President Obama ALMOST Gets One Right
63President Barack Obama made an interesting statement today. An ABC News article by Russell Goldman sports the following headline:
President Obama: America 'Not Better Off' Today than Four Years Ago
Okay, that part he got exactly right. America is definitely not better off today than it was four years ago--at least if you go by any segment of the economy other than the oil drilling boom in North Dakota. Take our personal financial situation as an example. Please.
Four years ago, in October of 2007, Pam and I lived in the gas drilling boomtown of Parachute, Colorado. We'd purchased our home--brand new--the previous March. I'd left a lucrative truck driving job that had been producing an income of $80,000 annually in order to launch an Internet-based business of my own. We had about $46,000 in capital to work with and the knowledge that if things didn't work out, I could likely go to my former employer and get my job back.
When the business in fact did not pan out--although I'd learned a lot that came in handy when I started writing Hubs--I did exactly that. Got my old job back, not even a drop in pay, and even pulled a raise a few months later. Life was rugged (water hauling on full time night shift in the offroad world of energy production is not for the faint of heart)...but life was good.
Since that time, we lost the job, lost the house to foreclosure, and are currently scrambling to figure out how to pay our taxes.
No complaining, just explaining: Not better off than four years ago. That much, Mr. President, hit the nail smack on the head.
However, there'es more to the ABC News article. For example (emphasis mine):
Calling himself an "underdog," President Obama today said the faltering economy is a drag on his Presidency and seriously impairing his chances of winning again in 2012.
Uh...Mr. President? This is where you fell through the looking glass. You got that part wrong. The faltering economy is not a drag on your Presidency. Your Presidency is a drag on the faltering economy.
And then some.
Many business owners are simply afraid to attempt any expansion of their operations (such as, for instance, hiring more people) because of the terrible uncertainty about the future. What's Obamacare going to cost me really? If I do well, do I get smashed like Gibson guitars got smashed?
Others, bold enough to attempt to grow their operations, find themselves tied hand and foot by countless new regulations or even lawsuits filed by your DOJ (Eric Holder) gang that can't shoot straight. Boeing! Boeing!
You've poured billions of our tax dollars into Green companies whose only real accomplishments have been to line a few owners' pockets with green. Not to mention shutting down oil drilling operations by fiat wherever you've been able to figure a way to pull it off.
We'll stop there for now, Mr. President. Not because there aren't many, many more examples of how your Presidency is a drag on the faltering economy, but because our readers can only take so much. I can see their eyes glazing over already.
You did get one other thing exactly right, though; we should mention that. Your chances of winning next year really are seriously impaired.
Remember in November 2012.
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You got this one right on.
You nailed it, Fred! Guess who said this:
“I think the president has to recalibrate his message. You don't get people to like you by attacking them or demeaning their success. I grew up in a family of 10 kids and the first one to go to college, and I've earned my success. I've earned my right to fly private if I choose to do so. Attacking me is not going to convince me that I should take a bigger hit because I happen to be wealthy.”
- Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television!
American View: Thanks.
Becky: Sometimes a single line out Obama's teleprompter lips just scream for a Hub. :)
Will: Thanks. And thanks to Robert Johnson, too. Herman Cain said recently that he believes he will, if he's the nominee, pull at least 35% of the African American vote in 2012. If Obama keeps on the way he's going (which he surely will), I'd say it could be double that.
Fred smith, CEO of FedEx said this:
“Our corporate tax code, our energy policy, our trade policy and the tremendous increase in regulations are all impeding the economy's ability to grow at reasonable levels.”
Culprits?
Obama and the Democrats
Definitely, Bill. I had caught that one and yes, you called it.
I still say, if Sarah Palin's not running for President, the new Prez needs to pick her for Energy Secretary. That'd take care of THAT roadblock in a hurry.
Bam Bam N D Butt, direct hit Ghost, where's peter? not first?
Kudos voted up,
dust
Perfect piece of writing. What more is there to say except up and awesome!
Great, Ghost. Not much more can be said.
You are right, he is a real drag, and he is dragging us down.
Hi Ghost-
The faltering economy dragging down his presidency, This sounds pretty self-centered! The EPA lead paint laws have put a real damper on my painting business here in upstate NY. Thanks to the new lead law you can't scrape more than 6 square feet of old paint off a house without going through a course and buying about $1000 of equipment. Not only that but the job itself takes a lot more time and if its not to EPA standards your subject to huge fines. You have to warn every surrounding neighbor that you may be scraping lead paint so that they can sue you if thier kid get's attention deficit disorder 10 years from now!- Regards-WBA
Dusty: Glad you liked the marksmanship.
Peter most likely politely abstained on this one; he's essentially a liberal when it comes to politics.
BPop: Glad you like; thanks for the U&A.
Dex: Thanks.
FGual: Couldn't have said it better myself.
wba108: Yeah, it was that self-centered bit that got my attention. I can usually tune him out better.
WHOA! I hadn't caught up to that "new lead law". That's a b*tch! Believe I'd be start pitching my business as, "The NO-SCRAPE Painters! Spray once and done! A few bumps and bubbles add CHARACTER!"
The faltering economy is dragging him down??? Isn't that called putting the cart before the horse? Especially when it's supposed to be the other way around. Our leader is a prime example of leading by delusion.
Excellent synopsis, Fred.
You said it, Fred - or - HE said it - or WE said it...
Whichever - it's been said. Now it only has to happen.
drbj: "Our leader is a prime example of leading by delusion." LOVE that!
Glad you liked the synopsis.
34th: It will happen. A whole lot of us refuse to accept any other outcome.
Voted up across the board!
Thanks.:)
excuses, excuses, excuses, the bane of society.
Perfect. Up and awesome. Thank you.
chander mehra: There ya go! :)
Big Ed: You welcome, and thanks for the U&A.
Your fantasy with Sarah Palin has come to a bitter end for SUCKERS like you !Who are you falling in behind now? Not that it matters to anyone but you and all the U.S.A., (United Snakes of America)
Ah, Roy, I feared you'd near forgot me. So good to see your return, and that you've succesfully graduated from merely poisoning your own mind toward one who attempted to be a friend in your time of need to hating an entire nation.
Though it doth remain a bit of a mystery. How do you DO that?
American View Level 7 Commenter 7 months ago
Called it Perfect Ghost. Up and awesome