In his State of the Union message, President Obama described the U.S. economy as on the rebound. He also tried to convince skeptics that he was being aggressive on developing domestic energy, rolling back burdensome regulations and working to reduce our national debt. But Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert says the facts are far different from the rhetoric. Gohmert tells us who is really responsible for the recent surge in oil and natural gas production. He says the president is greatly increasing government regulations despite the language Obama used in the speech, and Gohmert also sheds some light on the milk regulation the Obama so proudly repealed. And Rep. Gohmert explains why he believes the president’s talk on spending and the national debt was either ignorant or deceptive.
Archives for January 25, 2012
‘Living in A Parallel Universe’
California Rep. Dan Lungren says President Obama’s rosy view of America’s economy is simply not based in reality. Lungren responds to Obama’s call for lawmakers to extend the payroll tax rates without any more political drama. Lungren also vigorously disagrees with the president’s contention that the only way to fund key federal priorities is to raise taxes on the wealthy and he accuses Obama of rhetorical ‘sleight of hand’ in describing who is ‘rich’. The congressman also has very different ideas from Obama on immigration reform and cautions the president about violating the Constitution by threatening to bypass Congress on key issues.
Three Martini Lunch 1/25/12
Greg Corombos of Radio America and Jim Geraghty of National Review rip President Obama’s speech for being everything from boring to dishonest and once again claiming the nation’s priorities could be addressed properly if the wealthy paid more taxes. They also applaud Mitch Daniels for a sober and devastating assessment of the Obama economy. And they try to figure out why there’s such an uproar over Mitt Romney’s tax returns when multiple cabinet members have failed to pay them at all in years past.