Obama's Reelection Platform Debunked as "Phoney"

[Murf76]

John Merline at Investors Business Daily points out that the main talking points Obama uses to push his reelection bid are all FALSE.

In making his case for re-election in the face of historically high unemployment and sluggish growth, President Obama has a simple and straightforward argument.

Things were terrible when I arrived, he says, thanks to Bush-era policies of tax cuts and deregulation. We stopped the decline, but the ditch was so deep that it will take time to get out. Still, we are making progress, even if it isn't as fast as everyone would like.

So the last thing we want to do is return to the failed Bush policies that, he says, drove us into the ditch.

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That argument appears to be working. More people continue to blame Bush than Obama for the current poor state of affairs, and some surveys show that consumer confidence has recently increased.

But each part of Obama's argument is based on claims that are not accurate:

Read More At IBD: Obama's Re-Election Case Rests On 5 Phony Claims - Investors.com

He goes through the five main points that Obama makes almost daily, things like blaming the Bush tax cuts and claiming he staved off another Great Depression and disproves them, so read the whole thing.

What I find amazing though is that Obama keeps running around the country saying these things when they're so easily debunked. I think it's been obvious from the beginning that the guy has no respect for the people of this country. Or maybe he is just a conscienceless bastard who thinks he'll never get caught out.

 

[Listening]

When people don't want to admit to themselves they elected an affirmative action moron....well you get it.

Here is from the article:

At a campaign rally, Obama said Romney is "just churning out the same ideas that we saw in the decade before I took office . . . the same tax cuts and deregulation agenda that helped get us into this mess in the first place."

It's a standard Obama talking point. But it's not true. Bush's tax cuts did not cause the last recession.

In fact, once they were fully in effect in 2003, they sparked stronger growth — generating more than 8 million new jobs over the next four years, and GDP growth averaging close to 3%.

Those tax cuts didn't explode the deficit, either, as Obama frequently claims. Deficits steadily declined after 2003, until the recession hit.

Nor was Bush a deregulator. Conservative Heritage Foundation's regulation expert James Gattuso concluded, after reviewing Bush's record, that "regulation grew substantially during the Bush years."

Even the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave Obama's claim three out of four "Pinocchios," saying "it is time for the Obama campaign to retire this talking point, no matter how much it seems to resonate with voters."

What did cause the economic crisis? The housing bubble. And that, in turn, was the result of a determined federal effort to boost homeownership by, among other things, pressuring banks to lower lending standards.

Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/100312-62...s-on-five-claims-all-phony.aspx#ixzz28U3Vkncl

 

[rdean]

Republicans have the BEST platform. Even a brutal rapist deserves the chance to be a father and they are the ones to make sure he gets it.

 

[SniperFire]

Obama's supporters are only interested in grabbin free gubmint stuff while the gittin is still good.

 

[Murf76]

When people don't want to admit to themselves they elected an affirmative action moron....well you get it.

It's like team sports at this point... the Blue Jersey vs. the Red Jersey.
And that mindset has been brought to us for the last four years by the guy who was supposed to be the Great Unifier, post-partisan, post-racial, the outsider who was going to clean up Washington.
What a joke this guy has been. He's doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on everything people hate about politicians... and yet his supporters continue to carry his water.

 

[Listening]

Republicans have the BEST platform. Even a brutal rapist deserves the chance to be a father and they are the ones to make sure he gets it.

How's the butt-hurt ?

I'd send you a get well card...but Ryan's only gonna put bruises on the bruises.

I guess you declined the challenge someone made to you to actually post something of relevance to the thread in which you post.

Dickweed.

 

[Lakhota]

Investor's Business Daily? Wow, that's right up there with Beck, Breitbart and Carlson. Holy shit...

 

[Listening]

Nobody wants to argue the numbers ?

Didn't think so.

How's that "Romney trounced Obama by lying" strategy working out for you ?

 

[Murf76]

Obama's supporters are only interested in grabbin free gubmint stuff while the gittin is still good.

You know, I don't think they really even give it that much thought. I think it's almost entirely emotional. If you're a Yankees fan, you gotta hate the Red Sox and vice versa.

My mom was talking politics with her sister, and you know, we're talking about a couple of old grannies at this point... but during the discussion, turns out her sister had always just voted Democrat. It hadn't even occurred to her that she might do something else because that's how she'd always done it. Of course, she'll be voting Romney now.. . But it was just reflexive.

If we look closely at the way Democrats do business, their arguments are typically emotional ones, ginning up sympathy when they can and fear when they can't, but always geared toward creating mindless devotion to the party.

 

[Listening]

Obama's supporters are only interested in grabbin free gubmint stuff while the gittin is still good.

You know, I don't think they really even give it that much thought. I think it's almost entirely emotional. If you're a Yankees fan, you gotta hate the Red Sox and vice versa.

My mom was talking politics with her sister, and you know, we're talking about a couple of old grannies at this point... but during the discussion, turns out her sister had always just voted Democrat. It hadn't even occurred to her that she might do something else because that's how she'd always done it. Of course, she'll be voting Romney now.. . But it was just reflexive.

If we look closely at the way Democrats do business, their arguments are typically emotional ones, ginning up sympathy when they can and fear when they can't, but always geared toward creating mindless devotion to the party.

I tell people that they need to be engaged because the "gimmes" have a vested interest in maintaining the flow of government handouts...otherwise they might need to get jobs.

It feels like the GOP is coming alive again.

We need to keep pressing the point.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Republicans have the BEST platform. Even a brutal rapist deserves the chance to be a father and they are the ones to make sure he gets it.

Yeah kinda like where democrats think the rapist is a victim....and let him out on parole for good behavior.....LOLOLOL

 

[rdean]

Republicans have the BEST platform. Even a brutal rapist deserves the chance to be a father and they are the ones to make sure he gets it.

Yeah kinda like where democrats think the rapist is a victim....and let him out on parole for good behavior.....LOLOLOL

That doesn't even make sense. There is nothing in the Democratic Party platform that protects the rights of a brutal rapist to be a father. Republicans can't say that.

 

[edthecynic]

John Merline at Investors Business Daily points out that the main talking points Obama uses to push his reelection bid are all FALSE.

Invested Bigots Daily debunked as phony.

 

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John Merline at Investors Business Daily points out that the main talking points Obama uses to push his reelection bid are all FALSE.

Invested Bigots Daily debunked as phony.

Yes, your numbers sure showed us.

Moron.

 

[Murf76]

John Merline at Investors Business Daily points out that the main talking points Obama uses to push his reelection bid are all FALSE.

Invested Bigots Daily debunked as phony.

Yes, your numbers sure showed us.

Moron.

But their deflections and denials will surely defeat mere math, right?... right???
Rock beats sissors, deflections beat facts, paper beats rock, denials beat math. Oh... wait.

 

[edthecynic]

When people don't want to admit to themselves they elected an affirmative action moron....well you get it.

Here is from the article:

At a campaign rally, Obama said Romney is "just churning out the same ideas that we saw in the decade before I took office . . . the same tax cuts and deregulation agenda that helped get us into this mess in the first place."

It's a standard Obama talking point. But it's not true. Bush's tax cuts did not cause the last recession.

In fact, once they were fully in effect in 2003, they sparked stronger growth — generating more than 8 million new jobs over the next four years, and GDP growth averaging close to 3%.

Those tax cuts didn't explode the deficit, either, as Obama frequently claims. Deficits steadily declined after 2003, until the recession hit.

Nor was Bush a deregulator. Conservative Heritage Foundation's regulation expert James Gattuso concluded, after reviewing Bush's record, that "regulation grew substantially during the Bush years."

Even the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave Obama's claim three out of four "Pinocchios," saying "it is time for the Obama campaign to retire this talking point, no matter how much it seems to resonate with voters."

What did cause the economic crisis? The housing bubble. And that, in turn, was the result of a determined federal effort to boost homeownership by, among other things, pressuring banks to lower lending standards.

Read More At IBD: Obama's Re-Election Case Rests On 5 Phony Claims - Investors.com

Gee, weren't Bush's tax cuts in effect for more than 4 years, and wouldn't an honest appraisal of their effect include all years they were in effect. BTW, that is a rhetorical question, the answer is an undeniable "yes."

So deficits declined by borrowing from SS until the BUSH Depression hit. How could anyone possibly blame the BUSH Depression on Bush???

And the Bush economic crisis/Bush Depression was a result of a determined federal/Bush effort to boost home ownership, the very heart of the Bush 2004 presidential election campaign, so how could anyone possibly blame Bush for his own campaign.

USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership

Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
By Thomas A. Fogarty, USA TODAY

In a bid to boost minority homeownership, President Bush will ask Congress for authority to eliminate the down-payment requirement for Federal Housing Administration loans.

In announcing the plan Monday at a home builders show in Las Vegas, Federal Housing Commissioner John Weicher called the proposal the "most significant FHA initiative in more than a decade." It would lead to 150,000 first-time owners annually, he said.

Nothing-down options are available on the private mortgage market, but, in general, they require the borrower to have pristine credit. Bush's proposed change would extend the nothing-down option to borrowers with blemished credit.

 

[Listening]

When people don't want to admit to themselves they elected an affirmative action moron....well you get it.

Here is from the article:

At a campaign rally, Obama said Romney is "just churning out the same ideas that we saw in the decade before I took office . . . the same tax cuts and deregulation agenda that helped get us into this mess in the first place."

It's a standard Obama talking point. But it's not true. Bush's tax cuts did not cause the last recession.

In fact, once they were fully in effect in 2003, they sparked stronger growth — generating more than 8 million new jobs over the next four years, and GDP growth averaging close to 3%.

Those tax cuts didn't explode the deficit, either, as Obama frequently claims. Deficits steadily declined after 2003, until the recession hit.

Nor was Bush a deregulator. Conservative Heritage Foundation's regulation expert James Gattuso concluded, after reviewing Bush's record, that "regulation grew substantially during the Bush years."

Even the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave Obama's claim three out of four "Pinocchios," saying "it is time for the Obama campaign to retire this talking point, no matter how much it seems to resonate with voters."

What did cause the economic crisis? The housing bubble. And that, in turn, was the result of a determined federal effort to boost homeownership by, among other things, pressuring banks to lower lending standards.

Read More At IBD: Obama's Re-Election Case Rests On 5 Phony Claims - Investors.com

Gee, weren't Bush's tax cuts in effect for more than 4 years, and wouldn't an honest appraisal of their effect include all years they were in effect. BTW, that is a rhetorical question, the answer is an undeniable "yes."

So deficits declined by borrowing from SS until the BUSH Depression hit. How could anyone possibly blame the BUSH Depression on Bush???

And the Bush economic crisis/Bush Depression was a result of a determined federal/Bush effort to boost home ownership, the very heart of the Bush 2004 presidential election campaign, so how could anyone possibly blame Bush for his own campaign.

USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership

Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
By Thomas A. Fogarty, USA TODAY

In a bid to boost minority homeownership, President Bush will ask Congress for authority to eliminate the down-payment requirement for Federal Housing Administration loans.

In announcing the plan Monday at a home builders show in Las Vegas, Federal Housing Commissioner John Weicher called the proposal the "most significant FHA initiative in more than a decade." It would lead to 150,000 first-time owners annually, he said.

Nothing-down options are available on the private mortgage market, but, in general, they require the borrower to have pristine credit. Bush's proposed change would extend the nothing-down option to borrowers with blemished credit.

Enter Maxie Waters and Barney Fudgepacker.

We don't need to regulate anything.

 

[Murf76]

When people don't want to admit to themselves they elected an affirmative action moron....well you get it.

Here is from the article:

At a campaign rally, Obama said Romney is "just churning out the same ideas that we saw in the decade before I took office . . . the same tax cuts and deregulation agenda that helped get us into this mess in the first place."

It's a standard Obama talking point. But it's not true. Bush's tax cuts did not cause the last recession.

In fact, once they were fully in effect in 2003, they sparked stronger growth — generating more than 8 million new jobs over the next four years, and GDP growth averaging close to 3%.

Those tax cuts didn't explode the deficit, either, as Obama frequently claims. Deficits steadily declined after 2003, until the recession hit.

Nor was Bush a deregulator. Conservative Heritage Foundation's regulation expert James Gattuso concluded, after reviewing Bush's record, that "regulation grew substantially during the Bush years."

Even the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave Obama's claim three out of four "Pinocchios," saying "it is time for the Obama campaign to retire this talking point, no matter how much it seems to resonate with voters."

What did cause the economic crisis? The housing bubble. And that, in turn, was the result of a determined federal effort to boost homeownership by, among other things, pressuring banks to lower lending standards.

Read More At IBD: Obama's Re-Election Case Rests On 5 Phony Claims - Investors.com

Gee, weren't Bush's tax cuts in effect for more than 4 years, and wouldn't an honest appraisal of their effect include all years they were in effect. BTW, that is a rhetorical question, the answer is an undeniable "yes."

So deficits declined by borrowing from SS until the BUSH Depression hit. How could anyone possibly blame the BUSH Depression on Bush???

And the Bush economic crisis/Bush Depression was a result of a determined federal/Bush effort to boost home ownership, the very heart of the Bush 2004 presidential election campaign, so how could anyone possibly blame Bush for his own campaign.

USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership

Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
By Thomas A. Fogarty, USA TODAY

In a bid to boost minority homeownership, President Bush will ask Congress for authority to eliminate the down-payment requirement for Federal Housing Administration loans.

In announcing the plan Monday at a home builders show in Las Vegas, Federal Housing Commissioner John Weicher called the proposal the "most significant FHA initiative in more than a decade." It would lead to 150,000 first-time owners annually, he said.

Nothing-down options are available on the private mortgage market, but, in general, they require the borrower to have pristine credit. Bush's proposed change would extend the nothing-down option to borrowers with blemished credit.

Good grief. Bush went to Congress over and over and over again to get reforms for Freddy and Fannie, and was rebuffed each time.
Setting the Record Straight: Six Years of Unheeded Warnings for GSE Reform

 

[SniperFire]

When people don't want to admit to themselves they elected an affirmative action moron....well you get it.

Here is from the article:

At a campaign rally, Obama said Romney is "just churning out the same ideas that we saw in the decade before I took office . . . the same tax cuts and deregulation agenda that helped get us into this mess in the first place."

It's a standard Obama talking point. But it's not true. Bush's tax cuts did not cause the last recession.

In fact, once they were fully in effect in 2003, they sparked stronger growth — generating more than 8 million new jobs over the next four years, and GDP growth averaging close to 3%.

Those tax cuts didn't explode the deficit, either, as Obama frequently claims. Deficits steadily declined after 2003, until the recession hit.

Nor was Bush a deregulator. Conservative Heritage Foundation's regulation expert James Gattuso concluded, after reviewing Bush's record, that "regulation grew substantially during the Bush years."

Even the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, gave Obama's claim three out of four "Pinocchios," saying "it is time for the Obama campaign to retire this talking point, no matter how much it seems to resonate with voters."

What did cause the economic crisis? The housing bubble. And that, in turn, was the result of a determined federal effort to boost homeownership by, among other things, pressuring banks to lower lending standards.

Read More At IBD: Obama's Re-Election Case Rests On 5 Phony Claims - Investors.com

Gee, weren't Bush's tax cuts in effect for more than 4 years, and wouldn't an honest appraisal of their effect include all years they were in effect. BTW, that is a rhetorical question, the answer is an undeniable "yes."

So deficits declined by borrowing from SS until the BUSH Depression hit. How could anyone possibly blame the BUSH Depression on Bush???

And the Bush economic crisis/Bush Depression was a result of a determined federal/Bush effort to boost home ownership, the very heart of the Bush 2004 presidential election campaign, so how could anyone possibly blame Bush for his own campaign.

USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
USATODAY.com - Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership

Bush seeks to increase minority homeownership
By Thomas A. Fogarty, USA TODAY

In a bid to boost minority homeownership, President Bush will ask Congress for authority to eliminate the down-payment requirement for Federal Housing Administration loans.

In announcing the plan Monday at a home builders show in Las Vegas, Federal Housing Commissioner John Weicher called the proposal the "most significant FHA initiative in more than a decade." It would lead to 150,000 first-time owners annually, he said.

Nothing-down options are available on the private mortgage market, but, in general, they require the borrower to have pristine credit. Bush's proposed change would extend the nothing-down option to borrowers with blemished credit.

Enter Maxie Waters and Barney Fudgepacker.

We don't need to regulate anything.

Fuck with trying to roll back the damage of Clinton's Community Reinvestment Act revisions, and face the Race Card.

 

[techieny]

Republicans have the BEST platform. Even a brutal rapist deserves the chance to be a father and they are the ones to make sure he gets it.

Oh go cut your balls off. Oh gee sorry, you don't have any!