When you don’t have a record worth running on, apparently coming up with a new campaign slogan isn’t easy.
Advisers say a fresh slogan to replace the winning “Change we can believe in” mantra of 2008, is unlikely to appear before Obama knows who his Republican opponent will be and starts big campaign travel swings, likely in the spring or summer.
His campaign posters now say simply, “Obama 2012.”
But Obama’s surrogates have roadtested some slogans in recent months, including “Winning The Future,” which the White House used to promote its budget, and “Greater Together,” which the campaign has used to brand its youth outreach effort.
A new tagline will have to reflect a new reality.
Obama is no longer a Washington outsider, unemployment is falling but still high, and economic insecurity for many voters is a huge concern that a simple slogan cannot overcome.
Got any slogan suggestions?
Blogs For Victory 
“Greater Together” is reminiscent of “One People, One Nation, One Leader”
I am sure Obama will come up with a poll tested saying that will make people like James and Xavier swoon. Do you remember in 2004 when Kerry lost, the democrats began focusing on the language they use? To them, it wasn’t the policies that mattered rather the language used to sell those policies and considering that today we have liberals who can not have a coherent policy discussion, I unfortunately have to say they were right. Democrats have effectively used snake oil salesman techniques to gain power from an electorate that really doesn’t want to think too deeply, nor work too hard.
I think a good 2012 slogan for Obama to his minion base would be – “Trust Me”
And you know they will
How about the Leftist article of faith……”This time it will be different”?
My president killed Osama Bin Landen. How about yours?
Nah, I think yours is just about perfect. You can’t get a better insight into a Lefty “mind” than that.
Really?
When did he leave the briefing room to do that?
Your president benefitted from the interrogation procedures and policies set up by Bush. The only thing obAMATEUR did was take 18 hours to make the reluctant decision to proceed with the raid because he saw no alternative politically.
I am sure he will play on the “I got Osama” because “four more years” will only take him down.
tired, even if we grant that Obama (“your president”? lol) benefited from the policies put in place by Bush, I recall during the 2008 presidential debates that Obama was derided by John McCain and virtually everyone on the right for saying that he would, if necessary, go into Pakistan to take out Osama Bin Laden. Maybe you need a refresher. Obama said:
“I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear: There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf will not act, we will.” The following day, McCain ranted about how Obama was “naive.” Naive? He got the job done, something Bush was unable to do, even when he had a golden chance to do so.
Gee watty, then why did it take obAMATEUR 18 hours to make a decision?
In front of the camera he was so “decisive”, but when push came to shove, he hesitated. Especially after publicly stating that they will strike again. It should have been a no brainer. obAMATEUR and the Democrats wanted to tear down the structure and plans put in place by Bush to find and get bin Laden. We heard all the rhetoric of how illegal it was, how bad it was and that it ruined our image internationally. But, he sure changed his mind when the political opportunity present itself and he scrambled to take credit for it.
And come off of it with the “Bush wasn’t able to get the job done” dumbed down talking point. It was not for lack of trying. And don’t give me that “he got distracted in Iraq” crap, either. There were still troops, special forces and intelligence units whose sole task was to find and get bin Laden.
Wow, you drones are so easily manipulated into regurgitating dumbed down talking points.
Mitch, the GOP already has an ad to counter BHOzo’s one claim to fame.
Back to the drawing board, Mitch — sorry.
As far as a slogan, I personally, I liked WTF (winning the future, of course). It perfectly displayed the ineptitude of this bunch of losers. Maybe they could somehow combine it with the reset button given to the Russians, like “WTF — reset for another 4 years”.
How about this then. Voting is like driving. D for forward and R for reverse.
How about this then. Voting is like driving. D for forward and R for reverse.
Good thinking, Mitch. What if we are at the edge of the cliff and don’t want to proceed forward? There’s a reason vehicles have a reverse gear.
“Osama Bin Landen”? Is he any relation to Michael Landen?
LOL! ObiOne offed the wrong guy.
bmitch
My president killed Osama Bin Landen. How about yours
YOUR president GAVE us bin laden…..Klintoon…..
Clinton? Really? I’d have gone with Carter who began opposition to the Soviets in Afghanistan, but doesn’t the Reagan Doctrine mean anything to you? His funding and arming the mujahideen? No honorable mention to GW Bush, who founded Arbusto Energy with bin Laden’s brother? Or that on Sept. 11, 2001, Bush senior, and his former secretary of state, James Baker – were meeting at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., with Shafiq bin Laden, another one of Osama bin Laden’s brothers?
Yeah, Klintoon gave us bin Laden. Sure. Ok. Guess they’re wearing tin foil in Paris this spring.
Clinton? Really? I’d have gone with Carter who began opposition to the Soviets in Afghanistan
How could we have forgotten the punishing sanctions imposed on the Soviets by the Carter Administration. Pulling our athletes out of the ’80 Olympics — man, that must have really stung.
Carter was an intimidating man, and his cowboy policies could have been a factor. So no need to focus on the man that held the office of President for eight years leading up to 2001 and of whom clearly displayed his weakness by bombing an aspirin factory (wag the dog), and that Black Hawk Down incident which distracted him from the urgent matter of a sticky blue dress.
Good call there bozo
blowzo
YES Klintoon REALLY!!
Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize
* Sudan offered up the terrorist and data on his network. The then-president and his advisors didn’t respond.
By MANSOOR IJAZ
President Clinton and his national security team ignored several opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden and his terrorist associates, including one as late as last year.
I know because I negotiated more than one of the opportunities….
http://www.infowars.com/saved%20pages/Prior_Knowledge/Clinton_let_bin_laden.htm
“What me worry?”
DOA……2012
Are you the Nols who used to do the Li’l Obama cartoons? If so, welcome back. If not, just welcome.
I have heard one that may be effective to some. “Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive.”
Speaking of GM, they still owe the tax payers more than few hundred million dollars. Any chance we can get that back?
nah
the union thugs and mafia have it all tied up.
I doubt it. But the Barky’s Regime lucked out on GM and Chrysler doing well now.
WE own GM, Solyndra, ACA, and WE own you!
matt-cluster
agree with your poll testing theory to pick a slogan
maybe he should pay frank luntz big bucks to write it ???
cuz nobody does poll testing, semantics and spin better than frank
for real…..
::))
If there was an ounce of honesty in the current administration the only slogans they could run would be similar to “Corruption and Entitlements – 2012” in general or “To infinity and beyond” for the national debt. Might as well make it easy on the believers and go with one a friend sent me this morning–good for the general campaign slogan.
BOHICA -2012 (with the ‘O’ being the “Obama-style O”)
BOHICA – 2012!!!
Brilliant
? BOHICA ?
I missed the joke…splain
? BOHICA ?
I missed the joke…splain
BEND OVER HERE IT COMES AGAIN
LOL
DB, ROTFLOL!! And it would easily fit on a bumper sticker.
Just change the first word “change” to lies, and that should do it. Cause that’s what the American people fell for when they voted him into office November 4, 2008.
Iran cuts off oil supplies to France and UK firms, and now the Saudi’s have lowered their daily production, so I think we can expect prices to climb. IF we had a serious president whose priority was to keep America financially strong by submitting responsible budgets and working towards tax, regulatory and entitlement reform, and of whom was making a serious effort to have America become energy independent, these recent issues would not be of such concern.
Unfortunately, our current president is not a serious president.
You guys wanted this showdown with Iran. It’s the fault of people like you that gas prices are going up. You want instability in the Middle East you get high gas prices.
At least we might get an entertaining war out of the whole deal. Maybe another trillion dollars for your kids to pay off instead of enjoying a retirement.
It’s the fault of people like you that gas prices are going up. You want instability in the Middle East you get high gas prices.
If only we had someone in the oval office who understood the ME and went somewhere like, say Cairo, to give a big speech that would help assuage the tension and pave the way for better relations.
If only…….
baldoek
You guys wanted
NO Ochimpy and the donk led congress, and the islamic maniacs.
Bardolf. Who are “you guys”? Saying anyone wants a showdown with the mullahs is like saying the western allies wanted a showdown with the nazis in 1939.
The showdown is coming no matter if it is wanted or not. Islam is at war with the rest of the world no matter if we want it or not. Read thier book. It lays thier program out step by step. Just like that creature that was the head nazi wrote.
Nobody believed him either.
Don’t blame the Democrats here. Ron Paul said that putting an embargo on Iran would be pointless. The GOP field called him crazy and supported sanctions full speed ahead. You reap what you sow.
@Neoconehead
The house is controlled by the GOP.
@GMB
There is no more need for a showdown with Islam than a showdown with Mormonism. The Treaty of Versailles= beginning of WW2. Without oil, most peoples concern about the Middle East would be on par with their concern for East Africa = 0.
There is central planning office for Islam. Why do you think there was an Iran-Iraq war?
So now Islam is on par with Mormonism? barstool, I often find your posts a bit on the delusional side, bit seldom do you go completely off the rails as you did here.
Just a couple of reminders here for you stool – we do get most of our oil from Canada and Mexico, and when we had the chance to take complete ownership of Iraq’s oil, we turned it back over to them, AND helped them establish democratic reforms – so your meme that it’s strictly for oil is not only a tedious and old liberal talking point, but not factual as well.
Clueless
Have you read either the Koran or book of Mormon? Nope. Does Mormonism deny the Trinity just as Islam? Yes. Is it a religion with goals of eventually controlling the universe? Yes. Do I fear being blown up by ANY religious group? NO.
GMB
The Bible is agreed upon by numerous denominations which were at war with each other. Only lefties talk in terms of the inquisition and crusades. I’ve read of all denominations, including Mormons, of pilots who dropped bombs on civilians during WW2, I don’t label their religion. Is there a term limit on the bombing of Dresden? I disagree 100 percent with Islam, I don’t think the Mideast countries are countries to fear. True, the current generation of terrorists is no longer anarchists from central Europe. I am still not willing to spend trillions on another war which won’t prevent a single attack.
You are comparing muslim terrorists to WW2 bomber pilots? That is a stretch my friend and you know it.
The mullahs are the ones that are intent on starting a war. No one else. The trillions will be spent no matter who is president in The United States. Unless barky plans to surrender unconditionally. Which is a very possible option.
They have said what they are going to do. You do not believe them. I do.
To each thier own.
GMB
You go ahead and worry about Islam. I’ll worry about the misfits around my city who might actually do me harm. Actually, I won’t worry about them either. I will vote in the primaries for the candidate most likely to keep my students from going to be killed for nation building exercises around the world.
The embargo is not hurting the mullahs and is only raising the cost of gas around the world. It will be nice to see the world will become independent of MidEast oil and the mullahs slip into the obscurity they held in the 1930’s. The mullahs hate each other more than they hate anyone else. Just let them duke it out and stand back. It’s as useless as sending cops into arbitrate marriage disputes.
Stool,
You are the king of moral relativism. The next time a Mormon beheads an infidel, or stones a woman to death I will cut yo u some slack. Until then, I will just smile and nod at the crazy sh*t you say.
“I will vote in the primaries for the candidate most likely to keep my students from going to be killed for nation building exercises around the world. ”
I understand your sentiment. Thats not the point though. The point being Bardolf is we are at war no matter what we want. The calphate can not be achieved by peaceful means. Soon in this country it will be a hate crime to tell the truth about islam.
It is happening already. That should be a concern for a libertarian such as yourself.
@Clueless
When was the last time a Moslem stoned a woman to death in the US? Do you think Brigham Young was against honor killings? Do female soldiers still get called whores in Jerusalem?
Religions act out within a society. So in the US, Christianity is mostly pro-materialistic and individualistic even though those two things are warned against over and over again in the Gospels.
@GMB
Again, I am at war with the Devil, the World and my Flesh. Islam isn’t patting me down at the airport, teaching my child that abortion is a good form of birth control, going undercover as female high school students in FL to get boys to buy marijuana for them and then ruining their lives. You will not live to see the day that you can’t call Islam any name in the book in the USA. You might be killed by the BATF if you decide you want to live a secluded life.
I agree mostly with what you say. However, and you knew it was coming, do you really want to stick with statement?
” Islam isn’t patting me down at the airport,”
You are being patted down at the airport precisely because OF islam.
baldork
“I will vote in the primaries for the candidate most likely to keep my students from going to be killed for nation building exercises around the world. ”
then YOU and YOURE students are traterous cowards.
More left wing ignorance from our dumbed down “education” system of gays, fruits, cowards and marxists.
@GMB
No I am being patted down as an over-reaction to a 1 time event. It is a signal of incompetence of US officials, not competence of Islamic bombers.
@Neoconehead
Soldiers aren’t police officers and shouldn’t be treated like them. I would think you wouldn’t buy into that kind of left wing mentality, but there you are. Heroic US efforts, loss of lives and limbs, on behalf of unappreciative folk living in the 1300’s = pearls before swine. Hell, even Vietnam made more sense than today’s use of the military. At least there, the case of defending US freedoms was plausibly believable.
Barstool reminds me a lot of Obama – an educated idiot.
Clueless reminds me a lot of santorum. Not the candidate, the urban dictionary meaning.
Reading qu’ran can be trying work. Not many have the stomach for it unless they are forced to.
In a word the qu’ran is the central planning office for Islam. Those that wish to define it are the islamic high command.
Iran vs. Iraq. At that time Iraq was headed by a sunni and Iran by a shia. Add that hatred with all the oil that was in the targeted areas of Iran you have a war.
If you do not understand now that sunnis and shias hate each other as much as they hate everyone else you never will Bardolf.
If you had seen this first hand you might change your mind.
When was the last time a mormon terrorist flew a jet into a skyskraper? Very disengenuous of you Bardolf for making that kind of comparison.
Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq as a SECULAR leader just like Nasser was in Egypt. He was trying to tap into pan-arab sensations.
Don’t be an idiot. the Iran-Iraq war had nothing to do with Sunni or Shia.
Iraq invaded because they thought Iran was in disarray after the revolution of 1979, and wanted to capture the oil rich region of Iran. The province of Khuzestan.
At least next time, try and get you some education! ha.
Don’t you worry your shrunken little head about my level of education.
I could show you literally hundreds of pages of Iraqi propagada playing on the sunni vs. shia schism during the war. I doubt you would be able to make any sense of it since it is not in
farsiorgermanbaby talk.Hast du einen Taße verloren schatzi? 😛
Thomas. Being known that your “education” does not include the ability to use a search engine, I thought I would give you a start.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm
GMB the ignorant….from the article you posted….”The Iraqis also perceived revolutionary Iran’s Islamic agenda as threatening to their pan-Arabism”.
What do you think Pan-Arabism means? Just because Saddam was a Sunni doesn’t mean he ruled as a religious leader. Mubarak was Sunni, yet his government was Secular. Pakistan’s people are Sunni, yet their government is Secular. Turkey is Sunni, yet their governments have been Secular a la Ataturk’s wishes.
You’re an idiot, truly an idiot. You can rewrite history all you want, but the truth remains. Iraq attacked Iran because it wanted oil rich regions of Iran, and it thought Iran’s revolution was a threat to its own rule. Simple as that. Together with a little false confidence and prodding from the Reagan Administration, and voila!
Next time, please educate yourself. You mennonites are an ignorant bunch, but at least don’t open your mouth and remove all doubt of your ignorance.
Thanks for playing. Don’t play again.
Move over slick, time for 4 more years, and a progressive revolution! We are coming for your land!!! lol. moron.
Ps. Once Iraq started to lose the war, they started to spread propaganda.
You even said it yourself! you can find tons of propaganda from Iraq playing the Sunni vs. Shia card.
Seriously, are you this much of an idiot?
I knew it was pointless. It was a start not the end. I didn’t expect anything else from you Thomas and I got exactly that.
Nothing.
You did say one correct thing in all your blathering.
Yes you are coming for my land and the land of everyone else that produces any kind of food stuffs. Thats a given. You can not produce any of your own so you need someone else to do it for you.
Shrunken head indeed.
“Hussein also wanted to put an end to religious propaganda directed against Iraq’s secular regime by the Islamic government of Iran, which had come to power in 1979 under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.”
Khomeini and most Iranian Muslims belonged to the Shiite sect of Islam. Hussein feared that the propaganda would undermine the loyalty of Iraqi Shiites, who comprised about 60 percent of his country’s population
Just a couple little blurbs from other sources for you. With your level of “education” you should have no problem finding them.
Right?
LOL
Move over slick, time for 4 more years, and a progressive revolution! We are coming for your land!!! lol. moron.
Don’t bring a knife.
Here’s a great article on the current fascist in chief:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/291299/obamarsquos-deceptive-hidden-premises-michael-novak
The grifters and OPM
Michelle hits the slopes in Aspen month after Hawaiian holiday…
I hope she enjoys her vacation. No reason for her not to take a vacation.
Unless you’re a racist like Neo…..
Poor dear must be exhausted after all that fund raising and food policing. Lets hope she gets nice and rested so she can come back to D.C. ready to go shopping at Target.
Don’t the rest of us take vacations every two months regularly?
Oh well, its a nice day. Work to do. For me that is. Not the mooch or putt.
FORE!!!
Unless you’re a racist like Neo…..
ROTFLMAO…..yeah thats the ticket nyk nyk nyk….
how RAAAAAACIST of me to point out the grifters are taking ANOTHER LAVISH vacation with their rolling posse of looters and pockets full of OPM.
As a holder of the Jesse Jackson RaceCard, you are granted exemption from ALL crimes commited against Whitey.
You could also use your Race Card to apply for jobs in which you have zero qualifications. No training? No education? No experience? NO PROBLEM!….you get the job simply because you have the know-hows on playing the Race Card!
With government funded programs like ‘Affirmative Action’ and the power of the Jesse Jackson Race Card, Blacks can finally get someplace in life. We certainly lack the brain power to reach these places alone. So take advantage of White guilt, and apply for the Jesse Jackson Race Card now!!!* Sign Up!
http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/jjrcard/
GMB,
I don’t know about you, but I take 3 vacations a year. Spring, Summer, and Winter.
That’s what happens when you go to school, get an education, and work hard.
4 more years!
jamestooge
BAM………………….
http://video1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/1/433276_abd81708-f058-4eaf-91d0-69b435de7008_prod.jpg?1B608EE7AFCE3765E176F3C6FBB98002B3D18C64572F2307D76EAE7CA772F0BCDE4D
sooolil jimmah do tell us, do you take lavish vacations with 30-40 of your bros and ho’s on OPM?
That would be a great line James. If any of it was true. Keep trying though there “Mr.Educated” LOL
this was in Aug 2011, she has racked up an ADDITIONAL $$10 mil.
PSALM 109:8
SOON!!
The ‘top source’ told the National Enquirer: ‘It’s disgusting. Michelle is taking advantage of her privileged position while the most hardworking Americans can barely afford a week or two off work.
‘When it’s all added up, she’s spent more than $10million in taxpayers’ money on her vacations.’
His and her jets: The President and his wife, who are spending nine days on Martha’s Vineyard, have come under fire for travelling on separate planes
His and her jets: The President and his wife, who are spending nine days on Martha’s Vineyard, have come under fire for travelling on separate planes
The First Lady is believed to have taken 42 days of holiday in the past year, including a $375,000 break in Spain and a four-day ski trip to Vail, Colorado, where she spent $2,000 a night on a suite at the Sebastian hotel.
And the first family’s nine-day stay in Martha’s Vineyard is also proving costly, with rental of the Blue Heron Farm property alone costing an estimated $50,000 a week.
The source continued: ‘Michelle also enjoys drinking expensive booze during her trips. She favours martinis with top-shelf vodka and has a taste for rich sparking wines.
‘The vacations are totally Michelle’s idea. She’s like a junkie. She can’t schedule enough getaways, and she lives from one to the next – all the while sticking it to hardworking Americans.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html#ixzz1mxFm0TXe
Give me thy grace, good Lord, To set the world at nought’, To set my mind fast upon thee. And not to hang upon the blast of men’s mouths. To be content to be solitary, Not to long for worldly company, Little and little utterly to cast off the world, And rid my mind of all the business thereof. Not to long to hear of any worldly things, But that the hearing of worldly phantasies may be to me displeasant. Gladly thinking of God, Piteously to call for his help, To lean unto the comfort of God, Busily labour to love him. To know mine own vility and wretchedness, To humble and meeken myself under the mighty hand of God, To bewail my sins passed, For the purging of them, patiently to suffer adversity. Gladly to bear my pergatory here, To be joyful of tribulations, To walk the narrow way that leadeth to Life…..
Written by Sir Thomas More, Knight, while he was prisoner in the Tower of London, the year of our Lord 1534.
Tell like it is…….
“WTF” still works, just have to change the words of the acronym appropriately.
Putin Pledges 400 ICBMs for Russia in Ten Years
Monday, February 20, 2012 1:33:12 AM
Putin Pledges 400 ICBMs for Russia in Ten Years Russia’s armed forces will receive over 400 modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), more than 100 military spacecraft and over 2,300 new tanks within the next ten years,
When will we wake up?
http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/obama-disarms-america-dick-morris-tv-lunch-alert/
FULL SPEED ahead toward the evolution of society. – James
What does this mean James? I know liberals are full of empty platitudes but this even exceeds that standard.
bloodyPstump
and we all cant be looters and takers, SOME have to PAY for you donkRAT deadbeats.
4 more years! – James
I think James is excited about BOHICA!
nice of you to ignore the articles about oil production which blow your talking points out of the water, and concentrate on your sick fantasy of getting ass raped by the GOP!
congrats!
why don’t you make another guarantee on this Presidential Election, let’s see where it ends up.
No tommy-boy, oil production is up on PRIVATE lands – obAMATEUR has little or no control over what happens on private lands. ObAMATEUR taking credit for increased oil production is a LIE.
While, oil production on public lands is down. Proof? Oil/gas lease revenue from public lands which was over $9 BILLION in 2008 is now $36 MILLION (links in gas consumption thread). ObAMATEUR said that oil lease revenue has increased under his pResidency, is ANOTHER LIE.
It is obvious you just drink the BHO kool-aid and mindlessly regurgitate it on command. It is a shame you can’t tell the difference between FACTS and obAMATEUR’s LIES.
Pathetic.
Tired,
That’s a lie. the link you posted is not accurate, and furthermore its from a site that is hardly non-partisan.
Good try though, the facts are as is, oil production is up and you hate that Obama was the one that did it.
Again, the American people will elect him in a landslide. Better luck in 2016.
jamestooge
Again, the American people will elect him in a landslide. Better luck in 2016.
IF that does happen it will be the end of the Republic as we know it.
Hope you enjoy the “57 states” of Somalia, and every city being detroit clones.
you will have reaped what you have sown.
VIOLENT CRIME SURGES IN DC…
Robberies at gunpoint double…
mmmmm mmmmm mmmmmmm
Ubombas home town
7 Dead, 18 Wounded By Weekend Gunfire In Chicago
I see you did not read the links I posted. The link I am referring to is not the questionable one in which the data was incomplete.
Also, you did not even read my post. Increased oil production was on PRIVATE LAND. LAND that obAMATEUR has no influence, no control. He had nothing to do with the increased production from PRIVATE LAND. He does have direct control over public land. The same public land in which oil lease revenues is down from $9.4 BILLION to $36 MILLION – again this is not from the incomplete data.
You too suffer from intercranial-rectal inversion. You want so bad for obAMATEUR to have a success you will go along with his lies and purposefully ignore read data and facts to keep up your fantasy.
Try again drone.
cluster
I think James is excited about BOHICA!
It’s how the donks “roll”
OPM and the white hut grifters.
Michelle Obama, Job Creator
Jeannie DeAngelis
Michelle Obama has a vacation gig that’s hard to beat. There’s the February ‘spend time with the daughters’ vacation, which usually entails skiing and snowboarding in Vail, Beaver Creek, or Aspen. There’s ‘tag along with Barry’ excursions, which turn into holiday adventures like last years’ post- Vail trip to Rio. Following closely behind are the April trips like last year’s slogging stout in Ireland and an outing to rub elbows with royals Kate and Will.
Then there’s the pre-vacation vacation in June, which usually precedes the Martha’s Vineyard official vacation in August. Last year* it was a ‘fried fat cake’ safari to Africa.
In the fall, prior to Christmas vacation in Hawaii, there’s usually some event Michelle manages to turns into a fun jaunt. Last year it was the Asian Pacific Conference conveniently located in Hawaii, where the First Lady got to squeeze in some R & R and local dining before returning early for a $4 million, 17-day Hawaiian Christmas respite.
Now here’s the thing: This woman wouldn’t know work if she tripped over it. She’s either dancing with platypuses, making cameo appearances on children’s shows, dining in tony bistros, hosting glitzy star-studded parties, or circumnavigating the globe following a strict vacation schedule she hasn’t deviated from since she first set her dainty size-11 foot in the White House.
And she does all this while her husband, who has put America’s workforce on a permanent vacation, talks about creating jobs
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/02/michelle_obama_job_creator.html#ixzz1mxTu6NVd
SANTORUM CAMP: OBAMA’S ‘RADICAL ISLAMIC POLICIES’
bloodyPump
tell that to the greeks asshat.
where did you learn world history and economics?
from the school of monica headbobs and cigar rolling?
bloodyGSpump
tinkle in the bed again girl? better get a diaper for that problem (or some penicillin)
New Slogan: “No Involuntary Transvaginal Probes – Vote Obama!” Seems as if conservatives want to shrink government so small that it’ll fit just about anywhere.
Republican’s new slogan: “Corporations Are People. Women…not so much.”
Joy Behar fan, eh?
barky 2012!!! We still have to see the French Rivera, Tahiti, and Bangkok. Vacation is all I want to do!!
FORE!!!
Complaining about James’ supposed lack of reading comprehension, tired said, “Also, you did not even read my post. Increased oil production was on PRIVATE LAND. LAND that obAMATEUR has no influence, no control. He had nothing to do with the increased production from PRIVATE LAND. He does have direct control over public land. The same public land in which oil lease revenues is down from $9.4 BILLION to $36 MILLION.”
So we’re supposed to believe that oil lease revenues on public lands decreased by 99.6 percent? Seriously? And over what period? I’m sorry, but that’s patently absurd.
I finally tried to look up your claim about public lands, since you have repeatedly made this assertion as though it’s a universally known fact. Where did you get these statistics? This article shows that it’s just about impossible to come up with accurate data for what you claim:
http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2012/02/09/4
But not only that, according to a Jan. 10, 2012 BLM press release:
“WASHINGTON – Following a strong year in which leasing reform helped to lower protests and increase revenue from onshore oil and gas lease sales on public lands – resulting in a 20 percent increase in lease sale revenues over 2010 – the Interior Department will hold 32 additional sales in calendar year 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today.
During calendar year 2011, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held 32 onshore oil and gas lease sales, offering 1,755 parcels of land covering nearly 4.4 million acres. 1,296 parcels of land were sold – nearly three-quarters of those offered – generating about $256 million in revenue for American taxpayers.”
All the Information you are looking for can be found at a U.S. Government website. Try the Government Accounting Office. Took my “uneducated ass” about 2 seconds to find the information.
waspdrone
GAS = $$$$$$$4+ a GALLON, all the rest is hollow words and BS
wattling watty: “So we’re supposed to believe that oil lease revenues on public lands decreased by 99.6 percent? Seriously? And over what period? I’m sorry, but that’s patently absurd.”
Uh, again, reading comprehension is not your strong suit, watty. The linked information speaks for itself. ObAMATEUR’s claims are lies and have been proven to be so. Remember, a huge part of public land is the GOM, which obAMATEUR shut down and is oh so very slowly opening and approving leases. He is against hydrocarbon fuel production in favor of his green energy schemes.
At least you acknowledge that production increases were on PRIVATE land. Land obAMATEUR has no control and therefore cannot claim credit and his dumbed down talking points are lies.
AND, you just pointed out data from the Dept. of Interior is incorrect but you cite figures from the same department.
As I said, you are desperate to give your pResident credit. Too bad you are not consistent or reliable. You claim that “you cannot find the data” – speaking of absurd. It is not that you can’t find it, but you are unwilling to find it.
Typical and pathetic.
Tired, GMB & Watson, isn’t it interesting that each of you is able to find data that supports your individual points of view. Kinda makes you question anything you find on the Internet, doesn’t it?
That said, here’s what appears to be an unbiased recent IEA report that puts GLOBAL oil production and demand in perspective.
And we may be about to find out just how much effect Middle East unrest has on the price of oil.
Maybe putt and mooch could take a trip with choo choo biden. I hear the weather is pretty nice this time of year in “Road Island”. 🙂
GMB
nah…cho cho dont fit the posse profile if ya know what I means.
I thought obamas slogan was, “its not my fault”.
jamestooge
Or
G*D DAMN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
Obama Needs a New Slogan
How about
re-elect the MUTT from the Hut.
Or
the Kool Kenyan
Or
the marxist with the mostist OPM
Or
the muslim and the mooch
Or
the barry, larry, and reggie tag team.
Or
the “king putt” (GMB)
Or
FORE more years
Or
the boy and his breathilizer
maybe
FORE more years of king putt and queen butt
elton john singing, Barry and the Mooch (to benny and the jets tune)
I’m definitely with Hesindnile/Sunny/Velma. Why would any rational, thinking person not want 4 more years of this:
#1 Today there are 88 million working age Americans that are not employed and that are not looking for employment. That is an all-time record high.
#2 When Barack Obama was elected, the percentage of unemployed Americans that had been out of work for more than 52 weeks was less than 15%. Today, it is above 30%.
#3 There are 1.2 million fewer jobs in America today than there were when Barack Obama was inaugurated.
#4 When Barack Obama first took office, the number of “long-term unemployed workers” in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number is sitting at 5.6 million.
#5 The average duration of unemployment in the United States is hovering close to an all-time record high.
#6 During the Obama administration, worker health insurance costs have risen by 23 percent.
#7 Since Barack Obama has been president, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States has increased by 90 percent.
#8 Since Barack Obama has been president, home values in the United States have declined by another 13 percent.
#9 Under Barack Obama, new home sales in the U.S. set a brand new all-time record low in 2009, they set a brand new all-time record low again in 2010, and they set a brand new all-time record low once again during 2011.
#10 Since Barack Obama took office, the number of Americans living in poverty has risen by more than 6 million.
#11 Since Barack Obama entered the White House, the number of Americans on food stamps has increased from 32 million to 46 million.
#12 The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.
#13 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans living in “extreme poverty” is now sitting at an all-time high.
#14 When Barack Obama first took office, an ounce of gold was going for about $850. Today an ounce of gold costs more than $1700 an ounce.
#15 Since Barack Obama became president, the size of the U.S. national debt has increased by 44 percent.
#16 During Barack Obama’s first two years in office, the U.S. government added more to the U.S. national debt than the first 100 U.S. Congresses combined.
#17 During the Obama administration, the U.S. government has accumulated more debt than it did from the time that George Washington took office to the time that Bill Clinton took office.
#18 The U.S. national debt has been increasing by an average of more than 4 billion dollars per day since the beginning of the Obama administration.
Opps, sorry — wrong thread.
Outstanding points JR, and appropriate on any thread. America simply can not afford four more years of this incompetent ideologue.
since Ubomba illegally shoved a new EPA tzar down our throats the refrigerant R-22 has risen by 250%…..
JR, it does not matter what facts you present.
The drones here have bought the dumbed down talking points – It’s Bush’s fault and the Republicans won’t let him succeed.
Interesting to note that the DOW his 13,000 for the first time since May 2008 and at that time, Obama was on the campaign stump telling everyone what a disaster the economy was. Today, Obama and liberals are citing the DOW gains as proof of a rebounding economy.
Had enough yet?
GTFO – 2012
Cluster it is the obAMATEUR way.
Ignore data or facts you don’t like and spin the data or facts that make you look good.
For example:
Unemployment is 8.3%! (while ignoring the millions that are no longer counted because they cannot find a job and have given up).
If an accountant/CEO did that, he would be indicted for fraud. “Hey our profit is up” (while ignoring the massive negative cash flow – sort of like Solyndra).
Unemployment is 8.3%! (while ignoring the millions that are no longer counted because they cannot find a job and have given up).- Tired
Again, if people are too lazy to look for work why is that the President’s fault? There are plenty of jobs available but people are too picky.
Baldoof, you too have a reading comprehension disorder?
That example I gave was in relation to this statement:
“it is the obAMATEUR way. Ignore data or facts you don’t like and spin the data or facts that make you look good.”
The 8.3% unemployment figure is a lie – that is the obAMATEUR’s fault. This has been discussed several times here. His policies have made an environment where jobs are hard to find – that is his fault too. Extending unemployment benefits AND making it easier to get on the government dole if you can’t find a job is obAMATEUR’s fault as well. Plus, all this is happening under his watch – he is ultimately at fault!
I knew you were slow witted and pretend to be an intellectual but sheesh.
“There are plenty of jobs available …”
Bullshit. According to the BLS the job openings are at a level far lower than during the recession in 2001 and 2003. Job openings/turnover rate has finally reached the level it was in December 2008, which was the lowest of the previous 10 years, the bottom dropped out after January 2009. Wages (aggregate) for the openings are far lower than at the same point in 2009. Regionally more restrictive than at any time since 2001.
Fewer openings in less locales; crappier wages, higher cost of living … only an out-of-touch academic would label someone struggling against this tide as “lazy”
Count takes it both ways
The BLS is trustworthy organization when it suits and a corrupt governmental organization when it suits. That is known as partisan bullshit.
He is against academics and yet would be an unemployed loser without academia. His lessons to the next generation are to milk the system as a faux entrepreneur or psychic accountant. Jump onto the bandwagon after everyone else has taken the risks and done the hard work. Add layers of bureaucracy and pretend he’s just making things more efficient. Parlay the parasitic behavior into a nice car and house and pretend to be an innovator.
Being at a 4th rate junior college in the desert just makes me so envious, sorry.
‘dolf; slow learner.
For all your ad hominem you cannot dispute that your pontification is wholly without merit.
Count
Your quoting of the BLS as a reliable source of information is undercut by previous critiques of the BLS as being unreliable.
Beyond that it was simply a mention that you are way more out of touch with the average American than I could ever hope to be.
Wrong again Shifferbrains;
The bls uses phone surveys for open positions, the same as the unemployment survey except businesses have land lines, more private homes don’t. Making the results more consistent and therefore more trustworthy.
Next, the survey for open positions hasn’t changed since 1981, the unemployment survey has changed significantly in just the past few years. Do you need me to slow down so you can catch up?
Finally, an open position doesn’t become “a discouraged position” if it isn’t filled causing it to not be counted.
Dude, if you’re going to issue a challenge make it a serious one.
Cluster,
I bailed out of equities in the spring of 2007 when the Dow was around 13,200. Had I stayed in, my retirement funds would have flat-lined for half a decade.
bloodydump, there is only one problem with your pathetic scenario. Bush isn’t President.
Your incompetent AMATEUR bum of a pResident is. Facts are facts. He is not getting the job done and needs manipulation of data and figures to make it seem he is successful.
Evidence? Health care “benefits” the deficit. His most recent deficit reduction projection numbers are unrealistic, etc. etc. His unemployment numbers alone are proven lies. The CBO says real unemployment is 15%, last I heard.
It is a shame you drones can’t stand the facts. Most drones like you are products of the government school system which explains most of your ignorance.
“One more term; what’s the worse that could happen?”