Obama: Let’s face it, Congress is hurting my approval rating

Hot Air ^ | August 22, 2011 | ALLAHPUNDIT

[RobinMasters]

Not an absurd claim on its face — in theory, the more people hate “Washington” generally, the more all relevant players should suffer — but it’s astounding to think this is the same guy who swore up and down on the trail that he was going to transform the way D.C. does business. Three years ago his message was, “Elect me and strike a blow for hope.” Now his message is, “Reelect me because Congress is hopeless.” Now that’s Change.

CBS’s edit of the interview doesn’t include Obama’s full answer so here it is in the interest of fairness:

Mason: This past week Congress’ popularity obviously is, they’re, it barely registers. But this past week your popularity hit a record low. What does that say to you?

President Obama: Well, what it says to me is I’m the President of the United States and when people aren’t happy with what’s happening in Washington, that I’m gonna be impacted just like Congress is. And you know I completely understand that, we expected that.

But when you look at how people feel about my approach to deficit reduction or when you look at how people feel about my belief that we’ve gotta continue to invest in education or medical research or making sure that we’re rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our seaports and our airports, when you look at how people feel about the agenda to rebuild America so that it’s competitive in the 21st century that I’ve been promoting over the last couple of years, it turns out that people are supportive of that.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Do you want to piss off a liberal? Tell them that they aren’t popular anymore. It’s a college kid thing.

[A message]

FUBO

[Steely Tom]

He’s probably been given the heads-up that his poll numbers are headed lower.

[mnehring]

Time to sing along- everyone now!

From "Obama Blames" search results (just the first few pages)

Obama blames George W. Bush, hard working Americans, and just bad luck
Obama blames the internet
Obama Blames Arab Spring and Japan's Earthquake
Obama Blames Messy Democracy
Obama Blames Politics
Obama Blames 'Wrangling'
Obama Blames ATMs
Obama Blames Congress Republicans
Obama Blames Washington
Obama blames Bush, Europe
Obama Blames Tea Party and God
Obama Blames "Network of Misinformation"
Obama Blames 'Splintered' News Media
Obama blames speculators
Obama Blames Israel
Obama Blames America
Obama Blames Lazy Oil Companies
Obama blames our economy on luck
Obama Blames US High Schools
Obama Blames US 'Democracy'
Obama Blames the Brass
Obama blames political wrangling
Obama Blames Insufficient Stimulus
Obama now blames poor
Obama Blames Dumb Children
Obama Blames Intelligence
Obama Blames "Twitters" Gaffe On Speechwriter
Obama blames bad weather
Obama blames convenience
Obama blames growing demand in India

[the invisib1e hand]

what it says to me is I’m the President of the United States and when people aren’t happy with what’s happening in Washington, that I’m gonna be impacted just like Congress is.

can it be that it hasn't sunk in that we think you're the enemy?

[the invisib1e hand]

didn’t he blame bitter clingers for something once?

[Blood of Tyrants]

Obama’s narcissistic personality disorder make him incapable of taking the blame for anything.

[tumblindice]

“And it means that there are times where Congress is gonna do things despite what I saw as opposed to because I think this is the right direction for the country.”

Can anyone translate this into English?

I’m thinking he had to be on drugs when he spat out this monster.
OK, never mind, waste of time. Just the usual Obama bullshit.

[molson209]

well maybe he could executive order it away then

[Jim Robinson]

"But when you look at how people feel about my approach to deficit reduction or when you look at how people feel about my belief that we’ve gotta continue to invest in education or medical research or making sure that we’re rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our seaports and our airports, when you look at how people feel about the agenda to rebuild America so that it’s competitive in the 21st century that I’ve been promoting over the last couple of years, it turns out that people are supportive of that."

Obama is an idiot. His Marxist approach is bankrupting America and is creating nothing but depression.

[colorado tanker]

I've never seen a President like this. He never has a plan of his own for anything. He is responsible for nothing. Everything is someone else's fault.

I knew he had no administrative experience, but this man has some maturity and leadership issues.

[SandRat]

[calex59]

Actually we now have a new drinking game. We have worn out the “unexpectedly” drinking game and now we have the “It’s not my fault it is the fault of(insert your favorite excuse here).

[mnehring]

That was probably after page 3. There were over six hundred thousand results for Obama Blames so I think I would get zotted for posting them all.

[mnehring]

I guess we’ll need Obamacare for all the new livers?

[Hoodat]

Can anyone translate this into English?

It means that he wasn't reading from a teleprompter.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"...making sure that we’re rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our seaports and our airports, when you look at how people feel about the agenda to rebuild America so that it’s competitive in the 21st century that I’ve been promoting over the last couple of years, it turns out that people are supportive of that."

That trillion dollars in stimulus money would have rebuilt every road, airport, bridge and seaport in the world ten times over!!

[One Name]

Reminds me of a just-cut bull thats wonders why he can’t command any respect. “I could swear I just had a big set; what’s going on?”

Jesse Jackson had this part envisioned.

[calex59]

Actually I think Bozo is trying to kill off all the conservatives with alcohol poisoning.