Maureen Dowd Hits Obama: That Didn't Take Long!

Not a surprise, that President Obama's detractors are trying to rip to shreds. Hey they were trying to make him responsible for all of Bush/Cheney's practically before he won the election. Heard on an NBC panel last Sunday how blame for our countries ills can be assigned to Obama too. Thankfully most reasonalbe people are aware it's gonna take at least 3 months before any assessment of his performance in office has any merit.

I don't believe it! The blinders are actually starting to come off...

Blah, blah, blah, blah and blah. Go away Dowd and the rest of you. President Barack Hussein Obama will do just fine without wagging talking-heads who really don't know what will remedy economy. Daschle. Cast a stone at Daschle or POTUS if you will. . . . . . Yes, your rants are making matters better for the People! Your rants are salves for hurting USA!

How outrageous that Congress would even consider voting on, let alone passing, this ridiculous "emergency stimulus package."

Our home value has declined, our investments cut in half, and they have the audacity to put in hundreds of billions of dollars of pork, of non-stimulus irrevocable entitlement spending programs -- all before making even one penny of accounting for the $350B already put out there, to say nothing of the fact that Congress and the "experts" can't even be certain the "stimulus" package will even work.

Time for Congress to call a "time out," get a grip, and figure out what really needs to be done and then get it done. And PUH LEASE do not simply think reducing the amount of the fake stimulus package by a couple of hundred billion is the solution.

The focus should not be on winning popular sentiment; it should be about controlling spending, controlling debt and getting the honest, hardworking Americans who have lost TRILLIONS in personal wealth the realistic prospect of recovering their losses. Big spending programs will slow the restoration of wealth, reduce its ultimate return and saddle my children with problems so vast there will be no hope.

Congress can put all the "stimulus" into the financial system etc. they want and guess what? People like me, still with cash, and income, are not going to change our behavior ONE LITTLE BIT. We are going to recapitalize our family, replace our lost savings and investments by saving more and spending less, and less and less, until we are back to where we used to be before Congress, Obama and even Bush screwed up so irresponsibly.

We are going to save. Why? Because we don't want debt. Why? Because we can never trust this Congress, especially controlled by so many free spending children, to ever run things responsibly again. Consequently, who cares if the banks aren't lending? We don't want their money even if they tried to loan it to us at 2%. We have to make sure our families are NEVER exposed to such arrogant, irresponsible abuse of power by people who definitely know better but, frankly, just don't care or are too cowardly to do what they know in their hearts is right.

Unbelievable that Congress, Obama and others in the media continuing attempting to pin the whole fiasco on Wall Street. Unbelievable that this child in the White House thinks capping exec comp at $500K is meaningful. Just how much is that move going to fix my problems? How is it going to "stimulate" the economy? How?

Maybe Obama should cap the salary/total comp of the entire Congress to $500K? After all, they are guiltier than anyone else in their long, long standing failure to address these problems.


I'm disgusted. Congress should be thrown out onto the street. When they walk down the street, or drive in their subsidized limo for all I care, I don't know how they havethe temerity to look any of us in the eye. They certainly don’t deserve to. They don’t deserve the blessings theyhave. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Bunch of children.

Pass it on.

db

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If all these so called experts are so great at telling us how to fix the economy, where were they the last 8 years as we were sinking? Seems to me there would be no crisis if all the experts had implemented their genius ideas 8 years ago.

Of course Obama will get some blame, he is allowing a lot of pork spending. Get down to basics and do what is right to get the economy going. Sometimes "experts" don't know much. Call on the people that have lost jobs, call on those that have lost in their 401s. Call on the people that are living through this economy failure. I will believe in the government and the people when, the rich execs in ALL companies take a pay cut, our lawmakers take a pay cut (God knows they have made millions while in office). Do people like Kennedy, Pelosi, McCain,etc really need the MONEY WE PAY THEM?

The problems with appointees is a little concerning to be sure. To me, it is mostly a problem because of the self set standard that President Obama proclaimed leading up to, and after the election. It is indicative of the Washington culture where they do not feel they have to play by the rules they create, just us.

I am not a fan of the stimulus bill myself. However, as much as I hate it I am more concerned with the way it is being pushed through. It is nothing but fear mongering. Yes it is a rough recession, but it is not like we have never had a recession.

I hear President Obama’s next speech will have a new twist to push voting for the package. He is going to buy his girls a puppy today. Then he is going to hold it up on camera and threaten to kill it if we don’t just go along!

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Not a big fan of Maureen Dowd. She will turn on a dime against anyone. And, she will write anything that draws attention to herself. Now, she can be known as one of the first Obama supporters to turn on Team Obama.

I still believe that "Yes, We Can", but Obama has got to do more listening. His popularity is dropping because he is not empowering the people. His movement is slowly going home or being shown the door. The Party is over and he's more interested in selecting sides in a basketball game that is strictly by invitation only. Obama's strength came from empowerment and he's not using it. Declare war on Unemployment. Give the people a safety net and a job while they look for a real one. Eight dollars an hour is better than nothing. Bailing out the poor is far better than Welfare Bonus Checks for CEOs.

Why is Obama always saying that things are going to get much worse?

Say what you will about Maureen Dowd - she does seem to have her finger on the pulse of what is going on in the country. Obama will find out - as any President before him - that the honeymoon is short.
Dowd had several nicknames for Dick Cheney in particular from her editorials - "Dr. No" from the James Bond movie and "The Grim Reaper." Pretty good. And yes, Dowd was just as merciless on the Clinton administration as well. I rather enjoy her "snarky, cynical" writing style.

Thank you for DAVE for voicing exactly how I feel!!

It is time that people realize this irresponsible attitude regarding spending is what got into this mess. And Obama and the Congress WILL NOT be able to make it go away by sending out millions of checks written on OUR money! Our country's future and the future of our children depends on getting it right NOW! Nothing will be immediate, but spending billions will certainly NOT get us going in the right direction either! Anyone associated with the Senate/House banking committees should be asked to pay $1million each for their role of oversight that caused this debacle! Chris Dodd and Barney Frank should be the first escorted out of Washington by the PEOPLE! I am tired of ridiculous excuses for reasons why the people's business is mishandled year after year. Many warnings were given regarding this debacle years ago and blasted by the media and Democrats as they were unwilling to give up their all expense paid free-for-all ride! It is time we held elected officials to a higher standard and made certain that campaign promises made are kept!!! No lobbyist hiring means NONE Mr. Obama--it is too late to change your mind about the lofty ideals you spoke of, and were so self-righteously linked to before November.

We didn't need Obama as President to put together a Cabinet of so many Clinton retreads. Sixteen days and I've alread got "buyer's remorse." Obama needs the book "Being President for Dummies." It's going to be a loooooooooog four years.

Put the money in the hands of the people. We will pay off our morgages...cars...debt. Those without will buy homes and cars reducing the open stock of home sitting rotting on the streets. The money will go right back up the chain, and help the failing banks buy letting the people control where it goes.

Watching the debate in the Senate of the current "Economic Recovery Plan" being considered is like watching a bunch of confused sailors on a sinking boat. There is a gaping hole in the side of the hull and some of the sailors are saying "Quick we need more oars so that we can row ashore!" Others are saying "We need to raise the sails to catch more wind!", a majority are saying "We need to make more life boats so that we can abandon ship!" When what they should be doing is trying to repair the hole that is sinking the ship!
In my opinion that canon ball is the housing problem which created the hole and continues to let in water to sink the ship! Repair the hull of the ship and it will continue to float!
What we need is the Captain of the ship, President Obama, to focus the sailors on the real problem. If he fails to do this, I'm sorry to say, that this Captain will go down with the ship.

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Three credit reporting companies control the lives of millions of Americans. They provide the score that determines if we can buy a car,a home or receive any credit at all. Anyone in foreclosure or any one late with a single credit card payment or having any money problems can find themselves in credit limbo. The people that need the help the most can not get that help no matter what the government does with the stimulus plan. These credit reporting companies must be shut down if there is going to be a recovery

To Dave who wrote the quoted rant below __ First__ "even Bush screwed up irresponsibly" __ so, go to Bush, Paulson & Co. who distributed the first $350 billion re troubled assets for a report! You can't, they dumped on President 44, Barack Obama! Their hands are now free of their IRRESPONSIBILITIES but their hands waft no rose aroma for Bush legacy !

Second __ how fortunate you are: got job, got income, got money!
Third __ but your ranting, ranting provides no hope for the jobless, the income-less, the money-less!
Fourth __ Within the Bush eight years with all the wars funded and tax cuts to the wealthy and inflated mortgages to the "poor," the USA economy sickened to death, BUT the super-rich of the Bush eight years felt NO pain! Bush and fat cats sought no DOCTOR!
Now here we are, fat cats and the rest of the USA__
If YOU have fool-proof PRESCRIPTION to return USA economy to health, submit same to whitehouse.gov POST HASTE __ In the meantime, congratulations that you feel no PAIN right now!

BUT the rest of us __ desperate wage earners, job-seekers receiving unemployment benefits __ need whatever "stimulus" we can get RIGHT NOW! FAST! NOT in your enviable flush position, Dave, even AN IMPERFECT STIMULUS will be welcomed by so many of us.

(Dave wrote: "Congress can put all the "stimulus" into the financial system etc. they want and guess what? People like me, still with cash, and income, are not going to change our behavior ONE LITTLE BIT. We are going to recapitalize our family, replace our lost savings and investments by saving more and spending less, and less and less, until we are back to where we used to be before Congress, Obama and even Bush screwed up so irresponsibly.")

Oh stop it already. Bush is gone. Time to start critiquing the new Prez. The Bush-bashing is over, the man is gone, you've had 8 years to be unsupportive and un-American towards him...but that's over now.
But let's do discuss the travesty that's been the cabinet selections of an unqualfied, inexperienced Commander in Chief, shall we? At this point in time the main priorty should be placing people in positions that will benefit the country...but somehow that's proven to be a tad too much for Mr. O. I'm sorry but this should be "Being President 101" so whatever benefit of the doubt I was willing to give someone who was obviously unqualified to begin with is quickly deteriorating. Or maybe it's just that whoever he picks in the Democratic Party is a criminal of some nature, thereby detouring some fault directly to them? Which is it, or maybe a little of both?