The members of the media who savaged my stepmother Nancy Reagan for buying new china for the White House – dinnerware that will last for decades – have for the most part either ignored the cost and the significance of Michelle Obama’s regal visit to Spain or downplayed it.
Did the Democrats deflate in Tuesday’s primaries? Absolutely not. President Obama with fellow Democrats on Wednesday were basking in sweet victories of the midterm election season as Sen. Michael Bennet won in Colorado’s Democratic primary, changing the storyline that all incumbents are doomed.
Every horrendous thing one could possibly say about President Obama has been said, repeated, blogged, taped, printed, e-mailed, syndicated, broadcasted and most likely spray painted somewhere. Some of the verbal grenades are slightly off-base. For example: you know who’s really offended by Obama being called a Nazi? Nazis.
On July 2, President Obama declared, “And finally, because of this law, the American people will never again be asked to foot the bill for Wall Street’s mistakes. (Applause.) There will be no more tax-funded bailouts – period. (Applause.) If a large financial institution should ever fail, this reform gives us the ability to wind it down without endangering the broader economy.”
Christina Romer, chairwoman of Pres. Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, has decided to resign on Thursday during a recession that does not appear to be ending soon, according to a statement released by the White House.
U.S. President Barack Obama celebrated his 49th birthday with his longtime friends in his Chicago hometown on Wednesday after fleeing the empty White House for a more intimate celebration.
“I’m sick of wasteful government spending. It’s time we throw the bums out!” “You raise a fair point. A Congressional Budget Office brief says our growing debt could lead to a real fiscal crisis if investors lose confidence in the federal government’s ability to manage its budget.”
I’m writing to wish you many happy returns on your 49th birthday next Wednesday, and also to explain why I declined to add my name to the card that Mrs. Obama asked me and several million of your closest admirers to sign.
With the deaths of three additional U.S. troops on July 29, this month is officially the bloodiest of the nine-year conflict in Afghanistan. The death toll for July is up to 63 and it captures the record as the deadliest month for Americans so far.
President Obama has become quite the hawk when it comes to the war in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama has approved a surge of 21,000 troops that will bring U.S. military forces there to 68,000. And recently he confidently promised that the U.S. will “disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida in Pakistan and Afghanistan.”