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Obama Course Is One Europe Should Affirm (Barf Alert!!!)
IBD Editorials ^ | March 31, 2009 | David Ignatius

Posted on 03/31/2009 6:08:00 PM PDT by Kaslin

As President Obama takes his seat at the G-20 summit in London Thursday, the world's leaders will be curious what economic philosophy he represents.

Is this the same America that celebrated go-go capitalism and resisted regulation of global financial markets, or is it a chastened nation? Is America still from Mars, to use the shorthand of the Bush years, or has it moved to Venus?

I was curious myself about the vision that animates Obamanomics, so I put the question last week to David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser.

He enumerated the usual list of specific policies — health care, energy, education. When pressed for an overall conceptual framework, he described an effort to create a "new balance" in the country, and a "new foundation" for economic growth.

"Things have been out of balance for the last decade," Axelrod said. "We want to restore that sense of balance, that we're all in this together. We're not doing this right if we have a small group of people who are benefiting while most aren't. The president wants to create a prosperity that is broadly held.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bho44; ignatius

1 posted on 03/31/2009 6:08:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I hope they kick his patootie


2 posted on 03/31/2009 6:08:54 PM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Kaslin
the world's leaders will be curious what economic philosophy he represents.

The same failed one they have tried for years.


3 posted on 03/31/2009 6:13:24 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Kaslin
Obama's Course ........
4 posted on 03/31/2009 6:14:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (And oh, Hey! I've been travelin' on this road too long)
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To: Kaslin
"We want to restore that sense of balance, that we're all in this together. We're not doing this right if we have a small group of people who are benefiting while most aren't. The president wants to create a prosperity that is broadly held."

In other words, when we spread someone else's wealth around, everyone benefits ... except the rich person we're looting from ... and the employees that person fires when he stops working so hard for Obama and for the lazy ... and the poor who may be getting a larger share of the pie but find that it's a much smaller pie once Atlas shrugs.

5 posted on 03/31/2009 6:16:02 PM PDT by TurtleUp (Turtle up: cancel optional spending until 2012, and boycott TARP/stimulus companies forever!)
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To: Kaslin

Jake: I hate Illinois Nazis.

Illinois Democrats are worse.


6 posted on 03/31/2009 6:28:39 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Kaslin

Believe it or not, IBD is as libertarian as publication as it can get. Once in awhile, a RINO just happens to slip in a barf article that reverses action on the paper as a whole just like WSJ’s staff.


7 posted on 03/31/2009 6:28:40 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Kaslin

Soros and the people behind him are the stance Obambi takes.


8 posted on 03/31/2009 6:29:57 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: max americana
If you click on this link you will notice that the author of this editorial is a liberal

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/LeftRight.aspx

9 posted on 03/31/2009 6:33:30 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for Obama: One Bad Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

Ignatius’ father, Paul Robert Ignatius is president of The Washington Post.

As of 2008, he is an associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post. He also co-hosts PostGlobal, an online discussion of international issues at Washingtonpost.com


10 posted on 03/31/2009 6:39:02 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Kaslin

My boss subscribes to it so I read it on occasions. Before the elections of 11/4, their articles were mostly against Obama.


11 posted on 03/31/2009 6:40:06 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Kaslin

David Ignatius


"President Obama was smart, peppy and well-prepped in his prime-time economic presentation tonight"

12 posted on 03/31/2009 6:44:55 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Kaslin

Balance? Murdering millions of babies, government taking over private enterprise, taxing ourselves and our posterity for nothing, massive and bogus global warming taxes, appeasing our enemies, rigging elections from here to eternity with billions of public dollars, eviscerating defense, kowtowing to minorities, paying back unions, etc. Yep, that’s sure “balanced.”


13 posted on 03/31/2009 7:34:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Kaslin
the world's leaders will be curious what economic philosophy he represents.

Is the author freaking serious?!! I mean, what the hell part of the last 8 freaking weeks does he think that the G-20 leaders were in a coma? He represents the SPEND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU DON'T FREAKING HAVE PHILOSOPHY, David Doofus!

SHEEZ LOU-ISE!!

Maybe he should change his name to David Ignoramus.

14 posted on 03/31/2009 8:00:58 PM PDT by RocketMan1
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To: Kaslin
I was watching Nightly news with Brian Williams (keeping tabs on the enemy) and it was the same schlock. Obama is hugely popular in Europe (which helps me how?, and how Hillary was reaching out to Iran and Russia. Of course the usual was left out; Iran will agree (Of course they won't) to anything until they have their nuke program completed, and Russia will do the same with the with the missile shield. Obama, Hillary, and Pelosi are children when it comes to the world stage. They come off looking like court jesters. What experience does Obama have with international politics (except for his propensity to hang out with terrorists).

Pathetic.

15 posted on 03/31/2009 8:25:01 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ( unite)
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