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White House sequester
warnings fall on deaf ears

Washington Times, by Susan Crabtree

Original Article

Posted By:FlyRight, 2/23/2013 6:56:01 AM

President Obama’s apocalyptic predictions of the harm that would come to the country if the latest round of budget cuts kick in late next week are starting to wear thin among an unlikely group: the White House press corps.Mr. Obama has spent the past week issuing a series of dire warnings about the economic and personal consequences of allowing the so-called sequester spending cuts to occur March 1.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Country Boy, 2/23/2013 7:02:25 AM     (No. 9192024)

Rush says the 24 hour day will probably get cut to 22 hours.

But we do have obama on the job. No worries.


Reply 2 - Posted by: Spidey, 2/23/2013 7:12:36 AM     (No. 9192032)

The media has been more than happy to carry Obama´s water for 4+ years but his claims on the sequester were too much for even them to swallow.To show what a doofus of a president Obama is, he consults Al Sharpton instead of real people who could remedy the situation. Even worse while this is going on,Obama wants another $50 billion for infrastructure,ignoring the fact that $800 billion was already wasted on this crap before.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: afherkdriver, 2/23/2013 7:29:12 AM     (No. 9192047)

I think they are starting to fear that we will find out how little we need the people not showing up for "work". Work isn´t something they do, just a place they go.


Reply 4 - Posted by: ROLFnader, 2/23/2013 7:32:19 AM     (No. 9192052)

Mr Brilliant Politician probably shouldn´t have dated Tiger and Reggie last weekend rather than letting the MSM service him as is their wont. Bad timing to scorn them when he needs their help so badly in his drive to never cut one thin dime from the money pipeline.


Reply 5 - Posted by: Keekng, 2/23/2013 7:35:14 AM     (No. 9192056)

Bam Bam has "cried wolf" way too many times.


Reply 6 - Posted by: TakeBackAmerica, 2/23/2013 7:38:38 AM     (No. 9192062)

Sorry, maybe America no longer buys what that lying sack spouts. And right: his double date last weekend may have opened some eyes about our girly-boy dictator. Hope he enjoyed it!


Reply 7 - Posted by: hamrman, 2/23/2013 7:56:11 AM     (No. 9192094)

After a while people will stop listening to a pathological liar...


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Janjan, 2/23/2013 7:56:22 AM     (No. 9192095)

Obama is terrified at how little we will miss a 2% reduction in spending.


Reply 9 - Posted by: JAN, 2/23/2013 7:58:04 AM     (No. 9192098)

It´s so serious that the maoist just had to play golf with Tiger Woods???

By now, everyone gets it. The man is an empty suit and a liar to boot.


Reply 10 - Posted by: Bad Dog, 2/23/2013 8:00:43 AM     (No. 9192105)

Y2K13.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Dodge Boy, 2/23/2013 8:25:21 AM     (No. 9192153)

Not that I think the WH pressies are on the brink of a revolt against the Obiemeister, but, interesting that even these drones are starting to wake up. Equally interesting that Obie is restricting their accees to him to these so-called "off-the-record" meetings. Could be that someone or something from outside of the WH press corps is planting information with them, aka "the real story". By the way, I thought we were going to deport Piers?


Reply 12 - Posted by: lazyman, 2/23/2013 8:27:32 AM     (No. 9192155)

As long as we can give free cell phones I am ok.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: boomerak, 2/23/2013 8:30:42 AM     (No. 9192163)

All of these things will likely happen at some point but not because of sequester but rather due the failed policies and actions of this administration. Barry is just setting up an alibi trail so he can blame the pubs for all the bad headed our way.


Reply 14 - Posted by: steveracer, 2/23/2013 9:10:24 AM     (No. 9192226)

Exaggerated and false promises from politicians are what people expect but to be disrespected, stolen from, and lied to, is not part of the deal with the taxpaying public. Maybe the drones were the last straw, or maybe it was Tiger, or Benghazi, or Lew or .....


Reply 15 - Posted by: steelbreeze, 2/23/2013 9:14:08 AM     (No. 9192236)

When does impeachment start?


Reply 16 - Posted by: Pearson365, 2/23/2013 9:23:32 AM     (No. 9192253)


Obama is using his sequester as a smokescreen for a dismal economic period in 2013-14 due to his policies. Unemployment moves up to 8.5% - blame GOP and its desire to hurt middle class. Annual GDP growth remains at appalling 0.5 - 1.0%, blame Boehner. Gasoline prices reach $4.75-$5.00 per gallon, blame Cantor. Obama will point his ugly Index Finger of Blame at the GOP at every opportunity, and the Bob Schieffers, Brian Williams, Wolf Blitzers and their ilk will play the video over and over.

Link should have screen shot of CNN´s Blitzer to show media still defends Obama.
http://t.co/UNPbZZYoWE


Reply 17 - Posted by: Davids918, 2/23/2013 9:58:59 AM     (No. 9192319)

#16 nails it.

However, the GOP needs to hold firm on "this is what the president wanted and negotiated, so he must have wanted these results. And his Democrat Senate sat around doing nothing so they must have wanted this too."

If you want better results you need to stop electing these liberal democrats. We have presented ideas to help expand the economy and reduce expenses.

The president keeps pushing his failed policies.
The Democrats in the Senate have been in-charge for the last 6 years, and haven´t even bothered to present a budget in the last 4.
The Democrats in the House are being led by the most liberal area in the country, San Francisco. Do you support the same ideas as those from San Francisco?

The inner-cities have been represented by mostly Democrats for decades. Is life improving there?


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: navybrat, 2/23/2013 11:25:53 AM     (No. 9192446)

Yes, we need to elect better people, but who thinks Chuckie Schumer, Charlie Rangle, Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Nancy Pelosi, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Debbie Wasserman-Schulze or the likes of any Kennedy (they are running again) will ever be voted out. They just elected that horrible dishonest, lying, cheating fake indian Warren woman in Mass. and her background was well documented and known.


Reply 19 - Posted by: olhokie64, 2/23/2013 11:51:59 AM     (No. 9192471)

This is a story I heard a few years ago. During the 80´s there was talk about having to shut down the government. All the press were doom and gloom. Reportedly and I believe it, President Reagan said in his usual voice, " Let´s just shut it down and see if anyone notices." That is the way I feel now.


Reply 20 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino, 2/23/2013 12:20:24 PM     (No. 9192496)

#16: "The GOP needs to stand firm ...... "

Why did this song just pop into my head?

"Dream
When you´re sad and blue
Dream
And they might come true .... "


Reply 21 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino, 2/23/2013 12:25:10 PM     (No. 9192505)

Oooops ... make that #17.

But dream is all we can do for the next four years - - because the fact is that the Pubbies will cave no matter what outrages the commie commits.

Can you say "Sec. Def. Chuck Hagel"?


Reply 22 - Posted by: zbogwan2, 2/23/2013 1:21:41 PM     (No. 9192571)

Obama must have read that Chicken Little Story, because he keeps shouting the sky is falling, the sky is falling at every opportunity?


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: whyyeseyec, 2/23/2013 5:17:58 PM     (No. 9192758)

@#17: Name one thing the GOP has held firm on since they took control of the House 25 months ago? Something that made a r-e-a-l difference?

The GOP will do nothing to save anyone from anything. Obama has gotten where he is in life by playing the racial blame game an it works every time. The next example of the GOP caving will be held shortly when Hagel is confirmed a SecDef. Then they`ll cave on Brennan and then Lew - and blah blah blah....


Reply 24 - Posted by: penelopewaits, 2/23/2013 6:45:23 PM     (No. 9192824)

If they seriously need to cut 2% they could just stop funding wars in Africa.



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