NY Times: G.O.P.’s New Obama Label: President Zero

[MannyGoldstein]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/g-o-p-s-new-obama-label-president-zero/">G.O.P.’s New Obama Label: President Zero

It took the Republican National Committee exactly 94 minutes to coin a new, demeaning title for Barack Obama: President Zero.

In an e-mail to reporters, the committee took note of the worst jobs report in nearly a year, saying that there has been “two and a half years of Obamanomics and nothing to show for it.”

The monthly report, which showed a 17,000-job gain among private employers but no growth over all, provides Mr. Obama’s Republican rivals with the perfect opportunity to criticize him as they prepare to gather for another nationally televised debate next week.

And it gives Mr. Obama an even more gloomy backdrop for the jobs speech he will give to a joint session of Congress next Thursday. In the speech, Mr. Obama is expected to call for a renewed national effort to put people back to work and trim the nation’s deficit.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. Do They Round Off?

It seems improbable that the amount of job losses would exactly match the number of jobs gained.

[Inuca]

2. And this should be the dem response

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/02/1012857/-Mission-accomplished:-Tea-party-Republicans-took-the-economy-hostage-and-killed-job-growth?showAll=yes&via=blog_1

[Democrats_win]

3. That's right. Economy was recovering until the Tea/Unemployment party struck.

[laconicsax]

4. That's odd--I thought we were still operating under *'s economic policies.

[alltherage]

5. Blast Them For Mocking "Ground Zero" Right Before The 10th Anniversary of 9/11

Trust me, this will work with their lot.

[BadgerKid]

6. Actually, this nickname has been around for a while,

touted by Rushheads, etc.

[soupkitchen]

7. This from the Less Than Zero Crowd

[Pirate Smile]

8. I'm sure we will hear it echoed here by the constant critics who spend a lot of time assisting the

negative attacks.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

9. It's extremely distrubing IMHO

that Republicans seem to be positively giddy about the bad economy (that they largely helped create/worsen). :puke:

[anamandujano]

10. The Powers that Be have a nice game going,

Get what you want from Obama which shocks and disappoints Democrats.
Insult Obama causing those he has bamboozled to come to his defense.
Wash, rinse, repeat.

[Rainbowreflect]

11. Is that similar to "Ground Zero" like sacred?

[Beacool]

12. That's not a new moniker.

The right wingers have been calling him "Zero" for a long time. Instead of an "O" for his name they use a "0".

:o

[treestar]

13. They've been using this forever

Right wingers have used this, along with many other monikers, since the beginning.

They also refer to the President as "Barry."

[Mz Pip]

14. Perhaps someone should ask

the "private sector" why it has not created more jobs. It is still getting its tax cuts and subsidies. Seems like with all of the profits corporations are raking in these days they could use some of that money for job creation.

[MaeScott]

15. They should know. They're the party of zero. nt

[GoCubsGo]

16. Tough words from the Less-Than-Zero Party

When their boy left office, the country was hemorrhaging more than 800K jobs per month. Bunch of fucking, obstructionist hypocrites. They've got a lot of goddamn gall to criticize anyone else on jobs creation since they haven't jack shit about it for the past ten years. Sons of bitches.

[scheming daemons]

17. What do you mean "GOP's label". I bet you and the outrage brigade at DU will be using it.

Withing 24 hours.

[jefferson_dem]

18. The GOP is starting to sound like some of his serial critics here.

That was bound to happen. (Not so) strange bedfellows.