June 11, 2012 Archives

June 11, 2012 Archives

Krauthammer: Obama "Believes Big Government Is The Answer To Every Problem, Including Unemployment"

"What I think the president is portraying with this statement where he says about the public sector workers is his belief they are equivalent to private sector jobs," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said about President Obama's comment last week,

Levin On Obama: "We Got His Back? He's Supposed To Have Our Back"

Mark Levin reacts to a radio ad by the Obama administration that targets the black community. In the ad the narrator asks for black voters to have Obama's back in November. MARK LEVIN: Now, I may have

Obama Surprised To Hear ObamaCare Hurts Small Businesses

President Obama doesn't believe that ObamaCare made a small business close up shop and says his signature piece of legislation doesn't have any regulations that harm business. Transcript follows. KTIV-TV (Sioux City, Iowa) reporter Matt Breen: "One of those businesses that I mentioned said very specifically when they said they needed to close up



Obama Explains Wisconsin Absence: "I've Got A Lot Of Responsibilities"

"The truth of the matter is that as president of the United States, I've got a lot of responsibilities," President Obama told WBAY-TV when asked why he didn't come to Wisconsin to campaign for Tom Barrett (D-Wis.) in his bid to recall Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) "I was supportive of Tom and have been supportive of Tom," Obama said to the local Gr

Fehrnstrom: "Need Time-Lapse Photography" To See Economic Growth

"I don't know what he meant, I only know what he said. He said the private sector is doing fine and that's not the case. I mean, you need time lapse photography to detect any movement in this slow-growing economy," Romney senior Eric Fehrnstrom told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Monday afternoon.

Burton: GOP Creating "Distraction" With Obama's "Doing Fine" Remark

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News: How well did he do in the briefing room on Friday promoting his agenda? Bill Burton, Priorities USA PAC: The whole reason the president went out there was to talk about the fact that the economy is not growing fast enough, that we have to do more. Mitchell: I know. But in reality, when he said the private sector i



Carney Lectures Press On "Doing Fine" Comment: "Do Your Jobs And Report On Context"

White House press secretary Jay Carney lashed out at the White House press after he was asked about President Obama's "the private sector is doing fine" comment at Monday's press briefing. "In this recovery that has seen 4.3 million jobs i

Limbaugh: "Obama Believes That There's Too Much Private Sector"

RUSH LIMBAUGH: Do you think Obama knows anybody in the private sector apart from his campaign donors? Did he knew anybody in the private sector before he went into politics? You know, it's no wonder he gets this all mixed up. He doesn't know! And I'm being charitable here. The other side of this is he does know and this is just deceitful as it can

Howard Dean: "We Look At Wisconsin As A Win"

"First of all. We look at Wisconsin as a win. We, which was not reported in the mainstream media -- we picked up a Senate seat which denies Scott Walker an majority in the Senate," former DNC chairman Howard Dean said at the Netroots Nation conference. Q: Do you think there’s a change in the relationship between the Democratic base and labor,



Bill Maher: "Get Over" The Idea Of American Exceptionalism

On Friday's broadcast of the online-only "Overtime" portion of HBO's "Real Time," host Bill Maher explained his disdain for the phrase "American exceptionalism," lamenting we are a stupid country. This led Maher to explain why he thinks Mormonism will be America's religion in the next 100 years because, according to him, "It's a stupid religion and

Obama Ad Targets Blacks: "Show The President We Have His Back"

“Four years ago we made history,” a male announcer says. “Now it’s time to move forward and finish what we started together. We have to show the President we have his back.” The spot is inter-cut with audio from President Obama’s speeches, touching on familiar political and campaign themes. “I refuse to pay for another millionaireâ

Cutter: Romney's Solution For Economy Is To "Fire More People"

Stephanie Cutter, President Obama’s deputy campaign manager, appears on Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien to talk about recent comments by Pres. Obama and Mitt Romney on the economy. Cutter says, “I think the American people understand what [President Obama] was saying on Friday…. [Pres. Obama’s] had a plan before Congress for nine m



Krugman: Cutbacks In Public Sector Are What's Hurting The Recovery

“The real story about this economy is that the cutbacks at the public sector are what’s hurting the recovery," Paul Krugman said in his defense of President Obama declaring the private second to be just fine. “By this point in Obamaâ

Former Obama Adviser Steven Rattner: Private Sector Not Doing Fine

Steven Rattner, former advisor to President Obama disagrees with the president's claim that the private sector economy is doing "just fine." “I think you have a hard time saying the private sector is doing fine,” Mr. Rattner said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," noting that close to 5 million private-sector jobs have disappeared since the beginning

Bay Buchanan: Obama Has "Crushed Hopes And Dreams" Of Americans

"He’s the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world," Romney surrogate Bay Buchanan told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. "He had to take some responsibility for the economy that his policies have created after three and a half years. Take a little responsibility. Show a little leadership." "What has failed in this country,

Romney Web Ad Rips Obama For Private Sector "Doing Fine" Remark

Romney campaign: Last Friday, the unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent and 300,000 more people joined the long-term unemployed. One week later, President Obama said the private sector is doing fine. Only a president that presides over forty months of unemployment over 8 percent would think that the last jobs report is "doing fine." These comme

Axelrod: Voters "Are Going To Judge What The President Has Done"

"This is the kind of thing that we do in campaigns. Your community and my community. We get all excited about it. The question is what it means. Is there transcendent meaning to it in November? Will people be making judgments on this? No, they are going to judge what the president has done," David Axelrod told host Charlie Rose on CBS's "This Morni

"God Bless the USA" Song Banned By NY Kindergarten Principal

YouTube description: Luz Lozada, mother of Kindergartner at PS90 visit FNC's Brian Kilmeade and shares the story of how her son, Daniel Mitchell (along with the rest of the graduating Kindergarten class) was banned by the Principal Greta Hawkins, from singing Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA"; only to be swapped out by Justin Bieber's song "Baby"

Chris Hayes: "We Need More Leaks And Not Less"

"I think we need more leaks and not less. I mean I actually think that we should know how the war is operating and what's going on with a kill list that's operating out of the White House or what covert activities we're engaged in," MSNBC's Chris Hayes said on NBC's "Today" show on Monday.


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