Will Obama pay a political price for his lies?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

you guys can blather on about Bush all you want but the fact remains that there is no meaningful recovery, what little good news exists that you can rest your hat on is the stock market which is a complete mirage thanks to the Fed, and it's going to get worse not better for most Americans, Obamacare is a debacle in every sense, more Americans are dependent on government than ever before...record numbers of Americans not working...oil prices remain high(how's that Keystone Pipeline going?) this president has been lying repeatedly to the American people and that is no longer debatable, he's eclipsed every former president in many areas and now clearly in terms of dishonesty and incompetence, but those two often go hand in hand, one attempting to cover up for the other. His "signature accomplishment" was forced on the country through tricks and lies....not a good way to do business but if you lack a conscience I guess you just carry on as though everyone must now live with what you've perpetrated....will he pay a political price? he doesn't have to get elected again but narcissists like this are often consumed with their image and so legacy construction might be a concern to him, tough to know if he considers further destruction of the country a positive or a negative in terms of his legacy, those that support him and will continue to carry his water going forward will do so as a result of a desire for further destruction(fundamental change)....he'll have to decide if he'd rather be loathed by many and idolized by a few or settle for less destruction and perhaps a more favorable public opinion of his presidency, he can count on the dems and the media to go all out to paint him in the most favorable light if he chooses the latter, he is, afterall, their "signature accomplishment" and one that we have to live with for 3 more years

You left out that median incomes are down more than 5% since he took office, and now those people with lower incomes will be shelling out a few hundred more a month, which they no longer have, for health insurance which they didn't want. Obama borrowed and spent at paces that blow away previous records, and what we have to show for it is lower median incomes.

The one bright spot is the stock market, which is really ironic considering that Obama's base and his Occupy Wall Street anarchists would say that's a bad thing, because all that does is help the rich get richer on backs of the little man.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

The one bright spot is the stock market, which is really ironic considering that Obama's base and his Occupy Wall Street anarchists would say that's a bad thing, because all that does is help the rich get richer on backs of the little man.

depends on how you look at it, the market isn't moving based on the performance of the economy but rather it responds and fluctuates based on what the Fed is signaling, whether or not it will continue to pump....it's not real, it's not on the backs of the little man but a result of gimmickry like everything else associated with this administration, it has a shelf life and it's running out .....a tiny bright spot perhaps...if you are really searching for one... on a very dark and unavoidable horizon......

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

depends on how you look at it, the market isn't moving based on the performance of the economy but rather it responds and fluctuates based on what the Fed is signaling, whether or not it will continue to pump....it's not real, it's not on the backs of the little man but a result of gimmickry like everything else associated with this administration, it has a shelf life and it's running out .....a tiny bright spot perhaps...if you are really searching for one... on a very dark and unavoidable horizon......

Oh, I agree with you that it's not real...it just makes it more krazy that the one bright spot, is the one symbol of the economy that liberals despise the most. If Romney were president, and the only indicator that improved was the stock market, liberals would be saying that Romney was rigging the economy to enrich Wall Street fatcats. You can't make this stuff up.

Obamacare may well hurt the Democrats more in 2014 than it did in 2010.