Obama responding to Republican lies

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hal wrote:
So, are you grouping Obama's 'fine' in that category of things said as a result of sleepiness? or is he simply right iyo?

I might go with the sleepiness thing, but I say that the statement is wrong with or without more context. And further... there were no lies to confront - they just came out and said, "Fine??!! Whattaya mean fine???

and I say that they were right...

He later rephrased the statement to, "...we've actually seen some good momentum in the private sector."

This is a completely different statement. THIS statement I have no problem with.

I just don't believe he really thinks the "private sector is doing fine" and I don't think he could have possibly intended to spin it as such. I think in his mind it was improving, maybe moving at a pace he thinks is acceptable in the context of a steady economic recovery-- basically as per his clarification-- yes, I do think his unfortunate statement had to have been borne of not being at his best for whatever reason.