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Obama's Clear Path To Failure
By Carole on Apr 26, 2012
A new poll asking various questions about President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney contains the usual questions (who would you vote for, who's more likeable, etc.) and questions about some very current issues (working women versus stay at home moms). But when it came to the candidates' economic plans for the economy, one answer was surprising.
Obama's Running Against Obama
By Carole on Sep 25, 2011
Forget about whoever ends up winning the GOP nomination next year, Candidate Barack Obama has evidently decided that his 2012 opponent will be President Barack Obama. In two speeches this weekend Mr. Obama sought to fire up a large segment of his base and solicit campaign donations by attacking the last three years of abject failure over which he presided.
Shooting The Debt Messenger
By Carole on Aug 7, 2011
Imagine if on the night Paul Revere made his famous ride, the colonists cursed him softly, rolled over and went back to sleep. Then imagine that the red coats were able to stop the Revolution even before it began and all those would be revolutionaries blamed Mr. Revere. That alternate reality came to mind today when I tuned into CBS's Face the Nation. David Axelrod, President Barack Obama's chief re-election strategist, appeared on the program and referred to the US credit rating downgrade as "essentially a tea party downgrade."
Obama Responds To Failure With More Of The Same
By Carole on Jul 8, 2011
The national unemployment rate has gone up to 9.2%. The "under-employment" rate (discouraged workers and those working part time, but who would prefer full-time work) jumped from 15.8% to 16.2%. The country is being crushed under $14.3 trillion in debt with approximately 25% of it added in the two and a half years of the Obama administration. If a private sector CEO performed this poorly, he'd be fired on the spot. If a professional athlete had comparable stats, he'd be given his outright release. But President Barack Obama is asking for a four-year contract extension and the authority to drive the country even deeper into insurmountable debt.
Obama's Still Playing His Shell Game
By Carole on Jul 2, 2011
The nation's debt has increased by more than $3.5 trillion since President Barack Obama took office. He has demanded an increase in the current $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and is calling for higher taxes so that he can spend even more. Yet in his weekly radio address this morning he declared "Government has to start living within its means, just like families do."
