Obama presser: Does Obama pay attention?

HotAir.com ^ | February 10, 2009 | Ed Morrissey

[daylilly]

An oft-repeated aphorism instructs us that we can have our own opinions, but not our own facts — or at least not unless we get to stand behind the podium at the White House. When Barack Obama explained his economic package last night to the American people in a prime-time press conference, he made two flat-out false statements regarding his opposition. He also added a completely incorrect reading of history, one that turns out to be very instructive about his own economic incompetence.

[daylilly]

Obama tried a couple of times to lay the deficit off on the Republicans, but more than half of that deficit came from the bailouts of last year, which the Democrats pushed through Congress. Republicans balked at the massive TARP program, which Obama criticized in his press conference last night. The Bush administration didn’t partner with Republican leadership to get that passed; they had to get the Democrats to pass it, and Democrats have controlled Congress for the last two years. And the economic crisis came from the collapse of the housing market bubble created by the kind of intervention Obama proposes.

[Red Badger]

Obama is the Donovan McNabb of politics............

[Diogenesis]

There were more than two lies.

"Republicans want to blow up public schools."

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Rep. Kanjorski: $550 Billion Disappeared in "Electronic Run On the Banks"
"On Thursday Sept 15, 2008 at roughly 11 AM The Federal Reserve
noticed a tremendous draw down of money market accounts in the USA
to the tune of $550 Billion dollars in a matter of an hour or two.
Money was being removed electronically.
The treasury tried to help with $150 Billion.
But could not stem the tide.
It was an electronic run on the banks
The treasury intervened but had they not closed down the accounts
they estimated that by 2 PM that afternoon.
Within 3 hours. $5.5 Trillion would have been withdrawled
and collapsed and within 24 hours the world economy."

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FLASHBACK: from 9/15/08:

“U.S. President George W. Bush said Monday he is confident
that the markets are resilient and can deal with the latest financial blows.
“We are working to reduce disruptions and minimize the impact
these financial market developments on the broader economy.” ...

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
said eight years of Bush “brought us the most serious financial crisis
since the Great Depression.”

His Republican rival said John McCain said he was happy the
federal government decided not to use taxpayer dollars to bail out Lehman Brothers.”

How did Obama know THEN
that we would experience the ‘most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression’
when those who did not plan the takeover would not know for three more months?

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October 10, 2008, another massive selloff.

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Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota,
points out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential Election2008

* Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
* Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 Republicans: 2,427,000
* Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million Republicans: 143 million
* Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1

[VeniVidiVici]

Obama is the Donovan McNabb of politics............

Nah. At least Donovan is good during regular games. He only chokes at the big one.

Osama, here, chokes all the time.

[IrishMike]

...”While President Bush was accused shortly after taking office in 2001 of “talking down the economy” - and for saying the economy was “slowing down” - Mr. Obama is using ever-heightening hyperbole to hammer home his message. But the strategy brings great risk for the “Yes, We Can” man, who just three weeks ago told America in his inaugural address that despite “a sapping of confidence across our land,” his election meant Americans had “chosen hope over fear.”.....

Source: Times Online

[Venturer]

People with small minds ,believe everything that comes out of the Messiah’s mouth. Lies dont matter when half the people in the country dont know the difference. Others dont care or voted for him and dont want to listen.

[ncalburt]

Its sadly obvious the guy is not running the show !
Soros office is the real WH and this idiot is the hand puppet .
The Obama state run media knows this fact and fear for there life and their Fcc license if that fact was announced !

[stylin_geek]

Bookmarked.

[kabar]

Obama created a bunch of phony strawmen. And it is worth remembering that Bush left half of the TARP money for Obama to spend, i.e., $350 billion.

[madinmadtown]

Why is it that Dems think that long, rambling, drawn-out non-answers are the sign of intelligence? Consider their last three Presidential nominees, Gore, Kerry and Obama; all of them have in spoken a long and rambling style with little substance beyond the style.
George Bush, by contrast, deliberately spoke in short and understandable language.
The Dems thought he must be stupid because his language was DELIBERATELY spoken so that anyone could understand his meaning. He and his speech writers worked hard to make his speeches easy to understand.
Obviously, one of the answers is that the Dems do not want people to understand what they are saying. It is easier to hide a lie in a lot of rambling incoherency.

[skr]

ping for when I’m not supposed to be at work

[HwyChile]

I did not watch Obama for obvious reasons. Did the republicans have someone to rebutt him after the press conference? I remember when Bush would give a press conference, the democrats were always given some time to rebutt what president Bush had just said. Republicans should insist on the same right with networks.

[paulycy]

Did the republicans have someone to rebutt him after the press conference?

That's a really, really good point.

Where the heck are the effective, outspoken Republican defenders?

Is no one at the wheel here? Apparently not.

[Battle of Tours]

Obama without a teleprompter makes Mel Tillis look like Cicero

[Rummyfan]

Did the republicans have someone to rebutt him after the press conference?

I didn't see any rebuttal and I don't think that would apply - it was a press conference not an address.

I turned it off as soon as the first questioner turned out to be Helen Thomas.

[PGalt]

Very good article by Ed Morrissey and very good comments at the link. Thanks for posting.

[HwyChile]

“I didn't see any rebuttal and I don't think that would apply - it was a press conference not an address.”

No, it was an address disguised as a press conference. That may be why they formated as a press conference to stop any rebutall.

[new cruelty]

Good point. The media has been desirous to see him do well for over two years now.

[roses of sharon]

Diogenesis, what are you saying? Do you suspect that Hussein (and friends) had a hand in the original “crisis” right before the election?

Because I remember reports that Paulson had been speaking with Hussein 2 wks BEFORE the sudden crisis. It was reported that Paulson was “briefing” him in phone calls.

Of course, we all know that Paulson is a Democrat, a global warming kook.

Are you suspicious of those transfers that Kanjorski was talking about?

[PGalt]

It is easier to hide a lie in a lot of rambling incoherency.

Most lightweight socialists/collectivists aren't good at communicating because there is not a core theme that they can default back to and build upon during any conversation. Their terms are always couched and measured, their sentences rambling and disjointed. The heavyweight socialist's speech is clearly identified as commands, demands or dictates.