Of course, you'll need to substitute watermelons.
Posted on 08/14/2011 2:28:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
President Barack Obama leaves the White House on Monday for a three-day bus trip, talking job creation at small towns across the Midwest in hopes of distancing himself from the "partisan brinksmanship" he says has poisoned the economy.
The trip isn't likely to be without bumps. Polls find that the partisan feud over raising the debt ceiling, the stock market gyrations and a stubborn unemployment rate have left Americans more pessimistic about the economy and their future than at any time this year. Republicans already have accused Obama of mixing policy with politics by barnstorming in the battleground region - at taxpayer expense.
But White House advisers said it was a chance for the president - who spent most of last month trapped in Washington with lawmakers blaming each other for the debt impasse - to hit the reset button and connect with ordinary Americans in a bus that could roll into small towns, rather than Air Force One.
"Democrats, independents and Republicans expect to see their president of the United States outside of Washington, D.C., out from behind the podium, spending time talking to the American people in their communities," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
Obama appears to be trying out a campaign theme by blaming Congress - without a direction mention of Republicans - for the bitterness that led to an eleventh-hour debt limit agreement, and Earnest said the president was expecting to hear more anger on the road.
"The president does anticipate that he'll detect a little frustration about the dysfunction in Congress, and the strident position of some in Congress to put their partisan affiliation ahead of the country," he said.
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There’s a weight limit on “brides”? Was Obama granted a waiver when he married Sasquatch?
Of course, you'll need to substitute watermelons.
FUBO RIHPOFSOTUS
All loyal Americans will boo and hassle the destroyer of America, POTUS Barack Hussein Obama. I hope his bus trip is a dismal failure, just as he is!!! This guy Obama hates America!!! He and his Black racist wife, Michelle, need to be sent back to the political cesspool of Chicago Democrat politics!!! Let him destroy Chicago not the USA as he wishes so dearly!!!
Hey Farmer Dean - Thanks for my first laugh of the day.
I am envious!!! Put a big smile on faces around here today.
Loved the pic: Obama Killing America Tour!
I know.....it’s good to be the King!
Ø’bumbler’s “Blame the Country Tour” - I like it!
I meant bridges,but it was too early in the morning and even spell check didn’t catch it.
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