Posted on 09/22/2010 9:28:43 AM PDT by traumer
President Barack Obama was left in no doubt as to the strength of ill-feeling among his most loyal supporters last night when he was openly attacked at a town hall meeting - with one woman telling him: ‘I’m exhausted defending you’.
Staring intently at Mr Obama, Velma Hart told him she was ‘deeply disappointed’ and was losing patience waiting for him to deliver the change he promised.
In an impassioned rebuke the mother-of-two said she fears returning to the ‘hot dogs-and-beans era’ of her life because he is not helping the financially strapped middle class.
‘I'm a mother. I'm a wife. I'm an American veteran, and I'm one of your middle-class Americans. ‘And, quite frankly, I'm exhausted,’ she said.
‘I'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now.’
Her admonishment of the president came as new poll revealed 35% of voters would prefer to have George W Bush in the White House instead of Mr Obama, in spite of his chequered record in office.
Mr Obama has faced falling popularity and rising disgruntlement as his presidency stalls amid the economic crisis and what some see as indecisive leadership.
In a series of televised town hall meetings with voters, he is attempting to reconnect with the public but during one such event in Washington, he was ambushed by the audience.
Mrs Hart, who has two teenage daughters, laid into him for failing to do enough for people like her.
‘I have two children in private school. The financial recession has taken an enormous toll on my family,’ she said.
‘My husband and I have joked for years that we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs-and-beans
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That’s good, because I’m also exhausted from listening to people defend that bozo.
Joe the Plumber and now Vel the Bummer!
“I’m exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now.”
but I’ll still vote for you because you are trying so hard to get this country back on track after Bush decimated it.
"Well, I guess it's not surprising that the people who are well-off are against Obama -- but how do working people feel about him?"
"Oh, they mostly still support the president."
It's just lies and propaganda. It's naked.
I’m also exhausted listening to blacks complain about America.
Waiting for this to show up on the news...... /sarc
It’s an exercise in futility and it will tire you out!!
What change? Obama was full of nothing but hot air. He never claimed any changes, just “Hope & Change”. Nothing more. Like all loud mouths, he talks of warm and fuzzies but has no experience or knowlege to back his Marxist rhetoric.
MSNBC showed it the other day. I think only once, though.
Welcome to my world. Hubby is now one of the unemployed. Thankfully, I have a full pantry so sorted/dated everything a couple days ago and am headed to the freezer.
These Kool Aid drinkers are unbelievable. They can see the destruction that Obama's socialism is bringing yet they still adore him like a messiah.
Everything this man and his administration promulgates is detrimental to the United States — healthcare, cap and trade, that so-called “volunteerism” bill passed last year (remember that one?), economic policies — you name it — they diminish every aspect of life in the United States.
I don’t see what the big deal is about this story. She’ll still vote for him anyway.
" Chief Financial Officers are the bedrock of this Nation"
I was actually embarassed for him when he said this. Apologies to CFO's out there on FR but this is arguably the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard spoken in my presence.
Typical ZERO
Face it... the ONLY winners in the last US national election were the enemies of the US...
The rest of us are ‘Waiting for Godot’
and his response? He laughed at her.
As for the marxist, muslim loving, poser President & his unconstitutional czardom... F' em.
He used to be a “hot” dog...now, he’s just a weiner.
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