White House Economic Team Appreciation Thread

[AllentownJake]

Quote was wrong...the 8% number comes from a report issued by Christine Romer.


Ben Bernake


Tim Geithner


Larry Summers


Christina Romer

[xchrom]

1. indeed. nt

[fasttense]

27. That quote is a fake, Republicon pretending they know something, quote.

That quote has been fed to all Tea baggers and I've never seen it actually verified. Provide a link to President Obama actually saying that, if it's true.

[AllentownJake]

31. My apologies

It was Christine Romer and it was 8.5%

[golddigger]

2. Yep!

The dream team. :sarcasm:

[Nikki Stone1]

3. Ah, Larry Summers. I hope his name is the equivalent of dog excrement once this thing is over.

Geithner's already is in my book.

[Raineyb]

37. It should be already

Did you see "The Warning"? Summers was one of those who blocked any regulation of derivatives which has lead us to the economic clusterfuck we're dealing with now.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Promises Promises Promises.

:silly:

[Nikki Stone1]

5. Jake, our Phillies lost. :(

:(

[AllentownJake]

6. Yeah but they put up a good fight against a team

with a payroll 3 times theirs. They didn't get walked over.

[Nikki Stone1]

10. The Yankees are scum

That's all I have to say.

[amandabeech]

34. Phillies fans aren't the only ones who think that the Yankees are scum.

This Tiger fan does and always will.

The Phillies put up a good fight, and I was cheering for them all the way.

[Nikki Stone1]

45. We Phillies fans have to stick together.

:hug:

[FSogol]

22. Don't like the Yankees, but 3 times?

2009 Payroll

#1 Yankees $201,449,189
#2 Mets $149,373,987
#3 Cubs $134,809,000
#4 Red Sox $121,745,999
#5 Tigers $115,085,145
#6 Angels $113,709,000
#7 Phillies $113,004,046

Phillies fans can't gripe about the economic angle. Leave that for the poor teams.

#21 Royals $70,519,333
#22 Rangers $68,178,798
#23 Orioles $67,101,666
#24 Twins $65,299,266
#25 Rays $63,313,034
#26 Athletics $62,310,000
#27 Nationals $60,328,000
#28 Pirates $48,693,000
#29 Padres $43,734,200
#30 Marlins $36,834,000

[Subdivisions]

7. I'm sorry Romer is in that line-up. I like her. The rest can go to hell. n/t

[AllentownJake]

8. She's part of the team

I'd be wrong not to include her, even if she isn't as bad as the rest of them.

[arcadian]

9. They need to make a sarcasm smilie in bigger font for you.

I was about ready jump all up in your shit. :D

[AllentownJake]

12. I thought the pictures I picked

would be the give away on my feelings.

[hfojvt]

11. message: Democrats are liars. Vote Republican.

Give me an R!
Give me an E!

[AllentownJake]

13. I'm sure my pointing out an obvious failure is going to elect Republicans

I'm sure the GOP doesn't have that video ready to go for 2010 and won't be playing the 8% quote over and over and over again.

Someone on that team needs to spends some more time with their family...and soon.

[Cal Carpenter]

17. Right, because it's not the *actual* failures

that will hurt Dems come election time, it's your criticism of them...

What kind of logic is that?

:shrug:

[AllentownJake]

21. I actually go out and volunteer for the campaigns

So I know what it is going to be like selling the democratic party in 2010...and the economic team...has been a failure.

[Birthmark]

28. Hell, if they'll leave office...

...they can spend time with *my* family. Sure, it's a terrible sacrifice but the good of the Nation is at stake.

[fasttense]

29. Please provide a link to President Obama actually saying the Boner fake quote. n/t

[ixion]

16. well...

they haven't been fully-forthcoming, now, have they?

Look, I loathe the GOP -- primarily for their hypocrisy, their love of fascism and their tendancy to lie as much as they breathe) -- and wish that they'd confine themselves to teabagging one another.

However -- and this is coming from someone who voted for Obama -- I have felt quite let down by the Dems pandering to Wall St and the MIC, just like the GOP, and in many cases continuing with the same Bush eras policies that they promised would be changed.

The Dems current slogan seems to be: "Hey, we suck a little bit less than the GOP"

You're not going to get anywhere with that, in my opinion.

[Greyhound]

43. It's been that way my whole life. n/t

:shrug:

[ixion]

44. yeah, I know... me, too

:banghead:

[Bluenorthwest]

30. Nobody voted for any of those people

and I do not know that they are Democrats, as this President likes to appoint Republicans to important positions.
Nobody voted for these people. Ever.

[Turbineguy]

14. Well, let's see...

economics is an inexact science, they don't seem to be advocating what few regulations are left be thrown out, there's no wide-spread starvation, and there's a certain amount of latency inherent in the system.

[AllentownJake]

15. There is a winning slogan for 2010!

There is no famine! Society has not totally collapsed. Vote Democratic.

[Turbineguy]

19. Or this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8735975&mesg_id=8735979

[AllentownJake]

20. The instant gratification nonsense

Yes saying that if we just wait longer a policy will work even though it seemed silly to begin with and has proven to be ineffective so far...reminds me of a certain policy from 2003-2008 that I can't think of.

[Turbineguy]

23. After the law changes of 1999

it took until 2005 for the financiers to figure out how to really steal the money.

The wingnuts blamed the economic collapse of 2008 on the Democratic Congress of the 2006 election.

[AllentownJake]

25. and who was the biggest cheerleader of 1999

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Reminds me of these guys.

[AllentownJake]

24. More like these guys

or these guys



or these guys

[fasttense]

26. Where exactly did you get that Quote from Obama????????

I've heard the idiot Boner saying it but I've never heard President Obama saying it. So, I think it is just another RepubliCON lie.

Provide a link to Obama actually saying it please.

Not that I think President Obama is doing enough for the real economy, but I prefer facts to fiction.

[Romulox]

32. Those guys guaranteed that it will be a very merry Xmas on the isle of Manhattan!

:puke:

[Name removed]

33. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[redqueen]

35. What was the quote you deleted? (nt)

[AllentownJake]

36. It was a bad quote that at the suggestion of another poster I fact checked

I was stupid and didn't media matters a quote before I posted it.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

38. It was:

"If the stimulus package is passed I promise unemployment will not rise above 8%"-President Barack Obama

I had it saved in my google search because I did a search for it as I did not recall Obama saying that.

[AllentownJake]

39. My mistake

will fact check quotes before I post in the future and I have owned up to it. The quote comes from a report showing the effectiveness of the stimulus by the White House economics team.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

40. No, I saw you corrected it, it's cool.

I just posted it because it is a quote I have heard attributed to Obama before and it is good to know the facts.

[AllentownJake]

42. I disagree with his handling of the economy

but I feel bad I posted something he didn't actually say.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

41. Also: This was rated Barely True by Politifact

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jul/09/eric-cantor/Cantor-and-other-republicans-say-obama-promised-s/