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Las Vegas fumes over Obama's anti-tourism rant
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 24, 2011 | CRISTINA SILVA

Posted on 10/24/2011 4:42:50 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a Sin City problem that won't go away.

Obama is counting on Nevada's support for reelection next year. He easily won the Las Vegas Valley in 2008 and will probably win the largely Democratic, urban center again next year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: antitourism; antitourismrant; fumes; lasvegas; nevada; obama; obamas; rant; tourism

1 posted on 10/24/2011 4:42:56 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Don’t worry, Barry. Harry’s got Nevada sewn up for you.


2 posted on 10/24/2011 4:47:10 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: COBOL2Java
Harry’s got Nevada sewn up for you.

Only Clark County. Unfortunately, that's enough.

3 posted on 10/24/2011 4:57:24 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I wish the media would just do the obvious and put 2 and 2 together when it comes to the reason Barry has such a problem with Las Vegas.

Gambling ain’t Sharia compliant. Neither is heterosexualism. Dancing girls in public. Drinking. Sunbathing. Etc etc


4 posted on 10/24/2011 5:01:32 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The Beast is on The Strip..

US President Barack Obama walks to his car after disembarking from Air Force One at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama traveled Monday to Las Vegas, epicenter of the real estate meltdown, to unveil a plan to limit damage from the housing market's downward spiral on the broader US economy. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)



US President Barack Obama, picturedo n October 1, added popular microblogging platform Tumblr on Monday to the Internet arsenal for his 2012 re-election campaign. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)


5 posted on 10/24/2011 5:04:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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U.S. President Barack Obama hugs Lissette Bonilla after meeting with members of her family at their home in Las Vegas, October 24, 2011. Obama unveiled new measures to help struggling homeowners in Las Vegas on Monday in the first leg of a campaign-style swing through western states that may be crucial to his re-election in 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed


6 posted on 10/24/2011 5:06:14 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: atc23
It's Vegas, Baby! Anything goes!!

The real reason O loves to go to Vegas. Fund-Raising!!

.. and golf. :-)

U.S. President Barack Obama is introduced by Stephen Cloobeck, Chairman of Diamond Resorts International, at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Las Vegas, October 24, 2011. Obama will unveil new measures to help struggling homeowners in Las Vegas on Monday in the first leg of a campaign-style swing through western states that may be crucial to his re-election in 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed


7 posted on 10/24/2011 5:08:46 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yeah, right... just as Nevada was steamed at Harry Reid for 18 months, but still gave him an easy win.


8 posted on 10/24/2011 5:17:18 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Hurrah me boys, for FREEDOM! `Tis the risin` o` the moon!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Its not barry’s rant that stops me from going to Vegas its the molesters in security at the airports. I love Vegas will not fly. The only reason I would fly would be a family funeral out of state...


9 posted on 10/24/2011 6:07:15 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny

the Vegas TSA was actually incredibly professional and friendly - so much so that I wrote a letter to commend them. probably got them all fired.


10 posted on 10/24/2011 6:10:05 PM PDT by Libertarian4Bush (if you voted for obama, I have no respect for you. you're either a loser or a sucker. sorry!)
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To: Libertarian4Bush

Its not Vegas TSA thats the problem it the state your leaving from, for me that would be Detroit Metro Airport..


11 posted on 10/24/2011 6:12:24 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: ScottinVA
just as Nevada was steamed at Harry Reid for 18 months, but still gave him an easy win.

Some say the games are rigged. Be that as it may, but Dingy Harry makes sure the elections are.

12 posted on 10/24/2011 6:30:50 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Nevada had RECORD HIGH unemployment in 2010, and the assclowns of that state re-elected that pathetic puss Dingy Hairy.

I’m staying away from that state until it either votes Republican in 2012 or fires Dingy.


13 posted on 10/24/2011 6:39:26 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All
Michael Bonner, chairman of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, said Obama's critics read too much into his Vegas comments.

"There was a measurable impact on convention and trade business following those comments, but the intent of the president was certainly not to damage the economy here," said Bonner, who has donated to Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years.

THIS IS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE...DEFENDING HUSSEIN. WHAT A SELLOUT!

14 posted on 10/24/2011 6:45:31 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: NormsRevenge; seekthetruth; Joe Brower

So Stephen Cloobeck, Chairman of Diamond Resorts International, is pictured embracing, literally, Hussein at a fund raiser for the Demonrat Party today.

Here is a link to all of the Diamond Resorts International properties in Florida. I won’t be going to any of them.

https://www.diamondresorts.com/Florida-Resorts


15 posted on 10/24/2011 6:52:38 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Can’t fix stupid.


16 posted on 10/24/2011 7:00:19 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama shouldn’t worry, half the Dem voters are functionally illiterate and borderline stupid. I’ll bet a very large percentage of Dem voters in Nevada never heard that statement from Barack, and they’d refuse to believe it anyway. They’ll still vote for him in large numbers. If Obama came up to them in person promising to give them gold, and instead punched them in the stomach and kicked them in the shins, they’d beg for more.


17 posted on 10/24/2011 8:23:45 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: NormsRevenge

My daughter made me laugh last night with her version of an internet meme out there right now...

That Awkward Moment when you realize your President cares more about making a Tumblr account than fixing the country.


18 posted on 10/25/2011 6:13:14 AM PDT by LibertyRocks
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