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Obama: Reporters tell me my ideas are 'great'
The Hill ^ | 7/25/13 | Daniel Strauss

Posted on 07/25/2013 9:33:28 AM PDT by Nachum

President Obama said reporters praise his economic proposals as “great” and tell him they are “all good ideas.”

Obama made the remarks in a speech Wednesday in Galesburg, Ill., focused on the economy.

The address didn’t include any new proposals on the economy, and Republicans criticized Obama for giving an address that was more of the same.

But Obama said the news media often praises his ideas.

"It’s interesting, in the run-up to this speech, a lot of reporters say that, well, Mr. President, these are all good ideas, but some of you’ve said before; some of them sound great, but you can't get those through Congress. Republicans won’t agree with you," Obama said.

Obama argued some Republicans privately agree with a lot of his ideas.

“I know because they’ve said so. But they worry they’ll face swift political retaliation for cooperating with me,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: great; ideas; obama; obamaeconomyspeech; obamaeconomytour; reporters
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To: Nachum

His ideas appeal to his fellow pinkos in the so-called “news” media.


41 posted on 07/25/2013 9:52:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Nachum

I’ve always thought that until you realized how little you know, you aren’t really intelligent O hasn’t reached this point; he’s like the little kid whose parents don’t tell him he’s an insufferable little brat.

When a reporter designs a space shuttle then I might agree with them, until then, they’re only supposed to report the story, not become part of it. Narcissism is alive and well.


42 posted on 07/25/2013 9:56:37 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: Nachum

Doesn’t surprise me at all. What surprises me is that they can speak with their nosed so far up his ass or their mouths full of his ding dong.


43 posted on 07/25/2013 9:57:41 AM PDT by sport
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To: spawn44
You mean like David Brooks waxing eloquent over the crease in TheOne's pants...

That first encounter is still vivid in Brooks’s mind. “I remember distinctly an image of–we were sitting on his couches, and I was looking at his pant leg and his perfectly creased pant,” Brooks says, “and I’m thinking, a) he’s going to be president and b) he’ll be a very good president.”

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44 posted on 07/25/2013 9:59:04 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Nachum
a lot of reporters say that, well, Mr. President, these are all good ideas,

Pretty much guaranteeing that they are not.

45 posted on 07/25/2013 9:59:10 AM PDT by mykroar (China and Russia are playing chess while Obamas's playing 52 card pick-up.)
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To: Nachum
Probably the first truthful thing Obama has said in a long time. Peas in a pod, and all that.
46 posted on 07/25/2013 10:00:06 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason ("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
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To: Starboard

“Obama argued some Republicans privately agree with a lot of his ideas.”

The one thing this President does well is ....

obama pits one group against the other AND with this comment, each other!

Sad to say it works!! He is a pro at it, all you have to do is look at the last election.


47 posted on 07/25/2013 10:00:12 AM PDT by malia
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To: Nachum

You know why they are called “brown nosers?” Because when Zero stops suddenly their noses go up his arse.


48 posted on 07/25/2013 10:00:29 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: Nachum

Uh, are these the same “reporters” duped by the names Sum Ting Wong and Wi Tu Lo.

“Reporters” are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.


49 posted on 07/25/2013 10:04:54 AM PDT by A message
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To: Nachum

The reporters don’t want to be Breitbarted for telling the truth.


50 posted on 07/25/2013 10:09:04 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Goodbye America. Glad the majority of my years were spent during the good days.)
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To: Nachum

We want names. Who are these ignorant sycophants?


51 posted on 07/25/2013 10:13:41 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Nachum

That reminds me of a children’s story about an emperor.


52 posted on 07/25/2013 10:15:17 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Da Coyote

You mispelled even. It is not spelled m-o-r-e t-h-a-n.


53 posted on 07/25/2013 10:18:58 AM PDT by bagman
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To: Nachum

Reporters may tell zero his ideas are great, it is just reality that is has issues with them.


54 posted on 07/25/2013 10:19:05 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Nachum

nobama “misheard”. It wasn’t reporters but anonymous people in the street who said “Your ideas are bull sh**!”


55 posted on 07/25/2013 10:20:44 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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56 posted on 07/25/2013 10:28:38 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Nachum
There is a difference between having "great ideas" and being able to develop a plan, or implement solutions to problems. Obama's ideas are all generalities, not specifics. He has no clue how or what to do to give the economy a boost, or start jobs, or get people off of welfare, or deal with our enemies and gain their respect. He speaks in terms that might delight the mind of a fifth grader...but beyond that level he cannot present solutions that this country needs.

Obama wants to put Band-Aids on our country's social and economic wounds and international relations illnesses when skilled drastic fiscal surgery and strong medicine in the diplomatic arena is needed. . He has no skills beyond handing out warm fuzzies. He sees his role as one of a grandfather; he never grasped the difficult role of what it takes to be a leader. And he might as well give everyone a "Linus" blanket and tell us all to go lay down and take a nap and it will all be better tomorrow.

57 posted on 07/25/2013 10:29:11 AM PDT by CitizenM (Obama - The architect of the decline of the U.S.)
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To: Nachum

Hoover with a new bag.


58 posted on 07/25/2013 10:29:11 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Nachum
Obama argued some Republicans privately agree with a lot of his ideas

Once in a while even Obama tells the truth.

59 posted on 07/25/2013 10:29:59 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: WayneS

His becoming an “underground success” would involve a.......nope, don’t need to be wrestled to the ground today.


60 posted on 07/25/2013 10:30:44 AM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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