I'm no socialist, Obama tells CEOs

MarketWatch ^ | 2/24/2010 | Rex Nutting

[Lazamataz]

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama told business leaders Wednesday that he's no socialist plotting a government takeover of the economy.

His administration isn't anti-business, he said in a speech to the Business Roundtable, an organization of chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations. "It's pro-America and I don't apologize for it."

"Contrary to the claims of some of my critics, I am an ardent believer in the free market," Obama said. "I believe businesses like yours are the engines of economic growth in this country."

I firmly believe that America's success in large part depends on your success," Obama said.

"We are all in this together," he said in asking the business leaders to help him create a smarter government that will be pro-growth and pro-jobs. Obama's remarks came on the eve of a high-stakes summit with congressional leaders about the way forward on health-care reform, momentum for which seems to have stalled on Capitol Hill just short of the finish line.

On top issues such as health care, Obama has dealt directly with the Business Roundtable and similar groups of top executives, rather than letting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce represent the business point of view. That strategy has had some successes, notably in energy policy -- but it's been at the cost of angering one of the biggest and most influential lobbying organizations in Washington.

[Lazamataz]

The fact he has to deny it is very telling.

And what do you call someone who

• Talks about ____ing chickens,
• Studys about ____ing chickens,
• Hangs around with a bunch of chicken ____ers,
• Proposes to ____ a bunch of chickens,
• Trys to convince people to let him ____ a bunch of chickens,
• But then denys being a chicken _____er?

That's right, a Chicken ____er.

[massgopguy]

and what would he be doing differently if he said he was?

[GoCards]

He is a hot mess.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Lying Marxist/Fascist #%*))*&^%$#$ POS!!

[JasonC]

He knows he has a problem. He thinks he can jive-talk it away. He can't.

[NowApproachingMidnight]

He is an inexperienced twit, and his arrogance is a front for his self-pity.

[albie]

A Marxist, Fascist, Communist, Liberal and a Progressive...but NOT a socialist.

[Ignatz]

“You lie!”

[ICE-FLYER]

Telling them something you are not is addressing the issue lending validity to it. Happens every time you are suspected of something for GOOD REASON and we do not just suspect Obama, his actions and words CLEARLY define him as a socialist. (Marxist)

[bfree]

you forgot to add muslim to the POS list.

Hope this sack of sh** is gone soon.

[Howie66]

I believe him.

Marxist is more to the point.

[Secret Agent Man]

Earlier he said he wasn’t a bolshevik.

Now he says again he’s not a socialist.

Some internal WH poll must be driving him to say this. Must be that so many people do not believe him.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"It's pro-America and I don't apologize for it."

Begs the question: Define "American".

[stephenjohnbanker]

“and what would he be doing differently if he said he was?”

He would ADMIT to being a chicken F——er

[GonzoGOP]

This is one of those things, if you have to actually say it you have already lost. It ranks right up there with Nixon's “I am not a crook” and Clinton's “I did not have sex with that woman” quotes. Obama is now desperately attempting to assert something that should be taken for granted. His having to say it overtly and directly just proves that there is no confidence in him among business leaders.

[Texas Fossil]

All Commies lie. Lying is necessary for them to survive.

It is our job to expose them for what they are.

The TRUTH HURTS! Expecially hurts Commies Traitors.

[SMARTY]

He forgot that jive talk only works with people who speak jive talk.

[Recon Dad]

It would be fun to be able to read minds in that room, while Zero was talking.

[Track9]

And the only time he had a job in the private sector he said “he felt like he was behind enemy lines.”

[max americana]

I’ll make this short and sweet:

He’s a lying, POS Kenyan. F*** him and his Chicago drones.