Posted on 03/04/2016 11:51:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
Once reluctant to hype the U.S. economy's slow climb out of recession, President Barack Obama now is in cheerleader mode.
"America's pretty darn great right now," Obama told reporters Friday as he celebrated a strong jobs report that he said proved Republicans' "doomsday rhetoric" is little more than "fantasy."
Obama's brief remarks were a striking turn for a president who for most of his seven years in office has put on a sober face every time he spoke about the economy. Years of slow jobs growth and stagnant wages made the president and his team wary of seeming out of step with the plight of Americans still feeling the aftereffects of the recession. ...
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Deluded!
Why, yes! I agree!
The economy that all elected officers of the government is, actually, pretty damn good - for them!
Proof he has wanted to destroy it all along.
Great for Wall Street and hedge-fund managers. Small businesses, retirees, and wage-earners have seen their income shrink.
Whatta dork.
The slowest, weakest recovery since the Great Depression, at half the average and one fourth the Reagan recovery DESPITE headwinds from Washington ain’t so great, Barry.
Deceitful.
He is either deluded or stupid
probably both
80% of the jobs are low wage part time jobs, many caused by Obama’s healthcare disaster. No wonder he’s so pleased.
Yes, the economy created a whole bunch of minimum wage jobs last month. Woo hoo! Thanks Zero.
“A monkey could get 2% growth!”
Another indication that he has the mind and education of a third grader.
A Muslim third grader.
It has cost us what, 9 Trillion and counting to get us to a state of malaise or worse? We still have long-time businesses shutting down.
If this doesn’t prove the 100 year progressive movement in this country has failed, I don’t know what will.
CGato
It’s so great “Brother Can you Spare a Dime” is going to be our new national Anthem.
He’s right if you visit the DC beltway region.
All the boys have 1000 dollar suits and the girls 500 dollar dresses, shoes, and handbags.
delusional idiot empty suit
Debt now...$19T
My cat could create a better economy with that kind of bread.
Obama trickle-down economics...double-down on fake currency, cronies skim off the top, temporary jobs made out of monopoly money later, blow your own horn when FAKE numbers good, go play golf when REAL numbers bad.
BTW, why just let gov. get away with it...let's ALL counterfeit $$$ or max-out our credit cards(then demand debt-limit raised higher)to pay our bills and thrills!
Meet the Nobel prize winner...for anal speak.
I’d hate to see bad.
Lying, Liars got to Lie.
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