Monday, February 9, 2009

Obama Press Conference. A conversation with himself

I just finished listening to Obama's first press conference and I must say, what jibberish, what dribble, what BS and what boredom. This is a guy who loves to hear himself talk, but he's not an enthusiastic speaker at all. He answered three questions in 20 minutes and the rest was him talking in length in response to each question. He went on and on and was all over the place clearly showing he did not know what he was talking about. What an embarssment!!!! He sounded to me like some college kid writing an answer to a test question on a subject he hadn't studied hoping the teacher wouldn't notice. I realize all politicians are full of spin and hyperbole, but this was so obvious and juvenile in every answer. He also could lull you to sleep. At one point a woman reporter asked him what his time table for Iran was and instead of giving her a direct answer he went all into about Iraq and the previous administration and his diplomats trying to find the right solution etc.. Another question was about the economy and his stimulus package. He went into how this is the greatest recession since the great depression. Another lie and a dem talking point. Right now unemployment is at 7% and interest rates are at about 3%. I was unemployed during the Jimmy Carter years and unemployment was 13% and interest rates were at 20% and we had double digit inflation. Ronald Reagan brought all that down by lowering the marginal tax rates and interest rates and lowering taxes in general and cutting the size of government. Obama is going in the opposite direction, the direction of European socialism. This afternoon Obama held a town meeting in Indiana and again he clearly showed he was out of his league and doesn't know what he's talking about. A questioner asked him about what he was going to do with improving green technologies and his answer was "We're going to double up on green technologies." A woman asked him about the money coming in from the government for the work projects ala the WPA of the thirties Obama wants to reinstitute and would the money come directly to the town or some other round about way to which Obama replied, "We're going to let you people be our eyes and ears. If you see a project and the money doesn't seem to be coming in there, we're going to have a website you can send a report into and say what you saw and see if the money comes in there." The people looked astounded as if to say 'You expect us to do this?" This is another lib notion that sounds good but in practicality doesn't work. People are going to lie on this site and say things aren't happening just to get money. It's so rediculous. Anyone who reads the comments after news articles online will know what I mean. I've heard it said that Obama is in over his head. I think maybe those people are right after hearing him today.

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