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Obama strikes back at budget critics
The Washington Times ^ | Saturday, February 28, 2009 | Jon Ward

Posted on 02/28/2009 1:04:10 PM PST by topfile

President Obama on Saturday struck back aggressively at critics of his $3.6 trillion budget proposal, casting himself as a populist crusader whose "sweeping change" has angered Washington's entrenched special interests, and promised to fight them.

"I realize that passing this budget won't be easy. Because it represents real and dramatic change, it also represents a threat to the status quo in Washington," Mr. Obama said in his weekly video and radio address.

Mr. Obama's language was combative and confrontational, as he promised to fight for "American families."

"I know these steps won't sit well with the special interests and lobbyists who are invested in the old way of doing business, and I know they're gearing up for a fight as we speak. My message to them is this: So am I," he said.

Since he unveiled his budget blueprint on Thursday, the reaction in the financial markets and among the business community, not to mention the Republican party, has been decidedly negative.

Influential conservative economist Lawrence Kudlow wrote Friday that Mr. Obama was proposing "anti-growth" tax hikes that make "absolutely no sense" and are intended to promote a "left-wing social vision."

Mr. Obama, he said, was "declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations, and private-equity and venture-capital funds."

One day after announcing that U.S. combat troops would leave Iraq in 18 months, the president's weekly address was his first major response to budget criticisms. He portrayed critics as fat cats and power brokers who have enriched themselves at the cost of every day Americans.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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To: Straight Vermonter
Hitler and Stalin were gifted politicians. Let's hope Obama does not follow their examples.

BTW, the more I see of Obama, the more I appreciate Bush's leadership. It is a shame that a majority of people prefer the Hitleresque qualities of Obama to that of an honest man.

141 posted on 02/28/2009 10:48:36 PM PST by Chgogal (Don't look at me, Comrade. You elected them!)
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To: wxgesr
I would call "shotgun" too because that is at least I would be carrying.

Right there with you. Liberty or death.

142 posted on 02/28/2009 10:52:08 PM PST by Bronzewound
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To: topfile

I’ll bet all those straw men are really quaking in their boots whenever the wind blows.


143 posted on 02/28/2009 11:47:06 PM PST by dr_who
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To: All
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144 posted on 03/01/2009 1:53:15 AM PST by Rick_Michael (Have no fear "President Government" is here)
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To: patriotmediaa

More government, higher taxes, and war against business - Obama has the same formula as FDR, who caused the Depression to last a decade.


145 posted on 03/01/2009 4:10:34 AM PST by pleikumud
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To: topfile

The mask of Mr. Cool slips, exposing the face of the Chicago street thug.


146 posted on 03/01/2009 4:12:38 AM PST by Sal (We've got to do SOMETHING and there's no time to get it right so let's do something wrong right now!)
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To: gimme1ibertee
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill
147 posted on 03/01/2009 4:45:30 AM PST by kempster
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To: topfile

Pan is showing his age- I thought pagan gods were timeless.

(That’s the worst use for a bandanna that I ever saw)


148 posted on 03/01/2009 5:34:52 AM PST by silverleaf (Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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To: topfile

Once the MORONS in this country awake from thier Stupor ,they will realize that place they go to every morning or the Place they used to go is ACTUALLY a BUSINESS ,and what they were doing is called a JOB and what this fraud and Poverty Pimp In the White House is doing is Destroying all the Incentive of the People who run these CORPORATIONS or Businesses or Banks Or ammusement Parks Or Theaters Or Bars Or Stores or Offices etc . from doing so. Now I know it may take awhile but if there is any semblance of American Spirit left in AMERICA we might Recover ,but that is a Big if.


149 posted on 03/01/2009 6:04:39 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Chgogal
Hitler and Stalin were gifted politicians.

I think the only narrowing seperation between these two and Obama is his capacity for ruthlessness. With Obama's abortion record we know he is capable. Now I understand that Obama movement to socialized medicine will require all Doctors to offer Abortions regardless of their Religious or moral convictions. Obama's federal extermination program is on the horizon. He'll offer it as the the final solution to a social experiment gone terrible wrong.

150 posted on 03/01/2009 6:09:03 AM PST by topfile
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To: ballplayer
they will realize that place they go to every morning or the Place they used to go is ACTUALLY a BUSINESS ,and what they were doing is called a JOB

I pray your correct. Unfortunately, Obama's robots understand only this when it comes to the Economy; CEO BAD, Worker GOOD. That's what Obama tells them. To go beyond that requires critical thinking which apparently they don't possess.

151 posted on 03/01/2009 6:32:13 AM PST by topfile
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To: topfile
.. your you're correct.. getting more coffee.
152 posted on 03/01/2009 6:44:29 AM PST by topfile
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

I was thinking the exact same thing. Obama has adopted the Hugo Chavez blueprint.


153 posted on 03/01/2009 6:57:52 AM PST by eaglestar
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To: kempster

Leave it to Churchill to say the right thing! i wrote to Sarah Palin & encouraged her to read up on Churchill,as well as Margaret Thatcher,and,of course,President Reagan. I really, really hope she does.Three better examples of greatness and courage would be hard,if not impossible,to find.


154 posted on 03/01/2009 7:57:44 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

ROFLOL!


156 posted on 03/01/2009 8:06:38 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
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To: Canedawg
Mr. Obama, he said, was “declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations, and private-equity and venture-capital funds.”

That's it! Really..I mean,what clearer message of socialism can you get????
Wake up people!!!
157 posted on 03/01/2009 8:09:06 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
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To: Black Birch
That is right of the Blagovich playbook...

More like the "Chicago thugocracy" playbook!
158 posted on 03/01/2009 8:12:40 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
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To: linn37
Obama is messed up in the head.

Yup.....he be illin'!
159 posted on 03/01/2009 8:14:15 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("No pale pastels,but bold colors".....Ronnie,we sure do miss you,sir!)
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To: topfile

What did he do to strike back? Get on the floor and roll around beating his fists on it? What a wimp!


160 posted on 03/01/2009 8:21:25 AM PST by Piquaboy
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