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Obama: I reversed recession until 'bad luck' hit
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | August 15, 2011 | Byron York

Posted on 08/15/2011 4:40:47 PM PDT by 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."

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1 posted on 08/15/2011 4:40:51 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

pathological liar.


2 posted on 08/15/2011 4:41:55 PM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
PhotobucketHistory repeating itself.
3 posted on 08/15/2011 4:43:07 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“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.

Obummer loves talking about himself!


4 posted on 08/15/2011 4:43:11 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The other day, I picked a booger and ate it. It prevented me from dying of Malaria... and see, I am still alive today!


5 posted on 08/15/2011 4:43:35 PM PDT by Paradox (Obnoxious, Bumbling, Absurd, Maladroit, Assinine)
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To: ken21

Oh so now he’s a comedian????


6 posted on 08/15/2011 4:43:36 PM PDT by geege
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To: Free ThinkerNY

George Bush was crucified and ridiculed for anything less than perfect, and Obama was going to do everything “smarter”.

Now it’s “Hey, I had bad luck, so what?”


7 posted on 08/15/2011 4:43:36 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: ken21

Oh so now he’s a comedian????


8 posted on 08/15/2011 4:43:44 PM PDT by geege
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To: Free ThinkerNY

My guess is he was totally off scrip and someone’s head is going to roll.


9 posted on 08/15/2011 4:44:04 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Even Tom Cruise has a hard time believing this schmucks hype anymore...

10 posted on 08/15/2011 4:45:00 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: Red_Devil 232

“....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.”

Whereas Obama did what when he ran???


11 posted on 08/15/2011 4:45:19 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Nachum

ping for the pathological liar


12 posted on 08/15/2011 4:45:33 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Democrats: debt, dependence and derision)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"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..."

I think I know who the "we" is here. It contains the guy who bleated "Bush's fault" at every opportunity.

13 posted on 08/15/2011 4:45:35 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Free ThinkerNY


14 posted on 08/15/2011 4:45:42 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is delusion on a dangerous level.


15 posted on 08/15/2011 4:46:32 PM PDT by barstoolblues (Notes from the Hobbitt Hole. From Hezbollah Hobbitt)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is delusion on a dangerous level.


16 posted on 08/15/2011 4:46:44 PM PDT by barstoolblues (Notes from the Hobbitt Hole. From Hezbollah Hobbitt)
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To: geege

The bad luck hit when he started to run for president. How’s that for funny ?


17 posted on 08/15/2011 4:47:39 PM PDT by molson209
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To: Free ThinkerNY

AGAIN...OBAMA, YOU LIE

18 posted on 08/15/2011 4:48:01 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’m sure the Japanese tsunami had economic effects, but I can’t say I ever hear it mentioned as a big factor by economic commentators.

Obama has the tsunami in there front and center, you’d think it had hit the USA.


19 posted on 08/15/2011 4:48:15 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is the first Blame President I think we have ever had. This grasping to foreign disasters and Euro troubles for excuses on personal failings is not going to wear well with the voting public. I hope our GOP candidates start calling this Weak Sally out on these lies.

On the bright side, at least he is finally admitting that the economy is in a shambles and not on some sort of boom.


20 posted on 08/15/2011 4:48:20 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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