The No Dah Moment … Obama Finally Says, “I understand that and I expect to be judged on the economy in 2012″

Has reality set in for President Barack Obama? Has he finally reached the “NO DAH MOMENT”? On Sunday, Obama told CBS News that, “he expects to be judged in the 2012 election over his governance of the American economy.” Really Barack, you figured that out all by yourself, eh? Imagine that Barack, being held accountable for jobs, something you have done nothing about, except if the were government subsidized “green jobs”.

“Who knew I would he held accountable, can’t I blame it on Bush?”

“For me to argue, look, we’ve actually made the right decisions, things would have been much worse has we not made those decisions — that’s not that satisfying if you don’t have a job right now,” Obama told CBS in an interview taped last week and aired during his annual vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, an island near Boston.

“I understand that and I expect to be judged a year from now on whether or not things have continued to get better,” he said.

I guess the recent dismal Obama job approval polls have caught the eye of “The One”, especially the 26% approval rating that Obama has on handling the economy.

Creating Jobs: Approve 29% – Disapprove 65%
The Economy: Approve 26% – Disapprove 71%
Federal Budget Deficit: Approve 24% – Disapprove 71%

Barack Obama says that there is nothing wrong with our country, that there is something wrong with our politics. Really? Could he be the reason why there is something wrong with said politics?  Every since Obama has taken office and in multiple State of the Union speeches, Obama has stated that JOBS, JOBS, JOBS would be his priority, yet it was other liberal agenda wish list items that have taken precedent.  Imagine if Obama had spent as much time in the beginning for jobs and not Obamacare?

“America is tired of listening about what we need to do, they want to see results”

Barack Obama says he has a plan for jobs, but its so important to Americans that he will wait until after he is done with his vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. Imagine that, his jobs speech is so important and he is making JOBS FOR AMERICANS so important that it can wait until he is done with his fun, sun and frivolity on vacation. Does anyone see anything wrong with this?

EXIT QUESTION: How does Obama win reelection with an unemployment rate over 9%, record number of people on food stamps, record debt and only 15% of Americans believing that the country is headed in the right direction. Add in the negative opinion of Obamacare and the want to repeal it and Obama’s position on backdoor amnesty, rather than protecting the borders.

Barack Obama Excuses on Economy and US Credit Rating Downgrade Sounding Like John Belushi … “It Wasn’t My Fault”

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS PRICELESS … how about some cheese with that whine, Barack?

Check out the VIDEO below and President Barack Obama making yet more excuses regarding the economy, this time its the US Credit downgrade, otherwise known as the “Obama downgrade”. We have heard Obama blame GWB for the economy and everything else that is bad. He has taken no responsibility for anything, as the buck stop somewhere else under this White House. Obama talks about what he has inherited; however, one of those things he inherited was a Triple A US credit rating. No more, thanks Barack.

“It’s the weather… Europe… an earthquake… bad luck… the tea party… the internet.”
“It wasn’t my fault!”

Hat Tip: The Gateway Pundit via Swindle Vision

“WE THE PEOPLE” want a leader, not a whiner … America, make a difference in 2012 and end this nightmare.

Barack Obama in Serious Polling Trouble in Battle Ground State of Pennsylvania … 35% Job Approval

Key state battle ground polling troubles for Obama … looks like they cling to more than their “guns and Bibles”.

In the 2008 Presidential election, Barack Obama defeated John McCain in Pennsylvania 54.7% to 44.3%.  In April 2009, just after Barack Obama started as President and and just after the stimulus bill was passed, Obama was at 61% approval in the Keystone state. Now according to a recent Muhlenberg College poll released Friday,Obama has dropped to a 35% job approval rating among registered voters.  OUCH!!!

President Barack Obama, who political experts say will need a win in Pennsylvania to retain the White House, dipped to 35 percent approval among the state’s registered voters, according to a Muhlenberg College poll released Friday.

The results come on the heels of a bad week in polls for Obama that showed him first dropping to 39 percent nationwide in Gallup’s daily tracking poll. Then another set of Gallup results Thursday showed only 26 percent of Americans approve of how Obama is handling the economy.

The unemployment rate in PA is presently 9% and Pennsylvanians seem pessimistic about the economy.Once again Barack Obama is being bit by the terrible US economy and the fact that he has promised jobs and delivered nothing. Many in Pennsylvania believe that Obama’s policies have negatively affected the economy.

Asked if Obama’s policies have helped or hurt the economy, just 23 percent said helped, 41 percent said hurt and 32 percent said his policies haven’t made a difference.

Hot Air brings up some important voting registration demographic, as “Democrats enjoy a substantial registration advantage over Republicans, going well into double digits.” Earlier this month, a Quinnipiac poll had Obama with a 54% – 43%  disapproval among Pennsylvania voters.    There is no way that Barack Obama wins reelection if he loses Pennsylvania. However, Obama is going to have difficulty winning many states that he carried in 2008 like VA, NC, FL, OH, IN and NH.  A look into the 2012 election crystal ball will show that not only will Obama have trouble in traditional swing states, or battleground states, but there will be new states that were once considered “Blue” that will be in play like Wisconsin and Michigan.

Gallup Poll: Barack Obama Down 36% Among Hispanics and Overall Job Approval at 40%

YET ANOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC THAT OBAMA IS POLLING POORLY WITH …

There is a reason why President Barack Obama has a 40% jobs approval rating, while 53% disapprove of the way “The One” has handled the his job as president. According to CNS News, Obama has dropped 36% among Hispanics Americans since 2009 and is presently at a 49% approval rating.

Only 49 percent of Hispanic Americans said last week they approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, according to the Gallup poll. That is down 36 points from the high of 85 percent that Obama’s approval hit among Hispanics in the Gallup poll in the spring of 2009, his first year as president.

This can completely explain Obama’s “quid pro quo” attempt to buy back Hispanic votes with his “end run” around Congress and changes the manner in which the US exports illegals. Imagine that, Obama himself deciding on what laws of the United States he will follow and which ones he will not.  Sadly, this is nothing more than “back door” amnesty and a president making law himself, rather than that being passed by Congress.

Bowing to pressure from immigrant rights activists, the Obama administration said Thursday that it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain criteria, such as attending school, having family in the military or having primary responsible for other family members’ care.

The move marks a major step for President Obama, who for months has said he does not have broad categorical authority to halt deportations and said he must follow the laws as Congress has written them.

Iran Sentences US Hikers Shane Bauer & Josh Fattal to 8 Years as Spies

The Iranian kangaroo court has spoken …

The two American hikers, Shane Bauer & Josh Fattal, who were arrested on July 31, 2009 near Iran’s border with Iraq, along with a third American Sarah Shourd, by the Iranian regime  have been sentenced in Iran to 8 years as US spies. They were convicted for for espionage and illegal entry.

“In connection with illegal entry into Iranian territory each was given three years in jail and in connection with the charge of cooperating with American intelligence service, each was given five years in jail,” a state TV website said, quoting what it called an informed judiciary source.

They have 20 days to appeal, it said.

The affair has compounded tensions between Tehran and Washington, which have had no diplomatic relations since the storming of the U.S. embassy after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

There was no immediate comment from U.S. officials.

Thankfully, Sarah Shourd was freed on $500,000 bail in September 2010,  returned home and never returned back to Iran. What will be the reaction of the Obama Administration to the sentencing? Sorry, Obama was to busy on vacation to respond to two Americans being unjustly imprisoned.

Obviously, this was a hard line message by Iran to test the Obama Administration … but all that came from the State Department was that they restated the U.S. appeals for their release, “It is time to reunite them with their families.” I guess its better than an Obama apology.

Oh the irony, a regime like Iran enforcing their borders, but Barack Obama thinks that its perfectly ok for illegals to come across the border as long as they commit no crimes. Maybe after his Martha’s Vineyard vacation, Obama can share his executive order providing backdoor amnesty to illegals.

UPDATE I: Iran turns US hikers into Hostages.

Is it 1979 all over again … a weak US Democrat President residing over a failed US economy and an Iranian regime politicizing the capture and detainment of Americans.

The politicized verdict once again underscores the Islamist regime’s twisted sense of “justice,” which is meted out against Iranians as well as foreigners to advance the interests of a ruthlessly brutal regime. The show trial of the hiker/hostages is one more slap in the face of the Obama Administration, whose eager rush to engage Tehran has produced no tangible results.

Obama Orders New Plan to Diversify the Workforce … How Come He Can’t Diversify his Vacation to Martha’s Vineyard?

Let’s put more rules and restrictions on the economy in a recession …

UNBELIEVABLE … the US unemployment rate is at 9.1% and Barack Obama signed an executive order directing federal officials to develop a government-wide diversity strategy in 90 days and then they have 120 days to implement the program. How much more can this President screw with jobs and have an adverse affect on the economy?

The three-page order released Thursday directs the head of the Office of Personnel Management, a deputy director at the Office of Management and Budget and two other agencies to develop the strategy within 90 days. Agencies then have 120 days to implement it. An Office of Personnel Management report says that in fiscal year 2010, the federal workforce was 66.2 percent white, 17.7 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, 5.6 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.8 percent Native American. It was 56.1 percent male.

The executive order can be read HERE.

Just curious, while Barack Obama and the first family provide their shared sacrifice in Martha’s Vineyard, does that local picked by Obama have a diversity make up of “66.2% white, 17.7% black, 8% Hispanic, 5.6% Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.8% Native American”? Hmm? Why is it that Obama does not pick a vacation spot that is not more diverse? If he is so concerned with diversity, why would he not want to vacation in a location that would be the same? Maybe, Barack could pass an order to make Martha’s Vineyard more diverse, but then he would not be able to show everyone his total and complete hypocrisy.

So if the Obamas go with the cheese and the chicken we’re at $53 before dessert, tax, tip and booze. Now, looks like it’s bring-your-own-drinks with a corkage fee of $10. So if we assume $10 for a drink, $10 for dessert – you know they’re both having dessert – a 6.25 percent Massachusetts restaurant tax, and a 20 percent tip, we’re at $93 each, or $186 for the couple.

The average weekly Social Security check for a retired worker is about $274. Just saying.

West Memphis Three Set Free After 18 Years in Prison … After Pleading Guilty to First Degree Murder Charges

The WEST MEMPHIS THREE, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, set free and released today after pleading guilty to first degree murder in the death of three 8 year olds in West Memphis. Following their admissions of guilt, the three were sentenced to time served. Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin were convicted in 1993 of murdering and mutilating the bodies of Michael Moore, Stevie Branch  and Christopher Byers. However, the WM3 took the “Alford plea” in which they could continue to claim their innocence but pleaded guilty in exchange for an 18-year sentence and credit for time served.

All members of the West Memphis Three were released today after pleading guilty to first-degree murder charges in the 1993 deaths of three West Memphis 8-year-olds.

Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley stood before Circuit Court Judge David Laser and entered the guilty pleas while maintaining their innocence in the case. Echols and Baldwin pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Misskelley pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder.

They were given credit for time served and a 10-year suspended sentence for their pleas in an agreement with prosecutors.

However, before you jump on the Johnny Depp and Eddie Vedder band wagon that that the three were innocent of any crimes, one best look at some of the great investigative work done by crime blogger, Blink on Crime. Sure there were screw ups, but there was also more than what the WM3 and their mouth pieces are saying.  More at Blink on Crime including the previous investigative work regarding the murder case of the West Memphis Three, HERE and HERE.

One thing that would need to be considered, if the defense had such a strong case, if the evidence and DNA was so tainted, if there were so many errors committed by law enforcement in the investigation, if there were witnesses who’s stories changed, if the West Memphis Three were so innocent and had all these things going for them, why did they plead GUILTY TO MURDER?

Sadly, in the end it would not appear to be justice for Michael Moore, Stevie Branch  and Christopher Byers. It was a reduction of risk for the WM3 to get out of prison and a money decision by the State. This was not justice … it was risk management on both sides.

The Hypocrite in Chief: More Michelle Obama Sacrifice … Shows Up to Martha’s Vineyard with First Kids on Separate Plane at Tax Payer’s Expense

KING and QUEEN OBAMA … The hypocrite in Chief and his wife rack up more debt for the American tax payers.

As millions of Americans are out of work, thousands of desperate individuals line up for a job fair, more Americans file for first time unemployment claims,  and the national debt is out of control, but … the completely out of touch President and first lady, Barack and Michelle Obama, show up to Martha’sVineyard on separate planes at an additional cost to American tax payers.

Michelle Obama and President Obama traveled to Martha’s Vineyard just hours apart, costing taxpayers thousands in additional expenses so she could have just a bit of extra vacation time.

Mrs. Obama and her daughters arrived just before 2 pm Thursday on a U.S. government jet, according to the Martha’s Vineyard Times, which got its information from the local airport. The first lady’s office has been silent on her travel. President Obama arrived in the evening along with the family dog Bo.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? America is suffering, Obama talks about sacrifice and yet he and Michelle sacrifice nothing? Why would Michelle Obama and kids need top take a separate flight? Michelle Obama’s solo trip included a flight on a specially designed military aircraft she took instead of Air Force One, any extra staff and Secret Service that had to be enlisted to go with her. She also would also have had her own motorcade from the airport to her vacation residence further inconveniencing others on the Vineyard. Imagine America, Michelle’s sacrifice would have been having to slum it on Air Force One. As Weasel Zippers states, “must be nice”.

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The Burger King Character is Out … Add One More the the Obama Unemployment List

MAYBE ITS NOT GOOD TO BE KING …

The creepy Burger King character is the latest victim of the difficult economic times. The Burger King has been kicked to the curb and has lost his crown. Honestly, I never understood the ‘Burger King” character as I thought it was so damn creepy and scary for children that they would run screaming to McDonald’s telling mommy to step on the gas and head for the Golden Arches.

The Burger King is now Unemployed

In the first of many steps to reinvent itself over the next year, the struggling fast-feeder Friday will announce that it’s dethroning the creepy King character — and other wacky, teen-targeting stuff — and refocusing on a customer it had all but forgotten: Mom.

In a new ad campaign set to air this weekend, Burger King will nationally roll out the California Whopper on Monday, made with what’s arguably the gastronomic trend of 2011: guacamole. In a serious image twist, the entire commercial shows only the sights and sounds of the fresh ingredients being washed, sliced and diced. There are no words, just pulsating music.

I don’t think the answer is to get rid of the King, just the look of the one you presently have. Maybe they can hire some one who may be in need of a job in 2012? Heck, there is no time like the present, hire him now so maybe he can leave office sooner and do a favor for America.

Just yesterday, the new jobless claims increased to 408,000 … add the Burger King to that list next week. Of course there is one more King we would like to add to the unemployment rolls in 2012.

Daily Commentary – Friday, August 19, 2011 – Texas Governor Rick Perry – Will He Run?

• Texas Governor Rick Perry – Will He Run? He he is and he has risen to #1 in the Rasmussen poll.

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