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yikes. clinton the worst....lmfaoooooooo......best prez since jfk....Possibly bottom 5. A lot of bad Presidents before we were born.
I can entertain the idea that he was the worst President in our lifetime.
But I believe Clinton may be the worst of our lifetime.
Barack Obama was handed a bad economy and has no military direction.
2 major highlights of his Presidency.
In all fairness, he did get a bad economy dropped on him. But he still didn't do shit to fix it.
Militarily, he can't win a war when the region has already been bombed out for 6 years-that's pathetic.
But, he might let fags enlist legally, Whoop The **** Yay!
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Darrell got to call you out on that, there are lobbyists in the White House, remember the *cough* "Lobbyist Waivers" When he moved in. Hard to beat an sitting president but we can always HOPE.Dead wrong on all of it: For health care, he forced insurance companies to no deny preexisting conditions. That just raised premiums in a bad way, hurts economy Women more pay protection? Where? Where in the hell in the past 20 years have women been getting slighted for pay. I have not seen it once in my lifetime. Show me a woman who makes less than a man(legally) based on gender, then I'll give that woman everything in my bank account. I say that because it's not true. Stimulus protection? Really? He could have wrote every American a check for 1 million dollars and he chose to dump it into a bunch of greedy bank guys that intimidated him into fearing that our dollar would lose credibility-like it was gonna kill us. Obama is not an economist. Restrain on Wall Street.-By bailing them out with Billions?
Automobile industry needs to get regulated and owned. They've been taking advantage of the government since the "70's. START w/ Russia. Yeah, as if that was Marshall Plan or something significant. Major deal w/ a country we've been protecting for 1/2 a decade(South Korea). Really? What are we getting out of that! Seriously dude, its South Korea!!! Tax cuts for all brackets? Well he's got a get Boehner and a Republican congress to go along. Maybe him and Boehner night get along, and that's a ridiculous statement in itself. Come on dude: What has Barack done? I'll give you one: passed a bill to keep lobbyists out of the White House Lets see, do better. I got 1, and you got none.
Obama White House Discloses Two More Lobbyist Waivers Granted
March 10, 2009 8:28 PM
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The White House Tuesday evening disclosed that almost three weeks ago the Obama administration granted ethics wavers for two additional officials who had previously worked as lobbyists. On February 20 the administration signed waivers for Jocelyn Frye, former general counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families, and Cecilia Muñoz, the former senior vice president for the National Council of La Raza, allowing them to work on issues for which they lobbied.
These two are in addition to deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn, a former Raytheon lobbyist whose waiver was granted two days after President Obama announced on January 21 what he heralded as the most sweeping ethics rules in American history -- ones that would "close the revolving door that lets lobbyists come into government freely."
The Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel requires that lobbyists who become members of Obama administration will not be able to work on matters they lobbied on for two years, or in the agencies they lobbied during the previous two years. Out of approximately 800 executive branch appointments, three waivers have been granted, the Obama administration said.
Not all of the former lobbyists entering the administration have required the formal waivers; the White House has also required incoming administration officials who worked as lobbyists to write letters of recusal, indicating issues that they will stay away from dealing with because of their previous jobs. But those letters of recusal have not yet been disclosed.
Frye's waiver, signed by Norm Eisen, the special counsel to the President and designate agency ethics official, states that it's "in the public interest to grant the waiver because Ms. Fry's expertise in the areas in which she acted as a registered lobbyist is essential to her service to the Office of the First Lady." Frye, director of policy and projects in the Office of the First Lady, has "a particular focus on women, families and on engagement with the greater D.C. community," the White House says. Having directed the National Partnership’s Workplace Fairness Program in her previous job, she focused on "employment and gender discrimination issues, with a particular emphasis on employment barriers facing women of color and low-income women."
Muñoz's waiver was granted also in the public interest "because Ms. Munoz's knowledge and expertise are vital to the functioning of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs," Eisen wrote. As director of intergovernmental affairs in the Executive Office of the President, Muñoz is chief liaison to the Latino community, in addition to coordinating with state and local governments. signed by Norm Eisen, the special counsel to the President and designate agency ethics official, states that it's "in the public interest to grant the waiver because Ms. Fry's expertise in the areas in which she acted as a registered lobbyist is essential to her service to the Office of the First Lady."
"We took the rare step of granting the waivers to Ms. Frye and Ms. Muñoz because of the importance of their respective positions and because of each woman’s unequalled qualifications for her job," Eisen said. "Each is a leading substantive expert on the relevant issue areas and each also has long-standing relationships with constituencies important to their respective offices."Comment -
The black Jimmy Carter has about two years left before he, his teleprompter, and his ugly wife get swept out of office.Comment -
Dead wrong on all of it:
For health care, he forced insurance companies to no deny preexisting conditions.
That just raised premiums in a bad way,
hurts economy
Women more pay protection?
Where? Where in the hell in the past 20 years have women been getting slighted for pay.
I have not seen it once in my lifetime. Show me a woman who makes less than a man(legally) based on gender, then I'll give that woman everything in my bank account. I say that because it's not true.
Stimulus protection? Really? He could have wrote every American a check for 1 million dollars and he chose to dump it into a bunch of greedy bank guys that intimidated him into fearing that our dollar would lose credibility-like it was gonna kill us. Obama is not an economist.
Restrain on Wall Street.-By bailing them out with Billions?
Automobile industry needs to get regulated and owned. They've been taking advantage of the government since the "70's.
START w/ Russia. Yeah, as if that was Marshall Plan or something significant.
Major deal w/ a country we've been protecting for 1/2 a decade(South Korea). Really? What are we getting out of that! Seriously dude, its South Korea!!!
Tax cuts for all brackets? Well he's got a get Boehner and a Republican congress to go along. Maybe him and Boehner night get along, and that's a ridiculous statement in itself.
Come on dude: What has Barack done?
I'll give you one:
passed a bill to keep lobbyists out of the White House
Lets see, do better. I got 1, and you got none.
1. Denying people based on pre-existing conditions or even kicking children off after finding out about them when they need care is a major flaw of our health care system.
2. Statistics show women constantly get paid less on average than men do in many businesses. So yes, it is a big deal.
3. The stimulus pretty much saved our economy. Sorry you didn't get a handout for one million dollars.
4. Uh no, he set regulations on Wall Street. Pay attention.
5. The automobile companies have been regulated numerous times.
6. Knowing the nuclear activities of Russia is a big deal. So yes, it is a good thing.
7. Maybe you should look up the recent deal we made with South Korea. Going by your statement, you seem to have no idea what it even is.Comment -
People said the same thing about Bush. Maybe one day people will wake up and realize that the president is just a puppet. You want to truly bitch about something? Then take a look at congress. They're the ones that are responsible.Comment -
Some people will believe anything notwithstanding facts.Comment -
1. The mandate portion of the health care bill [Which would be the most expensive part of the enactment by far] doesn't begin in 2011 and nearly meets your 4-year framework for when it is enacted.
2. As I have already mentioned, the problem with U.S. healthcare isn't the quality but the access people have to it. Unless you luck out with a job that gives it to you or are rich, healthcare bills are a struggle to many people and have even caused people to go into bankruptcy.
3. You act as if "socialized medicine" is hated and weak throughout the world. Sure, there are countries with it that have horrible care but that is normally correlated with their country as a whole, not their medical philosophy. Sweden and Norway [Two prosperous countries in their own right] have a single payer health care system and are regularly at the top of the lists in affordability [Due to taxes taking care of most of the cost burden], health care quality, and accessibility.
4. U.S. Congressman already get socialized health care. It's called government-ran healthcare. What they get is actually more Socialist than the private companies that the majority of Americans will ascribe to as it is paid for by taxes and is conducted by government employees.Comment -
Hey nimrods, the guy asked for one and I gave him one. It's also my fault that diggity named a list of them, 3 of which I would have included myself, before I could?
Gtfo.
Edit: I'd also explain the irony of you calling someone out, then making fun of them by calling them a "genious", but I doubt you'd get it saints.Last edited by DrStale; 12-12-10, 01:42 AM.Originally posted by Dark HorseComment -
Dead wrong on all of it:
For health care, he forced insurance companies to no deny preexisting conditions.
That just raised premiums in a bad way,
hurts economy
Women more pay protection?
Where? Where in the hell in the past 20 years have women been getting slighted for pay.
I have not seen it once in my lifetime. Show me a woman who makes less than a man(legally) based on gender, then I'll give that woman everything in my bank account. I say that because it's not true.
Stimulus protection? Really? He could have wrote every American a check for 1 million dollars and he chose to dump it into a bunch of greedy bank guys that intimidated him into fearing that our dollar would lose credibility-like it was gonna kill us. Obama is not an economist.
Restrain on Wall Street.-By bailing them out with Billions?
Automobile industry needs to get regulated and owned. They've been taking advantage of the government since the "70's.
START w/ Russia. Yeah, as if that was Marshall Plan or something significant.
Major deal w/ a country we've been protecting for 1/2 a decade(South Korea). Really? What are we getting out of that! Seriously dude, its South Korea!!!
Tax cuts for all brackets? Well he's got a get Boehner and a Republican congress to go along. Maybe him and Boehner night get along, and that's a ridiculous statement in itself.
Come on dude: What has Barack done?
I'll give you one:
passed a bill to keep lobbyists out of the White House
Lets see, do better. I got 1, and you got none.
that's reality!
Obama has done almost nothing but lie at every turn and divide the GOP and Dems, He is smug/arrogant and way too far left.Comment -
so does rockyComment -
Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar and is a very intelligent human being.Clinton took the stage and showed he belongs there. He answered questions in depth and showed the knowledge that Obama needs to get his ass to work in learning. You didn't hear him whine and moan and shy away from topics....he showed more substance on that podium in that half hour or so than Obama and Gibbs have in 2 years.
Go back and look at the way Obama is standing right against him and looking in awe as in...wow...so THATS how a President is suppose to speak without a teleprompter and prepared questions.
Obama started off at community college and his academic success was partially product of affirmative action.
To Compare Bill Clinton ( who earned it), with Barrack Obama who started off at community college is like comparing a self made millionare with a lottery winner.
Obama is a used care salesman that tells people what they want to hear. No more, no less.Comment -
Why I am I not surprised that there is no reference at all to Obama wanting to be on Mount Rushmore (title of the thread)...that sounds like something Beck and Limbaugh would say...Comment -
<1. Denying people based on pre-existing conditions or even kicking children off after finding out about them when they need care is a major flaw of our health care system.
2. Statistics show women constantly get paid less on average than men do in many businesses. So yes, it is a big deal.>
1. A 26 year old is a child?
2.Women making less is a bogus argument. It's ALL WOMEN salaries compared to ALL MALE salaries. What if Men are more doctors and women are more nurses? You can't just walk into a hospital and conclude they are sexist because the average male makes more than the average female. You need to standardize the data and compare men with similar backgrounds, education, experience to women of the same cut. When you do that there is no pay gap. It's more liberal propaganda.Comment -
"A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president (first african american) of the Harvard Law Review." Graduated magna *** laude from Harvard and you think he isn't smart?
a used care salesman...Reading through your posts demonstrates that you should be the last person on sbr to be talking about other people's education.Obama is a used care salesman that tells people what they want to hear. No more, no less. C-GoldComment -
Tsonga,
Most people go from High School to the Ivy Leagues. They don't go from High School, to community college to the Ivy leagues. Do you think Obama's race had nothing to do with that? How come he never released his test scores? If he has nothing to hide then why not just release the information?
The thing is people like you get scared by credentials. Obama went to THIS college... ooooooo ahhhhhhhh. Look man, they learn the same stuff at Harvard as they do at Penn State. The Math is the same for them. They read the same Odyssey and Illiad. A lot of people go to the Ivy leagues because A) They got better grades and test scores in high school B) Their parents went there C) They are rich. D) Affirmative action.
If Obama got better grades in high school, then why was he in community college first? Say what you want but Bill Clinton is 8x smarter than Obama.Comment -
I don't think so, but Bush did have higher SAT scores and better grades than John Kerry. When they released their information the issue sort of died down. You know if Kerry had higher academic achievement the leftist media would have never let that one down, because Bush was "dumb".
The fact that Obama won't even release his information is telling. The fact that he went to community college didn't help his case and his race didn't hurt on his application. He probably did worse than Bush, and is too chicken to even try and disprove it.Comment -
George Bush never went to Community college
George Bush didn't apply as Black
George Bush had better grades AND Higher test scores while in college than John Kerry
Obama never released his SAT scores or GPA
IF HE HAD NOTHING TO HIDE, THEN WHY HIDE??????Comment -
The point that Bill Clinton is smarter than Obama can't be disputed.Comment -
George Washington would never have thisComment -
It started with "Clinton is smart" and more presidential than Obama... You just say Bush because he's easier to attack, it was initially Clinton.
But Obama went to Community college, WTF do you think his grades were? He applied as an African American too and we know the impact affirmative action has. Do you think he went to community college because he earned his way into an ivy league institution? Maybe he had weaker SAT scores, maybe he had weaker grades?Comment
I hope they roll someone out there instead of Palin 'cause it could go from bad to worse.
