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And check out what he said, per the Daily News: “ ‘It's time for us to refocus and make sure that we understand that 'change we can believe in' was never going to be change overnight,’ Obama said at the glitzy Gotham Bar and Grill in the East Village, where donors forked over $25,800 each to hobnob with the commander-in-chief. ‘Rather it's gonna be a slow, steady progression during which this aircraft carrier that we call United States of America slowly shifts in a direction that promises more opportunity.’” And: “I’m going to need another term to finish the job,” he said.
Per NBC’s Kristen Welker, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today met with Myanmar’s president, Thein Sein, telling the president: “I am here today because President Obama and myself are encouraged by the steps that you and your government have taken to provide for your people.” President Thein Sein called Clinton visit “historic” and a “new chapter” for Myanmar. Clinton presented Maynmar’s president with a letter from President Obama. The meeting took place at the presidential palace in Nay Pyi Taw and lasted several hours.
In her remarks to reporters after the meeting, Secretary Clinton said while the progress that Myanmar has taken is welcome, it is just a start, Welker adds. She called on the country to release all political prisoners, hold free and fair elections, and sever its “illicit ties with North Korea.” The U.S. has long suspected that Mynamar might be working with North Korea to obtain nuclear weapons. Taking a frank tone, Clinton said, “The most consequential question facing this country is not its relationship with America or any other nation. It is whether leaders will let their people live up to their God-given potential and claim their place at the heart of a Pacific Century? Or will this country, once again, be left behind?”
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Translation:
"I'm going to need another term to figure out what the hell I'm doing"
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that President Obama's 2009 stimulus package CONTINUES TO BENEFIT the struggling economy.
"By CBO's numbers, the $800 billion stimulus added up to 0.9 million jobs in 2009, 3.3 million jobs in 2010 and 2.6 million jobs in 2011. As the effects of the stimulus wind down, Obama has been pushing Congress to enact a $447 billion jobs bill that includes infrastructure spending and tax cuts."
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/195181-cbo-says-obama-stimulus-still-helps-economy
Check out President Obama's accomplishments at:
http://www.barackobama.com/record
After 8 years, Dubya never figured out what he was doing.
Now, we all know what he did and it wasn't good!
Obama is not perfect. He makes me angry at times with some of his decisions. But if you are considering another President just envision it for a minute.
Cain? The justice dept. would be busy with sexual harassment lawsuits from day one and he would be a security risk because of his sexual appetite.
Perry? He can't remember the country he is visiting today, the name of its leader or . . . what's that third thing?
Bachmann? "It is so nice to visit Germany today, home of the mighty vikings!"
Santorum? I can here the giggles as he is announced already. No respect!
Newt? Same as Cain above. With an added bonus of corruption.
Romney? " What? I need to decide on something? Why can't you little people understand the complexity of my brain?" There is a reason I have taken both sides on all issues and you are to illiterate to understand and I don't feel I need to explain myself to you little people! I need more time to decide.
Paul? "What do you mean our citizens are dying? Just because I preached personal responsibility for health insurance and legallized all drugs, doesn't mean it had anything to do with it."
So here I am. Obama 2012.
what he really means is to finish turning USA into the
united socialist of america!!!!! liberals are lying hypocrites!
they pretend to be the compassionate side when they are
nothing but a bunch of greedy lazy pigs who want big
government and nanny state welfare programs so they
can have this socialist utopia world that will never exist!
Canada has a Classic Western Socialist system. The US does not.
Your dirty phraze 'greedy lazy pig':
may justly be applied to Know-Nothing, Do-Nothing-But-Kill-Jobs Republicans in the House,
that work 9 days a month for $174,000 a year.
Ervin,
Get back up in your highchair and eat your Pablum!
King tells us why that the TPGOP continues to NOT listen to the American people? Continues to keep the Bush Tax Cuts that the majority of Americans want eliminated. The 1% will average $66,400 each on these tax breaks, the average American makes $58,500! They want to eliminate the estate tax - who does that benefit? But God forbid we give the middle class a paltry 2% saving on their checks............
OBAMA 2012
.............................President Obama/Vice President Biden 2012...........................
It makes me shudder to think what would happen if the republican/tea bag party gains control. There would be no middle class. Social Security would be gone. Health Care would be back to the way I was before. Only the people who could afford it could have it. Child labor laws would change. Forget about minimum wage, that would be history, that slows job creation. The E.P.A. would be gone and we all know how well big corporations will watch dog themselves to protect the earth. That pull yourself by the bootstraps will be the motto. Schools who needs schools, home school would be encouraged who better to teach your kids than you.(Your 7th grade education is fine to teach your kids) Library funding would be stopped. Why you ask? Someone is not profiting from books if you get to read something without buying it, it hurts someone's bottom line. Remember its all about money. How much money do you need to be happy?
Thanks Smitty, so well said.
Even further, with public school teachers fired/cut - public schools closed by 'Emergency Managers' at the behest of GOP Governors - and the monies from Education 'budget cuts' funneled to corporations & no unions to fight back:
Next step is private schools run only for the religious right = anti-science and geared only for business and technical work.
That means, getting rid of higher Ed. while they are at it.
Getting rid of federal student loans is also part of the right wing agenda.
Smitty, Backhouse....
Don't forget about invading/occupying any Country that ... well, just any Country, for any contrived reason!
you'd have your FREEDOM BACK instead of OBOMBO's FREEDUMB
big socialist government!!!
Canada has a Classic Western Socialist system. The US does not.
Your 'FREEDUMB',
may justly be applied to the Know-Nothing, Do-Nothing-But-Kill-Jobs Republicans in the House,
that work 9 days a month for $174,000 a year.
"need another term to finish the job"? Which job is that? The complete destruction of this great nation? Or some other task he's set his mind to?
what job? hes not even doing the job as president unless you call campaigning a job. he thinks hes going to sucker the american public again ? we will give him the boot in nov thank god!!!!
It took 2 terms for GWB to screw things up and they won't be cleaned up in just 4 years so he will need a second term to even make a dent in Bush's screw up. Next will be Hillary in 2016 to take it farther and maybe, just maybe the Bush mess will finally be cleaned up.