Posted on 06/05/2011 7:17:15 PM PDT by GVnana
President Obama is pointing to problems in Japan and Europe as challenges for the U.S. economy, placing some blame on events abroad for a domestic recovery that is showing signs of slowing down.
Photo by: Pete Souza
Government data released Friday showed employers in May hired the fewest number of workers in eight months and U.S. unemployment rose to 9.1 percent, up from 9.0 percent in April.
That bump is a political challenge for the president, whose re-election in 2012 may depend on his ability to convince voters that his economic policies have been successful.
Part of his pitch will include steering attention to outside forces as causes for economic woes at home.
The president did just that in his weekly radio and Internet address, broadcast Saturday, by highlighting "head winds" that are affecting the United States.
"Even though our economy has created more than two million private sector jobs over the past 15 months and continues to grow, we're facing some tough head winds," he said.
"Lately, it's high gas prices, the earthquake in Japan, and unease about the European fiscal situation. That will happen from time to time. There will be bumps on the road to recovery."
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(And I am soooo going to love ridding this country of this charlatan come 2012.)
Zippy Obama, the Commie and ACORN are to blame here.
Sociopaths (and Socialists) by definition always blame others and never take responsibility for their actions.
Especially when they are making excuses to cover up their real intentions that are pretty much on track.
0bama’s plans are working and he must cover his ass.
If the goings on in Japan and Europe can so hurt your economy, there’s something terribly wrong with the way you are doing things......
Obama is the twentieth hijacker and never intended to land the plane.
House pricing is in a double-dip erosion. When 0bama came into office, gas was $1.89/gal now it's nearly $4.00/gal. Food prices are through the roof.
That's what people will remember. It's all about the HOME, 0bama, and you've crapped all over mine.
That is just too laid back and mellow. He's gotta be smokin' somethin'!
Obama is the twentieth hijacker and never intended to land the plane.
Yep. As I said, he’s simply covering his ass with distractive excuses.
LOL see post 27. Good timing.
>>THAT WILL HAPPEN FRON TIME TO TIME?? And people are worried about Palin?<<
During Bush’s run:
9/11
barry zero: “these things will happen from time to time...”
right?
What a little boy our barry zero is.
Slapping marxism on a free republic isn’t helping either you jack-wagon!
Now all we need is for him to scold us - the American People and blame us for the malaise we are in !
I think the protestors and booing should start shortly.
I guess we should be thankful that Obama hasn’t blamed us for his failures but I guess that’s next!
it is everyones fault but obama’s
“What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?”
James Madison.
Great timing!
Oh God, Jimmy Carter with a long waving finger and big ass ears.
I guess he figured the “Blame Bush” thing wore thin.
So now he’ll blame anyone else but himself.
So China steals what has amounted to trillions in intellectural property from US companies, manipulates its currency to create a trade embalance that is over 300 billion a year, and thus has resulted in the destruction of millions of US jobs, but Japan and Europe are the main culprits?
Nice try Zero, but only your lapdogs in the media and liberal friends will buy that.
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