Actually that is not what he said. Really f'n strange that you would pick out the cnbc chunks of commentary instead of the real quotes.
You even put fake quotes around it. "He's there a month and he vilifies Las VegasÂ… he kills the hotel business," Welch said. "You get all these little things that have consequences beyond 'we can't have corporate jets and fat cats going to Las Vegas,'" Welch said. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > Uh, the Jack Welch bit, did you actually read it? Here's a quote: > > "Soon after he came into office, Obama slammed companies that > benefitted from taxpayer money for taking corporate trips to Las > Vegas. > > Businesspeople said tourism in Nevada took a hit partly because > companies decided to cancel trips to Las Vegas following his comment." > > Jack Welch is saying that Obama should not criticize companies who > took taxpayer money, companies that we bailed out, for using that > money to take fancy corporate trips to Las Vegas. Are you really going > to defend that? Seriously? > > He also goes on to say that BP should not have been vilified for > having the worst safety record in the oil business and consequently > trashing the Gulf of Mexico. That's something we shouldn't vilify? > What. The. Fuck. > > Jack Welch then gives Obama shit for calling out the Supreme Court on > the Citizens United ruling. Uh...really Robert? Did you read that > article in the slightest beyond "Jack Welch criticizes Obama"? > > Are you that much of a partisan hack or do you actually agree that we > shouldn't criticize corporate junkets to Las Vegas on taxpayer money, > that we shouldn't criticize BP for their oil spill, that we shouldn't > criticize a horrible Supreme Court decision that elevated corporate > interests above any other interest? > > Seriously? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:327984 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
