The Trillion Dollar President’s Latest Gaffe


From ABC NEWS:

“President Obama told ABC News’ Charles Gibson in an interview that if Congress does not pass health care legislation that will bring down costs, the federal government “will go bankrupt.”

I see, we need to spend $2.5 trillion on a government take-over of health care — or the U.S. will go bankrupt?

Uh, huh. It is like the skit from Saturday Night Live — the trillion dollar man says he is worried about debt, but all he does is spend money.

The $2.5 trillion price tag on ObamaCare may be why an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released today found:

“Democrats’ problems seem in part linked to their ambitious health-care plan, billed as the signature achievement of Mr. Obama’s first year. Now, for the first time, more people said they would prefer Congress did nothing on health care than who wanted to see the overhaul enacted.”

The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll results may also explain this instant classic from Michael Barone:

“it’s interesting that when Massachusetts Democrat Michael Capuano, fresh from a second-place finish in the primary for Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat, was asked to tell the Democratic caucus what he had learned on the campaign trail, he replied in two words: “You’re screwed.”


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Capuano's comments were classic, and prophetic. nt

Vegas_Rick (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 8:58PM EST (link)

“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.

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Vegas_Rick (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 9:02PM EST (link)

As to Obama and his minions. You just can’t make this stuff up. Doesn’t anyone in that administration realize how moronic and out of touch with reality he sounds?

This meat head has accumulated more national debt than ALL of his predecessors combined, but NOT passing Obamacare will bring down the economy!

I’m just speechless.

“God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.”- Billy Currington

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.

 
 

The guy sounds like a junior high school student

Dan Perrin (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 9:17PM EST (link)

perhaps the American public will think twice about electing some newbie who needs on the job training.

Well, he is getting his training.

You know what I found funny, interesting and perhaps prescient?

Jack_Savage (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 10:49PM EST (link)

When Obama said that the Senate was on the “precipice” of a deal.

It’s the only true thing he has said in a while – they are on the precipice, all right.

Just watched 13 seconds of Markos Maulawhathisname on Olberweenie, he is backing up like a crawdad on the “kill the bill” tweet. Believe me, this is a long, long way from being over.

 

So are we

livefreenh Thursday, December 17th at 6:51AM EST (link)

We are learning a few things, too.

 
 

I just watched this on the westcoast....

speciallist (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 9:48PM EST (link)

talk about fear-monger-in-chief……..GAK

 

This from the man who saved or created how many jobs?

lunarmanathome (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 10:06PM EST (link)

The federal government is already in trouble when Moody even discusses the possibility of changes in it’s credit rating.

Who does the Amateur-in-Chief think he’s talking to? Not one single entitlement program ever stayed within it’s intent or it’s budget. And this so-called “health care” reform doesn’t even address one of the biggest issues with insurance costs – tort reform.

 

WaPo: "The Coming Debt Panic"

redneck_hippie (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 10:19PM EST (link)

As they say, And it’s Come to This

“Consider: In the space of a single fiscal year, 2009, the debt soared from 41 percent of the gross domestic product to 53 percent. By way of comparison, the average for the past half-century has been 37 percent. This sum, which does not include what the government has borrowed from its own trust funds, is on track to rise to a crushing 85 percent of the economy by 2018. Getting the debt back down to a reasonable level will require extraordinary, almost unimaginable, fiscal discipline and political cooperation. Failing to do so will lower the national standard of living and ultimately threaten America’s economic stability.

Link from Tuesday’s radio program by Mark Levin.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121302442.html


Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

redneck_hippie

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 7:28AM EST (link)

Like, dude, thanks for the 411 on the WaPo hit, used it on, like, a front page post — like, you know, coolio.

Groovy, Dan. The VRWC of new media rolls on! nt

redneck_hippie (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 12:21PM EST (link)

Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 
 
 

I told my bank I need a new Streetglide to keep from going bankrupt...

nessa (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 10:38PM EST (link)

They didn’t believe me, or buy it. Maybe if I try one of the banks that took TARP money…

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

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teh twitter

 

No wonder the kids love Obama

6eorge Jetson (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 10:52PM EST (link)

“But Dad, you’ll go bankrupt if you don’t buy a new car for me!’

ReplyToThis is usually my friend, but he was strangely absent from nessa’s comment.

No, my kids say this:

izoneguy (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 11:07PM EST (link)

Everyone is bankrupt – what difference does it make?

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

But you're response should be

Richard Mullins (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 11:23PM EST (link)

If the country is bankrupt and you ask for a handout, you make it all worse for you and the country. That’s way to explain the problem. Our voters are like Teenagers, they want lots of stuff from Mom and Dad.

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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.

Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.

 
 

Very funny

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:06AM EST (link)
 

"know thine enemy"?? I already know Obama and refuse to watch him.

Veronica (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 11:30PM EST (link)

There should be a mass boycott, forcing ABC to go head-to-head with their statist/owners over in the White House and complain about the loss of revenue to continue to fund this shiester’s FREE INFORMERCIAL PROGRAMMING.

I mean, reeally — That “Prescription for America” didn’t tell you enough not to ever, ever, EVER watch ABC ever, ever AGAIN???

Why do you think they moved Snuffuluffagus to GMA??

To do a better job than Dear Dianne in reigning in the crowds because the WH knows they are absolutely losing control.

STATIST MEDIA, people.

Don’t buy it, don’t tune it.

..just find a transcript somewhere on the net the next day (hour).

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Seriously, I'm dam furious he has the gall to perpetuate his lies. Loser!! nt

Veronica (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 11:31PM EST (link)

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Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on us. – St. Augustine

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Got rid of satellite tv 5 months ago

avgamerican (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 12:13AM EST (link)

I don’t watch it or listen to it. I tune in here and conser talk radio. I even pulled the plug on the NFL. I agree with your zeal. We need to send the message not just talk it.

NFL = America's Spirit of Competition. Socialists HATE sports.

Veronica (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 12:24AM EST (link)

we decided NOT to boycott because sports exhibits America’s drive for competition and excellence.

So when I see those football players hit someone, I’m thinking of the American spirit, fighting to the death.

Socialists HATE sports.

So, yeah .. greedy as they are, the lot of them .. and considering what they did to poor Rush .. NFL may be one of the last mirrors of the beacons of freedom.

Incidently .. I’m very upset about Monday Night Football being moved to ESPN.

That’s just mean..

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Pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on us. – St. Augustine

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Hey Dan, Bill Dupray...

erod (Diary) Wednesday, December 16th at 11:32PM EST (link)

is a columnist I found on an article in Free Republic. He makes good points and is very optimistic like you. I’m a news junkie and scour the net, I guess it comes from my background in journalism.

I really thought that the last link you gave me

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:10AM EST (link)

Dupray wrote was one of the most brilliant things I’ve read this whole debate.

I am glad he's writing regularly

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:11AM EST (link)

And I will start to search for his stuff

You are both very kind

patriotroom (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 11:51AM EST (link)

My main blog is Patriot Room (articles page here), but I also write at True/Slant (which is crawling with hostile lefties), and as the Washington D.C. Republican Examiner. My co-blogger, Clyde Middleton, and I shred the libs in our podcast twice a week as well.

Here are two pieces from yesterday. This stuff typically makes the libs over at True/Slant cry like little girls.

Obama’s mother-of-all broken campaign promises on prescription drugs

Pelosi worried about 2010 backlash; scales back agenda

Cheers,
Bill Dupray

Also find Bill Dupray at The Patriot Room

Very nice work Dupray

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:56PM EST (link)

and thanks for the lash-up erod

 
 
 
 
 

Here's a radical thought:

anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 12:02AM EST (link)

How about a draw-down for the non-military part of the bloated Federal government?
Cut all non-military Federal pay by one third with a minimum 2x poverty level of pay.
Make all non-military Federal employees “at whim” and negate all Federal Union agreements by special statute.
Tell every department if they do not reduce their departments by 10 percent by day X they will be reduced by 20 percent on the day after including every single administrator whose departments failed to meet the reduction requirements…
Remove all Federal pensions and benefits for retiring Reps who served in elected or politically appointed positions.

Just a thought…

Santorum? Well, at least he’s not Romney…
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We are going to have to talk radical

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:12AM EST (link)

action, that is for sure

 

But wait

livefreenh Thursday, December 17th at 6:59AM EST (link)

If there are rumbles about breaking a contract, we must remind them that public servants are here for our convenience, and there is no higher power than the people.

If they need a refresher course in how this place works, then RTFM. It starts with “We, the People…”

 
 

ummm...

thurlowweed (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 12:16AM EST (link)

…this from the guy who just told us the Federal government needs to spend our way out of the recession, or some such non-sense…

For the good of the country, if not the planet, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, should resign.

Anyone have any idea how to proceed (Constitutionally) after that..?

[:-)

That is his policy, just spend money

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:13AM EST (link)

as long as we spend, everything will be OK

 
 

The way to a socialistic run government

mutantone Thursday, December 17th at 6:18AM EST (link)

The way to a socialistic run government is to stop following the rules of the government. Force unconstitutional laws and regulations on, We The People. Allow the majority to dictate what the people will and will not do. Force upon us Taxation without representation. International intervention with out congressional approval. All these things they are doing can be seen as treasonous actions against the well being of our Nation. They have ruined our once good credit rating, placing China in control of our financial well being. What more can they do to ruin our great nation before the people step up to be counted as for or against their philosophy of ruination?

They can print even more money

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 8:46AM EST (link)

and because the Dems cannot stop spending, we will.

If Obama thinks he is reaping the whirl-wind on ObamaCare, his poll numbers have not even begun to drop once his little money printing scheme goes off the rails.

 
 

Wait ....

mamasaid Thursday, December 17th at 9:53AM EST (link)

I had to buy a new mattress set yesterday. I didn’t really have the money so I put it on plastic. $1000 bucks! I know this action is bound to make me rich! I’m waiting….Where’s my Obama money?

It is being electronically created by keystroke

Dan Perrin (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 6:58PM EST (link)

in major banks and financial institutions, who are then told to buy our T-bills through third party brokers.

We then use the money we printed to pay our bills.

know what I mean, jellybean?

 
 

Obama's plan? Cash for caulkers and pimpin Home Depot

Common_Cents (Diary) Thursday, December 17th at 7:07PM EST (link)

We are going to generate so much business for you, Frank. We are going to generate so much work for you guys from LIUNA. We’re going to create so much business –

Barack “home depot” Obama, Dec 15 to Home Depot CEO Frank Blake.

Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from, behind, the Back Nine.
Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.