David Corn

Thanks Barack--- Economy Shrinks At Worse Than Expected Pace

Thanks Barack. Thanks Dems.

The economy shrunk at a worse than expected pace in the first quarter.

Yahoo Finance reported, via Drudge:

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Thanks Arlen, thanks Olympia, thanks Susan - you own it now!

I hope a real Dem challenges and wins that Senate seat. I've never trusted Specter. It dates back to his b/s magic bullet theory in the JFK asassination.

Fredo, of course the economy is gonna get worse. Obama can't fix bush's fk-ups in a hundred days. It's going to take ALOT longer to turn things around because the ignorant repugs messed things up so bad. It took Bill Clinton 4-years to go from budget deficits to budget surplusses (and we had 4 more years of surplusses during his second term) after daddy bush's fk-ups, and dubya fk'd things up ten times worse than reagan and daddy bush did.
You're a typical repug. A very basic thinker that can't digest more than a bumper sticker or drudge headline. The poll results you posted are just more proof of that. At two points the graph dipped below 60 briefly. Open not just your eyes, but try using your brain too. You sound JUST like this ex-cop friend of mine, and I ask him all the time how he gets to and from work without getting lost. haha Seriously, he can't comprehend the bigger picture and readily admits if it's over a paragraph, he won't read it. ugh!

Mr. Corn, grow up - politicians don't have principles, or put another way their principles will shift according to the situational politics of the moment. Did you really think it was ever otherwise?

Alan,

I never supported Bushco's spending or the bailout policy that Obama adopted and enhanced.

Now, since Obama has adpoted Bush's bailout formula and tripled it and since the democrats have been in control of the budget for last three years, all I'm saying is have some balls and own it!!!!

Man up dude!

You're a typical repug.

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Not! Nice try though!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Just 42% of likely voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

That’s down from 50% two weeks ago, down from 62% in early February, and is the lowest level of confidence since June 30, 2008.
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Gee Alan, what does this poll say about Obamas weakness on terror?

Generic Congressional Ballot
Republicans Top Democrats on Generic Congressional Ballot

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

For just the second time in more than five years of daily or weekly tracking, Republicans now lead Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 38% would choose the Democrat. Thirty-one percent (31%) of conservative Democrats said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate.

Overall, the GOP gained two points this week, while the Democrats lost a point in support. Still, it’s important to note that the GOP’s improved position comes primarily from falling Democratic support. Democrats are currently at their lowest level of support in the past year while Republicans are at the high water mark.

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Alan, how about this one? Repugs are at rock bottom and Dempugs still suck!

Importance of Issues
More Voters See Taxes As Very Important Issue

Monday, April 06, 2009

While the economy remains the top issue nationwide, taxes are moving up on the priority list. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64% of voters see taxation as very important; it’s highest level in nearly two years.

Last month, 61% said taxes were very important to them. Prior to that survey, that number never rose above 60%.

Another 26% now see taxes as a somewhat important issue, while only 8% say taxes are not very or not at all important in terms of how they will vote.

Other data shows that 81% of voters nationwide say it is important to keep the promised middle class tax cuts in President Obama’s budget.

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Woops! Too late for that - the dempugs took the 95% middle class tax cut out of the next budget.

Trust on Issues
Republicans Close The Gap With Democrats on Several Key Issues

Monday, April 13, 2009

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows U.S. voters trust the Democratic Party over Republicans on the top issue of the economy by just a three-point margin this month, 45% to 42%.

It is still too early to determine whether voters are trending away from the economic initiatives of President Obama and congressional Democrats, but this is the closest the two parties have been on the issue of the economy since the first week of last September. In March, voters trusted the Democrats more by a 47% to 40% margin.

For the third straight month, investors trust the GOP more to handle the economy, 48% to 42%, but non-investors still trust Democrats more by 16 points.

Republicans now have moved further ahead of Democrats on the issues of national security and taxes. The GOP also has come on strong on several other issues, including immigration and Social Security.

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Damn, and I thought the repugs were toast!

lololo

ruh roh Fredo

PRINCETON, NJ -- As President Barack Obama concludes his first 100 days on the job, Gallup Poll Daily tracking for the week of April 20-26 finds 65% of Americans approving of how he is doing and only 29% disapproving. Obama's average weekly job ratings have varied only slightly thus far, ranging from 61% to 67%.
There's a graph there as well, so you can follow the pretty green line. lol
http://www.gallup.com/poll/118054/100-Days-Obama-Approval-Broad-Deep.aspx

The GOP will lead us out of the wilderness where the GOP lost us?

The GOP is surging ahead and taking over the courty with their fresh new ideas and rock solid policy positions.

(queue unicorns and rainbows)

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Your generic congressional poll is out of date. At this link it lists more than just your razzie, which I'll point out now has it tied. The other polls with that question are all showing Dems ahead, from +7 to +13.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

You can't miss the 100-days Obama approval rating since it's on top. Your razzie is the lowest at +13, and it goes up from there to as much as +43 from ABC/Washington Post and +45 from CBS/New York Times.

Oh damn, I forgot to mention that the +13 generic congressional poll was from.... wait for it....

FOX NEWS.
Damn Fredo, that's gonna leave a mark!

Schoolin' 'im but good!

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Yo Capt, the repubs are no f_cking better than your dempugs that are in charge. It's all one party that is only concerned about more power and money.

Wake up!!!

Alan,

Dude, I'm sure you'll have the jar of vaseline ready for your dear leaders big speech tonight about all the jobs he's created and how he's going to balance the budget in three years.

Jim Jones had the same Kool Aid recipe!

Hey Alan,

Real Clear has your tax and spend congress at a 60% disapproval rate. Looks like the tea baggers are in the majority!

lololo

Well, I hit "refresh" and the link has updated. Razzie now has repugs at +3, instead of tied. So there you go Fredo. Dems aren't pitching a shutout any more and I'm admitting my previous post is now wrong.
*honesty is a good thing

Hey Alan,

Real Clear has your tax and spend congress at a 60% disapproval rate. Looks like the tea baggers are in the majority!

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Now that one will leave a scar not a mark!!!!

lololo

Obama targets tea bags at town hall

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Asked about fiscal discipline and entitlements reform, Obama seemed to be repressing a smile as he jabbed critics of his spending plans.

"Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, Obama said, “let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”

“But,” Obama continued, “let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21870.html

I haven't heard yet what the latest job losses are. It WAS losing 600,000 a month. That's HOW BAD bush screwed our country up. Before adding jobs, the stimulus will have to reverse the negatives Obama inherited. If you could comprehend more than what's directly in your face, you'd realize that.

So Alan and Capt,

Aren't you pissed that the dempugs are taking your $400 a year or $33.33 a month or $1.11 a day tax cut away?

Dude, that was Obamas main campaign issue that he ran on~

You can now say that the Dempugs and Obama is raising taxes on 100% of us in 2011.

Bummer!

Obama said, “let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”

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How about not having photo-op fly overs in NY that cost us $325,000? Or how about not flying to Iowa on earth day to give a speech that burned 60,000 gal of jet fuel? Or how about not having parties at the WH every week with $100 steaks on the menu?

What a clown!

Barack Obama's 100 days: 'I am not satisfied,' president says

US House passes Obama's $3.4tn budget as the president reports on America's progress

[...]

Obama told the town hall meeting at Arnold, outside St Louis: "After 100 days, I am pleased with the progress we have made but I am not satisfied."

He laid out the problems facing the US, from unemployment to lack of patchy healthcare. "I am not a miracle-worker," he said. But he added: "We have come a long way. We can see the light on the horizon."

Reflecting public satisfaction with his presidency so far - polls suggest he has the approval of more than 60% of Americans - his words were drowned out by long, sustained applause when he said: "Today marks 100 days since I took the oath of office."

He said that he had been accused of trying to do too much, too soon, but no one should be surprised: he has only been fulfilling campaign promises. "I have come back to report to you we have begun work of remaking America," he said.

http://tinyurl.com/cntlrb

Beyond Specter, Republicans have a steep hill to climb

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Specter's switch highlights a huge problem for the GOP: large swatches of the country are becoming "off limits." There are 12 Eastern states north of Virginia, and five more states bordering the Pacific. Of the 34 senators from these regions, only 4 are Republicans.

The picture in the House is just as grim. Many years ago, Republicans had a stronghold in New England, and they still had a toehold as late as the 1990s. But in 2008, they lost their last seat in the region: The score is now 22-0. Next door, New York State once had a thriving GOP that could win at every level. Those days are gone: Republicans hold no statewide offices, and only three of the state's 29 House districts. In a recent special election, they failed to recapture an upstate seat they had held for decades before 2006.

Republicans have just one of the 31 districts that are at least 40 percent African American and only seven of the 42 districts that are at least 40 percent Hispanic. More than 100 Democratic districts fall into one or more of the following categories: black, Hispanic, New England, New York. Without these seats, the GOP has to take about two-thirds of the rest in order to regain a majority. In the Senate, likewise, writing off the Democratic seats of the East and Pacific West means that they must win 71 percent of the remainder.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0429/p09s03-coop.html

Did y'all see where rush said Specter should take John McCain and his daughter Meghan with him to the Dems? haha

How long before there's nothing left of repugs but hard right neocons and science-hating evanglicals? Instead of 20%, it might be in single figures before long.

Alan,

Obamas recovery package has created 16 shovel ready jobs in my state and we are now at 10% unemployment. I thought shovel ready meant that they were ready? Only government could be so incompetent.....

Obama said Caterpiller would add jobs if we passed his stimulus bill and then they laid a few thousand off.

How much time do you need?

Maybe if he focused on the economy instead of multi-tasking everything under the sun he might accomplish something.

He reminds me of my neighbor that starts a project that he never finishes because hes already moved on to a new project.

Maybe we should delegate the economy to BO~~

Couldn't be any worse than Timmy!

He laid out the problems facing the US, from unemployment to lack of patchy healthcare. "I am not a miracle-worker," he said.

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Waht? I thought he was the Messiah. Hillary lied to us!

Hey Alan,

I would go easy on those science hating evangelicals if I were you. Most of them voted for Obama. Not to mention that the majority of black and hispanic voters belong to one of these science hating evangelical churches.

In fact that sounds like a racist remark coming from you bro~

"Maybe if he focused on the economy instead of multi-tasking everything under the sun he might accomplish something."

You're just showing how simple-minded you are.
We're the United States of America. We can do more than one thing at a time We can't let ALL of bush's fk-ups fester while trying to fix just one.

I'm truly sorry about your state's unemployment figures, but again, I have to point out that Obama isn't the cause of it. Your guy bush is. Our guy Obama is trying to correct what bush has done. In a hundred days, he's off to a good start too.
Now, if he'll just for after the torturers and illegal wire tappers, he'd get an even higher grade from me.

Here's a quote from daddy bush to put that in perspective...

George H W Bush, addres before congress, March 6,1991

"I'm sure that many of you saw on the television the unforgettable scene of four terrified Iraqi soldiers surrendering. They emerged from their bunker broken, tears streaming from their eyes, fearing the worst. And then there was an American soldier. Remember what he said? He said: "It's okay. You're all right now. You're all right now." That scene says a lot about America, a lot about who we are. Americans are a caring people. We are a good people, a generous people. Let us always be caring and good and generous in all we do. "
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I guess dubya wasn't sober that day and didn't get the message.

*go .... instead of "for" I dunno where the hell that came from. lol

Im truly sorry about your state's unemployment figures, but again, I have to point out that Obama isn't the cause of it. Your guy bush is. Our guy Obama is trying to correct what bush has done. In a hundred days, he's off to a good start too.
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The sad part is that my state voted for Obama because he promised us jobs!

Alan, please tell me how many jobs Obama has created? Can't, then tell me how many he has saved? I can tell you how many he has lost (under him not Bushie, it's his house now)

The Dempugs were in charge of congress when Bushie pushed through the first stimulus bill, which Obama voted for, and now they have spent most of the second stimulus bill. What has that gotten us?

Ownership in GM? Shit, Ford is doing better than GM without the governments help. GM takes and takes tax payer money then screws us by going into bankruptcy. Nice!

How about those bonuses Obama promised AIG~ You're right he is off to a good start if you got bail out money!

Dude just man up and own it! You control the WH and both branches of Congress. Have some balls for once!

Doesn't matter anyway because we're all going to be dead from swine flu if Obama f_cks this up as bad as he's f_cked up the economy.

Now, if he'll just for after the torturers and illegal wire tappers, he'd get an even higher grade from me.
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Alan, It is you that needs to study up more on the Messiah.
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Obama Channels Cheney
Obama adopts Bush view on the powers of the presidency

The Obama Administration this week released its predecessor's post-9/11 legal memoranda in the name of "transparency," producing another round of feel-good Bush criticism. Anyone interested in President Obama's actual executive-power policies, however, should look at his position on warrantless wiretapping. Dick Cheney must be smiling.

Yo, Folks ! Just droppin' in. Hope all''s well with ya'.

Goodbye Pops 1941-2009

My Pops, Big John was called to GOD'S Carpet last month. He fought the good fight and the world will miss that one tough ol' bastard !

Keep Fightin' & Raisin' Hell!

bro tex

Hey Bro tex

Sorry to hear about the loss.

*toasts* to Pops!

The earthly world is a lesser place for the loss.

Poll: Bush Getting Even More Unpopular Out Of Office

A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that former President Bush's popularity has dropped since he left office.

When he left office in January, 31 percent of American's viewed him positively. That number has now dropped to 26 percent.

http://tinyurl.com/d9cfmk

Poor wittle Bunnypants can't win for losing.

Gallup: 55% support harsh interrogations of terrorists

Cheney - 1
Obama - 0

Several Democrats are furious with Reid for agreeing to let Specter keep the seniority accrued over more than 28 years as a Republican senator. That could allow him to leap past senior Democrats on powerful panels - including the Appropriations and Judiciary committees.

One senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill that the Democratic Conference will vote against giving the longtime Pennsylvania Republican seniority over lawmakers such as Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) when they hold their organizational meeting after the 2010 election.

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Spector tells fellow dempubs "can't we just get along? Were all loony lefties here!"

'Worst Bailout in the World' Petition Hits Olbermann Hypocrisy

By Ken Shepherd | April 29, 2009 - 13:18

Playing off Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" shtick, some clever fellow started a petition recently at WorstBailoutIntheWorld.com calling on the "Countdown" host to return his recent pay raise to "Turbo Tax" Tim Geithner's Treasury Department.

The petition's full wording:

Dear Mr. Olbermann,

While General Electric, the parent-company of your MSNBC network, was negotiating a $126 billion taxpayer-funded bailout, you signed a new contract raising your salary from $4 million to $7.5 million annually. You have used your show as a platform to call for the resignation of corporate executives accepting excessive bonuses on the backs of taxpayers who are picking up the tab for these atrocious bailouts, yet you yourself have no problem engaging in the same “class economic rape” that you accuse them of.
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What a slam! Too funny~

No one can take the Obama administration seriously until they grow a pair! The indication of them finally taking responsibility for their actions will be when they no longer hide behind the words -

1. "inherited"
2. Bush
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. "found out when you did"

And this deficit that Barry "inherited" was the result of 9/11 and the war on terror, neither of which exists under the Obama administration.

BTW - ARE YOU SAFER THAN YOU WERE SIX MONTHS AGO?

No one can take the Obama administration seriously until they grow a pair! The indication of them finally taking responsibility for their actions will be when they no longer hide behind the words -

1. "inherited"
2. Bush
3. Rush Limbaugh
4. "found out when you did"

And this deficit that Barry "inherited" was the result of 9/11 and the war on terror, neither of which exists under the Obama administration.

BTW - ARE YOU SAFER THAN YOU WERE SIX MONTHS AGO?

Georgia candidate for governor says sex with mules, watermelon behind him

Georgia Creationist Party candidate for governor

http://tinyurl.com/cyvm8h

Silly me, I thought all the secessionists were just the GOP and teabaggers!

lol

Georgia candidate for governor says sex with mules, watermelon behind him

Hey wasn't that Bill Clintons line way back when?

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama aims to announce tomorrow that Chrysler LLC will be placed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leading to an alliance with Italian automaker Fiat SpA, people involved in the matter said.

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After giving them $40 billion in our childrens money you send them to bankruptcy court to screw us even more!

Nice leadership skills Obama!!

At Airport in Murtha's District, Wartime Upgrades

By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:55 PM

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- At the behest of Rep. John P. Murtha (D), chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, the Pentagon has spent about $30 million equipping a little-used airport named for the congressman so that it can handle behemoth military aircraft and store combat equipment for rapid deployment to foreign battlefields.

Most of the expensive improvements, funded through appropriations approved by Murtha's committee, have not been used for their intended purpose. The projects delighted National Guard and reserve units based in Murtha's Pennsylvania district who have suffered from budget cuts, but critics charge that the expenditures are a waste of taxpayer dollars.

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Murthas airport to nowhere~ good thing we passed that porulus bill.

Democrat party walk of fame -

"Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1981 to present. Admitted
to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his
personal assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution.
A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion to censure him failed.

James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned
after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising
investigations and indictments.

Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital
affair and fathering a illegitimate child.

Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with
an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were
ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..

Eliot Spitzer- Democrat - New York governor - resigned from office after being tied to a prostitution
ring.

Melvin Jay Reynolds - Democrat U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. Convicted
on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice charges and sentenced to five years in prison.

Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997.
The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having
sexual relations with a teenage House page.

Hiram Monserrate- Queens City Councilman and state Senator-elect - who has claimed to be an
advocate of victims of domestic violence - was arrested for breaking a glass over his girlfriend's face.
Monserrate, 41, a former cop, won election to the state Senate as a Democrat in November 2008.

Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested
n Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer -
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper
payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.

Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an illegal sexual relationship
with a 14-year-old teenager while he was serving as Mayor of Portland.

David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington in 1986 and 1990.
Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.

Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for
soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.

Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79.
Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.

Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in 1974 after admitting to
paying a prostitute with a personal check, which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor."

lololo

Republican Party:

In the latest edition of the Daily Kos/Research 2000 weekly poll, Republicans fared as follows in the Northeast:

Republican Party
Favorable 8
Unfavorable 85

Congressional Republicans
Favorable 8
Unfavorable 80

John Boehner
Favorable 10
Unfavorable 74

Mitch McConnell
Favorable 10
Unfavorable 70

Northeastern Republicans may not be extinct, but for the most part, they might as well be.

http://tinyurl.com/co22o7

More than six in 10 approve of Obama's job, nearly two-thirds view him favorably, and a majority believe he has gotten off to a solid start during his first three months on the job.

Perhaps most significantly, Americans so far find him to be likeable. More than 80 percent in the poll say they personally like Obama, even if they don’t agree with all of his policies. And respondents give him high scores on his personality, demeanor and leadership qualities.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30454232/

GOP WELCOMES SPECTER

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro

How's this for a late-in-the-day story for you to wrap your head around... It's a doozy: The National Republican Senatorial Committee playing the part of liberal interest group by "introducing" the newest Democrat to Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter, in robo calls painting him as tied to Bush and anti-labor... cue crazy cartoon character's loose-lipped shaking of head.

http://tinyurl.com/dkr6x5

With audio and transcript - no kiddin

GOP doubles down on the crazy!

Wow! Capts dragging out the old Krazy Kos Kids polling (KKK). Must be deperate!

lololo

Much ado about nothing?

FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape

Apr 29, 5:55 PM (ET)

By CALVIN WOODWARD

(AP) President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at Fox Senior.

WASHINGTON (AP) - "That wasn't me," President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One.

It actually was him - and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years - who shaped a budget so out of balance.

And as a presidential candidate and president-elect, he backed the twilight Bush-era stimulus plan that made the deficit deeper, all before he took over and promoted spending plans that have made it much deeper still.

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Nothing like good old facts, huh Capt?

Great press conference! Answers were detailed and in depth. It's really nice to have a president to be proud of.

hahaha That Fredo is such a clown, isn't he? So funny.
Here's a line directly from the article he posted...

The economy has worsened under Obama, though from forces surely in play before he became president, and he can credibly claim to have inherited a grim situation.
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That Dems had a slight majority but not enough to overcome repug obstructionists is the sole reason things kept getting worse. "Stay the course" even as the whole country goes further downhill from bush policies is apparent to everybody but the few dumbasses still supporting the repugs. Denmac and Fredo will still be championing the failed repug policies no matter how much the facts prove them wrong. It would be sad if it wasn't so funny.

There once was a blogger named Timmie
Who ranted and raved like a ninny
He's not been around
To act like a clown
But now we have Freddie instead