Obama Vows Deep Cuts In Spending [Flashback: Urging Own Party Fiscally Tough As Republicans]

The Guardian News ^ | September 23, 2008 | By MIKE GLOVER

[Son House]

Urging members of his own party to be just as fiscally tough as the most conservative Republicans, Obama said the $700 billion economic bailout plan proposed by the Bush administration and congressional leaders is forcing a renewed look at federal spending.

`We are here because an ethic of irresponsibility has swept through our government, leaving politicians with the belief they can waste billions and billions of your money on no-bid contracts for friends and contributors, slip pork projects into bills during the dead of night and spend billions on corporate tax breaks we can't afford and old programs we don't need,'' said Obama.

He linked the turmoil that's rocked Wall Street to federal spending he said has soared out of control, laying the blame at the feet of Republican policies he argued that rival John McCain is certain to continue.

[Son House]

So now that Ødumba got elected, there are so many things wrong with the liberal ways he is spending. Where's the fiscal conservatism he asked of others?

[Da Coyote]

Guardian alert. Those clowns make journalists at the NYT seem (almost) intelligent. They’ll believe anything...(as they hunker down for the great global warming..........)

[Riodacat]

to be just as fiscally tough as the most conservative Republicans

ROFL. That's a good one.

[Son House]

This is funny too, follow me, cause it’s the cause of my extra duty to find the Ødumba article about “Urging members of his own party to be just as fiscally tough as the most conservative Republicans” during the first bail-out vote from 2008;

Senators who voted No

Senators who voted No

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095451/posts

Here’s the quick list of the senators who voted NO on bailout/economic rescue.

Allard (R) Barasso (R) Brownback (R) Bunning (R) Cantwell (D) Cochran (R) Crapo (R) DeMint (R) Dole (R) Dorgan (D) Enzi (R) Feingold (D) Inhofe (R) Johnson (D) Landrieu (D) Nelson (FL) (D) Roberts (R) Sanders (I) Sessions (R) Shelby (R) Stabenow (D) Tester (D) Vitter (R) Wicker (R) Wyden (D)

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Feingold (D) Johnson (D) Landrieu (D) Nelson (FL) (D) Sanders (I) Stabenow (D) Tester (D) Wyden (D)

Obama Declares Himself Fiscal Conservative

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/22/obama-declares-himself-fiscal-conservative/

Urging members of his own party to be just as fiscally tough as the most conservative Republicans

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Not one Democrat is voted NO because they are fiscally conservative

27 posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:32:37 PM by Son House (Palin, Has The Left Press Wailing! [MSNBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, New York Times,...])

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My belly ache, FOXNEWS link was not found, and it took an hour to conjure up enough relevant search terms to get an article

[CindyDawg]

Let's see...who has been in control of spending the last three years.....who was a senator before he was president? Could he have inherited his own inheritance?

[ronnie raygun]

Is he joking, after his criminal outfit looted the governmet, all of his supporters and organizations have been paid off, 9000 earmarks have been happily passed. He now wants to be fiscally responsible. And the masses adore him! SICKENING JUST PLAIN SICKENING, shows how rediculously stupid most Americans are, shamefull!

[Venturer]

Who voted for that money and who had half of it left when they came into office. This guy is amazing. He is the lyingest SOB to ever hit the WH.

[sonofagun]

Hey ronnie,

The article is dated Sept, 2008.

[Savage Beast]

It's hard to imagine President Obama, the Democrats, or anybody else, for that matter, spending the American workers' hard earned money any more recklessly or lavishly than the Republicans did during the G. W. Bush Administration!

Thanks again, George.

[knarf]

The "bailout" was the plausable deniability clause ... no Dem actually voted for a tax or pork, it was just ... there ... y'know?

I mean ... what was I supposed to do? Deny America her opportunity to get back on her feet?

[richardtavor]

Look at the date of the article. These were just campaign lies.

[o_zarkman44]

What a boatload of crap. Republican Bush spent evil money. but the rats can spend 3X that amount on less productive items and it is just fine and dandy. All because Bush spent some money, coerced by DemoRat majoritys in congress.

[o_zarkman44]

The DemoRat majority in congress voted for the $700 Billion.
They coerced Bush to sign the measure. Plus since it was a election year Bush thought it would help McCain.

A profound tactical miscalculation by Republicans. The DemoRat spin on this will be relentless.

We tried to tell them. But nooooooooo, they don’t listen to the people.

[freekitty]

He needs to cut back on his party and visiting time.

Maybe he could do his job. Oh, I forget; he was up all night and needs his rest.

[Para-Ord.45]

reference

[grjr21]

Is this from The Onion ?

[Son House]

This is the campaign promise that Republicans should shove back in his face where his constituency can be reminded every time he signs another bill into law, like Bush Sr.’s read my lips

[Son House]

No onion, it was on FOXNEWS when I first found it in print, but the link isn’t good anymore

Obama Declares Himself Fiscal Conservative

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/22/obama-declares-himself-fiscal-conservative/

Urging members of his own party to be just as fiscally tough as the most conservative Republicans

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some other sources

McCain, Obama agree on need for bailout oversight

http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/09/mccain_obama_agree_on_need_for.html

“The only way we can do all this without leaving our children with an even larger debt is if Washington starts taking responsibility for every dime that it spends,” he said.

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Obama pledges fiscal responsibility

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/nation/ny-usobam235854311sep23,0,5435832.story

President Bush ran for office on a platform of efficiency in government, Obama said, noting that Bush instead has presided over a mushrooming federal budget and deficits. Under Bush, spending on contractors has more than doubled, from $203 billion in 2000 to $412 billion in 2006.