Posted on 06/02/2010 3:23:57 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) – President Barack Obama Wednesday sought to break the political siege imposed by the US oil disaster, lacerating Republicans for gutting corporate regulation and exploding deficits.
Obama also predicted a "strong" report on jobs growth on Friday, as he mounted a defense of his economic policies in a campaign-style speech which provoked an immediate clash with his foes ahead of November's mid-term polls.
"As November approaches, leaders in the other party will campaign furiously on the same economic arguments they've been making for decades," Obama said.
"We can't go back, we have got to move forward," Obama said, accusing Republicans of embracing "tax cuts" that were not paid for, for millionaires who didn't need them and putting "industry insiders" in charge of oversight.
"Fortunately we don't have to look back too many years to see how their agenda turns out," Obama said during a trip to Pittsburgh, a former steel town that has recreated itself as a hub for green energy and economic regeneration.
"We know where those ideas lead us, and now we have a choice as a nation," Obama said.
"We can return to the failed economic policies of the past, or we can keep building a stronger future," said Obama, seeking to change the subject as he faces rising criticism over his handling of the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe.
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Where is Michael Steele?
Obama is an idiot.
Fetish club in LA.
G00d luck with that 0b0z0.
barry is insane.
He will be gone before he has a chance to lose in 2012.
“Where is Michael Steele?”
They only want “green technology” in PA now...no Steele.
“Lacerates”!
LOL!
AFP has some pretty creative ways to say “shifts the blame.”
and not one mentino that OBAMA TOOK THE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER THE ELECTION from BP.
Who is resposible for the deficits? Not the Republicans. What a stupid A-hole this guy is.
he off thinking up bad things to say about Republicans
The sad part is...
I used to think quite highly of Kenya.
And by the way, wouldn’t that be camp-pain?
“Where is Michael Steele?”
The useless bastard is probably hiding under a desk somewhere.....the GOP is devoid of leadership and fight (with certain rare exceptions).
Zero knows that most sheeple have no clue that the dems have been in charge- the last two years of W’s administration and the l8 months of his “administration”. They have no clue that the rats have caused the current havoc in our economy, etc.
I hate to say it, but what he says is effective, if you’re a sheeple.
Sorry Barry. It’s YOUR baby now! Smart Republicans aren’t going to allow you to use them as crossing guards along the “pathway” to communism.
Yeah, where is he?
Something smells.
As usual, Obama stumps on lies. Probably cause he knows that the Republicans are running strong this year, and people are waking up.
We paid our taxes, therefore any cut WAS paid for, bambam.
We would love to go back to 5-7% unemployment what a complete jackass. You can’t run your record against the past when you are a complete failure!
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