What Does Obama Do Best?

[Howey]

Saddled with a dearth of skills when it comes to guiding the nation, Liberal heartthrob, Barack Hussein Obama, does have one skill that he burnishes regularly.
Hint: who was the hands-down winner of the 2013 'Lie of the Year'?

You got it!



1. Let's take a look at Obama's latest offer: " Weekly Address: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded Increasing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would benefit 28 million Americans, and make our economy stronger. " Weekly Address America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded The White House

2. Gotta', hand it to the guy: he shamelessly jumps right into it:
The current number of employed American workers is 144 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among those paid by the hour,1.6 millionAmericans earned the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in 2012.
Reminder: 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce MakesMinimum...
Reminder 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce Makes Minimum Wage National Review Online


Now, to be fair, he has four aces that allow him to play his hand with lies:

a. The media will not expose his lies the way they would if a Republican did so.
b. He has the support of the most dim-witted voters in history...or close to it....
c. It's tough for him to break the habit
d. He is a Democrat, it's part of their nature ("I did not have sex with that woman....")




3. I love this one : "...[it will] make our economy stronger."
If you had the abysmal record in failing to improve the US economy, as Obama does, would you dare use a phrase that would spotlight same??

Need a reminder?
a. "Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession
. ...the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ....indicate that the real (inflation-adjusted)median annual household income in America has fallen by 4.4 percent during the "recovery," after having fallen by 1.8 during the recession."
Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the Recovery as During the Recession The Weekly Standard



How about his 'war on women'?

b. "(CNSNews.com) - The real median income of American women dropped a little more than four percent in the first three full years after the end of the last recession,..... Census Bureau income data, the median income of American women was $21,520 in constant 2012 dollars. That was down $914 dollars—or about 4.1 percent—from 2009." Median Income of Women Dropped 4 --In First 3 Years of Recovery CNS News


Wadda ya' say....shoo-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year'??
It's what he does best.

lol. CNS Lie of the Year or just yours???

I believe the right received the Lie of the Year for their Ebolahysteria...

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile, what does Obama do best?

THIS!

Obama’s turnaround in recent weeks – he’s seized the offensive with a series of controversial executive actions and challenges to leaders in his own party on the budget — can be attributed to a fundamental change in his political mindset, according to current and former aides. He’s gone from thinking of himself as a sitting (lame) duck, they tell me, to a president diving headlong into what amounts to a final campaign – this one to preserve his legacy, add policy points to the scoreboard, and – last but definitely not least – to inflict the same kind of punishment on his newly empowered Republican enemies, who delighted in tormenting him when he was on top.


The pivot isn’t necessarily about embracing the Real Barack Obama (that’s always been a pretty elusive persona) or even about aspiring to the Clintonian ideal of a second-term president leveraging executive power into political muscle. It’s not a matter of superficially emulating a campaign, as he’s done fecklessly in the past, by hitting the road for another round of low-impact speeches or Steve Kroft sit-downs. It’s a campaign between Obama’s ears — a competitor rediscovering his love of competition, the refocusing of a sedentary, atrophied presidency through the lens of a dynamic campaign – and winning.

“He needs to run, to compete – or more to the point, he needs someone to run against,” a former top Obama adviser told me.

He’s got that now, in a Republican-controlled Capitol Hill. Obama, a political counterpuncher who often needs a slap in the face to wake up, got a gut-shot in November. The Democrats’ staggering loss in the midterms – like his disastrous performance in the first presidential debate against Mitt Romney in 2012 – seems to have jolted him to the realization that he’ll have to act boldly to preserve what he’d assumed was a settled legacy. (The Supreme Court’s decision to scrutinize the funding mechanism of the Affordable Care Act, in particular, has sent a shudder through the West Wing and provided an unexpected challenge from another hostile branch of government.)


AND THIS:

WASHINGTON -- A month and a half ago, President Barack Obama went to the East Room of the White House to take his medicine. His party was fresh off a horrible midterm election loss. His name was toxic. One leading Democratic Senate candidate wouldn't even say whether she had voted for him in 2012. His failure to influence events globally, and the inability to pass major legislation domestically, had all contributed to a prevailing sense that the White House had lost its way.

The press conference was notable because Obama struck a defiant tone, pledging to plow forward on his planned executive actions even if Republicans had run against them. He seemed almost optimistic about the prospect of working with a Republican-run Senate and House. Obama was, it appeared, in denial.

But now, as he gets set to head to Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation, it's beginning to seem like Obama knew more than the reporters who cover him. He achieved some legacy-defining victories during the lame-duck session. And in his year-end press conference on Friday, he showed a bit of swagger that seemed implausible in mid-November.

"Pick any metric that you want," he said. "America’s resurgence is real. We’re better off."

A good deal of Obama's enthusiasm is owed to a political landscape that, at least in the interim, worked well in his favor. Over the summer, he was shackled by calculations that he was a burden to the party, and he was virtually absent from the campaign trail. A series of crises seemed to overwhelm his presidency: from the claims backlog at the VA and the influx of young undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border to the rise of the Islamic State and the Ebola epidemic. November's election did not represent a Republican wave so much as an indictment of a sluggish Democratic agenda.

But elections come to a close, and crises eventually get resolved. With that comes the chance to breathe, if not claim triumph.

“We’ve gone through difficult times,” Obama said during his Friday press conference. “But through persistent effort and faith in the American people, things get better. The economy's gotten better. Our ability to generate clean energy's gotten better. We know more about how to educate our kids. We solved problems.”

By its own metrics, the administration had a majorly successful lame-duck session.

Were you questioning this?

"Lie of the Year: 'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it'"
Lie of the Year If you like your health care plan you can keep it PolitiFact

That's not the point is it? You lied and attributed this year's lie to Obama.

 

[Politico]

What Does Obama Do Best?

Seriously? Go on vacation in Hawaii on the taxpayer dime.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Saddled with a dearth of skills when it comes to guiding the nation, Liberal heartthrob, Barack Hussein Obama, does have one skill that he burnishes regularly.
Hint: who was the hands-down winner of the 2013 'Lie of the Year'?

You got it!



1. Let's take a look at Obama's latest offer: " Weekly Address: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded Increasing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would benefit 28 million Americans, and make our economy stronger. " Weekly Address America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded The White House

2. Gotta', hand it to the guy: he shamelessly jumps right into it:
The current number of employed American workers is 144 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among those paid by the hour,1.6 millionAmericans earned the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in 2012.
Reminder: 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce MakesMinimum...
Reminder 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce Makes Minimum Wage National Review Online


Now, to be fair, he has four aces that allow him to play his hand with lies:

a. The media will not expose his lies the way they would if a Republican did so.
b. He has the support of the most dim-witted voters in history...or close to it....
c. It's tough for him to break the habit
d. He is a Democrat, it's part of their nature ("I did not have sex with that woman....")




3. I love this one : "...[it will] make our economy stronger."
If you had the abysmal record in failing to improve the US economy, as Obama does, would you dare use a phrase that would spotlight same??

Need a reminder?
a. "Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the 'Recovery' as During the Recession
. ...the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey ....indicate that the real (inflation-adjusted)median annual household income in America has fallen by 4.4 percent during the "recovery," after having fallen by 1.8 during the recession."
Incomes Have Dropped Twice as Much During the Recovery as During the Recession The Weekly Standard



How about his 'war on women'?

b. "(CNSNews.com) - The real median income of American women dropped a little more than four percent in the first three full years after the end of the last recession,..... Census Bureau income data, the median income of American women was $21,520 in constant 2012 dollars. That was down $914 dollars—or about 4.1 percent—from 2009." Median Income of Women Dropped 4 --In First 3 Years of Recovery CNS News


Wadda ya' say....shoo-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year'??
It's what he does best.

lol. CNS Lie of the Year or just yours???

I believe the right received the Lie of the Year for their Ebolahysteria...

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile, what does Obama do best?

THIS!

Obama’s turnaround in recent weeks – he’s seized the offensive with a series of controversial executive actions and challenges to leaders in his own party on the budget — can be attributed to a fundamental change in his political mindset, according to current and former aides. He’s gone from thinking of himself as a sitting (lame) duck, they tell me, to a president diving headlong into what amounts to a final campaign – this one to preserve his legacy, add policy points to the scoreboard, and – last but definitely not least – to inflict the same kind of punishment on his newly empowered Republican enemies, who delighted in tormenting him when he was on top.


The pivot isn’t necessarily about embracing the Real Barack Obama (that’s always been a pretty elusive persona) or even about aspiring to the Clintonian ideal of a second-term president leveraging executive power into political muscle. It’s not a matter of superficially emulating a campaign, as he’s done fecklessly in the past, by hitting the road for another round of low-impact speeches or Steve Kroft sit-downs. It’s a campaign between Obama’s ears — a competitor rediscovering his love of competition, the refocusing of a sedentary, atrophied presidency through the lens of a dynamic campaign – and winning.

“He needs to run, to compete – or more to the point, he needs someone to run against,” a former top Obama adviser told me.

He’s got that now, in a Republican-controlled Capitol Hill. Obama, a political counterpuncher who often needs a slap in the face to wake up, got a gut-shot in November. The Democrats’ staggering loss in the midterms – like his disastrous performance in the first presidential debate against Mitt Romney in 2012 – seems to have jolted him to the realization that he’ll have to act boldly to preserve what he’d assumed was a settled legacy. (The Supreme Court’s decision to scrutinize the funding mechanism of the Affordable Care Act, in particular, has sent a shudder through the West Wing and provided an unexpected challenge from another hostile branch of government.)


AND THIS:

WASHINGTON -- A month and a half ago, President Barack Obama went to the East Room of the White House to take his medicine. His party was fresh off a horrible midterm election loss. His name was toxic. One leading Democratic Senate candidate wouldn't even say whether she had voted for him in 2012. His failure to influence events globally, and the inability to pass major legislation domestically, had all contributed to a prevailing sense that the White House had lost its way.

The press conference was notable because Obama struck a defiant tone, pledging to plow forward on his planned executive actions even if Republicans had run against them. He seemed almost optimistic about the prospect of working with a Republican-run Senate and House. Obama was, it appeared, in denial.

But now, as he gets set to head to Hawaii for his annual Christmas vacation, it's beginning to seem like Obama knew more than the reporters who cover him. He achieved some legacy-defining victories during the lame-duck session. And in his year-end press conference on Friday, he showed a bit of swagger that seemed implausible in mid-November.

"Pick any metric that you want," he said. "America’s resurgence is real. We’re better off."

A good deal of Obama's enthusiasm is owed to a political landscape that, at least in the interim, worked well in his favor. Over the summer, he was shackled by calculations that he was a burden to the party, and he was virtually absent from the campaign trail. A series of crises seemed to overwhelm his presidency: from the claims backlog at the VA and the influx of young undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border to the rise of the Islamic State and the Ebola epidemic. November's election did not represent a Republican wave so much as an indictment of a sluggish Democratic agenda.

But elections come to a close, and crises eventually get resolved. With that comes the chance to breathe, if not claim triumph.

“We’ve gone through difficult times,” Obama said during his Friday press conference. “But through persistent effort and faith in the American people, things get better. The economy's gotten better. Our ability to generate clean energy's gotten better. We know more about how to educate our kids. We solved problems.”

By its own metrics, the administration had a majorly successful lame-duck session.

Were you questioning this?

"Lie of the Year: 'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it'"
Lie of the Year If you like your health care plan you can keep it PolitiFact

That's not the point is it? You lied and attributed this year's lie to Obama.

I never lie.....you must have mistaken me for Obama.

 

[Votto]

This is what he does best.

 

[Howey]

What Does Obama Do Best?

Seriously? Go on vacation in Hawaii on the taxpayer dime.

The taxpayers don't pay for his vacations. That's Lie #2 from you.

 

[Politico]

Wrong.

 

[Howey]

Wrong.

What do we pay for?

 

[Politico]

Quit being a leftwing troll. Whoopty doo. So he pays for the $3500 per night rental and some meals. Airforce one does not run on fairy dust. It costs 4 million to fly there and back plus another half million for C-17s to transport limos, helicopters and other support equipment. In 2013 he went there, returned, then went back at a cost of almost 8 million. That does not even include the cost of the advance teams, added security, hotels for staffers and separate flights that the first lady has taken.

 

[Howey]

Quit being a leftwing troll. Whoopty doo. So he pays for the $3500 per night rental and some meals. Airforce one does not run on fairy dust. It costs 4 million to fly there and back plus another half million for C-17s to transport limos, helicopters and other support equipment. In 2013 he went there, returned, then went back at a cost of almost 8 million. That does not even include the cost of the advance teams, added security, hotels for staffers and separate flights that the first lady has taken.

How is it being a troll asking you to back up your unfounded claim?

So you agree we only pay for AF 1 and related charges. So what? Do you think any other president traveled commercial on vacation? Do you not think the president shouldn't have Secret service protection on vacation like all recent modern presidents? Or just not the buhlack one?

 

[Howey]

This silly argument comes up every time the president goes on vacation. And a such as y'all love to dredge up tired old unfounded talking points, it still doesn't make them true.

See: Birther conspiracies.

 

[Politico]

We agree you are a troll.

 

[edthecynic]

1. Let's take a look at Obama's latest offer: " Weekly Address: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded Increasing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would benefit 28 million Americans, and make our economy stronger. " Weekly Address America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded The White House

2. Gotta', hand it to the guy: he shamelessly jumps right into it:
The current number of employed American workers is 144 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among those paid by the hour,1.6 millionAmericans earned the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in 2012.
Reminder: 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce MakesMinimum...
Reminder 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce Makes Minimum Wage National Review Online

Wadda ya' say....shoo-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year'??

I always love it when pathological liars on the Right accuse others of lying!!!

Now if you notice, Obama never said there were 28 million earning minimum wage, he said raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would benefit 28 million Americans. Now the Right is against anything that benefits 28 million Americans so you know they are going to manufacture a lie.

First they create a Straw Man, in this case implying that Obama was talking about only minimum wage earners, which he clearly wasn't.
Then they attack their Straw Man with a stat that their sheep are too stupid to see through, in this case that there are only 1.6 million earning minimum wage of $7.25/hour.
Finally they leave out of their stat for the stupid all the Americans earning from $7.25 to $10.09 who would also benefit from an increase to $10.10, because they know boobs like PompousCheek are too stupid to figure out that everyone earning less than $10.10 will benefit from the increase to $10.10.

The only thing PompousCheek got right was that William F Buckley's National Review should be a shoe-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year.'

 

[edthecynic]

there are fewer full time jobs than when Barry took office.

Another candidate for 2014 'Lie of the year.'

 

[edthecynic]

I never lie

That's a lie!

 

[mudwhistle]

1. Let's take a look at Obama's latest offer: " Weekly Address: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded Increasing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would benefit 28 million Americans, and make our economy stronger. " Weekly Address America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded The White House

2. Gotta', hand it to the guy: he shamelessly jumps right into it:
The current number of employed American workers is 144 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among those paid by the hour,1.6 millionAmericans earned the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in 2012.
Reminder: 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce MakesMinimum...
Reminder 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce Makes Minimum Wage National Review Online

Wadda ya' say....shoo-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year'??

I always love it when pathological liars on the Right accuse others of lying!!!

Now if you notice, Obama never said there were 28 million earning minimum wage, he said raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would benefit 28 million Americans. Now the Right is against anything that benefits 28 million Americans so you know they are going to manufacture a lie.

First they create a Straw Man, in this case implying that Obama was talking about only minimum wage earners, which he clearly wasn't.
Then they attack their Straw Man with a stat that their sheep are too stupid to see through, in this case that there are only 1.6 million earning minimum wage of $7.25/hour.
Finally they leave out of their stat for the stupid all the Americans earning from $7.25 to $10.09 who would also benefit from an increase to $10.10, because they know boobs like PompousCheek are too stupid to figure out that everyone earning less than $10.10 will benefit from the increase to $10.10.

The only thing PompousCheek got right was that William F Buckley's National Review should be a shoe-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year.'

Saying that raising the ME to $10.10 would benefit 28 million Americans is deceptive because it gives the listener the impression that all of those Americans are making minimum-wage. When Obama says something, he shouldn't need an interpreter to clear up any misconceptions his speech may have created.

 

[AquaAthena]

What does Obama do best?

He follows Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and creates an atmosphere of division and lawlessness, by example.

 

[PoliticalChic]

I never lie

That's a lie!

Actually, no...it's the truth.

Are you familiar with 'truth'? Even distantly so?

 

[mudwhistle]

The people that benefits from artificially raised wages is the Democrats that advocate such a thing. At the same time these idiots are saying they want to raise wages, they're driving them down by bringing millions of low-income workers into the workforce with their silly immigration policies.

 

[edthecynic]

1. Let's take a look at Obama's latest offer: " Weekly Address: America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded Increasing the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would benefit 28 million Americans, and make our economy stronger. " Weekly Address America Is a Place Where Hard Work Should Be Rewarded The White House

2. Gotta', hand it to the guy: he shamelessly jumps right into it:
The current number of employed American workers is 144 million. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among those paid by the hour,1.6 millionAmericans earned the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour in 2012.
Reminder: 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce MakesMinimum...
Reminder 1.1 Percent of U.S. Workforce Makes Minimum Wage National Review Online

Wadda ya' say....shoo-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year'??

I always love it when pathological liars on the Right accuse others of lying!!!

Now if you notice, Obama never said there were 28 million earning minimum wage, he said raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would benefit 28 million Americans. Now the Right is against anything that benefits 28 million Americans so you know they are going to manufacture a lie.

First they create a Straw Man, in this case implying that Obama was talking about only minimum wage earners, which he clearly wasn't.
Then they attack their Straw Man with a stat that their sheep are too stupid to see through, in this case that there are only 1.6 million earning minimum wage of $7.25/hour.
Finally they leave out of their stat for the stupid all the Americans earning from $7.25 to $10.09 who would also benefit from an increase to $10.10, because they know boobs like PompousCheek are too stupid to figure out that everyone earning less than $10.10 will benefit from the increase to $10.10.

The only thing PompousCheek got right was that William F Buckley's National Review should be a shoe-in for 2014 'Lie of the Year.'

Saying that raising the ME to $10.10 would benefit 28 million Americans is deceptive because it gives the listener the impression that all of those Americans are making minimum-wage. When Obama says something, he shouldn't need an interpreter to clear up any misconceptions his speech may have created.

What Obama said needs no interpretation. The Right deliberately misinterprets it to construct their lie. The Right always has to change Obama's words and then they rationalize their lies based on the words they changed. The Right rationalizes that it is Obama's fault that the Right changes his words. The Right rationalizes that Obama is required to come up with words they can't change, which is of course impossible.

 

[edthecynic]

I never lie

That's a lie!

Actually, no...it's the truth.

That makes you a serial liar.