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AP FACT CHECK: Obama Pushes Plans That Flopped Before

AP FACT CHECK Dissects Barack Obamas State of the Union AddressWASHINGTON (AP) — It was a wish list, not a to-do list.

President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the Union speech as if his hands weren’t so tied by political realities. There can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry subsidies – something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much less today’s divided Congress, much less in this election year.

And there was more recycling, in an even more forbidding climate than when the ideas were new: He pushed for an immigration overhaul that he couldn’t get past Democrats, permanent college tuition tax credits that he asked for a year ago, and familiar discouragements for companies that move overseas.

A look at Obama’s rhetoric Tuesday night and how it fits with the facts and political circumstances:

OBAMA: “We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long enough. It‘s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that’s never been more promising.”

THE FACTS: This is at least Obama’s third run at stripping subsidies from the oil industry. Back when fellow Democrats formed the House and Senate majorities, he sought $36.5 billion in tax increases on oil and gas companies over the next decade, but Congress largely ignored the request. He called again to end such tax breaks in last year’s State of the Union speech. And he’s now doing it again, despite facing a wall of opposition from Republicans who want to spur domestic oil and gas production and oppose tax increases generally.

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OBAMA: “Our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program.”

THE FACTS: That’s only half true. About half of the more than 30 million uninsured Americans expected to gain coverage through the health care law will be enrolled in a government program. Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people, will be expanded starting in 2014 to cover childless adults living near the poverty line.

The other half will be enrolled in private health plans through new state-based insurance markets. But many of them will be receiving federal subsidies to make their premiums more affordable. And that’s a government program, too.

Starting in 2014 most Americans will be required to carry health coverage, either through an employer, by buying their own plan, or through a government program.

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OBAMA, asking Congress to pay for construction projects: “Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.”

THE FACTS: The idea of taking war “savings” to pay for other programs is budgetary sleight of hand. For one thing, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been largely financed through borrowing, so stopping the wars doesn’t create a pool of ready cash, just less debt. And the savings appear to be based at least in part on inflated war spending estimates for future years.

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OBAMA: “Through the power of our diplomacy a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program now stands as one.”

THE FACTS: The world is still divided over how to deal with Iran’s disputed nuclear program, and even over whether the nuclear program is a problem at all.

It is true that the U.S., Europe and other nations have agreed to apply the strictest economic sanctions yet on Iran later this year. But the global sanctions net has holes, because some of Iran‘s large oil trading partners won’t go along. China, a major purchaser of Iran’s crude, isn’t part of the new sanctions and, together with Russia, stopped the United Nations from applying similarly tough penalties.

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OBAMA: “Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last – an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.”

THE FACTS: Economists do see manufacturing growth as a necessary component of any U.S. recovery. U.S. manufacturing output climbed 0.9 percent in December, the biggest gain since December 2010. Yet Obama’s apparent vision of a nation once again propelled by manufacturing – a vision shared by many Republicans – may already have slipped into the past.

Over generations, the economy has become ever more driven by services; not since 1975 has the U.S. had a surplus in merchandise trade, which covers trade in goods, including manufactured and farm goods. About 90 percent of American workers are employed in the service sector, a profound shift in the nature of the workforce over many decades.

The overall trade deficit through the first 11 months of 2011 ran at an annual rate of nearly $600 billion, up almost 12 percent from the year before.

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OBAMA: “The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops in Afghanistan have begun to come home.”

THE FACTS: Obama is more sanguine about progress in Afghanistan than his own intelligence apparatus. The latest National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan warns that the Taliban will grow stronger, using fledgling talks with the U.S. to gain credibility and stall until U.S. troops leave, while continuing to fight for more territory. The classified assessment, described to The Associated Press by officials who have seen it, says the Afghan government hasn’t been able to establish credibility with its people, and predicts the Taliban and warlords will largely control the countryside.

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OBAMA: “On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Some even said we should let it die. With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange for help, we demanded responsibility. We got workers and automakers to settle their differences. We got the industry to retool and restructure. Today, General Motors is back on top as the world’s number one automaker. Chrysler has grown faster in the U.S. than any major car company. Ford is investing billions in U.S. plants and factories.”

THE FACTS: He left out some key details. The bailout of General Motors and Chrysler began under Republican President George W. Bush. Obama picked up the ball, earmarked more money, and finished the job. But Ford never asked for a federal bailout and never got one.

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OBAMA: “We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives. The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there‘s no reason why Congress shouldn’t at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation.”

THE FACTS: With this statement, Obama was renewing a call he made last year to require 80 percent of the nation’s electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2035, including nuclear, natural gas and so-called clean coal. He did not put that percentage in his speech but White House background papers show that it remains his goal.

But this Congress has yet to introduce a bill to make that goal a reality, and while legislation may be introduced this year, it is unlikely to become law with a Republican-controlled House that loathes mandates.

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OBAMA: “Right now, because of loopholes and shelters in the tax code, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle-class households.”

THE FACTS: It’s true that a minority of millionaires pay a lower tax rate than some lower-income people. On average, though, wealthy people pay taxes at a much higher rate than middle-income taxpayers.

Obama’s claim comes from a Congressional Research Service report that compared federal taxes paid by people making less than $100,000 with those paid by people making more than $1 million. About 10 percent of families with incomes under $100,000 paid more than 26.5 percent in federal income, payroll and corporate taxes. And about a quarter of millionaire taxpayers paid a rate lower than that.

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OBAMA: “We can‘t bring back every job that’s left our shores…. Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed.”

FACT CHECK: Many of the jobs U.S. companies have created overseas won’t return because they were never in the United States in the first place.

As Obama said in his speech, U.S. workers have become more productive and labor costs have fallen.

But there are powerful forces pushing the other way: Many of the overseas jobs in U.S. companies weren’t transferred from the U.S. They were created in fast-growing markets in Latin America, Asia and elsewhere to serve customers in those markets. Companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index now earn more than half of their revenue from overseas.

That has fueled more job creation abroad. U.S. multinationals cut more than 800,000 jobs in the United States from 2000 to 2009, according the Commerce Department. They added 2.9 million overseas in the same period.

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OBAMA: “Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn‘t know what they’re talking about … That’s not how people feel from Tokyo to Berlin; from Cape Town to Rio; where opinions of America are higher than they’ve been in years.”

THE FACTS: Obama left out Arab and Muslim nations, where popular opinion of the U.S. appears to have gone downhill or remained unchanged after the spring 2011 reformist uprisings in the Middle East. A Pew Research Center survey in May found that in predominantly Muslim countries such as Turkey, Jordan and Pakistan, views of the U.S. were worse than a year earlier. In Pakistan, a major recipient of U.S. foreign aid that went unmentioned in Obama’s speech, just 11 percent of respondents said they held a positive view of the United States.

Comments (112)

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  • Mahakala
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:45am

    And that folks is why Obama is called tar Liar-in-Chief.

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    • Jayk Signal
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:07am

      Seriously. How many times are we going to pay for “updates to the aging power grid”?

      I thought it had some merit the first time he stuck it in the stimulus. But after Obama mentioned the power grid improvements in every tax increase / stimulus speech for the last 3 years, I‘m starting to realize we’re being billed over and over for projects that aren’t happening.

      Meanwhile, his cronies keep getting richer and richer from stimulus funds and his campaign war-chest grows at the same rate.

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    • NEWSTALKER
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:54am

      Punishing companies with taxations for having overseas jobs? Really? What is next, will I too be punished for leaving the USA (read carefully on this link http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/01/23/why_apple_can_t_make_iphones_in_america .Facts are, is that many companies have overseas and domestic manufacturing hubs in both at the same time,So you can punish whomever you want at your own discretion Obama? You talked about being fair, so be fair then and free the freemarket from unions and regulations. That will bring them back MAYBE. You cant just make up unfair laws of your own freewill, even though you do.What are we turning into that you punish companies for escaping your regulation? Here something from Rush Limbaugh concerning an article the other day from the NY Times. We cannot compete with China on ANY LEVEL until you all change and reward all companies…and beside, you give the PREMISE that taxes are your money, Its our MONEY, did you sweat to earn it? We are the ones sweating to earn OUR money, not yours…I willingly support our military with taxes, but not much more than that…ITS NOT YOUR MONEY THAT WE GIVE OUR GOVERNMENT TAX MONEY, ITS MINE/OURS. So stop stealing from us and companies and deciding to give according to you will, like WH parties and excessive golfing and so on. I could go on and on…You talk about fairness all night during The State of the Union…Class warfare you belittled. You are the cause Obama…you all do not know what you are doing

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 4:35am

      Really, they should disallow applause at these speeches, so we can concentrate on the message.
      You don’t agree elite media? Just the “message”– loud and clear off the teleprompters, no applause. This man would be seen for who he is.

      Brian Williams knows exactly why some situations need applause, and others can not be allowed to have it.
      No applause allowed at the Republican debate– too distracting of course.

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    • Smee-again
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:02am

      @jayk-signa

      It is appearant that you do not know the utility situation or have seriously under estimated how bad the situation is. I understand most people in th US are used to having power outages only a very few times a year. So people don’t know. Even a small substation project can cost over a million to build and take over a year to complete. Large projects can take 4-5 years to complete. There are several large projects started like NCRP and Crez (sp) but these are not all that needs to be done.

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    • nobull14
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:19am

      I am so sick of listening to this LIAR !!!!!! I just turned it off and listened too the comments after the liars speech.

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    • JRook
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 9:39am

      Actually it is report titles like this “AP FACT CHECK: Obama Pushes Plans That Flopped Before” and abuse of the AP citing that makes this site progressively irrelevant.

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    • JRook
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:10pm

      @Jayk Signal Notwithstanding your ability to restate what Rush misrepresents daily, the infrastructure that is not a situation that occurred within the last 3 years. And would could legitimately ask why the private utility companies have not adequately invested in the power grid or any number of infrastructure items that they benefit from everyday. Rather than admit that strong infrastructure, schools, police, fire and safety, etc. are necessary and cost money people recite sound bites and slogans. Investment in these items must come from somewhere and are a much better use of our money than nonsensical, purposeless wars. Yes we need to invest in the US and stop pretending the corporations that would rather hold the public hostage for tax rebates and credits are interested in doing it.

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    • Jayk Signal
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:22pm

      @Smee-again, I suspect you have a pantry full of snake oil you’ve bought from Barack Obama. Maybe you can re-sell it on ebay.

      In each speech Obama announces he needs our money for infrastructure projects. He takes the money. His friends and campaign supporters get rich. The infrastructure projects don’t get done.

      Then in the next speech he again announces he needs our money for the same infrastructure projects.

      At least one good thing came from FDR’s New Deal spending extravaganza … we actually got some infrastructure out of it that we still use today.

      Obama has spent (in inflation adjusted dollars) about 12 times more than the New Deal. One would expect to see 12 times more infrastructure projects completed.

      Can you name one? One?

      Apparently you‘ve never been scammed before and don’t know what a scam feels like. It feels just like this.

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    • Jayk Signal
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:34pm

      @JRook

      You‘re living proof of another one of Obama’s boondoggles. He keeps telling us he’s spending money on literacy and education, and yet you don’t appear to have learned to read.

      I said “I thought it had some merit the first time he stuck it in the stimulus.”

      He’s spent the money over and over again and nothing is getting fixed. Now I realize it’s just a ploy to steal more money and hand it off to his campaign contributors.

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    • cuinsong
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:22pm

      When I listen to Obama talk I keep thinking this guy sounds like a real know it all. Where have I herd this kind of B.S. Then it hit me, Cliff from Cheers? Yes that’s it, he is Cliff as president. What a nightmare! Then I remembered a song that was I recorded about 8 years ago that fit him perfectly. I dedicate this to Obama. A song written by my brother. I arranged it & did all music, vocals with the exception of crowd voices which my wife helped me create. It’s called Don’t get him started http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_11916731

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    • SERUM
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:31pm

      Cars’ in the ditch, and he’s still taking us for a ride…incredible!

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  • West Coast Patriot
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:23am

    One of the facts that The “Blaze” put on here is quite curious. “THE FACTS: The world is still divided over how to deal with Iran’s disputed nuclear program, and even over whether the nuclear program is a problem at all.” Whether it is a problem AT ALL. This is what Paul has been talking about. They are not a problem at all. Let’s get real here.

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    • pgson
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:16am

      Yes, let’s. Reality is: you’re out of your mind if you believe that. This article is a direct copy from AP, first off. Second, most of the world that is insidious and deals with Iran in whatever way they can to oppose us already, or to gain their own power in the world (as the article goes on to mention, communist China and bordering communist Russia), are certainly not seeing Iran as a thread. Why would they? They’re in bed together. They’re also making the UN, already simply placating with their supposed sanctions, a total joke. Most in the UN aren’t really for these sanctions. This makes Iran all the more dangerous, not less, because even those supposed to be on our side in watching out for Iran are underhandedly letting Iran get away with murder. Iranian rule over the Saudi Arabian oil out there is certainly not a good thing, either, something we will totally be slammed with should the oil ever be shut off.

      Iran wants us dead, and would love to pull the trigger. They do not much care about how much of the world is destroyed in nuclear fire, so long as their caliphate remains. Wake up.

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    • bigspike
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 6:13am

      what Paul has been ‘talking about’ amounts to a hill of beans in the world of reality; give it a rest

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:52am

      Hey west coast patriot, here’s a list of Iranian oil refineries
      Abadan Refinery (NIOC), 450,000 bbl/d (72,000 m3/d)
      Arak Refinery (NIOC), 150,000 bbl/d (24,000 m3/d)
      Tehran Refinery (NIOC), 225,000 bbl/d (35,800 m3/d)
      Isfahan Refinery (NIOC), 265,000 bbl/d (42,100 m3/d)
      Tabriz Refinery (NIOC), 112,000 bbl/d (17,800 m3/d)
      Shiraz Refinery (NIOC), 40,000 bbl/d (6,400 m3/d)
      Lavan Refinery (NIOC), 20,000 bbl/d (3,200 m3/d)
      Bandar Abbas Refinery (NIOC), 232,000 bbl/d (36,900 m3/d)
      Kermanshah refinery (NIOC), 21,000

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    • CLEttinger
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 11:07am

      This is why Washington warned of permanent alliances. The UN has become resolved to bring America down, they just can’t do it openly. They allow these pittly s^!# kicker countries to pull on our cape to deminish are appeal to our allies. UN out of the US and the US out of the UN. Then we form temperary alliences and maintain them only as long as they work FOR us. All foreign aid starts at 0, prove your worth it to us. All allances have end date, prove your working WITH us. All gevernment programs have grace period, prove they are WORKING as expected. If the program can‘t work in a grace period like Government Heathcare it can’t be started as it would destroy economy once recinded. Also, NAFTA should have never been initiated, but now that it has we must phaze it out slowly, reinstitute terriffs, they maintained our superiority. Why would we want everyone on an equal footing with us? Being a step above give you a better view.

      Maybe I’m ranting but this all seems like common sence, but there doesn’t seem to be anything common about common sence.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on January 26, 2012 at 8:43pm

      Smith, Although they have refinery’s, they are not good at it. Their technology is outdated. They export lotsf oil but in turn import lots of gasoline. You guys just throw out these non gfacts all the time with very little research. Stay blind.

      Iran Energy Analysis:

      “Consumption and Downstream

      Iran is the second-largest oil consuming country in the Middle East, second only to Saudi Arabia. Iranian domestic oil demand is mainly for diesel and gasoline. Total oil consumption was approximately 1.8 million bbl/d in 2010, about 10 percent higher than the year before. Iran has limited refinery capacity for the production of light fuels, and consequently imports a sizeable share of its gasoline supply. Iran’s total refinery capacity in January 2011 was about 1.5 million bbl/d, with its nine refineries operated by the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), a NIOC subsidiary. a lot of oil but in turn have to import gasoline. “

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  • cmark
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:13am

    LIES. All LIES

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:21am

      He makes me think of how Germans must have felt in the 30′s as their leader promised them economic recovery, government assistance, and, as a little added bonus, world domination, to boot.
      Everything he said last night was based on lies…and that forced whisper for emphasis is just creepy.

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  • LB
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:43am

    How stupid does he think we are? Also, what the heck color makeup did he use? He was a yellowish color. His color was as fake as his words.

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    • GO-FOR-LIBERTY
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 7:35am

      No makeup—-natural color—yellow on the inside yellow on the outside with a little “red”.

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  • LiberalMarine
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:40am

    Let me get this straight, the hyper-liberal median act checks a tea party candidate and they are anti-American communists. But when they fact check Obama they are telling the truth? At least try and be consistent.

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    • Blitzking
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:57am

      If you really are a liberal marine you must be very happy now that you can openly serve as a gay. Now yu gt to stare at other servicemen in the showers and they can kick you out. That’s why you have a boy crush on this infanicidal marxist punk obuma

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    • Blitzking
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:06am

      If you are a liberal marine you are happy now to serve openly gay and not get booted out. That’s why you have a boy crush on this infanticidal marxist punk

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  • bocajojo4
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:37am

    Well we can’t tell Obama to keep the day job after bombing the
    spilled milk line! Hurry November……

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:25am

      Go back to Harlem and sing. Stay out of Washington!!

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  • OhSnappage
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:29am

    Obama has no substance, he has lost all credability. I get the fake sincerity and talking points and listen to his divisive tone and inserts himself as always the sympathetic listener of the people and puts himself into position as the solution to all the problems that is caused by others. He can give an entire speech, or rather pitch another sale, to everyone about any subject, but it’s all empty words.

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  • TheObamanation
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:23am

    He’s been trying since Joe the Plumber to raise taxes. Everytime he tries again … the economy tanks. Coincedence ? I think not ! He’s running out of chances and time.

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  • BODYBAG
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:19am

    Not much to say here except this is yet another speech from the WORST President this country
    has ever had. A floundering failure of a leader who is all mouth and ego with nothing behind it.
    A “Rock Star” president with no talent or experience. How the F did this person win the Nobel Prize?
    The fact that he’s written not one, but 2 autobiographies before he’s even 50 and never actually
    accomplished anything speaks for his enormous opinion of himself.
    He’s a media creation….like a lip-sync boy band.

    God help us if he manages to get re-elected somehow because this great nation literally
    cannot survive another 4 years of Marxist totalitarianism, class warfare, and Saul Alinsky
    style political governance.

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    • PretzelLogic
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:44am

      Very well said. We, as a nation, simply cannot afford another 4 years of this clown.

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    • NoNannyState4me
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:55am

      If that’s not much to say, I will make sure to scroll on when you start with “I have a alot to say …”

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 2:05am

      He’s a regular Millie-Vanilli….

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  • Just_A_Guy
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:15am

    I recognize another graduate of the ACME School of Teleprompting,

    this could be prooven if he would only release his ‘Community College’ transcripts.

    I have no interest in the fake ones from HA-VAAD!

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  • imsteph
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:10am

    “Mr. President, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

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    • pgson
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:26am

      Tell ‘em, Billy! heh Eh, if only it was a joke.

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  • RepubliCorp
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:08am

    You can polish a turd but it is still a turd

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  • Silversmith
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:06am

    How does he keep a straight face when he says this crap. Does anyone believe it anymore? If they do, are they over 5???

    Silversmith

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  • DeepintheHeart
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:05am

    Didn’t anybody notice that this is The Associated Press making this analysis? C’mon, that’s “state-controlled media” to you and me on a good day. Give ‘em props for writing the truth for a change.

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    • Cornflake
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:51am

      Mercy on us. Tomorrow we will have the bobble headed media stroking every sentence he made. They will all have different panels with “their” views on what he said. I just noted that instead of saying, one world order, when he spoke of Iran cooperating with sanctions that he stated Iran would be welcomed back into “the communities of nations.” George H. Bush’s speech writer was brillant in changing that phrase! One of George H. Bush’s speech habits was encouraing the, “NEW WORLD ORDER,” as many times as he could! So, now their goal for a one world government is to phrase it as a community of nations. ROFL! Do they think we are stupid???? I will have no bobble heads on my TV tomorrow telling me how wonderful his speech was. I heard it and was NOT impressed.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:03am

    I’m doing everything I can here in Florida to make him a one term potus!!!!

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    • ILUVJESUS
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:16am

      Don’t ever forget folks, Obama and co use the Giffords shooting! No sooner did that happen that they were on TV blaming the Tea Party and saying Sarah Palin for the shooting! “As if she held the gun in her own hands!” they didn’t want you to know that a far leftist like themselves did it! They didn’t care about Giffords, they used her for photo ops for votes and sympathy. They altered the truth and used it for their political purposes. Don’t ever forget it. I didn’t over when he slobbered over her tonight I knew that this was a part of the act; just to win votes.
      They are a mentally sick lot.

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  • conservatype
    Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:03am

    My doctor has advised me not to watch the Marxist in chief anymore. Apparently I am allergic to dishonesty, and Obama hasn’t told the truth in three years……

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:55pm

    I fact checked this before he spoke, he lied in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. The Mighty Crescan says “I pulled it out of my butt” Answer, Where do I get my speeches. Obama.

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    • mccracken
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 12:20am

      I’ll be here all week at the Laugh Shak. Please tip your waitresses.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:52pm

    Green energy like Solyndra, or Evergreen, both belly up, both with loss of jobs.. Electric cars that burn.. does the word failure ever sink into his head. We don’t want your stinking green crap. But what we do want is you out of the WH! ASAP!

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  • HKS
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:51pm

    All hat,no cattle. If he cant’ run the country with an unlimited budget, he couldn’t lead a cow to water.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:46pm

    More of the same failed ideas … nothing new ..

    OMG … Obama Must Go 2012
    Santorum 2012!

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  • possom
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:46pm

    ppppppfffffftttttt obama!

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  • C. Schwehr
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:45pm

    So basically, this re-election speech can be ignored because nothing will come of it….GOOD!

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  • netmail
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:43pm

    Obama is a 100% walking contradiction. No exceptions. It is completely impossible to work with him. 2012 is going to be a horrible year.

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  • Unc68
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:42pm

    Did Obama give this speech in fantasy land?

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:49pm

      He lives in Fantasyland … obviously.

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on January 24, 2012 at 11:35pm

    For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. (1 Timothy 6:10-16 KJV)

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on January 25, 2012 at 8:12am

      Your idol, Saul Alinsky, dedicated “Rules for Radicals” to Lucifer. And you’re using Bible quotes as weapons? What a limp fraud you are.

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