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Obama, his team struggling with accuracy when explaining impact of sequester cuts
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Posted on 03/02/2013 4:51:15 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Obama, his team struggling with accuracy when explaining impact of sequester cuts

Published March 02, 2013

| FoxNews.com

President Obama and top administration officials are struggling with accuracy in explaining the impact of billions in federal budget cuts known as sequester that kicked in Saturday morning -- even getting called out by a Capitol Hill superintendent about furloughs for support staffers.

Carlos Elias, the Capitol Building superintendent, sent out a memo Friday reminding staffers that the current sequestration plan does not include “reductions in force or furloughs” and that “pay and benefit of each of our employees will not be impacted.”

Though not directly mentioning Obama by name, Elias also said in the memo that a “high-ranking official said employees that clean and maintain the U.S. Capitol will receive a cut in pay.”

Hours before the memo was released, the president, in what appears to be the administration’s attempt to maximize the potential impact of the cuts, said at a press conference: “Starting tomorrow everybody here, all the folks who are cleaning the floors at the Capitol. Now that Congress has left, somebody’s going to be vacuuming and cleaning those floors and throwing out the garbage. They’re going to have less pay. The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they’ve got to figure out how to manage that. That’s real.”

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Well no kidding..........
1 posted on 03/02/2013 4:51:20 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Here it comes : “I never said that” and all will be well with his ignorant voters.


2 posted on 03/02/2013 4:56:13 PM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Sub-Driver
"The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut, and they’ve got to figure out how to manage that. That’s real.”

That's a lie.

3 posted on 03/02/2013 4:57:53 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Sub-Driver

I think we’ve stumbled onto something. He just doesn’t know how do deal with us when we’re willing to sacrifice to avoid letting him have his way.


4 posted on 03/02/2013 4:58:37 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: jeffc

IMHO, he should be the janitor.....


5 posted on 03/02/2013 5:01:38 PM PST by Sub-Driver (Proud member of the Republican wing of the Republican Party)
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To: cripplecreek

Funny thing is that Spring Break for Moochelle is in 3 weeks. And I’m sure Bathhouse Barry has a separate getaway planed with Reggie at the same time. What will they do???


6 posted on 03/02/2013 5:02:30 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Sub-Driver

Considering they have zero experience with accuracy, it’s no wonder they can’t hone their message. So what.


7 posted on 03/02/2013 5:05:39 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I doubt it, but perhaps the GOP may learn a thing or two by standing up for their professed beliefs. If the GOP stands by their beliefs, they will ultimately expose the Democrats for the hypocrites they are. No one has ever won at poker by folding.


8 posted on 03/02/2013 5:23:50 PM PST by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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To: Sub-Driver
What difference does it make?!
9 posted on 03/02/2013 5:28:42 PM PST by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: Sub-Driver
It's hard to be accurate when everything you say is a lie.

Amazing how that works!

10 posted on 03/02/2013 5:29:08 PM PST by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: Sub-Driver

-——Obama, his team struggling with accuracy when explaining impact of sequester cuts-——

Well, remembering lies are a lot harder than remembering the truth....


11 posted on 03/02/2013 5:30:55 PM PST by JZoback
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To: huckfillary

A they folding, or participating?


12 posted on 03/02/2013 5:33:01 PM PST by right way right (What's it gonna take? (guillotines?))
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To: Sub-Driver

IMHO, he should be the janitor.....

I don’t think Obama would last a week


13 posted on 03/02/2013 5:40:21 PM PST by molson209
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To: Sub-Driver

Evidently,”struggling with accuracy” is the latest euphemism for lying.


14 posted on 03/02/2013 5:52:30 PM PST by Carl LaFong (Vera the possum is US.)
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To: jimbo123
"And I’m sure Bathhouse Barry has a separate getaway planed with Reggie at the same time."

Bammy should just go on vaca with Traitor Roberts. They were made for each other.

15 posted on 03/02/2013 6:05:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Sub-Driver

Lie again for another lie - Rhetorical Flourish trained to be a lawyer (trained to be a liar with rhetorical techniques). problem is by giving the least fortunate everything they want a liar can gain the confidence of the masses with rhetorical flourishes ( lies, supporting lies).

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Emperor of Japan during WWII, franklin Delano Roosevelt, Hugo Chavez - liars all of the them to support an agenda that only caused destruction.

FDR caused the depression only to worsen with his lies, WWII came along and the depression seemed to lift the country, but that was not realized fully until the 1950s. when the men returned in 1945 employment was difficult for a time, just like housing.

former military personnel whom were injured gained a college education through vocational rehabilitation, others gained an education through the GI bill.


16 posted on 03/02/2013 6:26:01 PM PST by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: Sub-Driver
Accuracy and “team Obama” is the definition of an oxymoron. Team = “oxy”, moron = Obama!
17 posted on 03/02/2013 6:27:07 PM PST by goodtomato (I'm really, really blessed!)
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To: Sub-Driver; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Re: A day or so ago: "The janitors, the security guards, they just got a pay cut...  photo Obama-Seq-2.gif and they’ve got to figure out how to manage that. That’s real.”

Today: "These are not the janitors and the security guards...  photo Barack-Obi-Wan-Obama-1-R.gif you are looking for--"

19 posted on 03/02/2013 7:09:20 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Nachum

Ping.


20 posted on 03/02/2013 7:18:15 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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