Posted on 09/24/2009 5:22:24 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
On a conference call today, Vice President Biden told 30 of the nation’s governors that if the Recovery Act fails, he’s “dead.”
Biden was providing an update to the governors (and if they couldn’t make it, their Lt. Governor or senior staffer) on the Recovery Act and make sure they were prepared to submit reports next month detailing how stimulus money was spent and how many jobs were created by the funding.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) told the Vice President he couldn’t express how much he and his fellow governors appreciate Biden’s interest.
“Pure self-interest, Jay. If it fails, I’m dead,” Biden quipped.
The conference call invitation was sent to 55 states and territories and if a governor could not join, a Lt. Governor, Chief of Staff or other staff member called in. Louisiana was the only state to not have a participant on the conference call.
On Friday the Obama Administration will launch an updated Recovery.gov website to better coordinate the required data coming in from funding recipients and state and local agencies in October.
About 150,000 recipients of federal stimulus money will be required to file detailed reports on how they have spent the money and how many jobs were created as a result. At the end of October the data will all be available at Recovery.gov, including all changes and corrections made to the reports during the review period.
Today Biden said the reporting is a “massive undertaking” but implored the governors to make sure the data their states are submitting is accurate. He said the updated web site for reporting data is user-friendly, even for someone like himself who is not tech-savvy.
The eternal word-smith.....
You dead, holmes. You a dead man.
At what point do we conclude that it has failed? When exactly were we supposed to have that 50% annual growth of GDP, or whatever unrealistic prediction BO made way back when?
The only smart thing Obama has done is put “Joe” on the stimulus watch. If it fails, its Joe’s fault, if it succeeds its Obama’s success. Of course, from what I read its failing so Joe’s probably going to need life support.
We better start saying Kaddish for Biden and sitting Shiva.
We have an underpass for the railroad that we approved bonds to build. When I went across the tracks a couple of weeks ago there was stimulus sign and the city sign about the bond issue was down. I went HUH? A week later the city sign was back up saying it was being paid for by the bond issue we passed.
Never have found out who put up the stimulus sign but it was a LIE!
OMG we have idiots running this country God please help us.
grab a seat Joe....you won’t knock anything over when you fall
OMG we have idiots running this country God please help us.
FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!
To quote Rush Limbaugh, “I hope he fails.”
Stand up, Chuck!
Good.
Biden on the Recovery Act: “If It Fails, I’m Dead”
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Has he just made a threat on the vice-president’s life?
Somebody call the FBI.
Or a nut-house.
At some level, even conservatives have to agree.... Joe is a national treasure!
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