U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he watches the Washington Nationals
and Chicago White Sox MLB inter-league baseball game in Washington
June 18, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Posted on 06/19/2010 9:37:45 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
President Barack Obama turned his attention from the BP oil spill Friday to talk about another concern: economic recovery.
But not for long — 58 minutes to be exact.
In fact, he spent less time on the ground in Columbus, Ohio, than it took to fly there and back.
The president revved up Air Force One, flew to Ohio, motorcaded to a road construction site, gave a speech on the Recovery Act and flew back to Washington all in the span of three hours. Less than an hour of that was on the ground.
The president has had a chaotic week. He started off with a two-day visit to the Gulf Coast and a prime time Oval Office address. The next day he met with BP executives and managed to wrangle a $20 billion escrow fund to pay claims.
Presidents do day-trips all the time, but the Ohio jaunt was an eye-blink by any measure. Air Force One went wheels up at 10:35 a.m.
The plane landed in Columbus about an hour later. The president shook hands and briefly chatted with Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman at the bottom of the jet's stairs.
A few minutes later his entire entourage was motorcading to the construction site eight miles away from the Port Columbus International Airport.
Flanked by seven construction workers in yellow safety vests, Obama stood at a presidential podium and delivered a 13-minute speech on the importance of the Recovery Act. He highlighted small business loans, tax cuts and transportation projects in Ohio. And he pushed for strong infrastructure to build a solid foundation for America's revival.
Coming Up on 60 Minutes tonight.. Obama.. Epic Fail.. ? or Just Misunderstood?
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btw .. They are finally grinding down the local street ,, hopefully hot asphalt will flow shortly as part of the Reach out and Resurface sumthin' Initiative ..
Maybe Obama can come and visit this little project when it's done, there's 3 golf course within 10 minutes..
This street has been a bumpy ride for a long time.. much like his administration.. can't wait for the steamrollers to show up.
U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he watches the Washington Nationals
and Chicago White Sox MLB inter-league baseball game in Washington
June 18, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
No mention on how many rounds of golf he played during the week and how long it took?
I’m sure he had some sporting event to get to.
US President Barack Obama speaks on the economy following a tour of a Recovery Act highway project site at East Livingston Avenue & Parsons Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Obama has urged the world's leading economies to boost reforms aimed at maintaining the global recovery, ahead of two key summits next week. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
It’s my understanding that many on the construction crew lost a day’s wage on this trip. Could be wrong about that.
At least he didn’t fly there to give a speech about conservation.
He went to a baseball game between the White Sox and Nationals.
If true, I wonder why the contractor didn’t pay his crew. He’s got a fat juicy government contract. He was more than willing and happy to take that so-called stimulus money.
They should buy him a two seat crop duster for these short hops.
Yep, he’s such a big Sox fan. Ya right.
He said he remembers going to “COMINSKY PARK”, pronouncing it with an “N”, when every real fan knows it was “COMISKEY PARK”, with no “N” in it.
The same guy who mispronounced the military term “corpsman” by pronouncing the “S” when anybody who knows anything knows that the “s” is silent.
I cringe at the thought that someday he will give a speech about the Marine Corps, and he will read the teleprompter and pronounce it “Corpse”.
Of course as a good Democrat, he can’t get the Dan Quayle treatment for this sort of thing. We’re supposed to ignore it.
Those 13 minutes cost the Taxpayers almost $1 million dollars to pay for the trip, security etc. Talk about executive excess!!
Someone please tell me how to explain this expenditure to my grandchildren. They will have to pay for it.
The man just cannot stay in the oval office and govern because he doesn't know how, and he has surrounded himself with staff and advisers of a like ilk.
How the hell does this lying libtard bitch not kill herself out of sheer shame and disgrace? To write this pap, this ass-kissing crap day-in and day-out all to curry favor with her libtard massa’s must be mind-bending. Kendra Marr. Please see a psychiatrist for help immediately. You are one sick puppy!
Of the 57 comments following the article on Politico, I found only one that didn’t criticize and ridicule Obama. The comment section read just like here, Big Government or American Thinker.
Is Politico a right-leaning site or has the tide completely reversed?
According to guys interviewed yesterday they all lost a day’s pay so the King could come to town.
Is the presidential teleprompter battery operated or did they have to run a generator for what was surely a momentous 13 minute campaign speech?/s
Is Politico a right-leaning site ..
NO.
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or has the tide completely reversed?
maybe it’s something in the water, the Gulf waters ;-)
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