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The Amatuer-Barack Obama in the White House

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Obama is the most fiscally irresponsible President in U.S. History IMO and I wonder how going on the TV shows, making campaign appearances to raise money, demonizing individual wealth creation by promoting class warfare is helping our economic situation. What it does show is lack of leadership skills and then there is this accounting trick and the truth about the real govt. spending under this Administration

Real federal deficit dwarfs official tally
 
Obama is the most fiscally irresponsible President in U.S. History IMO and I wonder how going on the TV shows, making campaign appearances to raise money, demonizing individual wealth creation by promoting class warfare is helping our economic situation. What it does show is lack of leadership skills and then there is this accounting trick and the truth about the real govt. spending under this Administration

Real federal deficit dwarfs official tally

I wouldn't get too wrapped up in this story, Cauchon is known for really misleading articles, this one looks like another. I think he might be double counting intergov transfers.

ps....looks like it is an annual story for Cauchon...
And again:

Taxpayers' bill leaps by trillions - USATODAY.com

These are promo pieces for Shirley Weinberg
 
Obama is the most fiscally irresponsible President in U.S. History IMO and I wonder how going on the TV shows, making campaign appearances to raise money, demonizing individual wealth creation by promoting class warfare is helping our economic situation. What it does show is lack of leadership skills and then there is this accounting trick and the truth about the real govt. spending under this Administration

Real federal deficit dwarfs official tally

From the article you posted:

Jim Horney said:
Deficits are a major issue in this year's presidential campaign, but USA TODAY has calculated federal finances under accounting rules since 2004 and found no correlation between fluctuations in the deficit and which party ran Congress or the White House.

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Here is a book that the Obama supporters will avoid with a ten foot poll and should be required reading for all voters

The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House at US Action News

Ed Klein, the author of a new, thinly-sourced book attacking President Obama and Michelle Obama with gossip and innuendo, went on far-right talk show host Dana Loesch’s radio show today to suggest to listeners that the president is a secret Muslim.
The comments came during a discussion about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose inflammatory rhetoric and association with the Obamas have once again become a favorite line of attack by the conservative media.
Loesch asked Klein about a passage in his book in which he spoke with Wright about Obama’s time at the Trinity United Church of Christ, which says it welcomes members of all faiths and religions:

LOESCH: One of the stories that comes from your book is that you say that Jeremiah Wright told you that he helped Barack Obama accept Christianity without denouncing Islam. Now the natural question then for me to ask is, is Jeremiah Wright saying that Barack Obama is Islamic?
KLEIN: I asked him that question, that exact question. I said ‘did you convert Barack Obama from Islam to Christianity?’ He said ‘it’s hard to say. It’s hard to say.’ He said, and then I asked him again, I said ‘do you think he was a Muslim?’ He said ‘no I don’t think he was a Muslim.’ I think he said ‘he was steeped in Islam. He grew up understanding Islam. As a child and as a teenager he understood Islam. But he did not understand Christianity.’
Ed Klein, Author Of New Anti-Obama Book, Suggests Obama Is Secretly A Muslim | ThinkProgress


Who is Ed Klein?

Klein resigned from the New York Times Magazine after publishing “two stories of questionable accuracy.” As editor, he ran a staged photo of a drug arrest that turned out to be a four-year old advertising photo and ran an article about an encounter with the Khmer Rouge that turned out to be a hoax.

He later became a gossip columnist for Parade under the pseudonym Walter Scott. There, he produced “four gossipy, thinly sourced, and financially successful books about the Kennedy family.” [Source: The Village Voice]

Klein’s body of work

Klein’s Kennedy books were found to be “salacious” and inaccurate. As then-CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour noted, Klein took “half truths and untruths and concocted a fictional conclusion.” He employed “People-magazine-level investigative reporting” to “ferret out what may or may not be truth” from Kennedy acquaintances, even publishing outrageous claims that JFK Jr.‘s wife Carolyn Bessette was a “hot-tempered cokehead.”

In fact, much of his work is aimed at attacking prominent women like news anchor Katie Couric and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Klein’s gossip book “The Truth About Hillary” was written while he was being paid by a conservative publisher looking for an anti-Clinton book. Klein said his book, in which he made false homophobic attacks and the appalling claim that Chelsea Clinton was a product of “marital rape,” was intended to be “an attack on someone who is not suitable to be President of the United States.”

Even Klein’s fellow conservatives panned his book on then-Senator Clinton. Columnist Kathleen Parker wrote that “only the fringiest Clinton-haters” could like the book, and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan called Klein’s work “poorly written, poorly thought, poorly sourced, and full of the kind of loaded language that is appropriate to a polemic but not an investigation work.”

Turning his attention to President Obama, Klein later self-published a novel, “The Obama Identity: A Novel (Or Is It?)”, that rehashes every conspiracy theory about the Commander-In-Chief, including that he was born on foreign soil and is a Muslim.” He also published the demonstrably false claim that the President humiliated Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu by leaving him to have dinner with his family upstairs—an impossible claim, as his wife and their daughters were all in New York at the time. In his latest work, Klein appears to have lifted a source’s key quote from the Huffington Post (rather than his own interviews) and, according to the source, constructed a false characterization of the interview.

The reviews

Klein’s latest book, “The Amateur,” was rejected by “every respectable publishing house” and, instead, is being published by a “far-right imprint specializing in the promotion of conservative talking points.” Here’s a sampling of what reporters and even his conservative peers have to say about his body of work:

The National Review Online’s Ramesh Ponnuru on “The Amateur”: “I would say that this story if just unbelievable.” [Source: MSNBC]

International Business Times on “The Amateur”: “It may be hard for Klein’s book to be picked up as the author has been questioned for his credibility in the past.”

New Yorker on “The Truth About Hillary”: “In better times, in a better world, the shoddiness of its reporting and the vulgarity of its writing would place it safely beyond discussion.”

Tucson Citizen: Klein’s book was “a rancid, stomach-wrenching dish of sloppy research and nasty personal attacks ... the literary equivalent of a backed-up septic tank.”

USA Today refused to repeat Klein’s allegations in “The Truth About Hillary” because it had “no independent proof of their validity.”

New York Post’s John Podhoretz: Klein’s Clinton book is “hate-ography” and “one of the most sordid volumes I’ve ever waded through.”

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly on the Clinton book: “Far too many accusations are coming from people who are settling grudges in a cowardly way.”

A closer look at the discredited author behind the latest smear on the President — AttackWatch
 
From the article you posted:



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The official tally shows Obama running trillion dollar deficits, the article says those numbers dwarf the real numbers yet like all liberals you refuse to address the budget numbers I have posted and said what you believe should be cut. It takes leadership to cut the budget and thus make a difference in the budget, "Your" President had his chance and failed, time for real hope and change
 
Who is Ed Klein?

Klein resigned from the New York Times Magazine after publishing “two stories of questionable accuracy.” As editor, he ran a staged photo of a drug arrest that turned out to be a four-year old advertising photo and ran an article about an encounter with the Khmer Rouge that turned out to be a hoax.

He later became a gossip columnist for Parade under the pseudonym Walter Scott. There, he produced “four gossipy, thinly sourced, and financially successful books about the Kennedy family.” [Source: The Village Voice]

Klein’s body of work

Klein’s Kennedy books were found to be “salacious” and inaccurate. As then-CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour noted, Klein took “half truths and untruths and concocted a fictional conclusion.” He employed “People-magazine-level investigative reporting” to “ferret out what may or may not be truth” from Kennedy acquaintances, even publishing outrageous claims that JFK Jr.‘s wife Carolyn Bessette was a “hot-tempered cokehead.”

In fact, much of his work is aimed at attacking prominent women like news anchor Katie Couric and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Klein’s gossip book “The Truth About Hillary” was written while he was being paid by a conservative publisher looking for an anti-Clinton book. Klein said his book, in which he made false homophobic attacks and the appalling claim that Chelsea Clinton was a product of “marital rape,” was intended to be “an attack on someone who is not suitable to be President of the United States.”

Even Klein’s fellow conservatives panned his book on then-Senator Clinton. Columnist Kathleen Parker wrote that “only the fringiest Clinton-haters” could like the book, and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan called Klein’s work “poorly written, poorly thought, poorly sourced, and full of the kind of loaded language that is appropriate to a polemic but not an investigation work.”

Turning his attention to President Obama, Klein later self-published a novel, “The Obama Identity: A Novel (Or Is It?)”, that rehashes every conspiracy theory about the Commander-In-Chief, including that he was born on foreign soil and is a Muslim.” He also published the demonstrably false claim that the President humiliated Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu by leaving him to have dinner with his family upstairs—an impossible claim, as his wife and their daughters were all in New York at the time. In his latest work, Klein appears to have lifted a source’s key quote from the Huffington Post (rather than his own interviews) and, according to the source, constructed a false characterization of the interview.

The reviews

Klein’s latest book, “The Amateur,” was rejected by “every respectable publishing house” and, instead, is being published by a “far-right imprint specializing in the promotion of conservative talking points.” Here’s a sampling of what reporters and even his conservative peers have to say about his body of work:

The National Review Online’s Ramesh Ponnuru on “The Amateur”: “I would say that this story if just unbelievable.” [Source: MSNBC]

International Business Times on “The Amateur”: “It may be hard for Klein’s book to be picked up as the author has been questioned for his credibility in the past.”

New Yorker on “The Truth About Hillary”: “In better times, in a better world, the shoddiness of its reporting and the vulgarity of its writing would place it safely beyond discussion.”

Tucson Citizen: Klein’s book was “a rancid, stomach-wrenching dish of sloppy research and nasty personal attacks ... the literary equivalent of a backed-up septic tank.”

USA Today refused to repeat Klein’s allegations in “The Truth About Hillary” because it had “no independent proof of their validity.”

New York Post’s John Podhoretz: Klein’s Clinton book is “hate-ography” and “one of the most sordid volumes I’ve ever waded through.”

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly on the Clinton book: “Far too many accusations are coming from people who are settling grudges in a cowardly way.”

A closer look at the discredited author behind the latest smear on the President — AttackWatch

Aw, yes, destroy the messenger and ignore the message, that is the politics of personal destruction. You and other liberals do that well. Gee, imagine MSNBC claiming the book is unbelievable yet never offering any proof. How about your proof that the allegations made aren't true?
 
Aw, yes, destroy the messenger and ignore the message, that is the politics of personal destruction. You and other liberals do that well. Gee, imagine MSNBC claiming the book is unbelievable yet never offering any proof. How about your proof that the allegations made aren't true?
Remember our discussion on "credibility"?

I have neither the time nor interest in reading Klein or taking the time to research his claims, he has no credibility.
 
Let me ask you Obama supporters, do you think it is appropriate with all the debt, all the unemployed/under employed Americans, the very low economic growth, massive govt. spending that the President of the United States should be spending his time on The View, Late Night Shows, and campaign fund raisers?
 
Remember our discussion on "credibility"?

I have neither the time nor interest in reading Klein or taking the time to research his claims, he has no credibility.

Obviously just like the Obama results are ignored. Doesn't matter what Obama does because all that matters is what he says. It really is too bad that actual results have no credibility to an Obama supporter
 
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Let me ask you Obama supporters, do you think it is appropriate with all the debt, all the unemployed/under employed Americans, the very low economic growth, massive govt. spending that the President of the United States should be spending his time on The View, Late Night Shows, and campaign fund raisers?
...and con changes the topic of his own thread for the 3rd time!

Wow.....whiplash!

But lets indulge him....

Yes con, a POTUS should campaign for his re-election, it is allowed.
 
...and con changes the topic of his own thread for the 3rd time!

Wow.....whiplash!

But lets indulge him....

Yes con, a POTUS should campaign for his re-election, it is allowed.

Why would the President have to campaign for re-election if his results were as good as you seem to think? All he continues to show is the name of the book is accurate
 
Obviously just like the Obama results are ignored. Doesn't matter what Obama does because all that matters is what he says. It really is too bad that actual results have no credibility to an Obama supporter
But that is the irony, you ignore the results, you haven't honestly faced or discussed all results, only those that conform to your agenda. I understand I'm partisan, the problem is you can't admit yours.


ps...what is the topic of this thread? I lost track.
 
Why would the President have to campaign for re-election if his results were as good as you seem to think? All he continues to show is the name of the book is accurate
Gee....name a POTUS running for a 2nd term in the modern era that didn't campaign.
 
Let me ask you Obama supporters, do you think it is appropriate with all the debt, all the unemployed/under employed Americans, the very low economic growth, massive govt. spending that the President of the United States should be spending his time on The View, Late Night Shows, and campaign fund raisers?
Please show me where the President of the U.S. is in charge of the free market and the private sector?


Obama spending binge never happened - Rex Nutting - MarketWatch
 
But that is the irony, you ignore the results, you haven't honestly faced or discussed all results, only those that conform to your agenda. I understand I'm partisan, the problem is you can't admit yours.


ps...what is the topic of this thread? I lost track.

The tread topic is about the Amatuer in the WH and everything posted here supports that definition of Obama
 
Please show me where the President of the U.S. is in charge of the free market and the private sector?


Obama spending binge never happened - Rex Nutting - MarketWatch

You said Bush destroyed the economy which is mostly private sector, so which is it? Bush destroyed the economy or didn't have anything to do with it?

Obama spending binge ignores reality and plays on the ignorance of the Obama supporters or maybe the ignorance of the author. Most people don't know that the fiscal year of the U.S. runs from October to September thus much of the 2009 budget was left to Obama but was all charged to Bush. Bush never got a budget approved by Congress only Continuing resolutions. Bush didn't pass or sign the stimulus plan or the GM/Chrylser bailout, or the Afghanistan supplementals yet was charged for all that. That is liberal dishonesty or pure ignorance. Which is it?
 
The tread topic is about the Amatuer in the WH and everything posted here supports that definition of Obama

The thread topic is about a partisan hit piece written by a rightwing bobo. :lol:
 
The tread topic is about the Amatuer in the WH and everything posted here supports that definition of Obama
Ignoring the irony continues....no surprise.

ps ...If you actually confined your thread comments on the book to the book, that would be appropriate.....but like I said, staying on topic, even in your own thread, seems to be an impossibility.
 
Remember our discussion on "credibility"?

I have neither the time nor interest in reading Klein or taking the time to research his claims, he has no credibility.

are you claiming Clinton has no credibility?
 
The thread topic is about a partisan hit piece written by a rightwing bobo. :lol:

Got it, you don't like the author therefore everything that author wrote is false? Interesting, do you have that same principle in looking at the hit pieces against GW Bush? Have you bothered to check out the allegations made and proved them wrong? Could it be you can't therefore you attack the messenger?
 
...and con changes the topic of his own thread for the 3rd time!

Wow.....whiplash!

But lets indulge him....

Yes con, a POTUS should campaign for his re-election, it is allowed.


not using my tax dollars..
 
Ignoring the irony continues....no surprise.

ps ...If you actually confined your thread comments on the book to the book, that would be appropriate.....but like I said, staying on topic, even in your own thread, seems to be an impossibility.

Obama is an amatuer and in way over his head yet people like you ignore all the evidence supporting that claim. What is it about liberalism that creates this kind of loyalty?
 
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