Posted on 07/09/2009 9:54:25 AM PDT by FromLori
CINCINNATI, July 9--With opinion polls showing declining confidence in President Obama and rising skepticism about White House economic policy, Vice President Biden dropped into Ohio this morning to deliver a fiery defense of the administration and a request for patience.
The address, outside a gutted American Can factory scheduled for renovation, had the tone and tempo of a campaign rally, with Biden repeatedly demanding of the administration's critics, "What would they do?"
"What would they say to those tens of thousands of teachers who got their pink slips this year, but are able to go back into the classroom" because of stimulus funds, Biden said. "What would they do . . . [let] all those cops get laid off? Would they say, 'Okay, no problem?' "
Biden cited money already committed or spent on the national economic recovery effort. He urged patience and promised his audience that "you're going to see more pace on the ball. . . . Remember, we're only 140 days into this deal. It's supposed to take 18 months."
The last several weeks have been a tough stretch for Biden and the administration, with the national unemployment rate rising another tenth of a point, to 9.5 percent, and Republicans increasing their attacks.
A Quinnipiac University poll of Ohioans released this week showed the president's economic approval rating dropping from 57 percent to 46 percent in the past two months. Forty-eight percent of those polled said they now disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy.
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Of course,we’re going to take care of the NEA!
Biden! LOL
Biden the babbling buffoon......
Utter bullcrap. Teachers are still losing their jobs, as are "cops".
You rub my back I’ll rub yours you have to pay to play it is the chi town way!
The Government Accountability Office says that the $787 billion stimulus package is not being used for stimulus. Instead, the states are in such dire financial straights that the stimulus money is instead being used to “cushion” state budgets, prevent teacher layoffs, make more Medicaid payments and head off other fiscal problems. So even the money which is actually earmarked to help the states stimulate their economies is not being used for that purpose.
Stimulus? Where’s the stimulus?
This should help; tank Obama/Biden more in Ohio! :)
Your right Ohio now hates them lol.
Notice there is no mention of how many people turned out for his speech? Probably means it was less then 50.
Simple. Cancel Porkulus and save the money they haven't spent. Make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Cut the capital gains rate. End all talk about Cap and Tax or nationalizing health care.
The market would lose it's doubts about a recovery and take off.
The school's auditorium holds 2800, and Plugs only sold 1300 tickets. So the Dems will have to AstroTurf for the rest of the seats. I was going to go, but decided to stay home and braid my a$$ hairs instead. Figured that was less gross and painful then having to listen to this turd spew his pablum.
Ok boys and girls, today we’re going to learn a new phrase, can you say “A$$ HAT? I thought you could.
“What would they do?”
Nothing would have been better than squandering a trillion.
It would have sped the correction of budget bubbles.
A given.
White House is in defense scramble mode, which quite frankly, is not surprising given that the Stimulus was not meant to help the economy but was meant to be a huge arse spending bill aimed at paying off those who supported Barry on his road to the White House.
Biden straps himself to Wiley Coyote’s 1000 pound weight, thinking it’s a floation device.
As long as the MSM lets the Baraqqis make the rules, the Baraqqis will make the rules.
I expect “unemployment” statistics to be “re-defined” soon.
I think there is merit to that.
“I take it your argument is Porkulus may be a blessing in disguise”
No, I meant that porkulous is being used to close state budget gaps to fend off laying off public employees and canceling programs. Porkulous postponed the day of reckoning for dealing with the structural deficits in state budgets.
However, the trillion squandered on porkulous sure has reduced the enthusiasm for Obamachev’s expensive communist schemes.
He made this speech outside a “gutted factory”? That’s a great backdrop that instill confidence. lol
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