CNN's Cooper: Obama's 'Numbers Didn't Quite Add Up'
When an adoring mainstream media suspend their fawning long enough to point out that he's lying, Barack Obama must realize his presidency is in trouble. That's what happened Friday night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees.
Naturally, Cooper began by claiming Republicans who argue Americans don't want higher taxes use polling data "that's just not true." No mention was made of this week's Rasmussen Reports survey showing 55 percent of respondents oppose a tax hike in any debt ceiling deal. But then Cooper turned to Gallup Poll findings used by Obama:
Well, President Obama mentioned that poll today, but keeping him honest, his numbers didn't quite add up. Here's what he said. Listen.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes revenues and includes cuts. So the notion that somehow the American people aren't sold is not the problem.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COOPER: Well, in fact, a large majority does support a mix, but not 80 percent as the President said. Here's the poll again. It does show only 20 percent support for spending cuts only, but add up the number for some kinds of mix and cuts and taxes and you get 69 percent, not the 80 percent the President said, an 11-point difference.
Granted, Cooper declared GOP officials employed data "that's just not true" while soft peddling Obama's use of numbers that "didn't quite add up." Yet the fact Cooper even called Obama out suggests that maybe, just maybe, the mainstream media won't be as worshipful of The One as they were in 2008.
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Odumbo probably is clueless about math.
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 12:25pm.
Remember, he's the poster boy for affirmative action. No need to pass math SAT...
ICE SKATING?
Submitted by desert3030 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 12:56pm.
His math skills and skating....must have learned that in Hawii. As and example, W had hell to pay over Haliburton services...O nothing on GE? Non bid contracts, stimlus money, CEO working (playing?) as and advisor, and a monoploy on the market place.
And THE largest player of loop holes.
Now what would be said if it was W? I know he has them in his pocket. I really like watching Greogry, Tapper, George S, as I think they begin to drool, and I haven't seen look like that in 40 years... when I saw a friend get his first lap dance.
President Obama doesn't have to be bothered about small stuff
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 9:50pm.
like math and polling numbers. It's not his job. So how about giving him a break?
As President of the United States, President Obama is focused like a laser on spending, I mean investing, increasing the debt, the redistribution of America's wealth, and the many other major issues facing this nation, and it's 57 states.
These sound like warning shots
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 12:41pm.
"Come on O, there's too many people who own calculators and can still read, despite the best efforts of the NEA and the Atlanta public school system. You can't keep floating these ridiculous statements as fact and expect us to put our necks out there for you again this time around."
Still, AC will likely be docked his salary for last night's show by CNN.
Agreed.
Submitted by amyshulk on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 9:06pm.
Agreed.
Ronald Reagan
Slick Willy move over. There's a new Mr. Slick in town.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 12:44pm.
"You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes revenues and includes cuts."
Obama uses revenues instead of the word "taxes," and just says "...an approach that includes revenues... "not increased revenues.
So he is correct and that is Slick.
Actually since he is not talking about raising revenues he could have left that out and said, "You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes cuts."
Move over Mr. Clinton, O Slick is in town now.
revenue
Submitted by Huapakechi on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:09am.
If our hafrican president wants increased revenue, he can mandate a DECREASE in taxes. It's been proved to work every time. Just ensure greedy legislators don't spend $1.50 more for every dollar of increased revenue.
But that doesn't spread the misery enough to satisfy the screaming monkey socialist crowd.
Negotiating with a liberal is incremental surrender
Too bad it wouldh't work for them
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:03am.
That would make sense, even common sense, but with the National Socialists, (formerly known as the dems) they don't want that. That's what gets me about some people that they just don't see that these bastards are only interested in control of everything we do in life.
It was even said by a dictator that the best way to damage a country, even destroy it from within is to break it financially if you can't defeat them in battle. And that's what's happening right now.
-Jon
Good morning jon
Submitted by cocodrie on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:45am.
You just described the communist manifesto better known as the democrat playbook.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
My mistake
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 11:52am.
I had realized a little bit ago that I think I made a mistake, that it may not have been a dictator that said that, I think it was one of the founding fathers that warned us about that. Can't remember who.
But there were dictators who believe that and exercised that tactic.
-Jon
I love the El Duce pose in
Submitted by Bhaal on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 12:50pm.
I love the El Duce pose in the picture for Obama. That's priceless.
Clueless also comes to
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 1:07pm.
Clueless also comes to mind..................
I can also imagine Obama
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 1:55pm.
I can also imagine Obama going out like Mussolini...
That would be
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 2:10pm.
That would be justice.............but I'd still prefer to see the guillotine re-instated.
Not me.
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:29pm.
That's too Islamic. The beheading, you know?
-Jon
Yeah..........but it ain't
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:53pm.
Yeah..........but it ain't nutthin' but a French thang', yo.................I just think it worked pretty well on those 'let them eat cake' royalty types - of which Boy Barry is one. And anyway, I think the Mooooooooooooooooooslems sort of keep hacking away until they 'break on through to the other side'.........
But, yeah............the old cowboys were big into hanging, right???
And their heads are composed of the same material!
Submitted by mdgiles on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 2:50pm.
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2011/07/16/#006171
Rapanui......................
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 3:04pm.
Rapanui......................Aku Aku....................the Easter Island rockheads.............I'd bet that they have more sense than Boy Blockhead.
He's been known to do that.
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 3:05pm.
He's been known to do that.
Good work, BK.....and good
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 3:58pm.
Good work, BK.....and good play on words too. One of the first things I noticed about Boy Barry, when he started to get public attention, was his arrogant tilt - as he read his teleprompter - and his tedious and torturous speaking style when he WASN'T reading his telepropter - possiby one of the most boring, and incoherent, public speakers that I have ever heard. And it's only gotten worse............
Outstanding job, Marine---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 5:21pm.
That is precisely the internal mental image I get every time I see, or avoid listening to, a scheduled "talk" by the Obama fool.
MD
Anderson Cooper - Can't find the 34% number out there.
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 1:09pm.
Well, good for Anderson Cooper. Perhaps he's making up for his shrill coverage on Thursday when he presented this topic in this manner:
Guess he missed this on, out on Thursday from Rasmussen:
(;~/ gary
I can't - in my little world
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 1:41pm.
I can't - in my little world here on an outer island of Hawaii - find 4 out of 5 people who want higher taxes..........at least from people who actually WORK for a living!!! But you've got to admit - when you've got close to HALF the country NOT paying taxes, then you've only got to skew the polls to reach the other 30 %...............although I don't think there is ANY poll that even can show that!!!
As usual, Boy Blah-Blah is spewing more lies from his big purple lips..................as I've said a million times, he IS, WAS, and always WILL BE a lie - his whole pathetic life has been a falsehood!!!
I just love the picture of Obummer
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 2:06pm.
looking DOWN on his poor ignorant subjects. All he needs now to complete the photo would be a nice patch of bird poop dripping down his chin.
News alert
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 3:46pm.
CNN's Andersen Cooper has beem admitted to an undiclosed hospital for emergency nose reduction surgery.
Anderson Cooper can add?
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 8:33pm.
Who knew?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Way back when I was in high school, we had an...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 1:28am.
expression for it. It goes like this: "No s**t, Dick Tracy!"
Jim......I guess I'm a lot older than you. Way back when I was
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 3:29am.
in high school, we had a different expression for it. It goes like this: "No s**t, William Howard Taft! :-) ♥♥
Mussolini
Submitted by SaseboSailor on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:04pm.
Mr. Bates:
Regarding the photo of Obama accompanying this article, I suggest looking up a famous photo of Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator.
There is a remarkable resemblance.
Unlike Obama, though
Submitted by Mike Bates on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 2:24pm.
Mussolini didn't waste more than $800 billion on a failed "stimulus."
Sorry..I didn't realize
Submitted by SaseboSailor on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:10pm.
Sorry..I didn't realize earlier posters had already covered the Mussolini match..
El Duce!
Submitted by Bhaal on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 2:50pm.
El Duce!