Barack Obama finally came clean in an exclusive interview with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent and “This Week” Host George Stephanopoulos that aired this morning.
In a surprising display of honesty, Obama admitted that his campaign promises were just empty campaign rhetoric.
Obama told Stephanopoulos that fixing the economy over the long term will require “sacrifice” from every American and “scaling back” some of his campaign promises.
“Everybody’s going to have to give. Everybody’s going to have to have some skin in the game,” Obama said.
Obama’s plan to revive the economy is a familiar one: spend, spend, spend. But it’s a difficult thing balancing a budget by spending money you don’t have.
It seems to me that the best way to reverse the economic downturn is to stop spending taxpayer money and work on eliminating wasteful government spending by scaling back federal programs and earmarks that are designed to benefit political campaign contributers and lobbyists.
The truth is Obama is no different from George Bush. He will continue the timeless government tradition of robbing from Peter to pay Paul in the form of a trillion dollar “recovery package” that will vanish down the same government black hole where Bush’s bailout package went.
And when that trillion dollars fails to stimulate the economy, Obama will raise taxes on everyone.
Predictably, the Stephanopoulos blog readers are off the chain in the comments section. Furious at the prospect of paying higher taxes later for Obama’s inexperience now. A comment posted by “please!” pretty much summed up the consensus of the readers:
With record unemployment (worse since 1945) Sorry Barack… I’ve got NOTHING left to give!!! Go ahead and raise taxes. You might as well finish the rest of us off!!! Years from now our children will ask us what was the “middle class.”
I don’t see how this is a break from what he has always said. I don’t see any huge leap in message. People chose one part of the message and run with it. From jump Obama has said he will need for us to sacrifice, to ban together and to be willing to fight. So now we’re being asked to fight for our economy and yes he promised to work to make it better and to give working people health care and tax relief but if anyone has noticed were in a recession. And game palns change don’t make him a liar it makes him the president that has to clean up another presidents mess.
President Obama was stated his message and intention throughout his entire campaign. He made it clear (at least to me) that we ALL would have to give more, sacrifice more, and just do more in general.
Any muthafuka who is dum enough to expect President Obama to just magically change their conditions deserves to be in their fuct up position they most likely are in….
But Obama is NOT like Bush. If Obama would have inherited the presidency after the Clinton administration, i feel that the overall economy would be in a drastically more healthy state than what it currently is. But that’s not the case…
Obama is left to clean up the bull$hit that W. made….so relax baby.
* Corrections* I don’t see how this is a break from what he has always said. I don’t see any huge leap in message. People chocse one part of the message and run with it. From jump Obama has said he will need for us to sacrifice, to ban together and to be willing to fight. So now we’re being asked to fight for our economy and yes he promised to work to make it better and to give working people health care and tax relief but if anyone has noticed were in a recession. And game plans change that does not make him a liar, it makes him the president that has to clean up another presidents mess.
Sandra….I started to write this long response to your post, but I realized something…..it’s just not worth it! You’re entitled to your opinion; I mean I look at it this way…there are some people who still think Bush is a good President! I can’t expect you to appreciate what Barack brings to this country….just as I will never attempt to convince the IDIOTS who like Bush of the devastation he’s caused this country. You keep posting your opinions and he’ll keep being our President!
OBAMA 08
Sandra just cut this mess out, he’s going to be the president in 9 days, realize it, accept it then move on.
Ok Sandra, just like you are going back on your word about being negative in 2009. Everybody has to realize in order to save the economy you’re going to have to give up something not higher taxes. GO OBAMA!!!!!!
I go to your website, expecting that you would still have Friday’s stuff up. However, I see that one of the few times that you update your site, it is to bash Obama. Really, I’m bored w/it.
Two questions:
1. Were you able to hold a job in the last 8 years?
2. Will the millions of people who lost their homes also be asked to “sacrifice”?
If Obama continues reckless government spending on ridiculous programs (green plans) with money we don’t have, he will be forced to raise taxes and then major companies will outsource jobs overseas. When that happens, most of you will be out of work in a year.
Happy Kool aid drinking.
Its not about drinking the kool aid. I serve one master and thats GOD! I dont recall you bashing Bush this mth. Barack and others have said for months now its gonna get worse before it gets better but thats why you have to know who is your real and true provider the man upstairs. I have been unemployed b4 about 2yrs ago for 6mths I didnt miss a meal or a bill. You my dear worry about the wrong things when it comes to Barack. The man has said he is not perfect and it will take a min to get out of this mess. Yes I and others support him but I dont look for him to solve this mess that BUSH put us in. Why dont we have money for green plans or anything else BUSH and this darn war amongst other things. Where are the negative Bush post for the last 8yrs?
^^^^^ At least we knew what we had in Bush. With Obama being such a sneaky liar, we don’t know what we’re in for. We can only guess based on the shady associates he has surrounded himself with in the past. But keep sipping your kool aid and hope for the best!
Sandra….I started to write this long response to your post, but I realized something…..it’s just not worth it!
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cosign. i had typed and retyped something about 3 times. and for what??? why???
good night sandra.
Does our economy suck? Yes! Do we get a new president? Yes!. We all know that we have to do our part to “help” a President out”. Gas prices have fallen but other things are still “sky high”. Barak promised change and is that not what we all want. How can something change without hurting the heart or our wallets. I always thought the old saying was “that you have to give alittle to get alittle”. Hubby and I have both lost thousands in our retirement funds, I don’t single handedly blame Obama for this, he has not even been sworn in yet. It’s a buyers market right now and for those with funds to spend I say invest, invest and keep investing. President Bush did this to us and he does not have the guts to say that he is sorry.
We are at war, WHY? We spend millions a day for a war that can’t be won. Do we really have to win before we say it’s time to come home. America hates to lose. What happened to putting your tail between your legs and calling it a day.
This is funny. The man ain’t been in the office yet. Damn can he get inauguarated or however you spell word before people start talking shyt. Maybe we should get some money from the oil companies that have been raping us since 9/11 maybe we should take some money from Haliburton and KBR. Since they all profited from the war and they all have ties to the Bush administration. Maybe we need to look into where all the money really went? Hell we only get to keep maybe 1/3 of our salaries anyway and rest the government takes. Income Tax is 1/3 but then if you add State Tax, Sales Tax, Advelorem Tax, Property Tax, Universal Connection Tax on Cell phones and Phones, FCC charges, 911 charges, Highway Toll, Tickets, licenses, permits, etc.
Then they spend all that money on the border to keep mexicans out, illegal aliens, etc, the last time I checked the mexicans don’t come over here to blow shyt up, they come over here to cut grass, build shyt and do the work we don’t wanna do. Yet we cry that they take our jobs but the corporations have no problem outsourcing jobs to india, Philippines and china. Those are the jobs that usually pay well here. majority of IT jobs go over there, like software and application development, network operations, etc. Not cutting some damn grass, slaughtering cow, plucking chickens!
Bush profited the whole 8 years that’s why he don’t give a shyt at least Obama doesn’t have stake in the major corporations that Bush played into.
Anna Says:
We are at war, WHY? We spend millions a day for a war that can’t be won. Do we really have to win before we say it’s time to come home. America hates to lose. What happened to putting your tail between your legs and calling it a day.
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Have you been safe from terrorism the past 7 years? Do you really think that if we didn’t go to war we would be safe from terrorism on our soil over the last 7 years? Now Obama wants to hold meetings with no preconditions with these same terrorists who want to destroy us. Good luck with that.
The Doc Jam spits in the face of recession and calls his mama a b!tch.
I come from the bottom of the barrel and I don’t owe nobody sh!t…So regardless of the politics in Washington, I shall progress and build…by any means….
Anybody who is depending on the political system to save them financially has already lost the battle and the war…
@ Sandra:
If Obama continues reckless government spending on ridiculous programs (green plans) with money we don’t have, he will be forced to raise taxes and then major companies will outsource jobs overseas. When that happens, most of you will be out of work in a year.
Happy Kool aid drinking.
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Let me tell you something “Auntie”…since FDR, we have had, six Republican Presidents and six Democratic Presidents….and if you BOTHER to read history and QUANTIFY FACTS…when Republican ran the Presidency and Congress…regular working folks went to hell and a handbasket…
This country…the country that you are CURRENTLY living in, has NOT upgraded their infrastructure since damn near the 50s…that means the sewage system that allows you use to flush your crap down…the pipes that carry water from the lake to your friggin’ faucet…the electrical lines that allow you to plug your laptop into the wall so that you can put this b.s. regarding Obama on your blog on the daily…the bridges in which you ride your hooptie across so you can get the friggin’ mall…etc., etc….OBAMA IS TALKING ABOUT UPGRADING AND REPLACING THOSE!!! And you have the unmitigated GALL to talk about STUPID GREEN PROGRAMS?!?! Let me tell you something sweetie…every dollar that we spend on gas is quite POSSIBLY going to fund some Arab who will then give some of my money to fund some Pakistan who will GLADLY throw bombs, babies, planes…WHATEVER into American citizens…along with capping the a$$es of any American troops…
And guess what Auntie…corporations leave this country because they can go and get the same work done here and not pay ANY TAXES or damn near close to none…AMERICA WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THAT!!! But what Obama WILL do is make American companies who do that b.s. PAY TO PLAY WHILE THEY ARE HERE!!! And Obama will not let the FINANCIAL COMPANIES GO UNREGULATED SO THAT WHAT HAPPENED WITH FOLKS WITH MORTGAGES WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!
This country ALWAYS have the money to pay for what it wants to pay for…in the 80s under Repubs, it was to spend BILLIONS on b.s. military defense crap that we will GUESS WHAT…NEVER USE…and in the 2000s it was to spend TRILLIONS on the privatized military complex which has DECIMATED our own military and put those dollars DIRECTLY into the pockets of Bush/Cheyney’s friends…wasn’t NO DAMN BODY screaming bloody murder about that b.s.
I wouldn’t care if everbody in this country has debt for the REST OF THEIR FRIGGIN’ LIVES…and I had to pay 50% of my check to taxes (like they do in jolly ole England) if it means that when I’m sick…I can go to the friggin’ hospital FOR FREE…if it means that future generations are breathing CLEAN AIR BECAUSE WE HAVE GREEN TECHNOLOGY and we’re no longer the middle east’s and other foreign countries b-tch when it comes to oil…if it means that future generations will get a QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM QUALIFIED PEOPLE…if it means that the playing field will BE LEVELED…FOR EVERYBODY!!!!
And you NEED to stop throwing dirt on Obama talking about the “shady” characters he hang with, he dosen’t “hand” with shady characters, he WORKS with shady characters…HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!…This man has proven and shown about HIS CHARACTER…and I’m not about to judge him on his co-workers…A man and woman should be judged on what THEY stand for ALONE!!!
I know Auntie, you like your politicians and Presidents in this country to be white, male, racists, sociopathic, non-empathatic and http://www.beyondcrooked.com…BUT TOUGH!!! THAT AIN’T OBAMA!!!
And another thing…Ms. Sandra…
You are crossing the line at this point…and being hateful and hurtful to the majority of individuals who support you on a daily…
Its one thing to have an opinion…its another thing to be consistently…and I mean…CONSISTENTLY HATEFUL BASED UPON NOT FACTS…BUT B.S. STANCE…you’re just talking out the side of your neck…because the MAN HASN’T EVEN BECOME PRESIDENT YET!!!
Are you that small…and bereft of humanity that you have to take THIS negative and biased slant against someone you don’t even BOTHER to know?
Well…I already know the answer to that one…
@ Lala11_7:
Check your email
Get it Lala11_7!
People are so dramatic
You know Sandra…I thought I was the only one sick of the Obama bashing but I see thats not the case.
You are one of those people who listen to what people say and pull what you want out and obsess about it. Nothing he said was new news Sandra. But its ok….Keep hating because I guess it does something for you.
I am a full supporter of our President Obabma.
At least, I am going to wait until he is in command and see what he does before I make character assumptions of him.
Correction…characteristic