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Obama Admits There’s No ISIS Strategy Yet

August 29, 2014August 29, 2014 Buck Banks

I don’t want to put the cart before the horse. We don’t have a strategy yet.

— President Obama, quoted by CNN, on how the United States will deal with the ISIS threat in Iraq and Syria.

McConnell Says Obama Needs the Senate

August 28, 2014 Buck Banks

There’s only one thing Barack Obama needs to keep his grip on power. He needs the U.S. Senate!

— Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by the New York Times Magazine.

So What, We Have a Celebrity President

August 26, 2014 Buck Banks

Since 2009, the president has played more than 185 rounds of golf. Expensive vacation homes, fine dining, spontaneous trips, private concerts by the world’s top music artists; Obama’s life seems more like that of a celebrity than a president.

— Alabama GOP Chairman Bill Armistead, quoted by the Birmingham News.

Executive Action Figure

August 26, 2014 Buck Banks

President Obama has returned from vacation,
Recharged and ready to lead this great nation.
Though with a do-nothing Congress,
He doesn’t have much choice,
But to instigate some serious executive action.

Romney Says Obama Worse Than He Expected

August 22, 2014 Buck Banks

I was not a big fan of the president’s policies, as you know, either domestically or internationally, but the results of his mistakes and errors, in my opinion, have been more severe than even I would have predicted.

— Mitt Romney, saying that President Obama was doing “a good deal worse than even I expected,” Fox News reports.

Seeking Political Cover

August 14, 2014 Buck Banks

Some say her political instincts are superior,
But she shouldn’t have called Obama’s foreign policy inferior.
She said she was sorry,
And even hugged him at a party,
But Karl Rove says Hillary was just “covering her political posterior.”

Obama Gets Frustrated by Democrats

August 12, 2014 Buck Banks

There are times where Democrats drive me nuts.

— President Obama, quoted bu the Washington Examiner, at a fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard.

Clinton Criticizes Obama’s Foreign Policy

August 11, 2014 Buck Banks

Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with The Atlantic, said President Obama’s lack of assistance to Syrian rebels led to the rise of ISIS in Iraq. She also criticized the slammed Obama’s foreign-policy doctrine which he recently coined as, “Don’t do stupid shit.”

Ryan Calls Impeachment a ‘Ridiculous Gambit’ by Obama

July 31, 2014 Buck Banks

I see this as sort of a ridiculous gambit by the President and his political team to try and change the narrative, raise money and turn out their base and raise money for an election that isn’t going to go their way. And I will just leave it at that.

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), in an interview with CNN, on the possibility of Republicans trying to impeach President Obama.

Obama Tells Republicans to Lighten Up

July 31, 2014 Buck Banks

Stop being mad all the time. Stop. Stop just hating all the time. C’mon … I know they’re not happy that I’m president but that’s okay. I got a couple of years left. C’mon … then you can be mad at the next president.

I don’t want to put the cart before the horse. We don’t have a strategy yet.

— President Obama, quoted by CNN, on how the United States will deal with the ISIS threat in Iraq and Syria.

There’s only one thing Barack Obama needs to keep his grip on power. He needs the U.S. Senate!

— Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), quoted by the New York Times Magazine.

Since 2009, the president has played more than 185 rounds of golf. Expensive vacation homes, fine dining, spontaneous trips, private concerts by the world’s top music artists; Obama’s life seems more like that of a celebrity than a president.

— Alabama GOP Chairman Bill Armistead, quoted by the Birmingham News.

I was not a big fan of the president’s policies, as you know, either domestically or internationally, but the results of his mistakes and errors, in my opinion, have been more severe than even I would have predicted.

— Mitt Romney, saying that President Obama was doing “a good deal worse than even I expected,” Fox News reports.

There are times where Democrats drive me nuts.

— President Obama, quoted bu the Washington Examiner, at a fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard.

Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with The Atlantic, said President Obama’s lack of assistance to Syrian rebels led to the rise of ISIS in Iraq. She also criticized the slammed Obama’s foreign-policy doctrine which he recently coined as, “Don’t do stupid shit.”

I see this as sort of a ridiculous gambit by the President and his political team to try and change the narrative, raise money and turn out their base and raise money for an election that isn’t going to go their way. And I will just leave it at that.

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), in an interview with CNN, on the possibility of Republicans trying to impeach President Obama.

Stop being mad all the time. Stop. Stop just hating all the time. C’mon … I know they’re not happy that I’m president but that’s okay. I got a couple of years left. C’mon … then you can be mad at the next president.

— President Obama, asking Republicans to stop “hating” and “being mad all the time” during a Wednesday speech, The Hill reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%