‘The only negativity about Barack Obama is . . .” (video)
Look, I understand there are millions of Americans who believe Barack Obama has been a good president. (That is, I understand this is a fact; I cannot say I understand their perspective.) But, as Piers Morgan summarizes Davis Guggenheim’s position, to the filmmaker’s approval, “the only negativity about Barack Obama is there are too many positives”? Seriously?
It’s almost enough to ruin “Waiting for Superman” for me. At least, I guess, it reveals how uber-liberal the opponents of school choice must be, if even a guy like Guggenheim supports it.
Oh, and lest I bury the local lede: I guess we now know who’s been writing on this blog under the alias “Bart Abel.”
I kid, I kid!
(H/t: Ed Morrisey at Hot Air)
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Do what??????
March 9th, 2012
3:43 pm
” Iran wants to talk ”
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JF, look in the dictionary for the word, stupid. You will find a picture of yourself next to that word.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
3:45 pm
Our President Bush ran up the debt? Your Idiot Klown Obozo will have run up almost $6 trillion in four years. Our President Bush “only” ran up $4.9 trillion in EIGHT.
President Bush: Superior to Obozo.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
3:47 pm
“His “abysmal” record on jobs was because we had a banking and housing crises. That’s not his fault, but he did pick up the pieces.”
Tell that to the 15% unemployed (real and who have given up)
“We’re growing and a lot better off than Europe.”
Tallest of the midgets isn’t a campaign slogan I’d like to be running on.
“The stock market is way up.”
The stock market has nothing to do with the economic health of the nation.
“On every other occasion, he’s been proven right. Bailing out the banks and autos was right.”
Except that it wasn’t. How many banks have learned their lesson?
“Handling Libya the way he did was right.”
Good outcome, but not our fight – ever.
“Getting out of Iraq was right.”
Bush’s policy AND timetable.
“Economist of all political background agree the stimulus was right.”
Until it runs out this year.
“Even when he “lost”, like with the debt ceiling, he won. They raised the debt ceiling and haven’t cut anything.”
Yes they have – our bond rating.
“Iran wants to talk”
Because Israel wants to bomb their a$$es.
“and North Korea is giving up Nukes for food.”
Not yet, they’re not.
“The only real controversial thing that he has done is healthcare, and he could be proven right on that as well.”
Thus far, the general consensus is that it won’t do what he said it was going to do on performance, costs, or cost.
“and a much, much, much better job than Bush who ran up the debt”
Along with the Democrat Congress at the end.
“completely mangled our foreign policy”
Not completely.
“and let Wall Street wreck the economy by failing to regulate CDOs.”
Except that wasn’t what wrecked the economy.
But other than that, JF McNamara, you’re spot on!
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
3:50 pm
Obozo is helping Iran get the bomb using the very same tactics the mullahs are using–delay, obfuscation, and denial.
JV
March 9th, 2012
3:53 pm
A brief history lesson for liberal/progressives:
1977: Jimmy Carter (D) signs the Community Reinvestment Act, guaranteeing homes loans to low-income families.
1999: Bill Clinton (D) puts the CRA on steroids by pushing Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac (F&F) to increase the number of sub-prime loans (owning a home is now a ‘right’.).
1999 (September): New York Times publishes an article, ‘Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending’, which warned of the coming crisis due to lax lending policies of the Clinton (D) administration.
2003: White House calls Fannie and Freddie a “systemic risk”. The Bush (R) administration pushes Congress to enact new regulations.
2003: Barney Frank (D) says F&F are “not in a crisis” and bashes Republicans for crying wolf and calls F&F “Financially Sound” Democrats block Republican sponsored regulation legislation.
2005: Fed Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan voices warning over F&F accounting “We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk”
2005: Sen Charles Schumer (D) says “I think F & F over the years have done an incredibly good job and are an intrinsic part of making America the best-housed people in the world.”.
2006 Sen. John McCain (R) again calls for reform of the regulatory structure that governs F&F.
2006: Democrats again block reform legislation.
2008: Housing market collapses: Democrats blame the Republicans.
MarkV
March 9th, 2012
3:55 pm
Kyle,
Your mocking of Davis Guggenheim’s position would be more credible had you not included your admission that you could not understand the perspective of those, who believed that Barack Obama had been a good president. That does not say much about your powers of understanding.
Gm
March 9th, 2012
3:57 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
Ok barry iditot answer this question
So it was ok for Bush to spend $4.9 trillion in Iraq to build up their infrastructure and you have a problem with Obam spending his money on Americans who were in need because Bush caused the worst collaps in history?
Yep you people are truly Americans
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
It’s not important to understand insanity. Fixing it IS important. Americans will fix it in November.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
4:00 pm
you have a problem with Obam spending his money
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Whose money? Obozo doesn’t have any money he doesn’t take from the productive.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
4:08 pm
Why shouldn’t Kyle mock someone who has such a tenuous grasp of reality?
Cuckoo doesn’t require understanding, MarkV.
Just therapy. And drugs. Lots of both.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
4:12 pm
Warren Buffett company sued for $366 in unpaid taxes
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The new Buffett Rule: Evade your own tax obligations while whining about others not paying enough.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:13 pm
@Do what??????
March 9th, 2012
3:41 pm
“by 1650 Africans were being brought to the English colonies as slaves.”
And they were sold by their own people.
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And white people did not HAVE TO BUY THEM either.
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
4:15 pm
’scuse my typo…Obozo pal Buffett skipped out on $366 million in taxes.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:16 pm
@Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
It’s not important to understand insanity. Fixing it IS important. Americans will fix it in November.
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White educated women along with other women will fix it for Obama in November.
Thanks to Rush Limbaugh and the STUPID, ANGRY, FRUSTRATED WHITE MEN.
Thank you Lil Barry Bailout for bailing out Obama.
Ernest T. Bass
March 9th, 2012
4:18 pm
Did you know that there were no legal slaves in America till a black man went to court in Virginia in the late 1600’s to have another black man legally declared his slave. Weird, huh? A little bit of history you won’t see discussed during Black History Month…
Wow racist much ? That surely makes up for the hundreds of years whites used blacks as slaves and the 100 or so years whites denied blacks civil rights.
Me thinks Obama would be a little more popular if the shade of his skin were different.
Funny how nobody is asking to see Mitt Romneys birth certificate LOL
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
4:18 pm
Why so consumed by race, sockpuppet? No one else here is.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
4:20 pm
I spoke too soon–another libtard consumed by race just appeared.
Ernest T. Bass
March 9th, 2012
4:22 pm
Our President Bush ran up the debt? Your Idiot Klown Obozo will have run up almost $6 trillion in four years. Our President Bush “only” ran up $4.9 trillion in EIGHT.
President Bush: Superior to Obozo.
And neither can hold a candle to the debt Reagan ran up.
Funny how the deficit wasn’t really a problem when Bush was doing it.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
@Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
It’s not important to understand insanity. Fixing it IS important. Americans will fix it in November.
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REPUBLICANS are “Looking for Boogeyman.”
He does not exist.
carlosgvv
March 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
Actually, Arab Muslims engaged in the African slaver trade for over 1,000 years. I’ve often wondered if American Black Muslims who take Arab names know this?
And as for you Barry, for someone who is utterly obsessed with the one you call “idiot Messiah”, you have no room to talk about being “consumed”.
Ernest T. Bass
March 9th, 2012
4:27 pm
Why so consumed by race, sockpuppet? No one else here is.
If you think Obama’s race has nothing to do with the birthers or some peoples intense hatred for him I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
The old south is dead but racism is alive and well in it. Especially among the older white crowd.
Eventually it will change. As the old racists die off. But that will take another 20 years or so.
Heck until just a few years ago it was still technical illegal for interracial people to marry in Alabama so please spare me the “playing the race card” crap.
Im white. I live in the south. I hear the things white people say when they know black people aren’t around. And if your honest you do to.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:28 pm
@Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
March 9th, 2012
4:18 pm
Why so consumed by race, sockpuppet? No one else here is.
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YOU are the most DISREPECTABLE RACIST on this blog.
EVERYONE on this blog knows that you are.
They can smell the STENCH of your racism every time you blog.
getalife
March 9th, 2012
4:29 pm
“The United States added 227,000 jobs in February, the third straight month of gains over 200,000, while the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3 percent.”
We are headed in the right direction recovering from the w collapse.
The w collapse was very costly but cons have collective amnesia on this reality.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin...
March 9th, 2012
4:30 pm
Most socialist, anti America hating, morally indecent perverts probably wouldn’t find any faults with obozo.
Duh, Kyle, duh.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:32 pm
@carlosgvv
March 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
And as for you Barry, for someone who is utterly obsessed with the one you call “idiot Messiah”, you have no room to talk about being “consumed”
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Lil Barry Bailout is so OBSESSED and CONSUMED that he uses OBAMA’S NAME.
I think HE GOT A THING FOR OBAMA. But he is still in the closet about it.
Ernest T. Bass
March 9th, 2012
4:32 pm
The w collapse was very costly but cons have collective amnesia on this reality.
Excellent point. I guess I forgot the part where W left the economy in great shape and didnt leave Obama with two unresolved wars that W had no idea how to end or even pay for.
Short memories indeed.
Ernest T. Bass
March 9th, 2012
4:35 pm
Most socialist, anti America hating, morally indecent perverts probably wouldn’t find any faults with obozo.
I think Republicans hate America more. They are actually rooting for the President to fail. They want America to fail.
If conservative Republicans don’t love America maybe they should just leave.
And as we all now there are no indecent perverts on the right. Nope none.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
4:39 pm
“I think Republicans hate America more.”
The term “think” does not apply when you make such a statement as this, Ernest T.
“If conservative Republicans don’t love America maybe they should just leave.”
Conversely, if liberals don’t love America maybe they should stop trying to destroy it.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:40 pm
@Ernest T. Bass
March 9th, 2012
4:32 pm
The w collapse was very costly but cons have collective amnesia on this reality.
Excellent point. I guess I forgot the part where W left the economy in great shape and didnt leave Obama with two unresolved wars that W had no idea how to end or even pay for.
Short memories indeed.
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Bush DID NOT leave the economy in great shape. They OVERSTATED that point.
When Bush left office the country had 700,000 UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE per month before OBAMA took over.
YOU are right about the two unresolved wars that W had no idea how to end or even pay for.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:42 pm
@Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
4:39 pm
“I think Republicans hate America more.”
The term “think” does not apply when you make such a statement as this, Ernest T.
“If conservative Republicans don’t love America maybe they should just leave.”
Conversely, if liberals don’t love America maybe they should stop trying to destroy it.
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HOW MANY jobs have the Republicans CREATED?
Now who loves America more?
getalife
March 9th, 2012
4:44 pm
You are losing cons.
Badly.
getalife
March 9th, 2012
4:45 pm
You need another “game changer”.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
4:46 pm
“HOW MANY jobs have the Republicans CREATED?”
Republicans (and government) don’t create jobs, private industry does.
But I’m pretty sure the majority of those 200k + jobs last month were created by Republican businessmen and women, ’cause Democrats sure don’t know how to run businesses, by and large.
Kyle Wingfield
March 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
There’s a word for those people who fancy themselves and Obama alike as centrists: Democrats.
Oh, and If Obama Walked? That joke has been told about pretty much every president, as well as every leader of every other country. If you can’t be sensible, at least try to be original, please.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:53 pm
@Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
4:46 pm
“HOW MANY jobs have the Republicans CREATED?”
Republicans (and government) don’t create jobs, private industry does.
But I’m pretty sure the majority of those 200k + jobs last month were created by Republican businessmen and women, ’cause Democrats sure don’t know how to run businesses, by and large.
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“Republicans (and government) don’t create jobs, private industry does.”
DOES THAT INCLUED OBAMA?
“created by Republican businessmen and women, ’cause Democrats sure don’t know how to run businesses, by and large.”
FYI, my family owns several businesses that are very PROFITABLE and WE ARE DEMOCRATS.
I bet YOU and other REPUBLICANS have MADE our business SUCCESSFUL.
getalife
March 9th, 2012
4:55 pm
The gop lost the women vote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-suffer-among-female-voters/2012/03/08/gIQANzfM1R_story.html
Stop attacking women tough guys.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
4:55 pm
@Kyle Wingfield
March 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
There’s a word for those people who fancy themselves and Obama alike as centrists: Democrats.
Oh, and If Obama Walked? That joke has been told about pretty much every president, as well as every leader of every other country. If you can’t be sensible, at least try to be original, please.
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Republicans NEED a WISHBONE, a JAWBONE and a BACKBONE.
Is that original enough for ya?
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
“FYI, my family owns several businesses that are very PROFITABLE and WE ARE DEMOCRATS.”
And just how many jobs did your “several” businesses add last month, Obama Walked?
carlosgvv
March 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
Kyle – 4:48
Contrary to what you might think, “centrist” is not a dirty word. In fact, if we don’t get a sizable number of centrists in the House and Senate soon, the extremists will pretty much ruin American politics for years to come.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
5:07 pm
The fragile gains Republicans had been making among female voters HAVE BEEN , a shift that has coincided with what has become a national shouting match over reproductive issues, potentially HANDING President Obama and the Democrats an enormous advantage this fall.
But in a survey released Monday, compiling polling since the beginning of the year, that figure had widened considerably to a 15-point advantage for the DEMOCRATS, according to polling by the team of Democratic pollster Peter Hart and Republican Bill McInturff.
51% favored Democratic control; only 36 percent wanted to see the Republicans in charge.
Both sides have tried to shape the narrative in this battle for and about women. But many Republicans are beginning to wish they had NEVER WADED INTO what has become a heated conversation over contraception, who should have it and what it says about people who use it.
EVEN THE WIFE OF RICK SANTORUM has told him to QUIT trumpeting his opposition to birth control.
A prominent GOP STRATEGIST, who requested anonymity to discuss the party’s situation frankly, said: “It’s devastating. I don’t think it’s going to go away. I think it’s going to be a significant challenge the Republican nominee is going to inherit.”
OBAMA MAY NOT HAVE TO WALK ON WATER TO WIN.
THANKS TO THE BIG MOUTH REPUBLICANS.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
5:10 pm
@Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
“FYI, my family owns several businesses that are very PROFITABLE and WE ARE DEMOCRATS.”
And just how many jobs did your “several” businesses add last month, Obama Walked?
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We are at FULL capacity and we are looking for several NEW LOCATIONS where we will be hiring once those locations are found.
DO YOU WANT TO APPLY?
Kyle Wingfield
March 9th, 2012
5:10 pm
carlosgvv @ 5:02: I think you missed the point.
getalife
March 9th, 2012
5:11 pm
The gop attacked every voting group except the cons and those Americans will not reward the gop with their votes.
Another thumpin is coming.
The gop deserve to lose.
Kyle Wingfield
March 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
If your views put you squarely in the category of liberals — or conservatives, for that matter — but you think of yourself as a centrist, it’s not everyone else who has a skewed view.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
“We are at FULL capacity and we are looking for several NEW LOCATIONS where we will be hiring once those locations are found.”
So then your answer would be – none – right, Obama Walked?
Thanks for proving my point.
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
5:15 pm
@getalife
March 9th, 2012
5:11 pm
The gop attacked every voting group except the cons and those Americans will not reward the gop with their votes.
Another thumpin is coming.
The gop deserve to lose.
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Yes…just like they attack people on this blog.
I am voting EARLY to get my THUMP in.
MarkV
March 9th, 2012
5:15 pm
Kyle,
Are you very proud of the people bashing Obama and anybody who disagrees with them on your blog today? Did you expect anything else when you wrote your mindless article?
If Obama Walked on Water Republicans Would Say He Could Not SWIM
March 9th, 2012
5:18 pm
@Tiberius – Your lightning rod of hate!
March 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
“We are at FULL capacity and we are looking for several NEW LOCATIONS where we will be hiring once those locations are found.”
So then your answer would be – none – right, Obama Walked?
Thanks for proving my point.
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HATE, How many people have YOU HIRED?
At least I have and IS GOING TO HIRE MORE.
If you ever NEED A JOB look me up.
Gm
March 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
Who really takes the Georgia conservatve voters serious? come on, this is the same state that voted for Newt, talking about voting against your interest year after year.
Obama will win again, and lose in the south except Florida, people in rural georgia love their trailers and poor quality of life as long as they have a beer and watch UGA there ok with the way things are.
Big Schtick
March 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
Georgia Republican is the lowest form of political animal on Earth.
Least informed, least educated.
Pathetic, really. At least you all have each other to tell yourselves you’re really not all that stupid.