Posted on 06/19/2010 4:06:26 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama on Saturday pinned blame on Republicans for making life harder for the unemployed and for those who could lose their jobs without new federal intervention. He did so even as he sought to distance himself from the "dreary and familiar politics" of Washington.
Capping a week in which the administration scored a victory — a $20 billion fund to be paid by BP for the victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill — Obama reserved his radio and Internet address to focus on the work that didn't get done.
His main concern was the rejection of a bill in the Senate that would have provided more money for the long-term unemployed, aid for strapped state governments and the renewal of popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals.
"If this obstruction continues, unemployed Americans will see their benefits stop," Obama said. "Teachers and firefighters will lose their jobs. Families will pay more for their first home. All we ask for is a simple up or down vote. That's what the American people deserve."
The broad economic bill failed Thursday when Democrats could not muster the 60 votes needed to end debate. The 56-40 vote fell four shy of the total required to break the GOP filibuster. Republicans support many of the policies in the legislation but are demanding changes to shrink its toll on the deficit.
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I predict that the jobless will blame Republicans for their joblessness. Why, because they always have, haven’t they?
You are speaking for yourself, not the mass of the American people.
These people have decided to destroy us and to keep feeding the excuse for it.
It is obvious they want to shape the GOP just as they want to shape who BP can hire, how many gays should be in the military, and then blame us when all this goes out of whack.
We are going to have to take the “leadership” away from these druggies.
I am worried because I KNOW the fed gov. is filled with murderers.
Every move he has made has been counter-intuitive to a recovery.
Slam health care for illegals down our throat.
Give everyone who is laid off 2 years before they have to think about finding a livelihood.
Tax carbon dioxide.
This is not an American president.
To quote Mr. Limbaugh, “I am dangerously close to endless strings of profanity” every time I hear from, or read, this punk impostor.
He must not realize that for his party in the previous administration, “filibuster” was as acceptable an “F-word” as was any of the four letter ones used by his favorite peeps...
Obama, what are YOU doing? You’re party has both houses of Congress. How are YOU helping?
Talk about a simple vote .. how about passing a federal budget???
Can Pelosi do that much???
Barry has finally snapped into action and has come up with a new game plan. It only took him two years to devise it. The new plan is to replace the word “Bush” with a generic “GOP” when orating his boilerplate finger-pointing scapegoat speech. Since Barry is in the White House and he has a majority in Congress the ruse defies any sort of logic or credibility, but Barry does not appear to have any skills other than fingerpointing. Unemployment is raging out of control, but he does not have the competence to turn the tide.
Hussein is destroying freedom and the lives of working people.
And that is the fact, Jack.
A big concern for the Messiah since he is hell bent on a great majority of the voting public being unemployed up to and past the 2012 election cycle.
Even the idiots who voted for change are seeing it now.
If you will lie, you will steal, if you steal you will kill
Who’s writing Zero’s speeches, now??? Michelle, the Black Widow? Yah. Got it.
So let me get this straight, Obama makes everyone unemployed then blames the GOP for not giving them extended freebies??
Zero is making them jobless...
Not even the Demonrats believe him anymore.
And I say that Obama is making life harder for the jobless. Who cares what he says?
How about Teller?
Why not take the hundreds of billions left over from last year’s stimulus bill to pay the Unemployment Insurance if you’re so worried about the “small people” Mr. Obama? Oh, that’s right, that’s reserved for ward-heelers, party hacks, union thugs, ACORN and that crowd...
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