Good post Russ. For the most part I agree. The only quibble I have with the Pubs at the moment is the second and third place candidates can't accept that they've lost, and are making a mockery of the primary process and themselves. The recent marriage between Carly and Ted is on the level of the US' bad marriage to Saudi Arabia. But you have the far left Dems pegged, gathering in throngs and shouting down any truth they don't like hearing. And it's hard to believe how much of the hyena screaming emanates from college campuses.
It really isn't tough to figure out. Most of the worlds injustice is directed at minorities and some young. Being that most of those groups are dems......of course that's the group that yells. I mean, Russ type republicans biggest injustice is diner coffee going up a nickel next year.
Surely I would hope most people understand that.
I think Kasich would have been his VP choice before he made the alliance with Cruz. Would be the smart pick to draw in moderates and swing the most important state in the election. But that might have been blown up.
Ps....my teeth shattering knockouts are saved for the true loons......I pretty much just tap you on the shoulder.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus warned his fellow party members on Friday that they should watch what they say about each other, a day after it was reported that former House Speaker John Boehner referred to Ted Cruz as "Lucifer in the flesh" and a "miserable son of a bitch."
As it turns out he’s not a party chairman, he’s a party pooper.
As it turns out he’s not a party chairman, he’s a party pooper.
Obama “worst president since Hoover”
APRIL 29, 2016
After nearly eight years under President Barack Obama, there is one fact that is undeniable — his presidency has been bad for the U.S. economy.
Now that his second term is nearing the end, however, it is becoming clear to economists just how bad Obama has been.
Historically bad.
In terms of GDP growth, Obama is officially projected to be the fourth-worst president in U.S. history — the worst since the Great Depression under President Herbert Hoover.
And Obama will be the only U.S. president that has failed to deliver even a single year of 3%+ GDP growth.
During his presidency, liberals and Democrats pulled out statistic after statistic in a desperate attempt to deflect blame, or hide the facts. But there’s no more denying the numbers.
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, expanded at a paltry annual rate of 0.5 percent in the January-March quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That is slower than the fourth quarter’s 1.4 percent growth rate, marks the weakest performance in two years, and officially cements Obama’s shameful economic legacy.
The poor start to the year did not escape notice among critics of Obama.
“Today’s report showing the weakest period of economic growth in two years is the latest sign the Obama economy isn’t working,” said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. “Despite all of the evidence Obama’s liberal policies are leaving middle-class families behind and holding back growth, Hillary Clinton thinks this president doesn’t get enough credit and wants to double down on his failed agenda.”
The 0.5 percent GDP advance in the first quarter was the weakest showing since GDP contracted by 0.9 percent in the first three months of 2014.
“Assuming 2.67% RGDP growth for 2016, Obama will leave office having produced an average of 1.55% growth. This would place his presidency fourth from the bottom of the list of [presidencies], above only those of Herbert Hoover (-5.65%), Andrew Johnson (-0.70%) and Theodore Roosevelt (1.41%),” reports Real Clear Markets.
Part of the first-quarter weakness stems from the turbulence in the stock market at the beginning of the year, which was triggered by worries that China was slowing more than expected.
The market has since recovered all of its early-year losses, China’s slowdown now seems less worrisome and oil prices have stabilized and started to rebound. In addition, the U.S. dollar, whose strength had hurt American exporters, has stopped rising and retreated a bit.
Those developments and continued job growth will help bolster the economy in the current quarter and beyond, Behravesh and other analysts said.
But Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Tufts University in Boston, said the rebound could still be derailed if there are not “more positive growth trends overseas.”
Consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, grew at a 1.9 percent rate in the first quarter. That’s down from 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter and is the weakest showing in a year.
Business investment dropped at a 5.9 percent rate, the biggest quarterly plunge since the depths of the recession in 2009. The decline was led by a record 86 percent plunge in the category that covers oil and gas exploration. U.S. energy companies have cut back sharply in response to falling global oil prices.
The higher deficit subtracted 0.3 percentage point from growth in the first quarter. A further slowdown in business spending to restock their store shelves also hurt growth.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday took note of economic weak spots and decided for the third straight meeting to keep its key policy rate unchanged in a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. Many analysts don’t believe there will be a second rate hike until there are more signs of growth.
“The rate of real economic growth is the single greatest determinate of both America’s strength as a nation and the well being of the American people. And, Obama’s record in this area has been truly dismal,” says Real Clear Markets.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
APRIL 29, 2016
After nearly eight years under President Barack Obama, there is one fact that is undeniable — his presidency has been bad for the U.S. economy.
Now that his second term is nearing the end, however, it is becoming clear to economists just how bad Obama has been.
Historically bad.
In terms of GDP growth, Obama is officially projected to be the fourth-worst president in U.S. history — the worst since the Great Depression under President Herbert Hoover.
And Obama will be the only U.S. president that has failed to deliver even a single year of 3%+ GDP growth.
During his presidency, liberals and Democrats pulled out statistic after statistic in a desperate attempt to deflect blame, or hide the facts. But there’s no more denying the numbers.
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, expanded at a paltry annual rate of 0.5 percent in the January-March quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That is slower than the fourth quarter’s 1.4 percent growth rate, marks the weakest performance in two years, and officially cements Obama’s shameful economic legacy.
The poor start to the year did not escape notice among critics of Obama.
“Today’s report showing the weakest period of economic growth in two years is the latest sign the Obama economy isn’t working,” said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. “Despite all of the evidence Obama’s liberal policies are leaving middle-class families behind and holding back growth, Hillary Clinton thinks this president doesn’t get enough credit and wants to double down on his failed agenda.”
The 0.5 percent GDP advance in the first quarter was the weakest showing since GDP contracted by 0.9 percent in the first three months of 2014.
“Assuming 2.67% RGDP growth for 2016, Obama will leave office having produced an average of 1.55% growth. This would place his presidency fourth from the bottom of the list of [presidencies], above only those of Herbert Hoover (-5.65%), Andrew Johnson (-0.70%) and Theodore Roosevelt (1.41%),” reports Real Clear Markets.
Part of the first-quarter weakness stems from the turbulence in the stock market at the beginning of the year, which was triggered by worries that China was slowing more than expected.
The market has since recovered all of its early-year losses, China’s slowdown now seems less worrisome and oil prices have stabilized and started to rebound. In addition, the U.S. dollar, whose strength had hurt American exporters, has stopped rising and retreated a bit.
Those developments and continued job growth will help bolster the economy in the current quarter and beyond, Behravesh and other analysts said.
But Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Tufts University in Boston, said the rebound could still be derailed if there are not “more positive growth trends overseas.”
Consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, grew at a 1.9 percent rate in the first quarter. That’s down from 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter and is the weakest showing in a year.
Business investment dropped at a 5.9 percent rate, the biggest quarterly plunge since the depths of the recession in 2009. The decline was led by a record 86 percent plunge in the category that covers oil and gas exploration. U.S. energy companies have cut back sharply in response to falling global oil prices.
The higher deficit subtracted 0.3 percentage point from growth in the first quarter. A further slowdown in business spending to restock their store shelves also hurt growth.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday took note of economic weak spots and decided for the third straight meeting to keep its key policy rate unchanged in a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. Many analysts don’t believe there will be a second rate hike until there are more signs of growth.
“The rate of real economic growth is the single greatest determinate of both America’s strength as a nation and the well being of the American people. And, Obama’s record in this area has been truly dismal,” says Real Clear Markets.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Give it a rest already!
Democrats might have held onto one or both houses of Congress if only Americans better understood the strength of the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said in an interview published Thursday.
“I mean, the truth of the matter is that if we had been able to more effectively communicate all the steps we had taken to the swing voter,” Obama remarked in a New York Times Magazine interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, “then we might have maintained a majority in the House or the Senate.”
Democrats might have held onto one or both houses of Congress if only Americans better understood the strength of the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said in an interview published Thursday.
“I mean, the truth of the matter is that if we had been able to more effectively communicate all the steps we had taken to the swing voter,” Obama remarked in a New York Times Magazine interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, “then we might have maintained a majority in the House or the Senate.”
Let's start with this: how much of the Stuttering Clusterfuck's agenda wasn't funded? What part of it was blocked?
The answer is zero. Yes, I put a large part of the blame on the shoulders of the miserable asshat RINOs who didn't stand in his way (yet they seemed to have no problem rallying the cavalry against Donald Trump once they realized he might be a problem for them). Spending originates in the house...and they funded every fucking penny of everything he has ever asked for. Which is a big reason we're in the sorry ass situation we are in today.
Incidentally, this is a big reason why Trump's popularity continues to rise. I've said before, spite is a powerful motive. Possibly even powerful enough to carry The Donald all the way into the Oval Office.
