Posted on 04/29/2009 9:56:39 AM PDT by kristinn
At his 100th-day town hall meeting in St. Louis, Mo., President Obama took direct aim at the anti-tax “tea party” demonstrations that have cropped up over the last month – and took a veiled shot at FOX News Channel, at the cable news network closely associated with the protests.
Asked about fiscal discipline and entitlements reform, Obama seemed to be repressing a smile as he jabbed critics of his spending plans.
"Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, Obama said, “let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”
“But,” Obama continued, “let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."
It’s the president’s most direct response so far to the protests that flared up in some locations around tax day, on April 15.
In his briefing that day, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters: “I don't know if there's a specific response to protests..I think you saw the president today talk about as candidate Obama promising to bring a tax cut to 95 percent of working families in America, and as president delivering that tax cut.”
The loon and his Loon-O-Tics are approaching a full stall. Spin to follow. Shadenfreude will occur at the ensuing crash...even though CNN will rate it a perfect 1-point landing.
He really is a nasty piece of work, isn’t he?
I love how they all keep referring to the tea parties by using some reference to “tea bags” instead of calling them what they are.
I thought he wasn’t aware of them?
Now that he’s in the WH there’s no need for him to keep his contempt secret as during the campaign. This is very good...now the American people can hear him first hand. There won’t be any doubts that he hates most of America and all that America stands for. I hope this further emboldens him to flaps his gums.
and Bush was out of touch?
Rush Limbaugh talked about this at that political panel thing he was on...Obama's arrogance.
Don't worry, Zero, we're *not* pretending. The deficit isn't the result of the so-called Recovery Act -- it is merely greatly worsened by that pork barrel, part of which goes to finance your own reelection.
"I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security. But, let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."
There, I fixed it.
Hold him to this statement -- Obama vs. Santelli, no holds barred. We'll see who wins.
Obama can even bring the Telepromter.
Kristinn, YOU KNOW he only likes to be referred to as blackskinned. Are you TRYING to tick him off? ;*)
P.S. He is not now, nor ever will be, president of the United States.
Okay, we won't pretend.
Obama is Swahili for “Death to America”
Just like the LSM isn’t aware the first round of Tea Parties was an anti-goobermint movement where ludicrous deficit spending was the the main them, not just simply as ‘they’ state: ‘anti-tax Tea Parties’.
Goodies to all liberal friends and interest groups through the "Recovery Act", but we are going to discuss reforming (cutting down)Social Security and lowering (rationing) medical costs. Yeah, let's not play games, Barry.
so he picks the place of a high school
I only hope one day he comes near to me and I get to ask a question along with me getting to the media to tell them what I think of them
if any media are watching this like MSNBA, NBC,CNN do not be surprised when confronted anymore as you are causing great damage to this country by being in blackout mode
you and your messiah are out of touch with us here and your elitist party or views are not tolerated as fact here
Umm...it is.
And Mr Obunga, stop playing games with numbers will ya?
You are on track accumulate more federal debt than the last 10 presudent combined. By the time, you Obunga is through, America will be firmly on its way to becoming another 3rd world dump like your homeland Kenya.
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