Obama: We’re heading in the right direction!
posted at 12:15 pm on July 2, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Barack Obama tried getting ahead of the news curve today by putting his own spin on the jobs report that has been universally seen as negative. Don’t worry, Obama told the cameras; we’re heading in the right direction! In that sense, Obama may remind viewers of another famous declaration that people should remain calm (via The Right Scoop):
How unserious was this announcement? Obama used it to launch his broadband initiative, which will cost almost $800 million and which will create … five thousand jobs. That’s $160,000 per job, but that’s not the most ridiculous calculation in this announcement. In the past month, we had over 650,000 people leave the work force, which is around 130 times the number of jobs Obama offered as a tonic for this month’s report.
And notice that President Chip Diller never mentions that factory orders fell off for the first time in nine months, back to a low not seen since shortly after Obama’s stimulus plan passed. How’s that for “the right direction”?
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Obama, the ground is rushing up awfully quick, you sure this is the right direction to be headed?
Holger on July 2, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Technically, Thelma and Louise were headed in the right direction, too.
Emperor Norton on July 2, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Sort of like Thelma and Louise?
Chip on July 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
This is depressing.
Are we well past a misery index yet?
I sure am.
ORconservative on July 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
If one stands on the side of the Anti-American, Anti-Capitalist, it would seem he is 100% correct.
portlandon on July 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Dang! Not fast enough on the draw.
Chip on July 2, 2010 at 12:20 PM
If Bush were still in office “Out of Touch” would the phrase that haunted him most.
lorien1973 on July 2, 2010 at 12:20 PM
his minions don’t know how to spin it yet….just wait…
president spinmeister: fail
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
You lie!
Ditkaca on July 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Super Genius.
beatcanvas on July 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Oh. Baby. Obama.
Mr. Joe on July 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
I believe it is prosperity for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. And now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds
Rocks on July 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
This is not incompetence,
it is sabotage!!
CrazyGene on July 2, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Really? The solution is more broadband? While families are tightening their belts and reducing to spending on essentials, the government is spending like a bandit on bells and whistles. Outrageous.
miConsevative on July 2, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Why didn’t Barack Obama add: “Blame Bush”?
Mr. Joe on July 2, 2010 at 12:22 PM
lolol perfect
beep beep!
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:22 PM
He- O’dumbo, has no idea what direction he is going.
He can’t even bust his way out of a wet paper bag with a knife.
hawkman on July 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM
If the best stimulus according to Nancy Pelosi is extending unemployment benefits, why would the Democrats NOT apply unused Porkulus money to extending unemployment benefits?
I really need crr6, BleedsBlue, etc. to explain this to me. I just do not have the reasoning skills to understand liberal “logic.”
WashJeff on July 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Again, “right direction” is a matter of perspective.
From Obama’s “destroy this country” perspective, we are definitely moving in the “right direction”.
Midas on July 2, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Ignorance is bliss. After all, you can order McCartney and Bono to appears and it works.
What a gig….
He is the “Q” of the world for now. Wait till Kirk gets ahold of him in Novermber.. ;)
AnthonyK on July 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Depends upon which direction you mean. For most sensible, ordinary Americans, we want a growing economy that adds jobs, makes the US more prosperous and powerful enough to deter external enemies from attacking us. Dear Liar has a different sense of direction.
rbj on July 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Like the captain of the Exxon-Valdez?
Steve Z on July 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
so is Tiger Woods’ career…
mjbrooks3 on July 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
See, there’s your disconnect – you’re using “reasoning skills” and “liberal logic” in the same sentence.
It’s not like ‘peanut butter’ and ‘chocolate’, it’s more like matter and anti-matter – you just really can’t mix those two concepts like that.
Midas on July 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
when you hear that, it makes you want to batten down the hatches, doesn’t it?
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
125,000 jobs lost and many more than that stopped looking for work altogether is the right direction, Champ? You’re in over your head. This is not the time for you to continue to spew nonsense just because you scored beaucoup gold stars in your affirmative action-based, grade inflation-rich courses on race-mongering and economic illiteracy. Think exit strategy: resignation or impeachment. Ladies … er, your choice, Champ!
ya2daup on July 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
I can haz job now, Comrade KickAss?
joe btfsplk on July 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Don’t worry, folks. The quickest way to revive our economy is to promote falling factory orders. With fewer orders to fill, those factory employees will have more time to shop, which will stimulate the economy and create jobs — just like paying the unemployed to stay unemployed longer does!
You should be thanking Barry and me, not criticizing us.
Love,
Nancy Pelosi
AZCoyote on July 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM
B+
ignatzk on July 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM
How many jobs will it destroy? Private companies provide internet service too. Cable companies, landline phone companies, wireless broadband companies (like Clearwire), and cell phone companies. They are all expanding their services inot rural areas, but why bother if some government program is going to provide the service?
forest on July 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM
If things go any lower my shoes will start to burn!
OldEnglish on July 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
When you combine both you get something cool. With Chocolate and PB you get Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, with matter and anti-matter a wicked energy output.
Its more like Apples and snarblatzgrubelziskbamwowzerptang.
Holger on July 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Chip Diller had far more class, competence and credibility than Comrade Zero does.
Cicero43 on July 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Chip on July 2, 2010 at 12:29 PM
This reminds me of an old editorial cartoon that I still have, from 1982. It showed a guy sitting in front of a chart with a line going straight down, and a smiley-face pasted on his head. Sometimes I wish we could post pictures here so I could post this.
rockmom on July 2, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Hey, let’s hire ACORN progeny and SEIU to build the new broadband network.
petefrt on July 2, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Thank you – sort of.
Chip on July 2, 2010 at 12:31 PM
The POSOTUS may think we’re all headed in the right direction, but it would seem only his Rasmussen numbers are.
The War Planner on July 2, 2010 at 12:31 PM
What was the title of that book Obama was reading? Oh yeah!
“The Post-American World.”
We’re heading in the right direction.
shick on July 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Mission Accomplished!
John the Libertarian on July 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
The toolbag will say anything. The question now is just how long will the shills in the MSM carry his water. Once they stop, he’ll be stuck in the 30s.
TimTebowSavesAmerica on July 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Baghdad Odumbo
rjoco1 on July 2, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Lord have mercy…….I hope the direction that DOTUS is headed is off either to IMPEACHMENT or cataclysmic rejection of his Socialist/Progressive Alinskyite party in November 2010.
Can this nation survive the DOTUS?
PappyD61 on July 2, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Speakup on July 2, 2010 at 12:34 PM
What do Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny and Liberal Logic all have in common?
WashJeff on July 2, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Said the skipper of the Titanic.
BacaDog on July 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Depends on what he meant by “broad”band. He may have been talking about the Go-Go’s ! :)
AnthonyK on July 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
This cipher thinks he’s supposed to act like he did while on the boards of those Chicago “charitable” organizations. He’s still giving money away…OURS.
Hurry up November.
kingsjester on July 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Thank you Mr. Obama for doing so much to help our country.
- Average American voter who has no clue what is going on
but whose vote sadly counts as much as mine.
angryed on July 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
In my math world -121,000-650,000=-771,000 which is far worse than at the peak of shedding non-essential jobs.
jukin on July 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Don’t Insult Santa Clause and the Bunny.
Holger on July 2, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Is it my imagination, or have things gotten worse since OBAMACARE got passed?
GarandFan on July 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Obama prefaces nearly every statement with the word “I.”
On those rare occasions when somebody like that extends his scope to “we,” you really have to wonder: just how big is that group of confidantes, and who does it include?
logis on July 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM
it will be for quite some time…cripe, they were getting chills from his immigration speech yesterday…HE CAN DO NO WRONG in their eyes…
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM
How can you have an imagination? Obama is our imagination.
/lib
Holger on July 2, 2010 at 12:38 PM
rush is talking about this now….go get him rush!
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Ski jump recovery…
PatriotRider on July 2, 2010 at 12:38 PM
It’s beginning to get serious.
Neville Obama has moved beyond foreign policiy and is now contolling the food you put in your mouth.
And he’s very optimistic about his progress!!!
notagool on July 2, 2010 at 12:38 PM
you mean Phyllis Diller?
ted c on July 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM
He’s got that right. We’re heading to Nov, 2012.
Electrongod on July 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM
John Deaux on July 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM
I am sick and tired of hearing this street hustler slinging his $hiite every day. He’s embarrassing himself with his ignorance, and he demonstrates his contempt for the American public with the assumption that we’re buying this nonsense.
It might work on the South Side of Chicago, but it doesn’t work on a national level. What a provincial thug and hick this guy is!
Cody1991 on July 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM
from rush: same speech…same promise
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Yes, We Are! The country is lurching to the right, and November’s election results will be biblical.
olesparkie on July 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Hey ZERO: We’re headin’ someplace alright.
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annoyinglittletwerp on July 2, 2010 at 12:40 PM
What alternative universe is this idiot living in????????????
xler8bmw on July 2, 2010 at 12:41 PM
heh…an oldie but a goodie
cmsinaz on July 2, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Oldsmobiles make perfectly adequate boats.
–Ted Kennedy
You simply can’t get an economic situation with high unemployment and high inflation, it’s unpossible.
–Jimmah Carter
After I bomb the crap out of this aspirin factory those muslims’ll never dare try to blow up the WTC again.
–William Jefferson Blythe Clinton
fronclynne on July 2, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Is he mildly retarded? I really do wonder if he was picked because he’s got a small brain and unlikely to figure out that he’s a tool of elitist progressive masters.
WashingtonsWake on July 2, 2010 at 12:43 PM
I do believe we have a new nom de politique!!
JohnGalt23 on July 2, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Captain Clueless strikes again!
I loathe this man and what he stands for.
carbon_footprint on July 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM
C’mon Ed, you are just being unfair to post this nonsense. We all know how compassionate our liberal friends are. Democrats are our last hope for a regularly scheduled unemployment check. Since the Democrats have taken power, (2007 to present), they’ve insured our next generation will work gladly to pay for the sins of entitlements and be gratified to serve their masters in Washington. Think how wonderful it will be, when we’re all together in the soup lines singing praises to the Gods of liberalism, with Obama, Pelosi and Reid (our own personal diaper brigade), leading the chorus of “we will overcome”, and the 4th of July will be re-named DEPENCENCE DAY!
Rovin on July 2, 2010 at 12:46 PM
we’re heading in the right direction!
So was the Titanic!
heshtesh on July 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Whoops= Blew it—–Dependence Day
Rovin on July 2, 2010 at 12:48 PM
this is all starting to resemble a Saturday Night Live SKIT!
SDarchitect on July 2, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Obama used it to launch his broadband initiative, which will cost almost $800 million and which will create … five thousand jobs. That’s $160,000 per job, but that’s not the most ridiculous calculation in this announcement.
How many jobs will it destroy? Private companies provide internet service too. Cable companies, landline phone companies, wireless broadband companies (like Clearwire), and cell phone companies. They are all expanding their services inot rural areas, but why bother if some government program is going to provide the service?
forest on July 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM
DOTUS……..explains it all.
PappyD61 on July 2, 2010 at 12:50 PM
GnuBreed on July 2, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Can’t we just ask for a mulligan? We can say the country was drunk on koolaid and made a poor decision electing him. Lets just impeach him and recall Pelosi, and the rest, and just have a do over before this “recovery” gets any worse. There’s more than enough out there to impeach him for, we just need to come together and do it as a country. At this rate, I don’t think we’ll make it to 2012, and if we take back one or both houses in Nov, they’re going to pass everything under the sun between Nov. and Jan anyway. Ok, enough of my day dreaming. :P
Tuari on July 2, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Even the Left’s great hero FDR did not try to con the people after the fall of Wake Island, Manila, and Corregidor that we were heading in the right direction.
xkaydet65 on July 2, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Agreed. MSDNC and other commentators will hack for a while. I just wonder how long the “straight” news people can keep this farce going. If the oil spill is still going Day 200 and we have a doubledip, it just seems impossible to shill for the guy, even as a liberal. But then again….
TimTebowSavesAmerica on July 2, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Where is he now that he is wasting fuel and time with Marine 1 behind him?
xler8bmw on July 2, 2010 at 12:53 PM
From Mr. Peacock in Chief’s perspective we’re heading in precisely the direction he has in mind for us.
No, he’s not a socialist, he’s evolved to lower than that.
Schadenfreude on July 2, 2010 at 12:58 PM
Heading in the right direction?
Down is the new up. – Radiohead
carbon_footprint on July 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM
They’ve been spreading his propaganda like gospel for a year and a half. I think they are desperately addicted to the kool-aid or developmentally challenged.
The current situation is a sickening disgrace.
Remember how the lame stream media screamed when we had 6% unemployment under Bush? How they screamed about his vacations? Has anyone had more vacations and golf outings than Bozo?
dogsoldier on July 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM
DOTUS ? ? ?
Douche of the United States ? ? ?
Dillhole of the United States ? ? ?
Dufus of the United States ? ? ?
Dips**t of the United States ? ? ?
oldfiveanddimer on July 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM
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Happy thoughts….mmmmmuussssttttt think happy thoughts.
PappyD61 on July 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM
OT:
Now the DC Dem morons are passing fake budgets…isn’t this illegal??
Link below:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37893
PatriotRider on July 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM
If Obooba were merely incompetent, we could expect that half of his mistakes would be in our favor.
Akzed on July 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Can this nation survive the DOTUS?
PappyD61 on July 2, 2010 at 12:33 PM
DOTUS ? ? ?
Douche of the United States ? ? ?
Dillhole of the United States ? ? ?
Dufus of the United States ? ? ?
Dips**t of the United States ? ? ?
oldfiveanddimer on July 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM
***Destroyer of the United States.
PappyD61 on July 2, 2010 at 1:05 PM
And, Biden followed up on Obama’s statement, “If we can just get enough people to stop looking for work, we hope to get unemployment down under 9% again.”
Fallon on July 2, 2010 at 1:05 PM
No. The man is insane.
scalleywag on July 2, 2010 at 1:08 PM
You weekly chocolate ration has been increased from 30 grams to 25 grams.
jukin on July 2, 2010 at 1:09 PM
We who?
Eren on July 2, 2010 at 1:09 PM
So can we use this in his trial for treason and sabotage of the US economy? Obama admits the sinking economy is exactly what he wanted to accomplish!
stonemeister on July 2, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Chute failure!
But everything’s OK.
Unlike his auto insurance, he took out catastrophic coverage.
The splat is gonna be epic.
Yoop on July 2, 2010 at 1:12 PM
I really don’t believe other than a complete revolt or anarchy from the amrican people that this will stop. They know that the people will not rise up because they’re too powerful. They would us military and swat against us. Until there are riots in the streets to remove these clowns we will not get back to ANY form of a constitutional government. THAT IS REALITY!
xler8bmw on July 2, 2010 at 1:17 PM
For him it is the right direction.
tommer74 on July 2, 2010 at 1:18 PM
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (King James Version)
2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
seven on July 2, 2010 at 1:19 PM
All is well decries the rodent-in-chief as he leads his lemming supporters over a cliff. We are soooo screwed… Is it November yet?
docdave on July 2, 2010 at 1:21 PM
Has this fool ever run a business?
Liberal moron, who thinks the government is in the business of creating jobs, while it spends its time destroying free trade, small business and the economy.
The best thing Obama can do for for employment is swap his job for the many thousands that will actually be created after he is out of the Oval Office.
Hening on July 2, 2010 at 1:22 PM
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