Posted on 02/03/2009 5:06:05 PM PST by Libloather
Obama says he is alarmed by deteriorating economy
Updated: Wednesday February 4, 2009 MYT 8:46:33 AM
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says he is alarmed at how fast the U.S. economy has deteriorated, and worrying about it keeps him up at night.
In a series of network television interviews, the president said the short-term outlook is bleak.
He told CNN that even three months ago, most economists would not have predicted the economy was "in as bad of a situation as we are in right now."
There is "no magic bullet," he told Fox News. But he said that working with Congress on his economic package, "We are closer to getting it right."
Other points he made
Obama says the United States can win over moderate Muslims if officials choose their words carefully.
He was asked in an interview Tuesday why he does not use the phrase "war on terror." Obama said he wants to emphasize that America is battling terror organizations like al-Qaida, not the Muslims.
**SNIP**
Cooper did not ask whether Obama had smoked outside the White House grounds since he was sworn in on Jan. 20.
**SNIP**
With little notice, the president and first lady Michelle Obama bolted the gated White House compound in their tank of a limousine on Tuesday.
They ended up at a Washington public school, greeted by children who could not care less about the collapse of a Cabinet secretary nomination.
"We were just tired of being in the White House," the president candidly told the gleeful second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School.
"We got out! They let us out!" Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed.
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Idiots. The Obamas are idiots.
Obama will continue to try to create a false fear out there on the economy and the media, Dems and Obama are all in for the fix. They want to make sure they are creating a false crisis so they can ram as many socialist agenda items as they can.
The Republicans need to stand up to this guy. I pray for someone that will lead against this guy.
See - everything is a plus no matter what the Obama's do. Leaving anchors waiting around, giving the secret service heart palpitations with an unplanned trip, and tieing up traffic is just to avoid getting caught up in a White House bubble. How about it was a childish attempt to escape the duties of the Presidency that was anything but transparent, showed a distain for the House of the People, snarled up traffic and left the world briefly wondering what the heck was going on.
A visible part of the community - even if it is a difficult one? Please. Is there some form of bravery for essentially skipping class to hang out with unquestioning friends? The Obamas, Dems and the LMSM - I don't have anymore puke to puke.
So, 3 months ago nobody could have predicted it being this bad. But from what I remember of the campaign the sky was going to fall any minute.
All he’s doing is making excuses for his empty suit.
In a speech today, President Obama encouraged all Americans to “stand around looking worried”.
That's why it's called "The War on Terror", Nimrod!
A real economic genius, this lawyer from Harvard who's tuition was mysteriously paid for by a muslim extremist, and there ain't no 1994 GOP revolution in the works to turn this around.
Corporations are doing exactly what POTUS MUZZIE HUSSEIN and his commie comrades least expected; giving the USSA government all of the responsibility for the workers they no longer need because they don't have the money to pay them anymore and still remain profitable.
They're shedding them before the socialist government makes it illegal to fire people.
Yep. We're in BIG trouble...
“We were just tired of being in the White House”
Cool. Leave.
Is it too early to tell him to get out of Sarah’s house?
I doubt Bama ever knew these porters had been summoned. I have not seen one sign yet he is actually in control. I think he gets plugged in and unplugged by others. All I am seeing him do is float around like somebody blew star dust.
"We got out! They let us out!"
What the hell?
I may be crazy, but the way Obama is acting, I would not be surprised if he were to resign.
Maybe it’s just this grandma’s intuition.
Something is really stinking fishy in the White House.
Who would take his place? Sarah the grandmother?
no emotion....just boring words without meaning.....
an empty suit....
too bad he is also from a dysfunctional weirdo family who's mother left him to be raised by strange old and odd grandparents....
all in all....an extremely dangerous situation for America to be in.....
and once again, thankyou to all you idiots who voted this creep in...
Top 10 little known stimulus package items:
1. Shamwow Museum of Opulent Pancakes . $13 million. Hoboken ,NJ.
2. Hydraulics for the Karl Marx float for the 2009 May Day parade. Ithica,NY. $6 million
3. Eddie Griffin Performance Driving School helmet upgrades.Hollywood,CA. $3 million
4. Society for Film Preservation’s security staff for the East Wing of the Electric Bugaloo I and II film archives. $1.9 million .. Burbank,CA.
5. Al Gore Divinity School art work. $6 million. Hell, MI.
6. Keanea Reeves Acting School. $5 million for floor buffers . Poughkeepsie ,FL
7. Geothermal Hockey Warming shack. $11 million. Biwabik,MN.
8. Hydro to Solar conversion of the Hoover Dam. $180 billion.
9. World’s 1st recumbent bicycle drag strip. $50 million. Bristol ,TN.
10. Unweave and reweave the world’s largest ball of twine. $11 million. Cawker City,KS.
good luck,
Wobbly Bob
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