August 02, 2011
— Open Blogger In his regular NRO feature "Today’s Questions for the President" Peter Kirsanow looks at Obama's "blame Bush" and "I'm like Reagan" theme.Here are the best parts - read the whole thing.
Reagan "inherited" a GDP rate of -3.2 percent. You inherited a GDP rate of -4.9 percent. Two and a half years after Reagan took office, however, GDP was at 5.1 percent (and exploded to 9.3 percent the next quarter). Two and a half years after you took office GDP growth is at 1.3 percent (and as likely to implode as explode next quarter).Reagan inherited an inflation rate of 11.8 percent. You inherited an inflation rate of 0.3 percent. Two and a half years after Reagan took office inflation shrank to 2.46 percent. Two and a half years after you took office inflation has risen to 3.56 percent.
He forgot to add the Volcker factor. Reagan relied upon him as head of the Fed. Obama used Volcker's name and ignored him otherwise.
... Reagan inherited a national debt (adjusted for inflation) of $908 billion. You inherited a national debt of $10.1 trillion. Two and a half years after Reagan took office, $390 billion more had been added to the national debt. Two and a half years after you took office $4.4 trillion more has been added to the national debt.
Percentage-wise, that's about the same increase. But Reagan's additional debt was 6.4% of GDP, Obama's extra debt is 33.1% of GDP. Today's debt is a bigger problem than 1980s era debt because there's so much more of it.
(inflation adj. gdp numbers1983 Q2 $6,072
2011 Q2 $13,270)
Reagan inherited an unemployment rate of 7.5 percent. You inherited an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent. Two and a half years after Reagan took office the unemployment rate was 9.4 percent, but fell to 7.6 percent within a few months and declined steadily thereafter to 5.3 percent. Two and a half years after you took office the unemployment rate is 9.2 percent. To fall to 7.6 percent by the end of this year, however, more than 1,000,000 jobs per month would need to be created. Only 18,000 were created in June; 25,000 in May.Reagan slashed tax rates, encouraged American entrepreneurship, and didn’t complain incessantly about the mess he inherited. Will you ever do the same?
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Posted by: Pres. Obaka at August 02, 2011 04:56 PM (DEcmU)
Posted by: pep at August 02, 2011 04:57 PM (6TB1Z)
HaHaHaHaHa...............All he wants to do is raise taxes, golf and vote present.
Posted by: someone at August 02, 2011 04:58 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 02, 2011 05:01 PM (T0NGe)
Watch this putt!
Posted by: Barky McFucktardpants at August 02, 2011 05:01 PM (UOM48)
Two years in and there are several more Irans in the making, along with an Islamist Turkey in the oven.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 02, 2011 05:01 PM (c0A3e)
I'm just like him you know.
Posted by: King Barry The Magnanimous at August 02, 2011 05:03 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: BHO at August 02, 2011 05:03 PM (ZgvjV)
We're watching a hothouse shitflower turn into wilted shitmulch before our eyes.
Posted by: Waterhouse channels his inner Lahey at August 02, 2011 05:04 PM (P57Q4)
The Arab Spring is officially dead; now there is only an Islamist Summer and Fall.
Egyptian Citizens Join Forces With Soldiers To Beat The Snot Out Of Liberal Protesters Camped In Tahrir SquareÂ…
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 02, 2011 05:04 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Johnny at August 02, 2011 05:05 PM (iT/Iy)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 02, 2011 05:06 PM (EIlEQ)
"As I said in my Cairo speech ..."
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 02, 2011 05:06 PM (P57Q4)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at August 02, 2011 05:07 PM (m6OUa)
Posted by: zerO the Great Haikuist at August 02, 2011 05:08 PM (YulS3)
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 05:08 PM (ECjvn)
19i hear a committee is being formed... i like committees
oh, oh, oh!
i like committees too!
Posted by: Olympia Snowe at August 02, 2011 09:08 PM (m6OUa)
don't forget me!
Posted by: Scott Brown at August 02, 2011 05:08 PM (m6OUa)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 02, 2011 05:09 PM (i6RpT)
Has anyone mentioned JEF is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure yet?
Posted by: alexthechick at August 02, 2011 08:53 PM (sf+iw)
Not until you.
But it's always a good time to point that out.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:09 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: zerO the Great Haikuist at August 02, 2011 05:10 PM (YulS3)
Posted by: ParisParamus at August 02, 2011 05:11 PM (pXFD0)
Reagan enjoyed riding a horse.
Obama enjoys beating a dead horse.
*****
Reagan enjoyed telling a humerous anecdote to lighten the mood.
Obama enjoys class-war rhetoric to demean the opposition.
*****
Reagan believed it was morning in America
Obama believes that we need to spread the wealth around more
*****
Reagan believed America was a shining city on a hill
Obama wants to turn the country into the equivalent of Southside Chicago public housing development
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch..... at August 02, 2011 05:11 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 02, 2011 09:06 PM (EIlEQ)
Notice anything in the first two paragraphs of that story?
Posted by: Tami at August 02, 2011 05:11 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: mpfs, Joo Tea Party Terrorist at August 02, 2011 05:11 PM (qZPdM)
obama is nothing like President Reagan. He doesn't even have a son who dances in his underpants
I seriously feel sorry for his kids. First, imagine having those two overweening pricks as parents. Second, imagine spending your most formative years in the White House coccoon.
If they don't turn out to be assholes like their parents it will be a miracle.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:11 PM (HUZDZ)
19i hear a committee is being formed... i like committees
oh, oh, oh!
i like committees too!
Posted by: Olympia Snowe at August 02, 2011 09:08 PM (m6OUa)
don't forget me!
Posted by: Scott Brown at August 02, 2011 09:08 PM (m6OUa)
i know i'm new but would you mind having me along?
Posted by: Mike Lee at August 02, 2011 05:12 PM (m6OUa)
Notice anything in the first two paragraphs of that story?
You mean he of the party never to be named?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:13 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 05:13 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 05:14 PM (ECjvn)
Reagan enjoyed riding a horse.
Obama enjoys beating a dead horse.
*****
Reagan enjoyed telling a humerous anecdote to lighten the mood.
Obama enjoys class-war rhetoric to demean the opposition.
*****
Reagan believed it was morning in America
Obama believes that we need to spread the wealth around more
*****
Reagan believed America was a shining city on a hill
Obama wants to turn the country into the equivalent of Southside Chicago public housing development
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch..... at August 02, 2011 09:11 PM (sJTmU)
Reagan was an Actor that wanted to be President
Obama is a Politician that wants to act like he's President
Posted by: buzzion at August 02, 2011 05:15 PM (oVQFe)
My friends, I think this committee needs an experienced politician like me, that has a working knowledge of bank corruption. I mean when we need to compromise, who else is better at betraying the people in his own party to get illusory praise from the Mass Media?
And besides, I have plenty of Budweiser.
Posted by: John McCain at August 02, 2011 05:16 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: steevy at August 02, 2011 05:16 PM (siYk4)
As that well-known RINO Charles Krauthammer said today, “He’s out of Bullets. He’s out of arrows. He’s looking for stones on the seashore. And it shows that he may want to have a jobs agenda. He may want to do a pivot. There’s nothing left in the cupboard. He did a huge Keynesian gamble and it failed.”
Posted by: pep at August 02, 2011 05:16 PM (6TB1Z)
If we all live through his term in office, the Secret Service and staff's tell-all books should be kick-ass.
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 09:14 PM (ECjvn)
I know I for one will help make them millionaires. Because I really want to know how bad he fucked us once he's gone. I expect that everything we think about him is actually true.
I'm open to the opposite view, but I don't expect to find evidence to support it.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:16 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: zerO the Great Haikuist at August 02, 2011 05:16 PM (YulS3)
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 09:14 PM (ECjvn)
And hoo boy, I'd love to read a tell-all from the pilots and staff of Air Force One.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 05:17 PM (UOM48)
AS likely?!?
If anybody has one single indicator that points to anything but an economic Fukushima, I'd sure like to see it-- I could use a laugh.
Posted by: nickless at August 02, 2011 05:17 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 02, 2011 09:01 PM (T0NGe)
I saw that on twitter.. this is huge people. If Senate D's are saying this then a primary challenge is not out of the realm of possibility.
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at August 02, 2011 05:17 PM (UrPTC)
After he and his allies took congress in 2007, they were driving domestic policy.
Compare Aug 2011 to Aug 2006 to give fair comparisons....
Posted by: 18-1 at August 02, 2011 05:18 PM (FBr/C)
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 05:18 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: BHO at August 02, 2011 05:18 PM (ZgvjV)
Posted by: pep
Executive Orders!!!!
Posted by: Tom Clancy at August 02, 2011 05:19 PM (sJTmU)
Why, yes I did. They tried to pull a mind freak. The bias is worldwide.
"A politician who emailed a woman nude photos of himself that were posted on a GOP activist's website has resigned and said he will consider all legal options to have the pictures taken down.
New Jersey democrat Louis Magazzu, 53, admitted sending the photos to the woman he said he had been corresponding with online for several years."
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 02, 2011 05:19 PM (EIlEQ)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo, singin' the doom song at August 02, 2011 05:19 PM (OAig5)
You mean he of the party never to be named?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 09:13 PM (HUZDZ)
Look what party is named first...and how it is written. Then look how his party is written.
Posted by: Tami at August 02, 2011 05:20 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 02, 2011 05:20 PM (KbEJl)
Let's not forget Peggy Noonan's or Kathleen Parker's fawning support.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 05:20 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Barry The 0 at August 02, 2011 05:20 PM (FcR7P)
If Obama actually was a genius, we'd be in a lot worse shape than we are in now.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 02, 2011 05:20 PM (OAig5)
Posted by: Tami at August 02, 2011 09:20 PM (X6akg)
That's where I was going with it. But Lady in Black beat me to it.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:21 PM (HUZDZ)
ok, we got Graham, Snowe, Brown and McCain, we need to more... just speak up anyone can join...
i'll take a crack at it....
Posted by: Rand Paul at August 02, 2011 05:21 PM (m6OUa)
"You know, when they forced Khruschev out, he sat down and wrote two letters to his successor. He said - "When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter". Well, soon enough, this guy found himself into a tight place, so he opened the first letter. Which said - "Blame everything on me". So he blames the old man, it worked like a charm. He got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, he opened the second letter. It said - "Sit down, and write two letters". "
Can I be President next?
Posted by: Tickbeard at August 02, 2011 05:21 PM (lHdBc)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2011 05:21 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: mpfs, Joo Tea Party Terrorist at August 02, 2011 05:22 PM (qZPdM)
ok, we got Graham, Snowe, Brown and McCain, we need to more... just speak up anyone can join...
i'll take a crack at it....
Posted by: Rand Paul at August 02, 2011 09:21 PM (m6OUa)
anyone, anyone at all... just speak up...
Posted by: GOP Elders at August 02, 2011 05:22 PM (m6OUa)
Posted by: BuddyPC at August 02, 2011 05:22 PM (N/Bgb)
Posted by: Mullah Rex Harrison's Hat, leader of the heh-zbolla faction of the TeaHadi movement (upper peninsula at August 02, 2011 05:22 PM (lrvsu)
Posted by: steevy at August 02, 2011 05:22 PM (siYk4)
Posted by: t-bird at August 02, 2011 05:23 PM (FcR7P)
Help us, Donald. (And hold onto that combover.....a storm's a brewin'.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 05:24 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at August 02, 2011 05:24 PM (OAig5)
Somebody produce our genius presidents grades so we can see for ourselves.
Posted by: steevy at August 02, 2011 09:22 PM (siYk4)
We should take up a collection to pay a bounty for those grades.
The first person in the Columbia registrar's office to access the db, print out the grades and send them to Breitbart gets 100K.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:25 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Mark Kirk at August 02, 2011 05:25 PM (m6OUa)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish
Ya got that right.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at August 02, 2011 05:25 PM (sJTmU)
White House in Lockdown After Man Hops Fence
Suspect detained after jumping over White House fence, prompting lockdown.
Posted by: Tami at August 02, 2011 05:25 PM (X6akg)
Malia Obama will follow in her parents' footsteps. Less sure about Sasha.
It will be interesting to see how those two react to their dad's pronouncements about babies being a "punishment" and the fact their dad voted to let babies who survived abortions die in a closet.
Very, very, interesting.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 05:26 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Mark Kirk
Never leave your buddy's behind...or something like that. I learned that song in prison.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at August 02, 2011 05:27 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 09:26 PM (UOM4
I dunno, he's the guy who's there every night putting them to bed. That counts for a lot to a kid.
She'll likely shrug it off.
Until she has kids of her own that is. Then it will sink in.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 02, 2011 05:27 PM (HUZDZ)
It's fun to be a Progressive.
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 02, 2011 05:28 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Tami
Yeah, it was Joe. He forgot the keypad combination again.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at August 02, 2011 05:28 PM (sJTmU)
Since I put this on a previously dead thread, I'll put it here.
O/T. The DoT seems to be up to some bullshit here. http://tinyurl.com/3dayd3q
If this goes to fruition, food shortages are in our future as small farmers will be put out of business.
Posted by: Ronster at August 02, 2011 05:28 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: Anonymoose at August 02, 2011 05:28 PM (ZgvjV)
Malia Obama will follow in her parents' footsteps. Less sure about Sasha.
They're precious little props of the Elite Comrade. They will not be troubled by life nor reality. They are Liberal Royalty, and will adhere to the duties of that office.
Posted by: nickless at August 02, 2011 05:29 PM (MMC8r)
Nice. Those holding #5 as thread winner take your tickets to the ticket window.
Posted by: toby928™ at August 02, 2011 05:29 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: sif t. baggins, TEArorist at August 02, 2011 05:29 PM (ECjvn)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 02, 2011 05:30 PM (KbEJl)
"When I see this it will be like a dream," said Mahmoud Sameh, who joined the Tahrir Square protests.
"It feels like a big step towards us taking our rights," he added.
Mr Mubarak - formerly America's closest ally in the Arab world - has not been seen publicly since he stepped down.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 05:30 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Mullah Rex Harrison's Hat, leader of the heh-zbolla faction of the TeaHadi movement (upper peninsula at August 02, 2011 05:31 PM (lrvsu)
Posted by: torabora at August 02, 2011 05:31 PM (fw+mU)
He's Mugabe.
Posted by: nickless at August 02, 2011 05:33 PM (MMC8r)
Nice how we treat our allies ha? Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 02, 2011 05:33 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 02, 2011 09:33 PM (i6RpT)
No kidding.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 02, 2011 05:35 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: GOP Elders at August 02, 2011 05:41 PM (m6OUa)
this is huge people. If Senate D's are saying this then a primary challenge is not out of the realm of possibility.
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at August 02, 2011 09:17 PM
And I'm hustling the primary meme for every mu-meson it's worth. Every time I see a lefty rumble about primarying him, I point them at Operation Fast and Furious and tell them that's how to pull him down. I mean, the faster he falls, the more time they'll have to get a credible primary challenger.
Just trying to help.
Posted by: arhooley at August 02, 2011 05:42 PM (L8Lxl)
Malia Obama will follow in her parents' footsteps. Less sure about Sasha.
Put up a pic of Jesse Jackson Jr. and those two kids. Not sure about Malia, but Sasha - hmmm
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 02, 2011 05:42 PM (rC417)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 02, 2011 05:43 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2011 05:45 PM (bxiXv)
And so confused growing up also. I wonder if he'll play "lets blow up the Jewish relatives"?
Probably be tweeting dix pix to it (male or female) when it is 10 yrs. old. Dirty old bastard.
Posted by: Ronster at August 02, 2011 05:47 PM (9h8nr)
Agreed. Things are beyond out of control. Why would such crazy shit even be considered? What is the purpose?
Posted by: Ronster at August 02, 2011 05:54 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 02, 2011 05:59 PM (bxiXv)
The purpose is control - absolute, minute control of everyone at all times.
That can be the only reason. So sad for the country I grew up in.
Posted by: Ronster at August 02, 2011 06:07 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: Voluble at August 02, 2011 06:28 PM (JKX4x)
Posted by: Eric at August 02, 2011 06:50 PM (o93FZ)
"Obama leaves the table in the middle of dinner"
"Reagan asks to be excused from the table"
Posted by: weew at August 02, 2011 07:18 PM (7RbIF)
BonedBoned
Congratulations, Mr. President. You get the first Malaise Award of the 21st century and Carter is relegated to second chair.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 02, 2011 08:28 PM (r4t7/)
And unlike GWB, the next President had better damn well clean house. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sit
///
You mean the next Pres should be a Conservative and not a cumpashunit chump? You know, I think Bush mighta made a good VP -- he could work the Senate -- but man, sure left a lot to be desired as Pres. Look, the Pres has to work the bully pulpit, but to do that, you have to have a speaking voice that isn't painful to listen to.
Rubio's got a great future.
Posted by: SFGoth at August 02, 2011 08:53 PM (Nvb8C)
On terror he over-performed despite consequential setbacks that may or may not have been avoidable. Certainly his Left flank were total asses in undermining the nation, but Bush's administration didn't help itself on its own defense save for Rumsfeld whom the Left and the MFM (BIRM) despised. But on "conservatism" he failed.
The amount of federal deregulation and slashing needs to be profound. We're talking pre-Roosevelt era policies. I know of no one willing to step into that breach except, possibly, Ron Paul, and he's not going to win the GOP primary.
The amount of deregulation and Republicanism to turn our failing state around would take generations. Frankly, Americans do not have the stomach for this. See, we're terrorists and Hobbits. How can Americans support that?
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 02, 2011 09:21 PM (r4t7/)
Like Reagan only better
You shall worship me
Posted by: zerO the Great Haikuist at August 02, 2011 09:08 PM (YulS3)
Yeah, right Barky...
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