I just watched some video from 60 minutes that was edited out of the program. From the lips of Obama, I watched him declare himself as the 4th best president we have ever had. With all the humility he could muster, he said his accomplishments could stand alongside of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Johnson. What a guy!

Vote him OUT!!!!!!

All he's accomplished in these 3 years is to spur and further pit the "have nots" against the "haves", like that doesn't happen fast enough just by human nature being envious while wanting to take the path of least resistance.

Originally Posted by cabo35

I just watched some video from 60 minutes that was edited out of the program. From the lips of Obama, I watched him declare himself as the 4th best president we have ever had. With all the humility he could muster, he said his accomplishments could stand alongside of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Johnson. What a guy!

This reminds me of the story a guy relates about a narcissist interviewer. The interviewer continued on incesstantly talking about himself to the interviewee and then abruptly stops and says "enough about me let's talk about you. The interviewee leans forward waiting for the first question and the interviewer says" "Well what to you think about me?"

That is Obama in a nut shell

While President Obama's approval rating is not high right now, it is much higher than the approval rating of Congress which stands at around 9%. Pres. Obama has about a 43% approval rating.

Junior Bush had a 22% approval rating when he left office.

Bill Clinton had about a 65% approval rating.

Osama Bin Laden would probably disagree - and so would Al Queada. They were a lot safer when Junior was running around.

Originally Posted by buggyone

While President Obama's approval rating is not high right now, it is much higher than the approval rating of Congress which stands at around 9%. Pres. Obama has about a 43% approval rating.

Junior Bush had a 22% approval rating when he left office.

Bill Clinton had about a 65% approval rating.

Originally Posted by coralway

Osama Bin Laden would probably disagree - and so would Al Queada. They were a lot safer when Junior was running around.

???????????????????????? What do your comments have to do with this thread????

What he said was he would put the accomplishments of his administration up against the accomplishments of any president with the exception of Johnson, Roosevelt and Lincoln. Now while I agree we need a change of direction in the white house as much as the next person, I think we do each other a disservice when we twist the words to help in such a partisan way.

Vote him out, but do it honestly. His exact words would have brought sensible folks to the same conclusion, but for those that research and see the twist of words, it looses its negative intent. We can have a conservative in the white house and hold our heads up straight and high at the same time.

Originally Posted by The Villager II

What he said was he would put the accomplishments of his administration up against the accomplishments of any president with the exception of Johnson, Roosevelt and Lincoln. Now while I agree we need a change of direction in the white house as much as the next person, I think we do each other a disservice when we twist the words to help in such a partisan way.

Vote him out, but do it honestly. His exact words would have brought sensible folks to the same conclusion, but for those that research and see the twist of words, it looses its negative intent. We can have a conservative in the white house and hold our heads up straight and high at the same time.

"I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history."

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/now/is...st-of-all-time

Anybody know what he was talking about ???

get misconstrued into I, I, and I.....This is a great time for some New Years resolutions.

Originally Posted by Bucco

"I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history."

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/now/is...st-of-all-time

Anybody know what he was talking about ???

Originally Posted by Bucco

"I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history."

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/now/is...st-of-all-time

Anybody know what he was talking about ???

During a "Sixty Minutes" interview with Steve Kroft:

KROFT: Tell me, what do you consider your major accomplishments? If this is your last speech. What have you accomplished?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, we’re not done yet. I’ve got five more years of stuff to do. But not only saving this country from a great depression. Not only saving the auto industry. But putting in place a system in which we’re gonna start lowering health care costs and you’re never gonna go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. Making sure that we have reformed the financial system, so we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts, and the system is more stable and secure. Making sure that we’ve got millions of kids out here who are able to go to college because we’ve expanded student loans and made college more affordable. Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Decimating al Qaeda, including Bin Laden being taken off the field. Restoring America’s respect around the world.

The issue here is not gonna be a list of accomplishments. As you said yourself, Steve, you know, I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we’ve got a lot more work to do. And we’re gonna keep on at it.


To me, he's referring to furthering his Progressive agenda.

"But putting in place a system in which we’re gonna start lowering health care costs and you’re never gonna go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. Making sure that we have reformed the financial system, so we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts, and the system is more stable and secure. Making sure that we’ve got millions of kids out here who are able to go to college because we’ve expanded student loans and made college more affordable. Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Decimating al Qaeda, including Bin Laden being taken off the field. Restoring America’s respect around the world."

...and these are bad things?

In the meantime, the Republicans are holding up a payroll tax cut in Congress that will cost WORKERS extra money each week. The Republicans are the YAHOOS who preach tax cuts but are now wanting to tax MORE. No wonder the Congress has a 9% approval rating. I really wonder who the crazies are that actually are e the 9% who approve of COngress.

Originally Posted by buggyone

"But putting in place a system in which we’re gonna start lowering health care costs and you’re never gonna go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. Making sure that we have reformed the financial system, so we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts, and the system is more stable and secure. Making sure that we’ve got millions of kids out here who are able to go to college because we’ve expanded student loans and made college more affordable. Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Decimating al Qaeda, including Bin Laden being taken off the field. Restoring America’s respect around the world."

...and these are bad things?

In the meantime, the Republicans are holding up a payroll tax cut in Congress that will cost WORKERS extra money each week. The Republicans are the YAHOOS who preach tax cuts but are now wanting to tax MORE. No wonder the Congress has a 9% approval rating. I really wonder who the crazies are that actually are e the 9% who approve of COngress.

Buggy One -They're wonderful things..........the rub comes with the big government knows best, European style Marxist redistribution of wealth plan Obama is tenaciously pursuing to pay for them. Stevie Wonder can see the train wreck coming if Obama is re-elected.

You really need to post all the facts before you rant, throw bombs and bash. You selectively omit the fact that the Republicans want the payroll tax cut extended for 12 months not the 2 month plan the Democrats you seem to side with prefer. I know, I know, its a lot easier for you to rant and bash when you're unencumbered by facts

Originally Posted by buggyone

"But putting in place a system in which we’re gonna start lowering health care costs and you’re never gonna go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. Making sure that we have reformed the financial system, so we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts, and the system is more stable and secure. Making sure that we’ve got millions of kids out here who are able to go to college because we’ve expanded student loans and made college more affordable. Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Decimating al Qaeda, including Bin Laden being taken off the field. Restoring America’s respect around the world."

...and these are bad things?

In the meantime, the Republicans are holding up a payroll tax cut in Congress that will cost WORKERS extra money each week. The Republicans are the YAHOOS who preach tax cuts but are now wanting to tax MORE. No wonder the Congress has a 9% approval rating. I really wonder who the crazies are that actually are e the 9% who approve of COngress.

Nope...bad things at all !!!

CBO has already begun the reversal on healthcare "savings"....health care costs are rising and will continue to rise

Nothing has changed in big business except the President continues to collect money from them for campaigning.

And isnt it nice how the President takes all the credit for "Decimating al Qaeda" Those other guys should have at least done something, right ?

If you did any reading at all, you would know that the Republicans are actually for the payroll tax cut BUT oppose a simple two month extension instead of actually continuing it. The "continuation" is a purely political move by the Democrats and serves no purpose..just another example of pandering for votes.

BK is right on the mark with her comments....EVERYTHING he does is a simple continuation of more government and pandering for votes.

A good read in today's Washington Post....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...y.html?hpid=z4

Not all criticism of the President in the article however it ends...

"But lack of reform — not resources — remains the problem with U.S. education and with many other public-sector institutions, from housing to agriculture. The president has taken only modest steps to deal with this problem, which is not surprising given his party’s dependence on public-sector labor unions.

Public-sector unions and other interest groups wrap their causes in the rhetoric of equality. Often, what they’re really protecting are privileges that raise the cost of public services to everyone else — including citizens who earn a lot less than civil servants. Yes, Wall Street’s bonuses are stratospheric. But the New York Times recently reported that Medicaid was paying nine executives $500,000 or more per year to operate nonprofit homes for the mentally disabled."

Originally Posted by buggyone

"But putting in place a system in which we’re gonna start lowering health care costs and you’re never gonna go bankrupt because you get sick or somebody in your family gets sick. Making sure that we have reformed the financial system, so we never again have taxpayer-funded bailouts, and the system is more stable and secure. Making sure that we’ve got millions of kids out here who are able to go to college because we’ve expanded student loans and made college more affordable. Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Decimating al Qaeda, including Bin Laden being taken off the field. Restoring America’s respect around the world."

...and these are bad things?

In the meantime, the Republicans are holding up a payroll tax cut in Congress that will cost WORKERS extra money each week. The Republicans are the YAHOOS who preach tax cuts but are now wanting to tax MORE. No wonder the Congress has a 9% approval rating. I really wonder who the crazies are that actually are e the 9% who approve of COngress.

Great things all. But Obama could find a cure for cancer and he could broker world peace and you know what?......the Repubs would say NO!

You got that right!