Wow. A meeting of the retards. You can only see that on FOX News whenever they’re not running commercials for adult diapers and government-subsidized scooters.

Yeah, you asswipe – real “privileged” to have EARNED his way to A-rated schools and elected to Harvard Law Review.  All while being raised by a single mom. Repugs will stop at nothing. 

Oh look, one schmuck talking to another schmuck.

That fancy Obama, what with his one-parent household and fancy indoor plumbing.

God, Perry is so dumb.

A “community organizer” is just another term for a radical protestor and that is who Oblamer is and that is why he supports the violent behavior of the OWS protestors!!

There is a reason why Oblamer has to conceal his true identity!!

Obama wasn’t what i would characterize dirt poor but he hardly falls under the Richie rich category growing up, more facts and less talking points next time

Obama not too lazy to criticize America’s schoolkids while in Australia :

Speaking at a high school in Australia, President Obama told a group of Aussie students that their counterparts in his country had “fallen behind” when it comes to math and science, saying he wants to reform the public school system.
Obama also asserted that poor children don’t get “support they need when they’re very young’’ and are “already behind’’’ when they enter grammar school, according to a press pool report.

Obama might have thought twice before casting America’s public school kids in a negative light to foreign students. Especially since he can exclude his own children from the system by paying for them to attend private school.

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/11/17/obama-tells-aussie-students-kids/

It’s a tough choice on claiming who’s the bigger idiot… Hannity or Perry??

I think the suggestion that the president shows himself as being “privileged” in his remarks about the laziness of our business leaders (as though the WH is not accountable as well to the problem) is off the mark.

However, they certainly show Pres. Obama to be full of a remarkable chutzpah that comes from being secure in the fact that his words won’t be met with the sort of media shock and frustration that they deserve

Hannity is confusing the wealthy pampered like Perry and Bush with Obama, who’s folks had no money.

Hannity and Perry..what a combination…….. tweedle dumb and tweedle dee. 

Keep up that search for relevancy, Tollbooth. This doesn’t cut it in that regard. But, you’re right. What red-blooded American boy wouldn’t want to be an African American growing up in a back water Honolulu apartment without a father and with an ill mother? The life of Riley. Now, go shine your belt buckle. The silver is starting to look like pewter.

Living on food stamps for a while is ‘Privileged’ according to Ricky. 

Get used to these types of attacks from republicans, they will be the norm during this coming election.  With no real leg to stand on politically, republicans such as Karl Rove and his Crossroads groups will use the cut and paste ads which take everything out of context.  Unfortunately, these ads will likely be successful with the age group they’re aimed at, the elderly.  Most still do not know how to use computers and some still trust the man in the box(TV) as they did for their formative years.  And with Rove having a quarter billion available to him and corporations lined up to give more, we need to get ready to see a barrage of this type of ad for the next year and beyond.

That’s the first time anyone has made the case that growing up on food stamps was growing up “privileged”…

Rick Perry does know privilege when he sees it…not a lot of us had hunting camps with racist names when we were kids.

I wish I was surprised by this stuff anymore. Not sure how we’re supposed to elect competent leaders when such a huge portion of the electorate is so willfully misinformed.

Looks like Perry and Hannity are going for the easy slam….I guess they are the “lazy” ones.

Here’s the entire interview from the APEC Conference.

And here is the exact quote in context:

MR. McNERNEY: I think one related question, looking at the world from the Chinese side, is what they would characterize as impediments to investment in the United States. And so that discussion I’m sure will be part of whatever dialogue you have. And so how are you thinking about that?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, this is an issue, generally. I think it’s important to remember that the United States is still the largest recipient of foreign investment in the world. And there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the U.S. as a great opportunity — our stability, our openness, our innovative free market culture.

But we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted — well, people will want to come here and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America. And so one of things that my administration has done is set up something called SelectUSA that organizes all the government agencies to work with state and local governments where they’re seeking assistance from us, to go out there and make it easier for foreign investors to build a plant in the United States and put outstanding U.S. workers back to work in the United States of America.

And we think that we can do much better than we’re doing right now. Because of our federalist system, sometimes a foreign investor comes in and they’ve got to navigate not only federal rules, but they’ve also got to navigate state and local governments that may have their own sets of interests. Being able to create if not a one-stop shop, then at least no more than a couple of stops for people to be able to come into the United States and make investments, that’s something that we want to encourage.

So the “Government” has been a bit lazy and we need to set up an easy system to attract foreign investment (this was Conference on Asia) and to simplify the process, reduce government interference, and help businesses bring new jobs to America.

Is anyone against this?

The President and his people are so intelligent that they often than not take positions that make you sound stupid whenever you oppose them. Perception is the key. Remember when Conservatives were/are saying poor Americans are lazy and don’t want to work? That’s exactly what The President is trying to preempt.

I remember growing up with a single mom, just like Obama – and man, let me tell you, it was awesome to live such a privileged lifestyle. Do you know ho awesome it is to live on food stamps and get subsidized lunches at school?  So luxurious.  And don’t get me started on how much fun it was on the weekends to have to go to work with my mom because she couldn’t afford a babysitter.  

single mom-no father-raised by grandparents–mother had to get welfare at one time..

well i admit it is much more appealing than being raised in a home of wealth and influence  like a romney—
damn that obama–he had it so easy–
being the first black man/person on Harvard Law review? and then that easy ride to become the nations first black president and modern worlds first black leader???
damn him–

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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present the brain trust of The Republican Party together for one night of incredible stupidity. Lets give a nice batshit welcome to, I never finshed college Sean Hannity, and his D grades and foot width are the same, Rick Perry.

your states going blue bro – sorry

WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT – There’s absolutely no reality in his statement whatsoever!

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Let’s see: Rick Perry at Texas A&M failed to achieve his ambition to qualify for vet school, enrolled in the armed forces for a few years, went to work for his daddy, then ever since has been running for or serving in elected office.

Barack Obama never failed to achieve any goal he set in academic life, worked for a year or more in the banking industry between degrees, worked in a paid position as a community organizer, worked for almost a decade as a lawyer for private and institutional clients in a law firm in Chicago, taught a constitutional law course for almost a decade as a lawyer at U of Chicago Law, and otherwise has been running for or serving in elected office.

It’s difficult to see how Perry comes off better in that comparison, but in any event he is wrong or lying in his meme about Obama never having worked for a living, though the same criticism does appear much more apt in relation to Perry.

Besides all that, Perry either has not listened to or is lying in his assertion about what Obama say.

cry bagger cry!!!

I have three things to say about this, 1) Perry’s an idiot, 2) Perry’s a moron and 3)Uh, uh, mmmm…..oops.

“Is anyone against this?”

I’ll check back with you later.  I have to see what Rush tells me to think on this issue.  But, if he doesn’t comment on this topic today, I’m only against it if the Democrats are for it.

Toolbooth. Hands down.

Conservative Victim Syndrome is obviously a pandemic among rightists now. Very sad, Very sad, indeed.

Says the guy whose family had enough money to ‘rent a hunting club’? Ugggggggggg.

Many public schools system are failing, so why would you have a problem with sending kids to private school. I send my own to private school, knowing that they have the tools to obtain a very good education.Test scores do not lie, our public schools system are indeed falling behind most of the world.

Colorado made a HUGE mistake in 2008!!! I am positive that won’t happen again in 2012……Oblamer understands this as well, that is why he has already made umpteen visits here to pimp himself out!!

Dear god, Obama criticizing the American education system? Say it ain’t so…

Nice use of a red herring by the way.

Is there something about stating facts that rubs you the wrong way? Or is it better to sweep them under the rug as has been the case for the past generation or so.

Tommy the DNC member coming to Obama’s rescue again. Partisan article once again. Tommy you are such a partisan hack.

well actually if you go back through Obama’s careers, pre-presidency, he never held a job 9-5 job, nor did he have a 5 day work week for any of these jobs.  or if I’m wrong why don’t you go look it up and correct me

why is that?  instead of blaming teachers and teacher unions, take a look at the societal ills we have here…. parents who don’t parent for one thing.  the kids come to school unfed and undisciplined and the teachers are supposed to reparent them i guess.  good luck.

earned?  did he really…?

As someone who is applying to law schools, Obama is someone with privilege in that manner. That doesn’t mean that he didn’t have the merit to accompany it, but he still was privileged in the law school application process.

Um, President Obama was a law professor as the University of Chicago…but I’m sure you already knew that.  You are correct about the 9-5 part.  Most of the past presidents of the Harvard Law Review who graduated at the top of their class and earned a Jurist Doctorate do not work 9 to 5.  They usually become senators, CEOs or maybe president of the United States. 

The others usually become professors, college presidents or sit on the SCOTUS.

But I’m sure you already knew that.

From my understanding, being a part of law review isn’t as difficult as a process as you would like to think. I would still like to see his articles that he wrote for it, if there are any.

you do realize that Jesus was a community organizer right?

next thing you know–this goofy scewball will want to mud wrestle Nancy Pelosi…

what? he already wanted to debate her? really? 
hell–why not just call for a debate with Obama…come on –quit picking fights with women perry…

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS~

Way too many commas…..

damn you—you use facts????
you big cheater…you cannot use real actual factual data—
damn you……

now lets go back and put on our underoos and dance around the camp fire..SOLYNDRA–OBAMA CALLS AMERICA LAZY–SOCIALIST..OOH YAA OOH MAA POOPIE PANTS MOO LLAA

Like I said earlier, the short time my mom and I were on food stamps was a freaking blast. Powdered milk rocks!!

2 closet gays pi$$ed off at the world..
at least perry actually served in the military–hannity just exploits them…

all they need is bachman’s husband, lil dickie morris and newt and they would have a decent human centepede …
hehehe

Let’s just pretend our kids are not stupid and far behind most other industrialized countries – that will solve the problem…you dummy.

“well actually if you go back through Obama’s careers, pre-presidency, he never held a job 9-5 job, nor did he have a 5 day work week for any of these jobs.  or if I’m wrong why don’t you go look it up and correct me”

EVEN if that were true, it’s irrelevant. Hannity And Perry said he “grew up” privileged.  Seems to me like you’re understanding the part where growing up is equivalent to your childhood, teen, and young adult life – not after you graduated from college and entered the work force (like you’re suggesting).

Teachers, cops, librarians, ministers, priests, political activists, and sports coaches among others are all community organizers. I thought conservatives supported the idea of community and family?

Ok. . who is the most dim-witted, perry or sean the little frog. . .?  Its hard to pick a winner. The remark was taken out of context which is nothing unusual for the fox fiends, and perry wants to be accepted sooooo bad. . . . Actually sean, the little frog, he was speaking of your sacred jobcreators who had gotten lazy, fat and bloated over the past decades, while bush screwed the citizens to the wall.  Honestly, between idiots like sean and perry, and cain the unable. . .its hard to pick the biggest loser.  Have you ever noticed that sean, the little frog, has one script and repeats it over and over, night after night. . . What a tiny man with a big ego.

Thank you for presenting the remark in it’s proper context. It’s amazing how everybody skips the entire fukcing commentary to demagogue on one word.

I see even the local wingnuts haven’t even attempted to defend that moronic comment. 

Obama went to the extremely exclusive school Punahau while living in Hawaii….I would not call that underprivileged.  He is overseas trashing our kids now and the public school system while his own kids go to the very exclusive Sidwell Friends school.
Geez

Perry is right, Obama has had everything given to him on a silver platter including his Harvard education and the house in Chicago.  He continues to be a lazy President playing more golf and basketball than any other President, he has more parties and does more campaign junkets than any other politician in history.  If he did actually do some work himself maybe his presidency and the economy would not be in the disaster shape it is today.  He should go out and visit his buddies at Occupy Wall Street and stay there until he is thrown out of office.

Who would have thought the GOP could find a bigger Texas dope than W?

Obama went to the extremely exclusive and very expensive Punahou school; like his daughters who go to the extremely exclusive and very expensive Sidwell Friends.  And here is Obama, overseas trashing our kids in the public school system.

Team Stupid 2012 (your GOP!) on patrol!

Stay tuned to see who’ll be crowned King Stupid–and get ritually eviscerated by Obama in November!

My money’s on that Buick salesman Romney.

Perry worked hard as a boy at the N*ggerhead ranch.

Oh, here we go again, the old tired narrative of Obama, *the poor black child, growing up on food stamps*….

“For example, I was going to a fancy prep school, and my mother was on food stamps while she was getting her Ph.D.”
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1546362-3,00.html

The only thing that is ‘lazy’ and unworkable is Rick Perry’s mind.

I like your style. How might one gain access to your organization?

I know you are, but what might he be?

So the reality that China ranks #1 in Math, Science and Reading and the US falls down the list by 16 to 30 countries should be ignored? http://ourtimes.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/oecd-education-rankings/

Second point is that someone can pay for private education is a bad thing? The disruption caused by Secret Service in a public school might be a significant distraction to the teachers and school.

What is the point again? 

“But we’ve been a little bit lazy,
How is this NOT saying Americans are lazy?
“we’ve” is a plural word…
If BO is an American….and as POTUS uses the term “we’ve” instead of “I’ve” been lazy…he’s talking about ALL Americans…including himself as an American.
Attempting to define exactly what type of mental illness Christopher is afflicted with, WHAT does Christopher think “we’ve” means?…..just the Summit members? just the people in that room?

So, are you going to be stupid all of your life, or is just while you’re a Republican?  This batch of Republican candidates are just the dumbest lot ever, and that’s because they’re pandering to the lowest common denominator among your group.  I take it from your remark that you are indeed a targeted voter.

Yeah, really.  What?  Do you think he just skated into college?  That it was just handed to him? 

Yeah, Obama had it really rough during his upbringing in Hawaii.  So rough that he was able to attend the private Punahou School.  I was born and raised in Hawaii.  I lived about 15 minutes slow driving time from that school.  Puhahou was where the “Rich Kids” went to school. Ask anybody living in Honolulu to confirm that FACT.  If I hear one more story about how bad Obama had it while growing up, I think I’ll puke. 

maybe you should read his book, or just a part of it, and then try to pull your head out of your ass

I’d be interested to know: what’s the reason?  Is he ven concealing his true identity?  What do you think his identity is?

Two.

Properly used.

Epic fail JCP.

Is that JCPenney’s?

He’s just being truthful. Would you prefer that he live in Gagaland, running that crap by us about God and  country all the time? I know you guys love all that feel-good stuff, but it’s not practical. 

As someone who was on a the Law Review (Top 10, but not at Harvard), I can attest it is grueling work. Not sure where you got your information, but I doubt you’re really going to go to law school anyway. You talk about it too much. 

technically he was a fisherman and a carpenter. 

They once did until some one told them add a letter and subtract a letter and “community” becomes “Communist”. Gle(n)n O’Beckerhead, I believe. As for family, they like it in concept, but it interferes with extra-marital affairs, cruising men’s rooms and lounging about cat houses in poop-laden diapers.

nice way of saying he got in because he was black.  That is what you are saying right?

With the law school thing, again.

you already said this.  So I assume that means you either like repeating yourself or you are not fully aware on how to use this site.  Did you go to a public school?

By the way, as for him dissing public schools, I thought this was a big talking point of the right?  I mean, they want to dismantle the Department of Education, bust the Teachers Union, and privatize (especially with religion) the school system.  Shouldn’t you guys agree with him then?

No doubt Perry nailed Obama on this one.

Of course he held 9-5 jobs..  It just goes to show how uneducated repubilcans are to Barack Obama the person.
In high school,  Barack Obama worked at Baskin Robbins Ice Cream in Hawaii.

After graduating from college in NYC, Barack Obama stayed in New York and went to work for Business International Corporation.

For over a year he “researched, wrote and edited articles, reports, and how-to-manuals on international business and finance for multi-national companies.

Obama said the job “didn’t excite him but it gave him a quick education in modern business and, international finance”.  He had decided he wanted to “leave the world a better place” and began looking around for jobs “helping the poor”. 

That is when he ran across an ad for a “community organizer in Chicago’ for the Jewish center.

Actually, if you look at the sky you will see that it is blue, and there is no beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. If I’m wrong feel free to look it up and correct me.

I’m sure you could go to Harvard Law School and see copies in their library….if it is that important to you to see them.

Another reason for Perry & the GOPsters to be insanely jealous.  As they try to hide their own backgrounds of poor breeding, birth, intellectual, moral, & educational emptiness & inferiority. 

Right. Anybody can walk off the street, get accepted to Harvard Law School and stumble into it’s Presidency.

–Cobra

Obama grew up with a single mother, an anthropoiogist who relied on food stamps ocasionally.  He went to live with his grandparents in Hawaii.  He was their only grandchild.  He went to good schools, on scholarships and student loans.  He finally paid off his loans in the mid-90′s.  Instead of joining a prestigious law firm (which he could have) he went to work in the community where he felt he could make a difference, living in run-down apartments and drivign a beat up car. 
That doesn’t sound like a “privileged” life style to me.  No one opened doors for him, no legacy admissions to college, no special benefits enjoyed by the children of the privileged class .

I’ll just have to assume that the acceptance rates and minimum requirements have not changed radically in the past 20 years. So of the stats available now 

Harvard requires a minimum of 3.75 GPA and 170 LSAT. To achieve a LSAT of 170 you are already in the top 3% of all applicants taking the test.

Harvard wrote their own story about Obama’s Historic first – he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. This is an elected position. Access to the review is 50% based on grades and 50% elected by students. Then the president of the review is selected from that group. There are 80 members. 

It seems the real challenge would be to get the grades and the LSAT to gain admissions. That is reserved for a very small group as only about 11% are accepted from applicants that have grades and scores qualifying for admissions.

As for articles, this is a editorial position where a compendium of reviews are submitted and then presented for the year. His own entry can be found online if you can search for it.

All easy to find if you just look for the facts.

For awhile, Obama’s mother and he were benefactors of the Food Bank.  To suggest that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth like Romney is ridiculous.

ABSOLUTELY.  And the tuition to Punahou was paid by a lot of sacrifice by his grandparents.

HA HA 

U DUM

http://www.harvardlawreview.org/about.php

Increase your understanding of the process.

Obama, privileged huh.The guys works hard to get were he’s at and he’s privileged?For the jokers who say that he’s privileged for working hard needs to stop  listening to Micheal Savage who believes it is affirmative action that got the president to where he is. 

I wish i could give you a thumbs down like on YouTube.

Yes, a person who actually depends on FACTS is always coming to the rescue for pundits who have no idea what they are talking about.

Obama’s grandparents paid for his tuition but he also got scholarships to Punahau.  I think his grandfather worked there and they lived almost next door to it.  It took a lot of sacrafice on his grandparents part to pay the tuition. 

Goodness, Tumbleweed, sometimes your bitterness gets the best of you. No one is arguing that President Obama was destitute growing up. The claim by the Idiot Tollbooth was that President Obama had a privileged upbringing. That is an outrageous lie by a big liar. Get with the program.

Says a republican whose last president took an average of 4 months vacation every year.

It’s an admirable, compelling story reflecting a character and worth his detractors, in their bitterness, scorn, hatred and, perhaps, jealousy seem not to have. It is a true American success story, one of many, and these detractors do not diminish our President, but only themselves and, unfortunately our nation, in their pettiness and snark.

Your remarks just show how our educational system is failing.  The remarks are made without any research for FACTS.  Barack Obama was only able to attend Punahou school because of his grandparent’s sacrifices to pay for his tuition.  He also earned some scholarships that paid for part of the tuition.

that is because you are an idiot…
having been a party to the procedure…it is one of the most–if not the most revered and sought out title for law students..
and of course i am sure that anyone COULD achieve this–as anyone can become a congressman and senator..
but only 1 can hold the title as president of law review..
but i guess for a toilet bowl in Wisconsin–i am sure you are oblivious to anything outside of your little bubble..
next time do a 5 minute google search..ok?
and if that is not hard enough to actually be the president of Harvard Law Review–to be the first Black president of Law Review? lets just say—that would take a lot of work..

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/us/first-black-elected-to-head-harvard-s-law-review.html

i think these people cannot get past wikipedia..

to say what most of these clowns say is just lazy–it is too pathetic to be stupid and an insult to stupid people what these cons say and do..
i mean–it literally takes seconds to debunk what they say…

technically he was also a community organizer and rumor is–God! (you know-alpha and omega? first and last? creator of all that ever was and ever will be?)

ditto…
:)

if by privilege you mean hard work and deserved by merit and accomplishment–
you may be right..
but if i were you–and i am not-thank god…i would try the jolly rogers school of pirate law or maybe one of the radical right winged jesus law schools ie regent or liberty..
i do not even think you need to take tests at regent~

you still have to take a state exam-but maybe you could go to texas –i think they use coloring books~

bon chance

ya–hey a gals gotta dream huh? i guess spaceship captain is off the table now that obama killed Nasa..
oh well~

Oh, I was just mocking you as you went around yesterday trying to correct people’s comma usage. Try and keep up.

Barack Hussein Obama Syndrome:

Those that live their entire life with the privileges of affirmative action special treatment simply can not function in the real, competitive society…and he proves it EVERYDAY and in EVERYTHING at which he fails.

RUSH limpballs doesnt know his assh@le from his face…..consequently he gets his toungue tied in both

Hannity and Perry…Dumb and Dumner…..The GOP nut-jobs are running out of Ammo.against obama..sure they have the Economy….then…hmmm ….lets see Obamas high School transcripts…. lololol

Why does a privileged upbringing even matter?
So he was poor.
So he was rich.
Does he have the experience, temperament and intelligence to be president or not?
That’s all that matters.

Everything else is just manufacturing reasons to support or hate a president.

Will our electorate ever grow up?

Right…. and if we all had a nickle for every time you’ve whined about FNC, we’d be as rich as Bill O’Reilly…

Except that description would certainly not apply to Obama, who excelled as a student. It might apply to Hannity, who got his doctorate from Liberty College right about the time Sun Myung Moon was bailing it out.

“I don’t think he’s a reader”–Steven Bernston on Rick Perry

Ho! Ho! Ho!–the green giant

Now don’t you go worrying – you’re nearly half-way through your education . . .

Perry confused privilege with welfare.  Remember, the white mom didn’t have a pot to piss in so Obama was always an affirmative action baby.  

Schmuck to schmuck, yacking on a misquote.  I wonder how Governor Perry came by his wealth?

http://www.mywesttexas.com/editors_picks/article_76db00f8-dfde-11e0-9c63-001cc4c03286.html

Criminy, say it ain’t so.

It’s all in how one fills out the forms, of course.

We spend too much of our time arguing about what will go into the textbooks.  Meanwhile, the world marches past us.  If another country is having more success that ourselves, say in education, should’nt we at the very least, examine their success?  If it works for them, it could work for us.

Our kids aren’t stupid (from personal experience because I’m a freshman in college), they’re just a little lazy. We’re teaching the next generation to expect instant gratification; they’re too preoccupied with that to realize the benefits that education has in the long run. There is a problem with education in this country, but like everything else in the US, it will need work. But that involves listening and compromise, something that the Democrats and Republicans no nothing about. 

I believe we should strongly encourage them to find out,  CeeJay.

Ironically, “deeds not words” is an old conservative credo; an idea with merit, that has been curiously neglected, of late.

If he had any idea, and I am certain he does not, he might not think so.  His beginnings were more humble than I thought.  However, he’s done very well for himself.  By the way RRE, did’nt you predict this type of “dirty tricks politics”?  They arrived eerily on schedule.  To me, this is far worse than loosing ones train of thought, which could happen to anyone.  This took a certain malicious, forethought, to implement. Not at all presidential.

And keep in mind one of the first to practice “perception politics” is none other than Newt Gingrich, a master in their application.

If I had a nickel for everytime Tommy got called a partisan hack–I’d be as wealthy as Rick Perry.  I suspect Tommy’s hide is getting thick.  In this article nobody had to resort to hackery.

As Tommy himself has noted, the criticism lacks substance.  He is clear about his bias and rigorous in his analysis.  The response from the right is personal and ugly.  The hacks project.  Cheers Mezz! 

Schools are failing for a number of reasons, I don’t think I mentioned teachers or unions but they do share responsibility, parents share a large part of the blame, as well as state govermnents who poorly fund schools.

Perry is getting desperate and is starting to sound as ridiculously knee-jerk anti-Obama as Bachmann. Watching this blow-dried fake cowboy’s campaign crash has been beautiful.

perry wasting his millions with a bad ad. its best to attack romney.

Yes he was privileged to have a very high GPA that got him scholarships and his mother and grandparents made certain he was intellectually ready for college and law school.  But all these jealous goofs do give me a big giggle.  Drives them nuts this black dude has done so well with his hard work and study.

You really should pay more and more attention to the word “retard” and not “mentally challenged”—seriously!!!!

Classic. Do these folks really want to be president or are they doing what they have been doing for almost 15 or so years? TAKING MONEY HAND OVER FIST from every idiot GOP person willing to send them a dime. SEND THEM MORE OF YOUR MONEY..! YOU obviously have a ton to waste.

Perhaps you should really pay really close attention to why you really are “pissedoffandbroke”!!!  try locating a mirror and taking a real look and while you are doing that—try to define ‘honestly’!!!!

Is anybody going to point out that these are the same people that were applauding “Get a job!” epithets thrown at the Americans excercising their Constitutional rights at the OWS protests?

If Perry is going to say that Obama “never had to work for anything”, he should offer some evidence.   

What is he basing such a comment on, exactly??….

I never said it wasn’t grueling work. You keep stalking me.

I never said that I was currently going to law school. I know that if I was a graduate of law school that I wouldn’t comment on this site at least. And as a law graduate, I certainly wouldn’t stalk someone to the point of that person considering a lawsuit.

I would think a 170 is too low for law school at Harvard. Maybe those were their standards back then. However, you’re not arguing my main point. :) Race is a factor at ALL schools. It’s not an equal playing field. Period.

It’s far too easy to mock you, which is why I avoid mocking you. :)

No, but it was a factor.  Law school is not an equal playing field. That is all.

With the stalking thing again.

I have given Perry the benefit of the doubt tell this one.  Now I realize that trurly he has nothing between his ears.  The only reason he is governor of Texas is the Oil gaints need a puppet they could control and they got one.

Hannity and Perry are dumb enough to think being raised by a single mom is some kind of elitist thing.

Rick Perry says that Jesus grew up in a privledged way.

From an actual reading of the President’s actual statement, it looks like he was saying that government agencies have been “a little bit lazy” in attracting foreign investment:

QUESTION: I think one related question, looking at the world from the Chinese side, is what they would characterize as impediments to investment in the United States. And so that discussion I’m sure will be part of whatever dialogue you have. And so how are you thinking about that?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, this is an issue, generally. I think it’s important to remember that the United States is still the largest recipient of foreign investment in the world. And there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the U.S. as a great opportunity — our stability, our openness, our innovative free market culture.

But we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted — well, people will want to come here and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America. And so one of the things that my administration has done is set up something called SelectUSA that organizes all the government agencies to work with state and local governments where they’re seeking assistance from us, to go out there and make it easier for foreign investors to build a plant in the United States and put outstanding U.S. workers back to work in the United States of America.

And we think that we can do much better than we’re doing right now. Because of our federalist system, sometimes a foreign investor comes in and they’ve got to navigate not only federal rules, but they’ve also got to navigate state and local governments that may have their own sets of interests. Being able to create if not a one-stop shop, then at least no more than a couple of stops for people to be able to come into the United States and make investments, that’s something that we want to encourage.

R.I.F.

Read the transcript. “We’ve been a little bit lazy” refers to government agencies not making sufficient effort to attract foreign businesses to the US and to make it easier for them to set up shop here. So his administration is working with other government agencies to resolve that problem. If you still don’t understand, read the full statement, shown in a few posts above.

you have no candidates…. the gop is falling apart.

I’m confused. Did Obama get raised as a fancy, rich snob that had fillet mignon for lunch every day, or as a lazy crack cocaine user living off food stamps?

All Black people are lazy.

I ourght to know, as I am Black person, and I have accomplished NOTHING in my life. No Black person has, expecy for Mr. Cain.

Right…..

Yeah, I get your drift.. Affirmative Action, right? those darned coloreds LOVE a free ride don’t they?

Sweet.. Tell it!

Rick Perry’s attack ad has been debunked and proven false in it’s portrayal of president Obama. These “Swift-boat” styled attacks and false portrayals of the president have begun in selected regions to push narrow-minded issues or falsifications. There are numerous players in this upcoming election, and everyone should take a very close look at the main target. Ask yourselves if our president has done all he could for the American people nationally and internationally. Bear in mind this posting and subsequent comments prove the bigotry and prejudice still rampant in America. Mitch McConnell said it: “We must make Obama a one term president”! The economy the TEA/GOP/Republicans are trying to paint on the president is in fact the current Congress’s. The real reason this “Do Nothing! No. Not Now! Never” Congress is because Boehner’s a cripple. The confrontational Terroristic Economic Antagonist(TEA) party has corrupted the mainstream Republican party with their fringe, narrow-minded people. Their Guru is Grover Norquist and his Americans for tax Reform PAC, which has never proven lowering taxes would generate jobs. There has been no “give and take” benefiting the general population, but contentious bickering over taxation increases to the most affluent of America. The killing of finances for programs for the infra-structure and children is the heights of irresponsibility, the biggest is considering tomato paste on pizza to be a vegetable.

The old I know you are, but what am I strategy. Should work great Govner.

That’s a terrible excuse…when the POTUS used “we’ve” in terms of getting soft, he wasn’t talking about Gvt agencies or his “group” he plays golf with. When the POTUS uses “we..or we’ve” he’s talking about ALL Americans…of which Gvt agencies would be a part of that “All” Americans also.
This POTUS has passed the 1000 mark in times he’s used “I” and there’s less than 20 that he’s used “We..or we’ve”.
It is such a rare occurance that I never fail to miss a “We..or we’ve”.
“We’ve” could possibly apply to ANY grouping of people consisting of more than one person.

I’m not a Rick Perry supporter, but his latest TV ad, which starts out with Obama’s quote about Americans being lazy, is outstanding!  He tells it like it is through all points in the ad.  If he keeps it up, his polls will start going up again.

The truth is, probably somewhere between the two extremes you cite.

I don’t know how many times I have heard some tea party congressman talking about how lazy the unemployed are for not working. What Obama said was not offensive to anyone.

Oh, it was very offensive to me and many others I have spoken to.

LOL Any excuse to rip the duly elected President. Over just any little thing. Unless you are a professional clown, like Glenn, in which case, sure, fire away. :o) 

Just click your heels together and you’ll get back to Kansas.

But they’re the elites! How dare they excel at something other people don’t. Commies.

Pol Pot had an answer for elites.

Dumber than Bush but without the charm.

You’re joking, right? Sometimes politicians are obviously talking about government when they say “we.” But of course, you do have the constitutional right to willfully disregard obvious context to suit your political ends, at the expense of your own credibility.

“…obvious context” is a matter of perception. Are you the sole authority on “perception”?
“…suit your political ends”   I have NO political ends. I had a “comment”.

I DO perceive that you have political ends however.

The President was (obviously) talking about the government’s need to make more of an effort to reduce impediments for foreign business to set up shop here:

QUESTION: I think one related question, looking at the world from the Chinese side, is what they would characterize as impediments to  investment in the United States. And so that discussion I’m sure will be part of whatever dialogue you have. And so how are you thinking about that?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, this is an issue, generally. I think it’s important to remember that the United States is still the largest recipient of foreign investment in the world. And there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the U.S. as a great opportunity — our stability, our openness, our innovative free market culture.

But we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted — well, people will want to come here and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America. And so one of things that my administration has done is set up something called SelectUSA that organizes all the government agencies to work with state and local governments where they’re seeking assistance from us, to go out there and make it easier for foreign investors to build a plant in the United States and put outstanding U.S. workers back to work in the United States of America.

And we think that we can do much better than we’re doing right now. Because of our federalist system, sometimes a foreign investor comes in and they’ve got to navigate not only federal rules, but they’ve also got to navigate state and local governments that may have their own sets of interests. Being able to create if not a one-stop shop, then at least no more than a couple of stops for people to be able to come into the United States and make investments, that’s something that we want to encourage.

I think you’re jerking my chain here, but I’ll humor you:

QUESTION: I think one related question, looking at the world from the Chinese side, is what they would characterize as impediments to  investment in the United States. And so that discussion I’m sure will be part of whatever dialogue you have. And so how are you thinking about that?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, this is an issue, generally. I think it’s important to remember that the United States is still the largest recipient of foreign investment in the world. And there are a lot of things that make foreign investors see the U.S. as a great opportunity — our stability, our openness, our innovative free market culture.

But we’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted — well, people will want to come here and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new business into America. And so one of things that my administration has done is set up something called SelectUSA that organizes all the government agencies to work with state and local governments where they’re seeking assistance from us, to go out there and make it easier for foreign investors to build a plant in the United States and put outstanding U.S. workers back to work in the United States of America.

And we think that we can do much better than we’re doing right now. Because of our federalist system, sometimes a foreign investor comes in and they’ve got to navigate not only federal rules, but they’ve also got to navigate state and local governments that may have their own sets of interests. Being able to create if not a one-stop shop, then at least no more than a couple of stops for people to be able to come into the United States and make investments, that’s something that we want to encourage.