Chuck Todd : "Why haven't you asked for something specific that the public should be sacrificing to participate in this economic recovery?"
( Gee , Chuck let me answer that for you....We Americans - the Working Class have sacrificed plenty- jobs, homes, vacations , food, meals out, movies,healthcare and meds, Holidays, new Anything, College and you think people have NOT sacrificed ??? What planet do you live on ?????ohhhhhhh, that's right- you live in the DC bubble....silly me..)
And Obama's response to Ed Henry- I would LOVE to have it on a Bumper Sticker.....
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really short speech...off to questions within Minutes:::
Dodd;::
asks what the Public should Sacrifice ?
( gee thanks Dodd...???What the hell- WHY not ask what the CEOS's should sacrifice ????)
Luckily Obama answered that there have to be some restrictions on the Managements and Executives...and Obama remembered that families are sacrificing left and right- phew....
talks about the Budget focuses on healthcare, education and energy....and growth....
explaining what has not sustained the current economy....
Obama looks tired and worried...and dead serious....
"despite the economic hard times" the people are still paying attention...and we need the support of the American people.
Jake of ABC:::
"middle class tax cut and cap and trade are not in the current budget that Dems are working on..."
( really ? )
Obama::::
we need serious healthcare and energy and education policies...we need to invest in these programs...I have not seen the final product and I am confident that those will be in place for the next two years....we have to move to a new energy era ( cap and trade) that would take into account pollution and what it really costs...
Chip Reid::
(well well carrying water for the GOP....)
he asks about How Obama will cause our Children to have a HUGE debt in years to come...
Obama ::
points out that he INHERITED HUGE Deficit...HUGE....biggest EVER from the GOP led govt....( good on him for Reminding the Press about this)....If we dont tackle education and energy and infrastructure - we won't grow at all- let's invest in what leads to growth....these critics have not put out their OWN budgets and there is a reason for that...Huge Healthcare costs will have to be tackeled - and stuctural problems that were in the budget LONG before I got here....we won't get out of this...we can work on all of this and get rid of Expensive wasteful programs and practices that need to be eliminated and re worked...( in healthcare and education)
Chip::
but the Deficit will go up and up in next few years...
( geez I don't remember him ONCE asking Bush about his effin Deficit ????? or wasteful spending or the cost of WAR ?????)
Obama explains that projected costs and cuts will need to be re-examined and evaluated over time...
Miliatary spending and procurement spending are going to be lower than the 60's-( I hope that is true)...
this will be tough....but we are going to have to work on it.
Lordis:::
Question about Curbing Violence in Mexico- do you consider it a National Security Threat- do you think you need to send more troops
O:::
we are sending more personnell and agents and working with the govt. and sending what is needed to start dealing with the Drug Cartels and help the Mexican Govt deal with a very challenging situation....if these efforts do not help or make a difference then we will need to evaluate.
we need to do what we can to help deal with these Drug Cartels and flow of guns and drugs.
Someone:::
????Something about Costs of Military- Procurement and Vet Costs ( I did not understand the question at all)
O:::
answers that he is making sure that the VETS get the care that they need, and esp admission rates and PTSD etc. and those issues should be properly funded....I am working on procurement system and HOW it is funded and What is funded and what is needed.....many think the current system do not work....
Ed Henry:::
carrying more GOP water ( and saying I join Chip and Jake's questions..oye...I guess they had a team meeting this afternoon)....
Again saying that Obama is handing a huge debt to his children...
O::
reduce Health Care Costs ...that is important....
that is the Biggest Cost we are facing....we need to look at "Entitlements"....
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( I know it is - but hey- Pentagon is where alot more money has been spent the last 10 years - than Healthcare...gee- this worries me- is it going to be the bottem of the pile and used to balance the budget ??? Entitlements...this kind of talk makes me nervous....as a nurse...I worry)
Major from Fox::
Question about Chinese Concern and the Economy....and also global concerns about our economy....
( I am confused by his question- he should have just asked about the Chinese buying one trillion of the bad debt...that would be a question that makes sense...)
O::::
let's do what is needed that is what we need to say to the G20...and avoid protectionism....the dollar is strong right now....investors do think that american economy is strong ( really ???) the world is responding to our change in the administration.
( Gee I hope he calls on Someone who asks a Populism Question....)
Mike Allen of Politico:::
??? tax policy and interest rate to change to charities ( I do not understand the question..)
O::::
he is explaining Taxes to middle class ? and rates that apply...etc...
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be right back- have to throw pizza in...
Ann Comptom ABC:::::
Race question....
( doesnt NBC have a reporter there ? I thought Chuck was MSNBC...)
Jon Moore Wash Times;:::
Stem Cell question- moral question...
O::
handles it fine....
( Comment::: gee do our Reporters need to return to Journalism School ???? ...wow...)
Some British Guy:::
asking about Isreal and what will happen...
O::
he says that we don't know what will happen..
.( gee aint'that the truth)
okay...
so I went downtstairs to check the oven..
came back..
and now it's over...
???
wow...that was kind of strange....the reporters did not ask about the budget really ??? and they did not ask any questions about the Economy ???( only 4 questions were asked...)
really odd...why can't reporters ask questions about things we care about ???
Thanks for the recap, Enigma. I didn't get to watch it as I was out at a neighborhood meeting. I'm glad he pointed out yet again that the GOP started the huge deficit, not him. Why is it no one seems to remember this? Amazing how short their memories are!
Maui:::
Not one of the press there wants to talk about the REAL Deficit and WHY Obama inherited it...maybe our press has been dummed down too much ?
Chuck Todd' s question ( I wrote dodd above- oooops) asked about the People sacrificing ????omg.it was downhill from there...
You worry about members of Pres. Obama's cabinet not getting it.. there is your problem.. it is not the president and the cabinet members not getting it.. it is the reporters and the media not getting it.. They are so out of touch with the rest of us.. with the middle of the country, with the heart of us.. they have no clue what any of us are really going through.
That's why the Prez always wants to get out and visit with people and he even said that others needed to do that.. He lets his cabinet members know if they forget what is going on... I am sure of that..
Annette::
I have said before I KNOW Obama gets it...its his people- his team that worries me- ie. Larry Summers and Christina Roemer....and I am not sure of Geithner and if they are in charge of advising him on the financial picture...I just hope they understand Mainstreet - that's all...( and from interviews...well I have some doubts...)
Now the other part of this is so true- the Media....reporters..yeah...there are so many good questions they could have asked last night- if they had listened to him or read his oped...
I am grateful that Obama is doing town meetings- and maybe in the end that will educate the media too ( and his cabinet...)
We had the same reaction about Chuck Todd! It was a true numbass question. We The People are sacrificing every single day this goes on & will be passing on this sacrifice to children/grandchildren.
The question about race was completely off the wall, too. And that FOX guy asking about China made sure to point out they were now a COMMUNIST nation! Like they just turned communist, or something? of course, he was just trying to get another communist dig in at Obama, something FOX will use to flog that china investing in US treasuries makes us communist-debtors & will turn us into communists...or something...who can follow the mind of FOX?
Otherwise, I have to say, I watched Obama with pride & great gratitude that he is at the helm during all this.
Obama did great and I loved that he called on Other Media- Ie Ebony and the Stars and Stripes guy ( who Bush never called on )....but really Chippy Reid and Chuck Todd and Ed Henry- man that is some wicked koolaid they been drinking....and yeah the "Sacrifice " Question really did get me...pissed me off...
oye...
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