You Decide

Mindful
Keep in mind,” President Obama cautioned reporters halfway through his hour-long news conference Wednesday morning, “that the business community is always complaining about regulations. When unemployment is at 3 percent and they're making record profits, they're going to still complain about regulations because, frankly, they want to be able to do whatever they think is going to maximize their profits.”  (Foxnews.com, 7/1/2011)    


It is in these unscripted moments that the real Obama comes through. Here RedStateVT notes his utter contempt for the business world.  Of course, like Vermont's Colonel Bernie Sanders who shows a similar contempt, Obama never worked in the private sector.  And how dare those companies try to maximize profits!


Simple Math
In the Republican address, Senator Dan Coats of Indiana criticized the president’s handling of the economy and suggested that he looked to Indiana for guidance on solving Washington’s fiscal crisis.  “The Hoosier way is quite simple — we work hard and we live within our means,” Mr. Coats said. “In Indiana, we understand that you cannot spend more money than you take in.”  (NYT, 7/2/2011) 


Mid-Westerners are just the best.  


Grounded
No one asked the president why, if the tax break (for corporate jets) is such an affront to the liberal conscience, it was part of Obama's stimulus bill, which was passed without any Republican votes in the House and only three in the Senate. (Yes, Nancy Pelosi voted for the special tax break for corporate jets and the GOP didn't.)  (Jonah Goldberg, NY Post, 7/2/2011)


Loved this one from Goldberg!