Obama's Credibility Is Melting

[Jackson]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

 

[Stephanie]

He never had any credibility with me....when he spewed he was going to stop the seas rising and heal the planet, THAT DID IT....

and thankfully, the Majority of the people who have finally woken up to this fraud, who has done nothing but bring hurt on us and our country

He's a hateful UnAmercian nightmare in my book

 

[jon_berzerk]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

"we are the ones we have been waiting for"

i said yikes

i was correct in that opinion

 

[Redfish]

Hard to lose something that you never had.

 

[Sarah G]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

His polling numbers went up 4 points post shutdown. Congress continues to tank.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

When did he ever have credibility?

 

[Redfish]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

His polling numbers went up 4 points post shutdown. Congress continues to tank.

who were the 1000 people in that poll? where do they live? what is their party affiliation? what is their income? what is their age? race? gender?

come on, 1000 people out of 330,000,000--------and you think that means something???

 

[Katzndogz]

One of obama's successes is to unite historical enemies, France and Germany, against the United States.

Yahoo News Canada - Latest News & Headlines

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German and French accusations that the United States has run spying operations in their countries, including possibly bugging Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, are likely to dominate a meeting of EU leaders starting on Thursday.
The two-day Brussels summit, called to tackle a range of social and economic issues, will now be overshadowed by debate on how to respond to the alleged espionage by Washington against two of its closest European Union allies.
Representatives of both Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said the two would hold a one-on-one meeting ahead of the 1500 GMT start of the summit to discuss the espionage issue.
For Germany the matter is particularly sensitive. Not only does the government say it has evidence the chancellor's personal phone was monitored, but the very idea of bugging dredges up memories of eavesdropping by the Stasi secret police in the former East Germany, where Merkel grew up.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

His polling numbers went up 4 points post shutdown. Congress continues to tank.

who were the 1000 people in that poll? where do they live? what is their party affiliation? what is their income? what is their age? race? gender?

come on, 1000 people out of 330,000,000--------and you think that means something???

Most polls use a sampling of 800 to 1000 people. I take it your against ALL polls, even the ones that supports your position.

Personally I don't take much stock in polls, but I understand that some people place a lot of faith in them.

 

[Redfish]

His polling numbers went up 4 points post shutdown. Congress continues to tank.

who were the 1000 people in that poll? where do they live? what is their party affiliation? what is their income? what is their age? race? gender?

come on, 1000 people out of 330,000,000--------and you think that means something???

Most polls use a sampling of 800 to 1000 people. I take it your against ALL polls, even the ones that supports your position.

Personally I don't take much stock in polls, but I understand that some people place a lot of faith in them.

today's polls are designed to influence public opinion, not to report on it. Any statistics professor would laugh at the so-called validity of these polls.

 

[Redfish]

more on the credibility of the obama administration:


Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the White House during the Civil War.
And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.


Total Personal Staff members for first ladies... paid by taxpayers:


Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Rosaline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:

Michele Obama's personal staff:


1. $172,200 Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $ 90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $ 84,000 Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $ 75,000 Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $ 70,000 Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
10. $ 65,000 Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $ 64,000 Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $ 62,000 Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $ 60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $ 57,500 Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $ 52,500 Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $ 50,000 Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant f or Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $ 45,000 Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $ 43,000 Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $ 40,000 Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $ 36,000 Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $ 35,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $ 35,000 Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)


Total: $ 1,591,200 in annual staff salaries
(all for a woman who was not elected nor is she accountable to anyone...)


There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.

Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe ...

Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

 

[Jackson]

more on the credibility of the obama administration:


Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the White House during the Civil War.
And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.


Total Personal Staff members for first ladies... paid by taxpayers:


Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Rosaline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:

Michele Obama's personal staff:


1. $172,200 Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $ 90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $ 84,000 Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $ 75,000 Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $ 70,000 Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
10. $ 65,000 Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $ 64,000 Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $ 62,000 Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $ 60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $ 57,500 Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $ 52,500 Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $ 50,000 Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant f or Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $ 45,000 Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $ 43,000 Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $ 40,000 Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $ 36,000 Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $ 35,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $ 35,000 Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)


Total: $ 1,591,200 in annual staff salaries
(all for a woman who was not elected nor is she accountable to anyone...)


There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.

Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe ...

Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

She's entitled.

 

[Redfish]

more on the credibility of the obama administration:


Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the White House during the Civil War.
And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.


Total Personal Staff members for first ladies... paid by taxpayers:


Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Rosaline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:

Michele Obama's personal staff:


1. $172,200 Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $ 90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $ 84,000 Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $ 75,000 Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $ 70,000 Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
10. $ 65,000 Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $ 64,000 Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $ 62,000 Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $ 60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $ 57,500 Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $ 52,500 Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $ 50,000 Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant f or Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $ 45,000 Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $ 43,000 Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $ 40,000 Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $ 36,000 Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $ 35,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $ 35,000 Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)


Total: $ 1,591,200 in annual staff salaries
(all for a woman who was not elected nor is she accountable to anyone...)


There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.

Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe ...

Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

come on libs, I want to hear you defend this shit. Either defend it or admit that you elected america hating criminals to the whitehouse.

 

[Jackson]

One liberal has to defend this monstrous display of selfishness. Done at a time when we are going through the highest expenditures in government ever known!

And we haven't even begun to talk about their vacations!

 

[Claudette]

Hard to lose something that you never had.

Big assed BINGO.

 

[Amelia]

more on the credibility of the obama administration:


Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing China for the White House during the Civil War.
And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.


Total Personal Staff members for first ladies... paid by taxpayers:


Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.
Jackie Kennedy: One
Rosaline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Three
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two

How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:

Michele Obama's personal staff:


1. $172,200 Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $ 90,000 Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $ 84,000 Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $ 75,000 Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $ 70,000 Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)
10. $ 65,000 Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $ 64,000 Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $ 62,000 Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $ 60,000 Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $ 57,500 Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $ 52,500 Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $ 50,000 Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant f or Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $ 45,000 Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $ 43,000 Tubman, Samantha a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $ 40,000 Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $ 36,000 Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $ 35,000 Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $ 35,000 Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)


Total: $ 1,591,200 in annual staff salaries
(all for a woman who was not elected nor is she accountable to anyone...)


There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.

Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe ...

Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press: canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652

wow

 

[Jackson]

who were the 1000 people in that poll? where do they live? what is their party affiliation? what is their income? what is their age? race? gender?

come on, 1000 people out of 330,000,000--------and you think that means something???

Most polls use a sampling of 800 to 1000 people. I take it your against ALL polls, even the ones that supports your position.

Personally I don't take much stock in polls, but I understand that some people place a lot of faith in them.

today's polls are designed to influence public opinion, not to report on it. Any statistics professor would laugh at the so-called validity of these polls.

The latest figures include 28% of all likely voters who Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president and 37% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -9.


Just 17% think the country is heading in the right direction. This is down from a high of 43% the week before Election Day a year ago and the third week in a row that number has been below 20%.

Following the short-term deal to end the partial government shutdown, more voters than ever (52%) worry the federal government won’t do enough in reacting to the country's current economic problems, while 37% worry more that it will do too much.

But most (62%) still think the government should cut spending in reaction to the nation’s economic situation.

Fifty-four percent (54%) of voters want a federal budget deal that cuts spending, but 64% think Congress is unlikely to reach such a deal in time to avoid another government shutdown in mid-January.

 

[Amelia]

Obama's Credibility Is Melting

There is a lack of trust:

1. Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, is afraid that if they cut an immigration deal with the White House—say, offering a path to citizenship in return for strong enforcement of any new law—Mr. Obama will desert them by reneging on the enforcement.

2. The Saudis have decided that the United States is no longer a reliable partner in Middle Eastern affairs.

3. Mr. Obama's partners are concluding that they cannot do business with him. They don't trust him. Whether it's the Saudis, the Syrian rebels, the French, the Iraqis, the unpivoted Asians or the congressional Republicans, they've all had their fill of coming up on the short end with so mercurial a U.S. president


4. The next major political event in Washington is the negotiation over spending, entitlements and taxes between House budget chairman Paul Ryan and his Senate partner, Patty Murray. There is speculation and the fear that Mr. Obama will urge the process forward in public and then blow up any Ryan-Murray agreement at the 11th hour with deal-killing demands for greater tax revenue.


5. Then there is Mr. Obama's bond with the American people, which is diminishing with the failed rollout of the Affordable Care Act. ObamaCare is the central processing unit of the Obama presidency's belief system. Now the believers are wondering why the administration suppressed knowledge of the huge program's problems when hundreds of tech workers for the project had to know this mess would happen Oct. 1.


Voters don't normally accord politicians unworldly levels of belief, but it has been Barack Obama's gift to transform mere support into victorious credulousness. Now that is crumbling, at great cost. If here and abroad, politicians, the public and the press conclude that Mr. Obama can't play it straight,…The American people are the ones who will end up on the short end of those deals.

Dan Henninger: Obama's Credibility Is Melting - WSJ.com

His polling numbers went up 4 points post shutdown. Congress continues to tank.

No. Not unless you are cherry picking some particular poll. The RCP average doesn't support your claim.

Even if you had the facts right, which you don't, it wouldn't matter since Redfish is right in saying "today's polls are designed to influence public opinion, not to report on it."

But it's moot. Even with all the attempts by the disseminators of information in our society, Obama's poll average is less than a point apart from where it was before the shutdown. And thanks to the excoriation of Republicans for standing up against O-care, it's going to be really hard for the media to make the case that Republicans are to blame for what O-care has brought us. As more reality about O-care comes to light, O's steady slide in the polls should continue.

 

[TemplarKormac]

His credibility isn't melting. It's gone.

 

[Jackson]

His credibility isn't melting. It's gone.

You're right Templar. It was gone before the last election. The Democrats, unfortunately, wear blinders.