Category: Barack Obama

Obama’s Is A Great Example Of Someone Who’s “More Interested In Seeing His Political Opponents Lose Than Seeing The Country Win.”

Posted on by John Hawkins

If you pay attention to Barack Obama, you’ll find that what he does and what he says are often completely unrelated. For example, here’s a variation of a line he’s been using a lot lately. “The problem,” Obama continued, “is that we’ve got the kind of partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put party ahead […]

 

CNN/Krugman: A Space Alien Attack Will Save Us (Disses FDR, Wants a Fake War?)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

CNNs Fareed Zakaria and The New York Times’ Paul Krugman have solved our economic problems. They’ve decided that a space alien attack will save us. Aside from the guffaw factor of space aliens, there was so much wrong with this CNN segment that we must lay them out for discussion. First on the clip is […]

 

Obama’s Apparently Got A Vision Problem

Posted on by William Teach

So says The Politico’s Glenn Thrush Of all the presidents to occupy the Oval Office in recent years, Barack Obama would seem the least likely to be wrestling with what President George H. W. Bush so unforgettably called “the vision thing.” Glenn would have done well if he explained what “the vision thing” is. In […]

 

Obama DID Lie: Obamacare Now Paying for Illegal Immigrants

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Remember when South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson called out “You Lie!” when Obama claimed in his 2009 state of the union address that his Obamacare plan would never go to care for illegal aliens? Well, turns out Wilson was right. We now know that Obama did lie. His latest move has been to turn Obamacare […]

 

Chump’s Weekly Address Plays The Partisan Patriotism Game

Posted on by William Teach

Hey, what better way to get those who have different political ideas to work with you than questioning their patriotism? He tried this same thing the other day. And virtually every speech, press release, and Weekly Address Obama makes does this same thing: call for working together and bipartisanship, all while insulting and denegrating those […]

 

Live Tweets of the August Fox GOP Debate

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I usually live Tweet many events like this at my Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/warnerthuston. The Fox GOP debate is no exception. As to the debate, who won and who lost? I’d say Tim Pawlenty ended his run last night. His bickering with Michele Bachmann rattled him and made him look a bit silly. Tim lost but […]

 

Desperation Time In ObamaLand As He Plays Patriotism Card

Posted on by William Teach

One of the last Americans who should be questioning anyone other Americans patriotism does just that. Remember Obama refusing to put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem? Refusing to wear a flag pin? His wife saying that she’s proud of the country for the first time? Remember his whiny letter which pushed […]

 

Once Again Reporters Try to Decide Who is Allowed to be ‘The Press’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In yet another example of collusion between “the press” and the Democrats, Bill Kelly of Chicago tried to ask a question of Democrat Senator Dick Durbin at a press availability at Chicago’s City Club and met, shall we say, some resistance? As Kelly tried to ask his question, the reporters standing next to Kelly tried […]

 

Wow: Independent Iowa Voters Disapprove of Obama 61% to 32%

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

A new poll of 500 likely Iowa voters shows that Obama has fallen to new lows in his approval rating not just among Republicans but even among the all important independents. While 52% of voters in the poll disapprove of the job Obama is doing it is even worse with independents. They disapprove of Obama […]

 

Latest Excuse For Obama Jobs Distraction? The Rest Of The World

Posted on by William Teach

No, really. Now, this is not an excuse that Team Obama is making themselves, but one that Josh Gerstein at The Politico provides, but, surely Team Obama will integrate it into their litany of Blamestorming talking points regarding Why Obama Fails Freed at last from the debt ceiling negotiations, President Barack Obama is vowing an […]

 

New Video Courtesy of Ben Howe: ‘Failure of Leadership’

Posted on by Susannah Fleetwood

My third grade teacher, Sister Therese, used to always say, “Be careful what you pray for–you just might get it”. Well, Barack Obama obviously prayed, wished, and worked extremely hard for the glory of being president. However, as my friend Ben Howe demonstrates in his brilliant new video, Obama forgot to ask God (or Gaia) […]

 

Union Thugs Attack Communication Lines, Desecrate Funeral Homes

Posted on by Dave Blount

Having the backing of the most aggressively pro-union president since FDR seems to have thrown the thuggery that characterizes these pernicious organizations into overdrive. Striking Verizon workers are now attacking communication lines: Verizon Communications Inc. reported a dozen cases of sabotaged cable lines and warned of delays in repairs and customer service on the second […]

 

Is This Soon To Be The World’s Most Controversial Garden Gnome? The Obama Garden Gnome

Posted on by John Hawkins

Garden Gnome World seems to be exactly what it sounds like: A place to buy Garden Gnomes for people who are into that sort of thing. But, they may have accidentally stepped in it by trying to create a cutesy President Obama Garden Gnome. I’m sure it’s a perfectly innocent attempt to create a kitschy […]

 

Obama Regime Attacks Transportation Sector With New Fuel Efficiency Mandates

Posted on by Dave Blount

It only appears that Obama is doing nothing about the economic crisis. Even as he plays golf and raises reelection funds, his army of bureauweenies is busily working away — to continue making the crisis worse: The White House on Tuesday will unveil the first-ever federal fuel efficiency standards for a range of heavy-duty trucks, […]

 

While America Sinks, Obama Raises Reelection Funds

Posted on by Dave Blount

Here‘s how our alleged president has been spending his time while the economy collapses. His schedule for last night: According to the White House schedule, the president first attends a gathering of approximately 140 guests at a private residence in the nation’s capital. A DNC official says proceeds from the $15,000 per family gathering will […]

 

At Fundraiser, Obama Tells Big Money Donors To Send Money To IRS

Posted on by William Teach

Just kidding. He decided to blame George Bush, 2 1/2 years after Mr. Obama took office President Barack Obama said on Monday he inherited many of the country’s problems with high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely to dominate his 2012 re-election campaign. Speaking at a Democratic fundraiser, […]

 

S&P Downgrades Fannie And Freddie, Others

Posted on by William Teach

The hit parade keeps coming. Liberal Talking Point by end of day: it’s the TEA Parties fault Standard & Poor’s ratings service today announced it was downgrading the credit of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 10 of 12 Federal Home Loan Banks that were propped up by the federal government after the financial crisis of […]

 

FBN’s Eric Bolling: ‘Obama’s Economy Will Dip Back Into Recession’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

“The debt deal was a bad deal…” We were told that the country was about to collapse like the Weimar Republic or the Soviet Union, even, if Washington didn’t get that darn debt ceiling hike done. Yet, even as President Obama was signing the very bill that was supposed to save our faltering economy, the […]

 

Another Great Obamachievement: America Loses Its AAA Rating

Posted on by John Hawkins

Over the last couple of years, Treasury Secretary Tim Geither has been reassuring Americans who are worried about the Obama Administration’s out-of-control spending that there’s no danger that we’ll EVER lose our AAA rating. Peter Barnes “Is there a risk that the United States could lose its AAA credit rating? Yes or no?” Geithner’s response: […]

 

Unions: On the Outside Looking In At Political Power?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Since Obama began his run for the White House he has been Big Labor’s best friend. And they loved him for it, too. As Obama ran and as soon as he got into office the unions had stars in their eyes. They thought that with a bought and paid for president in their hip pocket, […]

 

Obama’s New CAFE Standards Will Cost Us All More Money

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Obama administration has been touting new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to be imposed on America’s automobile manufacturers saying that it will save all Americans money at the pumps. Unfortunately, there are all sorts of hidden costs of which the administration isn’t noting, costs that will drive up the price of driving in […]

 

Is The Stock Market Plunge Obama’s Fault?

Posted on by William Teach

It’s an interesting question, in which Roger L. Simon wonders whether Obama should resign, and puts it this way The worldwide market plunge since the signing of the U.S. debt agreement tells us one thing above all: Almost no one on the planet has confidence in the leadership of Barack Obama. A CEO with such […]

 

Tea Party-Haters Attack Chgo Business For Event Countering Obama B-Day Bash

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

William J. Kelly of Chicago organized an event at a business across the street and about a block down from the venue where President Obama held his birthday bash/fundraiser. Naturally Chicago’s anti-Tea Party set were furious at the business and used threats and intimidation to stop Kelly’s event. Kelly called the event “Jobs Bash 2011,” […]

 

Bad News: Democrats Will Focus On Jobs Again

Posted on by William Teach

And we all know what happens when they actually focus on jobs: things get much worse. Then they get distracted by a shiny abortion or something, and things slowly get worse The debt ceiling crisis barely was averted Tuesday when President Barack Obama and other top Democrats were ready to change the subject. Obama offered […]

 

New Tone: Blackmail And Six Shooters

Posted on by William Teach

Remember when the liberal scolds were calling for a new era of civility? Politico’s Roger Simon had this to write “Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all […]

 

Left-Winger Robert Reich Despondent Over Obama Failure

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, lefty political commentator, and so-called “economist,” is despondent over the failure of President Obama to “tell Americans the truth” about the budget debate now coursing through Washington D.C. Reich is very typical of how the far left in American politics is furious at Obama’s constant failure […]