Posted on 07/20/2009 9:06:47 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
US President Barack Obama defended his administration's response to the economic crisis over the last six months, declaring: "The fire is now out."
"I think that we have stepped back from the abyss. I think we've put out the fire," he said in an interview with PBS, according to a transcript released by the TV station.
But Obama, who is facing declining popularity ratings for the first time in his presidency, said a lot remains to be done to fix the recession-mired US economy.
"The analogy I use sometimes is, we had this beautiful house. And there was a fire. We came in and we had to hose it down. The fire is now out, but what we've discovered is, we need some new tuckpointing, the roof's leaking, the boiler's out, oh, and by the way, we're way behind on our mortgage," Obama said
The work that remains will be undertaken with "the limited resources" that are available, and will take time, Obama said.
"Nobody's more mindful than I am of the difficult, difficult times that people are feeling right now," he said.
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Obama has putting gasoline on the fire with his stimulus package.
“US President Barack Obama defended his administration’s response to the economic crisis over the last six months, declaring: “The fire is now out.”
Yeah, we’re finished.
Is he smoking something or what? His wife was carrying a $6,000 clutch purse and wearing $600 sneakers and he’s having luaus for 2,400 on the American taxpayers while people are struggling to buy food. I predict he will become one of the most hated Presidents in American history.
...as he dined on Kobe beef while flying to New York for an evening at the theatre on Broadway.
“But Obama, who is facing declining popularity ratings for the first time in his presidency”
They’ve done nothing but go down since January.
Bhadad Buttcrack. What a dork.
If The One were treated even remotely close to the way that Bush was treated by the MSM and the comedians, his approval ratings would probably be in the single digits right now.
Talk about a guy who is out of touch and clueless.
Obama is a sick, sick man who hates the US and is hellbent to destroy this nation.
This is the kind of fire that goes out when you have already been cremated.
R.I.P. Detriot
“The fire is now out”? Really easy for someone to say that when he’s the one throwing gasoline into the fire. Is this how Kenyans solve problems because no American would solve a problem as dire as this.
Is this guy pathetic, or what?
The only thing this commie is missing is a devout army to pound on us enough to make us ‘forget’ what an idiot he is.
Inept, incompetent, and in charge.
Hmmmmm.......house on fire, behind on the mortgage.
Sounds like arson to me.
I just hope this will be replayed 6 months from now.
A PETITION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH
...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.
Satan has no conscience! He WILL be the most hated creature to infest the White House.
Zero is heartened because google searches are down - not being smart enough to realize they’re down because just about anyone who wanted to search Already Has!
wait until September when the hoardes of white-collar unemployed, 80% of which are men, many with families to support, are told there are no more unemployment checks coming their way after their 52 weeks. And every month after for the next 8 or so months more and more will get the same news...
But don’t worry - Zero just spend 100million on ham for homeless kitchens (and we thought all he wanted to run was auto manufacturers and banks-ha!)
Very well played, sir.
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