Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Reaction to President Obama's Press Conference This Morning:

If what this guy were saying were true and reflected what was happening and what he is planning on doing, 90% he would be my boy. But he's factually in error on the economy and talking out both sides of his mouth on international policy.

  • He sees his community organizing days echoing in the Middle Eastern protests, and he loves it.
  • He says you can't maintain power through coercion. . . .I say you can do a pretty good job of imitating maintaining power through coercion for a century or two.
  • Reporters even from leftist papers are giving him tough questions on the budget proposal. Good.
  • He's STILL blaming Bush for the economy.
  • "We're not going to be running up the credit card any more" means $7T more debt in the next decade with annual deficits never below $600
  • In order to "stabilize the current situation" he wants a national debt of 150% GDP

    Finally, as a whole, this presser revealed why they don't let him off-prompter very often: he really stinks at improvisation, especially when you ask him a hard question.
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