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White House in damage control mode as potential scandals pile up [W:378]

I am shocked, I tell you, shocked, that liberals have such low standards and expectations from a Democrat President. I am sure that is exactly how you operate in real life as results don't actually matter. we have an enemy under a terrorist attack and the President of the United States is in Las Vegas fund raising. He has his priorities right for Obama

We have an enemy under terrorist attack?

:lamo
 
Embassy not enemy my error, thanks for pointing it out

FYI: It wasn't an "Embassy". At least get the facts straight before you wax poetically those RW talking points. ;)
 
Apparently it is a badge of honor to a Democrat to have a Democrat President lie under oath thus violating the oath he took for the office. Such low standards and expectations thus the support for Obama as well

Yet such "low standards "somehow managed to create a surplus.What year was the last surplus generated by a republican pres?:2wave:
 
Who doesn't love Jay Carney?

The guy is so ****ing arrogant that he actually believes his explanations or "fantasies" are fact and that people will just buy them. Progressive journalists are even calling bull****..

I will say this tho - I do admire his confidence... Lying to 300 million + citizens takes some epic balls and self confidence.
 
Yet such "low standards "somehow managed to create a surplus.What year was the last surplus generated by a republican pres?:2wave:

You think making the same statement over and over again about a surplus makes the lie less of a lie? You obviously have no concept of what makes up the deficit and that stealing from the SS and Medicare fund and putting it into the general fund creates a surplus in the liberal world.
 
Who doesn't love Jay Carney?

The guy is so ****ing arrogant that he actually believes his explanations or "fantasies" are fact and that people will just buy them. Progressive journalists are even calling bull****..

I will say this tho - I do admire his confidence... Lying to 300 million + citizens takes some epic balls and self confidence.

Hell, Obama does it everyday and look at the support he gets in this forum.
 
How much governing experience did John McCain have? Sure he had many years as a legislator, but no executive experience.

Why does that matter? This thread is about the current POTUS.
 
Hell, Obama does it everyday and look at the support he gets in this forum.

I think we will be hearing the word "technically" a lot in the near future.

"Well technically ___________ , but this is the most transparent administration ever."

"Well technically the president was in bed so how the hell should he know what is going on?"

"Well technically the president doesn't correspond with the IRS, so this must have been a case of "Beatles hysteria" or "Obama fanboyism."

"Well technically we have nothing to do with the media."

Watch the WH deflect blame on ignorance while trying to promote competence.
 
Yet such "low standards "somehow managed to create a surplus.What year was the
last surplus generated by a republican pres?:2wave:

LOL !!

A "surplus" with a rising debt. A"surplus" with increased spending.

I mean Clinton being forced to work with a GOP Congress can create a temporary surplus but it means nothing in terms of spending.
 
Someone needs to tell Jay Carney there is a difference between being exposed and "transparency."
 
You think making the same statement over and over again about a surplus makes the lie less of a lie? You obviously have no concept of what makes up the deficit and that stealing from the SS and Medicare fund and putting it into the general fund creates a surplus in the liberal world.

Oh no, not this again :doh

FactCheck.org : The Budget and Deficit Under Clinton

The Clinton years showed the effects of a large tax increase that Clinton pushed through in his first year, and that Republicans incorrectly claim is the "largest tax increase in history." It fell almost exclusively on upper-income taxpayers. Clinton’s fiscal 1994 budget also contained some spending restraints. An equally if not more powerful influence was the booming economy and huge gains in the stock markets, the so-called dot-com bubble, which brought in hundreds of millions in unanticipated tax revenue from taxes on capital gains and rising salaries.​
 
Oh no, not this again :doh

FactCheck.org : The Budget and Deficit Under Clinton

The Clinton years showed the effects of a large tax increase that Clinton pushed through in his first year, and that Republicans incorrectly claim is the "largest tax increase in history." It fell almost exclusively on upper-income taxpayers. Clinton’s fiscal 1994 budget also contained some spending restraints. An equally if not more powerful influence was the booming economy and huge gains in the stock markets, the so-called dot-com bubble, which brought in hundreds of millions in unanticipated tax revenue from taxes on capital gains and rising salaries.​

The Treasury Department which is the bank account of the United States doesn't show a surplus so you better take that up with them. What you and others don't seem to understand is that there are two parts to the budget, public and intergovt. holdings. Taking money from intergovt holdings(SS and Medicare along with other Govt. long term obligations) leaving a deficit in that category doesn't make for a total surplus. What Clinton had was a public debt surplus but an intergovt. holding deficit making for a total deficit thus no total surplus. Deficits occurred every year under Clinton so don't you think if there was a surplus that there wouldn't be any deficits?
 
The Treasury Department which is the bank account of the United States doesn't show a surplus so you better take that up with them. What you and others don't seem to understand is that there are two parts to the budget, public and intergovt. holdings. Taking money from intergovt holdings(SS and Medicare along with other Govt. long term obligations) leaving a deficit in that category doesn't make for a total surplus. What Clinton had was a public debt surplus but an intergovt. holding deficit making for a total deficit thus no total surplus. Deficits occurred every year under Clinton so don't you think if there was a surplus that there wouldn't be any deficits?

they understand.

but when it comes to politics, they don't care about honesty and accuracy. our total debt went up, and we also had a surplus. liberal math
 
they understand.

but when it comes to politics, they don't care about honesty and accuracy. our total debt went up, and we also had a surplus. liberal math

Exactly so how does anyone deal with any liberal using that kind if logic? No wonder this country is in a mess. If we had a surplus the surplus would lower the debt and that didn't happen. What liberals don't understand is that there were deficits each year of the Clinton term and the debt grew 1.4 trillion dollars. Most don't want to accept that deficits/surplus are Revenues minus public debt expenses AND Intergovernment Holdings. Too many people believe you can take money from SS/Medicare, replace it with an IOU and still show a surplus. That too is liberal math.
 
Exactly so how does anyone deal with any liberal using that kind if logic? No wonder this country is in a mess. If we had a surplus the surplus would lower the debt and that didn't happen. What liberals don't understand is that there were deficits each year of the Clinton term and the debt grew 1.4 trillion dollars. Most don't want to accept that deficits/surplus are Revenues minus public debt expenses AND Intergovernment Holdings. Too many people believe you can take money from SS/Medicare, replace it with an IOU and still show a surplus. That too is liberal math.

How do we deal with republicans on these issues of honesty?

Flash back to 1999. I was shouting to everyone that would listen that the surplus was fake. What was Bush doing? Promising to send the surplus money back to Americans if he were elected.
 
I am shocked, I tell you, shocked, that liberals have such low standards and expectations from a Democrat President. I am sure that is exactly how you operate in real life as results don't actually matter. we have an enemy under a terrorist attack and the President of the United States is in Las Vegas fund raising. He has his priorities right for Obama

LOL....Conservative.....considering that you swoon over the GWB, the worst President ever, who led this country to the brink of economic and moral bankruptcy....forgive me if your words have zero credibility.
You bemoan Obama for going to Las Vegas after the attack was over. What did your hero do while this country was actually UNDER attack. Clue: My pet goat. Too funny.
 
Lol....I don't have to face anything, as this Chicago thug administration keeps digging and digging itself into a hole. Oh but some guy in Cali desperately trying to mitigate the obvious corruption from the Obama adminisyration says it's a GOP attempt to discredit a sterling administration.

Sorry, no one cares, and eventually the High level WH official that gave the order will be targeted and Obama's lies about being ignorant will be exposed.

So I'm a patient guy, but one things already clear, his Legacy will be akin to Carters....or worse as people look back on these 8 years of Democrat control as the biggest mistake in US history.

Good fantasy ya got there Fenton. These so called "scandals" are already dying out. You guys are going to have to come up with something better I'm afraid. The American people ain't buying this bull ****.
 
ARealConservative;1061830810]How do we deal with republicans on these issues of honesty?

Flash back to 1999. I was shouting to everyone that would listen that the surplus was fake. What was Bush doing? Promising to send the surplus money back to Americans if he were elected.

I agree, there was ignorance on both sides. Problem is however one side believes it is the government's money whereas the other believes it is the taxpayers' money. In spite of the tax cuts tax revenue set a record in 2007 which shows that tax cuts always stimulate economic activity when there aren't other extenuating circumstances. Liberals do not understand incentive and always ignore personal behavior.
 
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Good fantasy ya got there Fenton. These so called "scandals" are already dying out. You guys are going to have to come up with something better I'm afraid. The American people ain't buying this bull ****.

Not the LCD faction anyway.

The rest of us see the thuggery plain as day.
 
LOL....Conservative.....considering that you swoon over the GWB, the worst President ever, who led this country to the brink of economic and moral bankruptcy....forgive me if your words have zero credibility.
You bemoan Obama for going to Las Vegas after the attack was over. What did your hero do while this country was actually UNDER attack. Clue: My pet goat. Too funny.

What is amazing that you believe comparing Obama to Bush is a good thing. If Bush is worse than Obama and yet the Bush record better what then does that say about Obama? Let me know when Obama gets 146 million Americans working. When Bush had 1.3 million discouraged workers, when Bush had 50 million on food stamps, when Bush had over 6 trillion added to the debt, when Bush had over 100 million dependent on taxpayer dependence, when Bush had trillion dollar deficits?
 
What is amazing that you believe comparing Obama to Bush is a good thing. If Bush is worse than Obama and yet the Bush record better what then does that say about Obama? Let me know when Obama gets 146 million Americans working. When Bush had 1.3 million discouraged workers, when Bush had 50 million on food stamps, when Bush had over 6 trillion added to the debt, when Bush had over 100 million dependent on taxpayer dependence, when Bush had trillion dollar deficits?

I'll take Obama over Bush any day of the week. How many jobs a month were we hemorraghing when Obama took over Conservative? Thank God we didn't have to have another six months of the clown, we would have lost another 5 million jobs. I don't think our Country would have survived another 6 months of Bush.
 
I'll take Obama over Bush any day of the week. How many jobs a month were we hemorraghing when Obama took over Conservative? Thank God we didn't have to have another six months of the clown, we would have lost another 5 million jobs. I don't think our Country would have survived another 6 months of Bush.

Of course you would because you always buy rhetoric over substance. What amazes me how little you understand about economic data. Let me know when Bush had 1.3 million discouraged workers on top of the unemployed? Do you always ignore failed projections? Are you always this easily brainwashed?
 
Of course you would because you always buy rhetoric over substance. What amazes me how little you understand about economic data. Let me know when Bush had 1.3 million discouraged workers on top of the unemployed? Do you always ignore failed projections? Are you always this easily brainwashed?

LOL Conservative...you have no credibility to talk about rhetoric over substance when you idolize the man who sold the integrity of this country and drove us to the brink of moral decay and economic bankruptcy....so forgive me if I discount your words.
 
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