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Many have made the connection between the new ABC series V and Obamania.  Judge for yourself — the pilot is now available at ABC.com.

 

Bush or Obama: The Quiz

By Randall Hoven

(Ask an Obamabot to take it)

via American Thinker

Barack has a truth ache

Michael Goodwin:

After South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson shouted, “You lie!” as President Obama pitched health care to a joint session of Congress, even Republicans ran from their rude colleague. Two months later, however, most Americans are reaching a similar conclusion about Obama, and not just on health care.

They now believe Obama was not honest about how he would govern. His campaign promises, they say, bear little resemblance to the president he is.

Full article: NewYorkPost.com.

This Is Obama’s Economic Crisis Now – NYTimes.com

By CHARLES M. BLOW

In October 2008, the candidate Barack Obama delivered a major economic speech in Toledo, Ohio. In it he said: “Right now, we face an immediate economic emergency, and that requires urgent action. We can’t wait to help workers and families and communities who are struggling right now — who don’t know if their job or their retirement will be there tomorrow; who don’t know if next week’s paycheck will cover this month’s bills. … We need to pass an economic rescue plan for the middle-class, and we need to do it not five years from now, not next year, we need to do it right now.

“So today I’m proposing a number of steps that we should take immediately to stabilize our financial system, provide relief to families and communities and help struggling homeowners. It’s a plan that begins with one word that’s on everybody’s mind, and it’s easy to spell: J-O-B-S.”

“Right now,” “immediate economic emergency,” “requires urgent action,” “can’t wait.” Wow! He gave the impression that job creation would be his top priority, that action would be swift and effective, that his solutions would not only stanch the hemorrhaging, but reverse the trend.

Fast forward. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released unemployment figures for October 2009. The official rate was 10.2 percent, up more than 50 percent from the time Obama gave that speech. Oops, nevermind.

via NYTimes.com.

Visiting the White House – Townhall.com

Bill O’Reilly :

The day before Halloween, the White House released a partial list of visitors since Jan. 20 of this year. The list is fascinating and highlights exactly what kind of house the Obamas are running.

Full article: Townhall.com.

‘Created or saved’ doesn’t add up – POLITICO.com

Joseph Lawler -

It is hard to reconcile Friday’s dismal Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report with Vice President Joe Biden’s claim from the previous Friday that “the Recovery Act is operating as advertised.” The BLS related the news that almost 200,000 more jobs were lost in the past month – the 14th consecutive month with losses in the hundreds of thousands – and that the unemployment rate now stands at 10.2 percent. Despite the barrage of terrible employment figures, don’t expect the administration to back off its bold claim that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is on pace to deliver its promised year-end 1 million jobs “created or saved.”

The Obama Administration has demonstrated a knack for clever grammatical constructions, and “created or saved” might be the most artful. By using jobs saved and not just jobs created as the measuring stick, the administration is able to trumpet eye-catchingly large numbers – as attested by the Biden’s triumphal pronouncement that $160 billion of spending had already created or saved almost 650,000 jobs.

via POLITICO.com.

The President of the United States Said That? – The Corner on National Review Online

President Obama, in his pitch to Democrats on the Hill today (from the New York Times):

Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.”

via The Corner on National Review Online.

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Peggy Noonan: The Rose Garden Path – WSJ.com

The White House has gotten bad at listening, and now it’s paying the price.

Article can be found at WSJ.com.

Paterson Empowered By Obama’s Election Woes – wcbstv.com

Gov. Still Plans To Run Despite President’s Request He Not

via wcbstv.com.