Obama Suddenly Realizes That The Private Sector Isn’t Doing Fine
Well, that didn’t take long:
Hours after saying the private sector is “doing fine,” President Obama on Friday walked back those remarks, saying it’s “absolutely clear” the economy is not fine.
“That’s precisely why I asked Congress to start taking some steps to make a difference,” Obama said.
Obama corrected himself at a press availability in the Oval Office just hours after after he made the original remark to reporters in the White House briefing room
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Yes, it is clear that the collapse of the financial and housing markets in 2008 are still having an effect on our economy today. $14 trillion in wealth and income was lost in the crash, the fact that we have anemic growth should come as no surprise to anyone with a pulse.
He does respond more quickly to blunders than Romney. I suppose that’s a good thing.
@Ben Wolf:
Not withstanding the fact that Obama did not blunder in his comment, you’re exactly right.
Great SNL clip. I miss Gilda. She was the best.
Probably the greatest irony with all this is that Obama can’t really be blamed for being so completely clueless about how the private sector operates much less how to make it successful. Getting involved at a very young age with machine Chicago politicos is not exactly in that regard a good education or a good training platform.
Infatuation with the political equivalent of a BBS or netnews spelling flame must mean silly season is really here.
Imagine Emily trying to engage with someone who has ADD like the pundits behind this meme
Etch a Sketch!
(Sorry….still trying to embrace the new “let’s take things out of context and act like children” mode.)