February 5, 2009 10:55AM 

# What Happened to No-Drama Obama? 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Promoting the big [deficit spending bill](https://www.cato.org/2009/02/04/dont-call-it-stimulus/) in the *Washington Post*, President Obama [writes](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403174.html):

> \[I\]f nothing is done, this recession might linger for years. Our economy will lose 5 million more jobs. Unemployment will approach double digits. Our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse.

“\[A\] crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse”? Flooding and locusts, too?

Hmmm. Now, where have we heard such fear-mongering before?

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