Unreal. Obama: "Unemployment's at 9.6%… At Least It's Not at 12, 13 or 15%" (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 8:10 PM
Uh-Oh… The president was off of his TelePrompter again today.
Barack Obama defended his record unemployment rate today telling an audience in Racine, Wisconsin:
“Unemployment is at 9.6%. At least it’s not at 12, 13 or 15 percent.”
Well, that’s comforting… Considering he promised it wouldn’t rise above 8%.
Via Real Clear Politics–
Obama told the audience “unemployment’s at 9.6%.” That is above the 8% the administration predicted with the stimulus implemented. “Yes, but it’s not 12 or 13 or 15,” Obama said defending his policy.
Actually Barack, the unemployment rate is at 9.7%, but at least it’s not at 22%.
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NC Cop commented:
No doubt, when Obama’s foreign policy gets a thousand people killed, it will be:
“Hey, at least its not TWO thousand dead!!”
antisocialist commented:
No kidding…he actually said that? “Yes, but it’s not 12 or 13 or 15…”?
Un.Be.Leivable. When is Amateur Hour in DC going to be over?
Robert commented:
YET.
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bitterclinger commented:
If this was the Racine speech, he made a fool out of himself — again. Nearly every conservative talker today had the stats for Racine unemployment and it’s way over 9.6! More like 16% !
Toaster802 commented:
The vuvuzela is a loud, obnoxious, plastic one-note irritant. Those who blow it adhere to no civilized rules of decency, there is no music in its bell, it is an abomination from hell. It is mass produced by people who don’t care about anything but selling as many of these noise makers as possible. It is the base, appealing to the low.
Does this not sound like Obama?!
Freddy commented:
I wonder if Obama realized the area where he was making this wonderfull claim has an unemployment rate of 14.2%?
Talk about detached from all reality!
Francesca commented:
Yeah, it could be worse. We could live in Cuba or Somalia. Good grief!
kato commented:
And it’s not 6 percent either, which John Fraud Kerry called the worst economy since the Great Depression.
John Fraud Kerry is as stupid as the Blowhard.
JPL17 commented:
And when it’s at 20%, Obama will say, “At least it’s not at 35, or 36, or 37%.”
And when it’s at 40%, Obama will say, “At least it’s not at 55, or 56, or 57%.”
And when it’s at 50%, Obama will say, “At least it’s not at 65, or 66, or 67%.”
And so on….
jerryl commented:
i notice the looks onm the peopels faces are all that happy like thye used to be with this clown
huerfano commented:
The actual unemployment rate is closer to 20%. Barry lies.
ProLifer commented:
Obama should lease a production studeo for his never-ending campaign of deception. I don’t want him in my home town (anymore) — we can’t afford it!
brooklyn commented:
Racine has a great Kewpie Burger…
Obama is a disaster.
Is Wisconsin going to buy into this incompetent MALAISE garbage being peddled by Democrats yet again?
bill-tb commented:
Was it a power failure for the magic seance box, or did he just cut away and ad-lib. By now, who believes anything he says about anything.
Day one, focus on the Gulf, focus on jobs, focus on the economy, aww hell, let’s go golfing.
Nathan R. Jessup commented:
At what point do his words lose their power? How long will Obama’s flock continue to hang on his every word when reality tells them a very different story? According to statistics 10-15% of every crowd he speaks to, has no job.
Seriously, how much spin can one nation take?
NRJ
Auntie Em commented:
Barry is out there embarrassing America again. Shut up, Barry. Go sit in a corner somewhere and shut the hell up.
Andreas K. commented:
Imagine Obama would have been on the Titanic.
The ship is sinking, people are already in the ice cold water and dying.
He would say “At least there are no sharks!”
Chisum commented:
Our Pollyanna President.
Robert commented:
At least there are not a billion barrels of oil in the gulf.
Robert commented:
At least we’re not in debt a $100 trillion.
eaglewingz08 commented:
On the Gulf Spill, Obama said, Well at least the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans are oil free for the most part.
On Iran’s nuking Israel, the President said,
Well at least 190 countries in the world have not suffered a nuke catastrophe.
I’m holding my breath waiting for Jon Stewart to skewer the President on this. Could you imagine if W said this? It would be rebroadcast every minute of every day and would tar the entire party, not just the President. How fast will this go down the liberal media memory hole?
Robert commented:
At least your government functions as it should.
Fuzzy commented:
Thank God he wasn’t president during 9/11. Gee, at least 4,000 people weren’t killed. Where’d I put my nine iron?
down with dems commented:
OBAMA’S LOGIC IS ASININE
That logic could work for everything, and could work for ANY unemployment figure except 100%.
Crime is up 20%, but at least it’s not 30% or 35%.
The BP oil well is leaking 100,000 barrels of oil a day, but at least it isn’t 150,000 or 200,000 barrels.
All Obama is good at doing is saying what is NOT happening–he doesn’t DO anything, except golf, and he does that piss poorly. Unemployment is at 8.6% but at least it’s not at 12, 13, 15%. He can’t swim down and plug the leak. He can’t suck the oil up with a straw. Can’t, isn’t, at least it’s not worse… that’s all he can say.
befuddled commented:
obama logic: my cohorts and i are not to be blamed. for a list of those who should be demonized, i have glady furnished a list to your local unions and tv stations. otherwise, you plebeians should be kissing my as* for the low taxes and low unemployment rate i have provided. if you sulk or whine anymore, just remember, i could have made it much, much worse.
don’t hate obama and the democrats. hate the bastards that let them into office.
Elisabeth commented:
Fuzzy #25 – that nearly made me spit coffee all over the desk!
Really, the way these people seem to think that numbers are not connected real people astound me. You see it in the response to the Gulf, the economy, and their constituents.
And wasn’t recently that we had a representative shouting that the Republicans need to have a heart and give people the unemployment benefit extension? Perhaps he should look to his own man in the White House to see someone who needs that sermon more than those across the aisle…
Mike commented:
The man is dumb as dirt. No way he got into Columbia or Harvard straight up.
Paul Revere commented:
I don’t know what the actual unemployment number really is but it sure isn’t 9.6%.
9.6% is a big lie just like everything else barry stands for.
donh commented:
One April 15th Obama demanded a Thank You from the american tax payer. It appears Obama believes he should be congradulated for his brilliant decision to take the world back to Soviet Russian economic policies. Doubling the unemployment rate is not worthy of a round of applause .
Sandy commented:
Obama’s problem is that he loves himself more than anyone else. So he is bound to give himself the benefit of the doubt.
He actually said today that the economy is soaring. I think he believes he’s not President yet so that none of this is his fault.
Nathan R. Jessup commented:
(a town hall “moment”) This might be one of the best videos I have seen all year…
As you watch in disgust with the display of arrogance, just know that the last minute of the video will make it ALL worth it.
Jim H., this video needs WIDE circulation…if you think it’s worthy, put’er up…:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qVpMwqv7QM&feature=player_embedded
Robert commented:
At least the number of illegal aliens isn’t 100 million.
Bigkahuna commented:
If The GOP and Republican candidates for President dont use all of his idiotic statements gaffs, and crappy policies and actions against him in tv ads I will be very very pissed.
jorgen commented:
People will get jobs when Obama loses his job. Hopefully he will lose his powers in November, so the downfall at least will stop.
chili palmer commented:
It was announced today only 13,000 private sector jobs were added in June. They had ‘expected’ 60,000. Enormous difference. That means he added 260 jobs per state. Proceeding along perfectly.
IOpian commented:
That’s sort of like another type of criminal saying. “Hey, I am just raping you, at least I’m not killing you”.
DMartyr commented:
“Yes, taxes are going up to 45%, but at least we’re not taking 60, 70 or 80%…”
JD commented:
The American electorate will have the last laugh in Nov 2010 and Nov 2012.
retired military commented:
“Mr President with your proposed spending the deficit will baloon to $20 trillion. Do you have any comment on that?”
“Well at least it isnt $100 trillion or $200 trillion. That should be good enough for you “
Fred commented:
And in the community he said this (Racine, WI, I live there) unemployment is currently 14.6%.
Actual unemployment way over 20%
Mark1957 commented:
The actual rate is 16.6% !
“U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force
16.6% for the month of May 2010.”
Candido commented:
Gee… at least Obama plays golf and has parties every other day and not everyday.
Kevin P commented:
Obama says, “At least Michelle and the girls still love me. Well.. at least the girls do for sure… I think…”
Joanne commented:
Michelle is too busy planning the Whitehouse parties to open her mouth and talk to the press – they sure seem to have her shut up…..and for good reason.
james sexton commented:
Good old Motor City, Mich. Look how well they are doing!!! And look at the Superb Leadership(?).
My My.
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james commented:
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Soon playing in your city and work place.
Ain’t communism great? Thanks Obamummer
Palinfan commented:
Can anyone name one thing this man has done right since taking the presidency?
Buffalobob commented:
Besides that Carl Rove stole his secret plan to fix the economy. AND it is Bush’s fault.
TrickyDick commented:
What he meant to say was “Unemployment is at 9.6%. At least it’s not at 12, 13 or 15 percent YET.”
Get ready for the netxt great depression by exercising your right to bear arms. I promise you, you’re going to need them.
AuntieMadder commented:
I can’t believe he said that, especially after promising that if he got his stimulus plan passed, unemployment wouldn’t surpass – what was it? – something like 8.5%.
Gary commented:
Robert said: “At least we’re not in debt a $100 trillion.”
If you count all the unfunded liabilities, yes the United States is in debt for about that much.
Drew commented:
So basically Obama’s message is, “suck it up, people! It could be worse!”
And they call that leadership.
Cathie commented:
Considering that the ACTUAL unemployment number is over 15% I wouldn’t BOAST Obama! What a disaster Obama is on the economy and the Oil DISASTER ….! Lead, follow or GET OUT OF THE WAY!