Posted on 03/26/2009 2:02:53 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama seized the bully pulpit Thursday and reprised the best of his acclaimed campaign skills in an unprecedented Internet town hall from the White House — a direct sales pitch for Americans to get behind his $3.6 trillion budget and be patient as he tries to right the tottering economy.
After an opening statement and declaring, "This isn't about me, it's about you," Obama took up a microphone and strolled the ornate East Room, ..
.. On Tuesday Obama held a nationally televised news conference, .. calling on an unusual mix of reporters in an apparent attempt to shake up the focus of questioning.
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Obamamercial
This WHITEHOUSE.GOV video grab shows US President Barack Obama as he speaks during an "open for questions" town hall meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama fielded online questions from the public on Thursday during a live webcast of an event he called an effort to "open up the White House to the American people." (AFP/WhiteHouse.gov)
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting on the economy in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said Thursday he would make an announcement on rescuing US auto firms within a few days but warned government aid would depend on "painful" and "drastic" restructuring. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
It should read
The White House is Open for Donations.
Foreign accepted gladly.
Obama should get rid of the GANG OF IDIOTS which got us into this mess.
According to the NY Times*, when Clinton was president, Rubin, Summers, (and Greenspan) twisted arms and shut down discussions about regulating derivatives.
Geithner is Summers’ protege.
** see http://tinyurl.com/45aeu6
Not a bully pulpit, more like a thug’s podium (with ubiquitous ‘prompter).
A great tupperware salesman?......maybe
A great stimulus package salesman?.....No way in hell!
OBEY and keep away from me!
(don’t cry for me Amercia, I kept my change promise, so keep your distance...)
He reminds me of the dictator in V for Vendetta. Young and takes power, then stays in isolation and talks only via teleconference.
why doesn’t he ever work
More than you know. There is an awards show on Univision tonight (which will be broadcast in Mexico as well) on which he is going to appear and, apparently, speak Spanish asking for support for his “initiatives.” I am Tivoing it to see if he promises amnesty as well.
everything you need to know about obama’s relevance to the US ecconomy is perfectly summed up on the southpark episode entitled, “Margaritaville”.
Guess in obamaland no one works, they just sit around waiting to see his face on the TV day after day after day.
What budget? The US hasn’t had a budget in years.
I'm sure he did. Unfortunately, what we need now are competence and leadership. Those are two skill sets which, as Obama has so brilliantly demonstrated in the last two months, he sorely lacks.
Too bad know one in our government has the guts to speak the truth like this Brit!
They Told Me If....
They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation’s Hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.
They told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough tens of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan .
They told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse and sure enough unemployment is approaching 8.8% and the new stimulus packages implemented recently have sent the stock market lower than at any time since the 1980’s.
They told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more “crooks” in high ranking positions in Federal government and sure enough, several recent cabinet nominees and Senate appointments revealed resumes of bribery and tax fraud.
Well I voted for McCain. And they were right…. all of their predictions have come true.
What happened at the town hall???
Over at the DUmp, I see moonbats in a frenzy because their fearless leader just threw universal health care under the bus! And a smaller number of them are none too pleased that he won’t decriminalize pot.
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