Obama Says He Can't Remember What The National Debt Was When He Took Office

businessinsider ^ | 9/19/12 | Grace Wyler

[Typical_Whitey]

Barack Obama touched on the issue of the federal deficit last night, telling late night talk show host David Letterman that the U.S. doesn't have to worry about the debt "in the short term."

Responding to Letterman's concern about the growing deficit, Obama first deflected blame on to his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-debt-deficit-letterman-2012-9#ixzz26ySdS3mg

[BrianE]

lol!

[Nailbiter]

smart fellow that 0 is - should be able to google up 2008 National debt- or ask one of the kids for assistance if it above his pay grade

[Eleutheria5]

But Obamacare now pays for FREE LIPOSUCTION! Who doesn’t love that? Huh? Huh? Huh?

[DB]

One is an actor, the other is the biggest pirate in the history of the world.

[a fool in paradise]

A faulty memory kept Hillary Clinton from perjuring herself.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

I’ve actually heard of people combining the two! WTF?

That can kill you within minutes.

[POWERSBOOTHEFAN]

What number comes after trillion?

[devolve]

scallion

[fhayek]

trillion and one.

[savedbygrace]

What number comes after trillion?

Trillion and one.

[savedbygrace]

million
billion
trillion
quadrillion
quintillion

[devolve]

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[PapaNew]

Question: Is Johnnie Cochran this guy’s campaign manager/defense attorney?

[ballplayer]

He does Remeber that George Bush DROVE US INTO THE DITCH!
How many times do you remeber him saying that.
Hey Mitt want an Effective ad? Show clip of Obama saying just that Ditch Phrase,then a graphic of the Debt at that time of 10 trillion dollars then Obama saying I dont know what the Debt is Now,a Graphic of 16 trillion,then what was that about a Ditch Mr. President?

[grey_whiskers]

Kind of like Lindsay Lohan "can't remember" her partner count? /sarc>

Cheers!

[mmichaels1970]

trillion and one.

Nice. lol

[odds]

>>>”FREE LIPOSUCTION!”<<<

Was it Michelle’s edict??

[PghBaldy]

That is a photo from the official Obama Twitter account, FWIW:

http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/250471-obama-tweets-like-a-pirate

[liberalh8ter]

Betcha he knows Beyonce' and Jay Z's cell phone numbers - BY HEART.

[odds]

Correct me, was the US federal budget not in surplus just before 2001?

The fact that Obie has not been able to balance the books in the last 4 yrs is a major worry. One doesn’t need an MBA - it requires common sense though.