Posted on 03/18/2009 4:35:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
Imagine that last fall before being elected, Barack Obama had outlined the positions he has embraced since being inaugurated as president. An honest campaign speech could have gone something like this:
"As we approach Election Day, the American people should not waste the crisis we find ourselves in.
"Consequently, if elected, I promise to get us over the Bush financial meltdown with a stimulus program that will borrow $787 billion — which, of course, will add to the already sizable deficit (nearly $500 billion) projected in the Bush administration's last budget.
"By March of next year, my new $3.6 trillion budget will include a spending bill with over 8,500 budget earmarks to target in-need constituents.
"In addition to the stimulus/borrowing plan, I intend to devote $634 billion to fund a new supplementary national health care system. But that is not all. Unfortunately, the initial Bush bank bailout of some $700 billion also may well have to be augmented by an additional $750 billion.
"Although my new spending proposals may raise the federal deficit in my first year to $1.75 trillion, I promise the American people that by the end of my first term, I will halve the federal deficit — albeit adding another $3 trillion to $5 trillion to the national debt.
"Those savings can be accomplished by upping the federal income tax to about 40% on those rich 5% of Americans who currently pay only 60% of our aggregate income taxes — as well as lifting Social Security caps on their payroll taxes and cutting out many of their tax deductions.
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Don’t call him Mr. President. Call him the POS Obama.
I make it a point of calling him Mr. Obama, never President Obama. The media and other leftists always referred to President Bush as Mr. Bush, so I return the favor.
I have noticed that a lot of people on Fox News do the same. It must drive the liberals nuts. As if they are not already.
VDH forgot the part of the speech where bho promises he would embarass Britain, Poland, Ireland and Brazil..all in the first two months of his administration..bho is off to a great start..by the end of his term (hopefully only one) he will probably have upset every country..even the San Blas Indians..(granted..he won’t upset our enemies..new tone you know)..
Bush fumbled, what he was supposed to say was, “I think it is essential that he be helped OUT OF office.”
I am not even calling him Mister. I either call him 0bama with the numeral zero or just plain the 0
Thanks, I should have known
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