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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.
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To: GrouchoTex
Maybe we could find a conservative who is also a good politician.
81
posted on
02/28/2009 3:11:30 PM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: topfile
He’s wrong. It’s that simple. Big government always fails, socialism always fails, and left-leaning people like Obama are incapable of learning that.
82
posted on
02/28/2009 3:23:18 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Olbermann and Matthews remind one of zoo monkeys throwing excrement)
To: popdonnelly
Socialist believe that socialism has failed every other time is only because those other socialists weren’t as smart as they are.
To: mort56
This is right out of the Marxist handbook. America, what have you done!!
____________
His polls number went up after the speech the other night. The sheeple bought it. I knew this would empower him. He is an evil man. He may end up making Hitler look like a lamb.
84
posted on
02/28/2009 3:28:57 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
To: topfile
Me too. He is trying to wipe us off the face of the earth. He’s not going to.
85
posted on
02/28/2009 3:30:08 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: topfile
86
posted on
02/28/2009 3:31:15 PM PST
by
WaterBoard
(Somewhere a Village is Missing it's Socialist.)
To: WaterBoard
LOL, Brilliant...Thanks for my best laugh of the day!!!
87
posted on
02/28/2009 3:33:09 PM PST
by
topfile
To: Straight Vermonter
88
posted on
02/28/2009 3:40:34 PM PST
by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
To: topfile
His budget’s a joke, a bad one, and it’s on us.
89
posted on
02/28/2009 3:44:50 PM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Olbermann and Matthews remind one of zoo monkeys throwing excrement)
To: wxgesr
Is it time to report to the camps yet? Patience!
90
posted on
02/28/2009 3:45:23 PM PST
by
topfile
To: Earthdweller
Man the life boats! They be about to sink.
91
posted on
02/28/2009 3:54:46 PM PST
by
topfile
To: Evil Slayer
THE GUY IS A RAVING MAD LUNATIC!!!! IMPEACH HIM NOW!!! I have a feeling if that were to happen the Market would jump up 1000 points in one day.
92
posted on
02/28/2009 3:59:16 PM PST
by
topfile
To: wxgesr
Is it time to report to the camps yet?I don't think we have to worry about it. I believe they come and give you a ride.
To: topfile
"I realize that passing this budget won't be easy. Because it represents real and dramatic change...Care to offer any specifics Present Potato Head?
I didn't think so. The man is full of greenhouse gas.
94
posted on
02/28/2009 4:03:29 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
The SCOTUS can raise the stock market 1000 points in one day, take one of the cases and demand he release all medical records, passports, college records, and the vault copy of the birth certificate.
95
posted on
02/28/2009 4:08:13 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
To: topfile
I hate to goatse you guys but this really warrants it... hehe.
To: Evil Slayer
When do we start and and on what grounds?
97
posted on
02/28/2009 4:12:19 PM PST
by
two23
To: Texas Eagle
I believe he will finally meet with heavy resistance this time, in regards to his ridiculous “budget”. Even some Democrats are starting to get worried about the reaction that the real majority of Americans are strongly voicing.
the Ministry of Propaganda (Formerly known as the MSM.) is trying to cover it all up, and is still trying to convince the public that everybody supports this, but it is now become the equivalent of trying to sweep a yard of dirt under a washcloth.
98
posted on
02/28/2009 4:22:17 PM PST
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(WHAT? Where did my tag line go? (ACORN))
To: silverleaf
I heard,from the ONE,that he would unite USA/Americans.
I heard that GWBUSH was the great evil/divider
99
posted on
02/28/2009 4:22:33 PM PST
by
Ulysse
To: topfile
U.S. senators had a median net worth of approximately $1.7 million in 2007, the most recent year for which their financial data is available, and 62 percent of the Senate's members could be considered millionaires. In the House of Representatives, the median net worth was about $684,000, with 39 percent of members having net worths estimated to be at least $1 million. By contrast, only about 1 percent of all American adults can be considered millionaires. Growth between 2006 and 2007 was still a healthy 13 percent, despite indications last year that the economy was headed south.
Who are the fat cats?
One of the big gainers in 2007 was Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, who leaped from being the 70th richest senator in 2006 to the 31st in 2007. Obama's average net worth jumped from an estimated $800,000 in '06 to $4.7 million last year, fueled largely by royalties from his two best-selling books.
100
posted on
02/28/2009 5:09:50 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( Dear Mr. Obama - Please make it rain candy! P.S. I like jelly beans.)
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