Obama vows: I have not yet begun to destroy the economy
posted at 4:05 pm on May 28, 2009 by Allahpundit
A quick-cut compilation of self-congratulation from last night’s fundraiser in L.A., culminating in a threat/promise that we ain’t seen nothing yet. Which is true: If you think it’s bad now, wait until the inevitable cost overruns on universal health care start rolling in and our AAA debt rating gets even shakier. You’ll be pleased to know the crowd to see the world’s biggest celebrity was itself littered with celebrities, some of whom paid $30,000 for a photo with The One and the privilege of hearing him repeat his half-assed nonsense about “creating or saving” jobs at a private dinner. Specter was there too, Obama’s coattails no doubt firmly in hand.
Did he at least have the stones to address Prop 8 and gay marriage, one of the few subjects on which he and the glitterati (ostensibly) disagree? Guess.
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Does this guy EVER stop campaigning?
upinak on May 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
In the fall he claimed to have been against both gay marriage and Prop 8.
BuzzCrutcher on May 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Is he the first president to pick his nose on the podium?
right2bright on May 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Hubris, thy name is Obama.
Keep telling us all how great you are, Barry, and how much you’re going to change our country. It’ll make your inevitable downfall that much sweeter for those of us who see you for what you really are.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
AZCoyote on May 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Clown man.
darwin on May 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
And his lips firmly affixed to The One’s buttocks.
UltimateBob on May 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Dr. Deficit is trying to walk a line between destroying the economy, blaming it on Bush, and taking credit for any glimmer of hope that may exist at the same time.
I give him a few more months of this, and, once (if) the public start holding him accountable, he’ll be a 24/7 spin machine promoting every successful hotdog stand and roach coach as a personal success of his.
My guess is he’ll be too late by that time.
cntrlfrk on May 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Classless.
Weight of Glory on May 28, 2009 at 4:10 PM
No.
That’s all he is good at. What has he ever done in his WHOLE life but campaign for some cause, person, or himself?
His first job is President. Lucky us.
portlandon on May 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
My guess is the magic teleprompter came up “No”.
Worst. President. Ever.
rbj on May 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
What’s to see…the non-stop 24/7 campaign litany of lies, meaningless boasts, self-congratulation has never stopped. He’s just in his true element surrounded by his Hollywood acolytes.
AUINSC on May 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
No — and now he gets to do it on the taxpayers’ dime.
AZCoyote on May 28, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Hannity just gave kudos to Hotair!
WOOT!
vapig on May 28, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Well isn’t it good to know, that this bad economy, and struggles the rest of us have to endure, haven’t affected them. Must be nice to just drop $30,000 for an evening of butt kissing a man, who loathes you, for being rich!
capejasmine on May 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Oh I know. I am just confizzled at who he is trying to impress anymore since his talking points are as stale as month old stone ground wheat bread.
upinak on May 28, 2009 at 4:13 PM
largest in history….and we’ll feel it soon enough. I wonder if he will be boasting then.
therightscoop on May 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
I hope people start to realize that The Precedent is pure evil. He will destroy this nation, laughing that stupid laugh of his the whole time.
But don’t call him Hussein.
progressoverpeace on May 28, 2009 at 4:14 PM
It’ll be fun to see GM and Chrysler sales figures in about 3 years. I’m predicting a huge consumer backlash.
a capella on May 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Because it’s all about what you want, isn’t it, O Ye Whose Middle Name Must Not Be Spoken.
TheQuestion on May 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Unfortunately, this lady didn‘t meet the thirty thousand dollar a plate requirement to hand Obama a note. Nice try, commoner. Next time you should try it with a fist full of dollars. Just go get some from Geithner, he’s got plenty, apparently.
Weight of Glory on May 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Ha! And I bet no one asked. They know how people and reporters are handled after trying to ask that question.
Caper29 on May 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Keep your filthy paws of my healthy drawers. Or something like that.
bloggless on May 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
It’s the only thing he’s successful at.
Gltterati?
JetBoy on May 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
I watched about 20 seconds of this video. That was all I could take of Hussein’s lies, distortions and Bush-blaming. But what was just as bad was the audience hooting and hollering at his every word. They adore him and he just eats it up.
What a sickening spectacle.
UltimateBob on May 28, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Is there anyone a live worth $30K to be around or have a picture with? Even if you had it to spare?
Cindy Munford on May 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
American Power tracked-backed with, “Obama Wussies Out on Backing Prop 8 Challenge”:
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/obama-wussies-out-on-backing-prop-8.html
Donald Douglas on May 28, 2009 at 4:19 PM
When will the curtain be pulled and the puppet master, Soros, be revealed?
jencab on May 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
They are going to have to start handing them out on government vouchers. Only Party members get to drive real cars. Viva la Trabant!
evergreen on May 28, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Something the LA Times will not report: I read on another site a gay activist reported that Obama specifically referred to them (gay protesters) off-mike and gave them a “what are you guys talking about?” brush-off. Didn’t go over well and guess which Messiah has been thrown under the rainbow bus. Now they’re not even sure about Ms. Unassailable Latina Nominee, and I went to one site and they are mad mad mad. Now it’s time for Conservatives to step back and watch the other side eat their own.
Finally.
Marcus on May 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Well it is his economy after all, to do with as He pleases. Divine Right of Kings and all.
MB4 on May 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Did Zimbabwaen inflation hit the US?
WashJeff on May 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Reality is going to rape this guy.
elduende on May 28, 2009 at 4:21 PM
I especially liked how the Traitor-in-Chief pointed out that we are paying to cover illegals. Whoopee! And that’s just the start.
The tale of the fall of America will be a story of mass insanity and stupidity that will live through the millenia. This generation of Americans will be known to future historians as the dumbest people to have ever existed, as they put their own country to death for no reason other than to alleviate their illusory guilt for a moment. People will spit after mentioning any of the names of the despicable, lying scumbags who took America down as a consequence of their own emotional handicaps.
progressoverpeace on May 28, 2009 at 4:22 PM
***
Messiah “reality checks” are starting to set in for some of my extended Hispanic family members in Denver. A number of them voted for President Obama (PBUH)–a few now regred their votes due to his pro-abortion actions.
***
More “reality checks” will be coming soon when The One sets up the 10 percent VAT or federal sales tax to pay for universal health care. Or when the gas, gasoline, and fuel oil costs increase bigtime when C(R)AP and TRADE HITS HOME.
***
Or when they are replaced in their jobs by ILLEGAL ALIENS (not “undocumented immigrants”) who will work for half their wages.
***
John Bibb
***
rocketman on May 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
i. must. remember. to have picture of
undocumented lying scum leader on my shopping
cart filled with two thousand dollars
to get a loaf of bread.
welcome. to. weimar.
falderal on May 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Nah. The have video footage of either LBJ or Nixon doing it (can’t remember which).
Count to 10 on May 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
I can’t watch the video as listening to this disaster makes me sick.
txag92 on May 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
The One is probably the only guy there that drove/was driven in a GM vehicle to the show.
rw on May 28, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Here is the Steven Speilberg’s bill from last night.
WashJeff on May 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
He said that Dems should not rest on their laurels! Indeed, there are still little pockets of liberty and prosperity here and there to destroy! Any job worth doing is worth doing right.
echosyst on May 28, 2009 at 4:24 PM
He can pull endless free stuff out of his arse… what’s not to love?
DarkCurrent on May 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I’ll soon take all my troubles over to Obama Rue
You know The One with the teleprompter and the never ending Hope and Change shtick
He’s got a pad down on Pennsylvania avenue
He’ll be passin’ out little bottles of Obama Potion Number Nine
I’ll tell him that I’m having trouble with my mortgage payments
It’s gotten even worse in these last few weeks
He’ll kiss me on the cheek and he’ll made a magic sign
He’ll say “What you need is Obama Potion Number Nine”
He’ll turn around and gave me a wink
He’ll say “I’m gonna have my Michelle make it up right here in the White House sink”
It’ll smell like Chicago, it’ll look like socialist printer’s ink
I’ll hold my nose, I’ll close my eyes, I’ll take a drink
I won’t know if it is day or night
I’ll start grabbin’ all the trillions that are in sight
But when a wheel barrel full of it won’t even buy a BigMac
It’ll break my little bottle of Obama Potion Number Nine
Obama Potion Number Nine
Obama Potion Number Nine
Obama Potion Number Nine
MB4 on May 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
“In the midst of the worst economic Crisis since the
Great Depression”!
–Barack Obama
Didn’t Team Obama just say,I think yesterday that the economy is now in full recovery!!!!!!!!!
So,like,this Doomsday Economy was a ruse all along,to
help the Liberals fool the sheep,and put them into
power!!
This was a template all along,this was a gamble,a blue-
print during the election for the Liberal Party to grab
power by lying,and whatever means possible,for attainment
there of!!
This game that was palyed by the Liberal Party is ,
TREASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on May 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM
Specter keeps close to The Zero because he’s afraid that without Secret Service protection, one of his constituents will find him and kick his ass.
Cicero43 on May 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Nah, he’s set for life no matter how much he screws us over.
AUINSC on May 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM
It’s on its way
The way this clown governs, Jimmah Carter will look like an economic genius in comparison.
Norwegian on May 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM
And here I thought that we ran out of money.
WisCon on May 28, 2009 at 4:28 PM
My memory sucks, but way back, early in the campaigning, I remember a man came forward, claiming to have had a relationship with Obama. Including drugs, and other such shenannighans. This man was pretty much trashed as a nobody, with questionable back ground. Then a man, a gay man from Obama’s church, turned up dead. Murdered. Apparently this man with the claims had called, and wanted to talk to this gay man. A meeting, I think had been set…but then he was murdered. 2 other gay men from Obama’s church were murdered as well. After that, I never could find more on this story, or the outcome, or if any arrest had been made.
That was off topic, but here’s my confusion. Is Obama anti gay? If we go by those in his church, he is not. If we go by the claims he’s a closet muslim…he would have to be. There is no tolerance for homosexuality, within Islam.
capejasmine on May 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM
He has every intention of leveling the playing field between the average joe and the homeless guy sleeping under your local overpass except the homeless guy isn’t going to be coming in out of the cold.
TrickyDick on May 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
His buttocks if you’re lucky!
stonemeister on May 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
The scum of the Earth are running this country. And there are people who actually doubt that this country is doomed on it’s present path? The fat lady has sang. The party’s over.
Griz on May 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Yep.
progressoverpeace on May 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Did anyone else catch the “he wants Sotomayor confirmed so she can walk up those stair and start dispensing justice” Cause up until now, the supreme court was dispensing, what, injustice. Can he be any more full of himself. This was another disgusting display of arrogance. And he continually ignores gay rights and still they lap up everything he says and ride the wave of insanity.
marnes on May 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
As Maggie said back on her last day in 1990:
“What a policy. Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy.”
Where. Are. The. Adults.
emailnuevo on May 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Actually, I expect Obama to easily win re-election.
The stupid and the illiterate who put in in office last November will still be around in 2012.
And they don’t pay federal income taxes.
-Dave
Dave R. on May 28, 2009 at 4:35 PM
I’m speechless……
…………. when hyper-inflation hits, I wonder if everyone in that room will still be clapping?
Seven Percent Solution on May 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I think Obama’s on cocaine. Did you see him the other day getting off Air Force One with a coat over him? He looks more tired by the day.
Key West Reader on May 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
I’ve been having this little day dream lately. I imagine it’s election night 2012, and the Republican candidate comes out to give his or her acceptance speech (and, really, I don’t care who who or she is), and he or she opens with “Ladies and gentleman, our long national nightmare is over…” and the crowd goes wild. A tingle goes up my leg every time I dream it.
The dream continues…our new president starts every speech, every press conference, every sentence with “Well, given the unprecedented economic mess we inherited, we’re just hoping to get the economy back to where it was when George Bush left office…”
Rational Thought on May 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men.
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
A great American Patriot, Samuel Adams
falderal on May 28, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Today has already been bad enough for me, I endure that video and then “Dancing On the Ceiling” comes on the radio. I’m feeling the full brunt of Murphy’s Law today.
batter on May 28, 2009 at 4:39 PM
TOTUS made him do it.
shick on May 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
OT: reporter drug away from Air Force One.
portlandon on May 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Pride goeth before the fall…Let’s hope that happens before the fall of 2009…
RedSoxNation on May 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
Clinton didn’t and it kept him in office for 8 years. I suspect the One took that lesson to heart.
E9RET on May 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM
B. Hussein Obama disgusts me.
SouthernGent on May 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM
This is classic. Perez Hilton posted the following link on his site. The gays are getting mad at Obozo for not backing gay rights (read the comments).
http://unitethefight.blogspot.com/2009/05/obama-demonstration-demanding-end-to.html
txag92 on May 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM
Will she be called a N***** by the gay nazis? My bet? Most certainly!
SouthernGent on May 28, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Careful….O’reilly is watching you…
portlandon on May 28, 2009 at 4:46 PM
For the background information on the gay protests and why they are angry with Obama – visit Towleroad.com. It is a gay oriented blog but not offensive either content or way way leftie. I’ve seen that they are angrier angrier and angrier with this guy. It’s the gay perspective you won’t see reported in the NY or LA Times, his mouthpieces.
Marcus on May 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Sure, all of Hollywood, especially the stars. The left go after the CEO’s but none dare touch the new American Royalty. I’m thinking of starting a campaign among my union brothers (alas, I am a union stage tech in SoCal) to curb outlandish actor’s salaries and distribute the millions evenly among the rest of the cast and crew that makes them look so good. Heh… Hey, it’s what they are donating to Obama for, right?
oddjob1138 on May 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Somehow, seeing a black woman drug away from the presidential plane in 2009 might be seen as Racist and cause Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton to burn D.C., and march from LA to Selma. But since we have a black President,………Hey John & Kate are cheating on eachother, everybody look over here.
portlandon on May 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Dude, have I mentioned I love you!
upinak on May 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Is it just me or does he seem to have all of the qualities of the AntiChrist?
I’m not saying,,,,, but I sure would like to know if there happen to be any 6′s on his head.
chromium on May 28, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Please don’t refer to him by his middle name. Everyone knows that’s derogatory and implies he’s a Muslim or a traitor.
Treat him like the royalty he is. For example, you can call him:
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
Daggett on May 28, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Of course! He “inherited” the “worst economic crisis since the Great Depression” from that eeeeevil Boooooosh, then the Great One snapped his fingers and the economy is now in full recovery!
O, O, O, it’s magic! You know,
Never believe it’s not so…
And that line in front of the Labor Department office–they’re not unemployed, they’re buying campaign tickets!
Yes We Can!
Steve Z on May 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Nothing to see here, just a wacked-out Christian will be the standard response.
cntrlfrk on May 28, 2009 at 4:57 PM
How could he be tired? It’s not like he is actually doing any WORK or anything. Reading a Teleprompter a few times a week and flying around the world on Air Force One is not work.
rockmom on May 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM
This is the main reason he loves being President. Strengthening the economy, ensuring national security and improving education all pale in comparison to people falling at his feet and paying for it.
sherry on May 28, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Remember the great lesson from Weimar: buy all your beer when you step INTO the biergarten to avoid the price hikes while you drink them. In our case it will start with the taxes on beer… but then comes the inflation. And if you think health care is ‘expensive’ now, just wait around a year. Get sick now while you can still get any service at a reasonable price.
And just when will all those in H-wood get to have their wealth ‘spread around’? They gots way too much for their own good. Way more than Joe the Plumber does, at any rate. Of course they don’t think that he was talking about them when he said that… and forget that any radical regime eats its supporters as they are unnecessary.
ajacksonian on May 28, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I just threw up
a littlea lot in my mouth.HadithHarry on May 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM
gag me.
Rich celebrity yammers at other rich celebrities about the need for economic equality. Power to the people and all that crap. There is no way that these idiots can actually believe this crap. And I hope Obama is not stupid enough to believe it either.
Terrye on May 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM
“I have not yet begun to destroy the economy”
Obama has thrown our nation into bankruptcy BEFORE beginning to destroy the economy…
Kyrie
maverick muse on May 28, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Cultist worship in any form never has a happy ending.
Once the story is written Obama will not be remembered very kindly.
Those that destroy great things become themselves the destroyed.
izoneguy on May 28, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Hey that sounds like a great idea! I struggled for years as a PA. Can I get my redistribution check now?
izoneguy on May 28, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Take your bullshit conspiracy theories elsewhere. There’s plenty of “real” problems with BO. You are not helping anyone’s cause, except possibly code pink?
zeebeach on May 28, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Everytime I go click the link the page loads, then i get an error that says operation aborted, then it goes to a 404.
Does that site have built in gaydar?
Joe Caps on May 28, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Everytime I go click the link the page loads, then i get an error that says operation aborted, then it goes to a 404.
Does that site have built in gaydar?
Joe Caps on May 28, 2009 at 5:19 PM
The site did that to me a couple of times but then it loaded just fine.
txag92 on May 28, 2009 at 5:21 PM
You can see the Talking Chimp sneer when he says, “God bless the United States of America.”
Change, change, change…But I’ll bet Bernard Parks (Pension/250K per year plus 180K per year City Council job)likes America just the way it is.
mr1216 on May 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Fixed it, suckas!
Kid from Brooklyn on May 28, 2009 at 5:25 PM
What amazes me about Spielberg, is his movie Schindlers List. A testimonial, to the evil nature of the Nazis towards the Jews, and others. This movie is a document, to the past, the evils of the past, and how we should never let it happen again…yet he doles out what could be the salaries of some families, just to sit and bask in Obubba’s glow. A man (Obubba) that seeminly can’t stand Jews, or Israel.
Talk about fickle!
capejasmine on May 28, 2009 at 5:27 PM
I didn’t say I believed in this, but I did read about these events online, at the Chicago Tribune. Now, true , or not, I don’t know….and I said that, in my comments. If Ed, Allah, and Michelle want me to go, fine. I didn’t ask anyone to believe me. I simply commented, and voice my opinions.
capejasmine on May 28, 2009 at 5:30 PM
He;s not kidding either. The guy’s just warming up. You ain’t seen nothing yet. He’s not even out of the bull pen. He hasn’t broken a sweat.
You have to love this line “the campaign just gave us a chance to bring about change” He is not going to stop until the government owns a piece of everything and every American is taxed to the hilt. Are your kids selling lemonade on the street corner this summer. Tell them why bother. Uncle O’s coming to town. 1 for you 1 for me. 2 for you 1, 2 for men, 3 for you, 1,2,3, for me. Bailout math. Share and share alike as long as the government gets the bigger share. Teach them the facts of life under the new Obama regime. Tell them America no longer rewards hard work, ambition, talent, drive and entrepreneurship. Dont believe me. Just take them down to you local Chrysler dealership. Show them. Teach them early what life is like under the O man so they won’t be disillusioned later on. Are we in the crapper or what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miRCLeFSJo
we need to change the lines here and there
He took my money away
He said I had it coming to me
Arogant Americans wanted it that way
Here is something you’re never gonna forget!!!!!!!!!!!
pc25 on May 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
People keep saying that “we’ve hit the bottom” or “the economy is turning around”. Give me a break.
If it wasn’t for high school and college kids picking up summer jobs, the job numbers would look hideous. And how about the price of fuel. Up $.60 in just over a month.
I’m a glass half full kinda person, but we haven’t hit the bottom yet. Facts people, look at the facts.
PappaMac on May 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Wait, wait, wait…. Allah, are you starting to get just how terrible things are getting and will get? How far have you come? Are you with me and recognize that there is virtually no chance of ever recovering, or have you not come quite that far yet? Sure, we can technically “survive”, but as a country unrecognizable to us. It will be a crappy socialist country, no longer the “land of opportunity”, steady double digit unemployment, etc. etc.
Increasingly it’s looking like nothing short of total collapse/rebuild or civil war can save the country while preserving it’s values.
RightWinged on May 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM
“This is just the beginning,” Obama said. “There are still
too manynot enough Americans out of work, andtoo many who stillnot enough who worry that their job may be next. There are stilltoo manynot enough families struggling to pay the bills, andtoo manynot enough businesses struggling to keep their doors open. . . . That’s why my administration will continue an unrelenting, day-by-day effort to fightforagainst economic recovery on all fronts.”ProudPatriot on May 28, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Obama…Obama…
It’s all about OBAMA…
self indulgent petulant preening peacock.
Has America ever seen such a selfish cretin as this?
God help us!
Obama, Putz of the United States
Hey dynamo pretty boy whizkid, how about coming down from your high horse and putting America first??!!
falderal on May 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Schadenfreude on May 28, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Typical coker move and the hazey eyes….not dreamy, hazey!
Coastal Paradise on May 28, 2009 at 7:22 PM
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