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Obama Scolds American People...again
The Center For Individual Freedom ^ | February 5, 2010 | Editor

Posted on 02/06/2010 5:14:42 AM PST by yoe

Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and record numbers of families are losing their homes to foreclosure, but have no fear, Barack Obama just told us how to make it through these trying times.

At a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, Obama gave the American people a lecture on weathering the financial storm: "When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college."

Excuse us? Does Obama really believe families suffering hardship and misfortune are buying boats and taking extravagant vacations? How dare the president lecture the American people, who are struggling just to make ends meet, when Obama himself fails to practice what he preaches? And as he chastises with one hand, he proposes even more economic hardship and misery with the other.

Obama’s reckless campaign of tax, borrow and spend is driving this nation over a financial cliff. According to his own administration’s latest estimates, the federal deficit for this current fiscal year alone is going to be a whopping 1.6 trillion dollars. Broken down by population, that's approximately 5,300 additional dollars of debt for every man, woman and child in the United States... and that's just for this year.

And to make matters worse, Obama’s proposed 2011 budget, released this week, would triple the national debt over the next 10 years. As Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee put it: " Not only is this budget worse than the last one, but it triples our debt within ten years, features gushers of tax increases, and relies on some partisan commission........

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1 posted on 02/06/2010 5:14:42 AM PST by yoe
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If President Bush had made this speech after proposing such a budget as Barry did the MSM would be wall to wall coverage on how President Bush was “out of touch”.

Instead they will tell us all how profound Barry Hussein is for uttering such words of wisdom!

2 posted on 02/06/2010 5:18:16 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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Wow. I’m all for criticizing Obama for that speech, but it went right over this guy’s head. Obama wasn’t saying that he thought we were buying boats and blowing our money in Vegas, he was trying to sound like he understood why we were mad at the government. Of course, at the same time he was saying this, he was proposing a budget that was the equivalent of buy a yacht and blowing your money in Monaco.


3 posted on 02/06/2010 5:20:39 AM PST by deaconjim (Because He lives...)
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To: yoe

It is becoming obvious that Obama is not even legally qualified to be the President. I am more qualified than he is. As a Merchant Marine Officer I have to hold Three FBI security clearances and offer written proof of past experience and school qualifications. I have to undergo drug tests and complete physical exams every five years. Obama on the other hand has shrouded his past in a cover up. He is spending millions of dollars to keep his past secret. Ridiculous.


4 posted on 02/06/2010 5:20:53 AM PST by screaminsunshine
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To: yoe



5 posted on 02/06/2010 5:22:04 AM PST by Diogenesis (Alea iacta est.)
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To: yoe
He's a combination immature child (who has recently read a book on leadership) and obnoxious old professor.

Neither has any real experience nor any shame in giving advice without it.

Obama may be our first affirmative action president but reality just doesn't give a d@mn about his ethnicity.

IMO, this will not end well.

6 posted on 02/06/2010 5:22:06 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Luk 12:34 -- For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
Not to mention the insanity of holding an expensive party about every other day for the past year, totaling $300-plus million-for the taxpayers!!!
7 posted on 02/06/2010 5:22:27 AM PST by Missouri gal
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To: screaminsunshine

Jimmy Carter was trounced by the American people after he delivered his “malaise” speech - which basically blamed the people for the bad economy.


8 posted on 02/06/2010 5:23:03 AM PST by gartrell bibberts (Sadly, liberals are often well educated but ignorant of history,.economics and civics.)
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To: gartrell bibberts

Get out the brooms for a clean sweep.


9 posted on 02/06/2010 5:24:30 AM PST by screaminsunshine
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To: yoe
There is just too much incentive for a congressman to spend. Combine that with a Pres__ent determined to destroy the country and you get national bankruptcy. This country needs a balanced budget amendment.
10 posted on 02/06/2010 5:26:59 AM PST by Nateman (If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
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To: Nateman
Here is one book about our national debt and another about what led to the problem.

The first you can't read without kicking things around in anger.

11 posted on 02/06/2010 5:36:47 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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To: gartrell bibberts
I see you're old enough, as I am, to remember that. It was the tipping point for Carter and opened the floodgates for his historic defeat. Will the same happen for Oscumbag? I hope so, but I sense an undercurrent of misplaced affection for this douchebag among a large portion of the electorate. It puzzles me to no end.

But isn't it ironic that we have a present-a-dent who lectures people about working hard and saving money when he himself has never had to do those things? What did he blow on that Hawaiian vacation he just took, something like four grand a night for ten or 12 days? A lot of the people he's lecturing don't make that much in a year. At least Carter had a business and grubbed around in the dirt for a living. Somehow, I can't picture The Chosen One doing that.

12 posted on 02/06/2010 5:38:32 AM PST by chimera
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“When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
Doesn’t apply to you and the govt, right obamscum?


13 posted on 02/06/2010 5:41:22 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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nobam a...you can’t lecture me, you loser-of-a-President. shut up!


14 posted on 02/06/2010 5:42:24 AM PST by hal ogen
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To: yoe
It would have been more meaningful if the socialist had said:
"When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a trillion dollar 'Stimulus II' when you can barely pay your debts. You don't blow a bunch of cash on socialized medicine when you're trying to save for basic expenses."

15 posted on 02/06/2010 5:42:28 AM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: yoe
You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage.

That is why we are in trouble. Enough Americans took the easy credit that community organizer Obama insisted be made available to them. They then bought stuff they didn't know the value of and couldn't really afford.

16 posted on 02/06/2010 5:44:26 AM PST by EVO X
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To: yoe
He's a combination immature child (who has recently read a book on leadership) and obnoxious old professor.

Neither has any real experience nor any shame in giving advice without it.

Obama may be our first affirmative action president but reality just doesn't give a d@mn about his ethnicity.

IMO, this will not end well.

17 posted on 02/06/2010 5:44:32 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Luk 12:34 -- For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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To: yoe

FUBO


18 posted on 02/06/2010 5:45:13 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

doesn’t he have a big party in the White House something like every three days?


19 posted on 02/06/2010 5:46:37 AM PST by junkyarddawg
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To: yoe

Obama is such an elitist Marxist muslim treasonous @sshole. I can’t wait to see him perp-walked out of our White House.


20 posted on 02/06/2010 5:47:22 AM PST by thethirddegree
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