Obama: I Gave the American People a Great Economy. If They Chose to Elect a "Cartoon" For President, Then To Hell With Them

Yes, the economy was really booming, Captain Bullshit.

Obama spoke with his chief speechwriter, Cody Keenan, and Rhodes by telephone on election night to figure out what he should say, prompting Rhodes to ask if he should offer his reassurances to allies. "No, I don’t think that I’m the one to tell them that," Obama said.

A day after the election, Obama sent a message to Rhodes to cheer him, saying "There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the earth."

But days later, Mr. Obama seemed less sanguine. "I don't know," he told aides. "Maybe this is what people want. I've got the economy set up well for him. No facts. No consequences. They can just have a cartoon."

He added that "we're about to find out just how resilient our institutions are, at home and around the world."

This guy.

posted by Ace of Spades at 06:47 PM

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