Obama: Hey, maybe this ObamaCare process should have been more transparent
posted at 7:06 pm on January 26, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Breitbart, a minor masterpiece of O-speak insofar as he appears to accept responsibility — while inevitably blaming others. I should have done more, he confesses, to keep my promise about changing the culture in Congress. But when Sawyer presses him about the backroom deals, watch how quickly he moves to pass the buck to Reid and company: “Let’s just clarify. I didn’t make a bunch of deals.” Oh no? The Standard reminds us of this nugget in a WaPo story last month about Ben Nelson’s Cornhusker Kickback:
Schumer, who spent more than 13 hours in Reid’s office Friday, said the Medicaid issue was settled around lunchtime, and the final eight hours of the talks focused on the abortion language. Boxer estimated she spent seven hours in Reid’s offices — without ever once sitting in the same room, even though they were all of 25 steps apart.
Reid and Schumer kept up the “shuttle negotiation” between the leader’s conference room and his top aide’s office, Boxer said. Keenly aware how tense the talks were, the White House dispatched two aides who together have decades of experience in the Senate — Jim Messina and Peter Rouse — to work with Nelson. They relayed their intelligence to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who monitored the talks from a dinner in Georgetown.
Am I hallucinating or didn’t that HuffPo story that blew up back in August about a secret deal with the pharmaceutical industry also involve a White House angle or two?
Incidentally, this makes twice in 24 hours that he’s said or done something to make life more difficult for Congress even though they’re the ones who have to face voters in November, not him. Does he … want a Republican House next year? Is this actually some sort of master “Democrats under the bus” strategy at work?
Exit question: Who wants to be the one to tell Gibbs that his boss disagrees with him about whether or not there’s been sufficient transparency so far?
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Too late champ.
Nobody trusts you.
And another 400 speeches this year won’t change that.
manofaiki on January 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Obama promised Transparency.
James O’Keefe tried to Deliver.
Holger on January 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Diane Sawyer does in-depth investigation of…dairy farms.
andy85719 on January 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM
You Lie!!
tommer74 on January 26, 2010 at 7:09 PM
0 is just a mess. I am expecting a full-blown public meltdown in the not too distant future, and it ain’t gonna’ be pretty.
OmahaConservative on January 26, 2010 at 7:10 PM
The training wheels are falling off of Obama’s Presidency.
Can’t he just say he wants to spend more time with his zeppelin-sized ego and call it a career?
Then he can combine his real loves – badmouthing America, making speeches to foreigners and living overseas.
NoDonkey on January 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM
http://blogs.abcnews.com/nightlinedailyline/2010/01/darker-side-of-dairy-farming.html
The darker side of dairy farming
andy85719 on January 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM
So Barry thinks he should have had 45 minutes of ObamaCare on C-SPAN instead of 30 minutes.
portlandon on January 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM
I’m with you. I think we are about to witness the first sitting president have a fullblown nervous breakdown.
John the Libertarian on January 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM
They tried to ramrod this crap through . They got burned. Do I think they really learned? Nahhhh
CWforFreedom on January 26, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Obama is a mediocre, affirmative-action-hire college prof throwing out Stuff to his long-suffering students–only he somehow got elected POTUS and all of his BS-ing is real
He’s already out-Cartered Carter; now he’s going for WOPEV
Worst President Evah……
Janos Hunyadi on January 26, 2010 at 7:14 PM
His hair will be completely white by the end of 2010
CWforFreedom on January 26, 2010 at 7:15 PM
That is what happens when you elect someone who has never really done anything.
CWforFreedom on January 26, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Let’s hope the Messiah can still get his old corner back selling crack across the street there in Chi-town at that elementary school…………..he’ll need some sort of cash flow when the White House moves him out, disinfects the place and moves Sarah Palin in……………….
Cinday Blackburn on January 26, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Present but never President!
chickasaw42 on January 26, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Are all the Repubs gonna shout “You Lie” in unison during the SOTU?
d1carter on January 26, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Rove the magnificent bastad, infiltrated the administration.
farright on January 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM
Yep and I’m fully expecting TOTUS to show up in these interviews in the very near future.
The man can’t open his mouth without putting his foot in it.
Knucklehead on January 26, 2010 at 7:19 PM
Anyone else notice that this idiot has trouble looking people in the eyes when talking to them when he is not reading a teleprompter and trying to think on his own…?
Seven Percent Solution on January 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM
You know, you both could be on to something. The facade is cracking, and we Joe Biden would have to step in. (God save us all).
Barry might be mentally unstable very soon.
portlandon on January 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Still lmao!
John the Libertarian on January 26, 2010 at 7:21 PM
No…
… I hear they are just going to start laughing at him.
Seven Percent Solution on January 26, 2010 at 7:21 PM
That will send the bundle of nerves over the edge, right there. That lady who called in to Mark Steyn to suggest that was brilliant.
OmahaConservative on January 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM
That would be sweet!
farright on January 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM
It’s not a “master strategy” of any sort, but it is exactly what I’ve been trying to tell you for a long time – He wants to sow chaos and bring our nation down. Period. He does whatever he thinks he has to do to keep the chaos building and to suck all the faith and confidence out of our critical institutions as possible. Once you realize this, you will understand his actions. There is nothing complicated about this and you are confronted by the same sort of evidence for it day after day after day.
As to the relationship between The Precedent and the dems, think of the dems as our little Europe. The Precedent hates them, but he likes to use their idiocy whenever it helps him and he likes to attack them when that helps his drive for chaos. Other than that, dems don’t even rate sets of DVDs, in The Precedent’s mind.
neurosculptor on January 26, 2010 at 7:27 PM
Obama’s above the Democrat party. They’re going to have to just . . . get used to that fact. The man’s ego knows no bounds.
And the thing is, once he gets a Republican Congress, he’ll just revert to blaming them for everything. He won’t even be able to work with them in a Clintonian fashion. He’ll pick fights instead. Maybe then we’ll see a scenario where Congress has higher approval ratings than the president.
Revenant on January 26, 2010 at 7:28 PM
If this clown resigns, how far down in the batting order do we have to go until we find someone who is at least a half-wit, instead of a complete jackass?
Looking at Wikipedia, the only two with a brain in their head are Gates and Geithner.
NoDonkey on January 26, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Some lady called in to Mark Steyn today and said the Republicans should laugh everytime 0 lies during SOTU. Sort of like the British Parliament. It would throw 0 off his mark like the heckler in Boston when 0 campaigned for Marcia.
“Now then, where were we”?
TOTUS will be needing lot’s of re-winding.
OmahaConservative on January 26, 2010 at 7:29 PM
Is there a Pizza Man sign on 72nd and Pacific?
yoda on January 26, 2010 at 7:29 PM
At least he got his address right.
fourdeucer on January 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Oh. You’re putting that link in every thread and not just in the headline story. I wondered what it had to do with old people ‘doin’ it’.
Bobbertsan on January 26, 2010 at 7:31 PM
I saw that posted earlier. I’m planning to drive on over to take a gander tomorrow.
OmahaConservative on January 26, 2010 at 7:31 PM
“… We had to make so many decisions quickly… in a very difficult set of circumstances…”
The art of the long con is hard, and you ain’t ready -ain’t gonna ever be ready- for the big time. So put them brown Stacy Adams back on and trot your silly ass back to Maxwell Street and that monte game.
Doorgunner on January 26, 2010 at 7:32 PM
Operation “Failed Presidency”?
canditaylor68 on January 26, 2010 at 7:34 PM
I’m confused. If he sucks all of the confidence out of critical institutions (I assume you mean government institutions), then how will he get the public to trust and depend on said institutions to handle things like health care and such? I know where you are going with your comment, but it seems to me that you are using flawed logic.
He wants to create as much dependency on government because that translates into more power for the central government.
Now, if you meant private institutions and businesses I retract my confusion.
alohapundit on January 26, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Did any of you happen to notice that conservatives did that to Alan Colmes before he announced he was quitting H&C? Yep, Alan would make some moronic comment and the conservative guests would laugh at him. It was so blatant that I almost felt sorry for the fool. (Almost – don’t fry me.)
Yeah, I’m sure Obama’s thinking “this president stuff is harder than I thought.” I’m also sure his insiders are thinking “holy crap.”
Seriously, he is losing every ounce of credibility that he had even with the left. What’s next? Serious reporting by the MSM?
Oink on January 26, 2010 at 7:35 PM
I would love to see a photo of it!! I had planned to be in Omaha tomorrow for a meeting and thought I would drive by just to see the billboard, but can’t go. The cornhusker hustle is getting better and better. ( :
yoda on January 26, 2010 at 7:36 PM
True sociopaths, like Obama, really and very truly believe NOTHING is ever their own fault.
This, folks, is one scary dude. Forget about the policy crap, we’ve got an increasingly messed up individual here.
I hope I’m wrong.
TXUS on January 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM
I’ll take my camera and get pics, if it exists. Damn, sure wish we had each others email addy.
OmahaConservative on January 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Let me see if I get this right: Obama wants to take credit for taking responsibility for the backroom deals until he actually has to take responsiblity for the backroom deals in which case it’s not his fault?
Bambi is the only politician I know of that can spin in both directions at the same time.
PackerBronco on January 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Obowmao is basically the Left’s biggest trial balloon so far, to see how well they’ve proceeded with ‘white guilt’. And it’s an epic fail.
No wonder this guy is flailing around like a fish out of water, and his Party is scrambling to find some kind of solid ground.
Liam on January 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Bush did it
bubby62 on January 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM
President Barack Hussein Obama is having difficulty keeping all the lies straight.
Bishop on January 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM
To start, maybe he should stop promising that other branches of the government are going to do things.
Ronnie on January 26, 2010 at 7:41 PM
Yeah, me and huskerdiva have each other’s e-mail and that reminds me I need to contact her.
If you ever go to the Tuesday gatherings, the organizer knows both of us.
If the billboard exists I hope you share the photo with everyone.
yoda on January 26, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Sorry, but you’re right. He’ll be one for the history books alright.
I do think more and more people are becoming aware of this, however, and that’s a good thing. Of course the MSM wouldn’t report on what they knew about Obama and they wouldn’t even do any investigation (or if they did, they didn’t report it.) Beck, Michelle, Rush, Hannity, Levin, Laura Ingraham, Savage and many others have done a great job of getting the word out about Obama and his cronies. Without them, we’re be a fully socialized country by now. People now understand Cloward-Piven, Saul Alinsky, Wm. Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, ACORN, SEIU, etc. We know and now they know we know. And thank God above for Scott Brown and the voters of Massachusetts. That’s what caused the whole lefty machine to jump the tracks. Just the little stutter step we needed.
But now there’s a chink the armor and blood in the water. The left are starting to eat their own, but we still can’t let our guard down for one split second.
Oink on January 26, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Better yet I heard this phoned into Steyn, sitting in for Rush, today. Every time he lies the GOP should burst out laughing at him. Ridicule to the nth degree. He’ll have that nervous breakdown on the spot.
chemman on January 26, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Wow, amateur hour just goes on and on doesn’t it.
conservnut on January 26, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Unprecedented Liar.
notagool on January 26, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Who are you going to believe? BHO or your lyin’ eyes/ears?
If one always tells the truth, one never has to worry about remembering what was said.
Obama is simply pathetic. So naive. So full of $h!t.
Oink on January 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Yeah, I could post them to a photobucket account or something.
OmahaConservative on January 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM
I’m convinced that Obama keeps Gibbs and Biden around for the same reason why you hang around with fat people if you want to appear thin. The President is a pretty dim bulb but shines brilliant when compared to Gibbs.
highhopes on January 26, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Sounds like it is time to appoint a lie czar to coordinate the various lies told by administration officials.
highhopes on January 26, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Or just share the billboard content. We will all need a laugh before the SOTU tomorrow night….oh I forgot, there will be lots of laughs during the SOTU.
HotAir will be on fire tomorrow….have plenty of water or a drink of your choice handy just in case your computer catches on fire. ( :
yoda on January 26, 2010 at 7:52 PM
What ?
WTF ?
Without a teleprompter, he can’t even figure out who to blame
Remember Hussain..always blame Bush..always, you can do it even without a teleprompter..now repeat after me
Bush did it..its Bush’s fault
s/
macncheez on January 26, 2010 at 7:52 PM
This SOTU would indeed be better with a laugh track but I think they should do the opposite. Keep in mind that the SOTU doesn’t even have to be delivered in person. It’s just become one of those big deals without any basis in the Constitution (beyond requiring the President to report on the state of the union).
The GOP should meet each lie with stony silence and only respond to non-controversial comments like praise for the troops.
highhopes on January 26, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Yes and No.
Never forget that it was the Republican takeover in ’94 and the subsequent move to the right that got Clinton reelected in ’96.
(Well that and Dole.)
Time for a Replay?
A. Weasel on January 26, 2010 at 7:58 PM
The Precedent doesn’t care if about health care. Why do you think he allowed Reid and Pelosi to do whatever they wanted with it? Because all The Precedent wants is to f#ck up the US, and socialized health care is a good step towards that … if it ever got passed. But he didn’t care about that. All The Precedent wanted to do was cause problems and he knew that socialized health care, with his useful idiots full-force behind it, would cause tons of problems and chaos.
The Precedent has no idea of a nation that he is trying to build. All he wants to do is take us down. He sees himself as the avenging angel of the third world.
The Precedent wants to hit whites, the rich and the successful every chance he gets. He has no qualms about screwing over those who are dependent on government, in order to exact revenge against us – as he was very explicit about during the primary debates. He said that he would still raise captial gains taxes, even if he knew it would result in reduced receipts, because “it’s a matter of fairness”. This guy is just out for revenge. Lucky for him, too, because he’s too stupid to be able to carry out anything more complicated than that. Unluckily for us, sowing chaos requires no great skill and, in fact, ineptitude often serves to help sow chaos on its own.
neurosculptor on January 26, 2010 at 8:00 PM
He has a gift… No, let me rephrase that: He is a gift — to the Republicans. As inept as they are, if Barry and Nazi and Hairy keep it up, it’s going to be a turkey shoot in November.
mr.blacksheep on January 26, 2010 at 8:04 PM
That. Is. Jaw dropping!
This is what narcissism does to you. He accepts responsibility by saying what he is willing to be held responsible for, chiefly Congress’ failure. “I am happy to own up to the fact that I have not changed Congress and the way it operates the way I would have liked.” That rebellious Congress undermining my efforts at transparency!
“We’ve excuted here in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” He actually throws Congress under the bus. You have to hear it to believe it. Modern day animal farm!
Theworldisnotenough on January 26, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Highhopes,
We used to call people like Gibbs and Biden flunkies. These people are now running America….. into the ground.
mountainmanbob on January 26, 2010 at 8:17 PM
Who stopped you from making it so ?
Its still not too late, start over and let C-Span telecast it live
macncheez on January 26, 2010 at 8:17 PM
President Obama: “I didn’t make a bunch of deals. I made the last one with the unions that exempted their Cadillac plans from my new taxes and sealed the Massachusetts election for Brown.”
Bru on January 26, 2010 at 8:18 PM
He’ll throw us all under the bus before he’s through.
ronsfi on January 26, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Moronic. BHO should never have been president. Were it not for the fact that he appeals to the arrogance of those on the left, he would not have won.
American Idol election.
madmonkphotog on January 26, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Ah can see clearly now.
Lincoln Cadillac on January 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM
This guy is shameless. Oh no, he had nothing to do with all of those backroom deals. Forget the fact that White House aides were dispatched to Capitol Hill. Forget the fact that the SEIU and other union thugs were invited to the White House behind closed doors. Forget Rahm-bo and Obama telling Reid and Pelosi to just get anything passed no matter what it takes.
I certainly don’t think he’s wanted a GOP Congress all along. But going forward, that’s gotta be his strategy, at least subconsciously. He knows the “Blame Bush” card has just about expired. And there’s no way he can conceivably blame the Republicans for blocking his agenda with the majorities his party currently holds. So the only way he has a prayer at reelection(aside from a miraculous economic recovery) is to have someone to demonize. Enter a GOP-led House and possibly even the Senate.
Doughboy on January 26, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I would posit that he is already mentally unstable. I would bet that there are a whole group of people who are now charged with prepping him for each appearance so that he looks and acts stable. Look closely. It’s not working.
Yoop on January 26, 2010 at 9:03 PM
BHO – ya think?
bbh on January 26, 2010 at 9:06 PM
He can’t throw an armed populace under the bus. There was a reason the Japanese didn’t even think about attacking our mainland.
daesleeper on January 26, 2010 at 9:07 PM
When he ignored and excused the divisive and corrupt Washington culture, he welcome more of the same.
pjean on January 26, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Watching that video I noticed Obama was wearing an American flag pin on his lapel.
Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never noticed Obama wearing the flag before. Could this be a sign of political desperation, a Democrat stooping so low as to wear the American flag?
RJL on January 26, 2010 at 9:34 PM
But dontcha know It’s Soooo Hard?
roscopico on January 26, 2010 at 11:15 PM
“We had to make so many decisions quickly”?
That’s why they’ve spent 7 months on health care and haven’t passed it yet?
“We don’t know what’s going on”
Really??? Well WE DO!!! You’re ripping us off!
“Making a lot of mush”
Making a hash of our country!!!
When will Sarah Palin “mush” into the White House?
Steve Z on January 27, 2010 at 12:00 AM
BozObama: “I have a gift…The difference between 1994 and now is me!”
How about a gift for opening mouth, inserting foot, ankle, and knee? The difference between ’94 and now is maybe we’ll get 100 new House seats instead of 54!
Steve Z on January 27, 2010 at 12:04 AM
Make life difficult for the democrap Congress,let Republicans take over and fix things,then Bambi gets credit for the fix.All you folks who think he is a one term TOTUS we have been through this before.All those people who feel like idiots for supporting him,will support him again in 2012.Clenis all over again.
DDT on January 27, 2010 at 12:11 AM
It’d be even better if they do it like this:
(Robert De Niro in Cape Fear)
bofh on January 27, 2010 at 12:43 AM
As I said in the headlines, the most glaring example of Bammy’s deal making is when he exempted his precious unions from the Cadillac tax on health care:
Blame Congress?:
And -
Buy Danish on January 27, 2010 at 7:27 AM
Are all the Repubs gonna shout “You Lie” in unison during the SOTU?
d1carter on January 26, 2010 at 7:18 PM
They only had one willing to tell the truth the last time!
flytier on January 27, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Classic narcisist. He can’t accept blame for anything, so he has to throw it on others, regardless of the consequences.
MarkTheGreat on January 27, 2010 at 8:57 AM