Posted on 09/04/2008 5:37:28 PM PDT by JavaJumpy
DILLONVALE, Ohio -- Barack Obama attended a barbecue and grilled Republicans on the economy yesterday in eastern Ohio, a region cool toward him in the March primary and important to his chances this fall.
Obama, spending his third day in the state since Friday, spoke at New Philadelphia yesterday and greeted supporters at a farm in Dillonvale, south of Steubenville on the edge of economically hard-hit Appalachian Ohio.
He argued at Kent State University's Tuscarawas campus that Republicans are not discussing the economy at their convention in St. Paul because of how bad it is, and that the GOP and John McCain are focusing on "personalities" instead.
"I guess I don't blame them because if you don't have any issues to run on, I guess you want it all to be about personalities," Obama said, adding later that "Republicans are really bad at governing, but they're good at running campaigns."
Obama promised to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011 and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, saying, "If you're working full time in this society, you may not be rich, but at least you can keep a roof over your head and you can look after your children."
With McCain running mate Sarah Palin speaking last night, Obama also cited a statistic that women on average earn 77 cents for every dollar a man makes and promised, "We are going to pass equal pay for equal work."
Noting that Obama mistakenly referred to New Philadelphia as "New Pennsylvania" at one point, Paul Lindsay, McCain's Ohio spokesman, said Obama lacks the judgment and experience to get the economy moving.
"If Barack Obama doesn't even know where his campaign is, how does he expect to confront the critical issues facing families in Ohio?" Lindsay said.
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No kidding. My ex-MIL was born in Mingo Junction and raised in Wellsville. I hated Route 7!
Outhouses indeed!
Snowballs chance in hell comes to mind.
Has Sen. Obama apologized for his San Francisco fundraiser comments yet?
“Has Sen. Obama apologized for his San Francisco fundraiser comments yet?”
Ahhhhh...no. He issued clarification #4,425 and moved on. Remember he & Axelrod blew off Ohio after Super Tuesday, saying they didn’t need us after calling us all kinds of names. They had confidence they could create a new electoral map and boot Ohio out. Fast forward and he’s not overtaking the west after all and whaddya know, he’s gonna need Ohio.
Seems to me some of those chickens are coming home to roost.
I’d be afraid I’d get my barn burned to the ground.
Can’t stop laughing!
Oh sure, those gun clinging Bible thumpers will flock to Obama.
Good luck with that Hussein, you’ll need it.
The economy isn’t great, but I agree it’s okay. Obama is such an empty suit. Raise taxes and minimum wage, that’ll really get it going.
Apologize? ... How very hollow of the empty suit! You can’t apologize for what you are, and this man is an elitist at heart, out of touch with the nation he is trying to trick into electing him. How’s that verse go?... Out of the abundance in the heart the mouth speaks? Something strange is abundant in that man’s marxist heart. Appears the democrat party has become what the elitist spoke, condescending, ridiculing, and just downright two-faced.
“I’m gonna raise the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour...too bad bread costs $50 a loaf” - BHO on his Mugabe approach to economics.
How is this a mistake? New Pennsylvania is one of the 57 states.
Watch out, Barry. Them’s gun-totin’, freedom-lovin’, church-goin’ people you been talkin’ to. They shoot revenuers.
I think you could put up a really good argument that this should be listed under humor. :)
Darn - I was going to post that!!
(I can’t WAIT for the debates!)
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