That's true. However Vegas *should* have been devastated. It's a place to go and blow your extra money. If you don't have extra money you shouldn't put yourself into hock so you can go to Vegas. Vegas would've been hurting even if Obama kept his mouth shut.
P.S. You cracked me up with your GG comment. I can totally see him saying that. P.P.S. I miss GG. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Well his comments + the recession. The convention business didn't go > > elsewhere. They just didn't go. LV locals went ape-shit about his > comments > > and he retracted them. As the economy has improved so has the convention > > business. I think the economy had much more to do than his comments. > > Here's his retraction a year later: > "You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You > don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for > college." > > > My last job had me in LV about every six weeks and I spoke to a lot of > cab > > drivers while I was down there. My understanding is that "Obama killing > LV > > convention business" is just a sound bite. Bush killed it more by burning > > down the building on his way out. > > At least you didn't say you worked a cab for ten years there ala GG. > When the economy was weak after 9/11 Bush said go out and spend money, > and that's what people did. > When the economy was weak under Obama he said don't go out and spend > money, and they didn't. Those comments devestated Vegas. Mainly > because many conventions were canceled right after each statement the > president made. It had a direct impact. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
