Obama in L.A.: 'You ain't seen nothing yet'

By Sam Youngman Posted: 05/27/09 11:51 PM [ET] LOS ANGELES — Even as he conceded there is still much hard work to do, President Obama was in a boastful mood Wednesday night, telling a star-studded crowd at a fundraising dinner that he "would put these first four months up against any prior administration since FDR." The president, speaking to a dinner that included Hollywood A-listers like Kiefer Sutherland, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, lauded the legislation he has signed since taking office but added that he is "not satisfied." "I'm confident in the future, but I'm not yet content," Obama said. The celebrity dinner, which cost couples $30,400 to attend, was followed by a larger, lower-dollar concert that all told raised between $3 million and $4 million for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Joining the celebrities feting Obama were Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), "the newest member of our caucus." Obama was introduced by Dreamworks CEO and longtime Democratic donor Jeffrey Katzenberg. The president thanked Katzenberg, saying: "If it weren't for you, we would not be in the White House." The trip here came on the heels of a fundraising jaunt to Las Vegas to raise about $2 million for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), according to aides. The president, while seeking to bolster his record as president so far, warned both audiences that significant challenges lie ahead. At the concert, headlined by Jennifer Hudson and Earth, Wind and Fire, Obama responded to an audience member yelling, "Yes we can" by saying, "Yes we have. But we've got more work to do. We can't rest on our laurels. "We didn't ask for the challenges that we face, but we don't shrink from them either," he said. "It won't be easy. There will be setbacks. It will take time." The president conceded that his administration "had our fits and starts." "I've made some mistakes, and I guarantee you I'll make some more," he said. But Obama said in promising to continue to work hard, "Los Angeles, you ain't seen nothing yet." Obama also lauded Judge Sonia Sotomayor, his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, repeating his line that she has more experience than anyone currently sitting on the bench when they were nominated. He joked at the second fundraiser that she graduated summa cum laude, "not just magna or laude laude, but summa cum laude." Obama is scheduled to leave for Washington early Thursday morning.

Can someone please tell me what this man has done to warrant a statement such as “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” And, did anyone ever teach the man grammar?  Or are we supposed to just let the President of the United States proliferate bad language and set a really wonderful example for our youth? I can’t wait for the “yo, hommie” to come out of his mouth. So, tell me.  What exactly has he done?  He says he “would put these first four months up against any prior administration since FDR.  Wow, Obamma, you really got that right! What has he done except: 1. Crash the stock market causing you, me, and everyone you know with a retirement account to lose more than half of their life savings? 2. Take over banks, shut down brokerage houses, and now, taking over the entire Auto industry? 3. Has put the country so deep in debt that we will never get out? 4. Promoted communism and socialism in almost every word he utters? 5. Reduced our military strength in the world by appeasing people like the nut in Iran? 6. Made a complete mockery out of the election system by not producing his proof of citizenship. 7. Shut down car dealerships owned by known conservative contributors and otherwise put families out of business Where is the money?  Where are all of the jobs he was going to create?   Instead, he has systematically torn apart our way of life by killing capitalists right in their tracks. I mean, how much further can we go with this until we wake up? I am living the dream all right.  A nightmare is more like it. God save America.