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Obama's message to voters: Things could be worse
My Way News - Obama's message to voters: Things could be worse
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama, who rocketed to the White House promising "change you can believe in," is now telling voters they shouldn't change a thing.
His message for the fall elections, which are looking ominous for his Democrats, is that Republicans caused the nation's economic troubles, but he and the Democrats are starting to fix them. So stick with the Democrats and don't go back to the GOP.
"This is a choice between the policies that led us into the mess or the policies that are leading out of the mess," Obama said recently in Las Vegas.
Trouble is, it's a tough sell to voters who've seen little progress.
Unemployment is stuck near double digits and polls show many voters have decided Obama's policies are to blame, not his predecessor's.
It could be worst.
You could have my Government instead of Obama's. Consider yourselves lucky.
But the midterms will be interesting to watch
Aren't you guys cutting everything 25% across the board?
Oh right, forgot you were right.
You'd lovvvveeee Cameron ... :/
I think the its feaking AWESOME! 25% across the board? Your going to love how that works out in a few years. :thumbs:
Its almost amusing how I feel the direct opposite of what you think.
I hope the Conservatives get thrown from office for another decade.
I can't believe Lib Dems will allow this to occur, I feel more betrayed by them than the Tories. It's what is expected from Conservatives.
It is, we need conservatives here in the US...
chris Christie my governer is one.... :thumbs:
Lol. You can have them
Well I can count my blessings the idiot Hannan isn't in Government. Then we'd really be f*cked.
I'm getting your thread OT sorry.
What do you think will occur at midterms? Congress to be taken away from Dems?
While this may seem an apologist stance.
One must admit, in the realm of possibility, is the notion that things could well indeed be worse, and I'd say that throughout history leaders very rarely get credit for avoiding crises considering we'll never know just how bad things could have gotten.
If Obama hadn't of ordered the stimulus, and not spent any money at all on the problem. And unemployment was at 25% at their lowest estimates. I doubt conservatives would be sitting here saying "Bravo Mr. Obama for not doing any thing". No you'd be bitching about how h e didn't spend money. These are desperate times, I've heard rumblings that a secondary stimulus may be needed to avoid a secondary reseccion which this time, could be more severe. And no magically elected republicans, presidential or congressional are gonna be able to fix it with "tax cuts".
I think people really underestimate just how severe and fragile our situation is. It will take a long time to see what Obamas impact is. Do not be so hasty to judge. The country didn't collapse as some of you predicted it would the day he got elected. And all these months later, she's still afloat... Is she not?
Speculate much?
What did the bailouts accomplish?
What proof do you have we avoided disaster by giving money to GM for example?
Therein lies the problem i specifically alluded to in my first post. We can never truly know just how bad things could have gotten.
But we've politicized even the speculation to such a degree nothing is clear.
What do you think will occur at midterms? Congress to be taken away from Dems?
I just know we are trillions of dollars in debt and things for many people are not good. :shrug:
But keep in mind the distinct possibility that things for many more people could be worse.
I really don't see how crippling an economy is preventing things from getting worse. I was watching the market daily during the bailouts and every single time one of those windbags spoke of messing with the economy the bottom fell out from the market. As well, everyone knew these damn TARP programs were going to come with strings such as new and untenable regs., deficits, taxes, waste, and abuse......the market reacted in kind. Need more proof, Saturn and Pontiac no longer exist after the auto bailout, but the unions still have all of their perks. Chrysler is still kind of ****ed........GM's CEO was basically fired by the dumbkopf in the white house....... it's pretty much provable that things could have actually gotten better rather than worse if those egotistical dumb ****s in congress and the white house had stopped trying to micromanage everything.But keep in mind the distinct possibility that things for many more people could be worse.
Just ask those that grew up during the last one, some are still alive. In fact, there is theory stating that if the government had done nothing then that a depression could have been avoided in those days as well.We don't truly know what it's like to live in a depression. And we sure as heck won't care about a little defecit if we're all outta work and there are 1000's of homeless everywhere and people living in shacks.
But keep in mind the distinct possibility that things for many more people could be worse.
We don't truly know what it's like to live in a depression. And we sure as heck won't care about a little defecit if we're all outta work and there are 1000's of homeless everywhere and people living in shacks.
Ghosts of the carter years no?
I personally think the democrats are in real trouble come this november. This notion of blame the last guy, played itself out a long time ago and people are no longer buying it....
Major indeces were showing improvement in those days. These days all major market indeces are showing little to no actual predictable trending. It's pretty bad.do you happen to remember the first couple of years of the reagan admin?
do you happen to remember the first couple of years of the reagan admin?
oh.....then why bring up the carter years?
Because D'oh-bama's policies and theories are more comparable to the Carter years than those of Reagan. With the predictable failures to ensue.oh.....then why bring up the carter years?
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