We Found 9 Howlers in the President’s Weekly Address. See How Many You Can Find.

Gas prices, Inflation, home energy cost, health care premium increases, taxes. Let him tell you how he is for the middle class

 Of course, you know that the President usually releases a weekly address each Saturday morning. This week’s was rivetingly-titled “Focusing on the Economic Priorities for the Middle Class Nationwide.” We can only assume that the unpublished subtitle, per our inside source, is “Republicans are Nasty Nasty Nasty Sons of Bitches and are Wrecking Everything.”

We identified 9 asinine statements in this brief talk, so grab a pad of paper and see if you can find more of your own.

1. Obama went to Minneapolis because he got a letter? Not a chance. He went to Minneapolis because this upper Midwestern-US state is one of the few remaining that reliably votes Democratic. Given his poll numbers, he needs a friendly audience.
2. We’ve been a strong tight-knit family over the past 5 years? No comment.
3. Our economy is doing better, measure by measure? Depends on the measuring stick, apparently. The most important measure of the country’s health, GDP growth, dropped by almost 3% during the first quarter. That’s a dismal measurement.
4. Republicans vote down serious ideas? Only two Democrats voted for the President’s budget. Everyone else in the House voted against it. Then again, maybe he doesn’t consider his budget a serious idea.
5. Republicans rig the system? As the Supreme Court just showed in an unanimous decision against his abuse of executive power, maybe the problem is that the President doesn’t understand the system and is wasting time and money fighting it.
6. He’ll do his job? After 176 rounds of golf, a record low workforce, and a shrinking GDP, that may be up for discussion. In contrast, George Bush (who has a lower handicap), stopped playing due to the negative optics of a President golfing while the country was at war.
7. It makes Republicans mad that he’s trying to help people out? What makes them mad is that your “trying to help” is hurting many and making things even worse.
8. Congress is interested in obstructing him? Only because his proposals- increased minimum wage, “fair” pay, loan “reform,” and extending welfare- don’t work. It’s not personal, Mr. President, it’s just the nation’s business.
9. He’s going to spend “some” time talking about this in the near future? If history so far is any guide, spending a boatload of time talking, while doing very little else, is exactly what he’ll be doing.
10. http://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/151947-found-12-howlers-presidents-weekly-address-see-many-can-find/
1. http://www.ijreview.com/2014/06/151985-former-heinz-ketchup-ceo-gives-business-perspective-obama-democrats-cant-refute/