In 1994 Axelrod Bashed Bush Playing Golf (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 8:31 AM
In a 1994 interview David Axelrod bashed George H. Bush playing golf.
“One of the interesting things about this is that as you cite these statistics saying the economy is improving you almost do political damage to yourself. If you stand up and claim great progress you’re only frustrating this alienated middle class more… The other thing is Bush often tastelessly did it from the 9th hole.”
Via Free Republic:
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Barack Obama has played golf at least 104 times since becoming president.
UPDATE: Mara added:
Your article here focuses on the video clip in which Axelrod bashes Bush for playing Golf. While that is certainly an important point… an even MORE IMPORTANT and AMAZING part of the clip is at the end when the other panel fellow says “You still like to beat up on Bush don’t you?” and Axelrod ADMITS “He’s the only thing we got left” and they all laugh… Axelrod is admitting they can never talk about policies and Bush bashing is ALL THEY GOT in that clip…
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Ragspierre commented:
But remember Shaidle’s First Law: “It’s different when we do it”.
tommy mc donnell commented:
the media complained constantly about bush II playing to much golf. when you say the media that means the democratic party.
FurryGuy commented:
That there is a large number of voters who will still vote for Barry in November despite the hypocrisy, lying, incompetence and corruption of his administration shows Liberalism truly is a cult and mental disorder.
paul52 commented:
Got a marketing idea: Sell driving range golf balls with Barry’s face and Axelrod’s face imprinted on them. Oughta be good for another 25 yards!
owl commented:
The Silence of the Scoopers on the subject of golf is hurting my ears.
mg4us commented:
EMPTY CHAIR
As Eastwood says. .time to cut him loose. . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=umCryQ_W4KE
JR commented:
You are mistaken here. That wasn’t David Alelrod – it was David Axelron (look at the snapshot). Surely you are mistaken that David Axelrod is such a weaselly hypocrite hack that he would attack his political opponents for the very same activities that are now perfectly okay when his guy is in office.
SoLongSong commented:
The media is every bit as evil as the current democrat party.
bg commented:
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The Worst Media Bias of 1989
The Worst Media Bias of 1990
The Worst Media Bias of 1991
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Little David Puddy commented:
Wow, now thay are making our ads for us.
US Navy Corpseman commented:
C-SPAN has him labeled “Axelron” — I prefer Axeldork. Bumbling, buffoonish, gasbag mouthpiece for Pantload.
Janie's not a one note commented:
Doesn’t Axelrod look like he STINKS?
Mmort commented:
I hope someone with a sharp pencil, accountant, etc, has been keeping score on how much money Obama has cost the tax payers and loop hole givers during just these four years and the past 2 years of his Junior Senator’s position. Remember he started running for the presidency back then. He loves to blame Bush and the economy but he has made it worse by his/ his family/ his friend’s personal spending. It shows just how people that never had to work for a living can bilk others out of their hard earned monies. They have plenty of time to sit around planning how to do this. GW Bush and Ronald Reagan went home to chop wood, etc, but this man has hardly graced his mansion in Chicago. He glows in the limelight of the fictious strawman that he is.
Libertarian Soldier commented:
Here’s the difference: Bush knew what was going on. He wasn’t pissing in the public’s ear and telling them it’s the sweet rain of spring and we’re almost there….
For 7 years, beginning in 2001, Bush and the White House warned Congress about GSE (Government-Sponsored Enterprise, in reality, democrat championed enterprise) pushing lenders to make sub-prime, ill-advised loans and called for regulations. The democrats were making so much money in what they now call ‘greedy, evil Wall Street’, they denied there was a problem.
In fact, in 2008 he approached congress 17 times. Here are a couple of paragraphs from the beginning and the end of this crisis in which the democrat dominated Congress ignored the impending crisis.
“For many years the President and his Administration have not only warned of the systemic consequences of financial turmoil at a housing government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) but also put forward thoughtful plans to reduce the risk that either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac would encounter such difficulties. President Bush publicly called for GSE reform 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted. Unfortunately, these warnings went unheeded, as the President’s repeated attempts to reform the supervision of these entities were thwarted by the legislative maneuvering of those who emphatically denied there were problems.
2001
April: The Administration’s FY02 budget declares that the size of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is “a potential problem,” because “financial trouble of a large GSE could cause strong repercussions in financial markets, affecting federally insured entities and economic activity.”
The difference between obama and Bush, Bush, although not responsible, took responsibility for this crisis because it happened on his watch. obama continues to blame Bush, Bush policies and the Republican failed policies of the past for why we’re here and for his own failure. Man up obama!
obama and the DNC should check their facts when they claim that we are in this mess because of the past administration’s policies. That is not a fact.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WHAT KOOL-AIDE ARE YOU DRINKING IF YOU THINK WE’RE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE 3 YEARS AGO?
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