Obama says Republicans holding recovery hostage

Reuters ^ | 09/10/10 | Caren Bohan and Alister Bull

[TigerLikesRooster]

Obama says Republicans holding recovery hostage

By Caren Bohan and Alister Bull

WASHINGTON | Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:07pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of holding the middle class hostage and defended his efforts to stimulate the sluggish economy as he tries to reverse grim election prospects for his fellow Democrats in November.

With opinion polls showing more Americans questioning his economic leadership, Obama used a rare news conference at the White House to hammer home a campaign-style message painting Republicans as obstructionist and the party for the rich.

Obama has been on the defensive as recession-weary Americans have grown skeptical about the steps he has taken to bring down an unemployment rate persistently near 10 percent.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[True Grit]

What recovery is he talking about?

[gwilhelm56]

_resident Barforama ... you are keeping the recovery from STARTING..

[Steely Tom]

With opinion polls showing more Americans questioning his economic leadership, Obama used a rare news conference at the White House to hammer home a campaign-style message painting Republicans as obstructionist and the party for the rich.

Whatever.

Democrats are the party of illegal aliens and bedbugs.

[FrankR]

[NoLibZone]

He is a muslim plant.

[NoLibZone]

He is a muslim plant.

[Windflier]

Hey Bozo. Your side has the majority, and is IN CHARGE.

You friggen, punk-ass whiner.

Please explain to me HOW the Republicans can hold any part of your agenda “hostage”.

[jazusamo]

Obama lies....again, still, yet another time, most always, y’all get the message.

[penelopesire]

OBAMA IS HOLDING OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY HOSTAGE!!

[liberty or death]

His attitude since 01/09 has been I won so you Republicans can shut up and watch. Now that his ideas are shown for the bankrupting failure history has shown socialism to be he needs a scapegoat.

The Republicans need to get this message out hard and fast.Otherwise they’ll end up like Bush where the media and the left framed the discussion and the conclusions.

[doc1019]

Consider his party has all the power in both the House and Senate, how, exactly, are Republicans holding anything hostage?

[denydenydeny]

I would say that he’s acting like a little girl except that little girls typically display more integrity.

[Kimberly GG]

“He said Republicans were punishing the middle class and delaying the recovery to deliver tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.”

Seriously, how is that possible when Dems have control?

[bray]

How can the Repubs stop the so called recovery? Shows how much this clown knows about economics.

Pray for America

[DoughtyOne]

Ahmadenijad tells a lot of lies too.

[TigerLikesRooster]

He is basically saying that he wants absolute power.

[Red_Devil 232]

Republicans should tell him if he just gives all the money he stole from the Citizens back to them then he can have his revovery back.

[depressed in 06]

DumBO is on a three hour tour.

I don’t care how helpful whatever ZerO may want is, it is all the hidden BS that will kill us. I’m going to give you a lollipop, disregard that bitter almond taste.