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Cheney: Obama Worse Than Carter – One of Our Weakest Presidents
Dick Cheney is certainly back in the political arena.
The former Vice President minces no words about President Barack Obama.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in his first interview since a heart transplant operation in March, blasted President Obama calling him “one of our weakest presidents.”
“Obviously, I’m not a big fan of President Obama,” said Cheney in an excerpt from an interview with ABC News aired Monday on “Good Morning America.” “I think he’s been one of our weakest presidents. I fundamentally disagree with him philosophically, be hard put to find any Democratic president I disagree with more.”
Asked by ABC’s Jonathan Karl if Obama was “worse than Jimmy Carter in your perspective,” Cheney responded “yes.”
I don’t know about worse than Carter.
During Carter’s Presidency we had foreign policy humiliation (Iranian hostage crisis and failed rescue attempt), a poor economy (stagflation) and gasoline lines.
At least President Obama has had some foreign policy success with the killing of Bin Laden. But, the economy has been extremely poor and he will have to justify his policy decisions in the November election.
Here is the Cheney interview in an embedded video below:
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President 2012: Obama and Carter – Same Problems and Same Excuses
Obama’s America. MalazyBoth are failed Presidents and ONE TERM.
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President 2012: In Key Battleground States Unemployment Has Increased Since October 2008
Electoral College vote map of Larry Sabato
Chris illizza over at the Washington Post looks at key battleground states for the Presidential race of 2012 and gives the data. You know the question in one of the Presidential debates to President Obama will be (like GOP challenger Ronald Reagan asked President Jimmy Carter in 1980): “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”Well, with the regards to unemployment the news is not good for President Obama.
And that raw political reality could put President Obama in a difficult spot as he prepares to seek another four years in the White House amid conflicting signs about the relative health of the economy.
The state-by-state unemployment numbers released late last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics tell the story.
In every one of the 14 swing states heading into 2012 — Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin — the unemployment rate has risen since October 2008.
The increases range from the tiny — just a 0.7-point jump in Minnesota and New Hampshire — to the titanic in places like Nevada (up 4.4 points) and Florida (up 3.6).
And, Obama’s only response will be: “You should have seen how bad it would have been.”
I don’t know if this is going to wash in Nevada and Florida.
But, on the other hand of these 14 swing states that Cillizza mentions only 4 have May unemployment above the national average. But, you know that is spin and unemployment generally is worse since President Obama has been in office.
President Reagan beat Jimmy Carter on the answer to the “better off” question. He won re-election because while unemployment was high, it was improving.
That “trend line” vote is why the late President Ronald Reagan won a second term overwhelmingly in 1984 despite the fact that the unemployment rate was at 7.3 percent in October of the election year. (It had been at 10.3 percent as recently as March 1983.)
The best way for Obama to counteract the “are you better off” question is to have evidence to point to that things are turning around — that whether or not you believe the country was on the brink of an economic catastrophe you see signs that your financial situation is improving and have reason to hope the future will be brighter.
The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll suggests he’s not there yet.
No, President Obama is not there yet and unless the economy improves very quickly, he will go the way of Jimmy Carter.
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Misery Index: Barack Obama is a One Term Jimmy Carter Type President?
If the Misery index of unemployment and inflation is the harbinger of election 2012, Barack Obama will NOT be re-elected.When it comes to measuring the combination of unemployment and inflation, it doesn’t get much more miserable than this.
In fact, misery, as measured in the unofficial Misery Index that simply totals the unemployment and inflation rates, is at a 28-year high, reflective of how weak the economic recovery has been and how far there is to go.
The index, first compiled during the soaring inflation days of the 1970s by economist Arthur Okun, is registering a nausea-inducing 12.7—9.1 percent for unemployment and 3.6 percent for annualized inflation—a number not seen since 1983. The index has been above 10 since November 2009 and had been under double-digits from June 1993 through May 2008.
But, President Reagan in the 1980’s had a plan to wring the misery out of the economy (created by President Jimmy Carter’s economic policies) – cuts in government spending, tax reform and tax cuts. Plus, Paul Volcker’s tight money policy at the Fed helped control inflation. I remember the high inflationary price pressures, high gold prices and rampant real estate speculation – plus, the gasoline lines under Carter.
Reagan won the election in 1980 with his plan to right the economy.
Without these policy changes and a dramatic improvement of the economy, Reagan would NOT have been re-elected in 1984.
President Obama knows what has worked in the past. He simply doesn’t believe these measures will work because of his political ideology of tax and redistribution of wealth.
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Poll Watch: JFK Still Highest Rated Modern President While Tricky Dick Nixon is the Lowest
No real surprise here, especially with the fall of Jimmy Carter who should be at the bottom anyway.Of the nine U.S. presidents who have served in the past 50 years, John F. Kennedy continues to earn the highest retrospective job approval rating from Americans, now 85%. Ronald Reagan ranks second, with 74%. While these presidents’ ratings are largely unchanged from 2006, Bill Clinton’s rating has improved, putting him in third place, while Jimmy Carter, at 52%, has dropped from third to sixth. Richard Nixon remains the lowest rated.
I disagree where W is in relation to Carter and LBJ. Those two Democrats were downright horrible. History will judge the second Bush better over time.
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Day By Day August 15, 2010 – Massage It
Well, the air we breathe might be next.But, in all likelyhood a Value Added Tax (VAT) to pay for ObamaCare and other government stimulus spending is the reality here.
Obama and the Congressional Democrats have turned the economy into a Jimmy Carter slow growth, high unemployment malaise. They have NO real solutions because of the debt they have created or will create with ObamaCare.
Obviously, “spreading the wealth around” which Obama instructed Joe the Plumber has been a failure. But, then again, it had failed before in America, Europe and the Soviet Union.
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Day By Day July 29, 2010 – Google It!
The LEFT has a track record of failure in American politics.Remember Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and now Barack Obama?
The only LEFT/Democrat President who has realized a modicum of success was Bill Clinton who declared the “Era of Big Government was over” and initiated welfare reform.
American voters will correct their mistakes of the past four years in November and bring balance back to government. Count on it.
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Day By Day December 17, 2009 – The Body Politic
Remember a decade ago when the mantra of the Bill Clinton Administration was the “era of big government is over?” And, why was this? How about record inflation, no or very slow economic growth, unemployment.After the disastrous Jimmy Carter Administration with stagflation, malaise and foreign policy missteps, President Barack Obama is reinventing the same “BIG GOVERNMENT.”
Didn’t the LEFT learn anything from Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and the remedies of the past?
Sadly No.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir September 16, 2009 – Color Me Unsurprised
Day By Day by Chris MuirPresident Obama and Congressional Democrats are facing Tea Party protests and are tanking in the polls. Washington D.C based pundits are forecasting massive Democrat Party election losses in 2010. So, what happens?The RACISM CARD is played.
And, by whom?
The WORST President ever = Jimmy Carter. Video here.
The country is in an uproar NOT because of Obama’s poor policy choices but because he has black skin.Wow!
Plus Ca Change
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Shocker: American Dollar Craters as Obama Debt Mounts
News Item: Dollar hits new multimonth low vs euro, pound, yenThe dollar kept falling Friday, notching fresh multimonth lows against the euro, pound and yen as a warning that Britain’s debt level may result in its credit rating being cut ricocheted into worries about the massive U.S. deficit.
The 16-nation euro rose to $1.4015 in morning trading from $1.3889 in New York late Thursday—its first time above $1.40 since Jan. 2.
The British pound rose to $1.5916 from $1.5890, peaking at $1.5945 earlier in the session, its highest point since Nov. 6.
Meanwhile, the dollar edged up to 94.51 Japanese yen from 94.23 yen—after earlier falling to 93.82, its lowest point since Feb. 23.
“The problem for the U.S. is particularly acute because of its reserve status,” said UBS analyst Brian Kim in an e-mail to investors Friday. Major holders of U.S. debt, such as Middle Eastern sovereign funds and the Chinese government, have not been shy about calling the U.S. out for what it sees as policies that will trigger inflation, shrinking the value of their Treasury holdings.
Well, no shit, Sherlock.
With the massive Obama government spending and debt there will be massive inflation and stagnant economic growth – just like the Jimmy Carter STAGFLATION in the 1970’s.
The solution then, as it is now, was the election of a conservative President (President Ronald Reagan), limited government, reduced federal spending and tax cuts.
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