Michelle Obama: ‘Instead of Pointing Fingers and Placing Blame, Barack Got to Work’

cnsnews.com ^ | 9/17/12 | Melanie Hunter

[Justaham]

First lady Michelle Obama, speaking in Gainesville, Fla., on Monday, said that while the nation was on the verge of another Great Depression, President Barack Obama did not assign blame – instead “he got to work.”

“The economy was losing 800,000 jobs every month, and a lot folks wondered whether we were headed for another great depression. Now this is what Barack faced on day one as president. That’s what awaited him, but instead of pointing fingers and placing blame, Barack got to work, because he was thinking about folks like my dad, like his grandmother,” the first lady said.

“Since the day he took office, on issue after issue, crisis after crisis, that’s what I’ve seen, that’s what we’ve all seen in my husband. We’ve seen his values at work. We’ve seen his vision unfold. We’ve seen the depths of his character, courage, and convictions. Here’s proof: Think back to when Barack first took office, and our economy was on the brink of collapse,” she said.

[Hoodat]

The link doesn’t work. Has Big Brother scrubbed this down the memory hole?

[zencycler]

Exactly, here's another source:

Using Google, exact phrase searches (in quotes):

"Obama Blames Bush" = 208,000

And by comparison:

"Bush Blames Clinton" = 61,300

Other comparisons:

"Obama Blames" = 336,000

"Bush Blames" = 27,400

"Obama Blames Everyone" = 53,500

"Bush Blames Everyone" = 46

"Obama Blames America" = 16,700

"Bush Blames America" = 18

Also bear in mind that we're either comparing 8 years of Bush (or in the latter examples, more likely 12 to include the father) vs. not quite 4 years of Obama, which if they equally played the "blame game", there should be far more results for "Bush Blames ...".

Obama not pointing fingers of blame - yeah sure. Follow any one of the search results when you google "Obama Blames ...." from above, and you'll see him doing just that.

[Hoodat]

There are two 7s in your URL that don't belong. Here is the proper link: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-instead-pointing-fingers-and-placing-blame-barack-got-work

[SgtHooper]

Moochelle, Biden, Moochelle, Bide, who is actually the more stupid?

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Not ONCE did I ever see 0bama place blame on anyone (Except President Bush numerous times, ATM machines, tsunamis, Congress, The House, ‘the Republicans’, Wall Street, and limits imposed upon him by the U.S. Constitution, etc.).

[musicman]

"Michelle Obama:
‘Instead of Pointing Fingers and Placing Blame,
Barack Got to Work’"

[headstamp 2]

Was this before or after he blamed Bush for virtually everything?

[God luvs America]

he did get to work- on pointing fingers and blaming everyone else...

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

It’s one thing to revise history years after people have forgotten the truth, but.. Revising RECENT history, like from a few weeks or months ago? That takes nerve!

[kcvl]

“he got to work”

Running up the deficit

Taxing us into oblivion

Forcing Obamacare down our throat

Spending, spending and more spending

Ruling the country’s credit rating

Etc, etc, etc,

[Right_in_Virginia]

Michelle’s got to be drinking again.

[Maceman]

Obastard has done nothing BUT blame Bush since he got into office!

Not true. He also blamed the founders: "Our Founders designed a system that makes it more difficult to bring about change than I would like sometimes.”

[tet68]

Revising RECENT history, like from a few weeks or months ago? That takes nerve!

Actually once the people are used to it, it becomes
very easy.

[patriotspride]

On his golf game

[Old Sarge]

Wookie? I thought she was a bigfoot.

"Your wife's a Bigfoot, isn't she? Goonie Goo Goo!"

[Right Wing Assault]

Great, but I don’t think we needed a Golfer-in-Chief.

[skr]

True, he got to work on his golf swing.

[Mortrey]

See?
Manchelle can speak Taqiyya, too!

[Mortrey]

If Bath-House Barry gets re-elected, just THINK of the mess he’ll inherit THIS time!

[ridesthemiles]

“The economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month” ???

Who has the “new unemployment claims record for late 2008?

The current activity in that department is 400,000 NEW unemployment claims a WEEK. By my math, that is twice the number Boxcar Butt is trying to sell us on.