dick, And what makes you think President Obama is NOT? Grow up, EVERY politician "plays candidate" pretty much every day he/she's in office. Why do you think photographers and the press where on hand to watch President Bush do something as mundane as clearing brush on his hobby ranch?
On Dec 5, 5:46 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > And may I remind that he was working on all those days. He was not out > there playing candidate. He took his work with him. And he did make > decisions on those days. What has Zero done on his vacations so far. > No work, that is for sure. He has barely done any work since he was > inaugurated. > > Besides Zero is president now, unfortunately for the country. He has > decisions to make and policies to set in motion. You know, doing what > presidents are supposed to do. > > Hollywood wrote On 12/05/2009 06:29 PM: > > > > > dick, > > > <<Sigh>>> Shall I once again list how many days of his Presidency > > George Bush was away from D.C. and/or taking "vacation days"? God > > forbid a politician actually leave Washington,D.C. and see for himself > > what's going on. Why shouldn't he be "campaigning"? You clowns have > > been "campaigning" against him and feverishly planning for the 2010 > > mid-terms and 2012 national elections since the day he took office. > > > On Dec 5, 4:42 pm, dick thompson<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> God forbid he stay in DC and actually do something that will make the > >> jobs report more than a set of numbers of how many jobs were lost. No, > >> he has to do some more campaigning instead and hope that somebody is > >> minding the store. > > >>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/us/politics/05obama.html?_r=1&th&em... > > >> December 5, 2009 > > >> In Speech, Obama Calls Jobs Report a 'Hopeful Sign' > > >> By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/sheryl_g...> > >> and JACKIE CALMES > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/c/jackie_c...> > > >> ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- President Obama > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_o...> > >> came to this aging factory town in Pennsylvania's Rust Belt on Friday to > >> promote his efforts to revitalize the American economy, and wound up > >> with an early Christmas present of sorts in the form of the report > >> showing an improving employment situation. > > >> "This is good news, just in time for the season of hope," Mr. Obama said > >> in a speech at Lehigh Carbon Community College in suburban Allentown. > >> "I've got to admit, my chief economist, Christy Romer, she got about > >> four hugs when she handed us the report. But I do want to keep this in > >> perspective. We've still got a long way to go." > > >> But if Obama administration officials were exchanging hugs, they were > >> also keenly aware that Friday's report, which showed that 11,000 jobs > >> disappeared in November, as opposed to the six-figure job losses many > >> economists had expected, is only "moderately encouraging news," as Mr. > >> Obama himself said here. > > >> Democrats in the administration and in Congress said the report would > >> not slow their immediate plans for further stimulus measures. The White > >> House and Congressional Democratic leaders proceeded Friday with plans > >> to allocate as much as $170 billion to aid those without jobs and to > >> create new jobs. > > >> The House and Senate have agreed to add roughly $100 billion in extended > >> emergency benefits for the long-term unemployed to the final spending > >> bill for this fiscal year, which they hope to send to Mr. Obama before > >> Christmas. > > >> The unemployment measure would extend provisions in the $787 billion > >> economic stimulus package > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/united...> > >> that otherwise would expire at the end of the month, and leave an > >> estimated one million people without compensation in January. It also > >> would extend food stamp benefits and a subsidy to help the unemployed > >> keep their health insurance. > > >> Separately, House leaders are moving a bill providing roughly $70 > >> billion for additional building projects and aid to local and state > >> governments so they are not forced to lay off teachers and first > >> responders. The bill would also expand lending to small businesses, > >> which say credit lines from banks remain frozen. > > >> To offset the cost, Democrats propose to use unspent money from the $700 > >> billion bailout > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/credit...> > >> fund for financial institutions, and the White House has agreed to go > >> along after initial hesitance. Republicans on Friday objected that the > >> bailout balance should go toward the deficit. They said little about the > >> jobs report, however, in contrast with past months when they were quick > >> to seize on rising unemployment to claim that Democratic policies had > >> failed. > > >> As both parties head into next year's midterm elections, the jobs issue > >> will be front and center. But Friday's better-than-expected new jobless > >> figures gave Democrats hope that the coming election year would not be > >> as bad for the party as many had feared. > > >> "If the trends continue --- and I underline 'if'--- the economy will > >> soon be producing jobs rather than shedding jobs, and the debate will > >> shift," said a senior administration official, speaking anonymously to > >> discuss strategy. This official said Democrats hoped to put Republicans > >> on the defensive with language like "You handed us an economy that was > >> shedding 700,000 jobs a month, and we managed an economy that finally > >> started to produce jobs." > > >> Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster, said Democrats could win even if > >> people were dissatisfied with the economy, so long as they thought it > >> was getting better. "The more we can move people from the 'dissatisfied > >> and not getting better' category to the 'dissatisfied but getting > >> better' category, the better off Democrats will be for 2010," Mr. Garin > >> said. > > >> Mr. Obama is facing his own pressures. His fellow Democrats have been > >> grumbling for weeks that he has seemed disengaged from the nation's > >> economic woes as he grapples with Afghanistan and health care. The > >> administration is now renewing its focus on the economy. Mr. Obama held > >> a White House jobs summit on Thursday, and on Tuesday, he will unveil > >> proposals to help businesses expand hiring in a speech at the Brookings > >> Institution > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/b/b...>, > >> a liberal-leaning research group. > > >> The Allentown swing, the first of a series of trips that the > >> administration is billing as a "White House to Main Street" tour, was > >> intended to humanize the effort. The president spent Friday > >> hop-scotching across the city memorialized in the 1980s Billy Joel > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/billy_jo...> > >> tune as the place where "they're closing all the factories down." > > >> At Allentown Metal Works, a complex of cavernous aging red-brick factory > >> buildings, he met with men in hardhats who are working on components for > >> the transportation hub underneath the new World Trade Center in Lower > >> Manhattan. He ate a cheeseburger and fries (his standard average-guy > >> lunch) at a local diner, where he chatted up local business leaders. > > >> At a career counseling center, he encouraged unemployed workers to keep > >> looking for jobs, telling them, "I just want you to know I'm thinking > >> about you every day." He wrapped up his day at the Nestl Purina pet > >> food factory, where he arrived between shift changes to shake the hands > >> of more than 180 employees, clad in blue work uniforms and ball caps, > >> who lined up single file to greet him one by one. > > >> In his speech at the community college > >> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/commun...>, > >> the president tried to personalize the issue, saying his own family was > >> not immune. > > >> "I know times are tough," he said. "Michelle and I were talking the > >> other day --- there are members of our families that are out of work. > >> We're not that far removed from struggling to pay the bills. Five, six > >> years ago, we were still paying off student loans > >> <http://www.nytimes.com/info/student-loans/?inline=nyt-classifier>. > >> Still trying to figure out if we pay this bill this month, what do we > >> have to give up next month. 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