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Stephanie Cutter: An incomplete is a totally awesome grade after four years ("He's not done yet")
Hotair ^ | 09/04/2012 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 09/04/2012 10:26:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

We've been waiting for the Barack Obama re-election campaign to come up with a new slogan ever since they added a period to "FORWARD." If the last 24 hours are any indication, the new slogan is either "INCOMPLETE" or possibly "GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE." After Barack Obama gave himself an "incomplete" on the economy in a Colorado Springs TV news interview last night, ABC's Jake Tapper asks Team Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter whether that "cut[s] it" as an answer. "Absolutely," Cutter responds:

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TAPPER: “So President Obama was asked recently about the grade he would give himself. And once again he gave himself an incomplete. It’s been four years. Does that answer cut it? An incomplete after a full term?”

CUTTER: “Yeah, it does, because, you know, once again I’ll remind you of what life was like when he took office. 800,000 jobs were lost in that month alone. 3.5 million in the 6 months prior. And, you know, pretty quickly he was able to turn job loss into job growth. But when he’s saying incomplete, it means a number of different things. One: we’re on a path forward. You know, we’re on our way up. And there is a lot more that he wants to get done. He’s not done yet.”

We’re moving forward? Really? Unemployment has been above 8% since before the recovery began, and we’ve only averaged an additional 66,000 jobs per months since — far below the level needed to keep up with population growth. Once again, here’s the latest from the BLS on the civilian participation rate, which started at 65.7% when Obama took office and was at the same level when the recovery began in June 2009 — but has plunged ever since, to a 30-year low:

Cutter says, “He’s not done yet.” That’s what keeps many of us awake at night.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: incomplete; obama; stephanircutter
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To: SeekAndFind

so essentially this nitwit is admitting that the only chance the kenyan had was to be faced with an easy job. if the job is difficult its too much to expect success.

got it.


21 posted on 09/04/2012 11:28:19 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Hopey changey Low emission unicorns and a crap sandwich)
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To: SeekAndFind

Incomplete means you didn’t get things done in the allotted time. And not only did Obama not get things done, he made them far worse.

D- at best, to be reviewed at the end of his full term for possible downgrade.


22 posted on 09/04/2012 11:34:33 AM PDT by Will88
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To: SeekAndFind

They didn’t fire this Cutter woman after her first huge gaffe, so she’s untouchable now.


23 posted on 09/04/2012 12:12:18 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: SeekAndFind

Cue up the old Jackson Five song “Give Me One More Chance”.


24 posted on 09/04/2012 12:36:05 PM PDT by hotshu (Redistribution of wealth by the government is nothing but theft under the color of law.)
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To: SeekAndFind
An incomplete is a totally awesome grade

There will be plenty of college kids at the DNC. They should try this line on their parents, who are picking up their tuition.

25 posted on 09/04/2012 1:54:52 PM PDT by wbill
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