Obama Admits: ‘Not as Trendy’ to be a Supporter as it was in 2008
- Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:38pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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President Barack Obama’s star power is fading fast — and he knows it.
Speaking at a San Francisco fundraiser Tuesday, Obama admitted that being a supporter of his doesn’t have the same cool factor it did four years ago.
“It’s not as trendy to be an Obama supporter as it was back in 2008 when I was sort of the new thing,” he told a 200-person, minimum $5,000 per head crowd, according to the Associated Press.
With dropping poll numbers, Obama tried to remind supporters of his administration’s accomplishments, including the health care system overhaul and the end of the don’t ask, don’t tell military ban on gay service members. Still, he acknowledged it hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing and that his promise of “change” has at times been difficult to deliver.
“We’ve had setbacks, we’ve had disappointments. I’ve made mistakes on occasion,” he said. Referencing the iconic poster that became synonymous with his 2008 bid, he added: “You know, the ‘hope’ poster is, you know, kind of faded and a little dog-eared.”
Summoning the imagery of a famous San Francisco landmark, Obama seemed to suggest the problems did not rest entirely with him, but with the country as a whole.
“We have lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam and unleashed all the potential in this country,” he said.
His remarks echo similar comments Obama made last month when he declared America has “gotten a little soft.”
“This is a great great country that had gotten a little soft and we didn’t have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades,” Obama told a local NBC station in Orlando, Fla. in September. “We need to get back on track.”
The San Francisco appearance was part of a West Coast swing where the president hobnobbed with celebrities in Los Angeles and made an appearance on “The Tonight Show.”
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Comments (109)
blazingaway
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:27pmObama is such an idiot puppet on a stick
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:26pmIf he doesn’t have his telepromter, this buffoon can’t get out one sentence without burdening us with at least one inappropriate “you know”.
He is not the smartest guy in the room.
He never was the smartest guy in the room.
He is a dope who is more than annoying, when listening to him stammer and stutter, as he tries to speak off the cuff. He can’t do it!
He’s not capable of an original thought, unless he gets it from one of his speach writers.
The dolts that voted for him were hoodwinked, and they’re too stupid to realize it, even after seeing first-hand, what he has done to our country.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:27amPeople still support the Cubs. Supporting a loser is fashionable.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:26pmThe problem is not that America has grown soft…it is that America has been obamanized for three years now.
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:38pmWE need a man that will stick to the constitution. Vote RON PAUL.
Report Post »Phoenixsoulfire
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:52pmI would put it more like, “They haven’t grown soft, but wised up.”
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:54pmYa think, Prez? Such wisdom from an otherwise, brain-dead leader.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:58pmSorry, but Ron Paul is too radical for my tastes. I don’t like the idea of alienating ourselves from the world and that is what he wants. I don’t want to be GLOBAL either, so that is why I have changed my support from Paul to Cain. I cannot see imprisoning Americans inside the USA and that is what he would be doing. Not only that, he always seems like he is angry, which is NOT good if you are in the public eye. PERCEPTION and IMPRESSION is everything in politics. It is NOT Ron Paul’s time. IT IS HERMAN CAIN’S TIME. Now, this is an American I can really get behind! He gets my money and my vote! His 999 plan makes perfect sense. He will surround himself with people who are experts in foreign policy and things that maybe he doesn’t have expertise in, but as for the economy, HERMAN CAIN WILL GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:19pmLooks like Hollowwood hasn’t tired of last years “Fashion Accessory”
they throw money at him left and right …
Obama loves his drive byes to Hollowwood for his twice a year cash and grabs…
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:19pmI voted Obama in 08..Never knew a person to LIE as MUCH….
Report Post »Your trendy way’s are in the toilet, as is this Country. THANKS !!
I would VOTE for Homer Simson before voting for you ,again …..
AvengerK
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:24pmIt’s good to see Barry “focused like a laser” on jobs with a three day jaunt to California for a series of fundraisers (at $35K a couple) and an appearance on Jay Leno’s show.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:33pmHad a GOOD JOB in 2008…..
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:48pmObama’s new economic advisers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VM0ps6tpKM&feature=related
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:55pmBud Abbott talking to a Democrat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=56xIy08EYVs
Report Post »Wisdomseeker
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 8:40pmI see the biggest problem we have is…. there are 12 more months of this goober. Plenty of time to run this ship into the iceberg @ 30 knots.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 12:35amIt really doesn‘t sound like he’s trying very hard to win votes. I’ve just been reading some troubling facts about the National Popular Vote Compact which was started in 08.It says that the electoral college can be discounted if enough states pass it through there legislatures and it’s signed by their Governors. The Constitution would be ignored once there are enough states pass the compact into law to represent 270 electoral votes. It gives whoever wins the popular election the Presidency regardless of how slim the margin, and without the candidate having to win the states with 270 electoral votes because that many states have voted to give the election to the popular vote winner. One More Way to make an end run around our form of government. Check it out here.
Report Post »http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/forum/topics/warning-progressives-npv-plan-for-white-house-control-2012
inexiletill2012
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:25pmI take it all back Barry!
You ARE smarter than I gave you credit for
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:30pmI really didn’t think he would pay My Mortgauge and for My Gas
Report Post »but I didn’t think he would give all my money to unions and special
interest (GE,Gore, and all his Greenie Guy’s) and take my job
in the process. Thanks Bama, don’t expect Me to vote for you again..
rationallyurs
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:23pmTrendy has almost destroyed us along with diversiity, political correctness and general approved thuggery by the doj—2012 taking America back—one stupid thug at a time
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:21pmSorry Marxist Socialist radicals are not cool. This man is egomaniacal, divisive, extreme, and a neocolonialist ideologue. He is hell bent on destroying American exceptionalism to live out the dreams from his alcoholic deadbeat womanizing father. Pray for America!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:28pmPraying much .. that people will actually figure out all that you say … that said I am also making certain that ALL people I know are informed.
TEA!
Report Post »gwssacredcause
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:20pm“We have lost our ambition, our immagination and willingness to do things that built the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam and unleashed the potential in this century.” Mr. President I must believe you are talking about you, the socialist Democrats and the Coummunists that support you because as an American I haven’t lost any of those qualities, in fact I do not know of one true American that has lost those qualities and we have many more you wouldn’t understand.
Report Post »theaveng
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:35pmEverytime some American wants to build something, they run-into politicians like Obama saying “no”. Look how long it took to rebuild the fallen Trade Towers. If this was 1920s America the entrepreneur would have dusted off the old schematic, went to work, and rebuilt them within 2-3 years.
But that doesn’t happen now because 20,000 politicians have to get their fingers in the pie & slowdown the rebuilding.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 12:48amWell if you look at all the “occupants” camped out across the country that truly MUST be who he’s talking to. They sure don’t seem to have many of the great qualities that built this country. LET‘S HOPE THEY’RE JUST LATENT CHARACTERISTICS!!!!
Report Post »Semper4everSemper
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:18pmStop all the campaigning nonsense. Amend US Constitution so Pres. first term is 4 yrs at full pay, 2nd term of 3 yrs at half pay, and 3rd term (no pay) two years. This throws out the every four year election and the predictability of lame duck terms and coattail elections. Parties will hate it but the people would then be able to watch more closely and act like the Founders expected us to. If we don’t all watch this closely from now on, we’ll be done as a Republic (we’re mostly there already). The dynamic has got to change or we set ourselves up for more of the same political gamesmanship. Without changing the political jobs.terms setup for the House and Senate you could make it so they only get paid for their first term and do it for free after that. This would serve as a natural term limiting method. We need people in Congress who love America, not their political ‘job’.
Report Post »AnAmerican111
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:12pmThat’s because OBUMA is a pathetic disgrace for a President!
Report Post »Those that still support him do not have the intelligence to know otherwise
MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:48pmWE don‘t need a F’N ROCK STAR for President..
Report Post »wewantchillywilly
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:12pmwow. if you think he is an arrogant ass now, then how arrogant was he back then?
Report Post »garyM
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:11pmMy gut tells me we’ll never make the 2012 election. He‘s smiling because he knows that we won’t make it! A free Nation doesn’t stay free electing someone with no experience and a suspicious background at the least and expect to stay free. Obama won the election because he promised free stuff with no work or effort to get it, He gave lots of free stuff out in his stimulus plan but most of it went to the rich. Anyone sitting back and watching the greed of Americans the last 25 years is well aware of that fact. Obama could win a second term but as a dictator, he won’t need another election!
Report Post »Tell me do you see anyone even on the right in power making any effort to stop him, I don’t!
Timothy_Reid
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:25pmUnfortunately there’s a cynical side of me that agrees with you. It wouldn’t be hard either, especially with the “occupy” movement. Get a bunch of morons to create national trouble, declare marshal law, suspend the elections, and put everyone in a FEMA camp. It’s plausible………I don’t know if we are quite “there” just yet though. But I do hear what you’re saying.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:07pmGARYM, mysentime.nts exactly, we have less than a year i believe before he initiates dictatorial staus
Report Post »NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:10pmHa! You’re on your way to Pariah in Chief. LOL
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:09pmHe gives himself too much credit. He’s nothing more than a self made pom-pom.
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:50pm. . .a self-made pompom.
That is a great description FaithfulFriend–right on!
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:08pmNo- Obama everyone found out that you are a no good bastard trying to distroy our country. Can’t wait untill your voted out and all Ex Orders you made are done away with. You have done more to divide this country than anyone person has ever done. Carter looks like a HERO now. You will go down in history as the first President that tried to distroy the USA from within..
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:07pmOh it’s so hard to be humble, when you are perfect in every way. Is there a BYE BYE OBAMA 2012 Campaign I can join?
Report Post »Marci
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:09pmSo, effectively, he admits he was just a trend. Stupid cannot be fixed. Those who firmly stand behind him cannot be convinced of the truth, those who abandon him but still pine for progressive policy will choose him or the liberal Mitt Romney. I still think at the last minute, Hillary will run.
Report Post »Grannie4news
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:57pmYes, there should be a song “Bye Bye Obama” to the tune of “Bye Bye Birdie” LOL
Report Post »I_Hate_Libs
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:07pmHopefully the current trend continues.
Anyone But Obama 2012
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:37pmRON PAUL – He is the only one that will stick to the constitution. RON -2012
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:06pmmost have realized that the kool aid hangover almost cause server brain damage and that lead to more complications into which they where being brain washed into thinking communism is the new rage, now that most have come through with out many side effects, they are now trying to figure out if they where taken advantage of while under the influence of obamas kool aid,
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:05pmSnow
Report Post »I am trying to be on here when you are. I want to give you my email so you can
contact me. Sorry I keep missing you. Hope everything is good with you and Kitty.
Lantern
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:02pmYeah, and hopefully, there are a lot more people awake this time around and not as many American Idol/Dancing with the Starts sheep out there. Losing your job tends to wake you up.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:10pm“not as trendy” is an understatement!
Hopefully, many Americans are waking up to the global government/new world order thing you want so badly.
So far, of the presidential candidates, I’ve only heard Ron Paul speak out against word government.
Have the other candidates said anything?
Paul/Palin in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAHzxaUH20
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:01pmObama’s purported birth certificate alleging “where” he was born, also indicates his parent’s citizenship “when” he was born. These equally important vital “facts” are now beyond Obama’s ability to refute, alter or hide! Unless it’s a fake, the inescapable truth is that his Kenyan father absolutely precludes Obama from being an eligible natural born citizen!
Please don’t let the media or uninformed conservative talk radio or TV hosts, dissuade you from seeking truth and justice as you strive to be an informed voter. Let their credibility suffer by inaction, and not your life! Don’t risk Obama being reelected by the misled masses.
Initiate a local Tea Party petition asking your county sheriff, sworn and empowered to enforce the law of the land, to investigate and subpoena the original HI records for forensic analysis and comparison to Obama’s fraudulent birth certificate and social security number, as alleged by experts.
Demand Congress and the presidential candidates who now each have legal standing, to file a lawsuit against Obama for fraud and failure to qualify as a natural born citizen, meaning born in the US to TWO US citizen parents, as required of the President by the Constitution!
It costs nothing to learn why a “natural born citizen” is not the same thing as a citizen, but it could cost you everything if you don’t.
How to know the truth and remove Obama from office now!
Report Post »http://www.ObamaBirthCertificate.net
LOJ
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:58pmObama is now exuding Full Blown Socialism! If you don‘t get it by now you’re in the Dark!
Report Post »ReaganBaby
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:53pmHey Obama, get the hell off our backs and you will see the ambition is still there but the Feds keep weighing us down with your “accomplishments”. Just PLEASE leave us alone.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:05pmI recently opened a third location in my small business, and i will tell you NEVER AGAIN will i attempt create commerce risk capital or hire anybody, Obama you are an idiot of epic proportions,,, what is ruining us and stifling ambition is local , state and federal leeches… I can not imagine being a young person trying to open a bussiness in this climate of endless fees and fine and regulations. You sir, are effin CLUELESS. you ARE the problem…. Complete assclown.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:52pmDown with liberalism and up with America.
Report Post »knockered
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:54pmHe’s such an asssssssss
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:50pm.
Report Post »I think their HUBS has cleared up a little. OH HUBS=Head up Butt Syndrome. Cureable by pulling ones head out of ones butt. Then getting to fresh air as fast as possible………
Zorba53
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:01pmPerhaps “Recto-Cranial Inversion” would be the medical term for that disease!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:44pmYep Barry, you’re about as trendy as a mullet.
Report Post »ReaganBaby
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:55pmDo not disrespect the mullet that way, Obama wishes he was that trendy.
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