Nothing’s Off Limits at – Another? – Annual Reporters' Dinner

"YEAH, BUSH DID NOTHING BUT PROTECT OUR BUTTS, PROTECT OUR ALLIES "

Where were you on 9/11/01; 7/7/05 and March of 2004? Have those dates escaped you?

You tell 'em, Jimbo! The usual suspects around the world never liked a strong American president. Look how they were all over Reagan for example.

But now they got in yet another Dem who will weaken America. They probably thought that getting someone sorrier on foreign policy than Carter or Clinton was too much too hope for.

I won't call this current administration 'wimpy' or the like. Sure, they will let anyone anywhere outside U.S. borders do pretty much what they want, but they will be very tough on those within the U.S. that are not down with their Marxist agenda.

Still trying to figure out how much of this admin's doings is incompetence or how much of its seeming incompetence is actually by design?

YEAH, BUSH DID NOTHING BUT PROTECT OUR BUTTS, PROTECT OUR ALLIES AND FEED THE REST OF THE WORLD. HAVING SAID THAT WHO GIVES A D...MN ABOUT LOSS OF RESPECT? NOT ME!

GOV RUN HEALTH CARE HAS ABOUT AS MUCH CHANCE OF SUCCESS AS GOV RUN GM. DUH.

The Presidents comments about turning to Williams "in bed" and asking his opinion wasn't far from being wrong. Come this next week the bed will become a bit overcrowded with Charlie and the GMA crew in doing his healthcare infomercial.

Ms. Trish . ..

"Yes, I do better understand now. Your definition describes perfectly what I have seen the left do for the past eight years"

Idiotic extremists surely exist on both sides of the spectrum.

This certainly does not excuse the right-wing hate spammers predominating on here.

You can pick them out easily, by their juvenile name-calling, insults, pet names and 'fear and smear' tactics.

"When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does - those are spammers.

Their common tactics are fairly juvenile - name calling, insults, lies and 'smear and fear' campaigns."

Hopefully this allows you to better understand what is meant by spammers."
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Yes, I do better understand now. Your definition describes perfectly what I have seen the left do for the past eight years.

Ms. Trish . ..

Not at all. You're totally misreading what I posted about spammers coming on here to badmouth the President day in and day out.

"When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does - those are spammers.

Their common tactics are fairly juvenile - name calling, insults, lies and 'smear and fear' campaigns."

Hopefully this allows you to better understand what is meant by spammers.

I don't think you can label the 70% of the american people who opposed Bush and Cheney 'spammers' just because they answered polls honestly.

" When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does - those are spammers.

Their common tactics are fairly juvenile - name calling, insults, lies and 'smear and fear' campaigns."
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Thank you for the explanation. That's what I've seen for the past eight years against the former President. Now I know...all the lefties were spammers!

whathappened08 . ...

Those are good questions.

I would think some saved jobs might be more obvious than others - jobs saved in financial institutions that were about to go under and perhaps jobs some jobs saved in the auto companies that were about to disappear.

Some other obvious jobs might come out of the money that has gone to states (and cities) who were about to cut back on various police, fireman, ambulance and similar type public jobs due to shortcomings in their financing.

" When you have 70% of the population against the failed policies of a government - it is far more than a few 'dissenters'."
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I never said anything about "a few dissenters." Just summarized your theory: dissent against Bush was American--but against Obama it's nothing but spammers.

How exactly can you tell if a job has been "saved"?? It sounds simple, but think about it you can easily measure when a job has been "created",since there would be more people working at these jobs, but how do you measure the number of "saved" jobs?? He surely doesn't think that he "saved" every single job that someone is working at now...does he?

Ms. Trish . ...

When you have 70% of the population against the failed policies of a government - it is far more than a few 'dissenters'.

When you have people who come on forums every day to hate and attempt to smear the President regardless of what he says or does - those are spammers.

Their common tactics are fairly juvenile - name calling, insults, lies and 'smear and fear' campaigns.

Keep your eyes open, you'll notice them without much trouble.

" Those weren't spammers, those were americans across the political spectrum.

Have you forgotten that 70% of the country disapproved of Bush, Cheney and their approach."
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Ahhhh. Dissent is good when it's against Bush--but dissenters are spammers when it's leveled at Obama. Remarkable theory. heh

Stacey . ...

You provided no proof of anything, but continue deluding yourself if you wish.

President Obama did not promise a miraculous cure for the economy, in fact he cautioned repeatedly that fixing the mess was not going to be easy and would take time.

People like you are the only ones foolish enough to call him 'the messiah' and expect him to be perfect.

All of the changes I outlined are CHANGES IN A POSITIVE direction, but not miracles a child's mind might expect.

It's not the ears that are funny, it's what's between them.

"President Obama has done exactly what he promised - he has made government MORE transparent, he has REDUCED the role of lobbyists in Washington, and he has invested in attempting to save jobs that are being lost due to the devastating condition the american economy was left in at the end of the Bush administration."

LOL. I just provided evidence to the contrary. No amount of Kool-Aid inspired propaganda will change the fact that Obama LIED and the economy is getting WORSE.

Actually, I don't believe things will get really bad until later this year and into 2010-2011. It takes several months for regulatory and tax policies to get enacted and really start doing their damage. Throw in the fact that people will also run out of unemployment and a ton of homeowners will lose their homes to Option ARM resets (esp. in Cali), and it's going to get mighty ugly.

"I see it everyday in the classroom; this feeling of entitlement without any incling of a work ethic."

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The government doesn't spoil children - their parents do. If american children are spoiled as you say, it is the fault of their parents, not the government.

Ms Trish posted "You must be referring to the "spammers" of the last eight years who relentlessly pilloried and excoriated the former President."
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Most "spammers" I've talked to are a lot like me. I didn't vote for Bush but he was my president and I backed him. I thought he did a number of correct things after 9/11; first and foremost going to war with Afghanistan to get Bin Laden. I thought it was a bad idea to use so many "locals" to fight with us, but I knew Bush's information was so far greater than mine, so I accepted it. Even when Bin Laden escaped Tora Bora, possibly with the help of those same locals, I felt disappointed, but not made at Bush. I knew what he promised about getting Bin Laden and I had faith in him.

Then, Bush started talking about the Axis of Evil and how we have to invade Iraq. He told us that Bin Laden didn't matter and wasn't a priority. That's when I gave up on Bush and all of his mistakes from then on just proved to me what a horrible President he really was.

danita posted "He had squandered all the good will towards america after 9/11."
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Out of all of Bush's mistakes I think this is the biggest one of all considering how this good will could have been used to open dialog with Muslim countries. After 9/11 there were massive prayers for the victims of 9/11. They also assisted up during our war in Afghanistan. And how did Bush thank them? Called them one of the Axis of Evil. I am so glad to have someone who understands treating other countries with respect instead of arrogance.