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posted at 10:00 pm on November 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Kroft: There’s been talk on Capitol Hill and a number of Democratic congressmen have proposed programs that are part of sort of a new New Deal. The possibility of reviving agencies like the Home Ownership Loan Corporation.
Mr. Obama: Two points I’d make on this. Number one, although there are some parallels to the problems that we’re seeing now and what we say back in the ’30s, no period is exactly the same. For us to simply recreate what existed back in the ’30s in the 21st century, I think would be missing the boat. We’ve gotta come up with solutions that are true to our times and true to this moment. And that’s gonna be our job. I think the basic principle that government has a role to play in kick starting an economy that has ground to a halt is sound.
I think our basic principle that this is a free market system and that that has worked for us, that it creates innovation and risk taking, I think that’s a principle that we’ve gotta hold to as well. But what I don’t wanna do is get bottled up in a lot of ideology and is this conservative or liberal. My interest is finding something that works.
And whether it’s coming from FDR or it’s coming from Ronald Reagan, if the idea is right for the times then we’re gonna apply it. And things that don’t work we’re gonna get rid of.
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That’s what I got out of the interview with YES WE CAN
Kini on November 17, 2008 at 12:41 AM
AMEN!
If we actually want to get a legit quote from the guy, we have to wait until he’s either in San Francisco or cornered by a plumber on a rope line. :)
Dagnar on November 17, 2008 at 12:45 AM
“Oh, well. When in Rome…”
OBAMA: Yes,please go on.
chunderroad on November 17, 2008 at 12:46 AM
And remember, he’s clean, articulate and looks good as an empty suit.
Kini on November 17, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Ran across this at Gawker. At first I thought it was a smart aleck. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
A comment regarding the interview of the new first couple:
keebs on November 17, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Heh…if the first lines didn’t sink credibilty, that one definitely does. :D Sheeesh. They’ve finally come out of the woodwork, eh?
ddrintn on November 17, 2008 at 12:58 AM
LOL.
But will we still be laughing when we see that as an actual part of a future BHO interview?
I just hope that our SCOTUS has the integrity and the guts to force him to present his real birth certificate. And it seems that there are problems with his selective service application, too (from debbie schlussel).
progressoverpeace on November 17, 2008 at 1:13 AM
This is so important. Obama has said everything and its opposite. He makes vague, general, Buddha-like pronouncements about how we have to take the middle way. We have to see what he does. How much govt control. How many more govt programs. Will he bail out GM? If he does, fight him on it. Fight him on what he does. What he SAYS … so far, that’s shown to be meaningless. That’s pitiful, isn’t it? Can’t believe a word the Prez says. He should be better than that.
Paul-Cincy on November 17, 2008 at 1:17 AM
My friends, you better learn to pace yourselves with this whining; you’re in for a looooong eight years.
benny shakar on November 17, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Shove it back in his face………
Name the names, name the policies, name the social engineering that caused this an put the blame at his feet!
Otherwise, four years of Mr. Obama, President Elect, the Office of………. blowing multi-colored smoke up your ass!
Seven Percent Solution on November 17, 2008 at 1:37 AM
My gosh, I finally see something positive in this to be prez……absolutely will not see him in no more than eight years from now! I can keep my eyes closed that long!
MooseStew on November 17, 2008 at 1:38 AM
Does he really talk like that: gonna, gotta, and wanna? What a maroon.
TimothyJ on November 17, 2008 at 2:07 AM
Wanna bet my friend Timmy thinks all magna cum laude graduates of Harvard Law School are “maroons”?
benny shakar on November 17, 2008 at 2:12 AM
If his grades are so great why doesn’t he release all his transcripts? It’s a bit tough to buy without any backup. How exactly did he become editor of that Law Review, when he never wrote an article? Of course when I became editor I was dating Brad Pitt…yeah that’s the ticket.
msmveritas on November 17, 2008 at 2:24 AM
My confused friend, Barack Obama became President (not editor) of Harvard Law Review the same way he became President of the United States… by winning an election.
benny shakar on November 17, 2008 at 2:30 AM
My deluded friend, nice attempt at dodging there. What were his accomplishments that earned the votes of editors? We can rule out grades and we can rule out writing…I am stumped.
msmveritas on November 17, 2008 at 3:39 AM
You asked how Obama became President (not editor) of HLR; I answered.
My friend, perhaps we can continue this discussion when you haven’t been drinking. :)
benny shakar on November 17, 2008 at 3:43 AM
First Black Elected to Head Harvard’s Law Review
By FOX BUTTERFIELD, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: February 6, 1990
progressoverpeace on November 17, 2008 at 3:52 AM
Actually I think he was appointed by his classmates. It used to be by virtue of relevant academic accomplishments…but that was discriminatory, and became more of a popularity appointment. I have a link somewhere, and I’ll try to dig it up.
Itchee Dryback on November 17, 2008 at 5:53 AM
I guess its early..4:53 a.m. my zone.
benny shakar basically said the same thing…so you can ignore my post.
More coffee.
Itchee Dryback on November 17, 2008 at 5:55 AM
ideas that work don’t change with the times. truth is not fluid and human nature does not shift with an electoral map.
rob verdi on November 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM
Normally, I would find those words encouraging. However, coming for a Chicago thug politician, the words are probably rehearsed and my guess is that his intent is to do whatever puts money in his and his cronies pockets.
Zorro on November 17, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Time for a coffee!
Zorro on November 17, 2008 at 6:51 AM
Exactly. The Proof is in the pudding as they say. I need to see some action and so far Sir, your history and voting record suggest that Karl Marx and FDR are more to your likng then Ronaldus Magnus.
Dritanian on November 17, 2008 at 6:56 AM
*Wild Turkey and coffee for breakfast–The new Four-Year Diet Plan.
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* —– change you can believe in
hillbillyjim on November 17, 2008 at 6:58 AM
Kroft: There’s been talk on Capitol Hill and a number of Democratic congressmen have proposed programs that are part of sort of a new New Deal. The possibility of reviving agencies like the Home Ownership Loan Corporation.
Obama: I haven’t got a friggin’ clue. But if someone can prevent it from sinking I am happy to take the credit.
saint on November 17, 2008 at 7:15 AM
This idiot (i.e., That One) talks about the need to restore trust, but does NOTHING to shoot down proposals to nationalize 401(k) accounts and fears of gun bans.
I plan to withdraw 100% of my 401(k) so it is not stolen. People with cash are buying guns and ammo to be ready for the Obama
Hitleryouth trying to confiscate guns before stealing our freedom (like ACORN) stole votes.Obama and his cabal of Cnton retreads are NOT trusted. They have earned distrust on a massive scale.
Right_of_Attila on November 17, 2008 at 7:18 AM
Emanuel: Rule one: never allow a crisis go to waste
saint on November 17, 2008 at 7:26 AM
“if the idea is right for the times then we’re gonna apply it. And things that don’t work we’re gonna get rid of.”
*
I guess he was too busy taking money from Fanny and Freddie to realize that forcing banks to make bad loans were “things that don’t work”.
marklmail on November 17, 2008 at 7:51 AM
Don’t believe anything you read or see in college programs in this era of Affirmative action. Tests, grades, positions, the whole process. That is my experience.
And about the birth certificate and other records, something is very wrong. His supporters claim he is giving Mr, Berg the ‘bird’. OK, but even if he was mean spirited, he could appear and make idiots of all those who suspect that something is wrong.
On the other hand, if he is so wonderful, then quench the controversy. I know this puts me in the tinfoil hat gang, but I believe that something is very wrong and the ad from the Hawaiian newspaper meant nothing since I was told that you can (or could) call anything in. The certificate of live birth looks good to me but an awful lot of people have a problem with it.
I also believe that a number of people around him and in the MSM know and are quiet. That is what is perplexing — why is all this so quiet? Aside from the Grandma who “saw” him born in Kenya?
My prediction? SCOTUS will dance around this and he will remain a mystery — like FDR’s polio and mistress.
IlikedAUH2O on November 17, 2008 at 7:58 AM
Even if you dont believe him, it is profoundly significant that he said it.
Dash on November 17, 2008 at 8:11 AM
That’s going out on a limb.
That’s like saying, “I’m in favor of breathing.”
kingsjester on November 17, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Then why bring back things that have proven to be detrimental to an economic recovery, ie. tax increases, govt. spending?
thomasaur on November 17, 2008 at 8:27 AM
I thought he had a plan.
I am pretty sure he said he had a plan.
The MSM all said he had a plan. This mess is what got Barry elected. Now he tells us he doesn’t know what to do?
Heckuva time to do that.
drjohn on November 17, 2008 at 8:29 AM
I know he didn’t say anything, but we can read his mind anyway.
What works in the new era of hope and change is “innovative” big government mandates where you will get the prize of wasted taxpayer dollars if you agree to follow The One’s innovative dictates. For students (and perhaps even Seniors) the innovation will be Universal Service. For the Big 3 it will be saving the unions (albeit temporarily) through green innovation, and so forth.
Buy Danish on November 17, 2008 at 8:29 AM
thomasaur on November 17, 2008 at 8:27 AM
Because that is what Liberals DO.
I have noticed, in their philosophy, it is more important to give the illusion that you are helping people better their lives than actually taking steps to do something.
kingsjester on November 17, 2008 at 8:31 AM
Green innovation is just an innovative way to spend our green.
thomasaur on November 17, 2008 at 8:35 AM
Exactly.
Buy Danish on November 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
I spent my life working with “magna cum laude” graduates, and yes, by and large the majority of them were maroons.
And Obama’s grammar is terrible too. Guess they dont teach that in the magna cum laude class at Hahhvahd.
abcurtis on November 17, 2008 at 9:23 AM
Three sentences:
Even his “cling” quote had ver poor construction.
If you had been BS-ing everyone, didn’t run your own campaign and had no clue what you were going to do, wouldn’t you act just like him?
Is it possible that he is just consolidating power until later, when the real “new Castro” Marxist will show up?
IlikedAUH2O on November 17, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Remember, everyone, BARACK OBAMA is SMART (and, in case you forgot, GOVERNOR PALIN is DUMB). Anyone who lands and holds down a faculty position at the University of Chicago without a single academic paper to his credit MUST BE SMART. Do not for even a second assume that he was offered a tenure track position the U of C needed to fill a racial quota. Sure, other schools might recruit, retain, and promote minority faculty members with no scholarly achievements for that reason, but not the U of C.
Trust me. I AM SMART.
And history has shown that INTELLIGENCE is the one, key component to a successful administration, NOT EXPERIENCE or CHARACTER. It’s all about IQ, baby.
I know this is true even though it runs counter to what I learned while getting my PhD at the U of C and working in academe for 20 years because some anonymous poster on Hot Air told me so.
/sarc
Y-not on November 17, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Historian Michael Beschloss on Imus in the Morning. 11/10/08
“Barack Obama has the highest IQ of all Presidents, we have had in the White House” or words to that effect..listen yourselves below link.
Imus: Really what is Barack Obama’s IQ.
Beschloss: I don’t know but it’s High.
Dr Evil: Huh What?
“Michael Beschloss, Making up History as he goes along?”
http://imus.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/11/10/imus-in-the-morning-guest-michael-beschloss—111008.aspx
Dr Evil on November 17, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Forked tongues do this
Kevin in Washington State on November 17, 2008 at 11:21 AM
“But what I don’t wanna do is get bottled up in a lot of ideology and is this conservative or liberal”
Translation: He expects his proganda department to cheerlead as he ignores conservative objections to the looney liberal idiocies he intends to implement in the United Socialist States of Amerika.
notagool on November 17, 2008 at 11:32 AM
My personal favorite:
Obama: “There’s a new book out about FDR’s first 100 days and what you see in FDR that I hope my team can– emulate, is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence, and a willingness to try things. And experiment in order to get people working again. ” This is chock full of fun stuff. 1)The “acting Presidential” theory, as espoused by Rush, on full display – “projecting a sense of confidence”. But even more fun – “Experiment in order to get people working again.” How do experiments work? Generally thru repeated trial and error. So, how many failed social and economic experiments will we get to endure?
Some other fun quotes: on gas prices: “Well, because this has been our pattern. We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down and suddenly we act like it’s not important, and we start, you know filling up our SUVs again. ”
Note that, 1)the gas prices fell without any government intervention, and 2)he doesn’t want people to fill up their SUVs. link
hawksruleva on November 17, 2008 at 11:37 AM
I’ll accept that something about O! is high, but it isn’t his IQ. The man has developed a glassy stare…
All this talk about IQs is really funny. How many of us have actually taken a properly administered IQ test and, if so, when did we take it? My sister was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia and ADD back many years ago (in the late 60’s/early 70’s), before every kid had it. My dad was pursuing graduate work in childhood development at the time so he and my mom took her to the Kennedy Krieger Institute where she had a number of tests, including an IQ test. She was probably 8 or 9 yrs old at the time.
I went to a public school and I recall at some point taking an “IQ test” with all of my classmates, but I distinctly remember my dad explaining that an IQ test administered in that uncontrolled environment was not valid. I didn’t bother remembering the number. I have no idea what my IQ is, but I never needed to know it to get into college, grad school, or get a job.
All this talk of Obama’s IQ reminds me of that scene from Grosse Point Blank where the tense security guard character is all worked up because the name tags have special stars for kids in the national honor society. It’s just ridiculous the focus that O!’s supporters place on that number.
The man could be Stephen Hawking smart and I still wouldn’t trust him or want him to be my President.
Y-not on November 17, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Hey, DrJohn: He kept saying “go to my web site to see my plan” except, I remember seeing on DrudgeReport that they took the plan down after he was elected.
hawksruleva on November 17, 2008 at 11:55 AM
The whole IQ breaks down into this question. Would you rather have a smart President, or a wise one?
Intelligence is the accumulation of facts, or the capacity for learning. Wisdom indicates the ability to use the intelligence you’ve got.
I’d take a wise person of limited intelligence over a foolish genius any day.
hawksruleva on November 17, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Re the Lightworker’s much-touted Harvard degree. I wonder how valuable that will be when Harvard tanks thanks to gross mismanagement of its endowment?
According what I’ve heard from some of the principal players in this mess, the losses to the endowment are catastrophic. They may have to have a fire sale to pay the bills.
And, to the O! acolytes out there who were so blithely saying his plan to increase taxes on “the rich” was the solution to all of our country’s problems, please note the highlighted section above. I warned you about this on earlier threads.
The silver lining is that the biggest bastions of lefty professors, the humanities, will be hit much harder than colleges like engineering where the faculty get off their keisters and bring in grant dollars. So at least there’s some justice and our country will still be turning out graduates with useful skills.
Y-not on November 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM
just a reminder. wal-mart still sells ammo cheap. bring it on! kicking A$$ is OUR business, and business is about to be GOOD!
nukeemnow on November 17, 2008 at 12:44 PM
p0s3r o
“When his words = his actions, call me.
Uhmmmm, what actions?
Worst economy, world wide, leaders from around the world meeting, and where’s Obama?
Obama steering clear of global economic summit
“President-elect Obama, the leader who soon will assume the job of trying to keep the U.S. economy from capsizing, won’t even be at the table.
Obama adviser Robert Gibbs said Obama is interested in the meeting and thinks it is a good idea. But, said Gibbs, “there’s only one president at a time, and we will stay up to date and briefed on what’s going on but will not be a participant.”
That also keeps Obama from being tarnished by a less-than-successful summit or from having a hand in proposed solutions that don’t pan out.”
“He could be accused of stealing scenes and acting presumptuous if he received world leaders at a Washington site while Bush makes one more stab at battling the global economic crisis.”
Presumptuous? Nothing presumptuous about, the election kinda sorta removed that whole presumptuous part.
“And the more closely he ties himself to that effort — physically and philosophically — the more he risks being associated with any new economic pain that arises in the next few weeks.”
Uhm, he is going to be tied to it no matter what, the election kinda sorta assured that eh?
“He wants a clean, clear demarkation between the Bush administration and the Obama administration,” said Thomas Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institution public policy center”
You can always get what ya want. This is a world problem not just an American one. The ONLY “clean, clear” signal his as President elect, is that he is hiding, afraid to take a stand.
This is the Presidential equivalent of voting “Present” by being “Absent”.
“We are facing the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime, and we’re going to have to act swiftly to resolve it.”
That’s why I won’t be involved. This guy is already trying to protect his legacy before having taken office!
DSchoen on November 17, 2008 at 1:42 PM
The only sound I hear when he speaks conversationally is the “wah, wah, waaah” sound that’s always heard during a Peanuts cartoon when an adult is speaking. His normal speaking voice is so monotonous and his conversation filled with so many “uh’s” and “um’s” that my brain glazes over. Perhaps that’s by design so we won’t pay attention to what he says . . .
njpines on November 17, 2008 at 4:29 PM
I hear more of a thrumming sound… something like this.
Y-not on November 17, 2008 at 4:43 PM
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