{"id":14692,"date":"2012-09-04T17:09:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:09:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-09-04T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:09:32","slug":"obama_grades_himself_incomplete_but_the_new_york_times_reports_he_s_cocky_and_thinks_he_s_a_great_president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/09\/04\/obama_grades_himself_incomplete_but_the_new_york_times_reports_he_s_cocky_and_thinks_he_s_a_great_president\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Grades Himself “Incomplete,” But the New York Times Reports He\u2019s Cocky and Thinks He\u2019s a Great President"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: You see where Obama was asked in an interview what grade he would give himself? He gave himself an “incomplete.” I guess there\u2019s still too many people with jobs. (laughing) Doesn\u2019t that scare you? Gives an “incomplete.” What the hell does that mean? There\u2019s no progress, so what does incomplete mean? <\/p>\n

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Obama did give himself a grade of “incomplete” after 42 straight months of unemployment over 8%. I shudder to think what he means. Incomplete? Apparently there are still too many people with jobs, too many businesses still trying to make a go of it.<\/line><\/p>\n

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RUSH: Here\u2019s Obama giving himself the “incomplete” grade.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: You know, I would say “incomplete,” but what I would say is the steps that we\u2019ve taken in saving the auto industry, in making sure that college is more affordable, investing in clean energy and science and technology and research, those are all the things that we\u2019re going to need to grow over the long term.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is delusional. This is really delusional. Saving the auto industry. Making sure that college is more affordable. What\u2019s the lament? The lament is college graduates coming out of school with so much debt that they have no hope of paying it back. College more affordable? Is there anybody who is going to college or recently graduated that buys that? College is more affordable? Investing in clean energy? Solyndra, anybody? <\/p>\n

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By the way, guess what we just learned today? Dingy Harry\u2019s son, Rory Reid, I think this is in a UK Newspaper. Rory Reid, son of Dingy Harry, is involved with the ChiComs to bring a solar energy business, plant, or whatever to Nevada. There is no solar business. It doesn\u2019t exist without subsidies. But even the ones that get subsidies. Look at Solyndra. The business isn\u2019t there yet. Investing in clean energy science and technology and research, that\u2019s like roads and bridges. It\u2019s meaningless. The private sector makes those investments. The private sector is where all that stuff happens. This is delusional. This is pure 100 percent delusion. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Now, here\u2019s another way of looking at it: Are you better off now than you were four years ago<\/a>. Here\u2019s some numbers from four years ago compared to today.<\/p>\n

Unemployment: 7.8% when Obama is immaculated; 8.3% now.<\/line>The median family income four years ago: $54,983. Today it\u2019s $50,964. Basically the medium family income is down four grand. That\u2019s not insignificant. <\/line><\/p>\n

Gasoline prices $1.85 a gallon four years ago; $3.78 a gallon national average now. In some places it\u2019s over $4. <\/p>\n

The national debt four years ago: $10.6 trillion. It\u2019s $15.9 trillion today and will surpass $16 trillion during the Democrat convention<\/a>. So the national debt is up over $5 trillion in four years, and that\u2019s because Obama has had deficits in excess of a trillion dollars every year. <\/p>\n

Now, here\u2019s Obama grading himself. Isn\u2019t this rich? The Drive-Bys asked the president to grade himself. Gives himself an “incomplete.” I wonder what his college transcripts would show? We\u2019ve never seen them. I wonder if they\u2019re incomplete? Talk about grades. Doesn\u2019t that kind of open the door to the question? But then, ladies and gentlemen, since when is an “incomplete” something to brag about? What are we doing here? We are choosing leaders. That\u2019s what presidential elections are about. Choosing leaders. This country needs new leadership. This country is absent leadership right now. It hasn\u2019t had any real leadership in a while. <\/p>\n

People want leaders. Most people are not self starters. Most people like being inspired. That\u2019s what leaders do. Obama is not a leader. And I\u2019m going to tell you, an “incomplete” grade, is this how we choose leaders? Five trillion dollars spent. Over five trillion dollars spent and his grade is “incomplete”? We nationalize healthcare and his grade is “incomplete”? We have a one trillion dollar stimulus and his grade is “incomplete”? We have corporate cronyism all over the place in the so-called green energy sector, led by Solyndra, but there are countless other examples, and the grade is “incomplete.” We have a takeover, a nationalization, of General Motors and Chrysler. And then the majority of the company of General Motors given to the United Auto Workers. Incomplete? <\/p>\n