Former Obama Economic Adviser Gets Chuckle Out of S&P Downgrade: “We’re F**ked” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, August 6, 2011, 6:46 AM
Former Obama economic adviser Christina Romer got a chuckle out of the news yesterday that the US credit rating was downgraded for the first time in over a century. She told Bill Maher, “We’re f*cked.” Then they laughed.
Via NewsBusters:
Did you notice how they both had a good chuckle over the downgrade.
Transcript via NewsBusters:
BILL MAHER, HOST: So, excuse my language, but we used to do a segment on this show called “How F—ked Are We?”
MAHER: …This, just before we went on the air they said our rating got downgraded.
CHRISTINA ROMER, FORMER CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: So, pretty darned f—ked.
[Laughter and applause]
MAHER: Ooh.
ROMER: I’ve been hanging around Tim Geithner too long.
In an earlier talk this year Romer told an audience that Obama knew the extent of the economic crisis before he came into office.
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Mikey commented:
Well isn’t it funny there eh, Roemer? You, Obama, the Democrats in Congress, Geithner, Summers, et al. own this mess and you think it is funny? You are truly despicable. Thanks for nothing you losers. We are all going to suffer now because of Keynesian policies. Absolute worst administration in history and they joke about it. Oh, don’t worry. They will not suffer, we the people will. EVERYTHING is going to cost more. Yeah, reelect Obama so he can finish the destruction he has wrought. One and Done. Rick Perry 2012.
squeaky commented:
[CHRISTINA ROMER, FORMER CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: So, pretty darned f—ked.
[Laughter and applause]
MAHER: Ooh…..]
to applause and laughter? the social safety nets that were set up to keep the not so bright among us from becoming victims of their own bad decisions has a downside i see.
Militant Conservative commented:
Have YOU prepared. You cannot count on anyone
But yourself.
Powder is dry
Ausonius commented:
What tasteless characters surround our dear POTUS.
Why should it be a suprise that the members of the ruling class laugh about it? I’ld bet the farm they are quite confident they have insulated themselves from the fallout of their policies.
Didn’t this brilliant genius design the stimulus plan.
Bitter Clinger commented:
When the downgrade and the destruction of the country is your goal, you are free to enjoy the moment which she obviously IS enjoying. This is the result of the election of 11/08 when more people who VOTE for a living showed up than people who WORK for a living. i.e. “Historic”.
KR commented:
In case anyone is unfamiliar with this plan of the left:
The Cloward-Piven Strategy of Orchestrated Crisis
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
Swifty commented:
Check out the poll at the bottom of this article. Vote if you like. The results astounded me. But, that’s MSNBC.
US government loses triple-A credit rating
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44040574/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/
Yeah those Dems, who have had control of Congress for four out of the last 4-1.2 years and half control for the past ½ year along with complete control of the White House for the last 2-1/2 years are doing a fine job. tic
Those darn Republicans, who have just had the House for the last half year, are destroying the economy by not getting anything passed that they enact because the Dems in the Senate and the White House are stopping them or watering down the stuff that could help the economy more than the compromised deals do.
mg4us commented:
Not one but two Unprecedented events. . .
- US debt downgraded and
- officially we have a worse president than Carter!!
As bad as Carter was, as bad as the US economy was with odd/even gas line days and a sky high misery index, he never has the US credit worthiness downgraded.
Obama surpasses Carter to officially downgrade US credit rating thereby gaining him the official title “Worst President Ever”.
And people like her, “F-’em” Romer, Commie Van Jones, “kiddy-perv” Kevin Jennings, “Mao-loving” Ann Duncan, “my people” Holder, and “Tax Cheat” Geitner, to name a few, only reinforce Obama’s incompetence and ineptness at building a qualified team.
This is what you get when you elect someone who is not a naturally born citizen, who keeps their transcripts secret, reveal a fake birth certificate, and pals around with commies and known terrorists.
Obama – – INCOMPETENT, Inept, Inexperienced and On-to-himself. . .Obuma!
2012, if not sooner, get him out! Time for real change to restore our country’s credit rating.
Bert commented:
We are living “Atlas Shrugged.” Remember how that story ended? Be prepared.
knldgskr commented:
Romer’s most insightful comment was that Geithner is like a 7th grade boy.
big L commented:
I hate the chuckle-fests.I never wamt to eversee McConnell sittoing in the WH w/o a tie next to Obama ,also w/o a tie. and both are chuckling. Listen you 2 “rod-ramn rastids”, this is our country and never have so few done so much to hurt so many.that isyou two. Hopefully we will survive to “line-out and cover over” any tribute you have ever gotten. You are ruiners of lives.
FU both
daryl commented:
Didn’t anyone ever tell the old bat that one is judged by the company one keeps? But ol Bill gets the giggles listening to a female (any female evidently that will talk dirty with him) .”Snerk, snerk, snerk, she said f***”.
That’s why it used to irk me, no end, to see conservatives’ Ann Coulter show up on Maher’s “show”. Any point she made against the stinking pos just zingered over the numbskulls’ heads in the audience yet they would laugh uprouriously, right on cue at Maher’s every word.
IOpian commented:
Time to dust of the mantra the left used for Bush about Iraq but apply it to Obama and Democrats about the worst economy since Hoover, ‘you broke it, you own it.’ They had three years to fix this ( something they actually caused from policies forcing banks to make unsound loans to help their constituents ) and have only made it worse. This ‘inherited’ crap doesn’t wash anymore. At least not to any thinking person, emphasis on thinking.
RKflorida commented:
Gosh I wish I could be so “With it”, so above the fray, and sophisticated as these folks are. But, I’m only a peasant so I simply think this is really bad news and not funny at all. I look at them and see only a fat lady and a demon driven ugly man.
myohmy commented:
Maybe spending much time with porn star really makes you sound intelligent.
WTF commented:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
The problem is, we’ve been F****ed.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
Political ad someone should make:
Romer claiming the stimulus package of 2008 will keep unemplyment below 8% with the same Romer claiming we are “pretty darn f@cked” in 2011.
Gideon Reed commented:
For some reason I keep getting mental images of these a**holes in the bed of a straw filled, two wheeled cart, being bombarded with rotton fruit and cabbages on the way to the scaffold and their much overdue appointment with the headsman.
And Barack Hussein Zerobama aain’t no Sir Percy.
Eddie Willers commented:
In Japan when people fail their public obligations this badly they often take their lives out of shame. Romer apparently has no shame…
Eddie Willers commented:
& What kind of cretin laughs & applauds at such bad news?
The Anarchists in Maher’s audience I guess
SSBN 627(B) commented:
Yep, so darn funny. We’re so smart and chic and sophisticated.
My taxes – the money that I WORK for – will continue to go up whilst the smart power engages in ‘quantitative easing’. In the meantime I will stand in line at the checkout behind absolute welfare trash swiping their EBT cards to avoid the stigma of physical food stamps. And I’m willing to bet that THEY will receive COLA to keep pace with the accelerating ‘easings’ whilst MY retirement that I WORKED for since the age of 16 continues to dwindle.
You want some of my slice of the pie, Nancy, you come and take it from me. Bitch.
ohiochili commented:
Why shouldn’t they laugh? Don’t the evil-doers always laugh in those B movies when things are going to plan?
I just can’t help but feel this downgrade is more political than anything else. I also feel this is exactly what the messiah wanted for his birthday, and the wording of the downgrade (in part) places the blame on the Repubs.
‘The Republicans gave you a shiny new credit card but did not give you the means (right now, that is) to pay for it. So there.’
mg4us commented:
Here is an interesting story that needs to be passed on to all your colleagues and friends. . .
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/08/the_presidents_new_clothes.html
Mutnodjmet commented:
Here is a hint for team ObamaTHE SOLUTION WILL NOT BE FOUND ON THE GOLF COURSE
Old Fan commented:
What a mess…
Democrats have no clue. Maher a failed comedian who is utterly a joke.
Laughing while Americans suffer for their incompetence and corrupt denial.
We must send them all packing in 2012, period.
Sandy commented:
Christina Romer got a good laugh at the destruction she and Obama reeked on this nation.
But she got out while the getting is good and leaves another potential commercial for the Republicans to use during the campaign. Well said Romer thanks to you WE’RE F***ED.
Sandy commented:
Christina Romer can laugh all the way to the bank now that she’s safely out of this administration but she does leave us with another great commercial for Republicans to use in the 2012 campaign. Right on Romer WE’RE F–KED!
gus commented:
Most countries would have arrested and possibly executed their corrupt leader.
Rock commented:
#23
And there are no mulligan’s.
Cal Rifkin commented:
14, 20, 26….Sure expresses my feelings. Any moron knows that we’re loading so mch crap onto our mule (US economy) that it can hardly even walk at this point…. internal and external parasites ( gubmint employees, unions, crooked vendors, contractors, lobbyists, politicians…etc.) , and load after load of crap ( regulations, rules, bureaucratic red tape…etc. ), and feeding it crap like Obamacare, EPA restrictions, etc…, so there’s no wonder we’re in effin trouble. Worse than that, having socialists, marxists and egg-headed ivy leaguers who’ve never even ran anything at the levers of power…fuggetabout!!
jorgen commented:
The Republicans, Palin and/or Bachmann should start an advertising campaign pointing out that the Democrats are illiterate and irresponsible when it comes to economy. The general public must be forced to understand.
Steve commented:
What ever happened to nobility of speach? What ever happened to the “turn of a phrase”? I think we are truelly “f****” when the intelligensia begins to use the gutter language of their minions. THEY think they are connecting with the lower classes. I see it as a downgrading of sensibilities and graciousness that is needed to run a country. No wonder they laugh at the mess they’ve made. Even THEY think we are in the toilet.
Steve
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
In an earlier talk this year Romer told an audience that Obama knew the extent of the economic crisis before he came into office.
It’s one thing to know about the extent of a problem. It’s something entirely different to know how to go about solving it.
ironbill commented:
I simply cannot fathom how far this country has fallen. A former top adviser to the POTUS goes on a third rate cable show and speaks like a construction worker in a bar (no offense to construction workers, I’m a former construction worker).
The worst part of it is that she is in a large part responsible for the condition of which she speaks.
Go back to your Ivy League position and accept the accolades from the others who share your disdain for reality and common sense Christine. And cash the large checks too. But never forget that you are a simple slob who stepped in the right pile at the right time.
This started with Clinton and his behavior. When he was exposed as the lout he was, Liberals moved the goal posts for decency in order to cover for his (Clinton’s) recklessness. Eventually, as the slippery slope argument demonstrates, perversion becomes normalcy and decency becomes aberrant.
iluvamerica commented:
Congressman Confirms: “United States” Is A “Corporation”
http://realitybloger.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/congressman-confirms-united-states-is-a-corporation/
http://thecorporationnation.com/
Indigo Red commented:
Geitner swears like “a seventh grade boy.” That’s pretty disturbing in and of itself.
Joe Bidens xanax dealer commented:
REALLY?! We’re F*cked? Thats funny. Really funny. Since you created the presidents stimulus package and all that crap that we all KNEW wouldn’t work.
You should never have stopped teaching pre-school. Because now you should be tried for treason. Everyone who loses money on monday should help build the gallows. It’ll have to be big to support such a fat whore as yourself.
You disgust me. How did you get this job? How and why did UC Berkeley ask you back?! You are terrible and know NOTHING about economics. Marxism isnt economics. Its destruction.
What a moron. I HATE you
Joe Bidens xanax dealer commented:
#18
You are correct. It was also the norm in the western world up until the 1870′s, when psychobabble started becoming the order of the day.
Anyway, If you were given a commission by a king, or any gov’t, like head economist, and you failed terribly, you’ll be either executed or commit suicide. This was the norm. The people who have so much power and are given a life of an aristocrat comes with a big responsibility.
You screw up, then its over. Literally. They still do this in China. They actually executed their head of their ‘FDA’ when some food was poisoned recently. I think we need to return to this. Make sure our ‘leaders’ have something to lose when they screw up. and make them focus because its not a game here folks. 315 million people lives are in the hands on a few people. Terrifying
Molon Labe commented:
Obama-plan proceeding according to schedule
Faye commented:
I would love to have a video camera at the parties that are being thrown to celebrate the victory of this downgrade. I am sure that there are many parties being thrown by this admin, the socialist dems and their state run msm.
OT… This is exactly what they have been driving for since Johnsons’ Great Society with all the giveaways to loafers, welfare cheats and public dole thiefs. 4 generations of people who won’t work but expect the tax payer to give them everything simply because they breath.
It’s time for us to start with our state houses to seriously entertain secession. Let the frauds, loafers and thieves relocate to the coasts and the flyover country welcome all the productive citizens to the new country.
tommy mc donnell commented:
she happy because its what she worked hard to do. bill maher is happy whenever anything bad happens to america.
Joe Bidens xanax dealer commented:
Its also so telling. The Republicans were screaming in the 60′s that the ‘great society’ would lead to exactly a society of slugs and suck-weights. So I’m waiting for the pedocrats to tell those Republicans (ones who are still alive), that they were right…. AGAIN. Pedocrats cannot see past their nose when it comes to a plan. They also never look in the rear-view mirror at the damage they cause.
Worthless human beings. Pedo-crats are human wrecking balls
Dale commented:
Nothing more disgusting than a frumpy old has been economic adviser trying to sound cool by saying the F word. These libs are horrible!!!!!!!! She laughs about our economy!! They’re an evil bunch.
senatorseven commented:
Pig. What a disgraceful pig. She has 9.1% unemployment and a trillion-dollar boondoggle to claim for her time at the White House. Now, as a result of HER advice, thousands more will suffer and lose their jobs. What a complete disgrace this woman and this entire adminstration are.
Hedgehog commented:
Why would Christine Romer, for whom I had respect before she went to work for Comrade Obama, ever consent to appear on that show. I think that she realized how bad Obama and his Communist handlers are, and she left. By going on that show, she lowered herself. Maher Framed the interview by saying that he has a segment called “How F*&^%d are We”. She should have said that he sounds like guttermouth Geitner, and walked off. These creeps are reducing this country to the lowest level imaginable. And this passes for television? Buckley must be turning over in his grave. Next time Maher calls, Romer ought to tell him to clean up his lowlife act. I would do it on the air.
DANEgerus commented:
Her handiwork… sooooo funny.
Molon Labe commented:
The Left has wrecked the economy yet the same morons will vote for them again.
ogee commented:
The problemis that the uhbama admin is full of Ivy league
ogee commented:
(continued) Who have no real life’s experience….
ogee commented:
They only THINK such and such will work. They have no real experience PLANS OR IDEAS.
ogee commented:
AND THE MOB MENTALITY is spilling out into the Asian communites as they drive in their brand new expensive Honda cars and have fancy phones and clothes and …..tell me where they are getting all this dough to buy this stuff? Veit nam wasa third world country…now they are here and not assimilating either.
and now they are disrespectuful to whitey and humanity….their ‘stuff’ they admit is more important to them than people.
Everyone is going to die someday and they can’t leave anything except the way they treated others. The invasion of the ‘browns’ is nearly complete.
scatty commented:
Im with you, Gus…
“Most countries would have arrested and possibly executed their corrupt leader.” (by now)
tick-tock, tick-tock