Posted on 04/29/2009 9:56:39 AM PDT by kristinn
At his 100th-day town hall meeting in St. Louis, Mo., President Obama took direct aim at the anti-tax “tea party” demonstrations that have cropped up over the last month – and took a veiled shot at FOX News Channel, at the cable news network closely associated with the protests.
Asked about fiscal discipline and entitlements reform, Obama seemed to be repressing a smile as he jabbed critics of his spending plans.
"Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, Obama said, “let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”
“But,” Obama continued, “let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."
It’s the president’s most direct response so far to the protests that flared up in some locations around tax day, on April 15.
In his briefing that day, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters: “I don't know if there's a specific response to protests..I think you saw the president today talk about as candidate Obama promising to bring a tax cut to 95 percent of working families in America, and as president delivering that tax cut.”
He's certainly a nasty piece of something, but it ain't work.
He’s never had a serious conversation with his adversaries. Just ask Rush or Hannity.
Just my simple advice and I offer it for free.
Vince
ok - the most important thing to come out of it is we know it can be done. a million or so people. plus how many honks of supports for every protester?
I think it’s going well. he’s lower than Bush was at the same time.
“He really is a nasty piece of work, isn’t he?”
It’s difficult to tell what he is really. Whether he means what he’s saying or simply reading the viciousness of his writers’ from the teleprompter.
He never appears as though he has taken what he’s saying and made it his own.
FUBO.
I think he is bright in some ways, and dumb as a sink full of rocks in others.
It is one reason he needs a teleprompter.
He should admit that at least $700B of the deficit is because of Obama/Pelosi's massive and wasteful pork bill that he calls the "Recovery Act", an act that only contributes to recovery in the sense that big Democrat donors more than recover the money they gave to crooked candidates.
Right from the Marxist playbook. Target critics, blame others, control the media cycle.
Really? So you personally ponied up the $800 billion? Find it growing on a tree?
Great!! They’re feeling the heat! Specter couldn’t take it and was afraid he’d lose the next primary so switched parties. That won’t save him. Ten dollars to a donut the Democrats don’t want his treasonous butt either. Keep pouring the coal on! These corrupt constitution trampling politicians need to gain a healthy respect for, or better yet, FEAR of the PEOPLE!
Absofreepinglutely!! This calls for MORE TEA!!
Thank God there is a news channel Obama isn’t popular on.
Yup, a real "hold muh beer and watch this" moment.
ditto
he’s an arrogant POS- the best way to get back at him are more Tea Party’s and protests against his insane policies....if 4/15 was a one off it goes nowhere- we need to keep the pressure on this moron....
Expecting POTUS to sit down and have a debate with commentators like Rush is unrealistic. I would hardly have expected Bush to sit down with Chrissy Mathews.
uh...uh...without...uh...let me see...uh...my telepromter...uh...uh
or perhaps those ‘uh’s should really DUHs!
Bright people do not necessarily speak well. Professional and engaging speech is not necessarily an intelligence test.
What I am trying to say is that there are many ways one can be “bright”. Public speaking is one way.
I was merely trying to say that, like all of us that got propper pre- and post-natal care and have no genetic defects, zero is “bright” in some ways, and less so in others.
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