Obama: Voters wonder if he can rebuild economy

Yahoo News ^ | 6 Jun 2012 | JULIE PACE

[mandaladon]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama conceded Wednesday that people around the country are wondering if he can keep his promise to build an economy designed for the long term. But he blasted opponents as offering nothing more than finger-pointing as a platform.

Obama told donors at a San Francisco fundraiser that "the other side" doesn't have any new ideas.

"And because they don't have any new ideas, what they will do is spend 500, 700, a billion dollars in negative ads and their simple message will be: This is someone else's fault and that's enough reason for you to vote for us," he said.

"And," he added, "if we don't answer them, that can work."

The president made no mention of the results of Tuesday's Wisconsin recall election. Democrats failed to unseat Republican Gov. Scott Walker, bad news for the president and the party that came just days after a dismal jobs report cast gloom on the economic recovery.

In "Virginia or Iowa or North Carolina or California, all across the country," Obama said, "there are a lot of folks who are still wondering — are we going to be able to fully deliver on that promise of a country that is thriving and has an economy that is built to last?"

Obama offered no new prescriptions for how he would answer Americans' economic questions. He said he's pushing a number of bills in Congress aimed at boosting jobs and growth but has gotten little help from Republican lawmakers.

Obama was holding fundraisers in San Francisco and Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday morning, expecting to raise more than $5 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party. The events were putting Obama in touch with an array of sports and Hollywood figures.

[mandaladon]

The only ones wondering are the hard core liberals and the uninformed voters.

[rawhide]

"And because they don't have any new ideas, what they will do is spend 500, 700, a billion dollars in negative ads and their simple message will be: This is someone else's fault and that's enough reason for you to vote for us," he said.

Wow! Talk about calling the kettle black! All obamma has done since he was elected 3 1/2 years ago is blame Bush! All talk he is!

[max americana]

“All obamma has done since he was elected 3 1/2 years ago is blame Bush!”

Blame Bush, play golf, make NCAA basketball picks live on ESPN, blame Bush again, attend more basketball games etc

[hal ogen]

“...if he can...” That presumes this Free America hating president wants to do so. Uhhhh...I don’t think so.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

We know Walker can...

[unkus]

0bama is one sick bastard.

And pure evil.

[Viking2002]

How the hell do you rebuild what you've spent three years deliberately destroying from the foundation up? These Satanic traitors think they're going to design a communal tricycle out of the Porsche they drove over a cliff.

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

[barmag25]

From the comments section:

somewhere in Georgia...a peanut farmer is smiling

[BuffaloJack]

If the Kenyan were a CEO of some company, the board of directors would have fires him long ago.

[BuffaloJack]

If the Kenyan were a CEO of some company, the board of directors would have fired him long ago.

[hosepipe]

Barry Half-White is not known for building anything..
Wonders if he can even operate a pair of pliers..

[43north]

“Obama: Voters wonder if he can rebuild economy”

I have absolutely NO DOUBT that owebama’s intention is to DESTROY the economy, not rebuild it.

[barmag25]

I did see one pro obama but I think they gave up. You got to dig pretty deep through the comments to find it to.

[econjack]

Obama told donors at a San Francisco fundraiser that "the other side" doesn't have any new ideas.

Well, dumb a$$, at least the old ideas work.

[onedoug]

I believe he’s trying to destroy it.

[wattsmag2]

One can only “wonder” why ANYONE would think he actually wishes to rebuild ANYTHING.

[CT]

Obama is the guy doing economic foreplay for the last 3.5 years, trying to coax a nation into the sack. And he keeps saying how good the sex is going to be, just as soon as he gets out of his socks and garter. LOL!

The guy is not only impotent, he's creating a political undertow that is sucking 'allies' out to sea.

[canuck_conservative]

You don’t need new ideas dumbass, the rules of economics haven’t changed in 300 years.

Live within your means, don’t strangle business with excessive regulations, and stop scaring away investors with your socialist rhetoric.

Back to basics, 2012.