Excuses wearing thin for Obama

BY STEVE HUNTLEY,Chicago Sun Times

Obama can’t blame Bush anymore

Have you heard the news? President Obama inherited an economic mess from the Bush administration.

You say that’s hardly news? But it’s been the message sounded over and over by the White House. Top Obama adviser David Axelrod said on one of the Sunday news shows,"He walked in the door,we had the worst economy since the Great Depression."In San Francisco,Obama talked of being "busy with our mop."White House heavy hitter Rahm Emanuel used the worst-economy-since-the-Depression line on a public TV news show.

You’d think it’s October 2008,the final month in the Obama presidential candidacy,rather than October 2009,nine months into the Obama presidency. Yet the Obama White House is in full campaign mode —maybe because it needs to mask the shortcomings of the Obama presidency.

Take,for example,all the talk of inheriting the worst economy since the 1930s crisis. That came in response to the news that the federal deficit hit $1.4 trillion.

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20 comments to Excuses wearing thin for Obama

  • Rebecca

    This administration is plunging deeper and deeper into debt with its eyes wide open,knowing that this will destroy the dollar and the country it represents,and all the while playing the blame game.
    We need an administration that will solemnly appraise the country–again and again will be necessary–of the real debt bind we are in,will put a stop to ALL discretionary spending,revoke Congress'pay raises,lower taxes and relax the restrictions on business and exploration and development,and I believe we could dig our way out of this hole,though it wouldn't be easy at best. As it is,we are kicking the can down the road for our grandchildren and later progeny to weep over! This is change we can believe in!!!

    • Yes,we could Rebecca easily,but could it be the men &women who are suppose to be representing the American people are deliberately selling America down the river on purpose to bring in a Socialist state? It seems they are moving faster than ever toward this end. Especially "OOO"who makes moves daily against America.

  • thomas

    Obama is a "DEVIL"in black clothing!!!! WE must beware!!!!!

  • Elizabeth Rice

    If anyone will take a good look at the obama administration they can only see what John Adams was talking about when he said "There are two ways to enslave a nation,one is by the sword,the other is by DEBT. Guess which one obama is using. Doesn't take a Harvard trained to see this. When we become a 3rd World Nation,as he is trying to do,will we look back and ask "Why did't I see this coming?"Open your eyes and your ears,it's there.

  • D. Fayette

    It was real dangerous giving the credit card to so many liberals.

    I'm waiting for the financial plan to balance the budget and pay down the national debt. I thought the President was all about time lines. He has yet to provide one yet!

  • John R. Botifoll

    IF THE PEOPLE IN THE USA DO NOT RISE ABOVE THEIR APATHY TO FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM AT HOME,WE'D HAVE NO EXCUSE TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD AND THEN THEY'D BE RIGHT ON CALLING OUR TROOPS,AN OCCUPATION ARMY. TO START THE FIGHT AT HOME PRAY FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION AND ACT BY IMPEACHING OBAMA AT http://www.exposeobama.com BY SIGNING UP. ONCE WE'D REACH THE CRITICAL MASS ( MAJORITY ) WE'D DEMAND THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS AND THE SENATE TO VOTE FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT OR THEY WILL BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE AND THE COUNTRY FOREVER.

  • Mimi

    If this incompetency or should I say if this coup happened in private industry,these idiots would have been out the door in a flash. We,the American People need a law that permits us to call an emergency vote to remove an incompetent:President,Senator,Representative,Leader of the Senate,Leader of the House and a Supreme Court Justice. The way it stands at present,only Congress can remove or impeach the President and we all know that the fear mongoring idiots in Congress called democrats will not go against the president. That means that we are stuck with incompetence for quite awhile and hoping that we can do something after he destroys us completely. I hope that the dummies that voted for this administration are sorry and have learned their lesson. Pray that the eligibility law suit finds him to be a fraud and invalidates his presidency. Pray hard.

  • Justanangel

    Why many Americans cannot see what the Obama administation is doing is just beyond my comprehension. Obama blames everyone except himself for this mess. He will blame Bush for as long as we allow it. He makes fun of anyone who does not agree with him,such as;people waving tea bags. Polosi and Biden are just the most irresponsible two people I have ever seen. Just look at the people who surround Obama…He is out to destroy the dollar in America with his radical idological ideas of his hate for capitalizim. Why does he not take a salary from the american people and move out of our White House (Mrs. Obama,said this is our home) excuse me……the wihte house belongs to the american people,paid for by the american people)which he pays nothing to live there and having 24 hour security not only for himself,but his wife and children. None of these things would bother me if he were not complaining about capitalizim and not benefiting from it. My one last grip is that everytime we do not agree with his actions and policies,we are called "racists". I believe his one-half white,isn't he. He was raised by white people. Why is he not labled as bi-racial?

  • Tom

    It is obvious even to the unconscious that the man is incompetent and hates America. He must be impeached and tried for treason. Please America,let's quit talking about it and get the job done.

  • Ann

    Just keep united,Americans ,in 2010 &2012 to outvote the Demo. Congress &vote for a Conservative in 2012. Inorder to impeach this Idiot in WH,we need Congress's help,so that's why we need to outvote the corrupt ones in there now by 2010. Keep signing petitions &protest them anyway you can,actively,writing,financially,even if its a $5.00,talking out ,spiritually ,etc. Join Conservative groups in the internet for starters.

  • Michele

    Great post's!…. I couldn't agree more with all of you. Stay strong,be watchful.
    "We The People"will prevail.

  • Michele

    Great post's!…. I couldn't agree more with all of you. Stay strong,be watchful.
    "We The People"will prevail.

  • Guest

    Dear,Dear Patriots:I say "AMEN!"to the comments posted here. WE CAN DO SOMETHING NOW:Google "contact U.S. Senate"or "U.S. House",download the members w/phone numbers. Write your thoughts inWord or WordPerfect in concise,logical manner;call each Senator,make a note of who answers,and then ask them to give your comments to "Senator—". Be polite,but to the point. Thank them for listening. If you can't call because of work,go to Senate website,by each Senator,copy your written thoughts in,fill out your demographics. Pray for the writing of the message and the hearing.
    FOR THE FUTURE OF U.S. FREEDOMS,TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS. God bless you all,and God bless America,and protect us from Obama's OBVIOUS PUSHING US TO SOCIALISM

  • NoCrud

    What I'm afraid of is that the Third-Partiers will pull another Ross Perot and get such division in the voters that Conservatives will lose again. When will people begin to realize that we need to vote for the country and not for a man?

    The Democrats will vote for a garage broom as long as they think it is a Democrat garage broom…Democrats are happy indeed when they see the "Other Party"divided into this and that faction. What we need now is to get rid of the Democrats. Period. People who champion a man,perhaps a good man,are shooting off the toes of those who could win if they could only unite. Democrats are much better at uniting even if they do it illegally. Too many Republicans/Conservatives go for a cause,go for a faction,go for a notion while the Democrats just go vote for whatever they have and slither off to the White House or whatever other office they have their cunning sights on.

    Was McCain perfect? No,nor is any other politician. But,is there anyone out there who thinks McCain would have done to the Office of the Presidency what our grinning leader has done to it??? At least we could have had Sarah Palin to whisper game plans in McCain's ear and she sure beats a ton of Bidens…

    Now,I can hear people saying they are this and that "other"party,that they man is strong on this and that. I don't want to hear about it…If their great men had pushed McCain a little harder,he'd have been a better man and the "other party's"votes could well have made a difference. The math is not all that conclusive since I know of many who did not vote who did not like this or that about a man running for office when,again,we need to vote for the country and not for a man! The Democrats do it by voting for their party since they think their party is what the country needs.

    Somehow,some people think that "voting for the lesser of evils"is somehow a negative. But,does anyone now think it was not OK to vote for McCain merely because he was the lesser of evils? If so,check it out and see if that notion didn't come from the Democrat machine.

    Ross Perot did it to us and now we have come a long way since then. Now it is not just one man,it's several. And,for what? Did they win? Of course,their voters wanted to "send a message."I got the message…They are like children,hiding behind excuses when all they wanted was to get their way.

    We are in a losing game,we cannot change the rules of the game and we cannot even get out of the game. Anyone want to prove me wrong?

    We need to tell the Republican Party what they must do to please the people. Period.

    We also need a recall system in our government,as someone mentioned. When a few politicians get the boot,the others will do more than keep a watch on their derriere,they will learn that what counts is the collective will of the people. This should be an easy goal to attain but it cannot be as long as we have so many hero-worshipers as voters.

  • John

    We should impeach Obama,no argument there,but I will add Nancy Palosi and Harry Reid.

  • I am all for impeachment of this evil President it seems the Republicans does not get it either and I am one of them the only thing I am a Conservative .I Pray some body somewhere can do something about all these people obama has surrouned his self with they are communist and marxists but Sean Hannity told us before election that he is one of them by sitting in Jeremiah wrights church 20 years. Also Bill Ayers the underweather communists . obama is just like what he hangs around with. If someone does not do something quick our GREAT CONSTITUTION is not going to be any more obama is trying his best to do away with it. I am 66 years old and on a fixed income but I know thr POWER IN PRAYER I sure can do that. So called Christians had to vote for obama or he would not have went in HOW IS THE CHANGE WORKING FOR SO CALLED CHRISTIANS NOW??????????

  • Allen Foltz

    Mr. Obama is a muslim in sheep 's clothing

  • Rubee

    It is so important that all of us,whether it is an Obamaite or Bushite,to remember during these past years of weakened economy…There is ONLY ONE common denominator between Bush and Obama and that is the elected officials of Congress. They are more guilty of the mess we are in —it is time for us,WE,THE
    PEOPLE,to wield the sword of the real power —our VOTES and get rid of all the DEAD WOOD and benevolently arrogant elected officials who fail to listen to the citizens that voted them into their position. We are their employers,we are not subservient and do not accept being spoken down to,bullied,and treated like complete idiots. WAKE UP,Americans from complacency.

  • thomas

    I agree with Allen,but in BLACK sheep's clothing.

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