Obama says we're close but not there yet. He just spoke to the American people and an audience stacked with his political props. He antagonized Republicans, setting the stage for his next political fight on budget cuts that will be coming up in a few months.
So far, the deal is close and includes the Bush Era tax cuts for all those making less than $250,000 a year; there are no spending cuts; there is one year extended unemployment. Unemployment benefits have been 99 weeks in most States and he is going to extend for another 52 weeks!
We have a spending problem and Obama wants to ignore it. We have an entitlement society and Obama makes it worse.
Dear Blogger,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, but I am afraid that if you do not become more positive and upbeat on this blog, no one will come to read it or want to contribute to the threads anymore. It has become so hateful and attacking of Pres. Obama and the US Democrats that it is almost offensive. I am not sure I will be bothering to come to your blog in 2013 or read or react to anymore of your threads, I am finding it more and more offensive and have less interest in what you write about. I hope this feedback is helpful for you in running your media outlet. Peace be with you in 2013.
Well thank you for sharing your thoughts. As this is a free country, the last time I checked, we all can express our opinion. Obama won with 50.9% of the vote. Then there are the rest of us who don't believe in his direction of unsustainable debt. One-half of the people in this country believe Obama has failed. Hopefully you will be able to realize that we are a democracy and as such, opinions do matter. Please go to another blog where you can feel all warm and fuzzy.
ReplyDeleteHappy 2013. You will be missed!
Wasn't he going to create jobs?
ReplyDeleteI agree with lw citizen. I read your blog for info about Lake Worth (lynn's little bit of trivia--lake worth).
ReplyDeleteIt's your blog and you can write what you please, but FOX News already covers Obama quite extensively.
That being said, I enjoy your reporting, opinions and comments (whether I agree or disagree) about Lake Worth and South Florida.
There's something for everyone, anonymous. Even Socialists might agree on what I write on national issues from time to time.
ReplyDeleteObama won with 52.3% of the vote and that's the highest % an incumbent president has ever won by. Get it right.
ReplyDeleteIt was the Repubilcan Congress that campaigned on creating new jobs. So far they've filed 32 bills to stop Obamacare a bunch of new anti abortion bills but no job bills. Get it right.
When Obama took office did he inherit a budget surplus or debt? Did he have to spend money to save the country from going in to a depression?
Obama is a smart guy. He's out manuevered the GOP the whole time they were working hard to make him a 1 term president. If he says he's going to work on the debt then you can be sure he will.
2012 results Votes % won
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama
62,611,250 50.6%
Mitt Romney
59,134,475 47.8
Others
1,968,682 1.6
GET IT RIGHT
get it right, anony. You keep re-writing history to make your boy look good. Revisionism you call it.
ReplyDeleteJohnson, who had successfully associated himself with Kennedy's popularity, won 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest won by a candidate since 1820. It was the sixth-most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States in terms of electoral votes; in terms of popular vote, it is first. No candidate for president since the election has equaled or surpassed Johnson's 1964 percentage of the popular vote.
The republican House has passed more than 30 jobs bills that are awaiting action in the Democrat-controlled United States Senate, a senate that only wants to tax and spend.
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