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Is Obama Losing The Washington Post??? Paper Criticizes Obama Spending
Washington Post/Politico/The Lid ^ | 6/28/09 | The Lid

Posted on 06/28/2009 2:45:21 PM PDT by Shellybenoit

Following a Walter Cronkite editorial report during the Tet Offensive that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, President Lyndon Johnson is reported to have said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America."

Today one of President Obama's "propaganda arms, the Washington Post complained about the size of the federal deficit." It warned the President that a credible solution to the deficit must be developed or the economy will stagnate. Wow the Washington Post disagreeing with Obama. Is this President Obama's "losing Uncle Walter" moment? Or has it begun to snow in hell? But no fear because David Axelrod may have a solution, breaking another campaign promise:

(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhodeficit; deficit; msm; obama; taxandspend; taxes; wp
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1 posted on 06/28/2009 2:45:21 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

They’re trying to stop the bleeding in circulation...red herring...


2 posted on 06/28/2009 2:46:41 PM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: Shellybenoit

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.....


3 posted on 06/28/2009 2:47:08 PM PDT by cranked
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To: jessduntno
They’re trying to stop the bleeding in circulation...red herring

Well, if they do it by telling the truth, more power to them.

4 posted on 06/28/2009 2:48:45 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Shellybenoit

It doesn’t matter. He’ll just replace it with the Huffington Post.


5 posted on 06/28/2009 2:49:21 PM PDT by CondiArmy
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To: hinckley buzzard

“Well, if they do it by telling the truth, more power to them.”

they’re already working on the sixteen counter-balanced articles...


6 posted on 06/28/2009 2:50:24 PM PDT by jessduntno (July 4th, 2009. Washington DC. Gadsden Flags. Be There.)
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To: Shellybenoit

Who is the Washington Post?


7 posted on 06/28/2009 2:53:28 PM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: CondiArmy

...or the Workers World Daily...


8 posted on 06/28/2009 2:54:00 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Shellybenoit

The MSM are beginning to understand the depth of trouble Obama is creating for the economy, and America. We (conservatives) saw this from the beginning, but the MSM continued on their hell-bent path to get him elected. I really believe they thought he would be able to accomplish all he touted. It shows how totally out of touch the MSM are from main-street America. Now that the house of cards is falling—what are they thinking? Must be becoming a nightmare in most newsrooms these days.


9 posted on 06/28/2009 2:54:01 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: CondiArmy

Bingo - just trading in bad journalism for complete propaganda!


10 posted on 06/28/2009 2:56:18 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Shellybenoit

So that means there backing of the messiah all these months, proves how friggin stupid they are.


11 posted on 06/28/2009 2:57:05 PM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: hinckley buzzard
From the WP article:

This huge mass of debt, which would stifle economic growth and reduce the American standard of living, can be avoided only through spending cuts, tax increases or some combination of the two. And the longer government waits to get its financial house in order, the more it will cost to do so, the CBO says.

It sounds like the WP is giving Obama ammo, as if he needed it, to increase taxes.

12 posted on 06/28/2009 2:57:41 PM PDT by kabar
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To: devane617; Shellybenoit

Does anyone ever read the article at the link? The WP is supporting a tax increase—something that Obama has been planning all along.


13 posted on 06/28/2009 3:00:44 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Shellybenoit

Obama losing the Washington Compost? Are you joking? It will never happen!


14 posted on 06/28/2009 3:01:20 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: kabar

Yes, supporting Obama’s future proposals for substantial tax increases-starting with a tax on employer provided health benefits (union members excluded).


15 posted on 06/28/2009 3:01:57 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: jessduntno
"they?re already working on the sixteen counter-balanced articles..."

Exactly. They need at least 1 "I told you so" article in their archives for cover on charges of biased reporting.

16 posted on 06/28/2009 3:02:54 PM PDT by uncommonsense (liberals see what they believe and conservatives believe what they see)
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To: Shellybenoit
This is like a ballplayer being hailed for one-game hitting streak.

I will reserve judgement on whether or not Ubama has lost the WaPost.

17 posted on 06/28/2009 3:03:30 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Shellybenoit
This is interesting, since Warren Buffet controls Berkshire Hathaway, and Berkshire Hathaway owns 18% of the Washington Post, which is enough to assert control anytime they decide to do so. Buffet has been an Obama supporter, but he has started to make comments about some of the destructive moves made by Obama.

If Obama destroys enough billions of Buffet's weatlh, will Buffet stop supporting him?

18 posted on 06/28/2009 3:09:17 PM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: devane617
The MSM are beginning to understand the depth of trouble Obama is creating for the economy, and America. We (conservatives) saw this from the beginning...

But instead of attacking Obama and the Democrats on the economy, which was the issue Obama's supporters cared about and an issue we could have won on, many wasted their efforts with Hussein-Wright-Ayers. The undecideds decided more Dems would be better for the economy, and we lost. Yes, they're paying for it now, but so are we.

The only question is, will we make that mistake again?

19 posted on 06/28/2009 3:09:25 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Hey Nancy, how many jobs have been lost since you and the Democrats took Congress?)
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To: Shellybenoit

Meh!

The Washington Post or ‘Pravda On The Potomac’, as I call it has been in the hip pocket of whatever Deomcrat who’s been in the White House for the past 60 years.

For all it’s supposed pre and post-Watergate ‘intergity’ (Woodward was a former Naval Security nobody and Bernstein was a feature writer for a Montgomery County, MD town paper)and ‘ground breaking’ hoopla; the paper has very liitle weight and readership outside the DC area.

Whatever resonance or traction this article has will be wiped away by tomorrow afternoon. With more on the deaths of Jacko or Billy Mays.

Jack.


20 posted on 06/28/2009 3:09:54 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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