Obama's Abominations 2009-2012

[RidgeDad]

It's pretty pathetic when we have a VP who constantly is inserting his foot into his mouth and is now getting comparisons to a cartoon character.

Please stop disparaging Bart Simpson that way.

[KobeBallsLikeSwoosh]

i like the man

[southpaw]

More job losses for Barry. Is there ANYONE left in the MSM with any integrity left. Are they all Barry's drones? How unconscionable and utterly incompetent can the man be in the WH. You clowns that castigated and accosted Bush for his so called misgivings have absolutely no credibility left in your narrow minded, biased, and wholly hypocritical belief system. I demand the same pathetic few that criticized Bush and praised Obama has the savior last year to defend this disaster they put in the White House and Control of Congress.

After Attacking Bush During Periods Of Job Growth, And Pledging Their Stimulus Would Create Millions Of Jobs, Where’s The Dems’ Outrage?

RNC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL STEELE: “For close to a full year the American people have been forced to watch and in many cases bear the burden of our ever increasing national unemployment rate which unfortunately remained in the double digits throughout the month of December. More than 85,000 Americans lost their jobs in the month of December, meaning more than 2.8 million Americans have lost their jobs since the stimulus passed, and the national unemployment rate remains at 10 percent. The American economy is a powerful and amazingly resilient system that will always naturally return to balance because of the determination and unique ingenuity of the American worker. But President Obama’s singular focus on enacting his government-run liberal policies are single handily preventing this return. It’s time for President Obama to heed the recent words of Democrat Senator Ben Nelson and finally do what he should have been doing over the past year – put his full and undivided attention on fixing our economy.”

LEADING DEMS ATTACKED BUSH WHEN MILLIONS OF JOBS WERE BEING CREATED …

In 2003, Over 87,000 Jobs Were Created. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

* But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Criticized 2003 Job Creation As “Far From Enough.” “The slight increase in jobs last month is wonderful news for 57,000 Americans. But the 2.1 million Americans who have been actively looking for work for more than two years … know that it is far from enough …” (Rep. Nancy Pelosi, “Pelosi: ‘Slight Jobs Increase Far From Enough -- We Must Do More to Create Jobs and Growth,’” Press Release, 10/3/03)

In 2004, Over 2 Million Jobs Were Created. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

* But In 2004, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Claimed Bush “Created A Climate … Where The Number of Jobs Is Not Growing.” “This President has created a climate in this country where the number of jobs is not growing. It did not have to be that way.” (Sen. Dick Durbin, Congressional Record, 10/08/04, p. S10764)

In 2005, Over 2.5 Million Jobs Were Created. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

* But Pelosi Called 2005 Job Creation Numbers “Anemic.” “Today’s anemic jobs numbers confirm that President Bush has still failed to create a single new private-sector job since he became President.” (Rep. Nancy Pelosi, “Pelosi: ‘Today’s Anemic Jobs Numbers Confirm the Administration Has Failed to Create a Single New Private-Sector Job,’” Press Release, 6/3/05)

In 2006, Over 2.1 Million Jobs Were Created. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

* But Pelosi Claimed Bush Policies “Favored The Privileged Few At The Expense Of America’s Working Families.” (Rep. Nancy Pelosi, “Democrats Will Restore the Economic Security of America’s Working Families,” Press Release, 9/22/06)

By 2007, 5.7 Million Jobs Had Been Created Under Bush. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

* But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) Claimed Bush Had “Shameful History Of Losing American Jobs.” (Sen. Harry Reid, “Reid: As Unemployment Reaches Two-year High, American Jobs Are The Latest Casualty Of Bush’s Failed Economic Policies,” Press Release, 1/4/08)

THEN PROMISED THEIR $787 BILLION STIMULUS WOULD CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS

In February, Obama Signed $787 Billion Stimulus Bill, Claiming It Would “Fix The Economy.” “President Obama on Tuesday signed the $787 billion stimulus package ... ‘We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive in our time,’ Obama said, calling the legislation ‘the beginning of the end’ of what needed to be done to fix the economy.” (Michael A. Fletcher, “Obama Leaves D.C. To Sign Stimulus Bill,” The Washington Post, 2/18/09)

And Obama Pledged That Stimulus Would Create 3.5 Million Jobs By End Of 2010. “[W]hat makes this recovery plan so important is not just that it will create or save 3.5 million jobs over the next two years ...” (President Barack Obama, Remarks At The Signing Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act, Denver, CO, 2/17/09)

SO DEMS NEED TO CREATE 6.3 MILLION JOBS IN 2010 TO MEET THEIR OWN STANDARD, A LEVEL OF JOB GROWTH THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ACHIEVED

2.8 MILLION Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Signed His $787 Billion Stimulus In February 2009. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 12/10/09)

* Including 85,000 More Jobs Lost Last Month. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/8/09)

In Addition To 3.5 MILLION Jobs Obama Promised Would Be Created By His $787 Billion Stimulus By December 2010. (President Barack Obama, Remarks At The Signing Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act, Denver, CO, 2/17/09)

That Equals 6.3 MILLION Jobs Dems Need To Create This Year Alone To Declare Economic Success, A Level Of Job Growth That Has Never Been Achieved in American History. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

* Because In 1946, 4.3 MILLION Jobs Were Created, Largest Job In A Single Calendar Year In American History. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov, Accessed 1/6/10)

KNOWING AMERICANS WILL JUDGE THEM ON JOB CREATION, AT LEAST ONE DEM IS OUTRAGED OVER SQUANDERED 2009

Obama Says “The Yardstick Should Be … Am I Creating These Jobs?” (Sam Stein, “Obama: Judge Me On The Jobs I Create,” The Huffington Post, 12/15/08)

* Pelosi: “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs … We Will Measure Our Success In That Way; And Hopefully The American People Will, Too, In The Next Election.” (Greg Sargent, “Pelosi: Judge Dems’ Success On Whether We Create ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs,’” “The Plum Line” Blog, 12/3/09)

DGA Chairman, Gov. Jack Markell (D-DE), Says “Burden Of Proof” On Dems To Show That They’re Creating Jobs. “When you've got as many people unemployed in the country as you do, it's understandable that folks will be looking to their leaders to do everything possible to create jobs. As Democrats, there's a burden of proof here.” (Peter Wallsten and Naftali Bendavid, “Departures Shake Democrats,” The Wall Street Journal, 1/7/09)

* But Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) Says Obama Made A Mistake In Pushing Health Care, And Should Have Focused On Jobs. “I think it was a mistake to take health care on as opposed to continuing to spend the time on the economy… I would have preferred not to be dealing with health care in the midst of everything else, and I think working on the economy would have been a wiser move …” (Chris Zavadil, “Nelson: We Should Have Waited On Health Care,” The Fremont Tribune, 1/6/10)
* And Obama’s Liberal Agenda Preventing Small Businesses From Creating Jobs, “Could Impede An Economic Recovery.” “But a health-care overhaul grinding through Congress could bring unknown new obligations to insure employees. Bush-era tax cuts are set to end next year, and their fate is unclear. Legislation aimed at tackling climate change might raise businesses’ energy costs. … Many companies say they have responded by freezing hiring, cutting benefits and delaying expansion plans. With at least 60% of job growth historically coming out of the small-business sector, according to the government’s Small Business Administration, that kind of inertia could impede an economic recovery.” (Gary Fields, “Political Uncertainty Puts Freeze on Small Businesses,” The Wall Street Journal, 10/28/09)

[once a runner]

I demand the same pathetic few that criticized Bush and praised Obama has the savior last year to defend this disaster they put in the White House and Control of Congress.

As long as you are demanding I guess I better start defending! Actually you will find more posts by me where I stated that I am not happy with Obama's job performance so far than where I called him a savior. I'm fairly certain I never referred to him as a savior. I voted for him and I support him, but he's not doing the job that I thought he would when I voted for him.

Of course he has been in office for all of one year, so it's obviously time to throw him out. If only we had that same option with Reagan. Unemployment was all of 7.5% when he took office in Jan. of 1981 during that awful recession. A year later it was 8.6% and nearly a year after that unemployment hit 10.8%. Certainly a lot of job losses during your saviors first two years in office before the economy started to turn around. I also notice you didn't mention the 2.6 million jobs lost under Bush in 2008 alone. Rather remarkable since the economy didn't really start to fall apart until half way through the year. It must have been in Bush's Texas roots to do all things in a BIG way...including decimating the economy.

I hope Obama gets his act together and follows through with the initiatives in which he was elected. Of course if he doesn't, I hope I won't be stupid enough to vote for a failing president again.

[southpaw]

Finally a response from the other point of view. Thank you OAR.

[southpaw]

BTW...The Downfall of the economy started when Nancy and Harry took over Congress. Do they shoulder any blame for this mess? All Bush's fault right? Seems everything was Bush's fault during his tenure but Barry has so far has been issued a pass by the MSM for everything. If Ft. Hood and the Christmas Day Undie bomber happened under Bush what would the MSM response been?

[El-Moldo]

What kind of underpants was the underwear bomber wearing??? Fruit of the Boom.

[once a runner]

BTW...The Downfall of the economy started when Nancy and Harry took over Congress. Do they shoulder any blame for this mess? All Bush's fault right?

What could Nancy and Harry do without Bush's signature? It seems as if he dusted off his veto pad once the democrats took over the house and senate and finally learned how to use it. The democrats didn't have the votes to override his vetoes so the bottom line is everything went through his office.

Speaking of the Undie bomber, there was a similar situation under Bush...perhaps you remember the shoe bomber. The differences in the situation is that Obama reacted much quicker and ultimately took responsibility for it. He admitted mistakes were made. An admission of mistakes is not something we're used to from our president.

[Goodwill]

BTW...The Downfall of the economy started when Nancy and Harry took over Congress. Do they shoulder any blame for this mess? All Bush's fault right?

What could Nancy and Harry do without Bush's signature? It seems as if he dusted off his veto pad once the democrats took over the house and senate and finally learned how to use it. The democrats didn't have the votes to override his vetoes so the bottom line is everything went through his office.

Speaking of the Undie bomber, there was a similar situation under Bush...perhaps you remember the shoe bomber. The differences in the situation is that Obama reacted much quicker and ultimately took responsibility for it. He admitted mistakes were made. An admission of mistakes is not something we're used to from our president.

No he didn't. He is still blaming Bush.

[southpaw]

What kind of underpants was the underwear bomber wearing??? Fruit of the Boom.

Heard on the Radio today the new nickname is "Fruit of Kaboom Bomber" but hey Big Sis said the System worked right?