dick, Don't see you refuting a fucking word of my post, just more whining. You boys live in a fantasy world of what you "believe" and "think" and "probably" and then spend time trying to convince other people it's reality.
On Dec 5, 7:22 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. We're not that far away from there." > > >>>> Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported from Allentown, and Jackie Calmes from > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
