An actual quote from today’s remarks: “There are some in Congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see America win.” To which Steve Hayes, irked by the sight of yet another straw man being torched, replies, “Who are they?”
…The two key sections in the clip below run from 5:30 to 7:15 and 11:00 to 13:00. The grand absurdity of this critique, of course, is that every move this guy has made in recent memory, from yanking troops out of Afghanistan by next year to offering a budget so timid that it received not a single vote in the Senate to deliberately refusing to offer his own deficit-reduction plan during the debt-ceiling debate, is geared towards maximizing his odds of reelection. (It’s, er, not working.) The very last person who should be lecturing others about putting the country ahead of a campaign is the Perpetual Campaigner. But he can really sell the above-the-fray crap, can’t he?
My favorite part of this speech came at when he came out with his idea about how to improve our economy: We’ve got a lot of Americans driving Kias and Hyundais. I want folks in Korea driving Fords and Chevys and Chryslers. (~14:45)
Sheesh!
So many dealerships thrown under the bus!
Like so many of those ”foreign’ cars aren’t built right here, too…..Oh, wait….NON-UNION shops!
And who in Korea wants a big old American car?
Everything is tight and tiny there.
The smaller, the better.
One You Tube commenter wrote:
Fundraise, pander to union thug base, fundraise, golf, fundraise, vacation. Repeat
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2nd favorite was at 15:50 and on where Obama puts his foot in his mouth,
“Tell Congress we’ve got hundreds of thousands of bright talented skilled Americans who are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan…..you’ve got 24-year olds and 25 year olds who……are handling equipment that’s worth tens or hundreds of billions of dollars…..”
HUH???
5 Most Expensive U.S. Military Vehicles
Iowa Class Battleship = 1.8 billion dollars (all in 2009 dollars)
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle = 15.9 billion dollars (OOPS! Never Built)
Ohio Class Submarine = 2 billion dollars
Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier = 4.5 billion dollars each
B2-Spirit Stealth Bomber =1.3 billion each
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Another spot where Obama showed his true colors was at 9:48-10:55 He talks about investing in clean energy, doubling CAFE standards, cutting our use of oil, and then he adds: “and by the way, we [I] didn’t go through Congress to do it.”
Yeah, it is called a bypassing of the Constitutional government of the United States.
But, hey, it was an applause line (with some nervous laughter).
Bryan Preston over at PJMedia’s Tatler added this:
That might explain why Congress currently has an approval rating of only 18 percent. One can only wonder how they’ve concluded that the public approves of what they’ve been doing.
Obama’s correct, these people are called Democrats.
A ‘Great Leader’, an ‘Honest’ Leader would not have to “create” so many “straw men” to drive his (senseless) ‘points’ home…
Obumbles must leave many, who actually think about, and connect the dots, when he spouts yet another ’empty (campaign) speech’ – scratching their heads and saying..HUH? However I am sure there are many schmucks out there who still “feel” he is so…..Dreamy.
@Greg: Your comments confirm your Kool Aid mentality. When Democrats had control it was “WE Won” and “Go to the Back of the Bus”. Now 0-bama blames everything and takes no credit for anything. Ratings for congress are rightfully low due to the fact that America needs one more election cycle to rid congress of the Democrat loser efforts. Well said.
The Democrats idea of compromise isn’t really a compromise. Consider this;
-The debt ceiling debate was starting from a point well to the left of center, with $9.5 Trillion in NEW spending already on the table.
-The “deal” that was passed only moved the marker $1 Trillion or so towards the center, with another move of $1.2-1.5 Trillion by the end of the year, but still left the marker $7 Trillion to the left of center.
-The playing field is still canted left, and the liberal/progressives wish now to move it back to the left by increasing taxes.
So, what we have is not compromise, but the allowance of a pittance of “cuts” is only made to “seem” like the Democrats are giving something up. In reality, the debate already started with an assumed spending increase tilted towards the left.
If a true compromise were to be had, the starting point would have been a complete freeze on government spending at the $3.8 Trillion or so the government will spend this year. Then, and only then, could a compromise with both actual spending cuts, and tax increases, be attained.
@Common Sense, #6:
A lot of republicans were elected in 2010 by harnessing voter dissatisfaction without clearly stating the specifics of an alternative agenda.
In 2012, voters will be considering the specifics. The specifics do not appear to be beneficial to 80 percent of the population. Because they’re not.
Greg was obviously in a coma for the elections. They were far more specific than obama. 2010 is looking to be pretty good for the GOP with how bad the dems have performed.