Obama says political divide is hurting economy

[Shadow]

He is going on a bus tour to "channel citizen's anger"...one of his key themes (when isn't it is what I would like to know). This should be good :rolleyes:


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy and he urged lawmakers to embrace compromise in order to boost job growth.
Still reeling from a divisive debate over debt and deficits that triggered a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating, Obama is going on a three-day bus tour next week to connect with voters as his own 2012 re-election campaign begins to heat up.
Channeling citizens' anger at Congress will be one of his key themes, which he rolled out on a trip to Michigan this week and in his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday.
Obama said the side show in Washington had gotten in the way of efforts to bring down high unemployment.
"Lately, the response from Washington has been partisanship and gridlock that's only undermined public confidence and hindered our efforts to grow the economy," he said in his weekly address. "So while there's nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics, and that's what we've got to fix."

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-political-divide-hurting-economy-100143006.html

[Gaffer]

So he'll be traveling on Greyhound One I presume. Does he ever stay home and work?

I guess that means he'll be cutting through Ohio and creating traffic jams.

[Shadow]

So he'll be traveling on Greyhound One I presume. Does he ever stay home and work?

I guess that means he'll be cutting through Ohio and creating traffic jams.

No...the only thing he knows how to do is campaign. Think he and his staff will be taking along box lunches or PB & J w/a loaf of bread?

[ConHog]

So he'll be traveling on Greyhound One I presume. Does he ever stay home and work?

I guess that means he'll be cutting through Ohio and creating traffic jams.

No shit, how much oil has this bozo burned since being President? What a fucking douchebag.

[fj1200]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy and he urged lawmakers to embrace compromise in order to boost job growth.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-political-divide-hurting-economy-100143006.html (http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-political-divide-hurting-economy-100143006.html)

Why would we need to embrace compromise to boost job growth when the Dems did anything BUT compromise when they were in complete control for two years? With the lag in DC policies affecting the countries economic conditions I'd say we're suffering from the effects of Dem policies from 1/2009 to 1/2011. "Compromise" is just code for embrace "Dem policies" and we've had enough of that.

[red states rule]

The water the liberal media and Obama lap dogs are carrying for Obama is getting harder for them to do with each passing day

I know some posters here would drink Obama's bath water no matter how lousy the economy would get, but it is clear the WH is worried about 2012

While the liberal media is scared about Obama's re-election prospects

This bus trip does prove Obama is focused on saving jobs. Starting with his own

[Gunny]

He is going on a bus tour to "channel citizen's anger"...one of his key themes (when isn't it is what I would like to know). This should be good :rolleyes:


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday that bitter fights between Democrats and Republicans in Washington were hurting the economy and he urged lawmakers to embrace compromise in order to boost job growth.
Still reeling from a divisive debate over debt and deficits that triggered a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating, Obama is going on a three-day bus tour next week to connect with voters as his own 2012 re-election campaign begins to heat up.
Channeling citizens' anger at Congress will be one of his key themes, which he rolled out on a trip to Michigan this week and in his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday.
Obama said the side show in Washington had gotten in the way of efforts to bring down high unemployment.
"Lately, the response from Washington has been partisanship and gridlock that's only undermined public confidence and hindered our efforts to grow the economy," he said in his weekly address. "So while there's nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics, and that's what we've got to fix."

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-says-political-divide-hurting-economy-100143006.html

Going to connect with voters on a 3-whole-days bus tour, is he? Yep, THAT ought to do it. :laugh:

[Gunny]

So he'll be traveling on Greyhound One I presume. Does he ever stay home and work?

I guess that means he'll be cutting through Ohio and creating traffic jams.

He'll be lucky to get as far as Ohio in 3 days in a bus. Especially what with all that "connecting" he's planning.

[red states rule]

It is fun to go back and read previous "news" articlas written by Jay Carney during the Bush years







Jay Carney, meet Jay Carney.

In 2001, the then-Time magazine reporter wrote a snarky piece criticizing (http://www.time.com/time/columnist/carney/article/0,9565,171496,00.html) President George W. Bush's month-long vacation that was billed as a "Home to the Heartland" tour. But almost exactly 10 years later Carney, now the Obama White House's press secretary, is defending (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/08/11/2011-08-11_president_obama_to_go_to_marthas_vineyard_white _house_defends_vacation_amid_econ.html) President Barack Obama's Midwest job-creation tour and vacation at Martha's Vineyard.
"I don't think Americans out there would begrudge that notion that the President would spend some time with his family," claimed Carney at a recent press briefing.

But that's exactly what he, as a private citizen working for Time, did in 2001 with a Republican in the White House, even though the unemployment (http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000) rate the month before Obama's vacation (9.1 percent) was almost double what it was the month before Bush's (4.6 percent.)

Referring to one stop in the tour where Bush assisted in building a trail at the <NOBR>Rocky Mountain National Park (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#)</NOBR>, Carney chided: "Bush didn't actually help build that trail so much as he posed for the cameras as he simulated the act of helping build the trail."

Fast forward to August 2011, when Carney complained (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/08/obama-road-trip.html) "the air of cynicism is quite thick" in the briefing room after reporters questioned Obama's upcoming road trip, adding, "The idea that the President of the United States should not venture forth into the country is ridiculous."

Never mind that years earlier the former Time reporter lamented Bush's "cynical attempt" to shape public opinion with a cross-country bus tour.

Obama recently promised he "will not rest" until the jobs issue is solved – right before announcing his month-long vacation to Martha's Vineyard.

Tisk tisk, Mr. President. 2001 Jay Carney would not be pleased.


Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/alex-fitzsimmons/2011/08/11/jay-carney-vs-jay-carney-attacked-bushs-2001-heartland-tour-defend#ixzz1V08ccne4

[Shadow]

The water the liberal media and Obama lap dogs are carrying for Obama is getting harder for them to do with each passing day

I know some posters here would drink Obama's bath water no matter how lousy the economy would get, but it is clear the WH is worried about 2012

While the liberal media is scared about Obama's re-election prospects

This bus trip does prove Obama is focused on saving jobs. Starting with his own

Well,that IS the only one he cares about after all. :laugh2:

[sundaydriver]

Here is a good rant by Dylan Ratigan on the subject of partisan division.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIcqb9hHQ3E

[red states rule]

Here is a good rant by Dylan Ratigan on the subject of partisan division.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIcqb9hHQ3E

During the Bush years, dissent was patriotic

During the Obama years, dissent is racist

In 2006, the liberal media asked if Pres Bush would work with the newly elected Dem Congress

In 2008, the liberal media was delighted the minority R's could do nothing to stop the hope and change that was coming to America

Now in 2011, the liberal media is demanding the R's in the House work with Obama and the Dems

You see, the liberal media and the Dem supporters ALWAYS want the R's to work with the Dems. What they really mean is the R's roll over and give the Dems everything they want and if they are lucky the Dems nmight toss them a few crumbs from the table as a reward

That is how libs see "compromise"