Obama Over Promised and Under Delivered

Obama decribes himself as a captain of a ship sailing in rough, turbulent water. While Obama felt the need to sail through it, a good captain would have sailed around it. Of course, no man can control the weather, but a smart man could adapt to it. Obama has no idea what he is doing. It is ridiculous that the president said he did not overpromise to the American people. It was a lie. Obama's 2008 campaign promise was hope and change. Obama overpromised and under delievered.

OBAMA TO KROFT: 'I DIDN'T OVERPROMISE'
Fri Dec 09 2011 17:57:55 ET

The president believes the U.S. unemployment rate could drop to 8 percent before the 2012 elections next fall, he tells Steve Kroft in an interview conducted today (9) at the White House. Kroft’s interview with Barack Obama will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, Sunday Dec. 11 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. An excerpt of the interview appears tonight (6:30-7:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY.

Following is a partial transcript from the 60 MINUTES interview:

STEVE KROFT: Do you think that you might have the unemployment rate down to 8 percent by the time the election rolls around?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I think it's possible. But…I'm not in the job of prognosticating on the economy. I'm in the job of putting in place the tools that allow the economy to thrive and Americans to succeed. Sometimes when I'm talking to my team, I- describe us…as…I'm the captain and they're the crew on a ship, going through really bad storms. And no matter how well we're steering the ship, if the boat's rocking back and forth and people are getting sick and…they're being buffeted by the winds and the rain and…at a certain point-- if you're asking, "Are you enjoying the ride right now?" Folks are going to say, "No." And are they going to say, "Do you think the captain's good—doing a good job?" People are going say, "You know what? A good captain would have had us in some smooth waters and sunny skies, at this point." And I don't control the weather. What I can control are the policies we're putting in place to make a difference in people's lives.

STEVE KROFT: Did you overpromise? Did you underestimate how difficult this was going to be?

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I didn't overpromise. And I didn’t-- underestimate how tough this was going to be. I always believed that this was a long-term project…And-- you know, for individual Americans, who are struggling right now, they have every reason to be impatient. Reversing structural problems in our economy that have been building up for two decades, that was going to take time. It was going to take more than a year. It was going to take more than two years. It was going to take more than one term. Probably takes more than one president.

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