Obama Inauguration

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

Burghman — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:01:39 GMT

bossman:

That the Post-Gazette would think our president's press conference the other night was striking, does not surprise me. The PG seemed to like everything about it. I think they were ENCHANTED.

You better watch it PG. I think The New York Times liked it too. (Their reporter asked that "tough" question.) If you follow too closely in the Times' tracks, you'll be heading out of business just as they are in a short while.

Bossman Mike

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation – the parent company of Fox News – reported a 70% drop in net income to $300 million and a 16% drop in revenue to $7.37 billion for the quarter that ended March 31.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050603131.html

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

IC_LIGHT_LVR — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:45:44 GMT

Burghman:

bossman:

That the Post-Gazette would think our president's press conference the other night was striking, does not surprise me. The PG seemed to like everything about it. I think they were ENCHANTED.

You better watch it PG. I think The New York Times liked it too. (Their reporter asked that "tough" question.) If you follow too closely in the Times' tracks, you'll be heading out of business just as they are in a short while.

Bossman Mike

NY Times circulation down 3.6 percent

NY Post (owned by Rupert Murdoch) down 20 percent

National avg down 7.0 percent

Quoting data without it's source isn't below you, Prospitt. Where did you get this gem? Swoopa?

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

Burghman — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:03:05 GMT

bossman:

That the Post-Gazette would think our president's press conference the other night was striking, does not surprise me. The PG seemed to like everything about it. I think they were ENCHANTED.

You better watch it PG. I think The New York Times liked it too. (Their reporter asked that "tough" question.) If you follow too closely in the Times' tracks, you'll be heading out of business just as they are in a short while.

Bossman Mike

NY Times circulation down 3.6 percent

NY Post (owned by Rupert Murdoch) down 20 percent

National avg down 7.0 percent

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

Burghman — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:49:02 GMT

bossman:

Aren't most of those White House reporters a sorry lot?

Alabama, I mean Obama's, ears could have been pinned back if some questions of substance were asked of him. I guess as long as the major media has a love affair with him, he'll never get tested, though.

As an aside, the White House press secretary is still a gem.

Bossman Mike

Really...........questions like what ?

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

bossman — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:00:38 GMT

Aren't most of those White House reporters a sorry lot?

Alabama, I mean Obama's, ears could have been pinned back if some questions of substance were asked of him. I guess as long as the major media has a love affair with him, he'll never get tested, though.

As an aside, the White House press secretary is still a gem.

Bossman Mike

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

Burghman — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:54:26 GMT

bossman:

That the Post-Gazette would think our president's press conference the other night was striking, does not surprise me. The PG seemed to like everything about it. I think they were ENCHANTED.

You better watch it PG. I think The New York Times liked it too. (Their reporter asked that "tough" question.) If you follow too closely in the Times' tracks, you'll be heading out of business just as they are in a short while.

Bossman Mike

So, based on the fact that Obama was very detailed in his answers, those with ADD like yourself were bored. - You guys can't find anything too small to whine about.

In January 1981, when Reagan declared the federal budget to be "out of control," the deficit had reached almost $74 billion, the federal debt $930 billion.

Within two years, the deficit was $208 billion. The debt by 1988 totaled $2.6 trillion. .

In those eight years, the United States moved from being the world's largest international creditor to the largest debtor nation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26402-2004Jun8?language=printer

Treasury Site where you can verify the information

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

bossman — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:49:30 GMT

That the Post-Gazette would think our president's press conference the other night was striking, does not surprise me. The PG seemed to like everything about it. I think they were ENCHANTED.

You better watch it PG. I think The New York Times liked it too. (Their reporter asked that "tough" question.) If you follow too closely in the Times' tracks, you'll be heading out of business just as they are in a short while.

Bossman Mike

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

allablaze — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:19 GMT

Dick Morris......come on. It is a sign of where conservatives are headed. Old hands like Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh each took a shot at reviving the movement with little success. Then there were tax protests labeled "tea parties" which were nothing more than rallies to excite moribund conservatives again with no success.

Right now, conservatives have no answer for Obama's continued popularity.

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

IC_LIGHT_LVR — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:39:38 GMT

allablaze:

He remains popular and if his programs come even close to working the GOP will be the minority party for years to come or until it becomes more moderate.

*RoLLS EYES*

See above. And spitthead, see that you're still a koolaid drinker. You didn't mind Morris when he was advising your boi Bill.

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

allablaze — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:44:05 GMT

In your faces Bush apologists.

There was Obama standing erect looking presidential and knowledgeably. He made America feel comfortable and that the country was in good hands.

Very few felt that way when George W. Bush was shifting from one foot to the other whining about how hard his job was. Then when answering some pre determined soft ball question he would end up quoting some meaningless inane line from one of his stump speeches. Good riddance to ineptness.

Conservatives are frustrated by Obama. He remains popular and if his programs come even close to working the GOP will be the minority party for years to come or until it becomes more moderate.

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

Burghman — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:20:11 GMT

Commentary by Dick Morris...........how insightful.

Clearly Morris must be unaware that Reagan / Bush 1 tripled the debt in two terms and Bush W doubled it in two terms.

W was responsible for the largest increase in gov't since LBJ

Re: Press Conference--Double Yawn!

IC_LIGHT_LVR — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:05:57 GMT

Not to worry...

Obama sows seeds of demise

When the Obama administration crashes and burns, with approval ratings that fall through the floor, political scientists can trace its demise to its first hundred days. While Americans are careful not to consign a presidency they desperately need to succeed to the dustbin of history, the fact is that this president has moved — on issue after issue — in precisely the opposite direction of what the people want him to do.

Right now, Obama’s ratings must be pleasing to his eye. Voters like him and his wife immensely and approve of his activism in the face of the economic crisis. While polls show big doubts about what he is doing, the overwhelming sense is to let him have his way and pray that it works.

But beneath this superficial support, Obama’s specific policies run afoul of the very deeply felt convictions of American voters. For example, the most recent Rasmussen Poll asked voters if they wanted an economic system of complete free enterprise or preferred more government involvement in managing the economy. By 77-19, they voted against a government role, up seven points from last month.

And in the Fox News poll — the very same survey that gave Obama a 62 percent approval rating and reported that 68 percent of voters are “satisfied” with his first hundred days — voters, by 50-38, supported a smaller government that offered fewer services over a larger government that provided more.

By 42-8, the Fox News poll (conducted on April 22-23) found that voters felt Obama had expanded government rather than contracted it (42 percent said it was the same size) and, by 46-30, reported believing that big government was more of a danger to the nation than big business. (By 50-23, they said Obama felt big business was more dangerous.)

By 62-20, they said government spending, under Obama, was “out of control.”

So if voters differ so fundamentally with the president on the very essence of his program, why do they accord him high ratings? They are like the recently married bride who took her vows 100 days ago. It would be a disaster for her life if she decides that she really doesn’t like her husband. But she keeps noticing things about him that she can’t stand. It will be a while before she walks out the door or even comes to terms with her own doubts, but it is probably inevitable that she will.

For Americans to conclude that they disapprove of their president in the midst of an earth-shaking crisis is very difficult. But as Obama’s daily line moves from “I inherited this mess” to “There are faint signs of light,” the clock starts ticking. If there is no recovery for the next six months — and I don’t think there will be — Obama will inevitably become part of the problem, not part of the solution.

And then will come his heavy lifting. He has yet to raise taxes, regiment healthcare or provide amnesty for illegal immigrants. He hasn’t closed down the car companies he now runs and he has not yet forced a 50 percent hike in utility bills with his cap-and-trade legislation. These are all the goodies he has in store for us all.

Obama’s very activism these days arrogates to himself the blame for the success or failure of his policies. Their outcome will determine his outcome, and there is no way it will be positive.

Why?

• You can’t borrow as much as he will need to without raising interest rates that hurt the economy;

• The massive amount of spending will trigger runaway inflation once the economy starts to recover;

• His overhaul of the tax code (still in the planning phases) and his intervention in corporate management will create such business uncertainty that nobody will invest in anything until they see the lay of the land;

• His bank program is designed to help banks, but not to catalyze consumer lending. And his proposal for securitization of consumer loans won’t work and is just what got us into this situation.

So Mr. Obama should enjoy his poll numbers while he may.

http://thehill.com/dick-morris/obama-sows-seeds-of-demise-2009-04-28.html

Press Conference--Double Yawn!

bossman — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:06:05 GMT

Last night's conference was another sleeper.

I guess he gets the time because he is the press' boy.

13 questions. Answers drawn out. How about some of those "hardball" questions? Some were even ENCHANTING! Not one question on the economy. Of course, with his pre-selected list, Alabama, I mean Obama, could have a conference a month and come out unscathed.

Our president!

Bossman Mike