Obama: I reversed recession until 'bad luck' hit

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | August 15, 2011 | Byron York

[Free ThinkerNY]

At a town hall meeting on his campaign-style tour of the Midwest, President Obama claimed that his economic program "reversed the recession" until recovery was frustrated by events overseas. And then, Obama said, with the economy in an increasingly precarious position, the recovery suffered another blow when Republicans pressed the White House for federal spending cuts in exchange for an increase in the national debt limit, resulting in a deal Obama called a "debacle."

"We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again," Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa. "But over the last six months we've had a run of bad luck." Obama listed three events overseas -- the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises -- which set the economy back.

"All those things have been headwinds for our economy," Obama said. "Now, those are things that we can't completely control. The question is, how do we manage these challenging times and do the right things when it comes to those things that we can control?"

"The problem," Obama continued, "is that we've got the kind of partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country, that is more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win. Nowhere was that more evident than in this recent debt ceiling debacle."

[ken21]

pathological liar.

[FatherofFive]

History repeating itself.

[Red_Devil 232]

“The problem,” Obama continued, “is that we’ve got the kind of partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country, that is more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win.

Obummer loves talking about himself!

[Paradox]

The other day, I picked a booger and ate it. It prevented me from dying of Malaria... and see, I am still alive today!

[geege]

Oh so now he’s a comedian????

[Williams]

George Bush was crucified and ridiculed for anything less than perfect, and Obama was going to do everything “smarter”.

Now it’s “Hey, I had bad luck, so what?”

[geege]

Oh so now he’s a comedian????

[Raycpa]

My guess is he was totally off scrip and someone’s head is going to roll.

[Lucky9teen]

Even Tom Cruise has a hard time believing this schmucks hype anymore...

[Williams]

“....we’ve got the kind of partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country, that is more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win.”

Whereas Obama did what when he ran???

[Loud Mime]

ping for the pathological liar

[Billthedrill]

"The problem," Obama continued, "is that we've got the kind of partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country, that is more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win..."

I think I know who the "we" is here. It contains the guy who bleated "Bush's fault" at every opportunity.

[darkwing104]

[barstoolblues]

This is delusion on a dangerous level.

[barstoolblues]

This is delusion on a dangerous level.

[molson209]

The bad luck hit when he started to run for president. How’s that for funny ?

[Jeff Head]

AGAIN...OBAMA, YOU LIE

[Williams]

I’m sure the Japanese tsunami had economic effects, but I can’t say I ever hear it mentioned as a big factor by economic commentators.

Obama has the tsunami in there front and center, you’d think it had hit the USA.

[Lazlo in PA]

This is the first Blame President I think we have ever had. This grasping to foreign disasters and Euro troubles for excuses on personal failings is not going to wear well with the voting public. I hope our GOP candidates start calling this Weak Sally out on these lies.

On the bright side, at least he is finally admitting that the economy is in a shambles and not on some sort of boom.