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

businessinsider ^ | 9/19/12 | Grace Wyler

[ecomcon]

BOOM! Excellent!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

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

The dope was "choomin" up a lotta dope. The only things he remembers are campaigning, cannabis and communism.

[Psycho_Bunny]

“We don’t have to worry about it short term. But it is a problem long-term and even medium-term.”

Really? Do you remember what the nation’s credit rating was when you took office? Maybe you should give Moody’s a call and ask them about that because what you’ve got here is a short-term problem, a medium-term disaster and a long-term economic collapse.

Is it Bush’s fault you’re a stupid, lying asshole or did you take care of that yourself?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

This is worth repeating.

(bump)

[kingu]

Shoot, why should he remember that? I mean, it's not like he was a senator who voted for the budget that year - and who reads even the executive summary? Besides, you gotta pass it to find out what's inside anyway.

And there was a campaign appearance to arrange... And, umm, the dog ate his homework.

Somewhere, though, Jimmy Carter is smiling, happy that the mantel of the worst Democrat president is being lifted off of his shoulders.

[KansasGirl]

[ And I’m sure that Buckwheat can’t remember how many rounds of golf he played or how many pounds of wagyu beef he stuffed down his racist pig face. ]

Thanks for the laugh. I now have coffee on my ipad screen.

[Gilbo_3]

above his pay grade i guess ???

[bmwcyle]

He got it mixed up with his golf score.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

In over his head, his answer on how he is going to address it find cost savings in "Programs that don't work" WTH is that?

"Progams that don't work." Translation: defense spending.

[xzins]

Look at nations as individuals. There is a community of Nations. Each nation has an income. Each Nation has an income. Each nation has a debt
The same with individuals in a community. Responsible people know their numbers; irresponsible people don’t.
You must be able to pay your debt and meet your obligations with your income. You must not allow your debt to become so large that you cannot meet it with the income you have. There comes a point when you must cut up your credit cards.

[PghBaldy]

Although, apparently the photo is from 2009 (I do remember it then- it was for Press Club event). Media Matters was in a tizzy about it- even though our idiotic Administration did not label it as a 3 year old photo, MM went hysterical at Fox and Drudge over it.

[Gilbo_3]

"Progams that don't work." Translation: defense spending.

once theyve sent enuff hand-me-downs to the local leos...that is...

[luvie]

How convenient. We can remind him.

[P.O.E.]

rapscallion?

[kingattax]

and letterman cant remember how many interns he was boppin either i bet

[thirst4truth]

How Big is a Trillion?

In the U.S., one trillion is written as the number "1" followed by 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000). One year of clock time =

(60sec/min) x (60 min/hr) x (24 hr/da) x (365.25 da) = 3.16 x 107 sec

One trillion seconds of ordinary clock time = ( 1012 sec)/( 3.16 x 107 sec/yr) = 31,546 years!

[StAnDeliver]

I see that picture and figure Bobo overcame time and space and is trying to settle the Libyan firestorm by talking to the Barbary Pirates...at least in his mind...

[ExTxMarine]

Of course he can’t remember the national debt! It was so long ago and so many numbers back that he really can’t remember it!

[nanetteclaret]

People tend not to remember things that they believe are unimportant. Especially if their brains are foggy to begin with.

[CitizenM]

Obama's handlers to Letterman during the commercial:

D*mn you, David. You were told not to ask Obama the hard questions.