Posted on 01/22/2010 3:05:57 PM PST by mdittmar
President Barack Obama tried to revive his battered agenda and rally despondent Democrats on Friday with a renewed emphasis on jobs. His visit to this struggling Rust Belt city capped a tough first-anniversary week for a presidency that suffered jolts at the hands of Massachusetts voters and the Supreme Court.
"I'm not going to win every round," Obama told a town hall audience. But, striking a populist tone on a campaign-style swing, Obama pledged, "I can promise you there will be more fights in the days ahead."
He used the word "fight" or some variation over a dozen times as he tried out a revamped message focused mainly on the economy, part of a stepped up effort to persuade Americans he's doing all he can to create jobs.
"This isn't about me. This is about you," he said.
And while he has recently voiced a willingness to find common ground in the divisive health care debate, he insisted he was not ready to abandon the cause or to drop his environmental and energy agenda even with the strengthened GOP hand in the Senate.
"There are things that have to be done," he said. "And that means marching forward, not standing still." He acknowledged "we had a little bit of a buzz saw" on health care overhaul.
Instead of the anniversary celebration Obama might have expected, the week was one of the worst in recent times for the White House, with much hand-wringing and blame-casting among dazed Democrats in the halls of Congress.
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This know-nothing shittbag wouldn’t know the first thing about creating jobs. If he was sincere, he’d be talking about across the board tax cuts for businesses and individuals.
What we need are ‘Green Jobs’..an example of which would be shoveling snow off the solar panels on the roof. Lots of college grads will be available.
He constantly seems to feel a need to remind people it “isn’t about me”.
What a shallow narcissist. Who in real life even says something like that except a total ahole ?
Float like a butterfly, sting like a buffoon.
So who exactly is he going to “fight”? He already has a resounding majority in both houses of Congress.
What a maroon.....is impeachment in his future? Just asking.
He’ll F’ it up like everything else, he doesn’t have a Midas Touch, he has a Fecal Touch. Simpleton.
That clown has never had a real job.
Good question, who is against creating more jobs? This is not a party specific problem, everyone wants job growth.
Unfortunately, Pres. Zero hasn't got a clue who hires people, why they hire people and what goverment can, or should do to encourage companies to hire people.
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“This isn’t about me. This is about me,” he said.
From what I've observed in the past few months in my area and in the general economy, I think jobs are going to absolutely tank when the January figures come out. I have never before seen such massive ghost town-like stretches of closed businesses in my entire life (and I'm in one of the least hard-hit areas in the country, D/FW.) I can't imagine what it's like in the mid-west rust belt states. The Christmas season oasis is over, and now it's going to be stark reality staring us in the face - hard!
Right he fights to kill jobs LIAR LIAR LIAR scumbag LIAR.
If Obama wants to pretend to be a “Populist” he should buy a truck and drive around the United States and speak to the American people. Oops, I forgot, he doesn’t like trucks or people who drive them. He can buy a Saab then, I guess.
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