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Obama: Pass jobs bill without 'division or delay'
Aol News/AP ^ | 17/9/11 | Jim Kuhnhenn

Posted on 09/17/2011 1:10:18 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

WASHINGTON -Doubling down on his economic agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday kept up his appeal for public support of his $447 billion proposal to boost jobs and consumer spending, calling on Americans to press Congress to pass the legislation.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama reiterated a message that has become a central focus of his presidency amid stubbornly high unemployment numbers and dipping approval over his handling of the economy.

The president announced his jobs legislation to a joint session of Congress last week and has since gone outside Washington to build a case for its passage.

"The No. 1 issue for the people I meet is how we can get back to a place where we're creating good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer some security," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at aolnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jobsbill; obama; spend; tax
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To: Rocky

I’ve been watching that. Pretty funny site.


21 posted on 09/17/2011 1:37:19 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Eleutheria5
"The No. 1 issue for the people I meet is how we can get back to a place where we're creating good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer some security," he said.

That is a good question. But the current administration wants to continue using a failed policy that handicaps the private sector with regulation and higher taxes, adds to the debt, and expands government.

These are the very policies that led to current unemployment levels. Let's just raise taxes and continue to borrow and print money. Not so fast, Mr. President!

22 posted on 09/17/2011 1:39:28 PM PDT by olezip
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To: Eleutheria5

The Bill to Nowhere


23 posted on 09/17/2011 1:41:39 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: Eleutheria5
Typical Obama.

He's frantically making speeches from the podium, but is not calling leaders to the WH for talks.

He'd rather do a 45 minute speech in front of the public than get dirty in an 8-hour nuts-and-bolts session in the back room.

24 posted on 09/17/2011 1:41:46 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: Eleutheria5

Which bill? I had no idea a president had a say in writing legislation...in fact, if civics class serves me right, his duty is to execute laws passed in congress.

Can this “Constitutional scholar” please be clued in?


25 posted on 09/17/2011 1:44:28 PM PDT by smith288 (Peace at all costs gives you tyranny free of charge)
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To: Siena Dreaming

He ought to switch to Bill Clinton’s style. Spend eight hours doing a nuts-and-bolts session with opposition leaders, work out a compromise, and then do a 45 minute speech denouncing the compromise and trying to sound principled.


26 posted on 09/17/2011 1:45:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5
I think Obama is incapable of nuts and bolts because

A) He's too lazy to spend several hours doing real work and

B) He hates being forced into a group setting where real discussion happens because it becomes clear to those in the room just how stupid he is.

27 posted on 09/17/2011 1:49:48 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: mkmensinger
I’ve been watching that. Pretty funny site.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. Liberals set up these twitter codes (#attackwatch for turning in people who say bad things about Obama, and #usdayofrage for coordinating the protest today on Wall Street) and conservatives have hijacked both of them quite humorously.

You can view the two, even if you aren't on Twitter, by going to:

#attackwatch

#USDayOfRage

28 posted on 09/17/2011 1:51:45 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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To: Eleutheria5
Barrack, we all know your 'Play Book' as you try to run against a GOP Congress like Harry Truman did. What you don't realize [apparently] is that you are no Harry "The Buck Stops Here" Truman and this is not the 1946 Congress. You have no individual backbone and you have sloughed off so much that even YOUR Congressional allies like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid complain about your "PASSING THE BUCK".

You hope that you can get the MSM to tank for you like Clinton did in 1996 but I and a great many others no longer watch the alphabet idiots and the only use I have for the Slimes and Compost is to wrap dead fish in. Saying the same mantra may work in some religious scenarios but a constant refrain of "Pass this Bill" starts making us say "Piss on this Bill" in response. The fact that you sat on this bill for weeks over your summer vacation adds to our contempt at your harangue!

29 posted on 09/17/2011 1:53:15 PM PDT by SES1066 (1776 to 2011, 235 years and counting in the GRAND EXPERIMENT!)
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To: Siena Dreaming

Racist. Racist. You are a racist. Nahnahnahnahnahnah.


30 posted on 09/17/2011 1:56:13 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: SES1066

But he can demagogue and call names like Truman.


31 posted on 09/17/2011 1:57:29 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Has Obama’s bill been scored does it have a number?

Fill in the blank someone HR___.


32 posted on 09/17/2011 1:59:16 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Psalm 109:8)
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To: New Jersey Realist
At a fundraiser in DC on the 15th of this month, the usurper-in-chief claimed that this bill would create 1.9 million jobs. The bill costs a half a billion dollars so each job would cost over $250,000 per job. What a deal! /s/

Yup, even the kids will be shocked if they pay attention.

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33 posted on 09/17/2011 2:00:17 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
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34 posted on 09/17/2011 2:02:25 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: EGPWS

Best Band EVER!


35 posted on 09/17/2011 2:02:27 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Psalm 109:8)
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To: Mike Darancette

HR0801? Symbolic of face with big ears who is The One?


36 posted on 09/17/2011 2:04:23 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: I_Like_Spam

Why does he even bother with asking for passage. Just issue an executive order and it would be law lickity split.


37 posted on 09/17/2011 2:10:17 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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To: EGPWS

Even better with Spongebob:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMPDl0W0Kc&NR=1&feature=fvwp


38 posted on 09/17/2011 2:13:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Cobra64

Where did he get the number 1.9 million?


39 posted on 09/17/2011 2:14:34 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Psalm 109:8)
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To: I_Like_Spam

Bo and his wife are becoming a laughingstock in the USA. I think even the left are beginning to laugh at him.


40 posted on 09/17/2011 2:19:16 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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