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Old 10-26-2010, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Houston area, for now
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Wow. You mean just before an election a politician says hes gonna focus on the things that matter. This may change the course of political leadership as we know it.
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Old 10-26-2010, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Anyone find the timing of this just a little suspicions, 7 days before an election, where Democrats are supposed to get pounded? I bet its more likely Republicans will focus on the deficits and Obama will be forced to play along...
Someone famously said deficits don't matter. That would be Dick Cheney. Looks like him and Obama are in perfect agreement on this.

deficits don't matter - Google Search=

SOme clown tried to fix medicaid a few years ago. He was excoriated as being unethical and uncaring.

Bush's cuts to Medicaid unethical

His name was George Bush. My, my....gee, people attacking the figurehead. It's just a different year and a different head. Craps been happening since Carter. I remember that. Carter was an idiot. Reagan was an idiot. Clinton was a sex clown idiot. Bush was a buffoon idiot. Now Obama is a muslim kenyan marxist socialist vacationing idiot.

What.... ever.
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Old 10-26-2010, 05:18 PM
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Someone famously said deficits don't matter. That would be Dick Cheney. Looks like him and Obama are in perfect agreement on this.

deficits don't matter - Google Search=

SOme clown tried to fix medicaid a few years ago. He was excoriated as being unethical and uncaring.

Bush's cuts to Medicaid unethical

His name was George Bush. My, my....gee, people attacking the figurehead. It's just a different year and a different head. Craps been happening since Carter. I remember that. Carter was an idiot. Reagan was an idiot. Clinton was a sex clown idiot. Bush was a buffoon idiot. Now Obama is a muslim kenyan marxist socialist vacationing idiot.

What.... ever.
Wow - I think you've nailed the mood of the electorate better than any of the experts!
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Old 10-26-2010, 09:11 PM
 
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As President, I suspect one would have to weigh a great many issues and prioritize which needed dealing with first. Does this mean he is not sincere now or only that he isn't sincere in general for failing to address this issue sooner?

In order to make an attack point, the ultimate point of this thread is to remove focus on the action of reducing deficit, which I think we all would agree is a good thing, and instead focus on just shooting Obama down as though there isn't 48907254028976 other things to be critical of.
The ultimate point of this thread is to show how his priorities have kept millions of people unemployed. While there are 48907254028976 other things to be critical of, the ONE most critical thing is WORKING. Not be carried by government programs. I'd like to know how many of you still supporting Obama are the very ones complaining about those of us, on said programs.

Anyone thinking the economy is getting better, check your local 'food shelf' line and/or waiting area. Check your local Dept. of Soc. Services waiting area.

It's five o' clock somewhere.
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Old 10-26-2010, 09:19 PM
 
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The ultimate point of this thread is to show how his priorities have kept millions of people unemployed. While there are 48907254028976 other things to be critical of, the ONE most critical thing is WORKING. Not be carried by government programs. I'd like to know how many of you still supporting Obama are the very ones complaining about those of us, on said programs.

Anyone thinking the economy is getting better, check your local 'food shelf' line and/or waiting area. Check your local Dept. of Soc. Services waiting area.

It's five o' clock somewhere.
Yes, I agree Obama most certainly should have placed more focus on unemployment which started to skyrocket at the end of 2007 and was at like 7.5% or there abouts when he took office. Of course at that time, people were talking about the recession turning into something worse than the Great Depression and managing to keep our entire economy from utter collapse is more important that just jobs. You'll find no argument from me that he should have focused harder on unemployment instead of heath care.

Although it is kind of ironic though that had he focused on jobs and improved things economically, the Republicans would likely not gain the House back in the midterms, so one point of joy for those on the right is that Obama's failure is their success.
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Old 10-26-2010, 09:48 PM
 
Location: In the desert
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What he should do is tell the Republicans "OK if you want to cut spending, we will". Then he should start VETOING things like the huge farm bill which largely goes to Republican states and big defense contracts which largely benefit red states. Then we will see how serious the Republicans are before we move on to programs like school lunches, Schip and Social Security.
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