Political Games: Obama Schedules Jobs Speech During GOP Debate
A distraction from substance!
When you are in trouble try to distract your opposition. In Obama’s case the opposition is both the GOP and the American voters (who are throwing Obama’s job performance rating off a cliff).
Ever since the great debt debate was finally resolved (I use the term resolved loosely) Obama has been promising that he would come out with a plan. His plan would be one to create jobs and keep America from going into a double-dip recession. That plan was going to have to wait until he went on a much needed vacation though! I am certain the stress of dealing with those darn tea party Republicans is adding to his gray hair count.
While Obama was enjoying some R&R the U.S. economy has been much like a roller coaster. Well, the stock market has at least. All other indicators such as job numbers and consumer confidence have been tumbling. But alas, the Messiah is back in town and it is time to get to business. This time he is serious about getting to work for the American people and creating jobs. To start things off right he is going to – wait for it – give a speech!
Obama made his intentions in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Feel free to read the entire letter below, but the at least take notice to the bolded part (my emphasis):
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Leader:)
Our Nation faces unprecedented economic challenges, and millions of hardworking Americans continue to look for jobs. As I have traveled across our country this summer and spoken with our fellow Americans, I have heard a consistent message: Washington needs to put aside politics and start making decisions based on what is best for our country and not what is best for each of our parties in order to grow the economy and create jobs. We must answer this call.
Therefore, I respectfully request the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress on September 7, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. It is my intention to lay out a series of bipartisan proposals that the Congress can take immediately to continue to rebuild the American economy by strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money in the paychecks of the Middle Class and working Americans, while still reducing our deficit and getting our fiscal house in order. It is our responsibility to find bipartisan solutions to help grow our economy, and if we are willing to put country before party, I am confident we can do just that.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
BARACK OBAMA
That sounds good, right? It is basically what you’d expect from him given the deep divides in Congress. The only problem is that Obama scheduled his jobs speech on the same exact day and time of the GOP debate that has been scheduled for months. So much for putting “country before party.” This move is nothing more than a political power play. As POTUS he absolutely knew when the GOP debate was taking place. He also could have scheduled a speech at any other day or time. Why not do it tomorrow or the day before or after the GOP debate? Why didn’t he do it months ago? Heck, why even do it at all considering that all of his past proposals have failed. Because it is a distraction from reality. That reality is an economy that is crumbing on his watch and a field of strong opponents gearing up to tear his administration and agenda to shreds during a three hour debate.
Boehner did respond to Obama’s request. The summary: Great, but due to scheduling let’s do it on Thursday instead.
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Dear President Obama,
Yesterday you told us to eat our peas. You even told us to pull off the bandaid in the context of raising the debt ceiling, and spending more money we will never have on “Obamacare.” I cannot fathom a President in my memory speaking in a manner that you have chosen to. I guess it is just a barometer of how bad our standards have fallen. I see it all around me, cars can’t be fixed because children have been taught that fixing them is beneath them. Adults like you act like infants at microphones. Then there is The Forgotten Man, people like me, who just want everything to get back to normal without having to take the next historical step to get to that point.
Why is it so hard to do the right thing at the federal level of government? We all know as individuals what to do when faced with the same concerns. Yet, when we kick it all upstairs for some, what we think, is some wise and reasoned solution, all we get is garbage upon garbage. Mr. Obama the American people are tired of your garbage. They are tired of the liberal democrats garbage. They are tired of being told that they can’t build, drill, or work. They are tired of wars fought for one side of the same muslim/arab coin. They are tired of paying taxes to a government that wastes every dollar we give it on things that no sane citizen would ever agree to in light of all of the other priorities that we face. Common sense has been dead for a long time. But when you were elected it ended all hope of a revival.
In 2010 it made a small comeback. It is now trying to work it’s will through the byzantine halls of the Federal Government. As I watch citizens like Rubio and West and Palin work their magic I sit in awe of their will to do that work. I find it humorous that the guy who said he was going to save us from the rising water, you Mr. Obama, is actually throwing all of us bricks, while telling us to eat our peas. You may have the best of intentions, but they are based on a lifetime of lies, so how good can they be? Well Mr. Obama I’m not the Forgotten Man and like Jim Croce once said “I’ve got a name.” You may not know it. Even if you did you certainly don’t care about it. I frankly cannot understand how anyone can believe that you leading a bankrupt federal government can solve their problems only by spending more of someone else’s money!
How’s that working for you? Because it’s not working too well for all of us.
Respectfully,
All “legal” Americans
It’s this kind of stuff that lets me know that I, and many of my friends, would never vote for this jerk wad, EVER!