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Live Thread: POTUS to speak to country at 1730 ZULU concerning S&P downgrade
08 AUG 11
| dcbryan1
Posted on 08/08/2011 8:31:48 AM PDT by DCBryan1
CNBC just broke in and told the audience that the President has requested airtime and will speak to the nation at 1300hrs EST (12 noon central, 10 AM PST) on the US national debt downgrade.
Developing...
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To: txrangerette
581
posted on
08/08/2011 11:39:26 AM PDT
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: markomalley
Wow, just WOW! I wonder what excuse Obama will say now.
To: Newton
At this point .... Would that stop the planned collapse. I agree biden couldn't be worse, or could he?
583
posted on
08/08/2011 11:39:53 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: DCBryan1
Somebody, anybody, PLEASE—go and shake out that EMPTY SUIT!
584
posted on
08/08/2011 11:40:22 AM PDT
by
Palladin
(Sarah Palin in 2012!)
To: arkady_renko
Wonderful comment. I needed that levity.
585
posted on
08/08/2011 11:40:55 AM PDT
by
Winstons Julia
(when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
To: Justaham
Wow, just WOW! I wonder what excuse Obama will say now. Unexpected.
586
posted on
08/08/2011 11:41:12 AM PDT
by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good-Pope Leo XIII)
To: Repealthe17thAmendment
It was a comment about Reagan
587
posted on
08/08/2011 11:41:32 AM PDT
by
fantom
(,)
To: KingOfVagabonds
Yep, he is really clueless.
588
posted on
08/08/2011 11:41:41 AM PDT
by
relee
('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
To: All
589
posted on
08/08/2011 11:42:11 AM PDT
by
riri
To: markomalley
NASDAQ close to 6% lost now
590
posted on
08/08/2011 11:42:39 AM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the Wes)
To: KansasGirl
Were there reporters there or was this just a TV appearance? (I’m at work, no TV)
591
posted on
08/08/2011 11:42:54 AM PDT
by
hattend
(As always...FUJM)
To: ladyvet
Yup! The Tea Party done did it.
592
posted on
08/08/2011 11:42:59 AM PDT
by
Palladin
(Sarah Palin in 2012!)
To: Justaham
He has only one reply to this event:
The markets are racist.
593
posted on
08/08/2011 11:43:06 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
("A man may be a fool and not know it, . . . but not if he is married." - H. L. Mencken)
To: relee
CNN: “President Barack Obama presented a reassuring assessment of the U.S. economic situation Monday, calling the country’s problems “imminently solvable.”
Ha!
594
posted on
08/08/2011 11:43:11 AM PDT
by
cll
(I am the warrant and the sanction)
To: fantom
I was trying to find a simple few words to sum up the entire commentary by Mr. O....Jerk comes to mind. The others would get me banned.
595
posted on
08/08/2011 11:43:18 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
To: mware
DOW down over 580 now and gold up more than $70. Guess the market wasn’t too impressed with the king.
To: markomalley
DJIA now down 550. SHUT THE HELL UP, OBAMA!!!!
597
posted on
08/08/2011 11:43:25 AM PDT
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-eyed killer of the deep.)
To: mware
598
posted on
08/08/2011 11:43:29 AM PDT
by
mware
(By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the Wes)
To: markomalley
Unexpected.
Ha ha ha!!! Or "It was my predecessor's fault.."
To: Newton
We have never been more vulnerable as a nation. It is hard to believe we would be in a situation where we would possibly be better off with Biden than what we’ve got now.
600
posted on
08/08/2011 11:43:46 AM PDT
by
untwist
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