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Blah, blah, blah past eight years this...,
Blah, blah, blah, Bush's fault that...

How many times does common sense have to be pointed out too you before the little tiny light bulb finally comes on?

Of those past eight years you keep refering too, six of them were fine, it was the last two that it all started going sour...

Last two years?!!,...wouldn't that be about the time the democrats took over congress?....

Dem response: Uh, duh, why for you say common sense, we liberals still no understand.

President Obama you still have my total support, because you see we didn't get into this mess overnight and we won't get out of it overnight.It amazes me that some people mostly (Obama Haters ) act like the President should have these problems solve by now, when it took Bush and his Republicans buddies six or more years to get us to this point. They never complain about the budget then. They never talked about mortgaging out our children and grandchildren 's future when billions were being spent in Iraq. When the President Obama took over this job, this crisis is what Bush left him. So it will take some time to get us back on the right track, and I have no doubt that we have the right man to lead us. As much confidence as I have in President Obama, my faith is in Jesus Christ. The sorriest darn President we ever had just left office. Obama is a liar, then what was Bush when he lied about the reason we went into Iraq. I wish the 4000 soliers that died could answer that. He twisted the Constitution so he could do his underhanded deeds. Don't talk to me about who's a liar, PLEASE!!! Do anyone remember how we were told that the economy was in sound shape, for months we were told that by President Bush and canidate John McCain? Well we saw how sound it really was, didn't we?

This is the problem with Obama. Fixing the economy is not hard, it's simple. He is just not listening. He is taking advantage of the situation in order to push his Socialist agenda and his Socialist vision for America.

America is Capitalism. It's small government, low taxes, and lots of freedom. When we do well, the world does well. When we act like Socialist, the world economy suffers.

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Tom in S.A.,
So you're saying that you, as a member and supporter of "The Obstructionist Party," also want the country to fail?

Answer this for me: In light of the fact that the President knew that we needed more money than was voted on in the Stimulus Bill, to get US out of FP Bush's "leftover mess," how do you and yours think we should handle this colossal collapse in managing our government?

Other than seceding; you've already tried that. Other than using Limbaugh's Handbook/Playbook of repeat the same key phrases over and over.....The smart public have seen through the camouflages. Other than labeling President Obama in attempts at tarnishing his image....That's not working.......Other than Gingrich, Palin, Romney, Jindal, Cantor, Boehner, McConnell, Sanford, DeMint, Pawlenty, Spense, Limbaugh, Steele, Coulter, Rudy G, Huckabee, Joe-The-Plumber-McCain, etc.......Other than all of the above, what do you and yours have to bring to the table?
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Harry and Obama haters,

A stock market is not a saving, it's just gambling because there is no mathematical calculation on the ups and downs of the market. It is based just on fear and what these liars want to hear.The best saving for your retirement is putting money in the saving account. I wonder how people believe in this manipulation from wall street. This is just like believing G W Bush, McCain and the reps telling you the economy is strong when everything were already crushing. You have a truthteller in the white house and should be proud of him. Stop following these Rep and the news media, because they never told that the economic situation was moving backward like they did with the war in Irak. Do more google and open your thoughts.
Do not blame the one that wants to solve this mess and show your love , because what is happening here is the notion that the americans have lost this notion of love. Money became the driving force in this country. If we don't get back to this, nothing will be solved.

Wow, someone actually posted that they want Bush back in office ... I hope that's joke.

Matthew Detriot: You must be Dsylexic!! It's ADHD (Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)!! There is also the short form which is ADD (Adult Attention Deficit Disorder) without the hyperactivity! I'm glad he has ADHD because the hyperactivity will allow him to MULTITASK at WARP SPEED!!! It's also good press for people like myself who have ADD so watch your MOUTH!!

Tom in SA

Yes they are to do what we elected them to do, generally speaking. There comes a time when you have to do the hard work of politics and actually lead, even if that means angering your constituents. Do you think liberals are happy that Obama kept Gates in his cabinent or that Obama physically went to Capitol Hill to sit down with the Republicans about the stimulus or that he is leaving a significant amount of troops in Iraq? No they didn't but that is part of true leadership and that ultimately is what we elect our 'leaders' to do.

Cannot believe the remarks I'm seeing – Reinstate George Bush??? I mean really, how absurd is this country becoming? If this is the type of people that are electing people like George Bush – that caused this mess in the first place – then we as a country are do omed.

Obama has been in office a little over ONE MONTH. Get a grip people – He will be there four years. Our recession was the result of the last eight years. Do you really think it will be fixed in the first few weeks of Obama's office? What an ab surd party the GOP has become to be taking such a bitter and divisive stance WHILE America is having such a hard time – And I am speaking as an EX- LIFELONG – REPUB.

This is a wonderful opportunity which CNN has given for us to express our views and read those of others, but I am not helped by some who state their views long before their brains, or what is left to be called brains, catch up with their mouths. Some are so hateful and without common sense that the whole exercise is counter-productive and could lead others to dismiss this whole process.

For example: "Death of America by Obama" is a cowardly screw ball, who is missing several screws or may be the elevator does not go all the way to the top.

And so it will be. The chosen one has spoken.

Les: WE THE PEOPLE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN WALL STREET!!! Do you remember the 1.2 million office redecoration fiasco, the purchase of an $87,000 rug, a corporate jet, etc, etc, etc. The stock market is no longer a LEADING indicator of the health of our economy, it is the LEADING indicator of CORPORATE GREED!

And the winner of the most ignorant and stupid post goes to..............................phoenix86!!!!!!! Come on down!!!!!!!!

And, to speak about the JOB LOST . . . WHERE DID THE ( OVER 5 MILLION) JOBS GO IN 2005-THAT WERE OUT SOURCED?

The only thing I know is Obma is doing the right thing and got will not let him down, nor those who elected him. Instead of being united and fight against this common enemy (this crisis), peo[ple prfer to put their political agendas ahead, as though we were all born yesterday and forget about all the arm made to this country in the past 8 years, of which results we are facing. Let him end the wars and make friends instead of enemies.

ALL I WANT IS TO GO BACK TO WORK AND GET MY LIFE BACK ON TRACK! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?????????????

@LES...

WOW...YOU ARE SUCH A HATER....HOW DARE YOU CALL OUR PRESIDENT A CHIMP!!! YOU REALLY SOUND IGNORANT!!!

GET HELP QUICK!!!

To GET WELL SOON: If a person was to study the situation more than by watching CNBC and the DNR e-mails they recieve, they would realize our countries problems started long before GWB took office. I am afraid the only way to restore cofidence in our economy is through impeachment or a recall. Running around like Chicken Little crying the "Economy is Falling" week after week does little to instill confidence in his ability to correct thing. It took GWB 8 years to run up a $Trillion dept, it has taken 'O' less than 6 months to double that. Spending money foolishly and printing dollar bills will not correct our problems. What will the Official US language be when China forcloses ou US? Mandarin?

Regarding the Republican response:

Competition is fine, but it must be fair. Enron was a competitive energy company. They turned out too good to be true. Like Madoff, they were cooking their books.

@PHOENIX86....

LOOK IN THE MIRROR TO SEE THE REAL BUFFON!!! YOUR IGNORANCE IS BLISS....

McCain would have died of a heart attack by now.

Some people seem to be the experts on economics and they haven't even taken one course of economics in their lives. They continue to listen to what greedy Wall Streeters have to say about the situation. Of course Wall Street is going to say that capitalism is being destroyed by government intervention because they hate the idea of someone looking over their shoulder while they are mishandling and stealing money. Also to blame are these prestigious business schools and how don't teach students to be innovative, but how to cut cost now matter what and move companies to lower wage paying areas in the world. Deregulation was the worst that could have ever happened because no one can be trusted to regulate themselves when it comes to money.

We have become such a greedy and selfish country....all in the name of "unchecked" capitalism.

"let the market correct itself". Thats brilliant! Lets see and wait for the market to turn by 2014 with unemployment at 25percent. It will be a pleasure watching Rush Limbaugh and the rightwing nutcases lose in 2012! GO OBAMA 2012!

Nothing he has done so far or has promised to do will make the economy stronger. History has proven that high deficits, tight regulations, pro-union policies and threatening trade agreements inevitably lead to a weaker economy. The stock markets and foreign investment are shrinking quickly, signaling a great deal of fear about Obama's economic prowess. Either he is lying or he has no idea what makes an economy tick.

@Matthew, Detroit March 7th, 2009 11:09 am ET.. He is focusing on everything else and spending money like a 17 year old girl***
Watch your mouth Boy .....Not sure you probaly go back Door MORON!!!
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@Scott,Tuscon:

Does President Obama get credit when the market jumps back up? Or are you just another one of the "dumb leading the blind" suckers from Fox News?

Man, all the right-wing, KKK/GOP/RUSH party members posting here are truly nuts in my opinion. And I suspect they're all white too.

Please take off your pointy, cone-shaped hats and put out the burning crosses: America is not scared of you anymore.

All the repugs comments are amuzing aren't they? I never cease to be amazed!
President Obama will get us out of the mess that the gop put us in.
The no plans, no solutions PARTY OF NO need to realize that the American people know what they are. That's what November 4th was all about! Go Away!

Some of you people are seriously demented. Calling for Obama's impeachment? Saying he sold your children into slavery? Install Bush again? Get real. This mess was thrust upon him and he's doing something to fix it and all you can do is complain. When the economy does turn around, I;m sure your twisted logic will attribute it to Bush tax cuts. I offer you the same advice that was given to me by conservatives when I protested the Iraq debacle – if you don't like America, you're free to leave.

@Matthew, Detroit

Did you forget to take Ritalin today, its ADHD you moron, not AHDD....

BTW i have been reading your comments for a long time, stop spending is your only mantra all the time and guess what thats exactly what all American's are doing right now and thats why the economy is goign down the toilet. Spending improves economy and thats one of the reason why Banks don't encourage savings, meaning they don't give you more interest on money.
May be, I should give you some lesson on economics....

This whole housing crisis could have easily been avoided if the democrats that ran congress back in 2002, had listened to george bush and many others that warned them about what fannie and mac were doing by lower their standards so that people that were not able to qualify for a home loan could get them. the democrats thought it was "unfair" that people with good credit could own homes but people with bad credit couldn't. They think that everyone has the "right" to own a home. All of these know nothing people that blame bush for this crisis are just totally not informed. Why do most Americans listen to the liberal biased media and believe their lies. I teach my kids not to let the schools brain wash them and not to think that just because someone writes something in a book or in a newspaper that it's the truth. Democrats don't want us to know the truth and the media helps them in their grand cover up. Democrats want people to depend on their big government entitlement so that these people will vote for them. They try to make us believe that everyone is equal and we are not!!! We are created equal but we are not any of us equal. We do not have the right to happiness, we have the right to strive for happiness. When we pay our bills and excel at our jobs and make a good honest living and are doing well, then the democrats want to punish us for it and reward people for being mainstays on welfare by giving them more entitlements that they are not taking out of their pockets. They are taking it from me and my family. I do not ever mind paying my taxes and helping people that really need it, but I do mind paying for all of these low lives that would rather sit back with their entitlements rather than having a little pride and working for it. Thank you FDR and all you other bleeding heart liberals that has turned this great nation into the biggest welfare state in the free world. They way you have torn apart our constitution must have our forefathers turning over in their grave.

Obama is trying and making ground to get things turned around – the very mess he walked into – he is diligently cleaning up...and telling it like he sees it – doesn't want to sugar coat anything because of his high principles.

Those of you who resort to name calling and racist comments are so pathetic – you have nothing left but hurling names at our President – you sound like the fools you are – just glad I don't have to look at you!

I realize this economic crisis is world-wide and was fed by many years of political ineptness by our leaders and Congress. However, the President's current actions are not helping matters.

Not only is he spending faster than money can be printed, but his personal actions in the White House and on the road makes him look bad also. A dinner party a week, cocktails once a week, $100 a lb. Japanese beef, costly trips on Air Force One back and forth a couple of times in one day (Illinois), almost weekly flights to who knows where, ferrying of limos and security along with the cost of jet fuel isn't saving us any money. It's campaign mode, talk, talk, talk, all the time.

With the 700 million plus he collected to run for president, he is set for life. While the Obamas pay for all their own personal meals, having a couple of dinner parties a week, with governmental employees makes it a business meeting and the charges go to the taxpayer, who will probably never see a piece of $100 a lb. beef in his/her life.

The President and his advisors and hangers-on need to put their collective noses to the grindstone and get to work, daily, without interruption or flying here and there to give meaningless speeches. We know he is a fine orator, but that isn't fixing the problem.

OK. So let me get this straight. By going deeper and deeper in debt and by punishing the most productive, innovative, and ambitous members of our society, we are going to become more prosperous? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

THIS IS PURE STUPIDITY.

To Tom in S.A.

To answer the question in your response to Marge consider these words of wisdom from Edmund Burke:

"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), Speech to the electors of Bristol. 3 Nov. 1774

In other words, just because today's neo-con-wingnut base of the Republican Party want's these obstructionist traitor's (i.e. R-Senators) to do as they are doing, these "representatives" are not only betraying our nation, but also those they represent by giving into these paralytic strategies.

obama is the best. He still make good choices for all american people

Name-calling, divisiveness and partisanship are certainly not the answer to our economic woes. It took time to get into this mess, and it is going to take time to solve the problems. We're on the right track. The DOW is not the economy. For those who still have jobs or funds, this would be a good time to wisely invest in your home and community by getting your carpets cleaned, replacing that ailing appliance, etc. Without demand for goods and services this economy has no chance of recovery. A business owner will tell you that without customers he has no chance to succeed. If you are not in need of goods or services yourself, then consider giving to a local food bank or domestic violence shelter. Any spending that we do now will improve the economy in time. This is something that we all can do now to make a difference. (I'm not advocating credit spending or frivolous spending.) Make a difference, invest in your community!

To answer you response to Marge consider these words of wisdom from Edmund Burke:

"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), Speech to the electors of Bristol. 3 Nov. 1774

In other words, just because today's neo-con-wingnut base of the Republican Party want's these obstructionist traitor's (i.e. R-Senators) to do as they are doing, these "representatives" are not only betraying our nation, but also those they represent by giving into these paralytic strategies.

To answer you response to Marge consider these words of wisdome from Edmund Burke:

"Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion."

Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), Speech to the electors of Bristol. 3 Nov. 1774

In other words, just because today's neo-con-wingnut base of the Republican Party want's these obstructionist traitor's (i.e. R-Senators) to do as they are doing, these "representatives" are not only betraying our nation, but also those they represent by giving into these paralytic strategies.

STOP REFERRING TO OUR PRESIDENT AS A CHIMP. THIS IS COMING FROM A BLACK MAN. I seen it on the paper,the news, and now here. So all of you saying that obamachimp word should be ashamed.
to tell you the truth it gets me heated when I see that. you will make African Americans mad with that comment I know I am. All I can say is this is stupid. I am not nor is anyone of my race a chimp. That is just plain racist.

Tom in SA, Do not screech to me about this being a representative govt., and do not even think you can preach on this level. If we had a representative gov't we would have been out of Iraq years ago, our economy would not be tanking, prisoners of war would not be tortured, and Bush and cronies would not have been allowed to set the Constitution on fire. It was not the will of the people to operate under a facist gov't for 8 years.

obama just smooth talk snake..say what you mean and what you act..

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY MUST BE OUTLAWED AND THOSE WHO BELONG TO IT BROUGHT TO TRIAL!!!!! WE MUST NEVER LET THE REPUBLICANS DESTROY AMERICA AGAIN !!!

I am fasinated that people feel so free to call the president a "chimp", and a monkey here and that CNN will print such racial slurs. Tells you alot about these people and about CNN.

tax everything just for power grap.

Your children's children, your great-grandchildren, they are broke the moment they're born. They are broke when they get their first job.

pls dont make this country like ur distric south side chicago..just lazies

When Obama fixes this mess I want the term limits lifted so he can run like FDR did so all you haters need to sign a petitionliftind thew term limits.

P.S. Rush is a Big fat pill popping hate mongering "Rat".

If the president can get the medical crisis figured out, perhaps he can get treatment for his ADD, which will allow him to stay focused on the more immediate problem our nation faces.

Change you can believe in:

old idea – send troops to war in Iraq
new idea – send troops to war in Afghanistan

old idea – give corporations money through tax breaks
new idea – give corporations money

old idea – take lobby money (green)
new idea – take PAC/bundle money (same color green)

old idea – pork barrel spending
new idea – pork barrel spending but lie about it

I don't like the old or new approach – start donating to your favorite 3rd party. Or 2nd if you consider RNC-DNC to be the 1st.

I have but one question, when will we emerge?????

Since Obama has been in office, the market has tanked so fast that it is making my head spin!

We, the American people will be lucky to just get back what we have already lost!

The GREED by our elected officials and on Wall Street, along with our banks, are getting richer at our expense!

WHEN WILL WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET A BAILOUT?????

Hey Phoenix86, You are such a Tool! Finally
we get someone with intelligence and we are going to listen to idiots like you.
Get real! Why don't you leave the U.S. you idiot!

What gets to me is the HYPOCRISY of the Republicans and the worship of the "dead" and "dead brained" policies of Ronald Ray-Gun. Mix in the "States Rights" baffoonery (on the stimulus package) of other Republicans and the whole situation makes you want to puke. Face the music you Republican fools. Your ways DO NOT WORK. Time for change and you ain't it.

What Makes Cents....

I would like to suggest to you what I believe would help all who are being laid off.

Instead of laying off an employee, why not give them (the employee) the option to continue to work at the unemployment rate of pay...still keeping their health insurance...still being productive and even cross-training to do other jobs necessary for the growth of the Company, until things improve and they will be the first rehired....possibly with a bonus. I know when I was no longer working, I just became depressed...because I had to work , I needed to work. Today I still have not found another job and I receive unemployment. I rather be working, I rather be productive. I feel that we can better serve ourselves, both employers and employees with this type of an option. Production will not fail, companies will not go under, people will not feel disregarded or powerless, and we the employee will still be active, productive and appreciated. I really want you to hear this idea and see if something like this will help everyone concerned. If not please tell me why.

Sincerely,

Angela Savage Austin

What Makes Cents...

I would like to suggest to you what I believe would help all who are being laid off.

Instead of laying off an employee, why not give them (the employee) the option to continue to work at the unemployment rate of pay...still keeping their health insurance...still being productive and even cross-training to do other jobs necessary for the growth of the Company, until things improve and they will be the first rehired....possibly with a bonus. I know when I was no longer working, I just became depressed...because I had to work , I needed to work. Today I still have not found another job and I receive unemployment. I rather be working, I rather be productive. I feel that we can better serve ourselves, both employers and employees with this type of an option. Production will not fail, companies will not go under, people will not feel disregarded or powerless, and we the employee will still be active, productive and appreciated. I really want you to hear this idea and see if something like this will help everyone concerned. If not please tell me why.

Sincerely,

Angela Savage Austin

To Get Well Soon GOP
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It is has been people like you that US is going to be a Banana Republic very soon if you still think old and bad like a lost mind. Why we Americans are where we are now?, Why we got in this crisis? Is the now crisis from Obama or his roots? Obama is a Harvard educated and is surrounded with US best brains, not lost economist that advised Bush. US is a country where half 100 million people have no health care ensurance, US has been driven by China credits over the last 5 years, US banks and other interests are now in hands of Arabian Golf natives. I do not think any brainy American is not aware of these realities. So, deal with as there is no other way out!

This is sad to see all the racial comments here, things about monkeys and chimps should not be allowed.

I say give our President a chance and stop with all the negativity and fighting like children as enough is enough! I believe that in order to make money one must spend money and that is exactly what economic and financial people are saying. Obama is following the same approach rich people have been doing and still are doing, thats why they are rich DUH! Obama is just doing it on a much larger scale. Let the govenment work for a change and the american people will prosper with a stronger economy.

Well yes GOP you can impeach Obama, that is if you get the votes. But based on his 73% approval I think it is you who are being impeached dessert boy!

Les,

more like a chimp in chimps clothing.

White democrats will soon see that they are being monumentally screwed by the Democratic party. Another Republican realignment of the 1960's? White Reagan Democrats come on over the water is great.

“I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” Ronald Reagan, 1962.

obama looks like he hasn't much sleep

There is no doubt the economic situation will improve but who will be irreversibly hurt and how patient can we be??? The stock markets are a constant source of pessimisr since they react only to earnings for themselvs instead of favorable economic indicators and the news media will report only the most headline grabbing details. There must be a sprinkling of good news to regain confidence to rebuild our economy.

If Obama would spend more time behind a desk instead of in front of a camera giving pep talks then maybe he wouldn't come across as a show horse. Hillary Clinton, as is well known, is the work horse.

What a great President and human being. We are the country that can. And when it's all over the one's who stood in the way of progress will only be remembered for that. He and America will emerge from this and many of the Republican party will be remembered as fools and nothing more.

I believe it's getting very clear.

The Seven Heavenly Virtues:
faith, hope, charity, fortitude, justice, temperance, prudence
They are: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, give shelter to strangers, clothe the naked, visit the sick, minister to prisoners, and bury the dead.

and then we have the NO vote
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

I agree wit the president 100% and that is why he must veto the omnibus bill with 9000 earmarks. some are needed spending but the process by which they got there is broken, we can't wait until next time, we must make a way where there is no way to stop wateful spending. Hopefully it dies at the hands of Senator Reid.

Our greed and self indulgence is what landed us in this mess, and it will require the exact opposite to get us out of it. We're too quick to take the easy route in this country these days. Our nation was created from hard work and great sacrifice. Now we stand at a crossroad, individually and collectively. What will YOU do? Will you learn from your ancestors or continue modelling yourself after the immature example we've set the last few decades? It's time we took ownership of our mistakes. Our actions and inactions landed us where we are now – OURS, not someone else's. We've turned into a nation of addicts who want what we want NOW and who blame others when we don't get it. Stop whining, wipe your nose and get to work making this country better.

Les
Don't you hear your mom yelling down to the basement that your fish sticks and tater tots are ready?? Jeez those 40+-year-old ears sure don't hear like they used da...

I just have to say that, as an independent voter (one who voted for Obama), by far, I repeat by far, the least informed and uneducated when it comes to politics are those who claim to be dems. Just go back and look at the comments from dems about the stem cell issue. These people hear things like "Bush outlawed stem cell research", and then do no research or try to understand the issue. they just regurgitate that statement over and over. People, stem cell research was never illegal. There were no restrictions on adult stem cell research (where all the advances are being made), and there was embryonic stem cell research, just not federally funded. And, 80% of all scientific funding comes from the private sector anyway. DO you know why the private sector wasn't contributing. . . because it is a quick way to lose money. There are no advances. Look in other countries. . . nothing. Now, Obama has opened the door to the bankrupt federal government for investment purposes. Great! Just another way to waste money. Dems realy have got to get a clue, open up there minds and learn something. You are a bunch of lemmings!

do you know that in the british and canadian parliament that the prime minister must stand up and answer questions that are asked by the members of parliament without knowing what the questions are going to be without a telepromter can you imagine obama or bush having to do that i laugh myself silly just thinking about it watch c span when they show these to countries in session

It will be when we take our country back from you in 2012!!!

beevee,

Your wrong. Do a google search on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the House Banking committee. You'll be surprised to see, as I was, that the Republicans actually warned about the practices of certain banks and the Democrats simply didn't listen.

LES, REPORT YOURSELF TO THE COTTON FIELDS TOMORROW MORNING AT 6 AM.

WE WON ! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON! WE WON!!!!!

YES WE DID!

Well said Ron L. - you are exactly right!

When do we get to see George Bush, Dick Cheyney, and Karl Rove waterboarded at GITMO for what they have done to the economy? And when will GOP sub leaders like Boehner go back to college and get a dgree, preferably in economics, not voodoo economics? We need some people who care about the bottom 99% not the few that will benefit from tax cuts and capital gains reductions.

"Do you listen to any economists…this "stimulus" is what's causing the recession to linger" - WELL, I HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AND LISTENING AND I HAVE NOT HEARD A SINGLE ECONOMIST SAY THIS. OF COURSE, I AM NOT LISTENING TO RADICAL RIGHT WING MEDIA SOURCES WHICH IS WHERE YOU MOST LIKELY HEARD THIS. IT IS THE SILLIEST STATEMENT I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME.

OH PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE..... A PURE AMERICAN. GIVE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY A BREAK.

"Harry March 7th 2009 11:39"
WOW!!! You sound like a complete idiot. Did you expect President Obama to wave his magic wand and fix everything in one day. Give me a break. It took years for us to end up where we are today. It will take time and patience to fix all that has happened. Stop being part of the problem and look for more positives things in life. Have a better day!!!!

Let's see how you can fix the problem your party created.

PSYCHO PSYCH OUT!!!!!

PEACE OUT LES !!!!

Even guys like JIM CRAMER on CNBC a Barack backer has said that

he is single handedly destroying the wealth of the United States.

He is a terrible president and is destroying the country.

NOW the guy is pushing through legislation to REMOVE the SOVEREIGNTY of INDIVIDUAL STATES of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

He is now going to take states sovereignty under the guise that it is

better for all.

He is planning on trenching through states to deliver solar power to

others even when those said no. Now he is talking about using

water from the great lakes for the common good.

The man is going to change the constitution. I dont believe people

that voted for him knew how bad it would be.

He is destroying the country in only 45 days.

Do you Obama supporters have enough of the drama? Let's raise taxes during a recession, what a novel idea. Look at history and in the 1930s and that is one of the reasons the economy tanked. Government raised taxes and people stopped spending. SMALL Business's are the key to recovery, NOT GM, the banks or AIG!!! What has the government done to help small businesses, NOTHING!!!

Redistribution of wealth is another word for Socialism. I was upset with the Republicans with their spend and spend attitude, and now Obama is doing the same thing. We cannot afford to cover medical insurance for everyone, have all of these 8000 plus pork barrels funded, fight two wars, worst lay-offs since 1974, and fight two wars while revenues are going down. The government can just print more money and we will be paying the price with higher inflation like 1979 – 1982. Seems like Washington is full of dummies who never read history books or learn from the past.

Les, what are you talking about?

When Truman declared WW2 over, the dow went down
When Reagan was elected, the dow went down.

The Dow is an arbitrary selection of 30 or so stocks out of 10's of thousands that does not truly mean much of anything, especially in politics.

Spending freezes worked wonders for Hoover... oh right
We have plenty of supply right now, we need some demand...

Les:

You sir are an idiot, a bigot and frankly are part of the problem in this country. You have no respect for your fellow human being, which means you have no respect for yourself. You show your intelligence or lack thereof by calling the President racially influenced names. You sir are an example of why we are so hated around the world, it is because of people like you who simply refuse to accept people regardless of sex, creed, color or religion. I hope CNN takes issue with your post and bans you, it is clear you are unable to hold an adult level conversation or say anything productive.

What a buffoon. The only thing more idiotic than this imbicile in the White House are the people who still believe his BS.

Can we impeach this guy?

The problems with the economy had been festering for 8 years. The fact that FP Bush and his staff did not feel the pulse of the crisis looming over the nation they were elected as stewards over, reveals flaws in his governing methods. The fall of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stern was off the richter. They should have been "In Like Flint" finding solutions to avert pending doom. Missed opportunites is to put it mildly. It's more like missed-governing.

Now Republicans from 20 states want to secede from the Union. That sounds familiar. Didn't work in 1861, it won't work now. Remember the "Civil War" and the "Confederate States of America?

They say they hate the Stimulus Package, and appear noble and more concerned about spending than the rest of their coleagues, but were all for Bush spending trillions on a faux war.

They label President Obama as a "Socialist" for wanting to use money that you must spend to help the economy, hence the word "Spending." Yet they use the strategies masterminded by none other than Hitler, to inundate and confuse citizens into going along with their programs. The "Limbaugh Handbook" says "repeat the same phrases over and over; say them until people begin to believe them. Promise "goodies" and a better life for the discouraged. Eventually they will give in, and follow you." Straight from Hitler's
playbook of propaganda. In short; their game plan is more destructive than anything President Obama would ever imagine. Word from the wise.

Remember, sell low and buy high.

Way too early to tell if prosperity will happen on this "presidebt's" watch or not. Good talk is cheap.

IF and that it starting to be a BIG IF Obama doesn't destory this country first.

There is no way that we can PAY for everything that Obama wants to spend.

Our ONLY chance is to VOTE Republican in 2010 to put and end to this MADNESS. Either that or MARCH ON WASHINGTON and throw Obama and his traitors OUT.

no way

Marge,
Your calling the republicans obstructionist when all they are doing is what the people who elected them want them to do. Is that not what they are suppose to do. We the people elect who we want and they are suppose to do want we want, is that not right??

When the economy hits bottom the President will make sure that the foundation it's rebuilt upon is solid, and that the new economy is driven by the people and not the robber barons, as it was under bush.
The lazy bush-republicans that post here and call that socialism just don't believe in what their fellow Americans can AND WILL accomplish...

My dearest Les, IS YOUR NAME LESTER THE MOLESTER, i read your comment and may i say thAT your stupidity of the chimp remindS me that the only chimp like gorilla in America is probably your buddy Rush limbaugh who likes to pound his chest like king kong, AND HOP AROUND LIKE HE IS KING OF THE JUNGLE now hurry up you menice and get lost, you bring shame and redicule to america.

Les, 72% of the Americans, most of them nice and white, perfer the monkeyman to your clean old McCain. Must make you want to go ape. This next 4 years will be more fun then a barrel of monkeys.

@ Pat- I am not sure what you think a President is supposed to be doing everyday, but he is definitely working very hard to fix this mess.

How nice and simple it would be to lay the market drop at the feet of Big Daddy O. However, the banks are in need of help, the auto industry is turning to dust, credit is tied up, newspapers are going out of business, fuel prices are going up and down, there are 2 wars going on states are letting people go, and jobs are moving overseas. Hello, all of that started before our Muslim leader took office. In fact he only just got his citerzenship a year ago. So how could a socialist do so much damage in just 2 months. A pure American had the office for 8 years and that is when all of this started. Come on GOP be honest.

Marge:

Do you listen to any economists...this "stimulus" is what's causing the recession to linger

@kid minneapolis March 7th, 2009 12:09 pm ET regarding Jimbo March 7th, 2009 11:35 am ET.

Every one of Jimbo's comments are dead on target. The fact that you can't see the truth shows you need koolade detox ASAP. You've clearly OD'ed on Obama talk, talk, talk. Why do you think the stock market is down 20% since the inauguration? They've figured out that Barry's only plan is to throw vast sums of borrowed money at fringe liberal causes.

yep...in 2013 when you are gone

@Les,
You can call Obama a Chimp all you want, but guess what...he is the president of the United States!

Blacks are now ruling over white people....I guess this is reverse slavery! lol!!!

this educated, articulate chimp is your president for the next 4 yrs – so deal with it!!!!

America now has a President who is competent...

...open, honest and hard working...

...ALL of the Obama-haters in this country...

...are like many victims of chronic abuse (the Bush-Cheney years) who've been abused for so long...

...they don't know how to react when someone treats them decently...

...But privilege monkeys won't stop the President's agenda of turning this economy and country around...

...As long as WE the MAJORITY stand steadfastly behind him...

...the MEDIA and the treasonous Bush-Limbaugh Republicants are irrelevant!

NEVER forget who got us in this mess!

-----Better to IMPEACH SOONER, THAN LATER---------

There isn't going to be anything but DEBT later–these people are crazy !

true words, but quit saving these companies that exposed themselves to so much risk

it is teaching bad behavior to let them live

let them die and a stronger nation will emerge

Only Republiklans see this economic crisis through the narrow-minded prism of wall street!

The folks on wall street started this economic meltdown with deregulation, high CEO pay and Madoff corruption-like businesses...yet the chickens and sheeps in the republi-Klans party are ranting and raving like they are smoking the same drugs their leader Rush Limbaugh handed down to them!

Republiklans only solutuon to GW economic crisis is tax cuts and now spending freeze...arrrrgggh, no wonder they repugs lack new ideas and they got Rush leading them like sheeps to the slaughter house!

All you folks bashing Bush and defending Obama:

Contrary to popular opinion, Congress controls the purse strings of the country, not the President. The president makes recommendations, but Congress crafts spending bills and the president either signs them into law or vetoes them. As such, the past two years of economic decline have occurred with Democrats in charge (just as they are now) of determining our spending.

Granted GWB had his flaws and was somewhat responsible as well, but congress is mostly accountable for the decline the past two years including failure to oversee banks and financial firms. And don't forget Dodd and Frank were pushing banks to make mortgage loans to people who should not have had them in the first place. So don't lay it all at the feet of the Bush administration.

Congress continues to spend money we don't have and Obama is just ratcheting it up a notch. I fear we are back to the Carter years.

North Carolina has this on their website: According to state transportation officials, this round of infrastructure investment will create about 14,000 jobs for the state. So that makes 14,025 if you include the 25 pigs in Ohio. Good work in just 2 months. That is more then W did, with him we lost a planet (Pluto) and a city.

We need to learn our constitutional laws. It is unconstitutional to have GWB back in office. He hid the illegitimate Iraq war budget from the tax payers. Dishonesty helped get the U S into this current mess. A "C" student Ivy League drunk who barely graduated & avoided military duty dy campaigning. Lir, liar, pants on fire.

NOT THE KINDA GUY TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO, BUT I TOLD YOU SO, yet another intelligent red neck...Yes George Bush back in office. You dunderhead. Look at the mess this crony caused in 8 years. Obama has done more in less than two months then both Bushes did in 12 years. Go team up with the ostrichs and burry your head in the ground.

Obama says that the economy is worse since the stimulus but that he was going to throw more money in the black hole.

Do we Americans need a brick to fall on our heads to see that Obama's vision of socialism is not going to work? As Margaret Thatcher said: "Socialism works, only until you run out of other people's money". Looks like we're there and then some. The money's run out fools and those of us that put false idols in front of us have the temerity to believe that the great Obamaman will lead us to green pastures. Does anyone believe in the expression that God helps those that help themselves? Or "Physician heal thyselves" in other words if the rich or well to do are not doing so well to do, your not going to get blood out of a stone. Rush Limbaugh stated he wants Obama to fail only if Obama's agenda is socialism (looks like we're entering the threshold, wouldn't you say?). Listen America, listen very well because it looks like Rome is buening while Nero fiddles!!!!

That's RIGHT Mr. President, despite the likes of Ann Coulter, Micheal Steele, Rush Limbaugh, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Newt Gingrich and all those GOP jealous cry babies, AMERICA IS THE LAND OF THE PROUD, and we will RISE ABOVE this crisis again.

We are a STRONG PEOPLE and we take pride in our President and our country, even if there are those that wish us to FAIL based on their ignorance and divisive bigotry.

WE ARE AMERICANS AND D_M PROUD OF IT!!!

glittergirl – You are so right. The news media if you can call it that is nothing but a gigantic gossip column full of unresearch speculation. The economy wouldn't be in 85% of the turmoil it is in because of the mouths of the News Media. Words like plummet, plunging, getting worse, what doe this mean for my money. You hear the same crap every day from these same idiots. Why don't they say something good like you said about how many jobs have come about, or what good is happening through the midst of this economic crisis.

Oh, and Harry what direction was George Bush taking us. Quit being a bumbling idiot. Republicans are so far from reality and depend on "Religion" to get this country trough....well that certainly hasn't worked has it. Conservativism always spells doom.

Just think, if the republicans would cooperate instead of obstructing and delaying, we might get this recovery on track a lot faster.

I think the MSM is doing this country and injustice by not reporting on all the obstruction actions the republican politicans are taking. And while they are at it they should have the guts to report on the lies and spewing and obstructional actions the republican media is taking

Les, You and your use of the word "Obamachimp" shows an IGNORANCE that is so disappointing...America look beyond such displays of immaturity.
WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!!

Les, you are a nothing but a disgrace to society and an immature bastard

To all the Bushies out there: You had your chance and totally blew it.

Why? Because Republican economic policies of no regulation, tax cuts for the wealthy and tinkle-down, voodoo economics DON'T WORK!!!!!

Time for you all to suck it up and start helping the President clean up the huge mess you created for us!

The Stock Market only indicates how a select group of publically-traded companies are doing. As we have come to see over the last several years, these companies' stock prices were over-inflated due to cooking the books, trading in hedge funds and selling complicated "financial instruments" and the like.

President Obama rightly recognizes that our current financial situation cannot be solved overnight and that it will take time and tremendous effort on all of our parts.

Lest we forget, the Bush Administration (after using the lie that Saddam Hussein was behind the 9/11 attacks) told us when we invaded Iraq 1) we’d be greeted as liberators, 2) that they'd be surprised if combat lasted more than 6 months, and 3) that Iraqi oil would pay for the war.

That kind of idiot "thinking" not only has cost our country trillions of dollars and thousands of lives, it also is the reason behind the current financial crisis.

My only conclusion about all the naysayers who post here is that the reason Obama and his policies are so frightening to them is because they, like the Bush Administration, DON'T KNOW HOW TO THINK.

Thank goodness Bush, McCain and all the other Republican voodoo economists are not running the show!

Healthcare and carbon credits have nothing to do with the economy and are distractions.

It is the economy, stupid.

So many of us have such short memories and even less patience. Here is the REAL DEAL..
When our new President speaks of America being more prosperous he is not speaking just of the very -well to do. He is attempting to make it so that more of us get back into the $40 to $60,000 dollar per year range. This IS NOT what the people on Wall Street really care about. What they really care about is HELPING THEIR OWN....
We now hear all of this CRAP that the DOW is a LEADING indicator of the economy...Do you remember that THIS leading indicator was acting as if everything was just FINE six months ago?? That many of the very people saying such negative things about the market today were recommending more people to BUY!! An predicting NEW HIGHS in the near future!!
What we are seeing in todays market prices is the AFTER EFFECTS of more and more BAD news coming from all over the world. Some of those in Wall Street and our own government played it fast and loose with money and loosening regulations, with VERY BAD results.
I believe the President is taking a pragmatic approach, which often takes more time then shooting from the hip. More of you need to do a little more research before mouthing off. I believe if you did that you would see this is a lot more complicated than a 30 sec to 2 minute soundbite. To get a REAL FEEL for the complexity of the situation you need to listen to the Far Right, Far Left, and the semi-neutral part of the media ( about 90 minutes a day).
Just based on the FACTS, no matter what the President does, we still have on or two more months of crappy news before the economy stops the bleeding. Wall Street needs to quit overeacting, it is making everything worst.

Take a look, folks–this is a global economic problem, not just an American one. Top economists around the world are working to stabilize the global economy–don't you think that if there were a "magic bullet/wand" out there, someone, somewhere, somehow would have found it and used it (and perhaps shared it with others so they, too, could benefit?) Last time I looked, America was a part of that global economy–and both influences and is influenced by what goes on around the world. If capitalism is so great, how did we get into this mess in the first place? And if it is so effective, why aren't other countries flocking to imitate us? Change is never easy–it is messy and uncomfortable–but the world is changing and we need to figure out how we can be a part of that change.

Must feel bad to be whipped by a monkey. Some white people call him Obamachimp. So that must mean you are Les then a Chimp because not only did he thrash McCain but he took half the House and most of the Senate with him. Go Obamchimp, you are The One.

@ Jimbo March 7th, 2009 11:35 am ET

I know! I know! [ahem]:

"What are the top 7 lies told by the dolts on the right about the President of the United States."

~ding~

CORRECT

People who expect an immediate turnaround in the economy are the same greedy, clueless voters who put that idiot Bush in office.

Get a freaking clue.

It's YOUR me-first, instant gratification consumerist attitude that elected people like Gramm, McCain, Bush, Cheney, and all the other corporate libertarians into office so they could systematically line their pockets with the wealth of this nation, promising their God Reagan's mantra of trickle down wealth to stupid sheep who had some hope of being in that golden shower.

Well, ask a plumber what trickles down. Why do you think they put septic tanks in the lowest part of a property?

Wall Street dropping has nothing to do with President Obama. It has everything to do with baby boomers withdrawing investments they can no longer afford to gamble with. In 1983 13% of America was in the stock market, today just over 50%. The boomers have seen 401ks plummet and do not have the 10 years it will take to recover so we are cutting our losses. Do not expect this to change anytime soon.

Also, President Obama should not be pandering to Wall Street, he must be a President for all the people, NOT just the 50% that have investments in the stock market.

Emerge more prosperous? Are you on coke? You people are already finished. Karma eventually caught up with Americans and now you are facing your own death sentence. Slow... painful... and brought about by your own corruption. Just like the Roman empire, America is being destroyed from within.

What amuses me the most is that Republicans blame Obama... Corruption is bipartisan but the guy who lit the match to burn Rome into the ground was George W. Bush.

Congratulations Americans! You do not need Usama: You are your OWN terrorists. Your OWN worst enemies. Keep up the good work! Try not to make too much noise on your way down... we don't to hear your screams, it is tasteless.

Dignity man!

ines March 7th, 2009 11:26 am ET
This financial mess did not start with Obama, but I have never seen a president work so hard to try to improve our situation.
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Like how is he working so hard? He has the stimulus and budget written by the Dems in Congress, he travels around on that "nifty" Air Force One every other day to read a teleprompter, he sits in front of a microphone once a week to give a radio address - THAT is working hard?

Matthew Detroit I don't think you're mom cooked the hot dog chunks in your mac-and-cheese all the way through.

You just hate investment in other Americans unless they're the super-rich businessmen you worship. But regular Americans? The kind that make America ABLE TO EXIST? That's who you hate. Well Obama is using our money to invest in US and not your corporate deities that have squandered away all of our hard work these last 8 + years.

More Orwellian double-talk. More prosperous, under the crippling debt he is inflicting.

People, can you just pause and think for a moment! Must every single issue be politicized? I'm so sick and tired of all these idiots trying to cash in on some political gains at the expense of people's welfare and a peaceful world; why are they so short-sighted?

Mr. Obama, if you do anything at the expense of your Countrymen because you want to get re-elected, shame on you (be warned). This is to Mr. McCain and his fellow republicans and even all the democrats that are so focused on getting re-elected soon; don't you guys have conscience? No one is saying you should not have a voice, but have a constructive voice and stop using frustrations of a lost election to create an obstacle who might otherwise be doing everything to fix all these problems that was created by all you goons! Give him a chance and get off his back for God's sake – he's only been 45 days in office. Put the people first, we need some stability in the country and the world at large.

For those who make funny comments about the country being turned into a socialist country; come up with alternative fixes. I have found out that there are some extremists in party lines just as we have extremist in religions. There is freedom of speech, but pause and think. Let's think about all those losing their jobs and homes, it could have been me or you too. Let's put politics aside at this time and fix this problem with patience and encouragement to others. We can do this. God bless us all.

Dear Mr. Harry. Every time your party is in charge their capitalism bankrupts the nation and all the big banks come begging the tax payers for bailouts. Your way has been tried and left this country in the tank, we'll take it from here thanks.

To: Linda @11:27

Yeah, and one of their financial editors told Fareed Zakaria last Sunday that not only did he support the "Recovery Package" but feared it was not big enough!! Who to believe, who to believe, who to believe?????

@Beevee

It is the previous administration in-charge for the past eight years that did not foresee or did nothing to avoid the crisis.

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You are SO WRONG. They DID warn the DEMO controlled congress at the time and they IGNORED them (Franks, Dodd, etal). So now YOU have to deal with the DEMO policies that got us in this mess....

Nothing leaves more confidence in the eyes of seniors or those getting ready to retire than losing 50% of there life savings... yes some of that was the fault of the irresponsible bush adminstration and the IRAQ WAR... but another chunck is OBAMA in the short time hes been here Wall Street has lost all confidence, as have I ... Im deeply dissapointed in him... Hes an idiot for all im concerned, he coulde suspend mark to market accounting on financial institutions, and 50% of their write downs would be reversed.. I dunno maybe he doesent care about being elected again...

To: Linda @11:27

Yeah, and one of their financial editors told Fareed Zakaria last Sunday that not only did he support the "Recovery Package" but feared it was not big enough!! Who to believe, who to believe, who to believe?????

People need to understand that our economic situation is a culmination of decades – many decades – of procrastination by elected leaders to do the painful things... to give up the "nimby" and "you first" attitudes of implementing solutions in order to fix the UNDERLYING causes of the problem, not just slather what "sounds good" on the surface of this symptom or that symptom.

I voted for Obama. I want Obama to succeed. I want America to succeed. I want the PROBLEMS fixed, not the symptoms masked.

Continue on, Mr. President. As one who has voted Democratic, Republican, Green AND Independent over the years, I will be voting for you come 2012 and voting AGAINST any official who made a point of being obstructionist or self-interested.

So, to all in my voting realm... that's not a threat. That's a promise.

Obama has the best American brains in his team – and most of them are white men or women or from the country's diversity. The Obama success will be seen as America's and his failure will be seen as America's as well. Actually, republicans are not credible in this crisis that they mostly helped to create and Obama is surrounded by Harvard educated people if not scientifics, Admirals or any other good American brain. Those who are against his plan what is their plan for America and the World? Do not only complain, say what you can do better, show your plan!

Repairing our economy is like changing a tire on a moving car with the stock markets behind the wheel. They continuously speed and slow while the President is trying to change the tire. At some point we must simply stop to make the repairs properly. As in the old saying, if you haven't the time to do things right the first time, where did you find the time to do it again???

I am neither a huge Obama proponent or a radical conservative but I know that no matter what thi whole we have dug ourselves into is going to take some time to get out of.

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You don't get out of the hole by digging it deeper.....

"Install President Bush back into office"? Are you nuts? Many Republicans are screaming "socialism" which is utter nonsense), and they want to go back to "W" who looks more and more like a monarch like Castro, Stalin, Mao and all those other leaders that could not stand anyone diagreeing with them. The suspension of many of the rights given to us by our Founding Fathers, and preserved by those who fought to protect those rights were put on hold or cast aside by "lawyers" that had nearly zero actual experience in the actual practice of law, let alone in Constitutional Law,. They just gave King George the W whatever he wanted.

The only way we will return to prosperity is when Obama is voted out of office in 2012

I gotta say, even though I make fun of people or complain, I think there's nothing beautiful than being a part of history. These are new times in a new era. You can't predict that future and isn't that the beauty of God's world??? Well...unless you're Abel, LOL!! Na'h, I'm playing, life is tough...

@linda

The WSJ is no longer a reputable newspaper. It is owned by Robert Murdock, Mr. Fox News. himself.

Fox is a nothing more than a neo-con mouthpiece for repubs and the WSJ is a conservative rag with no credibility any longer as it is skewed to the conservative side as you pointed out about the ad contained in the WSJ.

I hate to point this out ....oh wait NO I DON"T but BO has TRIPLED BUSH'S DEBT IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS IN OFFICE.

HE HAS NO CLUE WHAT HE IS DOING. THIS IS WHAT THE US GETS FOR ELECTING A FRESHMAN SENATOR WHO SPENT MORE TIME WRITING BOOKS AND RUNNING FOR OFFICE THEN ACTUALLY BEING IN THE SENATE AND LEARNING SOMETHING!

@Farrell
Well, guess what we had 8 years of GWB and the Republicans doing nothing that got us in this mess.

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If you don't try and re-write history again. Six out of those eight years the economy was BOOMING. It was the last two when the DEMS took over that everything fell apart, and oh by the way, they were warned that this could happen, but they IGNORED it. So now deal with your DEMO policies that are taking us even further in debt and hurting the economy even more. Sometimes doing nothing is better than leading the sheep to slaughter...

ALL THESE NAY MOUTHERS WILL MISS THE NEXT AMERICAN REVIVAL BECAUSE THEY WILL REFUSE IT...

Take a look folks–this is a global economic crisis–get that–global. It is affecting countries around the world, not just the USA. The top economists throughout the world are working on this–if there was a "magic bullet" don't you think someone, somewhere, somehow would have found it? What do you want–a magic wand? Change is never easy–it is always messy and uncomfortable–and it doesn't help to keep using scare tactics like "socialism and communism" to describe a world-wide attempt to stabilize the world economy.

Crawl back in your hole, Rethuglicans. You made this mess, stop bickering when people try to clean it up!

to Dan, TX March 7th, 2009 10:44 am ET

In three to five years, the Dow will be back to 12000.

Man you hit the nail on the head. Folks just need to remember every time we go down we get back up again. Our history is full of examples, especially the stock market. I"ve already invested and looking forward to the next 4-5 years when my returns come in. All one has to do is look back to

1970's, 1980's, 1990's see what happened when things recovered.

What amazes me is that people think the President is tackling too much at one time. Imagine that a President that can multitask. As he stated, it is all related, economy, healthcare, education, energy. There is short term and long term vision in his plans so patience folks and invest.

OBAMACHIMP OWNS THE STOCK MARKET NOW. SINCE HE WAS SWORN IN (JANUARY 20, 2009) WALLSTREET LOST 20% OF ITS VALUE.

THIS BEAR MARKET IS NOW OWNED BY OBAMACHIMP!

WHEN WALLSTREET GOES DOWN, MAIN STREET GOES DOWN – DOMINO EFFECT.

WALLSTREET IS THE BEST INDICATOR IF ANY SITTING PRESIDENT HAS CONFIDENCE OF BUSINESSES, INVESTORS AND CONSUMERS.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS IS SPEAKING LOUD AND CLEAR, NO CONFIDENCE ON OBAMACHIMP ECONOMIC POLICY.

Obama is right about this. Are we such a nation of children that we throw temper tantrums when we can't get instant gratification? At least the President has a plan for the future... the main reason we are in the fix we're in now is because we had no plan for the future. We didn't invest in our future, we want it all, right away.

to Death of America:
Get a grip. What proof do you have to back up your paranoid delusions?

more prosperous? oh does this mean we are going to have honest politicians...oh ..i forgot thats only when the pigs fly

Dear Mr. President. You are going in the opposite direction destroying our p[principals of capitalism and telling American people that we do not have easy path ahead. Naturally. You are a moron and radical guy in our society. Your policy is bringing in more pain to our lives. Our savings are being wiped away. Why don't you open your eyes and look at what is happening to wall street. You want to show American people that you are doing a great job. You have done nothing. You do not want American people to prosper on their own with their hard work. You want take money from hard-working people and give it to those who do not want to work. Spread the wealth. Imagine you went all the way spending tax-payers money to greet those 25 jobs in Ohio and telling the people there that your stimulus package created 25 jobs. What happened to those over 600,000 people who lose their jobs in last month. Can't you realize that your stimulus package is not at all working and you are adding these numbers to our debt. It is better if you resign from your job before it is too late because you are not fit to govern. There is no leadership in Republicans so you are taking advantage.

Whenever WALLSTREET goes down, the economy GOES DOWN.

WALLSTREET is the BEST INDICATOR if businesses, investors and consumers has confidence on ANY sitting PRESIDENT.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CONFIDENCE ON OBAMACHIMP ECONOMIC POLICY...... that's the BOTTOM LINE!

What goes on in WALLSTREET has DOMINO EFFECT on MAIN STREET.

So we all know how many jobs have been lost, but why does the media not also report how many new hires there have been, how many new jobs have been created? There are two sides yet the media only likes to report the negative.

This whole mess didn't happen just within the past two months and it is going to take more than two months to get out of it. We had eight years with a president who was not the most intelligent person we could have chosen for the job.

No matter what you think about President Obama, you cannot deny that he is at least trying to get things back on track. You can't get anywhere if you don't at least start somewhere. Instead of complaining about things, he is doing something and we need to give him a chance to prove himself.

We as Americans also need to start doing for ourselves and stop waiting around for handouts. We are the most creative, innovative, original country in the world, now is the time to prove it. If the stimulus money is going to run out in a year, then use that year to find a solution – you can't just leave it up to the federal government. Stop the whining and do something!

the only way we will emerge more properous is to get Obama out of office before it is too late!

A philosopher once said and I will use modern terms "when things take you to the bottom the fight for survival will bring you out on top". You do not know what hidden potentials you have unless you tap into it. We need honest people to help with patents and finding risk takers that will invest in good ideas. It is bound to break loose soon.

I want whatever YOU'RE SMOKING!!!!!

You're INSANE!!!!!!!

I honestly gave Obama a chance but there are many things that have caused me not to trust this man. He is proving to be just a talking head mouth piece for King Soros, Begala and Carville.
1) The amount of money he is spending is staggering and politicaly motivated.
2) Tricking the majority when he says he inherited a deficit? The budget deficit is yearly thing and he is growing it by 200% of what Bush had!
2) His funnding of Planned Parenthood (abortion clinc USA) with tax dollars.
3) His silence durring the gay marriage debate!
4) Bringing Rush Limbaugh back into the spot light...isn't the President above the fray?
5) Over use of the teleprompter...1st president to ever use a teleprompter in all press interveiws? Can this man not think for himself?
6) No stance on imigration!
7) Taking credit for Iraq with drawl when it was already agreed to.
And plenty more!

Thats right veronica you tell him about his self. the only thing is that this goverment is a bunch of lieing scaming people

Will you have a Wednesday night party celebrating this also on taxpayers money? I have seen no proof that things are getting better, just a show at this time. We need to all start praying!

You people crying that the market is dropping need to see this as an opportunity! You can now buy the Dow. One day the market will be back and it will be those who buy now that will get rich. Stop whinning and set yourself up for success in the future.

Obama has the best American brains in his team – and most of them are white men or women or from the country's diversity. The Obama success will be seen as America's and his failure will be seen as America's as well. Actually, republicans are not credible in this crisis that they mostly helped to create and Obama is surrounded by Harvard educated people if not scientifics, Admirals or any other good American brain. Those who are against his plan what is their plan for America and the World?

Thank you President Obama for tackling the mess the repubs have left you.

I agree will endure, but not before there is much more pain for all of us in America. We understand this did not happen overnight nor will it be solved overnight.

Anyone who reads the Wall Street Journal would have seen the whole page ad from top economists in this country begging Pres Obama to VETO the spending bill. Obviously, those whose expertise is economics see the error of his, Reid and Pelosi's ways and know he is doing more damage than good. What is wrong with these elected officials...they are not economists!!!! It is not a Dem or Republican thing and we should listen to those who know best, not the uneducated public or politicians.

This financial mess did not start with Obama, but I have never seen a president work so hard to try to improve our situation. I'm a life long Republican that is 100% in support of Obama. People are doing no good with their negativity and other social stereotypes clouding this situation. Obama is OUR president for the next four years, accept it. Individually, you can either help or hurt your neighbors (and yourself) with your attitude.

I know President Obama can't do it all by himself. I believe in the message he states. Please people, it didn't take us overnight to get here and we will not get out of this mess overnight either.

So many on this post are complete pathetic idiots. Do you even have a clue what you are talking about. The Government you so readily trash is the embodiment of the American peoples will. They are our elected representatives. By tearing them down you are really only hurting yourself. It is the Corporate elite and the Rich that want everything left in the hands of private enterprise. And if you had a brain you would know that leaving everything to the private sector to figure out put us in the situation we are in today. We need a responsible Government again. Please pull your head out and think for a minute. Stop regurgitating the same BS your Repug handlers tell you.
Oh and if you Voted for W Bush twice then you really have no room to talk. He stepped all over the constitution and so called State rights these last eight years.

I know, i know, lets go with the republicans retarded idea of tax cuts for the wealthy again so we can be in even a deeper hole in four years When you ask any repub what their plan would be since most of them seem to be financial gurus, the first thing they spout out is tax cuts. lol Yeah that seemed to work great the last time that was tried.

Republicans only argument is "TO DO NOTHING". Well, guess what we had 8 years of GWB and the Republicans doing nothing that got us in this mess. When we do nothing we are either standing still or moving backwards and that's exactly what we've done over the past 8 years. Every time I think about GWB I get angry, he and his family are very prosperous and he has ruined this country.

Here is the next ploy from BO and the DemacRATS....

You are right, it WON'T be overnight...it won't be 100 days, 2 yrs, or 3...but FIVE years. AND, in order to get it fixed in FIVE yrs, you got to reelect BO! IF not, the first four yrs of his presidency were nothing but pain and suffering for the American people.

He can then flick this booger of a weak economy and economic dispair on to the Republican party to fix because HE is not there and lost in 2012.

...and YES, it will take the Republican Party to fix what the 'RATS managed to do during their tenure.

Death of America by Obama- I agree with you that Obama is totally a liar that " U.S. to emerge 'more prosperous" not at all. Thanks to Obama's contradictory lying, NY Stock markets has been
plunged from 13,000 to 6,500 points since the Inauguration's day on Jan 20, 2009. American Corporation's Stocks will be turned with JUST PAPER soon so that NY Stock Exchange will be closed.
PLEASE OBAMA SHOULD STOP BENDING TRUTH. American citizens are not stupid as much Nancy Pelosi, Frank Barney and
Democratic Party.

"Where are these economic gurus you're supposed to have?"
Good question, Switzerland.

Two of them are being held up from confirmation by anonymous holds in the Senate. All part of the GOP strategy to cause Obama – and the US economy – to fail. Patriots to the end, these members of the loyal opposition.

Nasty comments. Must be listening to too much Limbaugh. How about working on some solutions? The old tired ones don't fly any more. The Republican party is led by tired old white white men with no new ideas. It is amazing how they forget their ideas got us where we are. Give the President a chance. The last eight years have been horrible and we will not get out of this quickly.

"republicans hate america" how very American of you. Nothing like wishing all those who disagree with you would sit down and shut up and/or just die to show that you really do love America. While it is unrealistic to think that Obama could fix the economy this soon the ridiculous amount of money that is being thrown around is hardly a hammer and 2 nails. I really hope that Obama sticks to his word and does this responsibly and decides to actually veto bills that are full of pork like he said he would. While I highly doubt it since he hasn't held true to it so far, maybe he'll come to the realization that wasting tax payer money on pork projects isn't going to stimulate the economy no matter what Pelosi and Reid try to preach. Spending money on the economy may be a good way to get the economy going, but pet projects of a power-hungry congress are not the solution.

As usual the liberals are venting their hate on this site. Obama is doing nothing to bring this country back except to give the goverment more power. Everytime he opens his mouth the stock market drops along with our 401 plans. Think about this; he appears to be against wall street but we all depend on wall street if we are to have any retirement funds. Also social security is not a socialist program. I have paid more into it than I will ever get back since I'm in my mid 60's and still working.

Republicans Are amazing! Got us into this Mess, a Long 8 Years of a Disaster of a President, Now they want to Pin the Mess on Obama,And Expect it to Be Fixed overnight.President Obama is right Its going to Take time And Patience

Fret not you GOP nuts. Even if Obama causes the government to own everything it can only last for 8 years. One of you want him to focus only on the economy and the other thinks he is focusing on taking over the economy. You guys can't even get your hesterics together. Fix yourself up GOP, we still need you.

Neil Simon, one of America's greatest and wealthest playwrights,
was once asked: "What is wealth?"

To which he famously replied: "Wealth is when you from nothing, to
$200 a week."

I'm afraid our collapsing economy is taking us right down to that rock
bottom, barely subsistance level for all of us but the very wealthy...

Welcome to the USSA!

Barack is like a kid with AHDD.

He is focusing on everything else and spending money like a 17 year

old girl.

Credit, Banking, Mortgages.

Stop spending money joker.

How can anyone believe what this facist says? I hope the rumor is true and he is impeached and sent back to Chicago. He is right at home there with all their corruption. Obama has lied he way to the whitehouse. Well, mr. president, all Americans are not idiots. We are on to you and your socialist ways. Prepare to get thrown out of office.

Immediately after you resign.....

I have confidence in President Obama's and behind him 120%. I am very disgusted with the Republicans right now.

Jan

Sorry Guy But YOU have to stop the spending going on.

This problem is about CREDIT, BANKING, AND MORTGAGES.

Pumping money into Health Care, Education, and Energy Credits is

bunk. STOP THE SPENDING. THE MARKET IS KILLING US AN YOU

Are bringing us down.

Complain about President Bush he spent too much money. 500 billion addition ot the national debt each year and total of 5 Trillion overall.

But you Barack are 1.75 Trillion per year then next 4 years.

STOP SPENDING. Let the market correct itself. You are only making

it worse.

The guy is naive. I thought the Republicans were bad and I hoped

Barack would keep his word and CHANGE things but he is a LIAR.

To: Death to America by Obama:

What is wrong with you? We are the government and the leaders are here to serve us. Whenever there is a nationwide disaster whose job is it to step in – - THE GOVERNMENT! So, quit your whining and roll up your sleeves. Try to be constructiveand appreciate the help we are being given and come up with some viable SOLUTIONS, instead of complaints.

We the people , in order to form a more perfect union. . . .etc.

It's sad to see that we are fighting against ourselves.

you call 8,000 pet projects responsible? you are a liar and a disgrace!!

Just like fools like " Death of (his or her) America, there are the noise makers and then the roll up your sleeves and do the hard work. Just like your defeated lot, all you do is complain but lazy to do anything...

I absolutely love this man.

Will this projection of prosperity based on the redistribution of wealth through government control of taxes and entitlements? Or is he talking about the prosperity the Government will experience through taxes and fees his administration will implement?

Everybody know that this mess wasnt created by the obama administration.

"President Barack Obama told Americans on Saturday that ending the economic crisis will not be "easy," but the nation will emerge "more prosperous" through swift and bold actions."

What he's going to resign? Seems that everytime he opens his mounth and talk about the economy, Wall Street drops another 200-300 points.

What Obama really means is that he and his buddies who are getting the benefits of the so called "stmulus" will emerge more "prosperous" in the New World Order of things.

i believe we will be a stonger nation again...that is if people take their blinders off and put God first in all things.

Years ago (1835) Alexis de Tocqueville (french historian) visited America and this is what he said:
I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there; in her fertile fields and boundless prairies, adn it was not there; in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went to the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."

A reminder of what truly makes America great.

It is just politics to put the blame of the current economic crisis on the president who had been in office for less than two months. It is the previous administration in-charge for the past eight years that did not foresee or did nothing to avoid the crisis. They were more focussed on winning in Iraq. The president's agenda is bold and could turn things around for good but it cannot happen overnight. We have to give time for his plans to take effect.

What a great President and human being. We are the country that can! And when it's all over the one's who stood in the way of progress will only be remembered for that. He and America will emerge from this and many of the Republican party will be remembered as fools and nothing more.

I believe it's getting very clear. Who is living a spiritual life and who is not. Our President walks the walk. Republicans talk the talk.

The Seven Heavenly Virtues:
faith, hope, charity, fortitude, justice, temperance, prudence
They are: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, give shelter to strangers, clothe the naked, visit the sick, minister to prisoners, and bury the dead.

and then we have the NO vote
Pride is excessive belief in one's own abilities, that interferes with the individual's recognition of the grace of God. It has been called the sin from which all others arise. Pride is also known as Vanity.
Envy is the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation.
Gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires.
Lust is an inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body.
Anger is manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury. It is also known as Wrath.
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness.
Sloth is the avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

I am not a financial whiz or anything. But I am tired of the political parties fighting over stuff just for political standing sake. They are fighting over things they want just to make the other party look bad. And who is suffering and who are just sitting in our homes watching it all happen? Americans!! We are supposed to have a voice and here these people are that have money in their pockets fighting over stuff that is sensless for us. Just to have some standing next elections.

I am also tired of Limbaugh and hearing him and seeing in everytime I want to catch up with the News. He is means nothing to me. Anyone that can wish for the President to Fail... is wishing America as a whole fails. If Obama fails, America falls deeper.. which means us americans pay. Good Job Limbaugh for wishing the worst for the American People!! He seriously needs help. Regardless on if your a supporter of Obama, a Democrat or Republican. NOW is NOT the time to be fighting about it. We got too many other things needed to worry about right now. Other things we can be doing to lend a hand, help our neighbors etc. The Political parties need to be doing the same!

BOLD ACTIONS!!! He has done enough damage. Its time to install President Bush back in office.

If the USA survives this, it certainly will not have anything to do with the spend spend spend spend spend demmies. The survival of our great country is on the backs of the hard working frugal spending American citizens. bo and his henchmen are doing everything they can to destroy our country!

I'm trying real hard to have faith in the president, but the stock market seems to be reacting worse with everything he does.

I hope to God he knows what he's doing.

In three to five years, the Dow will be back to 12000.

No one has any money, but if you had some, you'd likely double your money on the three to five year time frame. The rich will get richer. The rest of us have to sit on the sideline and watch.

We do not need quick and short term fix but permanent and longer term and this is the perfect time to do it with bold action.

Typical republican idiot conclusion. they burn your house down to a pile of ash for 8 years then complain you do not have it rebuilt in 30 days using a hammer and 2 nails. you people are all pathetic and the sooner you idiots vanish from our world the better.

Pres. Obama has sold our children into slavery

Democrat Socialism will not make anyone prosperous.

Obama has NO IDEA how the economy works! I voted for the fool and now feel really bad for what America is going to go through.

I am neither a huge Obama proponent or a radical conservative but I know that no matter what thi whole we have dug ourselves into is going to take some time to get out of. Obama is correct when he says that it will not happen overnight. People who expect change to happen immediately are part of the problem. You cannot get rich overnight and that is part of the reason our country is in this situation, greedy people wanted to make the quick buck!

then focus on the economy stupid and forget about everything else. it is just that easy! where are these economic guru's your su?ppose to have

You are a liar. You won't be happy until the government owns everything in this country. What scum you are.

YES WE WILL!!!!!!!!!!

President Obama, so many of us are praying for you on both sides of the isle, not because we voted for you, but because we understand that your success is tied with our own. God will allow you to succeed because so many want you to fail for ALL the wrong reasons. I sure thought we were bigger than that in the US, but I guess I was wrong.