NBC’s Williams Prods Obama to Force Congress Into ‘Sudden Breakout of Sanity’
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who the week before last cited “the debt ceiling, which rational people agree needs to be raised,” on Monday evening again seemed to take a shot at Tea Party members of Congress as he urged President Barack Obama to fulfill a “leadership moment” in order “to force Congress into a sudden breakout of sanity.”
Williams inquired of CNBC’s David Faber:
I'm not a historian, but I think this is a leadership moment, potentially, for the President of the United States. He's getting pressure to force Congress into a sudden breakout of sanity. If that happens, how long until we could get our top credit rating back?
In a story on the Monday, August 8 NBC Nightly News, CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo included this soundbite from Dan Arbess of Perella Weinberg Partners: “Some day we will thank S&P for the credit downgrade because it is a message to Washington that we must begin to address the long-term solvency of the United States of America.”
Picking up on that assertion, Williams then had this exchange:
BRIAN WILLIAMS: Let’s go over to CNBC’s global headquarters. David Faber is there for us tonight. David, let’s pick up on the point that last gentleman made. I'm not a historian, but I think this is a leadership moment, potentially, for the President of the United States. He's getting pressure to force Congress into a sudden breakout of sanity. If that happens, how long until we could get our top credit rating back?
DAVID FABER, CNBC: It could still be some time until at least S&P comes back. These are long-term problems. They aren't solved overnight. Yet that certainly would be a positive. I think you saw the President today trying to engender confidence, Brian, in the press conference because confidence, it would seem over the last couple of weeks, has come in short supply given the debate over the debt ceiling, the downgrade by S&P and, of course, days like this when the market, all which of can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. You simply don't want to do much in terms of making an investment if you're a consumer or a CEO.
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The breakout of sanity MUST start with the POTUS.
Submitted by merly1 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:06pm.
He is Owebama. What else needs to be said?
Budget 101 should be his first course, rather than inviting Paul Ryan to
a speech and savaging Ryan's real budget proposal that would have kept us AAA.
Not Owe-bama
Submitted by Wildcatter1980 on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:44am.
He is OWED-bama.
He and those of his ilk think they are OWED by the rest of the country who don't follow him like lemings.
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If you want to know what liberal secular progressives are really doing, just listen to what they are accusing others of.
Recommended reading: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Isn't it funny
Submitted by g00se99 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:13pm.
Last week there was this big reaction from many on the right saying, "Vote yes, It's the best that can be done and its a win". Now congress wants to get back together and redo the deal. What a total farce this has turned into. GOP still had time and should have voted NO. They got scared and caved and now its plainly obvious that the US is screwed.
MIssed Opportunity
Submitted by Wildcatter1980 on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:52am.
Boehner and the Republicans missed their opportunity to place the onus for this mess squarely on the Obama, "Dingy Harry" Reid and the democrats.
After the House passed Cut, Cap and Balance, they should have engaged in an ad and speaking campaign saying that they had done what was necessary to avoid the crisis by submitting Cut, Cap and Balance (CCB) which clearly addressed the concerns being expressed by credit ratings services. If the Senate and the President failed to pass and sign CCB into law, respectively, the consequences of their failure to do so would be squarely on them. As we have seen, Reid and Obama figuratively voted "Present."
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If you want to know what liberal secular progressives are really doing, just listen to what they are accusing others of.
Recommended reading: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
A 'sudden breakout of sanity' with this congress would mean...
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:19pm.
...the impeachment, subsequent arrest, and criminal prosecution of Barack Hussein Obama, or whatever the hell his real name is.
But this congress is too gutless to even defund Obamacare.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I wish all that would happen, but I can hear...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:31pm.
...the cries of Racism now from the MSM, and of course U.S. cities would burn, but it would be a cleansing thing.
The cities are all
Submitted by jkwtrading on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:41pm.
The cities are all democrat...they have both kinds of liberals too, black and white ones.. let em burn...hot dogs are on me along with the marshmallows.
RJ, I know it won't happen
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:05pm.
LOL - I was just lost in a wild fantasy for a moment.
I get that way some times.
Actually, a lot of times.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave...would you be kind enough to grill me a rack
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:24pm.
of baby-back ribs before I and my fellow libs are incinerated?
Jer
Because of newsbusters.org...
Submitted by Wildcatter1980 on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 11:01am.
...we know the vast majority of the lamestream news media are nothing but scribes, "water carriers" and propagandists for Obama, the democrats and the rest of the liberal secular progressives.
If, however, they did the job the Constitution intended them to do, the news media would be placing such intense pressure on them that it would be highly likely that Obama, Biden, and Reid all would resign. If this were, say, Israel, there would be "no confidence" votes being taken against them.
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If you want to know what liberal secular progressives are really doing, just listen to what they are accusing others of.
Recommended reading: Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
Piss on you Brian! THE ONLY
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:17pm.
Piss on you Brian!
THE ONLY adults in the room are Tea Party folks who want to bring fiscal sanity into D.C. It's your party that is printing more money in order to prop up a bigger gov't under Obama's orders. Wait until the other credit agencis follow suit, you might not be able to get enough votes for school board you ass-wipe! Your party has been warned about excess spending and you still want to spend an adiitional $12 trillion on top on the $14 .5 trillion???
Piss on the left for driving the economy into hell. This is YOUR party Brian, not the Tea Party.
Brian Williams is losing it.
Submitted by Texndoc on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:22pm.
You know, with sinking ratings and Obama out of office, you might be out Brian Williams. On your ass.
Williams
Submitted by grammajane on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:22pm.
Old Brian is probably jealous that his messiah is giving so much more attention to the Tea Party and not to him. What oh what will williams do if" the one" gets beat in the next election.
All for a "sudden breakout of sanity"
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:24pm.
It would force them to resign do-to incompetence. Witch is why it wont happen. To bad you didnt have this epiphany while you were slobbering all over him in the WH Brian.
Brian Williams still not familiar with the American people
Submitted by Gary Hall on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:22pm.
This deserves a little closer look at:
"Rational?" Does Brian Williams (a little sarc here) actually believe that the majority of folks in the country are rational?
And on the quote from Dan Arbess of Perella Weinberg Partners:
As Rick Santelli laid out today - we'll be thanking the Tea Party for that one.
(;~> gary
More Tea Party opinion...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:57pm.
As recently as this past April, polling showed that 70% of Tea Partiers opposed ANY changes in Medicare or Medicaid.. A July survey revealed that the majority of Tea Partiers preferred a mix of revenues and spending cuts for deficit reduction. 44% of Tea Partiers [incorrectly] thought Obama had increased taxes. Only 2% were aware that taxes had actually been slightly reduced under Obama.
And these are the folks driving the debate over fiscal policy.
Jer
So what your saying Jer
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:01pm.
We should follow the media's propaganda about us, eh?
Taxes lower? Another lie, hundreds of new regulations that interfere with the productive have been implemented costing consumers Billions.
Big Oil
Big Coal
Big Auto
Big Coal
Big Farm
so on
And next up
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:05pm.
Big Health
Big Pharm
Big Banking
Big Housing
Big Transportation
Big Education
Big Wealth
*sigh*
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:07pm.
C'mon, Jer, you know better than to throw figures around without citations. Every lib on every blog and in every MSM outlet tosses around "facts" about the Tea Party that are so far from the truth they have to rent a rocket ship to get in the same orbit.
BTW, 90% of libs know nothing about what the Tea Party stands for, and the other 10% are mistaken. I cite John Kerry, moveon.org and The Daily Kos. So there.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
HK...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:35pm.
Here's the poll on Medicare and Medicaid. Here's the poll on views re revenue and spending cuts mix.
HK...more info
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:42pm.
The poll on tax reductions is more dated than I realized. I'm sorry about that. It's from Feb 2010...I thought it was much more recent. I'll get you the cite in a minute.
update. Here
Thanks Jer, but we already
Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:35pm.
Thanks Jer, but we already know the electorate is illiterate. Witness the obamation that was the election of 2008. You can thank the public school system and "higher" edumaction. Oh... don't forget the liberal lapdogs from Hell... the MSM.
ta ta...
Inspire confidence?
Submitted by UpNorth on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:26pm.
How can an alleged leader inspire confidence when he can't even be on time for something that HE scheduled? If he can't read a clock or watch, he sure doesn't inspire any kind of confidence in anyone with a working brain.
And, he claims that the reason for the downgrade was the debate? What. A. Maroon... Hello, paging Barry Soetero, if you continue to do what you've always done, and expect different results, that's the definition of insanity. And, you're doing what dems have always done.
Curious
Submitted by grammajane on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:28pm.
Am curious as to the people here at NB..........who would make a good Conservative candidate in 2012? Your thoughts would be interesting and thank you
Obama to force "Congress into a sudden breakout of sanity"!
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:42pm.
And what would Williams define as sanity And how would Obama do this given that it was his insane spending that precipitated the downgrade?
Yes indeed Faber, "confidence has come in short supply". Because someone who has never even been in a rowboat was inexplicably made Captain of the Ship of State.
Obama has zero leadership capability.
Submitted by drsamherman on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:45pm.
He was so actively disengaged from the process of the budget negotiations that he was a hindrance and not a help. Having read some reports about how petulant and bratty his behavior was towards the congressional leaders, it is easy to understand why they shut him out of the process. It was clear he was out of his element, as his platitudes, self-importance and narcissism continually hampered the negotiations.
The Democrats have turned into such a party of hackneyed automatons incapable of spewing anything but whatever comes of Jay Carney's office that morning. Their co-conspirators in the mainstream media not only parrot those lines, but make no attempts whatsoever to be objective. The brazen prostitution of the media is nothing short of unnerving.
Dimwit Debbie and the Downgrade-o-crats clearly own this failing economy.
Obama is the archetype of King Ubu from Alfred Jarry's Dadaist work. He is tearing down our civilization right down to the ruins and then some. Pretty frightening to see this.
A sudden.........
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:48pm.
.....breakout of sanity will be the Cut, Cap, and Balance bill being passed.
He thinks Obama is going to
Submitted by tcm14 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 8:56pm.
He thinks Obama is going to FORCE Congress to do something? HA! Obama had 2 years to force Congress to do whatever he wanted when he had majorities. Those days are over. And thank goodness, because look where that got us.
97-0
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:51pm.
And remember the Senate voted down Obummer's proposed budget 97-0.
I've got a long list of things
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:10pm.
for Obysmal to force, and just the place where he can force them, too.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I've got a long list of things
Submitted by HockeyKid on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:09pm.
for Obysmal to force, and just the place where he can force them, too.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
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Submitted by Prester John on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:26pm.
Oops, Wrong thread
Dear Mr. Williams,
Submitted by ThisnThat on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:37pm.
For your information, it's not o'bama's job description to "force" Congress into anything. In fact, it's in my job description. And I worked hard last November to replace my Pelosi-robot with a functional, thinking, responsible representative in my district. We also replaced Judd Gregg with a more conservative Senator. So far, they are doing the job we elected them to do.
So please, Mr. Williams -- keep your advice to yourself. Don't try to replace my representatives with your unconstitutional ideology. Just because you're part of the dinosaur MSM doesn't give you the right to do my thinking or voting. I'm more than capable of doing those tasks myself.
Sincerely,
John Q. "Tea Party" Public.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Good idea Bri, he'll get
Submitted by Dan Diego on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:42pm.
Good idea Bri, he'll get right on that as soon as he can fit it in what with fund raising, bus tour and golf.
Hmm, maybe send Joe... it worked so well last time.
Seems like some sanity and
Submitted by Prisondog1776 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 9:52pm.
some satire here that makes more sense than the Golfer in Chief http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/quotethis/a/reaganquotes.htm
Do You Guys
Submitted by JustAl on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:28pm.
. . . get paid to watch this idiot spew nonsense? If so. . . it isn't enough. I've not had the stomach to watch broadcast news since the first day I got the internet hooked up, many years ago.
Congressional Dems and "sanity"......
Submitted by big.league.slider on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:44pm.
The congressional Democrat version of sanity:
David Wu, Howard Dean, Anthony Weiner, Cynthia McKinney, James Trafficant, Patrick Kennedy..............
et al
Submitted by Cactus Kurt on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:56pm.
...Barbara Boxer, Barney Frank, Sheila Jackson Lee, Alan Grayson...
Don't forget the most libeal
Submitted by MightyMouth on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 11:55pm.
Don't forget the most liberal of Jr. Senators of the past, B.H. Obama. A do nothing Senator, but just the same from the Senate(Chicago hahaha). And of course we can never have a President who is from the House, especially a Woman...God forbid that would ever happen /sarc
Today was a terrible day, but what about tomorrow?
Submitted by dnlchisholm on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 11:44pm.
If the Past Few Days Have You at Least a Little Worried...
http://mittromneycentral.com/2011/08/08/obamas-horrible-no-good-day-romn... is one of the most enlightening pieces I've ever seen. The future is uncertain, but we can have real hope because the more people that read this, the more people will see the light and know what we have to do to get back on track.
The political machine
Submitted by rbosque on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 1:49am.
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
----Will Durant
That's why they like "diversity" and "multiculturalism".
At NBC " hard news " is now
Submitted by Barack Must Go on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 8:49am.
At NBC " hard news " is now '" HARD ON FOR OBAMA NEWS " until further notice or after we kick Barack & Michelle to the curb next November.
QUOTE OF THE DECADE,
Submitted by gailannr on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:06am.
Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them. This quote came from the Czech Republic . Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
Following Brian Williams "logic" ...
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:22am.
When then Sen. Obama and the Democrats opposed raising the debt ceiling under Pres. Bush, were they being irrational?