then to top it off if you do a in depth study of the democratic party and if you're honest about it.......the Democrats are the real racist.
Democrats embrace the Chris Farley school of political motivation.
This week President Obama chimed in with another uplifting message about the American electorate. Mr. Obama told Rolling Stone that the tea party movement is financed and directed by "powerful, special-interest lobbies." But this doesn't mean that tea party groups are composed entirely of corporate puppets. Mr. Obama graciously implied that a small subset of the movement is simply motivated by bigotry.Yes Mr. Obama - let the liberals and the loony left stay home. It is not your job or their job to tell us how we are suppose to live. Goof Ball!!
The President said "there are probably some aspects of the Tea Party that are a little darker, that have to do with anti-immigrant sentiment or are troubled by what I represent as the President." The tea party is now supported by a third of the country in some polls.Associated PressPresident Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden
Perhaps advocates for smaller government shouldn't take Mr. Obama's comments personally. In the new Democratic attacks on the voting public, not even Democrats are spared. Vice President Joe Biden recently urged the party's base to "stop whining" and "buck up," a message echoed by Mr. Obama in his Rolling Stone interview. The President demanded that his supporters "shake off this lethargy," warning that it would be "inexcusable" for liberals to stay home on Election Day.
Mr. Obama added that "if people now want to take their ball and go home, that tells me folks weren't serious in the first place." Making the case for left-wing voters to show up in November, Mr. Obama told Rolling Stone that he is presiding over "the most successful administration in a generation in moving progressive agendas forward."
THE REALLY BIG LIE
Obama and the media are now telling everyone that the combat troops are out of Iraq. IT'S A LIE!! I was talking with a Leon County Sheriffs officer about two weeks ago. He's a reserve drill sergeant in the Army and he has been over to Iraq 5 times already and will have to go again soon - to train Iraqis. Well he told me himself that very few if any troops will come home. He said they will just change the name of the unit. Here is an email from one of the troops responding to his friends that wanted to know when he will come home.
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Anthony G. MartinJust a few weeks ago Barack Obama proclaimed to the nation that the U.S. 'combat mission in Iraq is over.'Newsbusted - Jodi is Great Again
This gave the public the false impression that all U.S. combat forces in Iraq were being called back home and that there would be no further U.S. involvement in fighting. Our only continued role, according to Obama, would be to 'advise and assist' the Iraqis.But one soldier who is still in Iraq, and is still engaged in combat for the fireseeable future, exposes the Obama pronouncement as a lie.The following is an actual email from the soldier, which has been forwarded by scores of Americans via email:"Hey, everybody I just wanted to send a quick update and give Yall the REAL story on what's going on over here with the troop withdrawal.....The reason I'm sending this out is because I have had a few people ask if I left Iraq early because all of the combat troops are out of Iraq and I wanted to let everyone know the real deal. It's kind of ridiculous how the news is saying that the last of the "combat" troops are out of Iraq because of Pres Osama ( I mean Obama ). He says that it was his campaign promise. Take our Brigade for example. We were originally called a HBCT ( Heavy Brigade Combat Team). Well since Obama said he would pull all of the "combat" troops out by Aug all they did before we left was change our name from a HBCT to a AAB ( Advise and Assist Brigade ). We have the same personnel/equipment layout as before and are doing the same missions. The ONLY difference is that they changed our name from a HBCT to an AAB and that's how he is getting away with saying that he has pulled all of the "combat" troops out. It is really ridiculous what he's doing and he has ticked alot of people off. And it's funny how the media is buying all of it, too. So no the last combat troops are not out of Iraq we are still here. There are other Brigades just like ours that are doing the same missions that are still over here. Sorry for going on about it but we are just sitting over here watching it and are like "You've got to be kidding me!" So anyway now you know the REAL story so that's why I'm not coming back early. You have to watch those liberals, their sneaky! Anyways, I hope everyone is doing well and I'll see you soon!"This soldier's courage in telling the real truth only further confirms the fact that Barack Obama has lied incessantly to the American people, as this column has stated on numerous occasions. The only thing Obama has changed so far is the name of the brigade. The name was changed so that Obama could claim all combat operations were drawn to a close. But as the soldier relates, the mission remains. The brigade is still involved in heavy combat for the foreseeable future despite the name change from 'Heavy Brigade Combat Team' to 'Advise and Assist Brigade.'
