it gives people a sense that, you know what, their President's not some remote, detached guy on a TV screen.
Posted on 08/22/2011 7:50:09 PM PDT by 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.
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LOL - that’s bound to give me nightmares.
that clinches it he’s deaf dumb and blind
NO...his internal numbers have completely tanked...bye bye WH occupant...
The schmuck stops here
Oh he's capable....he has a choice to deny and accept the evidence or not. He's choosing to blame because he has a group of people telling him how to deflect the obvious...they are all in the blame game mode....he simply follows his orders.
The marriage is over no doubt. They're both playing the Hillary/Billy boy card...public appearances with smiles...but they're done.
Typical of a child.
But they will stay married for convenience, and she will purchase her new home perhaps in Hillary's neighborhood with the elites. Kinda scary come to think of it.
I think many political marriages are just that...convienance. Part of presenting the right picture. Michelle never looks happy and scowls far too much for a first lady. She should at least try to present our nation....but like Obama it isn’t about our nation...it’s about them so that’s what they project.
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