New RNC Ad Attacks Obama for Saying ‘Sometimes I Forget’ How Bad the Economy Was
- Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:23am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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The Republican National Committee and the Mitt Romney campaign have seized on President Barack Obama’s remarks Thursday that he sometimes forgets how bad the recession was.
“It was a house of cards, and it collapsed in the most destructive, worst crisis that we’ve seen since the Great Depression,” Obama said at a campaign event in Seattle. “And sometimes people forget the magnitude of it, you know? And you saw some of that I think in the video that was shown. Sometimes I forget.”
He continued: “In the last six months of 2008, while we were campaigning, nearly three million of our neighbors lost their jobs; 800,000 lost their jobs in the month that I took office. And it was tough. But the American people proved they were tougher. So we didn’t quit. We kept going. Together we fought back.”
By Friday morning, the RNC was out with a new web ad asking, “How can a sitting president forget the recession?”
In a statement, the Romney campaign hit Obama for other things he’s “forgotten.”
“It’s not surprising that a president who forgot to create jobs, forgot to cut the debt and forgot to change Washington has now admitted that he’s forgotten about the recession,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. “In fact, it seems that the president has forgotten that he’s been in office for the last three and a half years.”
Watch the RNC ad below:
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Comments (90)
Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:19pmIt’s easy to forget how bad the economy was , when you go on 17 vacations in three years !!!!!
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:32pmEXACTLY, sometimes Obama forgets then the X wears off and he slowly gets back to reality.
Report Post »fastfacts1
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:36pmThis is why America is so fed up with Washington DC, they are all detached, especially the President.
And when Obama was asked about this disdain for DC, he pushed the blame off on Congress, like he always does: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/may/obama_frustrated_dc.html
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:55pmWell of course Barry forgets..look where he was last night..whooping it up at a fundraiser with George (C)looney and a gaggle of homosexual activists. Because the most pressing issue in the country right now is making homosexuals can marry each other. Raising $17 million for himself..while homes are foreclosed on, home values drop, people need jobs..etc..etc.
Report Post »redbone007
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 1:04pmAnd, every Wednesday night is scheduled party on the WH calendar.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 2:05pm“It’s not surprising that a president who forgot to create jobs, forgot to cut the debt and forgot to change Washington has now admitted that he’s forgotten about the recession“ Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul” Or perhaps he was reinforcing that he forgot how terrible an economy Bush handed him. Pretty lame context and spin on a clear statement regarding how historically bad Bush had done on the economy, despite trying to pump it up with 2 wars and excessive federal debt. Let’s also remember that Bush handed Obama a $1.2 trillion debt run rate. By the time Bush left office his private sector job figures were essentially neutral. And let’s not forget he was handed a balanced budget and a surplus.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 2:21pmObama wants American Decline, and Obama get’s what Soros wants.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 2:44pmI’ll bet that he and George Clooney forgot that there is a recession at the fundraiser last night. Paying over $40,000 per plate, raising over $15million for his re-election….. urgh… for them there is no recession……they are lucky to be living such a blessed life pretending to be somebody else. I don’t understand how they can hate this country and love obama….
GOP2012
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 2:47pmForgot or doesn’t care ???
Report Post »iampraying4u
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:14pmTell me he didnt say that
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:03pm@JRook
barry bought the economy with a 800 billion stimulus that was suppose to stop the unemployment from reaching 8%. under barry it has averaged over 9% and they have only dropped because they don’t count those that gave up looking. Bush avg. 5% also Bush spent 4 trillion in 8 years and barry has spent 5.5 trillion in 3 years. barry spent more money than Washinton to clinton combined, also obamacare will break the country and takes away numerous freedoms like privacy to your own bank account. the can take your bank account without warrent of notice. research it.
I am not a big GW fan either but I am tired of the lying left proggressive socialist like you. you support barry? you are a socialist. as for the mystical surplus left Bush? you need to research that to because it didn’t exist, here’s some help.
http://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16
Problem is you leftist listen to the lame street barry ass-kissing media and believe all the crap they feed you without researching it. This is what they hope for “usefull idiots” and sheeples
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 4:25pm@BREEZE
Good post, and thanks for that link.
My only disagreement with you is that I believe Rook and the other leftists DON’T really believe the crap that they try to feed us.
They know it’s crap, but it‘s all they’ve got. If they can’t make us believe it, they’re done.
That is why they infest this place.
Report Post »canon
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:16pmobama doesnt forget he simply doesnt care. America is not his country !!!!!
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 1:30pmI think you nailed it.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:11pmI hope Romney gets more to the core with reminding the people how he has “fogotten” he is a communist, marxist, socialist–on record for supporting these theories, having taught these in college, and surrounds himself with these.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:10pmObama did not say he’s forgotten the recession, he said he “sometimes” forgets how bad it was in 2008. Obviously he wants to remind the rest of us of how bad it was.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 1:50pmIt’s much worse today than in 2008…. Otherwise Barack Obama (Oblamer) wouldn‘t be talking about Gay’s, Rubbers, War on Women….
Oblamer is a disastrous disaffected fool… his policies have decimated the poor and middle class. Oblamer and Harry Reid are the problems right now… and the economy is worse, much worse… What have you been listening to the MSM and the commie nets?
Report Post »Alky
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:10pmThere likely will not be an election.
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:08pmLet him have his gay marriage and birth control. IT IS THE ECONOMY AND I’M NOT STUPID !!!!!
Report Post »oinia
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:48pmObama is the Don Quixote of demagoguery right now: every week he’s chasing another fabricated villain, the champion hero of vanquishing foes that do not exist.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:02pmdespicable disgusting embarassing. cannot wait for november
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:02pmIts easy for him to forget when he gets to play golf whenever he wishes and send his family to some exotic locale when they become annoying. When his time as President is up, he’ll end up being fabulously rich from books, movies, and speaking engagements while the rest of us will struggle under the results of his presidency.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:58amActually, the economy was damn good under Bush, it tanked when Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid took over in 2006, to bad the Republicans are to spineless to point this out…….
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:19pmGood point and quite true.
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:58amI’d love to see and ad……”It’s the economy, stupid.” Say’s it all.
Report Post »kat747
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 3:24pmI would like to see that bumper sticker come back – the one with Mickey giving the one finger salute
Report Post »saying “Hey it’s the economy, Stupid”.
Female
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:56amWhat recession? OBAMA has been partying constantly and living the best lifestyle he has ever had…enjoying the fruits of other peoples labor and borrowing our children’s future! Of course, he forgot, never mind the fact he has been derelict in balancing the national checking account or following any kind of budget…..the attitude of one of tremendous American wealth…that is the peoples wealth…his solution: “just tax’em more!”
After I am Re-elected by Barack Hussein Obama
PARTY! PARTY! George cloony or soros…PARTY! Pass me another dubbie or set me up another line! Come on over, little boy toy and enjoy our time…soon, my pet, we will reveal our GAYLOVE (after I am re-elected)!
Write your own verse?
PATIENCE! PATIENCE! My amigos
WINK! Wink! My Russian Comrades
Too Bad, so sad, Israeli….
Finally, finally. my true Muslim brothers
Report Post »FromSeaToSea
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:30pm2 mass murderers. One in Europe 50+ years ago and one living in the WH attacking the Middle East
on behalf of the UN, world banking, and corporatism. Both claim to be Christians.
“As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice. ” Adolf Hitler
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:54am“It was a house of cards…”
And now it is a MUCH MUCH LARGER house of cards… $15 trillion and debt and $1.4 trillion annual deficits, plus about $3 trillion in newly printed money….
BE PREPARED…. or die in the aftermath.
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:49amI hope I remember what a bad nightmare it was the last four years and then I will forget all about them when it is January 2013 and President Romney is in control and will do a good job..
I really DIDN‘T forget last four years because I don’t want to have it happen again. He (Romney) better do a good job because we will remind him what happened to previous President that made us lose our freedom, put us in way more debt, no more oil drilling, bad selections, lies, etc and didn’t do the will of all the people.
We, that is my dream anyway help make it come true, please.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:58amI’m with you… pray HARD. But it might be too late. The house of cards has increased by at least 50% – the debt is 50% higher than when obummer took office, plus $3 trillion (estimated) in newly printed money. Romney cannot undo the damage obummer has done. So…
BE PREPARED.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:36pmWhile prayer is never wasted, I think we need to keep frequent public pressure on Romney directly and through our congress members. I don‘t want Romney or my reps to think we aren’t paying attention or aren’t holding them accountable to getting us back on track.
Report Post »Watcher1952
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:49amGOP needs to be more aggressive with their ads……Look into and publish where Barry got his money for college…he didn’t work. B Hussein O….is a liar….he lied in the campaign….he has lied to the American People for 3 1/2 years….and he will continue to lie….Vote him out in November….
Report Post »Mein_Land
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:48amMe thinks he has been smoking again. and I don’t mean tobacco or the wacky kind either.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:44amIt’s easy for him to forget .. jetting around in Air Force One .. having lavish parties at the White House .. hanging out with Hollyweird “friends” and all his Marxist Czars …. etc. Even his campaign events are orchastrated to keep him away from WE THE PEOPLE …. Most out of touch President (and I use that term loosely) ever in my lifetime .. and that includes Carter!
OMG 2012!
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:41amObamao remembers it everyday in every speech because I see him blaming it on Bush.
Report Post »TheEDGE
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:25pmYou can’t have a debate or even a conversation with an Obama supporter without hearing the “B” word. Bush may be the best thing that ever happened to the democrats. If Bush was really a great president, I don‘t think we’d be stuck with the current crop. I know the media did a number on him but, a strong leader would have swung back a little. Bush just absorbed blow after blow until his approval numbers were in the low thirties.
Report Post »FromSeaToSea
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:36am350+ employees serving every whim and wish @ WH, unlimited living budget, unlimited executive power, best education for kids, limos, Air Force One, everyone in the world fawning over you, provisions for any nuclear fall out – food and shelter, secret security for the kids, unlimited vacations to anywhere in the world for as long as wanted, command to kill others through the CIA, and armies to wage war anywhere in the world.
“Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.” Thomas Paine
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:49amAmen
OMG 2012
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:54amand on the taxpayers dime.
OMG 2012
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:10pmThe absolute worst part is as a former Prez, in one way or another, we will be funding his and Moochie’s lifestyle for the rest of their lives.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:36amThis is a no-brainer. He lives life like the czar he fancies himself to be, and could care less about the American people! The economy has no effect on his life!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:09pmExactly, there is no recession at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The party never stops!
Report Post »raderby
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:36amYou mean the recession that never ended, and the edge of a double dip we are hovering above right now?
Thanks king Zero, destroyer of worlds, destroyer of the USA. Go ahead, vote him in again, America. idiots…..
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:35amIt’s easy to forget when you party like a rock star, attend celebrity parties, play golf and go on expensive vacations.
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:35amHow can a sitting president forget about the recession, you ask….
Simple, because it does not affect him or his family personally.
Report Post »He doesn’t buy gasoline out of his pocket when he want to take a car ride. He doesn’t go to the grocery store and buy an extra pack of Ramen noodles instead of a 2lb pack of ground chuck…
Recessions are for the little people who actually work for a living…
Thanks for the “CHANGE” Mr. President.
yiska8
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 9:53pmHe’s a taker. Been a taker all his life. He doesn’t care. He’s not from this beautiful nation. He despises it for all it is and you’re right, only producers and little people like us feel it because there is no D.C. or Hollywood bubble to shield us. We‘ve been in the financial trenches in the foxholes trying to make it while this tyrant rests his nasty feet on the oval office’s desk on the phone with Soros and the new Frenchie leftist to see what else he can destroy. I bet the wookie he’s married to will never have to choose between Ramen noodles and ground chuck. Hussein wants his people to be struggling and suffering. I think he enjoys it. We are FUBAR as is. Another four with Czar Hussein and gas will be at $6 a gallon by 2016 and grocery stores will be fighting off flash mobs for food while Hussein and family will be having weekly party #416.
Report Post »Alky
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:34am“How can a sitting president forget the recession?”
Because all he thinks about is golf and vacations!
Report Post »travlman77
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:36amBecause you can’t see it from up in the IVORY TOWER!!!
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:07pmBecause the recession has zero impact on O’s family, friends or associates.
The Big Zero may actually need eye surgery because his “laser-like focus” is a little off.
Report Post »yiska8
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 9:57pmHas anyone ever heard of a tyrant who cared for or loved his people throughout history? Not me,
Report Post »Why would this tyrant be any different?
PCsince1776
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:34amOf course he forgets. How can you find the time to be bothered about America’s plight when you are spending all your time hob-knobbing with Hollywood liberals, playing golf, jetting all over the world on the taxpayers dime, and taking vacations. Obama is unable to relate to the average American and their daily struggle.
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:34amHe wants to forget, because he’s made it worse. I would have a memory lapse too if I had made something much worse than when I started. Blame Bush days are over, yet we will hear it again and again until after this election.
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