Posted on 09/28/2011 2:18:16 PM PDT by STARWISE
The White House hit back Wednesday against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's contention that President Obama has been a "bystander" to the nation's problems.
"There were no bystanders in the Oval Office," presidential press secretary Jay Carney said. "In the past two and a half years that Barack Obama has been president, it has been one of the most substantial periods in our history."
Mr. Carney went on to cite the "enormity" of the challenges that faced Mr. Obama when he took office, including a deep recession and global financial crisis. He said Mr. Obama made "a series of incredibly challenging decisions" to solve those problems.
Mr. Christie, in a speech Tuesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, said Americans "continue to wait and hope that our president will finally stop being a bystander in the Oval Office."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
He said Mr. Obama made “a series of incredibly challenging decisions” to solve those problems.
and failed
.. Ping!
Obama’s prickly.
You know he hurt them if they had to respond that fast.
Christie’s slam dunk posterized them. :)
I have notified Attack Watch of Christie’s comments.
I’ll tell you what. I’m a die hard Palin supporter but if Christie somehow got the nomination Obama’s so done. I said IF he got the nomination, that would be the tough part for him. If you’re the GOP nominee and you can pull in some of the northeast like NJ or NY or even a couple of smaller ones it’s over.
Lame comeback. The equivalent of ‘Oh yeah????”
Talk about tone deaf—this White House has apparently decided that the American people haven’t heard enough bitching, whining and lecturing from the know-nothings in charge. Yeah, keep doing that.
The GOP does not need another sh’t slinger as much as it needs a solution thinker. The nation needs solutions. Obama promised change which was a waste in terms of solutions. The country does not need another Obama running on empty.
“I have notified Attack Watch of Christie’s comments.”
I am so glad you did...I mean Crissy stated several times the lack of leadership and all.... LOL I am sure the left was turning red from anger on that speech last night! Best speech I have heard in a really long time! Go Christy Go
“I have notified Attack Watch of Christie’s comments.”
I am so glad you did...I mean Crissy stated several times the lack of leadership and all.... LOL I am sure the left was turning red from anger on that speech last night! Best speech I have heard in a really long time! Go Christy Go
“I have notified Attack Watch of Christie’s comments.”
I am so glad you did...I mean Crissy stated several times the lack of leadership and all.... LOL I am sure the left was turning red from anger on that speech last night! Best speech I have heard in a really long time! Go Christy Go
He’s got his minuses, fersure ..very mixed bag:
2nd Amendment
Immigration (although, getting the border closed
is what he says is #1)
(killer for me) Ground Zero Mosque
However, he sure does pack a wallop when he’s fired up
and fighting for HIS convictions.
Listen to The Great One, Mark Levin:
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He said Mr. Obama made “a series of incredibly challenging decisions” to solve those problems.
And failed on purpose.
Mr. Carney, I'm from Texas and I know bull ca-ca when I hear it. And you, Mr. Carney, are full of bull ca-ca.
WOW!
They took the bait!
Christie set it up as “Either Obama was a bystander, OR?”
White House declares “Obama NOT a bystander!”
Well then...
THAT MAKES HIM RESPONSIBLE!!!
Obama’s ACTIVE MANAGEMENT FAILED!!!
“Leadership from Behind”
I was a big fan of Christie, IN NEW JERSEY, talking down a smarmy teacher at a town hall, etc.
But I listen to this speech at Reagan’s Library and he scares me the way Obama did with his Greek columns.
“Leadership and compromise” are NOT necessarily good! Obamacare was “leadership” beyond what Hillary proposed and “compromise” between the leftists and the far-leftists!
“Action” is NOT what all Americans expect. As a conservative, I WANT **LESS** ACTION FROM GOVERNMENT!
It strikes me, and maybe some fans of this guy can help me see the light differently, but I think he’s got the meaning of Reagan potentially all wrong.
He focuses on Reagan’s “fairness” in acting decisively. Obama acted decisively on Obamacare, and decisively by standing behind Eric Holder, and decisively on shutting down drilling in the gulf...because he thinks it’s fair!
Reagan’s decisions were based on fairness, ok, but WITHOUT COMPROMISE on principles such as “government is not the solution!” Reagan never compromised this principle and said, “Wha-ell. Oh. Kay. Yes. Today voters want action, so it’s not really true that government is the problem. Government is part of the solution in a balance bipartisan nonbickering way so that we can DO something. Ah. Anything. Something.”
This is far, far, far away from what Christie is talking about here.
And the fact that so many ideologically thirsty and Reagan starved conservatives are lapping it up because they are desperate for someone, anyone to say anything flattering about what America once was....is just as scary as how Obama shepherded his liberal sheep to slaughter with the same kind of misleading rhetoric.
Dems immediately sense that Christie is the alpha male in the room and they lamely try to take back dominance.
I heard this and I thought Christie was all wrong.
Bambi has actually managed to achieve an enormous amount of what his handlers wanted (socialism and the extending of Islam), although it’s true that he didn’t really have to do anything himself. All he had to do was get elected as the figurehead to get them into power and then go on vacation, emerging once in a while to give a rabble-rousing speech to blacks or union members, and then go back on vacation again because his dominance of these two groups has the rest of the country scared silent.
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