Posted on 02/02/2010 6:10:51 PM PST by OCCASparky
President Barack Obama is clarifying comments he made Tuesday afternoon after being heavily criticized by state lawmakers.
During a speech in Las Vegas the president said people who are trying to save money shouldn't be going to places like Las Vegas.
After several lawmakers issued scathing statement about the president's remarks, President Obama sent a brief note to Nevada Senator Harry Reid.
The note was then forwarded to local media outlets:
Dear Harry:
I hope you know that during my Town Hall today, I wasn't saying anything negative about Las Vegas. I was making the simple point that families use vacation dollars, not college tuition money, to have fun. There is no place better to have fun than Vegas, one of our country's great destinations. I have always enjoyed my visits, look forward to visiting in a few weeks, and hope folks will visit in record numbers this year.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama
Stay with Action News and KTNV.com for more on this developing story.
ETA: Linked story in second paragraph has error, as you probably noticed. Speech today was in Nashua, NH, not Las Vegas.
I’m sure Harry appreciates the help. Hee-hee!
This is satire right?
Obama is a sleazy lying scumbag communist!
Obama’s Lavish Night In Las Vegas
“I was making the simple point that families use vacation dollars, not college tuition money, to have fun.”
You lie. You were telling people not to spend money on vacations.
In your speech you said:
“When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” the president said. “You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
Hey Obama, you and your cronies need to worry more about the spending in DC NOT Vegas!
LOL!!!
so— where was the teleprompter when he said this?
Hey Boss, 5'll get ya ten they'll mis-constrew what ya said about Vegas.
Hey O get your head out of your backside. Lately you keep your fly open in order to speak. Moron.
Obama is frighteningly stupid, immature, ill-bred, coreless, banal, uninteresting, phony, petty, whiny, effeminate, weak, vindictive, silly, unserious, shallow, and thoughtless.
I could go on but I won’t. The usurper is a criminal fraud and he will be exposed to all who have a brain, the rest of America will continue to ooh and ahh over this creep and his incredibly ignorant affirmative action criminal princess wife.
Yes, the only one allowed to "blow" our money (and our children's and grand childrens's money) is HIM. He knows best how to blow it for us, then demand more after he's done blowing it.
Fed.gov can't pay its own mortage, yet he lectures everyone on managing money after he puts out a budget where he wants to "blow" over 3 TRILLION dollars.
HEY LITTLE RHAM, WHEN DO YOU ATONE FOR YOUR OWN “EFFIN’ RETARD” COMMENT YOU MADE?????
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