What
happened?
Obama Suddenly Doesn’t Want Responsibility For The Economy That
He Said He Would Fix
IT WASN’T TOO LONG AGO THAT OBAMA SAID “GIVE IT TO ME” AND THAT
HE WOULDN’T “CARP AND GRIPE” ON THE SIDELINES
FLASHBACK
- Obama: “My
administration has a job to do as well. That job is to get this economy back on
its feet. That's my job, and it's a job I gladly accept. I love these folks who
helped get us in this mess and then suddenly say, ‘Well this is Obama's
economy.’ That's fine. Give it to me. My job is to solve problems, not
to stand on the sidelines and carp and gripe. So, I welcome the job. I
want the responsibility." (President Barack Obama, Remarks At Macomb Community College, Warren, MI,
7/14/09)
FLASHBACK:
Obama Said He Expected – And Should – Be Judged By The Results Of His $831
Billion Stimulus. OBAMA:
“As President, I expect to be judged – and should be judged – by the
results of this program.” (President
Barack Obama, Remarks At Stimulus Event, Springfield, VA, 2/11/09)
BUT NOW OBAMA SAYS IT’S NOT HIS FAULT HIS POLICIES HAVEN’T
WORKED
“Obama
Says He Inherited Economic Problems.” (Jeff Mason, “Obama Says He Inherited
Economic Problems,” Reuters, 8/8/11)
· Obama Took To Blaming
Everyone Else, “Sounding A Theme Likely To Dominate His 2012 Re-Election
Campaign.” “President
Barack Obama said on Monday he inherited many of the country's problems with
high debt and deficits when he entered the White House, sounding a theme likely
to dominate his 2012 re-election campaign.” (Jeff Mason, “Obama Says He Inherited
Economic Problems,” Reuters, 8/8/11)
Obama
Claimed At A DNC Fundraiser That He’s Not At Fault Because He Inherited The
Problems. OBAMA:
“Look, we do have a serious problem in terms of debt and deficit, and much of
it I inherited when I showed up.” (President Barack Obama, Remarks At DNC Fundraiser, Washington, D.C., 8/8/11)
· Obama “Reminded All
That The Situation Isn’t His Fault” And “Blamed The Other Side.” “He reminded all that
the situation isn’t his fault (the need for deficit reduction ‘was true the day
I took office’), he blamed the other side (‘we knew . . . a debate where the
threat of default was used as a bargaining chip could do enormous damage to our
economy’) and he revisited the same proposals he had previously offered to
little effect: extending unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut, and
spending more on infrastructure projects.” (Dana Milbank, Op-Ed, “The Most
Powerful Man On Earth?” The Washington Post, 8/8/11)
“Apparently,
It’s All Out Of [Obama’s] Control.” “Empty-handed in the success
department, this president refuses to re-evaluate the wisdom of his big
spending and instead points fingers elsewhere. President Obama went so far last
week as to blame "the Arab Spring's effect on oil and gas prices ... the
Japanese earthquake and tsunami's effect on supply chains (and) ... the
extraordinary economic uncertainty in Europe" for our under-performing
economy. Apparently, it's all out of his control.” (Editorial, “White
House Won't Take Blame For Economy, Downgrade,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, 8/9/11)
OBAMA’S “VOCIFEROUS ATTEMPTS” TO BLAME EVERYONE ELSE JUST A SIGN
OF HOW DESPERATE TEAM OBAMA HAS BECOME
Obama
Administration’s “Vociferous Attempts” To Blame Everyone Else A Sign That
“You’re Worried” About The Downgrade’s Political Damage. “How politically
damaging is the Standard & Poor's credit downgrade to President Obama? The
answer can be found in the vociferous attempts by the administration to blame
everyone else. You only do that if you're worried.” (Paul Gigot, Op-Ed,
“Downgrade Damage Control At The White House,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/8/11)
When
Asked If Obama Administration Should Be Held Responsible, Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner Said, “Absolutely Not.” CNBC’s JOHN HARWOOD: “Do you feel that
you or the administration's policies are in any way responsible for this
downgrade?” TIM GEITHNER: “Oh, absolutely not.” (CNBC’s “CNBC Special Report: Markets In Turmoil,” 8/8/11)
When
Asked If Obama Did Not Bear Any Responsibility, White House Press Secretary
Agreed: “I Couldn’t Say It Better Than The Secretary Of Treasury Said It.” QUESTION: “But last
night on CNBC, Secretary Geithner was asked if the administration’s policies
bear any responsibility for this downgrade, and he said, ‘Absolutely not.’ So
is that true? The White House believes that its policies have no responsibility
for the downgrade?” JAY CARNEY: “I couldn’t say it better than the Secretary of
the Treasury said it.” (White House Press Briefing, 8/8/11)
On
CBS’ Face The Nation, David Axelrod Denied That Obama Had Any Responsibility
For The S&P Downgrade, Blaming The Tea Party Instead. CBS’ BOB SCHIEFFER: “Well,
are you saying that the President bears no responsibility for this? That this
was all the fault of the other side?” DAVID AXELROD: “Listen Bob, what I'm
saying is review the history of what happened here. I think first of all people
are less concerned about that then where we go moving forward. But let's look
at the history of this. The fact of the matter is that this is essentially a
tea party downgrade. …” (CBS’
“Face The Nation,” 8/7/11) Source: www.gop.com
