July 13, 2010
— Slublog I'm not trying to suggest that PolitiFact is wrong in their 'barely true' analysis of George Will, but...
President Barack Obama, February 10, 2009I didn't need Lexis for that one. Google was enough. Here's another, from January 8, 2009:
Town Hall in Ft. Myers, FloridaThe situation we face could not be more serious. We have inherited an economic crisis as deep and as dire as any since the Great Depression. Economists from across the spectrum have warned that if we donÂ’t act immediately, millions more jobs will disappear, and national unemployment rates will approach double digits. More people will lose their homes and their health care. And our nation will sink into a crisis that, at some point, will be much tougher to reverse.
I don't believe it's too late to change course, but it will be if we don't take dramatic action as soon as possible. If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years. The unemployment rate could reach double digits. Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four. We could lose a generation of potential and promise, as more young Americans are forced to forgo dreams of college or the chance to train for the jobs of the future. And our nation could lose the competitive edge that has served as a foundation for our strength and standing in the world.And then there's good ol' Joe Biden.In short, a bad situation could become dramatically worse.
Charlie Rose ShowRemember, though.
June 2, 2010CHARLIE ROSE: As you know, the unemployment rate went up to 10 percent
JOE BIDEN - That`s right.
CHARLIE ROSE: Above 10 percent. There were predictions it would only go up to 8.5 percent.
JOE BIDEN -Right.
CHARLIE ROSE: The president and you have acknowledged you were wrong in those predictions.
JOE BIDEN : By the way, not only us. Every major blue chip index said that because we didn`t understand just how bad the economy we were inheriting was. I mean, I`m not -- We`re responsible. But that prediction was not a -- That was a consensus prediction of the blue chip measurements out there as to what would happen in terms of unemployment. It was higher.
Those words are "projections" not "predictions." Ahem.
We begin this year and this Administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action. Just this week, we saw more people file for unemployment than at any time in the last twenty-six years, and experts agree that if nothing is done, the unemployment rate could reach double digits. Our economy could fall $1 trillion short of its full capacity, which translates into more than $12,000 in lost income for a family of four. And we could lose a generation of potential, as more young Americans are forced to forgo college dreams or the chance to train for the jobs of the future.Key words "if," "could," "why."In short, if we do not act boldly and swiftly, a bad situation could become dramatically worse.
That is why I have proposed an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to immediately jumpstart job creation as well as long-term economic growth. I am pleased to say that both parties in Congress are already hard at work on this plan, and I hope to sign it into law in less than a month.
But, you know, he didn't explicitly promise, so clearly George Will spoke stupidly.
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Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:18 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:18 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Mark Foley at July 13, 2010 04:19 PM (w9bVp)
Posted by: Dragnet at July 13, 2010 04:21 PM (nnNfA)
Testing, 1-2-3, testing. (Taps mike) Is this thing on? Where everybody at? (It's no fun gloating if there's no one here.
What was that famous Billy Dee Williams quote to Diana Ross in Mahagony? "Success ain't nothing if you aint got no one to share it with."
Sigh!
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:21 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Mark Foley at July 13, 2010 04:21 PM (w9bVp)
JOE BIDEN : By the way, not only us. Every major blue chip index said that because we didn`t understand just how bad the economy we were inheriting was. I mean, I`m not -- We`re responsible. But that prediction was not a -- That was a consensus prediction of the blue chip measurements out there as to what would happen in terms of unemployment. It was higher.
Say it ain't so! I thought nothing got by Sherrif Joe!
The MFM sucks. So do all these liberal economists. I hate them all. A pox on them all.
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:23 PM (CfmlF)
-->Those words are "projections" not "predictions."
I would just note that, in government accounting, projections are more concrete and more real than predictions, since projections are accepted as true snapshots of the future, on which present day accounts are actually balanced.
Just sayin' ...
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 13, 2010 04:23 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Obi-Wan Kenatos at July 13, 2010 04:24 PM (c0A3e)
OT...FOX is ruining the All-Star game pregame with some Hollywood/nonprofit crap.
Joe Buck and Ben Affleck. Doesn't get much better than that. Thanks FOX.
Posted by: CJ at July 13, 2010 04:25 PM (O27Qg)
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:26 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: The Obama Administration at July 13, 2010 04:27 PM (HtIec)
Posted by: Kanye "I am not gay" West at July 13, 2010 04:28 PM (CfmlF)
...that was not shared with any economist or politician or think tank with the slightest conservative or libertarian leanings.
Of course, this administration's view of "bi-partisan" is to propose a full-tilt-boogie-leftist position, ask the GOP to sign off on it, then complain about obstructionism and racism when the GOP declines to slit its own throat.
Posted by: XBradTC at July 13, 2010 04:29 PM (uPerR)
Posted by: Secretary of Labor Sledge Hammer at July 13, 2010 04:30 PM (I4g1R)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat ( Nobel Prize winner ) at July 13, 2010 04:30 PM (NuAIL)
Posted by: Truman North at July 13, 2010 04:30 PM (3h3kv)
I'm sorry, the word "Teabagger®" is wholley owned and controlled by us, see you in court, douchenozzle.
I'm sorry but the word "douchenozzle" is a subsidiary owned souly by us. Our lawyers will be contacting you soon.
Posted by: Massengill Corp. at July 13, 2010 04:32 PM (CfmlF)
just kidding. me? read? Axelrod doesn't like it when I read. He has a special paddle to punish us when we do. It's...so...special...
Posted by: denny crane at July 13, 2010 04:33 PM (I+7Zv)
Posted by: Joe Biden (God love 'im) at July 13, 2010 04:34 PM (3h3kv)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 13, 2010 04:35 PM (r1h5M)
Posted by: Truman at July 13, 2010 04:35 PM (3h3kv)
If you need to parse words, then they've lost. Most of the voting electorate remembers what was said. No new taxes. Without stimulus, employment is going way higher. Etc, etc. Yes there are segments of Democrats that will blindly support the man while he steals every last freedom they have behind their backs, but most people see through the charade now. The real question is how much longer is the MSM willing to look the other way and not be looked up as nothing more than a DNC comedy troupe.
Lucky for us, 52% of Americans are too busy watching "The Jersey Shore" and absorbed in their Fantasy Football Leagues to pay attention to those above distractions that you mention. And 90% of that 52% are just plain dumb. You know we lost, but they don't. Bwhahahaha!
Posted by: The We Know Better Than You MFM at July 13, 2010 04:35 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: robtr at July 13, 2010 04:35 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 13, 2010 04:35 PM (PQY7w)
I! have HAD! Enough of... YOU!
Posted by: Admiral James T. Kirk at July 13, 2010 04:36 PM (I4g1R)
Posted by: McDowell's at July 13, 2010 04:36 PM (/106s)
Posted by: Hoe Biden (God love 'im) at July 13, 2010 04:36 PM (3h3kv)
Oh cool! We get to see a clip of when Barry was good at reading a teleprompter.
Don't you just hate to see a great athlete lose their edge.
Heartbreaking.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 13, 2010 04:37 PM (r1h5M)
the financial reform bill is only going to accelerate this country's path towards a second depression.
I am seeing it all around, every small biz I know is huckering down, spending nothing unless needed. A couple of them have over 50 employees, barely over, they are planning on getting the number of employees under 50 by the end of the yr, b/c the damn DeathCare bill is less damaging to biz under 50 employees.
Could the jackasses in DC come up with a better plan?
The Chinease Credit ratings agency (and yes there is one, apparently in Asia its well respected) downgraded USA's rating from AAA to AA this evening.
Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 13, 2010 04:38 PM (ACkhT)
Oh cool! We get to see a clip of when Barry was good at reading a teleprompter.
Don't you just hate to see a great athlete lose their edge.
Heartbreaking.
Dude's getting to that age when presbyopia starts setting in. Wonder how one reads a teleprompter with reading glasses.
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:39 PM (CfmlF)
Ever go down to the mall there, and there's a floor plan of the mall, and there's a dot on the map marked "YOU ARE HERE"?
How the heck to they know?
Posted by: Joe Biden (God love 'im) at July 13, 2010 04:40 PM (3h3kv)
"denny crane" is actually john Ryan, super-troll.
Posted by: Slublog at July 13, 2010 04:40 PM (17sGb)
Posted by: Douchenozzle at July 13, 2010 04:41 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 08:26 PM (CfmlF)
Why on earth would we do anything else?
Posted by: Some State Media "Worker" at July 13, 2010 04:41 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2010 04:41 PM (HtIec)
Ever go down to the mall there, and there's a floor plan of the mall, and there's a dot on the map marked "YOU ARE HERE"?
How the heck to they know?
We have a team of digital artists manning the insides of every mall-floor-plan thingy who are always prepared to instantly erase and replace old data to custom-tailor your mall-walking experience.
Posted by: Lucasfilm at July 13, 2010 04:43 PM (I4g1R)
I think we have our money quote.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 13, 2010 08:38 PM (bgcml)
Umm, I'm sure there was an asterisk after it that we missed or something. The caring almighty MSM will ensure it gets put there at a later date.
You better believe it, brother! I ast her ifs she wanted to touch my nightstick.
Posted by: Man who Needs Amber Lamps at July 13, 2010 04:43 PM (CfmlF)
That was rough.
Posted by: progressoverpeace at July 13, 2010 04:43 PM (Qp4DT)
I think we have our money quote.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 13, 2010 08:38 PM (bgcml)
I misspoke.
Posted by: average joe b+ at July 13, 2010 04:43 PM (HtIec)
We're getting super trolls now? I wonder what his super powers are. Ignorance? Complete immunity to factual material?
Able to numb minds with his blinding stupidity.
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:44 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2010 08:41 PM (HtIec)
During the Bush/Republican years, 5% was high for unemployment. So, if you asked people during the election say, what is the worst unemployment could get to under Obama, I don't think you'd get many takers for the ~20% he has managed to achieve.
Heck, looking back at the halcyon days of the mid-00s, I still can't believe how much damage Obama, Reid, and Pelosi have done.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 13, 2010 04:45 PM (bgcml)
there were 2 black men and one had a stick. It was frightening just reading about it
HA! I get your sarcasm and I see your point!
Posted by: Kirsten Powers, Bitch Smackee at July 13, 2010 04:48 PM (/106s)
Posted by: Joe Biden (God love 'im) at July 13, 2010 04:50 PM (3h3kv)
Able to numb minds with his blinding stupidity.
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 08:44 PM (CfmlF)
Are we talking about Hollywood types? I'm so sick of their vapid preaching.
Oops, I should have linked the other comment where someone asked what our Super Troll's super powers were.
Posted by: runningrn at July 13, 2010 04:52 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 13, 2010 05:05 PM (snlsw)
Excellent work, Slublog! (And thanks to Gabe for tweeting this so I didn't miss it!))
Posted by: Miss Marple (redneck teabagger) at July 13, 2010 05:46 PM (bixjr)
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