Apparently, Barack Obama understands the concept of a cash-strapped individual agonizing over whether to pay the mortgage, make a car payment, or pay down a student loan. He just doesn’t get why the federal government should ever have to decide between spending money here or spending money there.

Even when the government is flat broke and running up almost hopelessly high record deficits.

Listen to how the Demagogue-in-Chief phrases the question. You don’t really expect the government to continue paying interest to bondholders in China, while slashing benefits to Social Security recipients and disabled veterans – do you?

He is so incredibly shameless and dishonest. Ironically, Obama later went on to browbeat the Republicans for employing scare tactics during the debt ceiling negotiations. Good grief.

UPDATE: It is hard to tell from C-SPAN’s video player, but I should point out this clip only runs about 90 seconds.

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  • Anonymous

    He’s a piece of work. He’s so full of himself that he wouldn’t reconize the truth if it grew arms, sat on his lap and called him mama….

    • Anonymous

      The Audacity of Arrogance!!!!

    • Anonymous

      badbadlibs, dear leaders continous stream of disgusting lies is making me so angry, but you made me laugh just now! Thanks for that!

      • Anonymous

        You’re welcome, and don’t we all need a laugh in the face of having to live thru the worst president in the history of presidents!

  • Anonymous

    I just can’t watch him.

    90 seconds or not, too much for me to stand. Plus, I just ate.

    • http://www.therightscoop.com/ therightscoop

      I watched the whole thing today. I was in a bad mood all afternoon

      • Anonymous

        Sorry man,  I feel your pain…..

      • Anonymous

        Sorry man,  I feel your pain…..

    • Anonymous

      “Same feeling’s I could not have said it any better DebbyX.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Florey/100002543536293 Mike Florey

    I tried to watch the presser but after the first few minutes of shifty-eyed, groundless congress-bashing I had to shut him off. Besides, it was time to clean the toilet.

    Oh, this is the same jerk who chastises congress for going on recess while he plans another vacation to Martha’s Vineyard.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Duane-Eugene-Pounder/1182639371 Duane Eugene Pounder

    I am a Disabled veteran; this goverment has the responsibility to care for all of their Veterans.
    HOW MUCH OF A MILITARY. WILL YOU HAVE IF WE GET THROWN UNDER THE BUS!

    YOU SON-OF-BITCH!!!!!

    • Anonymous

      what does Obama care about the military he can’t even remember a MOH winner

    • Anonymous

      Words fail me. I can’t thank you enough for your service to our country.
      GI’s mom.

    • Anonymous

      Thank you very much for your service and sacrifice Duane. I have a few other vet friends, and all I can say is that you all deserve so much more than our government and people are willing to give you. God Bless.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Florey/100002543536293 Mike Florey

      From an old Jarhead; Thank you sir.

  • Anonymous

    90 secs too long

  • Anonymous

    The shame of it all is that most people think that someone else will pay for their personal financial choices, and in reality, it is always the lowest on the totem pole that pay. Businesses and business owners will not absorb the cost of increased taxes – they will push them onto the consumer who buys them – the same person who is now out of work or working part-time. Make government smaller and cost less, and the least of us makes out the best. It is not complicated at all. The best part is – all that money sucked out of all of us by the government then becomes available for private investment – which then ironically increases tax revenues. PresBOs only motivation is to divide us with envy to try to be reelected – he doesn’t deserve the office.

    • Anonymous

      “Your ideas are fascinating to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.” H Simpson

      This won’t work because Fascists are running the show. Government is not what helps manage things for the Private sector…Government itself is important. Government itself creates jobs. Just flip everything you said upside-down and we’ll figure out where they’re coming from!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Kawasaki/1798183858 Dave Kawasaki

    Look on the bright side: he’s taught an entire generation to hate marxists.

    • Anonymous

      Finally, bright side! oh happy day…

    • Anonymous

      You give too many people credit for being awake.

  • Anonymous

    To use his own example: he’s like someone who’s maxed out his credit cards, so he calls to get an increase on that one and then applies for a new one to offload his debt to. All the while asking for a raise.

    Brilliant!

  • http://www.solitudeholdings.com/blog1/ Dan C

    It is incredibly disturbing that we have a pathological liar as the President.

    • Anonymous

      I don’t think it’s the first time ;)

      You know what? I think he ACTUALLY believes this stuff, which is even scarier.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_53YAPDXSTIGEDINDXF46CAB7ZY voted against carter

    CLOWARD & PIVEN in action.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OUNFNNK4VWVNQZWD743RKW5UYM jonathon b

    we need to just separate! let the illegal, baby killing, military hating, constitution scraping, ‘tolerant’, ‘diverse’, collectivist, ‘one world government’ loony left have a part and all of us that love America and our constitution and our sovereignty take a part. then they will see how unworkable their system really is- by the way they can have sharpton ,jackson, the u n and the bushes! we’ll just keep to our ‘intolerant’, ‘racist’, ‘divisive’ selves! man i don’t know how we’ll ever get over not having them around, i may need some counseling!

    • Anonymous

      I thought we already had that????

      Can’t they just go to Europe and leave our country alone? It’s easier than undoing 200 years of history, rewriting the constitution and rebuilding our whole system from scratch.

      • Anonymous

        Never rewrite the constitution!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        • Anonymous

          Yeppers. But darned if they don’t try each and every day. All that “living document” business they like to stretch. Like the Commerce Clause.

          • Anonymous

            I wrote a little about the phrase “living document” on another thread. Just thinking about how the libs/progs have turned its meaning unside down makes my blood boil. For most of my life that phrase has had a special place in my heart and now they have tainted/poisened it.

    • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz

      They can have: California, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the entire northeast.

      • Anonymous

        All 3 branches of Gov. in Michigan are Republican now sir. Hold the phone. Besides, I live here. Please to replace Michigan with Massoftwoshits.

        • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz

          Massachusetts is covered by “the entire northeast”. Michigan may be all Republican now, but you do own Detroit and Dearbornistan (which I hear is spreading). I’m sorry, I have to let you go….but don’t feel bad, I’m in Illinois—-we’re responsible for the gift that keeps on giving.

        • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz

          Massachusetts is covered by “the entire northeast”. Michigan may be all Republican now, but you do own Detroit and Dearbornistan (which I hear is spreading). I’m sorry, I have to let you go….but don’t feel bad, I’m in Illinois—-we’re responsible for the gift that keeps on giving.

          • Anonymous

            Well, it’s a good thing you have absolutely no say whatsoever in the imaginary matter, which will remain just that. Michigan is an incredibly beautiful state with a lot to offer. Unions, which are on the way out, in cahoots with democrats, did damage for generations, which we are now repairing. This last election, the grown-ups rose up and demolished the democrats.

            Just pretend I’m Mexican and arguing vociferously for the proposition that we come here merely to work our little tookuses off. That we are perfectly fine for this country and blah, blah, blah. sDee may be able to sympathize with me based on your response to her. While you are overgeneralizing about others, you’ll certainly be sure to overlook any overgeneralizing by others, if that is in fact the case, which I’m not convinced it is.

            • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz

              “That we are perfectly fine for this country and blah, blah, blah.”

              As soon as you can show me where I said that I’ll be happy to discuss it.

              • Anonymous

                Why would I want to show you that Wiz? It wasn’t a quote of you was it? Was it even a paraphrase? Nope. Here is the full quote…from me, and not of you:

                “Just pretend I’m Mexican and arguing vociferously for the proposition that we come here merely to work our little tookuses off. That we are perfectly fine for this country and blah, blah, blah.” (Rshill7…not The Wiz)

                I will admit that it was in a similar vein with some of the things you said to sDee. I hope this clears things up. I like you a lot. You went off tonight against my adopted home state as well as failing to sustain a legitimate critique about our nation’s monumental problem with illegal immigation.

                It ain’t a skin color thing sir. It’s an obey the law thing. It’s a stop draining this country dry thing.

                • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz

                  As far as the comments about your home state- all of it was tongue in cheek in case you didn’t catch the jab at my own state. Recalibrate your sarcasm meter.

                  The rest of it, I’ll dismiss.

                • Anonymous

                  In that case sir, you needn’t have reiterated it a second time in the follow-up post…right? It’s a little late to walk it back after transgressing twice in a row.
                  I did catch the part about your state, which is justified.

                  No hard feelings. If we couldn’t fly off the handle from time to time, we wouldn’t be free.

                • http://twitter.com/ozziecastillo The Wizard of Oz

                  Definitely didn’t walk anything back.

                • Anonymous

                  Come on now, he was joking. This site really needs to learn how to handle sarcasm and humor. You are welcome to move South and live w/us slanted fore-headed people. Our commonwealth just got voted as #1 for business and we are home to 8 of our best presidents ever. At least we produce good ones unlike Illinois! I don’t want anymore people to move here, but you would be an exception Rshill7. Bring your business to the Conservative States of America. Oz has a point about Dearbornistan and Detroit. Your Republitards definitely have a challenge w/those two cities. Detroit not so much, but Dearbornistan is a real concern. Burn that city down.

                • Anonymous

                  Ok.

                  I am very proud of what happened here in Michigan this past election.

                  Good nite.

                • Anonymous

                  Ok.

                  I am very proud of what happened here in Michigan this past election.

                  Good nite.

        • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OUNFNNK4VWVNQZWD743RKW5UYM jonathon b

          whichever way it would be doesn’t matter, i live in NH, but it’s not the place that makes you free- it’s what you bring with you. if i have to move, so be it

          • Anonymous

            Oh, I’d move if need be, but I own significant real estate here which is more than 3 hrs drive from Detroit, which I never go near. Before I leave though, I decided to become very involved in my local Republican party and in my local Tea Party. These pansie asses are not going to intimidate me and/or mine. I prefer to overwhelm and beat them, with ballot bullets and a little thing called righteous indignation.

            • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OUNFNNK4VWVNQZWD743RKW5UYM jonathon b

              i can sympathize with what you’re saying, i love the U P(have friends there)visit whenever we can). i know this is not what the gov. would want to let happen, but there’s more of us (meaning the people) that want this then don’t i think. just an honest man’s assessment of the situation.

      • Anonymous

        Hey, I’m in one of those listed…please don’t let them in before I get out! Though those states deserve the worst president there has ever been.

      • Anonymous

        I’ll leave Oregon GLADLY, if we can contain them to Oregon and the other states you listed. Sigh – fantasizing here…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GLCI5OB2VZW2X7QP4K6VGAGA4E T Paine

    What an ass. I hope every uninformed dipshit who put this loser in office suffers until their last breath.

  • Anonymous

    This guy would probably realize he is in way way over his head if he didn’t have his head paced firmly up his own arse.

  • Anonymous

    We shouldn’t pay salaries of those earning more than 140K in the federal govt until they can find a 20% budget cut in their area – admirals, generals, czars, cabinet members and deputies, agency heads, etc. If they cant find at least 10% lay them off without pension/severance (its what happens when a small business man uses up his IRA to try an keep his business going.)

    • Anonymous

      You are too kind :)

      Just cut their budgets across the board 25% each year. They will figure the rest out on their own. Some of our more special departments get 75% cuts like Dept of Energy, FDA, HHS. The best’est ones get 100% cuts like Dept of Ed, EPA, SEC, BLM.

      We’d be singing in the rain.

      • Anonymous

        Pick your own cutoffs. The point is no pay for mgmt until cuts. Managers who can/will not make cuts get furloughed without any parachute/retirement/unemployment (small business people do not get unemployment when they go bust – been there) , etc. The big guy at the top may decide to do whole depts so they can get later benefits.

      • Anonymous

        Medicare and Medicaid definitely has to be re-vamped. There is so much bullshit policy in those programs it ain’t funny.

        • Anonymous

          Ryan’s plan to let the FREE MARKET get involved is the way to go. The implementation of Medicare in the 1960′s brought a HUGE increase in the medical costs. A procedure that cost $100 in 1964 cost $1200 in 1974, once Medicare was implemented.

  • Anonymous

    strawman in chief

  • DCGere

    Yikes, that was painful to watch. This guy is in way over his head. 2012 can’t come soon enough…

  • Anonymous

    Whata BOOB!

  • http://www.kennethballard.com Kenneth

    If the Federal government won’t make the decisions, let think tanks like the CATO Institute make the decisions and then it’s just up to Congress to implement them.

  • Anonymous

    Mark Levin had it right: Obama is a PUNK. So, budgeting is not going to inspire confidence? Confidence in whom? I have NO confidence in the Dalai Obama, or ObamaCo, and yet I go about my business, purchasing, working, etc.

    What bills are we not going to pay? Here’s a whole LIST of things you can easily pick and choose to sent a “stop payment” notice to:

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/federal_agencies_and_commissions/

    What a completely dishonest creep. For one, paying off the Chinese would be the first steps to removing their influence in American politics, for two, that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with social security checks (which are unconstitutional, and should be discontinued, anyway, in favor of privatization, such as through bank and credit union programs). Why did he even bring up SSI, anyway? Because it was the most relevant example he could come up with, in his limited intellect and governing acumen? Or because it was the scariest? As Bob Dutko once said: ‘liberals are always accusing Conservatives of the things that they’re the ones doing’.

  • Anonymous

    I made it 20 seconds in, and had to stop.

  • Anonymous

    This can’t be a real statement! This guy is a different person everyday and never saw one side that gives me hope

  • http://www.facebook.com/brandonandcassy Brandon And Cassy Brackett

    he needs to go through financial peace university with Dave Ramsey

  • Brandon Brackett

    two words

    Dave Ramsey

  • Anonymous

    Quote: “Alot of people in really tough situations are having to make really tough decisions…. but for the US government?!?! … to start picking and choosing?”

    - It should come as no surprise to hear this indecisive president scoff at the idea of making “tough decisions” in “tough situations”. Just listen to the tone of his voice. It says it all.

  • Persephone

    It was pure Marxist demagoguery, dripping with hypocrisy.

    I can’t believe he mentioned Bin Laden…again.

    I think his performance was designed to put people in a bad mood and get them to fight amongst themselves.
    Obama was a community agitator, remember.
    [Not an 'organizer' as it has been spun after the fact.]
    Agitation is his one true talent.

    This man is a predator who means us great harm.
    Everything he has done in office so far has only made things worse.
    It will serve his agenda if he can agitate us into a state of civil unrest.

    We simply must not let him succeed.

  • Josh

    Everyone that hears this should now completely understand how this just-out-of-college-silver-spoon-hack-job is not QUALIFIED to be president! With the economy like it is, there are a LOT of families that have had to decide what bill to pay this month. For this nut job to not be able to make a decision like that speaks VOLUMES! Yes, you ivy league thug, NORMAL people have to make tough decisions like that in life.

    What? You mean I have to decide if I pay my mortgage or my car payment? Why not pay both?

    2012, baby.

    • Dr. E. Lee Spence

      I just hope they don’t start cutting back veteran’s benefits. VA-Benefits are well earned, especially in recent years, and are one of the few government programs that I really support. As of October 1, 2011, the International Diving Institute, which teaches a 640 hour course in commercial diving, will be training veterans and disabled veterans under the “Post-9/11 GI-Bill.” The Bill provides financial support that the veterans need, the industry needs the divers and the school needs the students. With the funding its a win win all around. Without it things will be tough all of the way around. To check out the school see http://www.Internationaldi​vinginstitute.com/
      signed
      Dr. E. Lee Spence
      VP, IDI