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.
What is it about the “smartest man in the world” that he manages to say nothing but stupid things?
In math, we have the term “idiot savant” to describe someone who has the personality of a liberal, but at least can solve math problems.
The Obamaloon is at least the first half of that.
We know he can’t even do the simple math required for basic economics.
COMINTERN STOOGE and CRYPTO-MUSLIM
P.S. Unlike SADDAM HUSSEIN, the odds of me swinging from a rope in the next 3 years are slightly better!!!
Brilliant observation.
We’re going to foreclose on comrade HUSSEIN OBAMA and his marxist BS.
Just knowing that Vegas is an SEIU city is reason enough for me to never go there again.
SEIU - Now with 50% less talent and principles
SEIU staff and officers think they can hide in the dark. Already in their hostile takeover of UHW they've injured members, held boss-style captive audience meetings for staff, and refused to give us their names.
Andy Stern and his appointees love to think they're rich, famous, powerful, and accountable to no one. A member led union just doesn't fit in with their plans for stardom! They like to drive around in SUVs with tinted windows, acting like they (literally) own the place.
Well, that's crazy! I think we should all spend our way out of debt just like the gummint's doing.
Buy the boat. Go to Vegas and dump $10k. Buy a new car. Fix up the house. Blow all the damn savings. Get a HELOC and spend it all. Make sure you don't have a penny's worth of equity. When you die, let the kids figure out what to do. If they want the family house, let them buy it from the bank.
Let the future generations pay for it. That's what obama has taught us, so let's go do it! Vegas, here I come to spend myself out of debt! I'll be there as soon as I get the new boat docked and pick up the new car.
Did Michele grow them apples in her garden ?
Those aren’t apples in front of michelle nobama. those are suet cakes carved to look like apples. she has to do something stealthy to keep the “big caboose” charged.
Idiot muzzie bastard.
LLS
And as Mark Levin frequently points out, you don't go buying a Blackberry/iPhone/fancy car/other non-necessity if you don't have health insurance ... and then expect other tax-paying citizens to provide for your insurance that you choose not to buy!
Our first affirmative action President just can’t help himself...if he weren’t so dangerous a lot of this would be funny.
He’s gonna tick off the Mob with remarks like that.
We all remember what happened to the last President who ticked off the Mob.
A Toyota somewhere is missing its carpet.
He’ll be there in a few weeks...look out Harry, he’s batting zero.
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.Then he wrote a note to Reid that says the opposite. Just means he's an incompetent liar.
His teleprompter was broke?
Isn’t this the second time, Odumbo has said, not to go Vegas?
How much did Mobama blow on that coat? $1,500??
AMEN!
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