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Barack, we're not as dumb as you think

By Dennis Byrne, January 28, 2010 at 12:34 pm

In his state of the union speech last night, President Barack Obama promised to freeze discretionary spending for three years, as his way to address the huge federal deficits. Are we impressed?

Not really. It'll have barely any effect, and most Americans know that. A new Rasmussen poll finds that just a tiny sliver of Americans buy the president's rhetoric.

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Tags: budget, deficit, discretionary spending, freeze, Obama, state of the union

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dude said January 28, 2010 at 12:00 am

Only the Tools believe.

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Guzelvis said January 29, 2010 at 12:00 am

Little wonder Obama has been bumped by Leno. http://bit.ly/csOXKq

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