Courtesy of Politico:
"I love it when these guys talk about debt and deficits," Obama told supporters in Baltimore. "I inherited a trillion dollar deficit."
"We signed two trillion dollars in spending cuts into law," Obama said. "Spending under my administration has grown more slowly than under any president in 60 years."
Obama said that the country's budget deficits and big debt were the result of the George W. Bush's two tax cuts, as well as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
"They baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts... and the war," Obama said.
"It's like somebody goes to a restaurant, orders a big steak dinner, a martini and all that stuff, then just as you're sitting down they leave and accuse you of running up the tab," Obama said.
"When I hear Gov. Romney say his 25 years in the private sector give him a special understanding of how the economy works, my question is, why are you running with the same bad ideas that brought our economy to the brink?" Obama said. "Why he believes it will lead to a different result this time, although there's no evidence of that."
I think framing this as being struck with the check for somebody else's extravagance is the PERFECT way to make it accessible to the average American.
Now that's more like it Mr. President, take the gloves off. These corpulent pigs have been at the trough for too long. Take the obstructionists down.
ReplyDeleteNow repeat it over and over until everyone hears it and understands it. It's like stating the obvious but if you listen to Fox Fog you don't have a clue.
ReplyDeleteAnon @ 5:12 PM:
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. I'd dearly love to see our President keep taking it to this level. We really need to be talking to each other about voting - please be sure to do your part, and to help stop all this foolishness and start actually helping people to survive.
Since the disappointing results of the Wisconsin recall (at least, thank God, they got control of their Senate again), I have had a hard time reading anything political. All I know is that I'll keep sending Obama money (among others) and damn sure will vote for him.
ReplyDeletePeople in Wisconsin are not to bright.
DeleteJoe Scarbutt went crazy over this. He and Nicole Wallace went on and on (Mika tried but was her usual meek self) telling one lie after another. Then they said "after he sat down at the table he ordered lobster for everyone". I really wish there was something else on in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI am glad President Obama is fighting back.
ReplyDeleteI came across this sentence in an old Upton Sinclair novel, and was amazed at how true it remains, to this day:
ReplyDeleteHe is the type of person who is so proud of his individual freedom, but is too blind to see the chains holding him down.
It makes me think of the many millions of befuddled rightwing believers, who somehow think they have something in common with billionaires--at least enough to defend all their greedy, shady acts.
They may NEVER wake up to the fact that such acts are being aimed right at THEM!
6:17, you can watch Current TV in the morning instead of the Joe show. Bill Press does his radio show then. Much better for your blood pressure.
ReplyDeleteAs we get closer to the election, President Obama is going to find his groove again. He's careful and thoughtful about what he says and when he says it, so anybody who thinks he's not defending himself and his administration needs to realize that he will at the right time and in the right way. Remember, the president is much smarter than Romney and he knows what he's doing.
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