I ... um uh ... um ... let me be perfectly clear ... um ..uh...um ... hold that thought ... dammit, where is TOTUS?!
Posted on 07/05/2011 1:31:50 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
President Obama scheduled an impromptu meeting with reporters to discuss the status of budget negotiations on Tuesday.
Obama plans to address reporters in the White House briefing room at 4:40 "to discuss the status of efforts to find a balanced approach to deficit reduction"...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Man! I can't STAND that when he does that!! He does the same thing coming down the stairs from Air Force 1. He thinks he looks soooo cool doing that! Ugh - it drives me crazy!
I ... um uh ... um ... let me be perfectly clear ... um ..uh...um ... hold that thought ... dammit, where is TOTUS?!
Notice that it is Obama briefing the press on budget negotiations.
This is because Harry Reid has refused to provide a Democrat budget in the Senate.
Wouldn't these kinds of negotiations be expected to be between the House and the Senate?
Wasn't it just last year that they were talking about using the "budget reconciliation" process to force the Democrat agenda on us?
Now, suddenly, there is no Democrat budget to reconcile, no House/Senate budget reconciliation process, only the House and Obama?
-PJ
".. I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who ... will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how."
იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე სტალინი
aka Иосиф Виссарионович
aka Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin.
Actual words attributed to Stalin: "You know, comrades, that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how. "
I actually think we’ll get a more honest vote in 012.
ID laws have been passed in some states (like Indiana where I live) and a lot more patriots are serving on election-related boards and such.
Without question, the post of the day; if not the year.
Actually “spending in the tax code” is a recently coined piece of nauseating Orwellian misdirection, is meant to refer to tax breaks. You see, when the government allows taxpayers to keep their own money through tax breaks, the statists see this as the government spending money to give you your own money back. Simply put, this is Obama’s way of admitting through this little obfuscation, that he firmly believes that all your money are belong to the gubmint and if they let you keep some, that’s “spending”. Done through tax breaks, letting you keep your money is spending in the tax code.
Absolutely sickening.
AMERICA!!! WAKE UP!!! THIS FILTHY BUNCH IN WASHINGTON HAS VIRTUALLY ENSLAVED YOU WITH TAXES AND REGULATIONS. A LITTLE MORE SPENDING IN THE TAX CODE AND A LITTLE MORE “IMMIGRATION REFORM” AND YOU WILL HAVE NO COUNTRY AND NO FREEDOM WHEN THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR ARE TRANSFERRED TO INVADING HORDES, UNION THUGS, CRONY CAPITALISTS AND POLITICAL PIGS FEEDING AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL TREASURIES.
You can't schedule an impromptu meeting.
You're right. What they meant to say was "President Obama impromptued a scheduled meeting" (which he always does).
His approval is higher than Reagan's in July 1983.
If the nominee is Romney, Huntsman, Pawlenty, or a clone, he is very likely to be reelected.
I’ll agree on Romney, since that is guaranteed to produce a Tea Party challenger and a likely Clintonian plurality win for Baraq.
Think about what that means, especially when you realize that some "disapprove" voters are upset that we don't have communism already.
He may very well be reelected, especially if his opponent is not committed to his destruction.
Don’t know if anyone else caught it, but I thought I heard him say the goal was to reduce the deficit by 1 trillion over 10 years.
Where the hell did that come from? It’s 1.5T now, and will compound with inflation. I thought the GOAL was TEN, repeat, TEN trillion over 10 years, inflation adjusted.
He wants to talk 1 trillion because that would only take 100billion OR LESS off 2012, which is all he cares about. He wants to GROW the deficit for 2012.
Here’s my question. If Palin’s elected can they hide their money?
In other words, he means to explode the debt from $14 billion to $24 billion or more by 2021.
The press need to get off their knees and fact check this jerk so the American people KNOW what he's really saying. When he says "millionaires and billionaires" he really means $200K. When he says "spending in the tax code" he's talking about legal deductions. When he talks of reducing deficits $1 trillion over 10 years he means add $10 trillion or more. When he says, "don't spend more than we take in" he means don't spend more than we can borrow.
Even with the chaos and failures, Obama has a better than even chance of reelection. People who think otherwise are in denial.
Blah,blah,blah, heartless Republicans, blah,blah,blah, starving children,blah,blah,blah,greedy rich,blah,blah,blah...Exit left, end of press conference.
You left out old ladies in wheelchairs and don’t forget I got Bin Laden.
“You left out old ladies in wheelchairs and don’t forget I got Bin Laden”
blah, blah, blah, bin Laden sleeps with the fish because of me,blah,blah,blah.....
There, fixed it.
My leg always involuntarily sticks out when I see live TV of him bounding down the steps.
4:49 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: All right. Hello, everybody. I just wanted to give you an update on the deficit negotiations that we’ve been having for the last several weeks, and I want to wish, again, everybody a Happy Fourth of July.
Over the July Fourth weekend, my team and I had a series of discussions with congressional leaders in both parties. We’ve made progress, and I believe that greater progress is within sight, but I don’t want to fool anybody — we still have to work through some real differences.
Now, I’ve heard reports that there may be some in Congress who want to do just enough to make sure that America avoids defaulting on our debt in the short term, but then wants to kick the can down the road when it comes to solving the larger problem of our deficit. I don’t share that view. I don’t think the American people sent us here to avoid tough problems. That’s, in fact, what drives them nuts about Washington, when both parties simply take the path of least resistance. And I don’t want to do that here.
I believe that right now we’ve got a unique opportunity to do something big — to tackle our deficit in a way that forces our government to live within its means, that puts our economy on a stronger footing for the future, and still allows us to invest in that future.
Most of us already agree that to truly solve our deficit problem, we need to find trillions in savings over the next decade, and significantly more in the decades that follow. That’s what the bipartisan fiscal commission said, that’s the amount that I put forward in the framework I announced a few months ago, and that’s around the same amount that Republicans have put forward in their own plans. And that’s the kind of substantial progress that we should be aiming for here.
To get there, I believe we need a balanced approach. We need to take on spending in domestic programs, in defense programs, in entitlement programs, and we need to take on spending in the tax code — spending on certain tax breaks and deductions for the wealthiest of Americans. This will require both parties to get out of our comfort zones, and both parties to agree on real compromise.
I’m ready to do that. I believe there are enough people in each party that are willing to do that. What I know is that we need to come together over the next two weeks to reach a deal that reduces the deficit and upholds the full faith and credit of the United States government and the credit of the American people.
That’s why, even as we continue discussions today and tomorrow, I’ve asked leaders of both parties and both houses of Congress to come here to the White House on Thursday so we can build on the work that’s already been done and drive towards a final agreement. It’s my hope that everybody is going to leave their ultimatums at the door, that we’ll all leave our political rhetoric at the door, and that we’re going to do what’s best for our economy and do what’s best for our people.
And I want to emphasize — I said this at my press conference — this should not come down to the last second. I think it’s important for us to show the American people and their leaders that we can find common ground and solve our problems in a responsible way. We know that it’s going to require tough decisions. I think it’s better for us to take those tough decisions sooner rather than later.
That’s what the American people expect of us. That’s what a healthy economy is going to require. That’s the kind of progress that I expect to make. So I promise I will keep you guys updated as time goes on. All right?
Q A couple of questions?
Q Will you take any questions, Mr. President?
THE PRESIDENT: I guarantee you, Jay is going to take a whole bunch of them. (Laughter.)
END 4:54 P.M. EDT
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