Obama: I reversed recession until 'bad luck' hit

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | August 15, 2011 | Byron York

[Free ThinkerNY]

At a town hall meeting on his campaign-style tour of the Midwest, President Obama claimed that his economic program "reversed the recession" until recovery was frustrated by events overseas. And then, Obama said, with the economy in an increasingly precarious position, the recovery suffered another blow when Republicans pressed the White House for federal spending cuts in exchange for an increase in the national debt limit, resulting in a deal Obama called a "debacle."

"We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again," Obama told a crowd in Decorah, Iowa. "But over the last six months we've had a run of bad luck." Obama listed three events overseas -- the Arab Spring uprisings, the tsunami in Japan, and the European debt crises -- which set the economy back.

"All those things have been headwinds for our economy," Obama said. "Now, those are things that we can't completely control. The question is, how do we manage these challenging times and do the right things when it comes to those things that we can control?"

"The problem," Obama continued, "is that we've got the kind of partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put party ahead of country, that is more interested in seeing their political opponents lose than seeing the country win. Nowhere was that more evident than in this recent debt ceiling debacle."

[Shqipo]

I so remember Bush being blamed for the dip in the economy, like three minutes after the Twin Towers fell by parasites like Obama. He was too presidential to flash this “woe is me” attitude.

[svcw]

He really is delusional. It is like we are watching his brain liquefying before our eyes.

[presently no screen name]

So now ‘Bad Luck’ rules America. We don’t need a president then. What an a**.

Barry, who will be your most feared opponent in the upcoming election? He responds: Bad Luck

[Nachum]

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[dila813]

I almost lost my lunch

[Revolting cat!]

The nation’s brain trust at work!

[Revolting cat!]

Is he touring kindergartens with these fairy tales?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Obama: The Buck Stops There

or there

or there

[Thom Pain]

Maybe Mr. Obama will succeed at not only destroying the democrap party, but also the sycophant media whores, too.

[I Drive Too Fast]

Looking at the properties of the picture it says 1934 which might be the year it was published.

[Lmo56]

But over the last six months we've had a run of bad luck."

Whaat ??? He thinks he can pull a "Charlie Brown" and get away with it ???

"The sun was in my eyes, I tripped on a rock, my glove is too big ..."

[savage woman]

He really is delusional. It is like we are watching his brain liquefying before our eyes.

OMG I so agree with you...and it’s such a little puddle
that we are left looking at.
Also, was camera instructed to not leave him? They have
not once moved to show the “so called crowd”, even when
a person is asking him a pathetic question.

[Rocky]

When you go on a spending spree, and then the bill comes due, that’s what you call “bad luck.”

[Fzob]

We are watching a public implosion of a President.

The sooner we get this over with the better.

[I Drive Too Fast]

Earlier FR article on cartoon from 2009

[mylife]

Does he ever tire of lying?

[jimbo123]

[American in Israel]

debacle." "We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, gotten the economy moving again...

Darn, I must have missed that!

[Red_Devil 232]

Yes he is! You should have heard some of the questions his chosen audience asked him at his invitation only town hall.

[nerdwithagun]

Wow, thanks for posting that. Old but still relevent.
Is that Trotzky on the bottom left?