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Obama, on tour, declares he has a jobs plan (Where has it been hiding for 3 years?)
LA Times ^ | 8/15/2011 | James Oliphant

Posted on 08/16/2011 4:50:15 AM PDT by tobyhill

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To: tobyhill
In the clearest expression yet of his 2012 reelection strategy, President Obama said he would send a jobs package to Congress next month, ask lawmakers to pass it, and campaign against them if they refused.

In his most detailed statement so far about his plan, Obama threatened to hold his breath until he turned blue unless Congress passed his as-yet-unwritten legislation without reading it, and he called Republican legislators "doody heads" before throwing a tantrum...

21 posted on 08/16/2011 6:13:40 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

We also paid $2.5 Million per bus!


22 posted on 08/16/2011 6:16:10 AM PDT by BubbaBobTX ("The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: nuconvert

His “jobs” bill will be nothing more than government spending. He is still under the mistaken belief that if the government could just SPEND enough, we would be back in good times.


23 posted on 08/16/2011 6:21:18 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: silverleaf

The next three words are: “Spend even more” because it has worked so well for the past 2 1/2 years.


24 posted on 08/16/2011 6:23:33 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: tobyhill

I don’t think expanding the NBA and NFL to 5000 teams each will do it.


25 posted on 08/16/2011 8:33:15 AM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: tobyhill

He had the plan in the bottom of his golf bag.

He just found it.


26 posted on 08/16/2011 8:35:18 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: tobyhill

Tooling around battleground states in a pimped out bus, attacking his opposition and squirting money at swing voters from his stimulus slush fund - that’s some jobs plan. More like a “save my job plan”.


27 posted on 08/16/2011 8:40:56 AM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: nuconvert

Then we will get his “I has a plan” speech.


28 posted on 08/16/2011 8:56:49 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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