Obama Mocks Tea Partiers: You should thank me for cutting taxes

Via Dan Riehl, this may well be the single most obnoxious soundbite he’s uttered since his immortal bitter/clinger bon mot during the campaign. Which, if I’m not mistaken, also occurred at a fundraiser. Funny, the thoughts that bubble up when he’s among friends.

You’re welcome, America.

President Barack Obama said Thursday he’s amused by the anti-tax tea party protests that have been taking place around Tax Day.

Obama told a fundraiser in Miami that he’s cut taxes, contrary to the claims of protesters.

“You would think they’d be saying thank you,” he said.

At that, many in the crowd at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts stood and yelled, “Thank you!”

Let’s see. For starters, he’s lying: He has raised some taxes, contrary to his campaign pledge two years ago. But more than that, he seems almost to be laughing at people for being concerned about deficits. Did we or did we not learn just last night that a majority of tea partiers think their taxes are fair? They’re not some fanatic “zero tax” movement, in other words. They’re willing to pay what they’re paying now; what they want is a government small enough to make ends meet with what they’re paying. By The One’s logic, if he lowered the top marginal income tax bracket to one percent, we should expect tea partiers to fall on their knees and shout hallelujah even though it would mean annual deficits many times the trillion-dollar leviathans we’re currently saddled with. Anyone think that would happen? Anyone except Obama not yet grasp that conservatives want fiscal responsibility, not lower taxes at any and all costs?

What’s most amazing about this is that everyone understands the feds will need to raise taxes, and soon, to try to put a dent in our Everest of liabilities. That was the entire point of Paul Volcker, Obama’s own advisor, whispering about a VAT a few weeks ago. Tax hikes are simply a fait accompli, due in no small part to The One’s own unprecedented spending, and we’d probably have them already if not for his political cowardice in refusing to demand them before his reelection bid. And yet here he is, actually patting himself on the back for being a tax-cutter. Unbelievable.

Source: HotAir.com

Obama Would ‘Rather Be Really Good One-Term President’ Tells ABC

“I can guarantee that the worst thing we could do would be to raise taxes when the economy is still this weak,”

President Obama, buffeted by criticism of his massive health care reform bill and election setbacks, said today he remained determined to tackle health care and other big problems despite the political dangers to his presidency.

The president tells Diane Sawyer about his first term and poll numbers. “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” he told ABC’s “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview today….

…”I can guarantee that the worst thing we could do would be to raise taxes when the economy is still this weak,” he replied.

Read the rest at ABC News.

In a two party system, the “other guys” are the only choice when the public wants a change. Obama (and the Democrats) misinterpreted their election as a mandate to advance their left wing agenda.

The message from Massachusetts was loud and clear. Being an independent lot, Americans want jobs rather than nanny state health care. They want to take care of themselves, not green socialism at the expense of the economy.

Perhaps the “ONE” has taken his repudiation in Massachusetts to heart. While his fall from grace is no doubt painful, it forces him to listen to what Americans really want.

It remains to be seen if Obama will simply shift his rhetoric and continue on a collision course with a growing number of Americans that prefer substance over style, or get off the perpetual campaign trail and get to work. Americans want a President that takes responsibility, governs from the middle and gets things done.

If that happens he could be a really good one term President and that would be good for all of us.

Blame George Bush Mantra at Obama/Coakley Rally

“If you think there’s magic out there and things can be turned around overnight, then you would vote for someone who could promise you that”

In retrospect that sounds like advice we could have applied to Barack Obama last November, but those are the words of Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I) as applied to Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for the Senate seat in Massachusets left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Kennedy uttered those words after a rally for Martha Coakley, who has been floundering in the polls as the special election approaches next Tuesday January 19th.

Just to show how desperate the Democrats are, President Obama came to the rally to campaign for Coakley despite the fact that if she loses it makes the election a referendum about him, not just a race for a Senate seat.

Kennedy went on to blame George Bush and then said this.

“One thing the Democrats have done wrong? We haven’t kept the focus on this disaster on the Republicans who brought it upon us. We’ve tried too hard to do that right thing, and that’s to fix it, as opposed to spend more of our time and energy pointing the finger at who got us [here] in the first place.”

This is funny because a year after taking office, President Obama still publicly blames George Bush. It used to be that the buck stops with the President. Until Obama was elected, it was considered inappropriate and un-Presidential to blame your predecessor. In actuality, it still is. There is plenty of blame to go around for both parties so people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, and in this case, the White House is a glass house.

Republican Scott Brown is leading in the polls and peaking at just the right time. It would be a delicious catastrophe for the Democrats to lose the Kennedy seat, and yes it would be a referendum on Obama, even if he didn’t come.

Read the rest at Hotline On Call.

Obama’s First Test, Will He Stand Up To Gays?

Does President Elect Obama have the mettle to make a decision and stick with it?

Obama has chosen Rick Warren, the senior pastor of Saddleback Church in southern California to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. 

Obama’s choice has ignited a rash of criticism from gays who are seeking to oust Warren from the ceremony because of his support for Proposition 8 in California.

If Obama caves into their demands, it will be difficult to imagine him advocating for America  against global competitors or enemies. This is not a litmus test on gay rights as the homosexual community would have you believe, but a test of Obama’s character. Any decision he makes as President will anger someone, and we are watching to see if he has the courage of his convictions.

OPEC, and The US Government; Parasites Die When They Kill Their Host.

Get out your tiny violins for the oil speculators and OPEC countries as the price of oil has more than halved from last summer. They are having an emergency.

VIENNA (Reuters) – An emergency OPEC meeting on Friday reached swift agreement to chop production by 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) as a first step toward halting a deep oil price slide.

International benchmark U.S. crude has slumped by well over 50 percent from a record high of $147.27 hit in July. On Friday, it fell again to just over $63 a barrel.

The price of gas last summer took so much money out of the American economy it triggered the global financial crisis. OPEC is trying to cut production to stabilize prices.

“The decision was straightforward,” Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said after the meeting.

“OPEC will do whatever is necessary to balance oil markets.”

Before the roughly two hours of talks, which ended just before noon, ministers had been in broad agreement about the need to reduce production, but had disagreed over the extent of any cut.

They said they had to balance their own needs with those of a flailing world economy.

“Any cut should not affect the global (financial) market,” said Kuwaiti Oil Minister Mohammed al-Olaim, adding the reduction would be “a wise cut.” source

When a parasite kills the host, the parasite dies too. They have wounded the beast they live on and are trying to stay alive without killing it.

Barack Obama should be paying attention. History has shown that tax reductions have increased the flow to the US Treasury , and increases have the opposite effect.

People with money spend it, or invest it. That creates jobs. If it is taken away, they will do less of both.

When Obama raises taxes next year, will it kill the already injured host?

There’s still time, vote no on Obama.