Because he is spending all his time on television blathering and bloviating. I don't think he is that much of a multitasker to make his decisions while he is teleprompting a speech that someone else wrote for him, probably without any input from him. If he did have input then he really needs to up his game.
Hollywood wrote On 12/05/2009 07:18 PM: > 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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