Comments about ‘Obama aims for sober honesty, optimism in address’

I would not argue that President Obamanomics (Keynesian economics in disguise) is counterproductive and making matters worse. We have outlived the short-run and are suffering from the long-run consequences of Keynesian policies, that the Republican's have caused. Among the risks to any recovery are if economic and financial troubles in other countries turn out to be worse than anticipated, which would hurt U.S. exports and further aggravate already fragile financial conditions in the United States. Another concern is that the Fed and other Washington policymakers wont be able to break a vicious cycle where disappearing jobs, tanking home values and shrinking nest eggs are forcing consumers to cut back sharply, worsening the economy's tailspin. In turn, battered companies lay off more people and cut back in other ways.

That will be refreshing, because all we've heard up to this point is doom and gloom!

Obama.

My president but NOT my choice!

Look at that deer in the headlights.

King Harry, Queen Nancy and the Democratic Serfs

Republic - A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

The United States is most often referred to as a democracy, but in actuality it is republic as described above.

Since the election of Barack Obama, The United States of America has ceased to be a republic and is quietly becoming a monarchy.

Barack Obama's experience in national politics is limited to two years in the Senate and his immaturity and naivety are starting to show in a big way.

Obama has basically staked his presidency on reviving the economy and his first attempt is going to cost the American taxpayers over a trillion dollars when the interest is added to the principle.

honesty and sobriety are two things we cannot HOPE for from a Chicago politician. Some things never CHANGE.

Honesty? Does that mean he is going to tell the truth and release all of the documents he has had sealed that could prove how much of a liar he is?

He's not president...he's not even American.

He is such an arrogant poser. Now experience, no leadership just a snappy, stumbling speech and the buy in from the media who didn't do their job.

On Brobama's tax increases for the wealthy, these wealthy will work until mid July until they reap any benifits of what they sow. That is their tax indenpendence day. Yep, this will be good for business. Message....go on welfare.

I still thank the Good Lord that Obama is our president. To think that the republicans are against most of his proposals should be a wakeup call to everyone. These same policies they espouse are what got us in this mess to start with. You GO Obama!!

Let us not forget that the House was controlled by the Democrats during the time we got into this mess. Now they have a majority in both houses and the presidency. So far we have seen that the Democrats want to do it their way. Soon they will not be able to blame President Bush. It will all be theirs doing and hopefully during congressional elections we will reward/punish those now in office depending upon the state of the economy at that time.

People need to stop and realize that this whole mess was caused from the test holes that were drilled in Oklahoma back in 1947!

Here is an insightful comment:

"The way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians," Jindal said.

Would we prefer to put more money in the hands of Wall Street? Bernie Madoff, Mr. Stanford, and their ilk? A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp poll showed only 30 percent of people express confidence Wall Street will make right decisions to end the recession, compared to 75 percent who say President Obama will make the right moves regarding the recession!

That rings true to me! The filthy rich elite in this country have fought deregulation in the name of "free markets" only to disguise their thievery and scandal in stealing money from the people. The SEC has been completely incompetent. Wall Street and overpaid executives in this country ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED! Ambition is not evil; ambition at all costs IS evil and that is what the wealthy represent! Fraud, dishonesty in financial reporting, lying, cheating, stealing people's money!

As much as I distrust politicians, they are much better than the alternative! I'm not alone! More Republicans trust Obama than trust Wall Street!

My ancestors and probably yours as well emigrated to America to be free from government oppression in their native countries. Does anyone know if there is any country on the earth that is still free because we are losing our freedom in America, thanks to Democrats? If there is still a country that has freedom, I want to move there so my children can experience freedom from our ever more oppresive government.

If he thinks Bush's response to the economy was wrong, why is he using the same strategy, just on a larger scale?

RE-PUBLICANS have only 40+ months to WHINE about the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

GOOD WHINING!

Did he really say the USA invented the automobile??? Didn't his speech writer have access to the Internet? I'm sure that line will play well overseas.

I just heard Jindel's response to the president. Now that was a laugh. Here's the gist: Where we agree (Dems and Reps), the democrats have good ideas. Where we disagree (Dems and Reps), Republicans are right and the Democrats are wrong. Wow! Then he goes on about how the bill is irresponsible, never mentioning how much money we've spent on "our" irresponsible war in Iraq. Telling us how much we're saddling our kids with debt, never mentioning how much debt we're already in thanks to Bush. Anyone see where this is going? It's a gamble to see who wins, and there will be no compromises. He made mention of the Republicans' plan to help the economy, which was exactly the same plan as the President's sans some spending the most of us think is important for the future. Republicans are rich and arrogant, and now they're gambling and hoping the President fails so they can return to office. What a disgrace to this country.

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How much have we spent on Iraq? 600 Billion in six years. How much has Obama spent in 30 days? 1,000,000,000,000. That is over a trillion dollars in a MONTH!

Obama is going to run this nation into the ground with such foolish spending. Google "hyperinflation" and see what we have to look forward to.

The damage is done. In 30 days, Obama and the democrats in congress are rushing the country toward the biggest power grab on record.