Obama didnt inherit anything he chose to be President...he had all the answers when he was campaigning now that he has to put things into effect he is failing miserably....Obama is a failure as are his Policies

And the reason this all is important to all of us is because as long as we continue to do business as usual for the good of our wealthy investors and corporations, there can be another 9/11. Supporting the men and ideaologies that lead to the blowback like 9/11, is supporting making each of us targets... sacrificing me, my family, and even you etour as appreciation for your support... all for the good of a few privileged businessmen.

Government spending will only prop up the GDP for so long .....

So is there a chance what he has done and is doing has kept things from getting a lot worse or are you saying that what he has done has had zero effect?

This is the worse financial crisis since the great depression and you and others on this board wonder why Obama hasn't managed to pull the country out of it in the 10 months he has been in office. It took Bush and his cronies 8 years to squander and pillage the country into the mess it is now and you expect a miracle.

Now I have read you and several others on this board that live to criticize the president on everything he does and I have seen you complain about the massive amounts of money being spent.

Are you suggesting unemployment was actually higher during the Bush administration than it is currently?

Odd you should bring up "requested". I recall the raking over the coals the previous administration took for the 3 days it took for the National Guard to be sent to New Orleans after Katrina. Funny how all those who critized it and still do to today never mention it took the governor of Louisanna 2 days to make the "request" for federal help. Her response when ask why she didn't make the request sooner, "I didn't know I had to do that."

I think President Obama should take over a few more companies and place huge tariffs on companies that have moved their operations over seas, how would that be for friendly?

Let it go. It' over, done, finito! There's a new administration in place. Time to address their actions and quit crying over spilt milk. Besides, the actions of your concern were matters of national security. Health care legislation hardly rises to that level

credibility of AI = 0

Jefferson Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison Former Congressman Gets Jail Time For Bribery Conviction
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson has been sentenced to 13 years in prison following his conviction on federal bribery and conspiracy charges.

"Public corruption is a cancer," Judge T.S. Ellis said in handing down the sentence.

The former Democratic congressman was convicted in August of 11 charges, including conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization or RICO.

Jefferson arrived at court for his sentencing Friday accompanied by his wife, all five daughters and brother Archie. Bishop Paul Morton of the Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans was also there for support.

Prosecutors have said Jefferson, who served nine terms as representative from Louisiana's Second District, accepted more than $400,000 in bribes and sought millions more in exchange for brokering business deals in Africa.

Federal investigators who raided his Washington apartment in 2006 discovered $90,000 in his freezer that they claimed was bribe money.

The U.S. Attorney's Office wanted Jefferson, 62, to be taken into custody immediately, saying he is a flight risk because of his ties to African nations. When Jefferson was found guilty in August, the judge refused to grant prosecutors' request to send him to jail immediately.

But Jefferson's attorney is appealing his conviction and wanted the former congressman to be allowed to report to federal prison on Jan. 4 so he could spend the holidays with his family
http://www.wapt.com/news/21610279/detail.html

There is no doubt I am not a fan of Obama, but I was hoping that he would succeed in regards to job creation and the Economy at least...

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Obama's approval rating falls below 50%
Donald Lambro
For the first time in his presidency, President Obama's job approval rating has slipped below 50 percent in the Gallup Polls daily tracking survey.

Mr. Obama dropped to 49 percent in the national survey conducted this week. Three other presidents have seen their job approval score drop below the symbolic 50 percent majority approval line faster in the post-World War II era: Presidents Ford, Clinton and Reagan.

Gallup analysts said the president's slipping job approval score was largely due to deep division in the country about his health care reform plan and mounting unemployment that has risen to double-digit levels nationally and between nearly 11 percent and 15 percent in at least a dozen states.

"Although the current decline below 50 percent has symbolic significance, most of the recent decline in support for Obama occurred in July and August. He began July at 60 percent approval. The ongoing, contentious debate over national health care reform has likely served as a drag on his public support, as have continuing economic problems," Gallup said.

Independent analysts predicted the number will have little impact on the presidents congressional agenda unless it moves substantially below 50 percent.

"Obama's approval ratings have been stable for three months - in the low 50s. Gallup acknowledges in its release today that the latest measure of 49 percent is more a symbolic than substantive finding," said Thomas Mann, senior analyst at the Brookings Institution.

"However, if it declines well below 50 percent, it will be a serious drag on the president's agenda. For now, however, Democrats realize they have no alternative but to pass health care and hope for improved economic conditions a year from now," Mr. Mann said.

Nevertheless, the latest dip in his approval rating comes at a difficult time in his presidency, when there is growing disapproval of his handling of the economy and the budget deficit, a fierce political battle over the Senate's health care bill, and growing doubts within his own party about whether his economic stimulus program is working.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/21/obamas-rating-slip-below-50-one-of-fastest-in-hist//print/

It doesnt change the Fact that the Obama administration has released two reports in regards to jobs allegedly "Saved" or Created and both of those have been shown to contain numerous Errors....the first time may have been accidental but unless this administration lacks the ability to learn from their mistakes the second report had to be released with bogus numbers intentionally there by indicating Obama's' willingness to Lie/Deceive/Misrepresent etc...

My point--which I thought was rather obvious--is that those who disparage Obama are hypocrites if they are the same people who excused Bush by saying, 'He didn't have the correct information.' 'His lie was inadvertent.'

I have a better solution Obama could tell the Truth....and release accurate reports....

But, I'll bet if somehow all the ills of our country were to magically disappear tomorrow he'd take full credit and the dems would give it to him even though "he couldn't possibly have had time to fix it all"

Good enough for Bush, good enough for Obama.

Anyone who cannot spell Fox without the letters A and U cannot really be trusted to hold an objective viewpoint.

Faux is at it again. This time they are fake pimpin' Palin. .

Strange to hear Liberals advocate for abortion using costs as a reason....so because someone is careless a baby loses its right to be born because it may cost the system some money if it were allowed to live? Abortion should not be used as a form of Birth control.....there are many people willing to adopt the procedure needs to be made easier and less expensive....

Oh my god, really? Footage of a book signing? Good thing they werent lying in a Report about the number of jobs "Saved or Created by the Stimulus plan or something really important like that....or what the alleged costs of a massive Health Care bill is going to cost.....Book signing--------State of the Economy..........hmmmmmmmmm

He doesn't have a Phd he has a Juris Doctorate (J.D.). If he had a Phd, he would be referred to as: "Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Barack Obama".

November 18, 2009
Job Creation: A Massive Stimulus Fraud
By Investor's Business Daily
The Economy: We knew something was funny when the White House claimed that 640,000 to 1 million jobs had been created from this year's stimulus. What we didn't know was that it would turn into a massive fraud.

Not only have 640,000 new jobs not been created from the stimulus - an absurd claim, given the economy's loss of nearly 4 million payroll positions this year - but it now seems that even the jobs themselves are fictional.

Thanks to the digging of a number of data sleuths, it turns out that many of the jobs reported by states come from made-up congressional districts.

This would be funny if it weren't a criminal waste of public funds. And yet, G. Edward DeSeve, who runs the government's economic recovery program, says the errors are "relatively few" and "don't change the fundamental conclusions one can draw from the data."

Excuse us? The "relatively few" errors are in fact thousands in number. But that's the pernicious place we find ourselves today - a public official defending shoddy accounting that looks an awful lot like fraud to the tune of billions of dollars.

One example: the 15th Congressional District of Arizona, where 30 jobs were salvaged with $761,420 in spending, according to Recovery.gov, the official government Web site. As ABC News reports: "There is no 15th Congressional District in Arizona; the state has only eight districts."

States as diverse as Kansas, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Ohio, Minnesota and West Virginia also reported phony jobs.

Stimulus jobs were also reported in 35 congressional districts in Washington, D.C., and four U.S. territories. The problem: None of those jurisdictions even has congressional districts.

All told, according to the useful Web site Watchdog.org, some $6.4 billion was spent to "create or save" 30,000 jobs in phantom districts. That comes out to about $225,000 per nonexistent job. And that's only what's been found so far.

The Washington Examiner's bogus-job count is even higher - at 75,343, a figure likely to climb as more are discovered.

Some cases were egregious. California's state university system took in $268.5 million in stimulus funds, claiming it "saved" 26,000 jobs. It has since admitted that few, if any, jobs were really at risk.

The government's response to all this? "Human beings make mistakes," shrugged Recovery Board spokesman Ed Pound on Monday. But by Tuesday, as the furor grew, the board's DeSeve was vowing to go through reports with a "fine-tooth comb."

But this should have been done all along. The official Web site vows that stimulus spending will "be subject to unprecedented transparency and accountability," and that inspectors general of 28 federal agencies will "continually review" their spending.

To our knowledge, however, none of the errors was found by an inspector general. All were discovered by private individuals curious about what their tax dollars were being spent on.

Imagine for a moment a CEO standing before the public and claiming similar bookkeeping errors. He'd be arrested for fraud, frog-marched from his office, tried, convicted and left to rot in jail.

We said from the start that the stimulus and TARP programs would be an invitation to fraud, waste and abuse. Sadly, this has proved true. Yet no one is likely to suffer so much as a reprimand.

As the White House talks about another stimulus, Americans need to know that the promises of transparency and openness in the first program haven't been kept. And that billions of their tax dollars are being wasted. http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/11/18/job_creation_a_massive_stimulus_fraud_97517.html

For the love of God, quite making shyte up!!!!!!!!
It doesn't even begin to suggest that the responders are based on Political Affiliation.

I'm thinking the title of this thread should be more like, "Obama Causes Double Dip Recession"...

"In Obama's first quarter and second quarter, his job approval average compared favorably with those of prior presidents. But after the drop in his support during the last quarter, his average now ranks near the bottom for presidents at similar points in their presidencies. Only Clinton had a lower third-quarter average among elected presidents," Gallup said. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Devastating-numbers-in-new-Gallup-survey-65380327.html

ABC News Exclusive: Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report
Office of Management & Budget Document: 12 Stimulus Recipients Reported 'Unrealistic Job Data'http://abcnews.go.com/story?id=9095621

When does the obama get to take charge folks? When does he get to be the President?

3.5% percent growth in the 3rd quarter. The highest in the 2 years since the Bushies cratered the economy. Jobs always lag. Maybe some historical perspective will help.

You damn right they owe it to every American...TO TELL THE DAMN TRUTH!....They got caught lying through their teeth...now they gotta put on the ol liberal spin...I...I...I...I...I...didn't lie..it was a mistake..I swear...

President Obama's Job Approval Rating Continues to Move Downward
More than three in five Americans believe things in the country heading off on the wrong track
Press Release
Source: Harris Interactive, Inc.
On 1:00 pm EST, Monday November 16, 2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As President Obama continues his trip through Asia this week, he is trying to sell both himself and his policies on the other side of the world. When he makes it back to the United States, he may have to do the same type of sell here as his approval ratings continue their downward spiral with Americans believing that the country as a whole is moving in the wrong direction. The President, and Congress for that matter, need to do something positive in the eyes of the American public to stand a chance of increasing their approval numbers in the near future.

This month, just over two in five Americans (43%) give the president positive ratings on the job he is doing while 57% give him negative ratings. This is down from last month when 45% gave President Obama positive ratings and 55% gave him negative marks and it continues the steady downward trend that has been happening since June.

These are some of the results of The Harris Poll® of 2,303 adults surveyed online between November 2 and 11, 2009 by Harris Interactive®.

When the president’s approval rating is broken down by party, it’s not surprising that over three-quarters of Democrats (77%) and just one in ten Republicans (10%) give him positive marks. Independents, however, are where the president and his advisors need to be concerned as just 37% of them give President Obama positive ratings and 63% of Independents give him negative ones.

The president is also losing Matures (those ages 64 and older). Almost two-thirds of this oldest generation (65%) are currently giving him negative marks on his overall job performance. But, he cannot rely on the youngest generations to bolster him as 43% of both Echo Boomers (those aged 18-32) and Gen Xers (those aged 33-44) give him positive ratings.

One bright spot for President Obama is that his numbers are not as bad as Congress. Over four in five Americans (83%) give Congress negative ratings on the overall job they are doing while just 17% give them positive ratings. This is almost unchanged from last month when 16% gave them positive marks and 84% gave Congress negative ratings.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/President-Obamas-Job-Approval-bw-712247849.html?x=0&.v=1

I'm don't know if he was confused or not. What I do know is you're incorrect. In point of fact, the rebate checks during the Bush administration where expressly for the purpose of economic stimulus.

Bush signs stripped-down economic stimulus bill
March 9, 2002 Posted: 1:24 PM EST (1824 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush Saturday signed a stripped-down version of an economic stimulus bill that extends unemployment benefits for displaced workers, but doesn't contain the tax cuts the president originally supported. http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/03/09/bush.stimulus/index.html

Awwww c'mon man... Have you forgotten about all those jobs being "saved or created"?

November 18, 2009 - Obama Approval Dips Below 50% For First Time, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds;