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Obama Wants Americans to Buy a Thingamajig
Weekly Standard ^ | June 1, 2012 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 06/01/2012 11:32:31 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

In remarks today in Minnesota, President Obama said he hoped people would buy a "thingamajig":

(Video at link)

"I assume there are some folks here who could use $3,000 a year," Obama said. "Let's get that done right now. That means they're -- you know, if you got $3,000 a year extra, that helps you pay down your credit cards. That helps you go out and buy some things that your family needs. Which is good for business. Maybe somebody will be replacing some thingamajig for their furnace."

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1 posted on 06/01/2012 11:32:41 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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If Romney’s people are smart, they’ll turn this into Obama’s “malaise” speech.


2 posted on 06/01/2012 11:36:37 AM PDT by kevao
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"Maybe somebody will be replacing some thingamajig for their furnace."

Maybe a country will be replacing some thingamajig for their president.

3 posted on 06/01/2012 11:36:49 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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4 posted on 06/01/2012 11:41:22 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Clearly the mark of someone far Far FAR away from knowing ANYTHING about commerce, capitalism, markets, manufacturing. A “thigamajig” to a normal non-marxist person is a tire, ball-bearing, a boat, a bolt, a picture frame, a bottle. zer0 does know about some things well, so lets give him his due: bureaucrats, abortions, regulations, fraud, cronyism, EBT cards, etc...


5 posted on 06/01/2012 11:42:35 AM PDT by C210N ("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
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"The President's suggestion drew an immediate, angry response from the doohickey industry."

6 posted on 06/01/2012 11:42:35 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"thingamajig"

That's racist. He should say "thingamanegroe".
7 posted on 06/01/2012 11:45:49 AM PDT by ZX12R (FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
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To: Talisker
Indeed.

By the way, someone here needs to go sleuthing through the FR archives from back in the Bush years and find the articles where Democrats lampooned the Bush tax cuts saying that they only amounted to a thousand dollars per year at best which Americans would probably only use to buy little trinkets and crap.

Fast forward to today, and now it's official DNC 'Thigamajig' policy.

This needs to get batted back right into Democrat's faces.

Seriously, someone go look. Tell the Romney campaign while you're at it.

8 posted on 06/01/2012 11:46:20 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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9 posted on 06/01/2012 11:46:39 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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There is speculation that Obama will dump Biden from the ticket, and replace him with the “Sham-Wow” guy.


10 posted on 06/01/2012 11:47:37 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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Well, we put a thingamajig in the White House and it isn’t working out too well.


11 posted on 06/01/2012 11:47:54 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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He used a dumb word, but the point of his speech is even dumber.

What he is saying that Americans need to spend, spend, spend to help the economy.

Don’t put the money in savings; don’t payoff your bills; just run up more personal debt.

We can spend our way out of the recession. This is what he has tried to do at the government level, and now he’s advising it for Americans’ personal finances.

Just spend like crazy, and everything will be OK.

It’s an appalling attitude.


12 posted on 06/01/2012 11:48:06 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Don't mistake my vote for Romney as a vote FOR Romney, it's a vote against Obama.)
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We cannot afford to by Thingamajigs, because your Humdinger of an Economy has Fusterclucked our Doohickeys.


13 posted on 06/01/2012 11:50:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz (People who resort to Godwin's Law are just like Hitler.)
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Winner! Post of the day.


14 posted on 06/01/2012 11:51:07 AM PDT by VA_Gentleman ("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Certainly everyone I know is going to run right out and buy something for their furnace on the 1st of June.

What an incredible embarrassment.


15 posted on 06/01/2012 11:51:17 AM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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PRICELESS!!!!!


16 posted on 06/01/2012 11:51:50 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: C210N

It’s all so easy for him. He lives off the taxpayers. Most of us don’t have an extra $3,000 to throw around

A monumental azzhat.


17 posted on 06/01/2012 11:53:38 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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And the whatchamacallit lobby is also outraged !


18 posted on 06/01/2012 11:54:02 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (Fight organized crime. Vote out all incumbent Democrats!)
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"The President's suggestion drew an immediate, angry response from the doohickey industry."

The whatchamacallit folks are pretty upset as well.

19 posted on 06/01/2012 11:54:32 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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30 seconds.... LOL!


20 posted on 06/01/2012 11:56:21 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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