Obama Blames Europe, Japan for US Economic Woes

Reuters via CNBC (yeah. I know.) ^ | 6/5/2011

[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."

[RockinRight]

Sounds like a song...

It must have been crowded under my bus
From throwing so many under there
A beautiful nation soon may fall
But I won't go down for it at all

Did you ever know that I'm half-negro?
So nobody can criticize me
Did you ever know that I'm half-ne-e-egrooo
And I have a wind between my ears

Well, I *tried* to do a parody...DFU can you help?

[eyedigress]

Give out a rift. You have something.

[denydenydeny]

For as much as the man uses “I” and “me” he never seems to find those words when it comes time to place blame.

*nods*

[Gondring]

Keep this fact in mind, the MAJORITY of your fellow citizen voted for this man.

What a nasty lie.

[GVnana]

LOL!

[RockinRight]

To the tune of “Wind Beneath My Wings” if you hadn’t figured that out...

[Former Proud Canadian]

huh? 53%? voters=citizens?

[eyedigress]

The majority sat their ass at home. If they want to come on this site and complain, they get whacked. For all of those that said no to McCain, it is debatable as to their prowess.

[eyedigress]

I’m listening to ACDC, it’s hard to get a Midler in there, thank you very much.

[Hoodat]

"Even though our economy has created more than two million private sector jobs over the past 15 months and continues to grow . . ."

The truth simply isn't in him.

[Venturer]

Placing blame on someone else is the only thing the Kenyan is good at.

[eeriegeno]

This clown does not have a GD clue. He should be running a soup kitchen on the south side of Chicago. That he can understand......

[Cicero]

In that photo he looks a bit like Michael Jackson singing “Man in the Mirror”.

If a kindergartener did that, he'd be thrown out of school for pointing his finger at his classmates as if it were a gun.

[Gondring]

Only 70 million voted for him, out of 230 million American adults.

[Textide]

This guy with absolutely no experience at all with deep economic matters (or much of anything) is telling us that we need to ‘expect this or that’, or that ‘this happens from time to time’. Who the hell can’t see through him?

[eyedigress]

He is telling the truth. Unfortunately he is not talking about America.

[eyedigress]

He’s a community organizer dontcha’ know.

[Kickass Conservative]

>In that photo he looks a bit like Michael Jackson singing “Man in the Mirror”<

That’s funny, I was thinking something more along the line of “Smooth Criminal”.

[a fool in paradise]

Bushes’ fault!

[a fool in paradise]

da jooze