Posted on 02/06/2012 7:00:06 AM PST by Kaslin
President Obama said Sunday that he deserves a second term despite suggesting in a similar interview three years ago that if he didn’t turn around the economy in three years, his presidency was going to be a “one-term proposition.’
“We’ve made progress,” Obama told NBC’s Matt Lauer. “The key right now is to just make sure we don’t start turning in a new direction that could throw that progress off."
That “new direction” to which the president obliquely referred likely involves voters choosing someone else such as Mitt Romney to run the country.
Obama has made a Super Bowl pregame interview an annual tradition. Last year, he sat down with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. Lauer, the co-host of NBC’s “Today” show also interviewed Obama three years ago, shortly after he was sworn into office.
“I've got four years," the new president told Lauer then. "A year from now I think people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress, but there's going to be some pain out there. If I don't have this done in three years, than this is going to be a one-term proposition."
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Unfortunately, the economy is picking up and the GOP is a circular firing squad. We can only hope we will still have a country left to save in 2016.
Sometimes it takes two flushes to get rid of Obama's little "nuggets".
Says the king of entitlement mentality. Sickening!
Oh, Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror
cause I get better looking each day.
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man.
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.
.. Obama talked about wall street and fairness. Everyone must play by the same rules...
All I could think about was Corzine stealing millions, no charges and is currently fund raise for Obama's reelection.
Thanks for your opinion! Interviews like this just don’t come off as a positive thing for him, in my mind. It sounds desperate, creepy and egotistical. I don’t see how people can listen to an interview like this and be impressed enough to think “yeah, what a great guy; I’m going to vote for him again.”
This calls for a tagline change.
It’s the underlying meaning of this statement that needs paying attention to. He’s saying in essence “gee, if not for that pesky constitution thing, I could do whatever I want.”
Of course, he does a pretty good job of ignoring it anyway but he’d rather just we bow to his whims.
The pre-game interview dovetailed nicely with Clint Eastwood’s (subtle) suggestion to re-elect Obama.
Neat how BO gets the tax payers to pay for his political ads.
He was right, we have made progress, in turning this country into a socialist state. Now it is time to reverse said “progress” by voting them out.
NO OTHER PRESIDENT would spend his time doing lamestream "interviews", which are merely State-Run-Media Election Campaign commercials. However, he doesn't have to purchase air time, and the Republican Candidates should DEMAND Equal Time (although that's probably the game plan, to assault them and make them look stupid with tough questioning/accusations/un-sourced comments, etc.).
The fools who even watch Network Television are those who vote (D), EVERY election, but it's 24/7 The Messiah on all the State-Run-Media, and NO opportunities to ask the tough questions of The Usurper-in-Chief are EVER allowed in ANY Venue.
Please, the next President, stop this terrible idea..not even Clinton did this..to ruin Super Bowl Sunday with a narcissist..I'll wager money that his interviews are always the lowest rated part of the day for the network..
Do all you can for a win in November to get this dangerous narcissist/socialist/communist/anti-American out of the White House. The world is blowing up because we're on vacation and the little kiddies are nervous. What a mess. . .
Does sitting in a small windowless cell in Leavenworth for the rest of your worthless life qualify as a “second term”, nobama, you tool?
You deserve a second term?....Not so, Gilligan!....You deserve to have your ass kicked out of our White House!
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