wait, i thought stewart was a partisan hack?

When is the DNC or Obama 2012 going to reimburse the government (otherwise known as the AMERICAN TAXPAYER) for these damn MILLION DOLLAR buses?

I’m not crazy about this bus tour either but there are half a dozen GOP candidates out there attacking Obama every day and he deserves the right to defend his record to the American people.

News clue, Jon – he’s been in campaign mode since he was elected.
It’s all he knows how to do. We need a president, and all we got was Obama and his band of idiots.

Yea, it would work if he actually had somewhat of a good record to show to the American people, “I’m not Bush” isn’t going to cut it this time around.

That’s a different story.
Why do you teabaggers always have to read more into the posts so you can fall back on your usual talking points?
I was not defending Obama’s record, I was simply defending his right to present it.

Why would he want to? He has broken the record on the number of golf days, and vacations. He’s lowered the credit rating for the first time ever. He signed what has been held up as an unconstitutional health care bill. 
For being the first black president, his records sucks!

gee, i wonder why he doesn’t have a very good record?

granted, he hasn’t stood his ground, but still.  

i wonder who or what could have possibly derailed his vision?

Oh oh, Jon stewart ! This can’t be good for the ” brilliant one” If Jon can see that the brilliant one is campaigning then I’m thinking the brilliant one isn’t too brilliant, didnt quite pull if off. Maybe Jon is a racist?

well, the idiots are the GOP.

obama is simply weak and uninterested in governing.  

but he’s definitely not an idiot.  

Looks like Stewart is straying off the reservation.  It won’t take long for Rachel, Larry and Ed to start getting after him if he keeps this up.

Don’t let the facts distract you, BFD.

Blah blah blah.
This thread is about Obama’s bus tour, not his record.

Focus, teabagger.

Republican candidates get them to.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0411/22_million_pricetag_for_Obamas_new_armored_buses.html

Congress recently went “on break” as well.

this thread isn’t about his record

this thread is about john stewart’s critique of obama’s bus tour

The DNC should be paying for this bus tour, since it is all about campaigning.
This fool of a president is a hypocrite.
I can only hope all the fools that voted for him realize that they’ve been played.

Both parties are responsible for the S&P downgrade.

Yea – he is.

He’s not campaigning.  

I was replying to a post, not the article.
Pay attention.

why is obama an idiot?

please explain.

Did you follow the thread, idiot?

 I know and every time he goes after a democrat the right conveniently forgets he does. He’s more non partisan than any news outlet.

i don’t mind him defending himself through a blistering late summer 
in the sh*tty midwest…while the rest of congress is on vacation. 

I know it’s hard for libs to concentrate, but can you at least follow conversation threads and not be as stupid looking as a lib?

other people elected to office maybe…….since this is not a dictatorship

Have you been paying attention? That is all he’s doing, on the dime of the tax payers.

Depends on one’s definition of campaigning.

oh, i see.  so i’m supposed to just sit back and let you steer the conversation
in the direction you choose.  got it.  

the article/program were about something completely different.

so if you wanna drift off into your usual irrelevant talking points, be my guest.  

agreed – that’s called campaigning.  As of this moment we the people are paying for his little jaunt down memory lane.  It should be campaign funds paying.  

Not according to S&P.
Increasing taxes and the debt ceiling while not reducing spending would have still caused our rating to drop.

but one party in particular was singled out for two things:

1.  refusing to raise taxes

2.  openly discussing, nay inviting, default

calm down dude

While not engaged in America’s eternal and vital battle against dried brush, his advocacy of economic policy long stalled by histories worst congress is important work. As his legislative detractors recline, Obama declines equal rest. Let us hope that congress returns with a vigor that matches our presidents August push.

obama is simply weak and uninterested in governing.

So you’re going to vote for him anyway, right?

….and he is.  You think this gives him any more/less credibility?

I think the whole nation is slowing waking up to the fact that Boy Wonder knows not what the hell he’s doing.  

Its not considered a campaign under election laws.  

But if he were truly honest, the DNC would be paying for it.

People tend to surround themselves with people that have the same opinion as them.
Obama claims to be a constitutional scholar, yet violates it as often as he can.
Eric Holder doesn’t know anything about the law, yet he is the top lawyer?
Van Jones – Well, he was our admitted communist energy czar.

Idiots….

They will pay for his campaigning but this is not a campaign.  

The President going out and talking with the people is unprecedented, isn’t it.

This fool thinks the secret service is his chauffeur to the KFC.

Failure is a hard thing to defend.

there are four choices:

1.  not vote at all 

2.  vote for the socialist/green party candidate

3.  vote for obama

4.  vote for the republican

not voting at all is basically voting for the winner (so no to #1)

voting for the socialist/green party candidate will help the republican (so no to #2)

voting for obama hurts like hell, but beats #1, #2 and #4

voting for the republican would prove that i’m utterly psycho 

so i have to vote obama to prevent the republican from winning

Really?

Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg, CBS, USA Today, Stewart shouldn’t be considered a news outlet, WSJ & NPR (sans editorial pages), all broadcast local affiliates, Christian Science Monitor, Gallup etc.

“eternal and vital battle against dried brush”

love it!!

Meh…I don’t see using the bully pulpit to get America behind some Fall job legislation ideas that he has as campaigning, but I can see how the Right might.

It doesn’t matter.  You can’t stop him from doing it.

RE: NOTaLIB & Darladoon: TA-DA!

i completely disagree with stewart here, btw.

and stewart really doesn’t defend his reasoning at all.

and yet still, he’s very, very critical of the president here.

so, he’s not a partisan hack.  that would be:

donna brazille

james carville

et al

stewart is a critic of anyone.  

Jon Stewart is very good!!  I’m tired of hearing about Bachmann or Parry.  

Obama has taken fewer vacation days than Bush.  In fact all Presidents who were Republican took more vacations than all Presidents who were Democrat since at least Jimmy Carter.

Obama didn’t lower the credit rating.

The Health Care Bill has not been held up as unconstitutional.

Of the 500 promises Obama made during his campaign, he has come through with 142 or them, 207 are still in the works and he has broken 44 of them – compromised on 41 and 72 of them have stalled.  Not a perfect record, but not bad.

He’s not an idiot generally speaking, but he is as inept as you can possibly get at the presidency. When you start to make the Carter Administration look competent, you got a serious problem.

Haha, that’s funny.  He’s got the bully pulpit, gives speeches ad nauseum that are covered by his media partners and he’s never really questioned.  All he does is defend himself.  How do you think he got the nickname O-blame-a?

bingo

and not only that, but obama has every right to hit the road and fire up his base

at least he’s not golfing in cancun

he’s in the god awful midwest

yuck!

Of course not, but we all know that’s exactly what it is.  This guy is the king of violating the spirit of the law while be technically just inside the letter of law. 

but spending reductions were offered

not tax increases

that has nothing to say about the tea party’s transparent indifference
to default…

it’s not campaigning…..

read the rules

it’s not campaigning…..

read the rules

only the nominee

only the nominee

What about his record from election day until the 2010 midterms?  House majority, Senate super majority… nothing standing in his way.  Notice he and the other Dims weren’t out there screaming for tax increases during that time period.  Oh no.  They need to have the other side agree on tax increases so they can share the ‘blame’.  Totally transparent, completely predictable and always political. 

ok, first of all, van jones was gone within weeks of his appointment

now, tell us, mr scholar, how obama has violated the constitution?

give me specific answers, and i want you to cite the case law to buttress
your arguments

(this ought to be interesting)

didn’t say he was a news outlet I said he’s more non partisan than they are. Now you want to defend the mainstream media that you rip on so much. In the last three shows he’s gone after newsweek for posting that picture of her on their cover. He’s gone after the mainstream media for ignoring ron paul, and he’s gone after Obama for going into campaign mode to early. Good luck finding anything like that balance on FOX or even the ones you mentioned. My criticism is more so directed at braindead right-wingers who constantly call him a partisan hack. But he goes after what is funny. He just happens to think more things are funny on the right than the left. But he will go after the left when he feels he has a good story to make fun of as well.

bush was a failure

i think obama is about the last thing standing between myself, and the
most evil people on the fact of the earth

and so far, he’s losing….

Oh but Barry would like it to be.  He’s jealous of the Hugo Chavez’s of the world.  He said so

“How do you think he got the nickname O-blame-a? ”

Ummm…a bunch of racist teabaggers thought it up at their bi-monthly cross burning?

That’s just a guess.

They don’t explain.  Most are good at insulting.  

They’re really good at using phrases from Dungeons and Dragons like “minions” and “ilk”.  They’re also good at making up what the think are funny keyboard wordplays like – DIMoCraCk, HillaREIDosi, LibTards (we can’t say retard though), MSDandC and King BarOKEN Whose to 00-BLAMO.

Well, they think they’re funny anyway.

Not all conservatives.  Conservatives have good ideas if they would just drop the talking points.  And there are plenty of liberals who can be insulting also.

See, I compromised!

Then what is he doing?
He’s doing exactly the same thing he’s been doing for 2 1/2 years – campaigning.

Van Jones gets a bad rap from Beck he wasn’t a communist.  

Yes. Glad you figured that out.

if obama would like to be a dictator, then why has he caved on every single
major policy issue?

if obama would like to be a dictator, then why has he caved on every single
major policy issue?

Campaigning and Community Agitating are very similar, which is why Obama is so comfortable and spends most of his time Community Agitating/Campaigning.

because there are numerous conservative democrats…..

and because he’s not a dictator.  he’s a nice guy.

unlike his predecessor.  

Obama is Carter’s 2nd term.

A few billion dollars in cuts, meanwhile an increase of $2.4T in a brand new Oblamabla credit card.
Go figure…

“Now you want to defend the mainstream media that you rip on so much.”

Link to where *I* wrote such things.

“didn’t say he was a news outlet I said he’s more non partisan than they are.”

Jon Stewart is more non partisan than Reuters and the CSM?  Um, no.

Stewart unabashedly leans left but he is a critical thinker, not a zombie.

We would have never defaulted. You listened to the lib media too much.
We owed $29B a month in paying for our loans, and bring in close to $200B in “revenues.”
I’m guessing (although I may be wrong) that you can do the math.

“inept as you can possibly get at the presidency” defines the Bush Years.

sigh would you like me to find out how much Bush spent on his reelection campaign? You guys just don’t give up. Who’s money did Bush use? Lets look into that? Naaaa lets not lets just watch fox and listen to their inane talking points and criticism of everything Obama does including breathing.

sigh would you like me to find out how much Bush spent on his reelection campaign? You guys just don’t give up. Who’s money did Bush use? Lets look into that? Naaaa lets not lets just watch fox and listen to their inane talking points and criticism of everything Obama does including breathing.

Yep, only two buses.

Yep, only two buses.

notalib–

tell us, what spending would YOU cut?

be specific, thank you

notalib–

tell us, what spending would YOU cut?

be specific, thank you

Uh, no – Obama now has the record for the most vacations of any president.

So far, the main part of Obamacare is unconstitutional – the part about “having” to have insurance. Without that, the whole thing falls apart.

500 promises? That’s funny.

Uh, no – Obama now has the record for the most vacations of any president.

So far, the main part of Obamacare is unconstitutional – the part about “having” to have insurance. Without that, the whole thing falls apart.

500 promises? That’s funny.

Have trouble with idea Stewart isnt partisan when he only sees a “kernal of truth” in the idea that the mainstream media leans left…. still, he is funny as hell.

Have trouble with idea Stewart isnt partisan when he only sees a “kernal of truth” in the idea that the mainstream media leans left…. still, he is funny as hell.

Get back on your rocker.  There was never going to be a default. That was a terrorist talking point of the Obama administration and the Senate Dims (D)

T Geithner was quoted as saying (and I’m paraphrasing) “Default isn’t going to happen, that’s just our PUBLIC POSITION” 

Either you aren’t paying attention, you refuse to accept that they’re liars, or that particular comment was made by Timmy during the 23hrs a day you’re ‘resting’.

awesome!!!!!!!

You think Romney is a psycho?  Seems a little boring to me.

“brilliant one” is a Republican term.  Democrats voted for the better of two candidates.  We also voted for the better of two candidates in the two previous elections, but you voted for Bush.  O.K., the first time, maybe, but when you saw how bad he was and gave him a second term?  I was sick to my stomach for 4 years.

those  other damn elected people got in the way huh darla  

Then why is he campaigning, and we are paying for it?
Perhaps Oblambla should read the rules.

You’re right about me not being able to stop him.  But your not being honest about “job legislation ideas.”  There aren’t any.  

The busses were ordered by the secret service for use by both republicans and democrats for the 2012 campaign and beyond.

he’s inept because congress is inept

what do you think obama should do?

please, enlighten us.  

pass legislation by royal decree?  wave a magic wand? what?

oh, i know!  he should cut taxes and stop all regulations.  

that would solve everything.  

good answer my apologizes then I thought you were another right wing fool

lame

how has he violated the law?

please, give a specific answer.

and i’m going to assume that you’re an attorney.  

tell us cjdohio–

what should obama do?

please, give me specific answers.

the most evil people on the face of the earth, who would that be darla?

Just yesterday he blamed the Japanese tsunami, European debt and bad luck.  Oh yeah, let’s not forget the newest DNC delivered talking-point-du-jour.  Brinkmanship.  How many times have we heard that one this week.  Nah, he never blames anyone.  He’s always a stand up guy.  You two are priceless (BFD and ‘Loon)

if we would have never defaulted, then why did S&P raise the issue in our downgrade?

is S&P in on the scam as well?

Corpsemen. 

First off, I’m the one who clicked on like thinking it was reply, and since there is no way to undo that, there ya go.

Buying stock in private companies - The banks, GM, etc. Not allowed.
Requiring American citizens to buy a product from a commercial company – still not allowed.
Supporting wars without congressional approval – Not allowed.
Allowing illegals to flow into this country by not securing our borders – not allowed.

just for a few… enough to impeach him if there were a 2/3 congress to accomplish that.

from factcheck.org:

“Q: Has President Obama taken more vacation time than his predecessors?
A: According to one count, Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush spent more time on “vacation” during their first year than President Obama did.Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spent less time on “vacation.”

so you think obama should……..golf?

rather than hit the road and meet with constituents?

like his opponents are doing?

I wasn’t totally happy with Bush, either, but this fool makes him look great!

no i would by psycho by voting for ANY republican

the only difference is bush inherited a massive surplus and no wars

and obama inherited a massive debt and two wars

energy companies, banks, and republicans

I haven’t found that to be true. In fact, I found the opposite to be true here:
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/

Anyone who says they know for certain how the court system will rule on an issue this complicated does not know of what they speak. Having said that the lawsuits that seek to have health care reform overturned are facing some long odds. The Department of Justice has a large staff of experienced and qualified lawyers who have many credible legal arguments to make for the bill.

A federal court is unlikely to declare such a bill unconstitutional without a sound basis for doing so. Faced with obstacles it is hard to imagine opponents of reform succeeding in getting rid of the law through the court system.

And you can track the promises here:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

yeah, the MSM leans sooooooo far left that they got us into two pointless trillion dollar
wars and………didn’t start discussing taxing MILLIONAIRES until 2011.  

and actually created a “debate” around:  torture, eavesdropping, etc

oh so liberal, the MSM

honesty, thumbs up mrbody

Staci, I watched the video clip when Van Jones said it.
Van Jones said it, not Glen Beck.

not true, there are two job ideas.  but the republicans won’t let them hit the floor
for debate.  why?

because they don’t want obama (and the country) to succeed.  

Resign. That’s all.

well he couldn’t get his democratic caucus to agree much in his first 2 years so i dont know

the japanese tsunami and european debt are two very obvious problems, you moron.

in fact, they are utterly critical to global failing global markets.  

‘Loon, did you even read my comment?  Try to decipher “violating spirit of the law” while also comprehending “while being technically just inside the letter of law”.  

Are you really so dense?

obama has removed more illegals from this country than any other president
in history.

i don’t approve of it, but it’s true.

and the healthcare bill has not been ruled unconstitutional.  

I can’t imagine how awful you must feel right now.
It’s okay – Oblamba will be gone soon.

translation:  ”i don’t have an answer”

nothing’s changed. he’s a hack.

I think you are making up the part about “two job ideas.” 

When this country is flat-ass broke. 
Does that make any sense to you?
It was so he can get out and campaign, at the expense of the tax payer.
The country needed those buses like we needed a $2.4T increase in the debt ceiling.

what would you do w/out “greg” licking you?

you thinking other americans are the most evil people on earth, wow what a surprise

But taxpayers aren’t paying for his opponents’ road show.  And what “rules” are you talking about?  Are you just making this shit up as you go?

Just suggesting you read an entire thread before you make yourself look like an idiot.

‘Loon, Are you for real?  Can you put 2 and 2 together? 

His comments about being jealous of Hugo, et al, are PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY DON”T HAVE TO deal with those pesky constitutional laws and separate but equal branches of government, you know, that whole Checks and Balances thing the Founders were interested in. 

Should I go ahead and define et al or explain checks and balances or the branches of gov’t in this post so we don’t have to revisit them after your next nonsensical submission?

You actually follow “likes”?

Get a life, dipshit.

It was true.

To repeat my earlier post:

On taking responsibility for the economic problems, Obama said, “That’s fine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems — not to stand on the sidelines and carp and gripe. So I welcome the job. I want the responsibility.”On the AIG bonuses, Obama said, “Washington is all in a tizzy and everybody is pointing fingers at each other and saying it’s their fault, the Democrats’ fault, the Republicans’ fault, Listen, I’ll take responsibility. I’m the President.”On the oil spill, ““In case you were wondering who’s responsible, I take responsibility,”George W. Bush was asked to name his biggest mistake since 9/11 and what he’d learned from it. He said: “Hmmm… I wish you’d have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it. Uhhh…(six-second pause)… John, I’m sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could’ve done it better this way or that way. Uhhh…(five second pause). You know, I just — uhhh – I’m sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn’t yet. …”Man up? Man up???                             

I’m glad to see you admit to equating the green movement and socialism.  Kudos

If you flipped it over, and this was Bush out there on that bus tour, people like you would be screaming about the taxpayer money being spent “campaigning”. And you and darla both know it.

that’s because his caucus is diverse…..unlike the GOP, who are lockstep nazis

You sure aren’t doing much to distance your party from their elitist perception and the belief you only care about the the east and west coasts.

If you keep a Dim talking for long enough, they’ll reveal who they really are.

google “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act”

Bingo

not equating

there are usually either socialist or green party on each prez ticket

note to darla, you are psycho

no, the banks and large corporations

and their loyal subservients in the GOP

who could basically give a f*ck about america or americans

(and that includes you, btw)

i care about working people of all colors, in all parts of the country and world

you already did that, thank you

These are classic responses to planted questions by his media partners.  Nothing but words, when he’s actually asked about his stimulus failure, his green jobs failures, the continuing spiral of unemployment, he goes directly into the blame game.  Even your precious MSM is beginning to notice and comment on it because their already paper thin credibility is at stake.

well if the man can get his own party together on something, that could show you his problem

Exactly. Most of the “green” initiatives promoted by the left are socialist schemes.  Bravo

perhaps you need an attitude adjustment.  You don’t agree with republicans, that does not make them evil or even wrong – it just indicates that people don’t have to agree.  

You are assuming because Obama talks trash about republicans that you have to also.  See where that’s got him?  

Give us your definition of millionaire. 

LOL! He’s never STOPPED campaigning! He started campaigning the day he moved in the White House!

A.  The country is not flat-ass broke.
B.  The Secret Service has a budget and purchases assets to protect the president and presidential candidates.  That’s what they do.  That’s what they’ve always done.
C.  You honestly think that not raising the debt ceiling would have been intelligent?

use your head darla.  A simplistic comment deserves a simplistic answer.  I think he might do better than throw his hands up in the air and go on a magical mystery tour.  

The sad part is – you democrats agree but are afraid to say that at this point every step he takes is the wrong one.

The “inept congress” has been there how long?  Who was “inept” before this congress got there – what has been the constant? lol 

Phuck the dream act.

that’s a hell of a way to pick the “best” candidate.  He’s lousy but I hate the other guys – yup that about sums up the “bright” left. 

Perhaps if you look long and hard you can figure out someone who might be better in solving the pickle we are in – might have to hold your nose but you know the guy sitting in the White House is not going to do it so why not take a flyer?

Well, your co-whore aka fake king tells us every day how many she has. How do you like her, now?

2000: got divorced, Bush elected.  2001: Sept. 11.  2004 Bush re-elected, took a direct hit from hurricane charlie.  2006: foreclosure.  2008: bankruptcy.
Since: Obama elected, new job, new house, new wife.
I’m good thanks for your concern.

methinks you take the internet too seriously

take another toke, darlaloon and bfd will lick you. ;)

It’s very easy.  This man, who had everyone wishing him the best – opened his mouth and divided the Country.  He didn’t have to, but because he’s as green as they come, he couldn’t figure out that he’d won (remember what he said to McCain).  Well, when you’ve won, you can afford to be magnanimous and that spreads good will.  Well, his handlers decided that no – he had to keep rubbing the rights nose in it.  How does that work in everyday life?  It doesn’t.  Then he doubled down on stupid and kept it right up, in fact he increased the rhetoric against the right.  

Any office manager will tell you the secrets to running an office where everyone feels they have a purpose and are not just there to take all the shit that comes down the pike.  

This is where his lack of experience hurt him terribly and because all his henchmen were partisan hacks they kept encouraging him.  There was no adult in the room to tell him how to get the best out of the people around him.  It’s much too late – that horse has won the race.  

Perhaps if enough democrats stand up and say – this is not working, someone will come up and challenge him, but to keep piling on a disaster is just going to cause a bigger disaster.  

not only that but you threw out names for your own I hadn’t seen in here before.  Good one. lol

other americans, its ok darla, you told us, stand by your statement, dont try to amend it now

back pedal much? lol

Classic responses?  You mean quotes?
Media Partners?  Isn’t that a Classic conservative false accusation?
Words?  You mean quotes?
Stimulus failure?  You mean the one that added 1.6 million jobs?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/business/economy/17leonhardt.html
Green jobs?  So you think our energy infrastructure should remain the same and we should let countries like China be in the forefront of new energy technology.  That should make us stronger, right?
Spiral of unemployment?  Spirals connotate movement.  Unemployment isn’t spiraling.
MSM?  That’s so funny - that’s what Sarah Palin and the people at Fox News call it.  Weird huh?  

they are campaigning sweet cheeks.  So is Obama.  

And you’re saying obama is directly responsible? LOL!

No, but I do feel better.  I’ve cut way down on the Tums.

Yeah I agree, way too early for Obama to panic.

Are the blacks still calling him the first black president, or the first half-white president?

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/06/bankrupt-green-jobs-company-received.html

The Obama ‘Green Jobs’ Scam That Redistributed Half-a-Billion Dollars to His Political Backers

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/07/22/22greenwire-solar-company-ceo-at-center-of-loan-guarantee-53269.html

He could have just got a greyhound ticket…one way.. and saved us all some money.

There’s always Ron Paul…2012..no one but you in the booth..

Did anyone seriously believe that Obama’s bus tour was anything other than a Campaign/fundraising event? I never for a moment considered jobs to be the reason.

Remember his comment about China? Ooooh how he wished he was the premier of China.

HEY OBAMA, move there and see how a marxist amongst 500 million marxists would do.

The magical Misery Tour-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnrsqf33MXA

Are we to take anything you say after THAT statement seriously?

Yes this comment is off-topic, so flag me for it. 

Not that we need a reminder from famed economist Nouriel Roubini, but there are some choice quotes:
http://online.wsj.com/video/roubini-bush-responsible-for-economic-woes/38310E7D-6753-4591-B5CF-55D6728547A1.html

There apparently is no transcript in English, but if you read Spanish:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576508783408067122.html

Paleese…..Stewart isn’t behind him ( Obama ), rather he’s sitting right there beside him, or up on his lap so the little fellow can see out the window.

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The big-eared cigarette smoker screws up the whole country and then declares he should get four more years so he can keep doing it.

Typical Lib inbred.

‘Defend his record?’ There’s not a single thing positive he can say about it, which is why he’s ‘going negative.’ And if Obamo wants to ‘go negative,’ those half-dozen GOP candidates will be very happy to play that game, too.

The next president will be a grown-up , not a whining child .

“Based on lofty platitudes and hope and change, America hired Barack Obama as their CEO almost three years ago, on the promise that he could turn around the staggering economy.   
Well, that hasn’t happened, and the economy has actually gotten worse.
And what does America’s CEO have to say to the stockholders for his poor job performance?
It’s not my fault. It’s the weather, it’s Europe, it’s the Arab Spring, it’s Wall Street, it’s the greedy rich, it’s low revenue, it’s an unbalanced approach, it’s the oil companies, it’s the banks, it’s mortgage companies, it’s credit card companies, it’s ATM machines, it’s unemployment benefit limits, it’s all those wars, it’s right to work states, it’s global warming, it’s the debt ceiling debate, it’s oil speculators, it’s the internal combustion engine, it’s Republicans, it’s incandescent light bulbs, it’s low emission standards, it’s the Tea Party, it’s Rush Limbaugh, it’s FOX News, it’s – it’s – it’s – it’s time for another vacation and a couple of rounds of golf.And there you have it, America’s top CEO’s list or reasons for his failed policies and dismal job performance. Makes you proud to be an American doesn’t it?If it wasn’t the truth, it would be laughable, but it is the truth, and it’s pathetic. So what do you think is going to happen next November when America gets to decide on what to do with its current CEO?  Can you say one-termer?”http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/08/americas_whining_ceo.html  
And there you have it, America’s top CEO’s list or reasons for his failed policies and dismal job performance. Makes you proud to be an American doesn’t it?
If it wasn’t the truth, it would be laughable, but it is the truth, and it’s pathetic.
So what do you think is going to happen next November when America gets to decide on what to do with its current CEO?  
Can you say one-termer?”
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/08/americas_whining_ceo.html
  

Politico fails to mention the buses were made in Canada, just tricked out in Tennessee.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/canucklehead_obama_bus_ted_gyztvw89k5MyKNS4B7Qp7O

Your source is 18 months old.  For some reason, the press is not wanting to update the Obama vacation information. heh.

Don’t worry, Jeff. “They” are not after your job. Most men I know, Hispanic or Gringo, African-American or Honky, aren’t interested in molesting horsies. 

You’re just not the same person since Juanita left you, Jeff.

I don’t know what I find more revolting, Jeff, your molestation of horses or your obsession with licking.

Schakowsky announced that $227 billion lemon August 10, two days after Congress broke for vacation.  Republicans won’t let them hit the floor?  pfft!

Massive surplus?

Here’s the yearly DEFICIT breakdown from Clinton’s two terms:

FY 94….$281.26 billion
FY 95….$281.23 billion
FY 96….$250.83 billion
FY 97….$188,34 billion
FY 98….$113.05 billion
FY 99….$130.08 billion
FY 00….$ 17.91 billion
FY 01….$133.29 billion
http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16

Where’s that massive surplus?  Those FY figures are all deficits, go find that surplus.

Excellent point.

My concern is that political victory has become so important that one party would resist something that would be positive for the general public because they didn’t want it to appear positive for the “opposition” That’s what I think of when McConnell makes his “Our top priority is making sure Obama is a one term president” Shouldn’t their top priority be to work with the president to solve problems. 

From what I’ve read every incumbent has used tax payer funds to help them campaign. That doesn’t make it okay, but it does make it SOP. What I’ve noticed is that Obama is often demonized far more for doing what politicians do. If we want to change how things operate let’s apply one standard to them all.

I’d like to see the evidence that Obama has taking more vacations than any other president although the whole vacation thing is a mountain out of a mole hill anyway. Presidents consistently work while on vacation. The whole idea that being away from the oval office means he’s not doing anything is nonsense.

Obama knows that winning the presidency will not be enough. He will need a large majority in both houses to do anything productive. I am glad that he is taking his re-election seriously.

Obama knows that winning the presidency will not be enough. He will need a large majority in both houses to do anything productive. I am glad that he is taking his re-election seriously.

Fact: Jon Stewart is a major hack!

Right, it’s not utterly obvious that Obama is on the campaign trail. Stewart needs proof!

Sweet Jesus.

and not only that, but obama has every right to hit the road and fire up his base

Which is totally not campaigning! Cripes.

He should be doing that on his dime, not mine.

Because he sucks at Presidenting. It’s a lot harder than community organizing.

Like your post up there about the GOP being lockstep Nazis? On topic like that?

Idiot.

Default was just another Obama lie. It wasn’t going to happen. It isn’t going to happen. Of course I’m indifferent.

Uh, the national debt tells us otherwise, we are indeed flat ass broke.

Where does the Secret Service get that budget?  From the taxpayers.  Anything that the government on any level pays for, comes from US.  As such, we get to have an opinion about it.  Obama did this so that WE could pay for some of his campaign expenses.  They already have a fleet of armoured cars to drive the POTUS around.  Can’t use those? 

As to the debt ceiling, the reason it was fought against was to avoid giving them MORE money to waste without concomittant cuts in spending.  No one was seriously saying ‘default’.  And anyone that understands the true dichotomy of that situation, KNOWS that, despite the rhetoric in the media by liberal shills.

If we were in danger of default, they wouldn’t have left us at AA+.

11th Circuit says individual mandate is unconstitutional

http://tinyurl.com/3zy3t43

What have you read?

Schakowsky announced that $227 billion lemon August 10, two days after
Congress broke for vacation.  Republicans won’t let them hit the floor? 
pfft!

It’s a damn shame that stupidity isn’t painful.

It was so massive you can’t even see it.

Unless they’re evil Republicans. Then they must be stopped.

He’s right. And he sure does love that perk. No traffic! Cutsies! It’s good to be the King.

Hey Obama, if American workers are so great, why was your bus made in Canada!?

YET REPUBLICAN/TEATERRORISTS TRY TO “DEFEND” THE FAILURES OF “W” ALL THE TIME! MUST BE EXHAUSTING! YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY TO “DEFEND” AS LONG AS THAT COWPIE PERRY KEEPS TALKING!

I think the key word is “shouldn’t” but the problem is so much of the media looks like partisan hacks for either side that the comedian is given more creditablity. I would say this is more a let down of the news outlets then it is a reflection on jon stewart

I wonder if he had the Canadians who built the buses, or the Tennessee company who did the detailing, put in a special air filtration system so that Obama could continue to chain smoke and not get caught in his lies about it. Somehow, I’ll bet that was exactly one of the requirements (of course, pretending it was for “security” purposes. The guy is such a liar, he can’t even own up to his own nicotine addiction.

We’re not flat ass broke.
http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11845

We do have an opinion about it. We elected representatives in previous years who o.k.’s a budget for the Secret Service. They update all of their assets on a regular basis. Should they pass around each expenditure requisition to each voter so they can get everyone’s o.k. before they spend the money in the budget?

Raising the debt ceiling had NOTHING to do with giving anyone more money. Raising the debt ceiling was to meet financial obligations.

Cuts in spending were always going to be part of the package, and the problem was the perception to the rest of the world that we came that close to default.

As of August 2011, federal appellate judges are evenly divided on the issue; at the district court level, three judges upheld the constitutionality of the PPACA and two declared it at least partly unconstitutional. Six other challenges were dismissed on technical grounds such as plaintiffs lacking standing. The Supreme Court may review the matter as early as the end of 2011.

quit crying.

Has Jon Stewart’s become interminably even-handed or was he always like that?  If he was really interested in a fair shake-down of the opposing parties he would be sticking it to Rupert Murdoch in equal dose he does Obama. Instead, he knocks Obama, over pretty much nothing, as if to prove he, Jon Stewart, is fair and balanced. I mean who is leading who by the nose in a merry dance? 

Nice show, I loled

Except in this case, in his zeal to pander to people like you, Stewart is wrong. Time spent by Obama campaigning is very well spent because the republicans are using him as a whipping post and he needs to set the record (at least basically) straight. He would be a fool not to. And he has not much to do because the republicans in the house are absolute dicks and nothing he proposes has any chance of passing. He is going to need a little help from Perry and Sarah, but he is thinking majorities in both houses.

The US and Canadian economies are that interconnected. That is the real world. Get used to it.

Do we make buses?

Come on fax, he made all that effort to pander to you, at least give him a kiss.

Wonder when O-blame-ma will take his bus tour to or through an urban black venue… THAT’s where the unemployment rate is really soaring.

He offers commentary on the news, but he is not a news outlet. His views are his own and the stories he covers are picked expressly because he has an opinion of them.

In this case I agree with Jon, Obama should be doing the job of being president and not campaigning for reelection this far from the election date. He has not even worked in the oval office for one third of the time he has lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Want to get reelected? Show us you can do the job.

And I’m sure you said the same thing when Bush was in office, NOT!

And I’m sure you said the same thing when Bush was in office, NOT!

So you admit he’s campaigning?  Then why are the tax-payers footing the bill?

Stop oppressing.

I agree with you on this point Dan. But I do think that it’s not necessarily the best optics to go to Martha’s Vineyard again. He could go to Camp David or Chicago (I know, not the best vacation spot) and it would’ve been no big deal.

Wrong you are. Campaigning he is definitely.

Ok, but then what about that whole “Change” thing?

Working as president he is not. Failure he is, and see him after 2012 we will not.

Are you really that unbelievably ignorant? Even the thimbleheads at MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC are calling this campaigning.

There is nothing awful about what you elitists call the fly over states – a large number of people live there and they are just as worthwhile as you and your liberal bonehead buddies.

At least Bush didn’t fire up the campaign touring until the election year began, as has been the custom with all previous presidents who ran for a second term. Only this piece of work has done this before. He isn’t even completed the first three years of his first term and out come the tour buses and the speeches.
He needs to show more leadership skill and actually fix at least one problem before starting up the bus and hitting the road.

Then let him present it while he works at the job of being president. His best case for reelection would be to solve a problem. The economy is in shambles and swinging wildly from bullish to bearish – all due to his meddling and incompetence in managing the country’s affairs.

He really needs to pay attention to his job, and work hard at it.

Obama never stopped campaigning. He’s the Campaigner in Chief.

“TMP”

If his vision were more congruent with the traditions of America perhaps he would be more successful. That assumes of course he actually has a talent for the job in the first place, which he does not.

Wonderful clip comparing Sarah Palin’s bus to Obama’s bus…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBeqRqOdjGg

So your criticism consists of guessing at what I thought or said in the past? I freely admit I despised the Bush administration. At the time my opinion was that starting an unnecessary war that cost the lives of so many was about the most heinous act a president could commit. How many vacations he took was pretty minor compared to that. I remember him being criticized for it at the time.

I’m just noting now how partisan feelings supersedes reasoning and facts. 

So your criticism consists of guessing at what I thought or said in the past? I freely admit I despised the Bush administration. At the time my opinion was that starting an unnecessary war that cost the lives of so many was about the most heinous act a president could commit. How many vacations he took was pretty minor compared to that. I remember him being criticized for it at the time.

I’m just noting now how partisan feelings supersedes reasoning and facts. 

The immediate reaction to this is

 - boy, does he look foolish
 - everybody must be laughing
 - why does he put himself in a position to look so bad?
 - doesn’t he realize how this impacts his reputation?

But, of course, we are talking about Tommy Christopher, not Rick Perry.

Perception does count for something and any president needs to be conscious of it. I just think this particular GOP talking point ought to be consistently challenged with some facts. It bugs me that so many people on both sides repeat BS they hear as if it’s factual. We ought to demand a little more in accurate info from the media as well including the pundits. Is Obama taking more vacations than previous presidents? It was being said in the first year as well and turned out to be BS.

Perception does count for something and any president needs to be conscious of it. I just think this particular GOP talking point ought to be consistently challenged with some facts. It bugs me that so many people on both sides repeat BS they hear as if it’s factual. We ought to demand a little more in accurate info from the media as well including the pundits. Is Obama taking more vacations than previous presidents? It was being said in the first year as well and turned out to be BS.

Look at the economy and politics of 1920 to 1935 to see the real truth.
Obama didn’t make things worse. He kept them from getting worse.

Wonderful in what way? It’s Inane. If it’s supposed to be comedy maybe it’s a little funny but I got the impression the narrator was serious.

Wonderful in what way? It’s Inane. If it’s supposed to be comedy maybe it’s a little funny but I got the impression the narrator was serious.

Fundraiser, no. Campaign, yes.
Since Republicans are campaigning all over the place, and Congress is on vacation. This is the perfect time for Obama to campaign put out his opposing message.
Would you have a Republican president remain silent while a dozen Democrats were shooting their mouths off?

You have a different one?

He who uses the word fool when describing his opposition probably is one.

The two only cost 2.1 M. Your math is weak. :-)

As Dubya well knows.

Well, you have to know where the ‘Loon stands on wealth seizure to understand my question to her. 

When talking about taxing “millionaires”, most people would assume that we’re talking about individuals (or couples filing jointly I suppose, though that is misleading) that earn in excess of a million dollars a year. 

‘Loon thinks that anyone that has assets equaling a million need to be ‘taxed’ (seized).  The 0bama administration makes the leap to people earning $250k or more as “taxing the rich”

So, my question to the ‘Loon was more rhetorical, because she’s shown how her ubercommunist mind works.

Well, you have to know where the ‘Loon stands on wealth seizure to understand my question to her. 

When talking about taxing “millionaires”, most people would assume that we’re talking about individuals (or couples filing jointly I suppose, though that is misleading) that earn in excess of a million dollars a year. 

‘Loon thinks that anyone that has assets equaling a million need to be ‘taxed’ (seized).  The 0bama administration makes the leap to people earning $250k or more as “taxing the rich”

So, my question to the ‘Loon was more rhetorical, because she’s shown how her ubercommunist mind works.

Well, you have to know where the ‘Loon stands on wealth seizure to understand my question to her. 

When talking about taxing “millionaires”, most people would assume that we’re talking about individuals (or couples filing jointly I suppose, though that is misleading) that earn in excess of a million dollars a year. 

‘Loon thinks that anyone that has assets equaling a million need to be ‘taxed’ (seized).  The 0bama administration makes the leap to people earning $250k or more as “taxing the rich”

So, my question to the ‘Loon was more rhetorical, because she’s shown how her ubercommunist mind works.

You really don’t get it.
Stewart makes jokes from politics. He only looks partisan because Republicans give him the most material to make jokes of.
OK. That’s a little fib. He is a liberal. There is no doubt about that, but I still say there is much more stuff to make fun of coming from the right. You guys are so scared of everything that you can’t help being funny in a scary way.

You really don’t get it.
Stewart makes jokes from politics. He only looks partisan because Republicans give him the most material to make jokes of.
OK. That’s a little fib. He is a liberal. There is no doubt about that, but I still say there is much more stuff to make fun of coming from the right. You guys are so scared of everything that you can’t help being funny in a scary way.

You really don’t get it.
Stewart makes jokes from politics. He only looks partisan because Republicans give him the most material to make jokes of.
OK. That’s a little fib. He is a liberal. There is no doubt about that, but I still say there is much more stuff to make fun of coming from the right. You guys are so scared of everything that you can’t help being funny in a scary way.

And what are the election laws concerning the campaigning of a sitting king   president?

Firing up his base is campaigning ,,, better check the definition … He must be awefully scared of  getting dethroned .. beat to be campaigning a year before election year (other presidents waited and continued to do the  job they are charged to do).)

Jon Stewart is a craven entertainer who uses politics as his means of entertainment.

 He “attacks” the right wing but still want to maintain respect and media friendships with them…example his relationship with O”Reilly when was the last time he went after O’Reilly vigorously?  A better example of a committed and fearless (ie non craven) entertainer is Steven Colbert.  I would also submit that Colbert has a progressive agenda that he is implementing with every one of his shows.  Stewart on the other hands scolds the liberal media for “daring” to put a non doctored photo of a really crazy looking Michelle Bachman on the cover of Newsweek. Really?  It was wrong according to craven Stewart because now the Right wing has a nugget to use against Progressive when they claim the media is liberal.  Really?  Liberals should conform their behavior so that the Right wing can’t criticize us?  Spoken like a true blue craven.  

Oh. I get it. Like “these are not the droids you’re looking for.” It’s a jedi thing.

You don’t need to see his identification.
He can go about his business.
Move along.

OK. I see what you mean. We do tend to think of a millionaire as someone who already has that much “in the bank.”
To be accurate one should specify the annual income element, and assume that money “in the bank” has already been taxed as it was earned. An individual may have saved all of his/her life to become a millionaire, so taxing that savings account would be theft.

I’m glad you asked the question and now clarify why you asked. If the two opposing sides have different definitions of what a millionaire is, we really can’t have a logical discussion.

However, it may be that you are the one making the wrong assumption, and that darladoon is not an uber-communist after all. As for Obama’s intent, I am sure he is talking about income, not savings, and he is in that million plus per year category. The $250K number is from the old tax that was due to return under the original Republican legislation.

Do Islamic radicals fall in there anywhere or does only the Tea Party count as a terrorist organization in your eyes?

2012 is fast approaching and Obama is in the mood for campaigns. Just hope whoever becomes the next president of America will surely uphold its sovereignty.

 Strathclyde Associates

Defend his record?????