Obama takes another dig at Las Vegas

The Hill ^ | 02/02/10 | Jordan Fabian

[AngelesCrestHighway]

President Barack Obama took another dig at Las Vegas at his New Hampshire town hall Tuesday after similar remarks got him into hot water last year.

Obama said that people should now "blow a bunch of cash in Vegas" during a tough recession. Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman called for Obama to apologize after he made comparable comments last February.

"When times are tough, you tighten your belts," he said at the forum." You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college."

The president targeted Las Vegas last Feburary at a town hall in Elkhart, Ind. when he was asked about corporate responsibility.

[RoadTest]

“”When times are tough, you tighten your belts,””

Show us how to do that, Barack. Set the example for us.

A picture is worth a thousand words - 3500 of yours.

[ncfool]

I bet Obummer’s union buddies are fumming mad.

Vegas is a highly unionized town. Lots of unemployment and forclosures make Vegas one of the hard hit cities in Obummer’s aMeriKa.

[lowbridge]

"When times are tough, you tighten your belts," he said at the forum." You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college."

[GOP_Lady]

Thanks. Never! :-)

[OCCASparky]

That's no joke. According to the BLS, unemployment in the Vegas area is over 13 percent, and it's getting worse, not better. Their unemployment rate is second only to Michigan.

Way to go, Zero.

[Canedawg]

He’s happy about that.

As a muzlim, he is opposed to the glitzy depravity of the Great Satan.

[oldironsides]

He should not be using Air Force 1 several times a week to go around the nation talking about jobs. Stay home and use live feed to the audience. He is a imperious elitist. $100 a lb beef my a**

[NonValueAdded]

so why is he giving them a choo choo?

[OCCASparky]

As a muzlim, he is opposed to the glitzy depravity of the Great Satan.

Didn't stop the 9/11 hijackers from hanging out in Vegas strip clubs.

[Canedawg]

It was either a ruse for them to do so or they merely availed themselves of some T&A since the grand hassan yabbadabbadoo wasn’t looking.

[Past Your Eyes]

I wouldn’t go to that dump again if you paid me.

[1951Boomer]

I’ve never been to Las Vegas, but his ordering me NOT to makes me want to go right now.

[Paleo Conservative]

0bama really wants Harry Reid to lose in November.

"Go ahead, make my day!"

[ncfool]

I wonder how Obama feels about the GSA going to Vegas .