I loved this show! While he did of course deal with Michele Bachmann’s gaffes, he also talked about the political history of some of the more important ones. I love the Gerald Ford gaffe that guaranteed Carter winning in 76. i never knew. (See my post on this topic.)
Obama
Media Covers Bachmann Gaffe,but Not the Many By Obama
Here is the Gaffe by Michele Bachmann covered by many print media and television media:
Obama’s Many Gaffes:
Sarah Palin the Dumbest?
In His Own Words~Obama
This nugget comes from Sweetness and Light via Gateway Pundit.
Mission Accomplished. Obama told the “Today” Show back in 2009 that if the $787 billion stimulus failed he would be a one-term president.
President Barack Obama acknowledged Monday that the fate of his re-election four years from now likely rests on the success of the proposed $825 billion stimulus package.
“A year from now, I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress. But there’s still going to be some pain out there,” Obama predicted during an interview on NBC’s “Today Show.”
“If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”
In acknowledging that his political fortune hinges on the state of the economy, Obama urged the country to be patient in waiting for the stimulus to take effect.
Experts agree that America destroyed 1,000,000 private sector jobs with the failed stimulus.
And now we have this:
Obama Forming New Commission to Cut Government Waste (DOH!)
Can We Afford a Bailout for Another Country?
From a story over at CNBC:
A proposal for a second Greek bailout package worth 80 billion to 100 billion euros over three years was taking shape, euro zone sources said.
Merkel, under political pressure at home to avoid being the financial savior for other struggling European countries, said Germany understood its role.
“We’ve seen that the stability of the euro as a whole will also be influenced if one country is in trouble,” she said.
“So we do see clearly our European responsibility and we’re shouldering that responsibility, together with the IMF.” With U.S. unemployment at 9.1 percent, Obama has blamed outside forces for impeding the economy, including high fuel prices, the earthquake in Japan and the euro zone crisis.
Funny [and well deserved] Critique of Obamas UK Visit/Speech
Obama Creates Consensus
HotAir points out that Obama has created unity only as he can:
Give some credit to Barack Obama for his speech last Thursday. He managed to create in one sentence a consensus that has eluded other heads of state over the last few decades between the principals in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both sides think Obama is all wet with his call to base a two-state solution on the 1967 borders:
Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said Monday that it was clear that US PresidentBarack Obama’s platform was not so different from the one adopted by former US president George W. Bush. According to Zahar, the 1967 borders, while “sacred,” were not the final borders on which the Palestinians should settle.
Speaking to Al-Emirate Al-Youm, Zahar asked “Why won’t we talk about the 1948 borders? Why won’t we discuss the partition plan which was internationally recognized?”
Er, perhaps because that was based on a status quo ante that changed when the Arab nations attacked Israel in an attempt to destroy it? Land gained in defensive war — as the war after the 1948 establishment of Israel was for the Israelis — is legitimately held by the victor. That’s especially true when the land is needed to prevent further invasions and attempts at extermination.
If the Arabs wanted the 1948 borders, then they shouldn’t have invaded Israel. For that matter, if they wanted the lands controlled after the 1967 war, then Egypt, Syria, and Jordan shouldn’t have plotted to attack Israel — an attack pre-empted by Israel’s strike against the Egyptians. Israel could have annexed those lands after the war, but they didn’t, although they built settlements in an attempt to change the demography. Israel doesn’t want to absorb the people living in the West Bank and Gaza for the same reason that the “right of return” is absolute anathema to Israel, because it would mean the end of Israel as a Jewish state. They’d probably prefer to give the West Bank back to Jordan, but Jordan won’t take it back, and for good reasons.
Green Energy-Hot Air
i.e.,Obama Does Not Deal From Reality-He Deals from Wishes
Full Presser:
AID and Armaments To Oil Rich Countries?
This is another reason ALL foreign aid should cease:
Obama said the U.S. will provide Jordan with hundreds of millions of dollars through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the government institution that finances and insures private business to promote economic growth. The result, according to the U.S., will be roughly $1 billion for economic activity in Jordan. The president also pledged 50,000 metric tons of wheat.
From the Abilene ReporterNews.com:
ARMING ARABIA
WASHINGTON — Despite their deepening political divide, the United States and Saudi Arabia are quietly expanding defense ties on a vast scale, led by a little-known project to develop an elite force to protect the kingdom’s oil riches and future nuclear sites. The U.S. also is in discussions with Saudi Arabia to create an air and missile defense system with far greater capability… the Saudis are pressing ahead with a historic $60 billion arms deal that will provide dozens of new U.S.-built F-15 combat aircraft likely to ensure Saudi air superiority.
TRAITOR! (U.S. [i.e., the Obama admin] Changes Its Position On Israel/Palentine)
Obama has changed the United States position on this matter since the Arab nations attacked Israel [again] in 67′. Between Obama’s outreach to the neo-Nazi Islamist group, The Muslim Brotherhood, and this, one wonders just how long we have left?
President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians’ demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that will likely infuriate Israel. Israel says the borders of a Palestinian state have to be determined through negotiations.
In a speech outlining U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa, Obama on Thursday sided with the Palestinians’ opening position a day ahead of a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is vehemently opposed to referring to the 1967 borders.
Until Thursday, the U.S. position had been that the Palestinian goal of a state based on the 1967 borders, with agreed land swaps, should be reconciled with Israel’s desire for a secure Jewish state through negotiations.
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