Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Live Blog the President's News Conference Tonight!
The President will hold a televised news conference tonight at 8PM, and we'll live-blog it here on the CW.
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The Blog: A compendium of thoughts on politics, world affairs, economics, pop culture and social issues, from the center right perspective of me--Bryan McGrath--a University of Virginia graduate who spent a career in the world's greatest Navy keeping my mouth shut about politics and social issues (ok, publicly keeping it shut). Those days are over! Pull up a chair and chime in where you will. Keep it clean, civil, concise and relevant.
The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
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The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
The Policy: I take FULL responsibility for what I write. I will not be held responsible for the content of my comments section--as long as it is civil and passes my own inscrutable sniff tests, it will appear. If the comment offends you, that is on you.
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102 comments:
I'm with you until I hear the word 'I inherited this' or 'I take full responsibility even though I'm not really responsible.'
Does it seem vain to anyone else to use the phrase 'my first term' ?
Hello! Sorry i'm late, just back from dinner.
first term stuck with me too
still on the campaign trail and now with rehearsed questions
it used to be a right in this country to fail as well as succeed
Good question, Chuck
babbling brook....
I wonder if he's going to be offering anything new tonight. This is putting me to sleep already.
struggling...
Here comes the 95% tax cut comment.
Reagan did the same babbling.... yet you all called him the "great communicator" double standard?
Did he do his remarks without a teleprompter?
No, government does not need to invest in education BEYOND K-12, Mr. President.
dont believe there was a prompter there but he does have cards
Reagan didn't babble.
Cards are fine...they all use them
my question is that in contrast to all these new, green jobs he's talking about, what does he think is going to happen to the non-green jobs he's talking about? Are they going to miraculously transform to green jobs overnight? The wildcatter goes home on Monday and returns to a job on Tuesday with Vestas?
Veritable hand-waving here.
AP, NBC, ABC nothing better than questions from slavish supporters.
Inherit $1.3 Trillion, turn it into $7 Trillion....
There it is! He found a way to work in 'inherited.'
because you use budget gimmicks in the out years.
Your growth assumptions were twice theirs in the out years....
'Nobody is questioning that?' Talk to Judd Gregg lately, Mr. Prez?
i find disturbing his use of "we" and "I" & "they"
You don't put out alternative budgets....the Executive puts out budgets.
If he had been a Navy man, he wouldn't be leaning on that "tired argument" of inheriting the problem.
historically COngress use to produce the budget.... OMB's budget is a fairly recent occurence
If he had been a Navy man, he wouldn't be leaning on that "tired argument" of inheriting the problem.
Why doesn't someone do Helen Thomas a favor and put a bag over her head.
Nice job, Chip.
Historically, Presidents sent a letter to Congress for the State of the Union....irrelevant. The Executive has the staff and the capacity to budget. That's who does it now.
Mexico! Called that one....
drug cartels that have gotten completely out of hand.....words that make you go hmmmmmmm
Stars and Stripes! Cool!
I came with an open mind hoping to be convinced. Where is that hope that he promised? He has given us change now I hope it will not last much longer.
has he been to a VA hospital yet?
been reading reports that our forces are getting fatter in general...wondering about long term diabetes treatments' impact on mil/vet health care..
he has used a whole host of "hosts."
did anyone start the "ahhhh" counter?
Over-exposed, babbling, all Obama--all the time...
how about acknowledging the fact that someone declared a procurement holiday a bit ago and we lost our procurement capacity and expertise over time.
that is the dumbest response I've heard him give.
Is there any hope at all?
THis stuff is HARD....boo hooo
"invest" sounds so much nicer than "waste money", doesn't it?
I recommend a host of Rube Goldberg mechanisms
I know he's gotten a lot of praise for reaching out to the American public, but I just can't see where this performance tonight is going to help him.
There it is again! We can do it MY way, or we can do nothing....there are NO OTHER CHOICESSSSSSS
It took a couple of days because I needed to see what the polls would say first.
Press is starting to get tougher. Know what I talk about before I speak? What about knowing what is in a bill before you sign it?
D'oh!
you all are incredibly negative towards anything he is trying to do. Is this a Rush fest?
See Blog Title--"Conservative Wahoo". Perhaps a hint there as to the opinions of the blogger and many readers?
Yes, dissing the Brits was a nice start.
Ah yes...we're POPULAR again. Woohoo
I AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT HERE ANONYMOUS>>>WE SHOULD CUT THE MORTGAGE DEDUCTION.
Rush is an idiot - I almost voted for Obama...almost - but I'm really not hearing anything concrete. And I put a lot of blame on the previous administration, but he asked for the job, now he needs to stop "looking backward."
There it is Sally!
Can we cut the mortgage deduction after I've benefited from it a few years?
I knew he wouldn't let me down!
Yes, under RR, when the GDP was one sixth of what it is now, and the Dow was about a quarter....the growth since then in no small part due to the cuts made in the interim
40K busdrivers not in 28% bracket.
It's all about fairness, after all.
great answer regarding deductions...
cutting mortgage deduction coming from an apartment rat...grrr
Don't be an entitlement junkie, Bill!
regarding the deduction he can claim he is correct.
i am a conservative therefore i am a junkie
Ebony?
Is People magazine there tonight?
in the future, we are supposed to have hover cars, which shouldn't need infrastructure...
Ah yes, veterans! We can always look tough on defense (on the cheap) by mentioning vets!
Is that really true about homeless vets? How does one gather that info?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/24/komodo.dragon/index.html
too cool not to pass along....
He didn't wrestle with anything related to abortion. Please
not cool but http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/florida.va.facilities/index.html
I love how he cites the opinions of others all the time; I expect to see the verizon network guys standing behind him....
Never have I heard anybody say so much without making a substantive point.
Good one Bryan.
We can expect a substantial downturn in the markets tomorrow.
Last question...short one this time....
Throw Netanyahu under the bus BO! That's right...the elected leader of a responsible democracy vs. the elected leaders of terror organizations! Love that logic...
you know we're serious because we sent the "special" envoy.
naughty?
Knotty
i'm dumb
He grows more human, more average, more beatable every day....
i take it back there was a prompter moreover a large TV
My wife wants him to leave office by tomorrow morning. LOL
OMG---who is this Alexis Glick on Fox?
Krauthammer: workmanlike, not inspiring.
Nina Easton: can't circle the square on healthcare
Juan Williams: charitable donation comment was stupid
I did appreciate the persistence comment. You know that's how we asians are so good at mathematics and rice cultivation.
60+ % of Americans are quite pleased with Mr. Obama.... beatable -- laughable.
Anonymous...Obama's numbers are lower than GWB's at this point in his administration...just thought you'd like to know....
yup... you keep following those FOX polls... according to the PEW he is 6 points higher than Bush +60 days
he isn't doing the heavy lifting. his man Geithner is getting crushed, but POTUS remains somewhat insulated.
He's attempting to sell his programs/budget...and he is not connecting to Wall Street or any other street. Failure, thus far.
Rasmussen has him at 53 and Zogby right at 50.
I hope this doesn't happen, but if he doesn't get SECTREAS some help soon, things might turn south with a quickness and the press will more actively report on how his holier-than-lobbiest stance has hampered his attempt at good governance.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123690358175013837.html
Love the Tourette's-like "Fox" that spews out of liberals...funny stuff.
i just imagined a great visual of Fox-Tourette's
Anomymous
Hussein's approval rating will NEVER go below 12%.
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