A President We Can Be Proud Of.

[NickCole]

Our long national nightmare of eight years is over. A couple of "Hurrahs" four months into a presidency is hardly a national Nuremberg rally, for Christ's sake!

I didn't say it's a Nuremberg rally.

 

[Corny]

Public Relations.

What I said.

Well technically this thread never said something else. "A presiden we can be proud of".
Of course if you don't care about your people's reputation outside of your oh so big country, then there is nothing to be proud of. But ask some Americans who actually had to look over the rim during the last years how they felt. I have even met a few who were trying pass themselves off as Canadians to avoid all the negativity stuck to the American image

 

[NickCole]

I supported Hillary in our primary but gladly switched my support to Obama. He IS doing a fine job so far, given what is on his plate to deal with.

He's putting on a good show but in terms of substantive accomplishment he hasn't earned "fine job," at best we have to give him an incomplete.

Just imagine the mess we'd be in if the recession had blossomed while Bush was still President.

There was a recession while Bush was President, in 2001-2002.

 

[NickCole]

Well technically this thread never said something else. "A presiden we can be proud of".
Of course if you don't care about your people's reputation outside of your oh so big country, then there is nothing to be proud of. But ask some Americans who actually had to look over the rim during the last years how they felt. I have even met a few who were trying pass themselves off as Canadians to avoid all the negativity stuck to the American image

I'm all for Obama rehabilitating our international reputation, though I think that might be more substantively achieved by doing things like holding Bush & Co accountable for torture and getting rid of the military tribunals and calling out the genocide of Armenians in Turkey like Obama said he would rather than photo-oping the Holocaust again.

I don't mind Obama's PR work, he's good at it and that's good for all of us, but it's also a deception machine and you have to watch out for that. Reagan, one of the people Obama looks up to and parrots, is a prime example.

 

[opinterph]

There's brand new and very bad economic news about unemployment and home foreclosures and rising mortgage insterest rates and nobody on any of the news stations is talking about it.

Maybe the news stations don't consider the brand new economic news to be quite as grim as your post implies. FWIW, mortgage rates remain at historic lows.

The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell … a fresh signal that the worst of the labor-market downturn has passed.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124411775802884961.html

TransUnion.com said the number of borrowers at least two months behind on their mortgage rose for the ninth quarter in a row … as the quarterly growth rate fell from the prior quarter for the first time since the current recession began in December 2007. "While this may sound like trying to make good news out of bad," he said, "in fact it is an indication that we may be currently working our way through the worst of the recession."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124385425510071885.html

In another sign that the housing market may have begun to recover, the number of people who signed contracts to purchase homes increased for the third month in a row.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124395144013576881.html

The dollar will extend its recovery against the euro next week as more traders join the fray, the U.S. appears past easing mode and data signal the worst is over.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124423146889389871.html

 

[Apollo]

Maybe the news stations don't consider the brand new economic news to be quite as grim as your post implies. FWIW, mortgage rates remain at historic lows.

I have a new appreciation for you. You cut through all the constant spin and bullshit people put in threads, and show the full truth.

 

[cruz555]

Isn't he the first American President ever to confirm that the Holocaust happened? And actually took the bold risk of touring a WWII concentration camp? I'm pretty sure he is! Oh my gosh it's just so exciting to finally have a President we can Believe In! He surely is The One We've Been Waiting For!!!

I like you.

 

[Apollo]

I like you.

you know he is a Hilary Clinton democrat right?

 

[chance1]

awwww we have butthurt hilary clinton supporters, george bush republicans, and just republicans shining their lights.

they are still grasping at straws. so entertaining

way to group people together

whoever thinks the idea that Pres. Obama should be congratulated for admitting the holocaust happened is ............. a hillary supporter, a bush republican, etc.

because o/w one could not believe such a thing - is that it?

ur unbelievable

it's the typical us/them politics that you practice with all of your posts

which is not entertaining

 

[NickCole]

Maybe the news stations don't consider the brand new economic news to be quite as grim as your post implies.

Of course they don't. They're too busy fawning over Obama.

Obama has inspired a collective fawning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/31/AR2009053102079.html

FWIW, mortgage rates remain at historic lows

That's fine but not the point.

Rates on 30-year home loans surged above 5 percent for the first time in nearly three months this week as investors pushed up rates on long-term government debt, which is closely tied to mortgage rates. ...

While signs are building that the battered U.S. housing market is beginning to stabilize, higher rates could endanger any recovery, since borrowers would be able to borrow less money and might decide to hold off on their purchases.

Mortgage applications fell 35 percent last week from a week earlier, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. Applications to refinance existing loans, which had made up about three quarters of mortgage applications earlier this spring, fell to about 60 percent of loan volume.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7148582/

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The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell … a fresh signal that the worst of the labor-market downturn has passed.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124411775802884961.html

There are several numbers out, they're all measured differently and provide different information. For example the unemployment rate rose steeply to 9.4% and employers cut a net of 354,000 jobs. This is new information from May, just out this week, and merits discussion on news shows. And if they didn't have another Obama Horse & Pony Show to show pictures of and gush about, the topic might actually get air time. Just sayin'.

TransUnion.com said the number of borrowers at least two months behind on their mortgage rose for the ninth quarter in a row … as the quarterly growth rate fell from the prior quarter for the first time since the current recession began in December 2007. "While this may sound like trying to make good news out of bad," he said, "in fact it is an indication that we may be currently working our way through the worst of the recession."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124385425510071885.html

It does, indeed, sound like trying to make good news out of bad.

It's worse but that's good news because it may mean it's as bad as it can get. Honestly.

In another sign that the housing market may have begun to recover, the number of people who signed contracts to purchase homes increased for the third month in a row.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124395144013576881.html

See my link above. The reason that what's happening with mortgage rates is troubling is because it may reverse this trend.

 

[NickCole]

you know he is a Hilary Clinton democrat right?

I can hear the sinister organ music playing behind that.

Evil Hillary Clinton Democrat !

 

[HenryReardon]

It's pathetic.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with Obama taking a trip, giving one of his Keebler Cookie speeches, visiting a concentration camp, filling a few news cycles with good photo ops. That's okay, I think it's fine. But this A President We Can Be Proud Of stuff over a series of photo ops is just pathetic. It's the same nonsense Obama supporters have been drooling about month after month while The One We've Been Waiting For is still keeping us waiting for something of substance.

Don't hold your breath. There is no substance there to be found.

What is truly pathetic is the spectacle of the POTUS running around all over the world bad-mouthing the USA. What is even more pathetic is the fact that so many people of the left/liberal/looter persuasion think it is a good idea.

 

[Apollo]

way to group people together

whoever thinks the idea that Pres. Obama should be congratulated for admitting the holocaust happened is ............. a hillary supporter, a bush republican, etc.

because o/w one could not believe such a thing - is that it?

ur unbelievable

it's the typical us/them politics that you practice with all of your posts

which is not entertaining

You mean condeming the president of Iran over his comments at a holocaust memorial in an actually internment camp? Yes he should be congratulated for it.

 

[Apollo]

I can hear the sinister organ music playing behind that.

Evil Hillary Clinton Democrat !

lol I hired the guy myself.

 

[NickCole]

You mean condeming the president of Iran over his comments at a holocaust memorial in an actually internment camp? Yes he should be congratulated for it.

Sure, it's a good thing, I just can't get all worked up over it.

I don't believe this is going to change anything. So there it is again with Obama - nice speech, cool set and props and comments and good pictures but I need more than that to be proud of our President.

 

[chance1]

You mean condeming the president of Iran over his comments at a holocaust memorial in an actually internment camp? Yes he should be congratulated for it.

for stating the obvious?

for being so what ............. brave?

what exactly is he to be congratulated for?

there's a big difference between supporting the president and being his butt boy

and right now you're acting like the latter

not just you though - so not to worry

 

[NickCole]

Well there it is.

Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/06/05/newsweek-s-evan-thomas-obama-sort-god

 

[Apollo]

Sure, it's a good thing, I just can't get all worked up over it.

I don't believe this is going to change anything. So there it is again with Obama - nice speech, cool set and props and comments and good pictures but I need more than that to be proud of our President.

Did you really just call an internment camp cool sets and props? Seriously?

Beyond that, I doubt the speech was suppose to change anything. He was simply doing what presidents must do, when on the road in foreign countries. Keeps relations nice, and appeals to voters. Something any president would do if they were in Germany during the Holocaust memorial.

 

[NickCole]

The natterings of two old guys on a cable tee-vee show accounts for what, exactly?

I'll give you hint.


"Newsweek editor Evan Thomas"


Maybe someday the lightbulb will go on over your head. I won't hold my breath.

 

[NickCole]

Did you really just call an internment camp cool sets and props? Seriously?

Seriously.

Because that's exactly what Obama Productions was using it for.