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The only jobs created immediately by the joker was the 35+ czar jobs.

What else do we expect from the GOP? Gee, they will never get tired of the old and even mould taste, won't they?

more republicans trying to escalate the issue using inflammatory language and even flat out lying.

still proving they are the party of no, it seems.

i wonder if they will ever even try to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem

Cantor is so right on! Individuals or countries CANNOT borrow or spend their way out of debt. Even a fool would know that although obama can't seem to figure that out!

I am an Independent, and I agree with Eric Cantor! Obama, so far, is all obfuscating talk and no walk!

I think many forget how long it took for us to get into this mess, so a reasonable mind would then realize it will take us a while to get out of this mess. But wait most Republican do not have reasonable minds and to my fellow Dems give it a chance even I knew things wouldn't move as fast as we would all like.

Sorry, Cantor, but after 8 years of waging 2 wars and giving tax breaks to the rich, and ignoring the deficit and the impact on future generations, President Obama does NOT own the economy after 6 months, President Obama is doing the best he can considering the mess he inherited from you republiklans on 1/20/2009.

Only you neo-con knuckle heads and your redneck knuckle dragging followers, believe what you say!

From one of the 60% that approve of President Obama's work to date, Good Job!

Can anyone remember one positive comment made my Cantor since his party LOST the election? It has been nothing but "no", obstructionism, and sour grapes. If this is all they have to offer as leadership, then they might as well start planning for 2016.

Rep. Cantor is right.

Obama, if you remember, said that he would go over LINE BY LINE through the government budget and get rid of inefficiences and waste.

Obviously he neglected this in trying to push for faster approval of the stimulus package.

Sure, everyone can break promises. But if people here blame Bush for everything, it's also fair grounds to blame Obama for his lies......

It will take more than six months to repair the damage done in 8 CATASTROPHIC years of Bush/CheneyCo. & their swindling, price gouging, and war profiteering friends.

Mr. Cantor, you make me embarrassed to be a Virginian. If he were still around, Thomas Jefferson would surely slap your deceitful and disingenuous face for promoting an agenda of more lies, fear, mistrust and elitism. It is your duty to support the Constitution and the people of the Commonwealth. What have you done for us, except political grandstanding to refuse financial support for unemployed Virginians and homeowners in jeopardy of defaulting on their mortgages?

"At long last, sir...have you no shame?"

It's amazing that the GOP party who had basically decimated the economy over the last eight years and drove the country into the deepest recession in 75 years is now complaining about job loss.

How hypocritical can you get?

Also, it's interesting to note Cantor's supposing concern for American jobs while advocating the shutting down of what's left of the American car industry and moving the jobs overseas with the millions that were already off shored in the last 30 years under successive GOP administrations.

The "Party of No Ideas or Credibility" needs to get a different spokesmen. I can't stand this hypocrite. Ask him if the bank his wife works for has paid back their stimulus money yet.

The squeaking wheel gets the oil.

Let's oil up some of these squeaking politicians and slide them off the national scene. Cantor is a liar. He misleads. Another rotten squeaking republican.

Your doing fine President Obama, as long as you continue to cause the party of NO neo-cons to foam at the mouth, your doing something right.

You will not have all the answers, but at least your DOING something!

Baloney, Eric. There have been many jobs created and more coming. The idea that Obama bears sole responsibility for the sorry state of the economy is ludicrous. But of course withfolks like Neil and Vyker around, ludicrous is status quo in the GOP.

Ah, yes, there would've been plentiful jobs created in just 6 months if Obama had giving the rich a tax cut.

When tax cuts are given, businesses do not plan, strategize, nor do they budget. They go out there and start hiring away!

You imbeciles!!!

Republicans created that economical crisis and USA failure.
It is difficult to understand that they want to fix it now.
Their prescription is lower taxes. See what happened with California
(26 bil deficit) thanks to their minimized taxes.
So – please conservatists and republicans – stay away from government because you do not even believe in role of government.
Please stop talking – let others to fix what you destroyed.
It will be very difficult to fix it, as you can see, it wii take years, not just couple months.

Oh-NoBama – The only thing you stimulated was your traveling!!!!!
Do you want to move, too???? Well, OK with me.

Ah, yes, there would've been plentiful jobs created in just 6 months if Obama had giving the rich a tax cut.

When tax cuts are given, businesses do not plan, strategize, nor do they budget. They go out there and start hiring away!

You imbeciles!

Hey Neil! @ 11:54

Obama Motors?? – I seem to recall GM ASKING for the bailout. Did you wish a Dubya "no strings attached, no explanation necessary" situation?

Rep. Cantor is full of criticism and short on ideas. Were the
Republicans in power, we would have tax cuts, but few services,
a further declining infrastructure, part two of "Wall Street Gone Wild",
more expensive, more exclusionary health care, and even more jobs shipped overseas. Many, many years of Republicvan rule have gotten us in this predicament. It did not happen by accident and it did not
happen because the Dems were in power in Congress for two years -
remember, they had a Republican president to deal with.

They are counting on the citizens of this country to have a short memory; if not, how can they justify this constant drumbeat trying
to tear down the current administration while they try to install one of
their own.

Is Cantor related to the famous comedian, Eddie Cantor?

He is really a joke in the Republican Party.

Hey Blondie,
Why do you bring up Bible-Thumping? There was no Christian issue here until you brought it in. If Obama would start directing the stimulus at private industry and small business, you may see the tide turn. The ignorance of the left and of people like Blondie on this board are the problem. The hate for the other side and the far reaching insults. Do you think there are no bible thumping democrats Blondie? Pull your head from the tight warm spot where you now have it and see what's really going on here. Your hate for Christians is your own problem. Putting this money into Government Jobs and Unions is not the solution. Stop trying to pay back those who voted for you and start putting American business back to work.

Obama is a sell out what a loser

It's so obvious when democrats are covering up their screwups. They immediately personalize the attacks and start the fingerpointing and deflections to Bush. The people aren't buying it. They know Obama and the democrats own it, and they know it isn't working as they said it would. Even Biden and Hoyer admitted it, with the same let's blame Bush bull. If unemployment hangs in above 10% through October, 2010, the 2010 elections will see a turnaround in the House and perhaps even the Senate. It's just like 1994. I smell and hear fear from the democrats on this blog, like Ed's: "Ah shut up and go back to supporting Bush's lies and corruption."

The GOP keeps trotting out all these negative people talking against the stimulus, hoping that the American people will be so stupid to listen to them and agree with what they say!!!The only thing that comes across to me is that they DO NOT want to see the economy recover!!!!!

"Jobs will be created immediately?" Obama NEVER SAID THAT.

He SAVED jobs from being cut, like teachers, firefighters, policemen, etc. That was the action of the first round of money out the door, which included tax cuts to 95% of Americans.

This stimulus works over a period of 2 years. No American stupid enough would believe Obama could create a million jobs in 4.3 months (the time since the stimulus bill was passed. It took a long time to get to this point (8 years to be exact).

Obama needs to quit holding back Spain from prosecuting Bush and his cabal. I'm tired of the GOP and their lies, negativity, and zero ideas. Those are the characteristics of a dead party (especially one that is being lead by Rush Limbaugh). These guys think America is stupid and forgetful as to who was in office for the past 8 years.

With only 11% of the stimulus spent, these democrats are clearly playing politics with American livelihoods.

The economy is probably going to turn around but only when almost all the stimulus is spread to the people and small business...which will probably be around November of 2010 just in time for the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Americans are still suffering now. The idea of the plan was good, but the implementation has been horrible. Not well planned, and not well executed.

I voted for the President, but will not do so again. His execution of this plan as our chief executive has left much to be desired. While the Democrats in Congress and the President will claim victory for this when it takes full effect, the people will have needlessly suffered from the political greed that they thought they rejected last November.

Ah, yes, the part of NO speaks out once again. Let's see them come up with some ideas of their own, besides tax cuts for the very wealthy.

Instant gratification is for two year olds, generally followed by a temper tantrum when they don't get what they want. Rome wasn't built in a day, so stop whining or you'll get a "time-out".

It seems that the authorized Republican line is negativity, all the time.

It's also telling that the accusations brought against Obama are precisely the errors of the previous administration. Pork-barrel spending, massive waste. Scrambling to play games with numbers. A case of the pot calling the kettle black.

How this game of accusation in the mirror can go on mystifies me. It's transparent to everyone except the people doing it.

Republicans could begin to earn a shred of dignity and recover some influence, if they would roll up their sleeves and get to work rather than digging in their hells and throwing tantrums in the media.

same republican bs from the party of "no clue"...

Wow, another Republican with complaints and no new ideas. How unrefreshing.

doesn't he realize this is only the first inning of the game. It's like Cantor is saying 'okay guys, we're down this inning. Guess we lost the game". Let's keep playing ball and then criticize if we're still getting pounded by the time the ninth inning rolls around.

So Eric, what is your plan? Hmm..that is right. The GOP is not smart enough to come up with a plan. GOP didn't even do anything when the job numbers were falling after July last year.

I am still waiting for the GOP idea on how to cure this Bush-created mess. Tax cuts won't cut it-it would make the deficit worse which is supposedly their big worry (except when George Bush, his dad, and Ray-Gun was running one up).

Oh, I see- Deficits under Republicans are okay, any left over GOP deficit or addition to the deficit under a Democrat is bad. What fantastic reasoning!

It's about time that the people in charge of our government start taking blame for some of the things they are doing that is adding to the problems inthe economy. They should also read the bills that are brought in front of them before signing the bills. It's like taking a test before you read the question.

8 years of bush and they get on Obama after 6 months. Short memories. Maybe if the Abbott and Costello of economics, bush and mcLame, would have done something except say the fundamentals of the economy are strong while the economy tanked his last 18 months in office it would not be where it is. They just hope it stays bad for political reasons.

Mr Cantor states that the Republican party have provided options that put jobs first. I've not seen them or heard of them. All I have heard is more of the same. The Obama stimulus plan has not been close to funded. Why not? That to me is a better issue to question. There was a great rush to have approval to spend the money, but it's not being spent. Lets get the money out there where it can do some good, THEN complain if it doesn't work.

Why are we talking about further stimulus when the original amounts are still in Limbo?

It seems to me that if the Republicans were smart, they would honestly try to ensure that they did everything they can to help the American peolple other than complain about everything that's being done by this administration. If it doesn't work then come back and tell me what your plan is. I feel as if we are being held hostage by the Republican Economic Terroism Theory....."do nothing to help and if it fails then the people will come back to us"...yeah right. Keep preaching fear and us Americans will remind you of how America came to be in the first place. Our determination to rise above in spite of.........you.

Whgo got stimulated? Where are the jobs?
Where is the evidence of any positive results of this sham? The labor unions got paid off, ALCORN got a large payment, banks got billions,AIG got billions and the few taxpayers still working got the shaft!
I will admit this is change, but not the change promised.

I don't remember President Obama promising the sun, moon and stars. I do remember him saying that the economic stituation we're in would not be resolved overnight. If the GOP thinks they can do a better job, where's the ideas. I haven't heard anything from them but constant whinning.

Rep. Cantor, you are such a JOKE!!!! The President doesn't have a magic wand.....and may I ask, where are your ideas...oh yeah, I remember it was a 6 page of nothing...wasn't it????

Boehner said that not one dollar of stimulas funds had reached his state of Ohio, now we know that is a BIG LIE!!!!!!!!!

Don't you ever get tired of telling LIES, don't you ever get tired of listening to yourselves when you say NOTHING??????

The reason we aren't seeing as big of a change as we hoped with the stimulus package is because greedy republican CEO's are awarding themselves millions upon millions of dollars of bail out money as bonuses rather than using it to create and/or save the thousands of jobs they were supposed to.
That problem stemmed from the Obama administration trying to adhere to the very republican value of laissez faire, or "hands-off" government regarding the economy. His administration thought that the CEO's of these giant companies would do the correct thing and spread the wealth down-a sort of trickle down economics, if you will. They didn't do the correct thing. They did the "right" thing-the right-wing thing, that is. They hoarded the money for themselves.
It goes to show you that republicans can not be trusted to do the right thing. They are selfish and greedy.

I seem to recall several weeks ago that the Republicans were supposed to come out with a budget of their own. Has anybody seen it? If so what was their plan to get this country back on it's feet again? I'm guessing more tax cuts for people like Rush Limbaugh who by the way had people lose their jobs at the company he works for as well. Perhaps if he didn't NEED the multi-million dollar contract that he signed more people could have kept their jobs.

I'm guessing that folks still wondering when the economy is going to turn around even think that maybe Sen McCain, who admitted knowing nothing about the economy, and Gov Palin, who doesn't seem to know which way is up, would have done a far better job than Obama right now. If any of the GOP moaners would care to look at President Obama's past speeches he did indeed say this would more than likely get worse before it got better, that the unemployment
numbers would go up and I never remember him saying after being in office for 7 months that everything was going to be rosy. But the only hope the GOP has is to put fear in the minds of the uniformed and so far from some of the posts I see it it's working.

Maybe the stimulus package won't work. Maybe Obama is not everything he made himself out to be. Maybe he can't or won't fix the economy during his term.

BUT, if that turns out to be the case, why the hell should we believe that the Republicans have the answers? If they did, they could have and should have used the six years when they controlled every branch of the government to fix things. But now they expect us to believe that they are the party of fresh ideas and effective solutions?

In 2012, if we're still in the same mess we're in, I would like to think that Americans will recognize that it's time for a strong third party, because by then, both of the major parties will have shown themselves to be ineffective and simply playing politics instead of finding a way out of this disastrous economy.

Obama never promised that jobs would be created immediately. He said from the beginning, even before he was inaugurated that it would take time to turn things around. He tried to get the Republicans to cooperate and all they did was say no and water the package down to include more tax cuts, which produce nothing. Cantor and Boner and the rest of them need to shut the hell up.

Before Obama took office, I recall the Bush Administration (Repubs) and Bernanke shoving down our throats a $700 B package that evaporated in weeks. The untold story is that the Repubs threw $1 trillion+ to the financial crisis BEFORE Obama took office and that money did NOTHING. Now, the $787B package (that has not fully been used) is all of a sudden the worst thing in the world and a lie. Man, I still don't understand how people really listen to Repubs. Where oh where are their ideas? BossLimbaugh is calling for Hondorus people to take over our gov't and the Repubs say nothing?? Isn't that against the law for even 'implying' a govt' coup???

Seems as though the repubs are just downright giddy that the economy is tanking, that people are out of work and suffering. Oh happy day, I bet they are planning the 10 percent unemployment bash as I speak.

Eric Cantor is a poster child for why the GOP got whipped in the last election. Jobs HAVE been created, which has led to a slowdown in the rate of employment. Apparently Mr Cantor isn't clever enough to understand that a stimulus package that averts economic Armageddon by slowing the rate of fall, is a pretty good package. Of course, it's impossible to know exactly what would have happened if nothing had been done, so Mr Cantor IS smart enough to know that he can make some political hay by criticizing the Administration for not fixing his party's disasters with a wink and a click of the heels of their magic slippers.

When the GOP stops misleading people by being disingenuous for their own political gain, maybe they can become serious as a political force. But so long as mental midgets like Eric Cantor continue to represent their leadership, the country is in for a long period of intellectual darkness.

"Obama lied. He promised the masses milk and honey, but he and his allies have served up nothing but vinegar. Shame on him, and shame on so many gullible Americans who bought into his lies."

-Barrystash

Hey Barry, you think a republican with their ideas and policies (which got us into this mess) are what we should listen to lol? Yea right.
Obama isn't going to fix this terrible economy that Bush and his cronies left us in 6 months...It will take time but Obama is and has always been the best choice. Plus, some of the TARP money may be used for small businesses, so now all these repubs can shutup about Obama leaving out small business...

It seems ludicrous to me for any Republican to condemn the President. Even if his policies seem to not be working, it was the Republican's and their most , well President, that got us into this mess. I think no human of either party, is going to get us out of the damage done the last 8 plus years. The Republican's and Democrats both need to get serious about what is going on. They both need to quit acting like spoiled " my way or the highway " children and grow up.

20-24 years of CONGRESS messing up! NO balance, blame the other party. WHEN is CONGRESS going to SERVE the people and NOT THEMSELVES. This has really become a wake up call for term limits with a max. of 12 years.

Boehner and Cantor have NOW become the negative voices. IF Boehner waves another 16 page, budget fix, he should resign. IF
ANY Congressional member votes on ANY bill in the future, without signing off on having read, RESIGN!

Who outspent who is irrelevant. FIX the MESS in PLACE. The party with the BEST (determined by the public) solution, that can sell it to the general masses has the advantage.

Failure on either party's part, DEMS to succeed, or REPS to stop complaining and present REALISTIC options should doom them.

Business as usual, including the "exclusive" Senatorial options to hold up bills without public acknowledgement need to be abolished.

WAKE UP! There are serious problems that the masses CANNOT deal with until YOU (ONGRESS) DO SOMETHING but complain.

Oh yeah, why is the relic' party the party of NO? Because they try to send America NOWHERE but broke and they have NO original ideas, NO idea of what to do, and NO respect for the American people. It's all a game to them.

I voted Obama but now I am worried about the deficit. However, if Cantor thinks I and countless independent voters are going to rush to the newly founded Republican "fiscal discipline " camp after Bush's 8 years, he's sorely mistaken - tho such naivete on scoring political points wouldn't be new for the GOP.

The gop is getting kinda cocky since they havn't had a major scandal in about a week now. Who thinks they can go for twol

The situation we are in was created by Republican greed and control. The mess the country is in cannot be magically fixed in a short period of time. We all want a quick fix, but that is why we are in this mess. It has always been too easy for us to get the things we want and now we are having to pay the price. Unfortunately for Obama, too many talking heads are using the fact that it is taking time to say he can't do it. Time to stick together instead of creating more separation.

I think we should give the stimulus a chance. Eric Cantor is just playing politics as usual .

President Obama has not yet accomplished what he claims to have set out to do. The Republican Politicians now are brining up issues that should have been addressed while they held the power to do so. Nothing from Democrat and Republican alike, but partisan bickering which does nothing but cause in-action and failure to get anything done. This is what both party's are about. If they passed bills that reduced the deficit and debt then they would have to start paying off the corrupt Federal Reserve. Once our debt is gone they would have to reduce taxation and programs designed to eat up tax dollars and thus they would not be able to kick their buddies big governmental contracts. All politicians I say to you stop wasting America's money on your corruption.

And do you remember that ALL the economists MONTHS ago (even your "own") said that job loss would continue even as the economy recovers? That has always been a "lagging" indicator of the ecomomic strength or weakness. I guess you forgot that...huh?

The headline is simply a reflection of the Republican party now.
All they do is "Slam."
Maybe it's because that's the best they can come up with right now.

This guy looks and acts like he is in to little boys.

If I ran my houshold or my business like this administration is running our country, Id be robbed daily by my poor neighbors and have gone bankrupt for spending more than I make. Wize up America you can't get something for nothing. Look to california if you need a glaring example of Democrat liberal policies run amok.

Rep. Eric Cantor and fellow republicans should be trying to help the president rather than constantly complaining and feeding lies to the American public to scare them about health care and issues of importance. The typical party of No whose leaders, Bush, Cheney and Gonzoles should be imprisioned for crimes against America. Furthermore, his fellow republicans can't keep their fly traps closed and should leave the Senate and government if they want to espouse their hypocrisy and love affairs.

Hey Cantor$787 billion stimulus plan.......Correct me if I am Wrong
The $787 billion stimulus plan.......was Paulson and Bush 's BABY

Who cares? What one party hack says about the other party and its hacks can and should be thoroughly dismissed and disregarded. If George W Bush said that it would be a good idea to cure cancer, Democrats would have to find fault with the idea - or Republicans would do the same if Obama said it. Anyone who isn't sick of the vast amount of time and energy squandered by political partisanship doesn't understand what that sickness costs us. Death to parties and canned ideologies.

Ok, let me see: the package is $700 Billion. To date, approximetly $60 billion has been spent. Some Republican governors are refusing to spend the money. And, to make an analogy, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia says the game is finished while we are just into the top of the second inning. Nice work, guys. Keep it up. When the economy rebounds in 18 months, like Obama's plan calls for, the only people out of work will be the rest of the Republican party.

And if anyone would know about broken promises, it'd be a Republican.

the dumb beener yesterday put his foot in his mouth by saying that Ohio was a disaster, no jobs and the stimulus money nowhere to be seen or felt......that's why he sent the "second" of the repugnants to blabber today because he found out that a republican in his own district inOhio was saying that the stimulus money was working well.....go figure these repugnant reptiles

If Cantor, Palin, Boehner and Sanford are the best the Party of No can come up with, they are truly following the path of the Whigs.

Come on everyone, you can not deny he lied in so many ways. tpp many to count. Lobbist not in my party, Tax cheaters, not in my party, Pork not in my approval(PS 200 Billion in the Stimulus package)TRIPS OVER SEAS Many and with each trip foreign aid promissed.
TARP money spent on not what is was supposed to go, Czars 35 of them who do not go through congress and only the President has control of, each earns $135,000 to 185,000 per year and benefits, car czar uses a Lincon continental, AIG again to give out large bonus, large spending on parties and resorts social security dept, Plays golf on sunday not going to church, Cap & Trade Health insurance with back door taxes on all products and more hidden taxes we will never know about. ETC can go on for ever. All you who believe in Obama are truly stupid, me to I voted for his lies. Vote Republican regardless of parties to put a stop to him in 2010 Mit Romney is the guy for president.

Who?

Who cares? We can all see that Republicans suffer from 'Obama Derangement Syndrome' (an epidemic that afflicts sore-loser Republican babies) and will mindlessly bash anything and everything he does. Nobody cares anymore, and they have ALREADY used up 8 years' worth of hysterical outrage. Recovery will take time and I am extremely grateful and relieved that we have a real leader in the White House.

one thing for sure is that more time is needed to see real benefits of any stimulus. Also, not all of that money has been spent yet. Some sources say majority of it is still about to due to complicated legal conditions. So everybody especially republicans just need to be patient give it at least a year then start screaming and yelling meanwhile GOP should come up with ideas about next stimulus package which would be more efficient if they are reality that smart and market oriented. Another stimulus will be needed considering that good chunk of the previous one went to cover the wholes in financial sector and that money unlikely to trickle down.

Haha how easily you kooky republicans forget. Many of these problems were exacerbated by many things the Bush administration did for 8 years. National and global economies don't turn on a dime, so expecting a your golden parachute after 6 months of a new administration is just your way of pouting that your party isn't in office anymore. Remember Bush's little idea of everyone getting a 600 dollar check ? That didn't work either, and don't forget the idea of bailing the banks out STARTED on Bush's watch, but he was already at the ranch by September of last year. At least his what passes for his brain was. And as people have stated, the people whining the loudest are the armchair politicians that don't have anything better to offer. What a bunch of babies.

How's that Contract With America coming Republicans???

which obama "promise" is the lie?

"it's going to get worse before it gets better."

"it took years to get us in this mess, it will take years to get us out."

"don't expect instant results."

answer: none of the above.

what the republicans want is to return to the "cut taxes for the wealthy" years of the bush administration.

sorry, mr. cantor. not falling for that one again.

Geez! All republicans do is whine and bash our president. It will TAKE TIME for our economy to recover from the damage that the republicans have done. America is sick of hearing the GOP crybabies complain and complain and complain. America is going to be much better off without the repub party and their bias and raci.sm and sarcastic attitude.

God bless Obama and God bless America.

Only 10% of this money has been spent. Remember, the unemployment rate is a lagging indicator.

Durable goods orders are up. Home sales in Minnesota just jumped 33% for June alone. Wells Fargo just a few months ago dumped its hiring freeze. Jobless claims went down last week. At the end of the summer, we will see a lot of the education professionals go back to work. That's when we will see a lot of this recovery start to really happen.

The Republicans want to dump this mess on the Democrats as fast as they can. The created this mess, they just don't want to take any responsibility for it. Same old, same old. It's never their fault. This is what they always do. They think governing is just a game of musical chairs.

So much for this party being the party of personal responsibility.

Not even Roto-Rooter could get us out of the toilet in 6 months, let alone the President. Bush and the RepubliCONS are grossly negligible for destroying the country over the past 8 years, so it's pretty naïve to entertain the notion that President Obama would fix things in only 150 days. And just a simple question for you simple-minded right-wing cheerleaders, but when was the last time the GOPPERS had an idea worth mentioning? For that matter, when was the last time they demonstrated the ability to govern? Could someone please respond? How and why is the GOP still relevant? What kind of mental midgets keep voting for "conservatives"?

Dem's promises broken. Imagine that ! ! Really?!?!?

The Democrats have been in charge of Congress since the 2006 election; this is where the legislation and monies are appropriated. Bush was a fool to allow them to get away with it. Anyone with a brain cell realizes this. It was Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, Reed, inc. that screwed the American taxpayers with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The groundswell of revolt is brewing and a seachange will occur in 2010. You think the average American is too stupid to see where this country is heading? Your President is traveling around the world apologizing to our enemies, bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia, and turning his back on our allies. Yes, he is YOUR President, not mine. This is what you said about Bush, now it's our turn to show you how it feels.

Republicans are the one who created this mess, they had 8 years. No republican had problem when Bush was spending money left and right.

No, Cantor is the one who is lying because Obama said the unemployment numbers were going to get worse before they got better AND all the economists I heard stated that creating jobs is the last piece of the economy that recovers.

and

ditto to this Gary "CHANGE IS HERE with or without you"

Republicans and whiners need to get a life. The rest of us are busy trying solve problems.

get a real job instead of moderating you intellectually-challenged welfare recipient loser

The guy has only been in office 6 months. It takes awhile to spend all that money, and for that money to flow into a workers pocket, thus creating jobs. Republicans are crying after only 6 months in office, it only took them 8 years to financially destroy our country.

Liberals, stop being so stupid. Obama clearly stated that the stimulus would immediately create jobs and keep unemplyment BELOW 8%. Well, neither were true, they were both lies, why can't yall just say...yea, we screwed up on this one??

In 8 years yall will still be giving obama/whoever a pass and blaming Bush. Pathetic

People vote for Change and Cantor is right they vote Republicans out now those Democrats screw this country for Viva la Socialism...They believe so much in Government and they don't realize they Government cant make money they spend ...American people are the one who create jobs ...Adio America ....This Mesiah is just tals talks.And Republcans have point because they are kick out of office because Democrats promise Change...But now America see what change mean....Bring back Republicans please they are worth it everybody is better off.With Democrats nobody is safe economic.Taxeas,taxes,Walfere,Socialism.Everybody food stamps,pay for the poor.And the lazy like to stay home the governmet pay for....Check the stimulus package is fill with social program..Guy my mother told me i need work to get what i want it.Please stop those Democrats to bring Amerca back ....But what ca i do i m just a voice you guys elect him pay for it.

Eric Cantor: Another dirty lying Repub. Eight years of destruction by his cronies GW and Dickie Boy and the worst economic, taxation, and social policies all put in place by the Repubs. Let him shoot his mouth off now, because next year at his time, he will have to crawl back in his rat hole when the economy is rebounded, job creation is on the move, healthcare reform for "ALL" Americans that reduces the overall cost of healthcare for all of us is in place. Do us all a favor Eric and get out now, the only policy you know is "NO" to everything. Each passing day, I dislike Repubs and what they stand for more and more and more. A bunch of hypocrites who claim moral superiority but have none. Who distort facts, tell outright lies and care nothing for the majority of hard-working Americans.

Mr. Canotor ought to know all about broken promises. He and his republican colleagues wrote the book on it when they precided over the largest amount of spending tax payer dollars in the time they were in charge of everything.

Obama has been in office for 7 months and the Dems have been in charge of the Congress for 2.5 yrs. Republicans had the White House for 8 yrs and the Congress for the12 yrs prior.

Let's give Obama and the Dems time to get this under control. Seven months is not a long time to fix what took even longer to wreck.

Plus sometimes you have to spend money to fix a broken system.

It is funny to read so many people saying that the Republicans don't have any ideas. The truth is that there were some pretty good ideas that were brushed away by the Democrats, and the mainstream media swept it under the rug. A good example was the idea of giving all Americans 3-5 months of tax relief by not taxing during this time. That adds up to quite a bit of money each individual could turn right around and put back into the economy. instead they spent more money than they would have lost by suspending taxes for a bit, and wasted most of it.

What's worse, creating or saving a job, or doing nothing? Without a workforce, there wouldn't be any tax dollars to pay for things like WAR.

Cantor is l.y.i.n.g.

Obama never promised "jobs would be created immediately".

He and other Democrats always said, "it took us a long time to get into this mess, and it will take a long time getting out." He and others also aways mentioned that jobs have always been the last to recover in previous recessions.

GOP and Cantor reality distortion field in effect.

The GOP just need to hush up. My unemployment checks that I am getting every month for the last 3 years is fine. It is none of the their business where the stimulus money goes. The stimulus is working fine. It pays my cable bill every month.

History repeats itself.... everything you see happening in America today happened in Argentina 50 years ago. Argentina was one of the most wealthiest nations in the world, then Juan and Eva Peron came into power. Government taxed businesses, the wealthy, created more social programs, took over banks, etc. and the Argentine economy COLLAPSED. Major industry pulled out of that country. We are on the same course. Look for the stock market to retreat again this fall by over 25% and look for unemployment to hit 12% by year end.

Funny how the economic advances in the 1990's, during the Clinton years, were – according to Republicans – a direct result of Ronald Reagan's economic policy decisions years earlier. (Note, please, that they always seemed to forget that there were four years of George H. W. Bush between Reagan and Clinton...) At the time, they argued that there was absolutely no possible way that Clinton's economic policies could have had a positive effect on the economy in such a short time...

Now, we are to believe that all of our economic woes are exclusively a result of decisions made by President Obama?!?!? Give me a break!

The only thing the GOP has going for it is the absence of critical thinking and accurate memory among its membership. Fortunately, there are more Americans out there who understand that after eight years of no economic policy other than that which promoted personal gain and greed, it will take more than SIX MONTHS to make things right.

I don't remember being promised that if I paid for the stimulus, jobs would be created immediately. I can read beyond what I hear on the radio (read: I can read). It's really hilarious to see the party who can't keep their marriage vows accusing the democrats of lying. Hypocrites.

Eric Cantor is a Representative, not a Senator.

Being from Virginia and Eric Cantor representing Virginia, I know what he did for the economy as he supported all the policies of the Republican party that got us in this mess over 8 years, I think he should keep his mouth shut and give Obama a chance, he took 8 years and now he wants this administration to correct in a few months. It will take more than 8 years to clean up the mess Eric helped make.

He needs to stop assuming what 'Americans' think. He does not speak for me.

I'd like to know what Cantor thinks Obama should have done, instead? Maybe implement the great alternative plan the Republicans had?

It's funny to see all the ignorant Acorn losers always posting in defense of the fraud Obama, they always use what they think are white names from ostensibly white areas. The stupidity and dishonesty is off the chart.

Somehow lost in this "discussion" is the very principal on how and why businesses and corporations exist. They exist to turn a profit for their owners/shareholders. If they do not...said shareholders find another venture for their capital. This is not a difficult concept. They do NOT exist to provide or create jobs. These jobs are a function of their profitability. More profit...more jobs. Again, simple concept. They do not exit to altrusitically provide a service. (Those are called "NON-PROFIT organizations). They provide a service that they expect to turn a profit and again, if they don't...they GO AWAY. So to all those who believe that its their divine right to have a job...WAKE UP...you have to earn it. Between this stimulus diaster and "Cap (TAX) and Trade". What exactly to you think is going to happen to all the "middle class" jobs. Right – China and India – you remember, the ones also excluded in the "Global Warming Reefer Madness" shell game.

Can you say "HI, welcome to Walmart". That's all that will be left, selling Chinese and Indian products.

The republicants left us this mess to start with; now they have the nerve to talk about how bad the econonmy is???

The ONLY Republican Strategy: Playground Politics

I admit I do not know all the details, only what the news organizations report, but I have heard that only about 11% of the stimulus money has been spent, I hear all the time that Governors and other 'recipients' of the money are turning it down because the accountability for it is 'too hard to do' (imagine, asking someone to account for spending! We are usually accusing people of not accounting for the money....look to the DOD contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan), and a number of other reasons for not wanting the money.....so, if no one is taking the money, how the heck is it going to work? And if no one wants this money, why would there need to be another stimulus package? No one would want that money either.

Hope someone out there can tell me I am incorrect with what I believe are the facts (though abbreviated as they are)

The reason these idiots are a minority and will stay that way? Because they do not have a SINGLE original idea. They said they had a budget alternative. At least Dubya knew a budget when he saw one; CLUE, it had NUMBERS in it.
When, when, WHEN will any of them get a clue and do something, together, about the God awful mess we are in? There is no "I" in team, idiots. If things continue on the path we're on, God help us all!

The policies that Eric Cantor would espouse were imposed upon our Nation for almost 30 years, and they have brought us to our knees.

But fortunately we now have a President who stands for America and not some fanatical right wing ideology.

And for the record, it was the DEMS AND THE REPUGS THAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. Stop with the stupid finger pointing. It started under Clinton you fools, got worse under Bush, and not it's continuing to get worse. Do you people read? Have you not seen the unemployment numbers? And all these supposed jobs being created, yeah, they are temporary and are not even close to what needs to happen. You people are so blind with your parties. Look at the facts, Obama is screwing up, and it's OBVIOUS. Seriously wake up. Just because you hate Bush doesn't make Obama right, they BOTH screwed up. Only difference is that Obama managed to raise the deficit by record numbers within not even 6 months of taking the white house. Great accomplishment.

That's what gets me. All these conservatives decrying the stimulus bill as having failed. IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS, YOU IDIOTS. How can you possibly expect a magical immediate solution to a hole that it took George Bush 8 years to dig us into?

I'm so tired of hearing this crap. Give the Oba-man a chance. I can't wait til the next election, when things have righted themselves and all you nitwits are finally silent.

I don't see how a Repub. can critisize anyone about the economy and still keep a straight face.. Sure, the Dems controlled congress from 2006 but we still had a Repub. president with veto powers.. I'm still willing to give Obama time, heck Bush had 8 yrs..

Steve-Michigan

Republican politicians are doing everything they can to obstruct stimulous measures. They can propose nothing to stimulate the economy but another tax cut for the wealthy.

Cantor is a moronic clown who's more interested in destroying the American economy for his facist puppet-masters benefit than in doing any actual good for the American people.

Cantor is a paid hack, much like TCM, and it would be much better for America if Cantor, TCM, and all the other haters of Democracy (99% of the Republican party) were to move to Iran, they'd love your ideas there.

Oh yeah, and change is here, NOTHING IS HAPPENING YOU IGNORANT FOOLS! The only thing that has happened is our deficit getting to the point that who KNOWS how we are going to pay it off. You people are so blinded by your stupid party affiliations it's disgusting.

If the GOP has the answers to the economic dilemma (other than lowering taxes and knocking out social programs that cost money), what are the answers? If the Republicans were in charge, of course everyone who could work would be working, Remember, the majority of Americans did not like McCain's economic plan.

cantor should just do his job,voting NO with his counter parts.i have never heard a decent thing about our PRESIDENT at all.if by 2010 nothing has happendon our NATION ,then go after the democrats,as i also will do.

Yeah Yeah...defend Obama. Let's be honest, nobody knows what to do with the economy. It's like throwing crap at the wall and hoping something sticks. If anything, it's getting worse. Congrats. Obama and Bush are just about as useful as each other. Oh, accept Obama speaks like he has a brain, he just doesn't use it for much apparently.

to barry stash:

the assertion that Obama offered people milk and honey is as simplistic as your ridiculous comment.

I am so sick of the negetavism with absolutely no solutions. Republican leaders, don't you have anything BETTER to do but criticize?? Don't ask a Republican leader for an opinion, because guess what? you're going to get the same exact thing every time, criticism and no solutions.. yay! this is what our tax dollars are paying for!!!!

And I forgot to mention that if the govt. spend the money willy nilly (which appaerently what the republicans wants it to do), they will be the first one's to criticize the pork barrel spending which they already seem to do (seeing the blog)!!

CNN, you moderate comments yet allow "bible-thumping party members" do descibe republicans? would you have allowed "polar-bear humping party members" to describe liberals? i doubt it you nazi

July 11th, 2009 11:50 am ET

lol @ "Obama's economy."

I know the GOP banks on the general populace being dumb in order to win elections, but we don't have THAT short of an attention span.

You are 100% correct!!!

Republicans counted on the public being dumb, Democrats counted on the public being STUPID.....who won?

Speaks volumes.

Obama and company used scare tactics saying the stimulus/spending bill needed to be passed immediately or the world was doomed, declaring this was the worst recession since the depression. He promised if passed unemployment wouldn't go over 8%, it is now at 9.5%. Now they are saying they misread the economy and we need another pork bill. Sorry folks, Obama doesn't have a clue what he is doing and maybe one day you will take off your rose colored glasses and see the world as it is, not as he says it is!! The blame Bush grace period has expired, Obama owns this economy and the bad decisions to go with it.

GOP is creating mischief to distract from their own problems. They don't let facts stand in their way-I don't recall president saying stimulus was going to work overnight. GOP has seized one months unemployment figures to make their case. There will be ups and downs, so there is no need to jump to conclusions.

Party of "NO" will do nothing else than criticize!! Only 11% of the stimulus has been committed (not even spent) and the republicans are expecting miracles. They forget that it took them EIGHT years to get us into this hole that they created. Have patience!!

So the problem that's been handed Obama is worse that ALL economic indicators led on. Even though I'm freshly out of a job I'm still a heck of a lot more optimistic about my chances under this president than under ANY Mepublican that could be put in place. The Mepublican message on a recent bumper sticker: "I'll keep my guns, my freedom and my money. You can keep the 'change'.". Well if its change they're pushing back on (ala the back room rip off schemes of the Bush admin) then I know where they want to take us. No thanks!

Don't republicans realize that GM would have been liquidated and 100,000s of more jobs would be gone? If you think it's bad now, we would have fallen off the cliff if the GOP had its way.

What exactly is their plan? Pray?

I want to know where the jobs are...IT IS ABOUT THE ECONOMY STUPID. Where have we heard that before?

And....which party got us in this mess to begin with?? Jesus Christ could have created the stimulus package and the Republicans would still be whining. They want their plan but they have no plan.

I would love to hear a new idea out of this guy. I don't disagree with what he's saying, but he's said it at least 1000 times over the past 6 months. Can he be little more original? Can he come up with some constructive ideas?

well we're all waiting for the gop's plan, oh theydon't have one

is he saying we will be better if repubs are in charge?
though i know in America we still have people who are proud of leaders that deceived them for 8yrs. can you imagine some people believe bush and cheney were born again Christians,
family values,
fiscal conservatives,
accountable,
respectful,

hahahahahhahahah,,,,,,,,,, i am still laughing

I worked in a factory that produces rubber parts for the automobile industry from 1999-2004. When I first started business was good. As early as 2002, there were signs of the auto industry hurting. They had their first layoffs in over two decades. By my math, Bush and the Republicans had six years to do something and did not! Now they want to criticize Obama for not fixing their mess in 7 months! Deep down they know they had more than their chance to do something productive and all they did was stir up trouble and take our money by raising gas prices! Wow people accusing Obama of lies...I think Psychologists have a term for it when you transfer guilt of your own to others. Bush and Cheney are still lying to Americans, and Republicans are still eating it up!

Eric is new to the world and would not remember what the Reagan and Bushies administration did to this country and now we are paying for it big time. Clinton left office with a very large surplus and where did it go??? Tax cuts for the wealthy, I love 15% capital gains tax, which only effects the very wealthy. Give it time child, times will get better when republicans stop being greedy and join in to build this country back.

Oh no, another Republican creatin spewing nonsense. Where was Cantor and the rest of his nutsacks at when Bush was getting us into 2 wars and destroying the Country? Not a peep then so maybe Cantor and the rest of them should STFU now and let the grown-ups fix this problem.

All you Repubs out there should keep doing exactly what you have been doing for most of this decade, since it seems to be working so well.

Here we go with "slams" again in a Ticker headline. I'll bet this word gets used on CNN's political ticker 20 or 30 times a week.

Here are some other words for those who don't have enough imagination to come up with them on their own:

Denounces
Scoffs at
Criticizes
Rips
Attacks
Hammers
Blasts
Belittles
Takes On

The list goes on and on. But in the case of Eric Cantor, "Spews" seems to fit best, such as "Top House Republican Spews Alternate Reality"

Republican do you have any idea how do go out of recession which had brought by you for the US and the world at large instead of open your big mouth?

Are Republicans serious? Did they really expect the economy to come around and be perfect in six months? I sure would like to know what their ideas are and what their time line is. I mean after all, if they only want to give President Obama six months to clean up the economy their plan should work immediately. Where is their plan ?

You democrats and liberals need to SHUT UP and give some honest answers where the stimulus money are providing massive numbers of jobs that were promised. I see NONE in my area. All the stimulus money is going to medicaid and the money that is going to schools to save jobs will have to be paid back in two years thru more taxes on the people. The jobs I see created in my area has nothing to do with stimulus money and the web site the WH promised to show how the money is spent is a joke and a waste of taxpayer money. Small business is not helped at all. All I want is for the WH house to show where the millions of jobs that were promised by the stimulus are showing up. Seems they don't know themselves! Don't make promises if you can't keep them..either party!!

Mr. Cantor, you might have not been paying enough attention when he said that the unemployment will continue to be a lagging indicator for a while. So you might want to sit down and do your job. Every time you get up and fuss about the president and present no alternative, you prove why your party is being depicted as the party of No!. P.S. the president did not say in any fashion that in 6 or 7 months that the economy would fully recover. So if you thought that, you were misled.

Okay, Mr Genius D.Tree! Just where are these jobs? Even his own administration cannot show them (they only waves their hands and talk about jobs "saved" – whatever that is), and so your statement is totally baseless.

No jobs, but treeeliions of our own money wasted to his political cronies. Oh, and we have lost ALL respect from our enemies, and are thus at much greater risk than at any time since WW2 – or more.

The party of No expects instant results, yet their only "plan" is to cut taxes for the wealthy, while promoting the continuation of previously failed policies, consisting of little or no regulation of big oil, big pharma, big coal and big insurance. The 25 year policy of rolling back government oversight and regulation pushed us to the brink of depression, while creating corporate socialism. Obama is trying to bail us out of the mess Cantor and his minions created.

Who cares? Grandma Robinson and the girls are taking trips, Michelle keeps up with fashion, and Mr. Obama is grinning all over the world.

A completely corrupt special interest payback stimulous bill that hasn't stimulated anything except greed among the Democrats for more stimulous and debt. Meanwhile 9.5% UNE:MPLOYMENT and still shooting up! And what is Obama doing? Whey of course he's on Safari in Africa. The Chicago Way, plunging the U.S. economy into more debt and printed money than in the history of the world, lecturing Africans on Corruption and Good Governance? While millions and millions of Americans continue to joing the UNEMPLOYMENT line? What incredible arrogance!!!

Blonde

"sick and tired of reading...." It is obvious that you DON"T read. The republicans have put out alternatives (that work) to each Tax, Borrow and Spend" democratic "idea".

Either you purposely don't pay attention or you simply don't comprehend what you read..

And to D. Tree who said "jobs were created immediately". Name ONE.

Eric Cantor is the one who is not only a liar but also not too bright! He's a loser plain and simple along with boehner and the rest of the wing nuts! They need to crawl back under their rocks and preferably stay their and be quiet!

When will all the "conservatives" and "liberals" realize that ALL political parties lie and mislead everyone. All the democrats do is blame republicans and vice versa.
There is no real concern for this country, just the lusting for power. Power rules all else with political parties.
Read these rants: "stupid republicans" ; "liberal idiots"; it's all the same. Sometimes I think both party leaders get together and have brandy and cigars while laughing at the American publics gullibility.

I am a moderate republican who is disappointed with the republican party. i dont care what political party you are with, There is no way McCain, Palin, Biden, Obama, or Joe America can turn the economy around in 5 months. NO ONE CAN!!!!

It upsets me that Republican Party think that the Economy will turn around over night. There are already signs of improvements. Its slow..but it is moving in right way slowly. Its A Start!!!

Even if McCain had won...there is no way he could turn the economy around of his promises of 'tax Cuts" in 5 months

Eric Cantor, you are better than this. Stop criticizing Obama,Before I register myself as a democrat.

Give it a Chance.!!!!

Forget it..Count me as a DEMOCRAT!!!

For every one job created by "stimulus," five workers are left unemployed. That's this week. Next week, hundreds of thousands will begin to fall out of benefits. No jobs. No income. Congress and Obama have done nothing to create jobs. All they have done is line the pockets of big business. They get trillions while workers get squat.
Nobody misjudged anything, and Cantor knows it. This is all smoke and mirrors designed to draw attention away from the fact Congress and Obama are getting ready to hand over billions more to big business in the misguided hopes a few jobs may "trickle down" to workers.
People like to compare the Obama administration to FDR. It's getting to look more like Hoover's last term than FDR.

Cantor & the rest of his miserable Republican ilk had eight good, long years to keep the Democratic prosperity going. They Inherited a several trillion dollar surplus and wasted it – leaving President Obama and his country a several trillion dollar deficit – an unprecedented 6 trillion dollar turn around. Job losses were well established before G.W. Moron left office with his tail between his legs. It does and will take considerable time and effort to turn this Republican-built and Republican-captained Titanic around. Now Cantor and the rest of his rats want to leave the ship – good riddance! No one really expects a single Republican to do the right thing and support the President, or at the very least quietly give him a chance to fix what they so deftly created. I hope each and every one of these loud mouth cretins leave and that they get what they justly deserve. I recall an esteemed Republican suggesting a Japanese remedy – something about falling on a sword.

It is simple and clear:

What did you expect from a community organizer with ZERO PRIOR EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE both in the public and private sector?????

No wonder why Obama's job approval polls are falling down.....In some states such as Ohio it is below the 50%......

Yes, its true. Obama can't repair the economy as quickly as Bush could ruin it.

How long has Obama been on leadership, as president of the USA? How long again? Did i hear, a little over 6 months?

I thot a presidential term lasts 4 years atleast, and why are these GOP nay sayers are saying, this early that the Dems hv 'broken' promises?? It takes a long time to fix the the huge mess that was left by the previous administration. so, GOP, chill!

nancy
OH

HELLO!!!!!! Of course they are lying, they are democRATS. That is one of the many bad things that they do. The only people who believe them anyway are their enSLAVED subserviant constituency.

For eight years George Bush Jr. and the Republican Party spent us into recession. Now they expect us to believe that Obama should be able to repair their mess in 6 months. The took a booming economy with a budget surplus and squandered it. They have attempted to block every action taken to save the economy and put people back to work.

Even George H. (read my lips, No New Taxes) Bush knew when it was time to abandon the obsolete economic ideology the Republican keep dragging out as a solution. Cantor and the rest of the Republican would rather see us all suffer than to help the President solve our economic problems. Cantor has absolutely no credibility. He is totaly disloyal to the American people.

Cantor and the Republicans are not the solution to our problem, they are the problem.

If this is Obam's economy after less than six months in office, then, it was Bush's presidency on 9/11 after about eight months in office. He cleverly escable blame for the attacks. Obama inherited mess after right wings inept management for past eight years. Republicans are really afraid tht Obama's policy might work at time of electios in 2010.
Guru

Eric, why don't you first figure out why your state, Virginia, can't seem to use the stimulus money given to it? 39th out of 50 states is pretty bad. After that then ask the states that have spent the money how they spent it? It's one thing for the federal government to provide the money, but the state governments were the ones that had the task of putting it to use.

If we had of complained so vociferously when Bush pushed into War with Iraq (in the 1st 6 months) we would have save alot of money and had it available to spend right here in the US.

Now we expect Obama to fix a problem that was 8 years in the making in less that a 1/2 year. In the meantime, all the reDumblicans are saying "Obama is a failure, we should impeach him, he's a theif, a liar – YOU NAME IT....

In other words......OBAMA IS THE WORST PRESIDENT WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE EVEN COMPLETING HIS 1ST 1/2 YEAR???. While...Bush in his 1st 9 months allowed the worst attack on American soil in our history. Yet we need to get rid of Obama and bring back Bush and the Rethuglican cabal for america to return to the way it should be?

Man you Dems are blinded by your love for Obama, the Republicans had alternative plan, it was short sweet and to the point, it was more directed at the problem and was brought up on house floor. We are in a one party system now and you Dems have no one to blame but your self.

I love the mindless drones who chant "CHANGE IS HERE... CHANGE IS HERE". Is it really that hard to accept that the critics understand that change is here, don't like it, and refuse to blindly support it like you do just because it is the fasionable thing to do today?

The republicans ar no longer the party of "BIG IDEAS" they are whinners. They created the problem with their over spending throught out this decade it was president Bush who started this stimulas thing.

Now we have a president who actually has a plan (it may need some adjusting and fine tuning) with real goals and objectives. The republicans expect teh president to fix their decade of mistakes with just a flip of the switch, lets get real.

Republicans, get backto BIG Ideas and lets see a real honest debate and stop your whinning.

If tax cuts for the wealthy and de-regulation of the financial industry result in job creation and economic growth and stability, then how come since 1980 and Reagan have we had:

- The S&L bailout
- Record farm foreclosures
- The housing/real estate bubble
- Huge numbers of jobs shipped overseas
- Decline in real wages for middle income families
- Soaring deficits (except under the only Democratic president during that time – Clinton)
- Health care costs spiraling out of control

If giving more money and power to those who already have more than they need – through tax cuts and de-regulation – is such a good thing, then why is our country in such a mess?

Follow-up. What gives Cantor the appearance that he actually has support behind his arguemnt is the simple fact that those who support him do not have a clue about how to access the stimulus money. Thus, stupid, ignorant, un-motivated American citizens that know more about their remote control than how to implement the stimulus money. These kind of people remind me of someone who makes a mess, then spends the rest of the day looking for someone else to clean it up.

Blonde..I'm not a republican but do have some ideas. Number 1: give incentive for small and large business to succeed instead of dumping more costs and penalties on them. Make it profitable for business to succeed and we all win...not with handouts but instead with jobs! Seems like some Americans are so worried that someone...heaven forbid...would prosper! Cap and trade is bad for business and bad for America/Americans business.
Number 2: Slow down with the programs and think them through. What is this mad rush that produces such poorly written, pork filled, but to wordy to completely read in time, BILLS! Take your time...do it right the first time!

You can always tell when a conservative leaves a comment. Its always about liberals and how blind they are and how gullible they are for falling for "Obama's tricks." "Obama's Socialist Regime" (too beautiful.) If only the Republican party realized how entertaining they actually are. Every single person actually enjoys listening to you. Everyone. Its why we watch reality tv or get caught up in celebrity gossip. Its actually entertaining to see people that are so disconnected with the lower and middle class. So many religious views and yet you still believe in the hope of politics. Did you ever think that maybe Obama only has the support he has because the GOP has destroyed themselves so much? Some people with brains realize its useless to ever pick sides in politics. Each side has success and failures. You had 8 years of failing. Yes, you actually were given 2 terms and now here we are. So for the sake of my own entertainment, please keep leaving comments. Its interesting to see how much you criticize. The see-saw game continues. Perhaps leave something more thoughtful that might actually stimulate conversation rather than whining all the time. -hypocrite

How incredibly ignorant. Anyone with ANY education in economics knows that you can't change the course of the economy overnight. Cantor's idiotic statements are the equivalent of someone blaming the captain of a cruise ship for not making it turn like a speedboat.

Furthermore, it's funny how the same Republicans that blamed Clinton for economic four years after he left office now think that the economy that THEY spent 8 years wrecking is now all Obama's fault six months after he took office.

Finally, it amazes me that there are people that actually still believe the GOP. I guess it's true: If you repeat a lie often enough, there are people that will believe it no matter how absurd it is.

(Ms or Mr CNN moderator, i'd much appreciate it if you'd be so kind as to use my opinion this time.)

"Simply put, this is now President Obama's economy and the American people are beginning to question whether his policies are working."

Because Cantor says so? I think not.

Besides, our choice is between Obama's policy, which may or may not work, and Republican policy, which DOES NOT WORK (ask greenspan). I'll choose to have a chance of success, thank you.

What is missing in this is the fact that the stimulus bill could not have passed without votes from a certain percentage of the Republicans.

They too are responsible for not only adding pork to it but approving the pork that was allowed to remain there.

I know that they made a big noise as if they really cared about the original bill's amount of pork but they still voted and approved what was finally included as well as their own!

The problem is politics as usual from both the Democrats and Republicans. Both sides are equally guilty and responsible!

Maybe it is time to finally throw both worthless parties out of office?

it is unbelievable to me and most of AMERICA that these people still have the same old song and dance . threats and fear the republican moto
AMERICANS and the rest of the free world are once again proud to have a leader that cares and is trying to do what is right . I am proud of our leader as each day we move forward in time and not back to the same old republican big corporation lies . and watching Mr. Obama in AFRICA . makes me proud to stand with him and support his ideas ( our ideas) to the world . CHANGE IS HERE . and a smile goes a long way . no more lies and no more greed . we are watching a change in the world and we are with the help frm this administration planting the seed of change . and it is working

thank you Mr. President and our staff of great people
like Hillary ,Joe and everyone that wants CHANGE

He's right. We were promised unemployment would top off just about 8% and millions of jobs saved or created.

The stimulus was RUSHED through without anyone reading it.

Doing NOTHING would have acheived similar results with NO more added debt!

The American people are not stupid....we know it takes time. Stop trying to play on people's pain. Where are your ideas and help for the average person out there? We are sick of the criticism! get to work and get help for people!

"Dems broke promises Republican says"

Excuse me? Is that really worthy of even a bullet headline?

"Repubs broke promises Democrat says"

That ain't worth a mention either.

How do we know that if not for the stimulus, unemployment might not now be over 10%.

Too bad Republicans weren't this concerned with job creation during the Bush years.

People have no patience. The stimulas probably did prevent a total collaspe of the economy. Give the money a chance to funnel through the system.

Cantor, Boeher, Limbaugh, Coulter and all the other ultra-right wing loudmouths – if you have no viable solutions to offer, then you are part of the problem. No one wants to hear your self-centered rants -they want action, they want results. The GOP is NOT results driven. That is why you are no longer in control and your party is becoming more and more irrelevant. So as far as I am concerned, until you can come up with a better plan, PIPE DOWN!

I wonder republicans are really such idiots or they are just pretending ? Seriously, the level of ignorance is simply appalling. You want results in less then 6 month? No seriously? 2 years – and this is MINIMUM. Nobody ever promised any quick results. THe economy as such is a VERY slow machine. ANY republican who promises quick recovery is either an incompetent fool or a liar. Problem is considering that republicans represent the least educated portion of USA electorate these people will eat it all up.

Eric Cantor is one of the most ignorant men in office. He is an embarrassment to our society. Why do we elect people such as him? And the wacko up in MN? And the TX governor? Exactly how many INSANE voters do we have? It's truly frightening!!!

Mr. Cantor.. Are you stupid or ignorant? Bush, Cheney, and self righteous and hypocrites like you were almost 8 years in control of the government and what did you do for this country? Bush is riding his bike, Cheney is counting the pay offs he is getting from Hulliburton and all of you now dare to criticize a President who is 6 months in the White House who is trying to fix the mess your bosses Bush/Cheney made, to whom you followed like sheep, and you expect Mr. Obama to make miracles...
Your party is doom to disappear because people, that have common sense, even among republicans, have realized what a bunch of inept, incompetent, mediocre and hypocrites you all are. Why don't you come with ideas to solve problems instead of being negative...

I want to ask this Idiot:

What did your Republican Party and Bush do in 8 Years?

How do you think any Magician on Earth can Fix the Mess you Fools have created?

You Guys need to Stop talking, because You Guys don't know what you are Talking, and you Guys are Talking Garbage.....

Jobs are being created – Obama never promised full employment overnight.

In fact, one of the things I've always liked about our president is his willingness to treat us like adults and tell us the hard truth, instead of lying to us ("WMD's, we'll be greeted like liberators, the Iraqi oil will pay for the war, massive tax cuts for the wealthy will result in jobs, privatizing Social Security is the way to go")

President Obama has always been clear that in order to get out of the messes created by the previous Administration, it's going to take time, money, work and sacrifice.

The GOP is full of whiny, impatient, greedy, "me-first" children. Until they can offer something other than a re-run of their tried-and-proven failed economic, social and military policies, I think they should zip it!

Republican criticism of the Admininistration's financial policies and commitments brings this parallel to mind:

My son dropped one of his electronic toys out of our 2nd story window to see what would happen. And his toy was broken. He was in tears and I promised him I would do everything in my power to fix his toy or get another one just as good.

The original was beyond repair and I have not been successful in locating another one to buy. I search nationwide everyday. But my son is inconsolable. "Why don't you fix it? You promised you would. You don't love me. You said! You said! You said!

So I did. I love him and that's what I said. I'll keep looking.

Typical state-controlled media drivel. Bush was universally recognized as doing more to help Africa than all previous presidents combined – but got ZERO credit.

Obama gives a single speech while flying past Africa, and he is hailed as the best thing to ever happen to Africa just because he is half-black and was born there.

Eric Cantor is one thousand per cent correct.

There is nothing that has 'worked for the economy under the obama administration............'

At this point, the economy and jobless are more Visible and Affect Daily Lives MORE than ever before.

The Economic Situation is Getting Worse by the day.

KEEP TALKING, ERIC CANTOR!!!

If we had a dollar for everyone saying "the economy is screwed up because of Obama"...the problem would be solved. We would have a surplus; like under Clinton.

It never ceases to amaze me how there are people that actually believe the Obama is a complete failure after only a short 6 months in office. Obama is apparently our biggest problem. We should have let Bush serve another 4 years ....because.....after all.....Obama is not nearly as smart or the quality of leader as W.

I can't stand any more redumblican leadership

Just rein those horses in, GOP!!! This recession was not started by Obama, has been MONTHS (perhaps YEARS) in the making, & won't be turned around in 6 months. LEAVE OBAMA ALONE & try to work with him in a non-partisan way to help all of us get through this mess!
Thank you & have a good day!

Why does this new president enjoy such remarkable international prestige?

"The victory of this talented newcomer President chimes with those aspects of American society that the world likes best: And the idea of an African-American president is attractive to anybody moved by the injustice of slavery,. it's not just Obama"s Americanness that appeals: it"s also his multinational makeup. All quarters of the world claim kinship with Obama: Europeans discern a similar mindset; Muslims look to his middle name; Africans recall his lineage; Asians think of his upbringing. Every foreign trip, therefore, has the feeling of a homecoming."
His eloquence, mannerisms, humiliy, civility, sense of confidence, sharp edged tongue for critics, his smart apperance, his devotion for his family , well thought out and mesured approaches to domestic and foreign policies distinquish him as the most beloved world leader
Most importantly the honor goes to America for electing him as its president.

The Stimulus Bill was passed without being read by the politicians or by the average citizen because Obama said it was imperative to our economy now (months ago). Can any of you liberal sheep bring up any legislation that Obama and the Dems enacted that has not been full of errors, miscalculations or just plain stupidity?

the Repubs don't have one single idea on how to get us out of this mess they created. They lie, they cheat and they try to blame someone else.

Our president told us it wasn't going to be easy and that it was going to take time to get out of this hole. Once we do get out of this hole I wouldn't mind if the Repubs jumped in an buried themselves.

And his solution is what?.....

Dosen't this fool realize that the stimulus will take a while, it took this nut and his fellow republicans 8 years to put us where we are at. i wish some one would ask him just how many jobs were lost under bush. and how many were shipped over seas.

The time it takes for recovery will be directly related to how far the economy was permitted to deteriorate by the previous administration.

Wha?? The Republicans blocked every single thing that the Democrats tried to do, and now they are saying this. Geez....Republicans...Hypocrites, liars, and time for them to keep their mouth shut!

Chicago politics as usual!

Cunning Cantor, go to Britney's concert. yeh

Of course, the GOP plan for stimulus was four pages. Tax cuts and no numbers. That was it.

If the country had gone that route, the unemployment rate would be skyrocketing and the deficit would be several trillion.

The Party of No is also the Party of No Ideas.

Let me go ahead and take care of the leftist responses:

"... inherited this mess."
"... no alternative plans."
"... George W. Bush."
"... republicans to blame."
"... misjudged (wait a minute, no we didn't)."
"Did I mention Obama inherited this mess?"

Actually, several republicans have alternative economic plans (whether they are good or bad is anyone's guess). These include the thing that liberals hate the most... tax cuts. However, when the white house responds to every criticism by saying there are no alternatives, and this is echoed by the sycophants in the electronic and print media, it begins to take hold in popular opinion.

President Obama himself joked recently that he was lying awake wondering about a policy question, so he rolled over and asked Brian Williams what he thought. It's very funny, because sadly, it's very accurate.

Here we go again, these Republicans find it easy to criticize the current administration, knowing that the economy recovery is an evolutionary type of process and not a revolutionary (overnight) realization. I am not convinced that these folks are hoping that the recovery will not evolve until a month prior to the 2010 elections. They are not concerned about this country's economic plight only wishing and hoping that their unanimous "NO" vote for the stimulus package will be the banner to campaign on. What options did or have to offer except to be cynical.

republicans are NOT taken serious. These morons would compalin is he cured cancer, saying it was not fast enough. This is ONLY politics, putting their need to be in control ahead of this country. They are anti-American traitors and NOTHING MORE! Real Americans see through this crap, and will never allow their failed agenda in control again!

No GOPer should even utter a word against the currrent administration until September 12. That is when they claimed Bush became responsible for our government's problems. Come to think of it , they continued to blame BIll Clinton for everything they did not like until Barck Obama became president.
Yes, Vyker, GOPers lie, cheat (on their wives as well) pound fists and holler "NO" just like children.

Who's this guy's speechwriter, Sean Hannity? I felt like I was listening to a rerun of Friday night....that is, right before I switched the channel. Oh yeah, I cut this guy off in midstream too. What's with the slow speech? He's talking like he's addressing morons.

barrystash July 11th, 2009 11:58 am ET

Obama lied. He promised the masses milk and honey, but he and his allies have served up nothing but vinegar. Shame on him, and shame on so many gullible Americans who bought into his lies.
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I guess the gullible like barrystash forget that the Repubs are as much to blame for this mess as Democrats.
Any Republican politicians show up at your front door with all those jars of "milk and honey" yet?
NO??
Didn't think so.

Yeah, what's it been, like six weeks already? He wants results gosh darnit! Cantor=Fool

Obama is a talking head. All talk and no production. His cult followers still believe in the garbage he is spewing. Follow the speeches of Chavez and Castro with Obama's speeaches and you will see the similarities.

Our out of control community activist president must be reigned in quickly. He knows not of what he does, but that does not stop him. Spending and WASTING more of our money (and that of our great grand children) than all presidents in history – combined. He MUST be stopped. Hyper inflation is around the corner and complete destruction just down the road.

"Obama's economy"? That line really is laughable. In a subtle way, Cantor is telling Americans just how bad the economy that Obama inherited from the Bush Administration really is–and, like the Bush Administration often did–Cantor passes the buck..

I wonder members of which party are sending all the jobs to China, India, and Mexico. GOP.

Okay, Republicans, why aren't YOU out there fixing this economy and creating jobs?
I wouldn't mind all this yap if these Repubs had some results to show for all their hot air. But the party of "no ideas" is just as much the party of "no jobs" as well.
But boy, they can sure sling out the racist remarks and the trite religious mumbo-jumbo....

lol. i think its laughable that "Every press release from the Republican party these days is again so negative and riddled with sarcasm." It's kind of hypocritical to tell the Republicans to shut up and play ball when for the last 8 years all the Democrats have done was call Bush stupid and a liar, say he "stole" the election, blame him for the 9/11 attacks, and generally disagree with EVERYTHING the man ever said.

During the presidential election, Obama did say he could turn this economy around relatively quickly, only to say after he won that he might not get it done til his second term. I'm concerned with how many times Obama and Biden can admit they "didn't realize just how bad the economy was" and get a free pass for being ignorant.

I'm also curious how much longer this administration will be allowed to blame Bush before they are finally held accountable.

Wasn't this guy who was into an add saying that he and his dog hadn't found ANY job saved or created by the stimulus bill, just to be proven wrong as the police department of his district was saved thanks to said bill. Oh, no it wasn't. It's just that these guys end up looking all the same after a few weeks of ranting 'It's not working', 'It won't work' and 'BO is Wrong' everytime they open their mouths.
First it is working, slowly of course since the USA economy is way too big to simply reverse in less than a semester, plus not even a quarter of the money from the bill was used already and lastly (as an example that things are startiing to get better) GM is back on track and planning to PAY BACK all the money that was LOANED (not given as some die hard republicans claim) even sooner than they agreed to pay when they took the money.

broken promises? gee...i remember bush promising on a bible that he would defend america from all enemies...next thing i know,over 3000 americans were incinerated in a matter of minutes on his watch–talk about breaking promises!

It took George Bush and the Republican Party 8 years to distroy the economy and I never heard one Republican complain about spending money. The Republican Party doesn't care about anybody but their rich friends. Cantor is a disgrace to the Commonwealth of Virginia and needs to keep his mouth shut.

Republicans are such liars!!! The Republicans are trying to derail the stimulus package by not using the money in their states.

They are hurting their own constituents in order to try to make Obama fail. They are fooling no one. What is done in darkness will be brought to light!

You have got to be kidding me! He's been president .. what.... about 6 month and you repubicans are crying already.. Your plans that you had when the Bush team was in charge failed for the last 8 years. So stop crying and let the man do his job. You all created the mess so yes it will take a while before anything starts to show some promises.
CRYBABIES................

Liberals somehow forget that's it's been a Democratically controlled congress since the 2006 elections... Remind me again the time frame they point to in regards to the beginning of this "Recession"? Wait, that would mean that's liberals are responsible for this crisis... God forbid anyone speaks the truth on this matter. Liberals are master liars. They've manipulated the American people with their blame game and now they criticize Republicans for speaking the truth about failed economic policies.

Democrats will have their time. They control every aspect of government at this time. That means when the wall comes crashing down there is no dispute as to where the blame lies. Enjoy it while you can, morons...

Does one need to show proof of complete idiocy to be a member of the GOP these days? Good God! Anyone that was half stoned during several intro Macro Econ classes knows that any intervention takes time. Just how long is an economic cycle people? It isn’t days or even a few months.

And Cantor's solution is..............?

Eric Cantor's right....it is now Obama's economy, but a weak one that he inherited. GOP mentality is that a farmer plants his crops and reaps his harvest in two days. Just imagine if McCain & Palin were in office. Sarah would be reading Farmers Almanac about now.

It's been six months - SHUT UP CANTOR! This is the kind of immediate gratification expectation that got us into this mess. Has he learned nothing?

What has Eric Cantor done to fix the jobs Losses?What plan does he have to save jobs besides giving big rich fat cats more money. He probably included some of the pork in the stimulus bill that he is complaining about....And by the way if the government didn't take over GM and other banks to support them then your unemployment would be way over 10% probably around 20% so do the math, and one other thing we the people own the companies. If you don't like something going on in congress then complain or run for office its as simple as that.....

Well welcome to the place where we can vent and give our opinions, well I think that it has nothing to do with party lines, which I think the media would like us to believe, its a bad stimulus package for sure, but democrats are known for the spending. And its not that I am picking at party line, its truth, the liberals, will stay in the middle and agree with whoever is ahead. I say lets cut it out and just be Americans, if you can tell I was being cynical with my first statement. This is the time to play nice in the sand box, and do what is right for the American people. Not ACORN, not Unions, not corporations, to get bailed out, but the poor guy down the street who needs a job, and wants to keep his house. Good grief, no use in playing party lines.

Wasn't the great GWB the one that started the Stimulus? with John Mccain right there with him? give me a break. Nothing is instant, you idiots. Employment numbers are always the last to show inprovement.

Did Americans vote for inept Democrat spending and borrowing?

It seems that along with the Talaban and the N. Koreans we can add the GOP to the list of enemies of the USA.

lol at Republicans trying their best act to win back independent voters. At least this administration is honest unlike the last batch of crooks who occupied the office.

I hated the massive spending under Bush, and had no problem railing against that. This is not different just because it's my guy. Cantor is 100% correct here, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I dont have a problem with people making mistakes, but Obama and the Dems pretend like nothing is wrong at all! Instead, changing the definitions to fit. "Create new jobs" DOES NOT MEAN "Save or create". For Dems that blasted Bush on his spending where the #$*& are you now?

what a looser. Where were you senator last eight years when your party was spending like a drunken sailor? l do not recall you being critical of the way that Bush and his cronies ran this great country to the ground. If you would like to be taken seriously by the people with relatively high IQ be consistent. You are such a looser. Help this government to bring this country out of recession that your party got us in, do not just try to shift the blame. l feel for constituent that elected you sir. Then they get what they ask for. A looser...

Cantor is part of a marginalized, regional party, besides, it sure seems to me the Republicans are rooting for the US to completely fail.

I'm still waiting on a Republican to give a correct definition of socialism, the days of fear mongering are over you twits, not only is nobody believing you any long – 75% of Americans thing you are irrelevant these days.

Cantor, when you run for election I think Sarah Palin may be available to campaign with you, rumor has it she's a quitter and has lots of time on her hands.

wow, everything that ails the country was supposed to be resolved in 7 months. . . I guess compared to BushCo's ability to have mission accomplished immediately after invading Iraq and their deregulation and refusal to admit we were heading to recession taking us to the brink of an all out depression, the Dems are really behind schedule

All states have received stimulus money.

Contact your LOCAL or STATE governments and ask why THEY have not created jobs. Ask your senators why.

Where is the idea that the stimulus would creat jobs in a week? The jobs are starting and they in turn start another and so on.. How bout "we" try and help our Own house first? PLEASE stop with the Negative Attitudes!!!! And where in this speech are Rep. Cantor's Plans? Again all we do is criticize... Thankyou

I want a job created by the stimulus package. Please someone tell me where to go to get one of those!!!!

its funny how they slam Obama over the "pork" in the bill, when the republicans are responsible for over half of the "pork" projects in the bill. grow up republicans and stop playing the blame game.

I get the sense that the president is doing the very best he can. I know, I know, the rethuglicans are complaining about Obama being a failure.....yahda yahda yahda......But my question is where was all of this righteous indignation during the Bush administration?

Since when is an economy as large the US turned around in under 6 months? These things take time. We didn't break it over night. We won't fix it over night either.

Well according to the rethuglicans; Obama should be thrown out of office for being such a utter and complete failure. We should bring back Bush since he was "such a great President" – Heaven please deliver us all from this type of thinking. I couldn't handle another day of Rethuglican control

Once again..neither Republicans nor Democrats caused any of this. It was simple American greed....which many of us may share...that has turned on its self. I am an Independent with conservative views. I personally think the party system should be abolished. It causes us way too much harm. All political parties do is blame each other and it is like being in a fraternity...you will support your frat brother no matter what you may believe you have to support him...ridculous. I want to also say that in reading so many comments from many news articles it seems that an overwhelming majority of the Liberals are saying what is tantamount to hate speech with their comments. I have tried to hold my tounge...no more. I want to remind the Liberals that about half of this country has Conservative values. Is it going to come to the point that we actually cannot get along and can't even live next to one another? This is becoming a bad situation between the two camps. We are not making it any better with these comments. We all need to step back and take a long hard look at what we are saying. Feelings are being brought out that might not be able to be put back in. Friendships are breaking up over all of this ideology because of the venom.

Rep. Cantor is right. People hated George Bush so much that they were willing to believe anything the Congress told them. The plan from the beginning was not a stimulus plan. Most of the money was never designed to be spent this year. It was a sad money grab by these individulas who swore to protect the American people. Shame on Congress. And shame on the President. He knew better.

umm..ok..we are 4 months into the stimulus being passed the repubs and whining that the economy hasn't been turned around yet? c'mon! Anything they can grasp at to dog this administration. they need to sit back and all shut up and wait

Ummm, after losing all those jobs under Republican watch, you can't expect one stimulus package to correct a situation that took 8 years of lousy economic policy to create. What a hypocrite.

If you have a better idea, then offer it. If not, shut up and go home. You and your buddies had 8 years to produce this mess. Your opinion on how we get out of it is moot and unwanted.

No one said jobs would be created immediately, and cantor needs to stop lying about the facts.

Jobs are being created. Just ask Boehner about the jobs being created in his district. Those jobs were on the news this week. You know, the jobs Boehner said weren't being created!

Like you've heard about a thousand times President Obama is not going to be able to fix in 6 months what it took the Bush administration 8 years to destroy.

Wise up! You Republicans are looking like very stupid people.

That's right Cantor, you Republicans just want to put the blame for our economy on the President. When Bush got into office he had a surplus and ended with a big deficit, so that means he added to our deficit minus a surplus and another trillion. How can the economy turn in only 6 months? Party of NO keep quiet.

NEVER forget who got us into this mess...

...no matter how mightily the republican traitors try to pin this on President Obama...

...Cantor and his conservative cohorts are all responsible for this mess...

...and they should all be very AFRAID!

Sick of GOP leaders doing NOTHING to move this country in a positive direction. Reagan began this insane trend of mortgaging our future. Bush l continued the practice. Clinton brought deficit spending under control and we prospered. Under Bush ll, deficit spending soared again and the GOP weakened this country in ways we haven't seen since the LAST time they did it with the Great Depression. The Democrats pulled us out of that crisis and under Democratic leadership, we emerged by 1945 as the strongest country on Earth. So, I'll put my faith behind the Dems. The GOP in the last 100 years has been nothing but an impediment to our progess.

6 months into the job, and already the the RePIGlicans are calling President Obama a "failure". Eight years of greed and corruption and TERRIBLE GOVERNMENT created this mess, and it won't be "fixed" overnight-or in one year. The RePIGlicans care nothing about the country; they simply want to position themselves for power in 2012.
Don't be fooled by these anti-American PIGS; stand behind the President (urge him to be even tougher) and bring America back to its feet again!

Whats this? The pot calling the kettle black again? Seeing how it was the Republicans that drove America into a ditch under EIGHT agonozing years of incompetence, the party of NO should shut their traps for at least the next eight. Better yet just go away permanently.

Cantor = Idiocy

His Solution = Trickle Down

Sorry the people of VA were so stupid to put him in.

Um, a little sensitive, my kneejerk liberal friends? I love these "Cantor needs to shut up!" exclamations. I thought dissent was patriotic? Give the loyal opposition its chance, liberal-fascists.

Yeah. And the mess we're in (a-la-REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION) happened overnight too, I suppose??! That's the problem ..we are a nation of impatient and yes..in many ways...SPOILED people. We want instant "everything"...instant jobs – instant economic recovery – etc. etc. And having an entire group of people constantly waiting in the wings to downtrod even the slightest POSITIVE moves does not help matters. For just once – can any of you Repugs just swallow your juvenile sour-grapes attitude and say or do something CONSTRUCTIVE??! The world is waiting ....

By the Way - Jobs are being created – it's just that republican states are using the money for the state government, not the people. Grow up.

Jobs are opening up in my state (NC) and neighboring VA. In Democratic districts.

All I have to say is consider the source...
This guy's running for President as hard as he can! And he's using all the recognized Republican methods to do it.

P. S. And I agree with You, Rich!

Typical republican drivel, all air, no substance, no fact.

it took President Bush about 8 years to get this country in the shape it is now......but I forgot that President Obama is supposed to fix it in 7 months.

I hate to say it but the only government program that has worked up to now, in any measurable sense is TRAP and that was created by Bush. So with that as the standard Obama is failing on the economic front.
This bill was used to pay out favors owed over the years. This bill is the reason why bills need to be worked on over months not days.

This guy didn't do anything more than make hollow promises about how a republican agenda would some how magically turn the economy around IMMEDIATELY? I mean does he really think people are that stupid? He must. Obviously people don't feel 10K richer NOW. The stimulus was passed not even a year ago, these things take time! How about instead of spouting platitudes about what's WRONG with obama's proposals, you try and suggest some solid legislation that will actually work by virtue of fact, not some ridiculous fantasy rant about how somehow McCain was elected, the economy would be magically prosperous again.

D Tree said "Jobs were created immediately, you ignorant and cynical man"

I do not know what planet D Tree is living on, but it is not planet Earth, and it is certainly not the United States where we have the worst job stats in 26 years, and we have LOST significant numbers of jobs each and every month since Oblamo took office. Obama promised the creation of 3-5 million jobs when on the campaign trail - he has totally failed on delivery on that promise. He promised us no pork spending. He failed us on that promise. He promised us fiscal responsibility. He has utterly and completely failed us on that one by increasing the country's deficit by an amount that exceeds ALL previous presidents combined - ALL presidents, not just the last 8 years of President Bush, but the last 208 years including George Washington

The candidate of Change has morphed into the President of Bait and Switch from the party of Borrow and Spend.

Go back to school and relearn how to think before opening your mouth. Besides, you and your R pals from yesteryear are the ones who put this country where it is now.

No, this is not President Obama's economy. He inherited this mess thanks to President Bush and you other Republicans, and he never promised that the problems would go away in a couple of months. In fact I recall his saying it might take years which I suspect it will. If no other good comes from this stimulus, it has helped to keep a lot of states afloat. I think it will work, but it takes time to get new projects planned, approved, and implemented; otherwise the money will be spent foolishly which is what the Republicans seem to think should be done.

Blondie July 11th, 2009 11:57 am ET
And, I suppose that no Republican president ever screwed up. I am sick and tired of reading the Republican rant with zero ideas of how they would have done it differently.
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Ah, come on Blondie...Tax cuts for the wealthy. It solves everything.

Cantor is absolutely the GOPs biggest fool and the biggest mouth. What has this idiot proposed that is a considered suggestion on anything?

This guy is sounds like some high school kid.....

Representative Cantor and the republican party are engaged in the most deceptive negative campaign against the American Middle Class in the history of this country.

It was republican presidents Reagan, Bush and Bush that drove deficit spending through the roof with their tax cuts for the richest few in this country.

It was under republican leadership that the foreign investment tax credit was used to ship jobs overseas gutting American manufacturing.

It was under republican leadership that we engaged in a war of choice in Iraq instead of fighting our real enemies in Afghanistan.

And it is republicans today that are standing in the way of the economic recovery from obstructionists congressmen to republican governors mishandling the stimulus money.

Americans should read between the lines of representative Cantors statements and see that the republican party likes the current economic crises of their making.

Barry and Vyker, your listening to Rushs and the Rights interpretation of things. Barry, Obama promised to make things better for people. Its not been even six months and your saying he broke promises. Please, bare with me as I try to keep a straight face. This recession can not and will not be fixed overnight. Its going to be BAD no matter who is in office!! Thats reality. And Vyker, has your taxes actually gone up? Seems to me Obama has lowered payroll takes on millions of people already. No "redistribution" of wealth has materialized yet has it? This insane rhetoric from the Right is just comical at how "gullible" as you say Barry that people can be.

Factually challenged. Eric Canter slips in a charge of wasteful, pork barrel projects without including any facts to back that up. Just like a Republican. --------–He fails to point out the direct connection between today's economy and the collapse of the bond market and near collapse of the US economy last September. Just like a Republican. -------–He tried to wash over the fact that less than 10% of the stimulus has been spent, and therefore we have seen less than 10% of its economic effect. JUST like a Republican. ------There was no Republican plan to fight the economic meltdown, unless you count a 5 page "budget" they came up with that had no numbers. When it came time to fight the Great Recession that they created under George Bush, they just laid down in surrender. JUST LIKE REPUBLICANS.

Fantasy: After 6 months, Republicans have gone from being a massive failure to being the saviors of our nation.

Reality: Republicans are the folks who gave us Bush and who had total control of both houses of congress and the white house in the years that led to the current recession. It took many years of bad mistakes by the GOP leadership to let us get into this mess; it will take a while for Obama and the Dems to get us out of it.

I've got a clear head, intelligence, and patience, which is more than I can say for anyone in the GOP.

Cantor is brilliant and honest. He simply speaks reality. Instead of doing what was logical and a proven way to improve the economy Obamots went down the marxist/pork road which has now destroyed the Obama administration. If Hillary doesn't pick off Barry in 2012, Palin will. And the House will go Republican in 2010. So you butt sitting Obamist better get your stimulus dollars now, the bribe spicket will be shut off soon.

Just like Democrats to ignore the facts and get angry regardless of the Unemployment rate (Almost 10%), the DOW (dropping like a rock) the shrinking GDP.

But hey, don;t let fact get in he way...thats how you libs got us into this mess...just keep ignoring the facts.

barrystash, sounds like you fell for the Milk and Honey crap. What a sucker you are. Want to buy a bridge? Its brand new.

CANTOR don't you have a Brittney concert to go to without your teen daughter again you perva/

Cantor never answered the question on Good Morning Joe about the Republicans being hypocrites with the family values.

1. W took away our 4th amendment rights. Illegal and unconstitutional and none of you whiners said a thing.

2. C-Street Family in DC is grooming future dictators and none of you whiners say a thing.

Don't just gripe and whine and hate on the blogs. Write or email your senators. I have, and I'll do it weekly until change happens.

THEY will either get my vote or not based on what they pressure the others to do, and how they vote on issues that matter to me.

These blogs are just for intimidation, hate, fear, and a whole lot of lies. You can complain, or you can act with civility. YOUR CHOICE.

And CNN still loves the Messiah.....Next.

"Stimulus Completely Failed" "Obama's war on the middle class"

Both false slanderous accusations. No matter how much you dislike Obama, you can't prove either without getting thoughtlessly personal. I wish these politicans, from all parties, would quit acting like little kids trying to be alpha male and work together. Quit with this crap of my views are the only right way and yours will destroy the country. This isn't a republican or democratic recession, its an american recession.

Desperate idiots, They gave Bush 8 years to destroy our economy, they allowed unregulated business practices to grow.

And now they want President Obama to fix there mess in less than a year. (Please) the Rubublicans Seem to think the current President walks on water. Yet they blasted him for being seen as some type of save the day diety during the campaigns.

It's like medicine you don't take a pill and because your not cured the next day you stop taking it. Stop playing gotcha politics and help undo the mess the Republicans got us into. The American people demand it.

Eric Cantor, of the party of NO, is a loudmouth moron. The Republicans started the recession, but are trying to foist the complete responsibility of fixing it on the Dems alone. MORONS. IT is the incredible REDTAPE in washington that is disallowing the stimulus funds from getting out to do the good they are intended to do. Cantor Bohener and MCconnell are responsible to do their part in helping and they are not and are branding themselves as obstructionists. Morons.

All you right wingers and this looney, get your panties out of the bunch. Calm down for goodness sake. The Republicans made a mess in eight years and you expect him to clean it up on FOUR TO SIX months?! Come on already!!!!!!

Tell the Republican governors to put the money out that they got. The Republicans want failure. Sick, but that is what they want.

We see through the party of NO. Don't you have to go to the C Street Nazi church tomorrow dude?

**This is light weight gain. It took you a while to put it on and it will take a while to take it off correctly.

Didn't hear a solution. Tax cuts for the middle class – well rememeber we(middle class) did get a tax cut with the stimulus. Of yeah, rich people like Cantor doesn't know that because his friends didn't get one therefore it didn't happen!

I didn't want to get a tax reduction, I would rather it actually be used for some serious infracture projects. But I do appreciate the help each month now that I haven't had an increase in pay for two years and starting in September will take a cut of 6%.

Just how stupid can a person be. One should have the common sense to ask, How long did it take for the counntry to get in this current situation? Secondly, no stimulus package will minimize the unemployment rate. Republicans seem to over look the cost of fighting two wars and what impact it has on our economy and the number of jobs that were lost because of out sorcing. Each time they come with this smoke and mirror routine and never address the source of the problem. They seem to think people are not smart enough to see through it. Therefore, with all the money that we have invested in both wars (billions) and the countless jobs that we have lost because of out sourcing we should be in a recession.

remember the promise by the Rush Limbaugh Party that Iraq would cost us only 3 billion? how did that work out for you?

The Obama administration is full of lies and distorted facts, amazingly you Libs can't seem to get enough of it!

Republicans are so full of themselves. The party is rotten at its very core and they think that we, the public, are too dumb to recognize their meaningless diatribes. But I guess they have to say something even if it is nonsense.

Hannity was going on and on about the First Lady's clothes on their trip and saying nothing about Senators who were causing the collapse of the party's very foundation. Another babbler!

what a selfish, unpatriotic prick. cantor should be ashamed of himself for attempting to elevate himself & the GOP above our current circumstance. i feel sorry for the "hard working people of the 7th district of va", if this douchebag is the best you can come up with. what a loser.

GOP has no ideas and must constantly complain that things are not being done their way. We had 8 years of their way and it will take maybe multiple Dem presidencies to right the ship of state. Do you really think the american people are going to blame the current president after 6 months?

Apparently the Republicans think that the American public is dumb enough to forget that it was 8 years of their incompetent "leadership" that got us into this mess in the first place.

Yes, Mr. Cantor, we do remember the promises. None of which came with any specific time-frame. I also recall President George W. Bush and his merry band of fools promising that we would be "welcomed as liberators" in Iraq and that our army we would be in Iraq for "six weeks, six months – tops". What about those promises?

With just a shade more than 12% of the stimulus money spent, it is entirely premature to be judging it a failure. To put it in terms of a sports analogy, it would be like calling the outcome of a football or basketball game before the 1st quarter is done.

And since the responsibility of actually supervising the spending of the stimulus money falls on the states, why isn't the Honorable Senator from Virginia calling the state legislatures to task for not putting the money to work faster? Or would that bring up the inconvenient fact that the Republican-controlled state legislatures are intentionally dragging their feet to make the Obama Administration look bad?

And, what has Cantor done??? Or... all his buddies?

I agree with you Jason!

When Cantor speaks, it's like listening to a little Yorkie yapping. All sound and fury and no subustance.

Guess what GOP, no one believes you anymore. You have no credibility left in the bank. None. When one of your drones goes on national television to comment about anything, people now all assume most of what is being said is a lie. Your Obama hate and repugnant political and social agendas have turned the nation against you for good. You can keep screeching and flinging feces about your cage, but it will not change the fact that no one follows your sick ideals anymore.

The party that bankrupted america dosent like how Obama is cleaning up their disaster. poor babies

Apparently Rep Cantor has not yet joined the rest of us in reality. This recession that has been building for a long time is not going to be fixed overnight. And we now know that this will take a long time to recover. The Stimulus Bill was not a cure all but there to soften the blow as we hit bottom. Maybe he should be looking for ideas to make things better now instead of blaming people.

Obama lied. He promised the masses milk and honey, but he and his allies have served up nothing but vinegar. Shame on him, and shame on so many gullible Americans who bought into his lies.

Jobs were created immediately, you ignorant and cynical man!

All Cantor and the rest of the GOP leadership know how to is attack, never offering a new idea of their own.

Mr. Cantor and the rest of his pals will have egg on their faces when the Economy is back on its feet.

Of course then, they will find a way to say it had nothing to do with the stimulus package.

And, I suppose that no Republican president ever screwed up. I am sick and tired of reading the Republican rant with zero ideas of how they would have done it differently. When, and only when, they come forward with a different plan that is viable, will I bother to pay any attention whatsoever to Gingrich, Limbaugh, Sandford and all the other womanizers–at least Clinton didn't travel to the ends of the earth .

I wonder if these Bible-thumping party-members have ever heard of removing the plank from their own eyes before they try to remove the mote from their own. Such values, they have!

CANTOR needs to shut his little mouth and get busy helping all of us get back on track . I we are so tired of the lip service from the republicans . negative is all they now

CHANGE IS HERE with or without you

I think we whould give the stimulus a chance. It appears that the obstructionist Eric Cantor is simply playiing politics as usual.

Only the republicans could assume that anyone could save ALL the jobs in America. Point of fact is that nobody has a job that is safe, and anyone can lose their jobs at anytime in this economy. The president, a political party, the electorate, none of them even combined can protect everyones job.

No promises were broken, the stimulus package originally as designed BY THE REPUBLICANS would even take more than a year to take effect. Get over it and grow up. Every press release from the Republican party these days is again so negative and riddled with sarcasm it makes me sick. YOU created these problems and now YOU want to say how they should be repaired? No way in hell.

This guy needs to just shut up. Every week, if not day, he's got something negative and unproductive to say. We get it- he's not an Obama fan. Hope he also realizes he doesn't have too many fans himself and people are getting tired of his repetitive song.

May God have mercy upon each one of us !!

It is adorable when Republicans think anyone cares what they have to say.

The Obama Socialist regime is in full swing. He is doing exactly what he wants to do. Now we have the First National Banks of Obama. Obama Motors, Obama Credit Cards and who can forget the Obama stimulus package? But where is all the money? Lets see, Obama took over the Banks, Auto industry...Nah..not the money...surely. I mean only someone that would take over banks would do something like that...oh wait a minute...

How come the headline is "top house republican" but the opening sentence says he is the second ranking. Is it because nobody really cares, so you try to exaggerate the title to get someone to read it? Strange!

The Repubs have no ideas and yet CNN entertains their whining week after week

I wish people would just realize, liberals can break promises, cheat, lie, pound their fists, act like children and get away with it.

If anyone else (conservative, independent, etc...) does any infraction similiar to what the lib's do above, libs will hold their breath and pout and call them all very elementary names.

Case in point, Mike Jackson's house resolution bill, House Speaker Pelosi said she would not consider passing such a bill (first time I have agreed with her). If a conservative said such a thing...they would be labeled a racist.

I just wish the government would redistribute my work ethic...and not my money.

Guess there's a reason he's Number Two.

It's easy to criticize – a real leader would follow up with a reasonable alternative plan.

Ah shut up and go back to supporting Bush's lies and corruption....

Last time I checked...it took us a long time to get into this recession. For some reason, Republicans think that it can happen over the course of just 6 months. I do recall the dems also saying it would get worse before it gets better.

lol @ "Obama's economy."

I know the GOP banks on the general populace being dumb in order to win elections, but we don't have THAT short of an attention span.