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Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun
Sen. Harry Reid introduces President Barack Obama for a speech outside Orr Middle School at a “Moving America Forward” rally Friday, October 22, 2010.
By Karoun Demirjian (contact) 
Published Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 | 4:49 p.m.
Updated Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 | 7:36 p.m.
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- Obama goes gloves off, head-on (1-14-2008)
Posted at 7:35 p.m.
Campaigning is the president’s strong suit. Taking to the stage in his shirtsleeves, he was a sharp contrast to the more soft-spoken Reid, who came before.
The faulty PA system did not appear to hinder him. So he used that to cast the spotlight back on the Senate majority leader.
“You know, Harry’s not the flashiest guy, let’s face it,” Obama began. “Harry kind of speaks in a very soft voice. He doesn’t move real quick. He doesn’t get up and make big...speeches. But Harry Reid does the right thing.”
The president’s appearance was clearly to promote the candidates, but it had a dual focus.
When the crowd began to cheer “O-ba-ma,” he corrected them, starting the cheer, “Harry, Harry, Harry,” and reminding them that “I need partners like Harry, and I need partners like Dina Titus, and I need partners like Shelley Berkley. But it all depends on you.”
But let’s face it, the president rallies a crowd best when he lets the spotlight focus on him. It didn’t take long for Obama to return to his roots and offer the crowd what they wanted to hear: “Yes we can.”
Then he repeated in Spanish, “Si se puede,” which caused a gleeful reaction from at least one Latina grandmother and a little girl sitting on her father’s shoulders waving U.S. and Mexican flags.
But Obama has tried to mature his message for these rallies and the times. It’s not just “yes we can” anymore. There’s also the new slogan: “Because of what you did.”
Obama appealed to the crowd to resuscitate the spirit of 2008 by telling them how far they’d come and by telling them a colorful story.
“Imagine that the economy is car,” he started, “and the Republicans drove this car into the ditch.”
The car analogy become a favorite of Democrats during this election cycle since someone realized that the gearshift lent them a perfect slogan: D is for going forward, R is for reverse.
Obama spun the story out a little longer than usual in Vegas, though. “They left the car down in the ditch. So me and Harry and Dina and Shelley, we put on our boots and we went down into the ditch...and we started pushing.”
“And there, up on the hill, there were the Republicans, sipping on a Slurpee. So we said, ‘Why don’t you come down and help,’ and they said, ‘Naw,’ and kicked some dirt down into he ditch.”
The crowd cheered and laughed at his ultimate punch line: “Republicans want the keys back...I’m sorry, you can’t have the keys back because you don’t know how to drive.”
He closed with a far more pragmatic appeal. “They’re basically betting on all of you having amnesia...so let me tell you, Las Vegas, you have not forgotten,” he said. “If all of you go and vote, all of you go knock on doors...we won’t just elect Harry Reid, but we will restore the American dream, the Vegas dream, the Nevada dream, for generations to come.”
Posted at 6:23 p.m.
And Harry Reid's music? Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising."
The crowd rose to its feet to greet Reid with shouts and cheers of "Harry, Harry" and other chants that drowned out the senator's naturally low speaking voice, which was hardly helped by a PA system that seemed to be underperforming for much of the rally, as he introduced himself.
Reid focused on one issue in his remarks.
"There's three important issues on my mind and on your mind: jobs, jobs and jobs," he said. "The single most important job of my job is to create jobs."
He listed several job-creating projects -- most based on renewable energy -- that have been announced in the past few weeks on his campaign, including a $1 billion highway project, a state-crossing energy transmission line and a program to provide free solar panels to community centers, schools and places of worship.
"It's just the opposite of my opponent's jobs program, which is to shift jobs overseas," Reid said.
Reid delivered several sharp rebukes of his opponent, Sharron Angle, ran through his policy platforms and listed several of his supporters who have crossed party lines, but his speech didn't earn many outbursts of cheers -- mostly because of the poor sound projection.
People couldn't hear everything and after a few minutes, they gave up craning their necks to listen.
So instead, many started cheering "Harry, Harry" again.
And then Reid introduced President Obama.
Posted at 6:09 p.m.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has taken the stage.
Posted at 5:54 p.m. (Updated at 5:59 p.m.)
President Obama has arrived at Orr Middle School Park. The music that played for the presidential motorcade's arrival was Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up."
Posted at 5:49 p.m.
The crowd got more riled up for Dina Titus, who gave several shout-outs to towns in her district before launching into a speech predicated on turning Republican slogans inside out.
"We are not going to let them take our country back from the people who have struggled and worked and built this country into what it is today," she said. "Moving forward, making progress...or what they call a new direction, which is just a few turns back to the old ways that got us into this mess."
"I don't think the Democrats are wimps, I don't think we need to man up," she added, recalling Sharron Angle's now famous quip from her debate with Harry Reid.
Next up was Shelley Berkley, who appealed to the crowd to vote by hearkening to the recent voter suppression scandal -- and a little bit of her own history.
"It was November of 1972, I was voting for the first time, I voted right here at Orr Junior High School. I remember the thrill and the pride I had standing in that line waiting to cast my ballot," she said. "How dare they try to take this right away from any one of us. We can't be fooled, not this time."
Berkley isn't in a a tough re-election contest herself, so she used the rest of her time to appeal to the constituencies voting on the issues that have come to be front-and-center in Senator Harry Reid's face-off with Sharron Angle.
"We don't call those among us to have lost their jobs, through no fault of their own, and are needing unemployment needs to put food on their childrens' table, spoiled," she said.
"We are proud to protect Social Security...We believe in taking care of our veterans."
Posted at 5:30 p.m. (Updated at 6:06 p.m.)
Air Force One lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas Friday, October 22, 2010.
Air Force One has landed at McCarran International Airport.
As Obama exited, he was greeted by about 15 supporters, including Elaine Wynn, at the bottom of the plane's steps. He chatted, gave hugs and shook hands for a few minutes before taking a brief jog across the runway to greet about two dozen people identified by an airport spokesman as friends and family of Secret Service agents.
He then gave a big wave, hopped in a waiting limousine and departed McCarran escorted by a motorcade of 13 vehicles.
The president was at McCarran for about 15 minutes.
Posted at 5:28 p.m.
The rain clouds that have been hanging over Southern Nevada parted this afternoon, a merciful reprieve for the several thousand supporters packed into the barricades at Orr Middle School Park for what for many is a once-in-a-lifetime event -- hearing a sitting president speak.
Obama's comments aren't due until a little after 6 p.m., but the Democrats have a full roster preceding him, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus and gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid -- for whom public appearances on the same stage with his dad have been a rarity this election cycle.
Rory Reid opened up the program with soft-spoken, hard words for Republicans.
"They scream, they yell, their faces are red, their voices are shrill, and when they get tired of that, they start blaming you," he said. "This election is about what to do with our anger. We need to convert that anger into energy."
Posted at 4:49 p.m.
Supporters stream towards the stands before President Barack Obama's speech outside Orr Middle School at a "Moving America Forward" rally Friday, October 22, 2010.
Thousands of people were waiting outside a Las Vegas middle school for President Barack Obama to arrive in Las Vegas for an early evening speech.
Just before the 4:30 p.m. rally, people crowded into bleachers next to a large American flag under cut-outs of the words, "Moving America Forward," the name of Obama's nationwide tour to re-energize Democrats. Hip-hop and Top 40 music played on loud speakers.
People had started lining up before lunchtime, with hundreds in line by 1:30 p.m. A few protesters stood on corners near the school with signs criticizing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Obama is scheduled to arrive at McCarran International Airport at about 5:30 p.m. He will travel about four miles to speak to the crowd at Orr Middle School, 1562 E. Katie Ave.
Doors opened at 3:30 p.m. for the free event. Obama will take the stage following several other Democrats on the ballot, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid and Rep. Dina Titus.
Democrats hope Obama can help bridge the perceived enthusiasm gap between Republicans and Democrats.
Democrats have struggled with waning support from a frustrated and unengaged base. Compounding their troubles is the fact that midterm elections are typically difficult for the party in power, the economy is stagnant and people are dissatisfied with what they see as a lack of progress in Congress on key issues such as the deficit and immigration.
Before Las Vegas, Obama's campaign tour stopped this morning in Los Angeles for a rally, where he urged Democrats to vote on Nov. 2 despite any disappointment they feel over the sluggish economy.
Besides the rally at the University of Southern California, Obama reached out to Latino voters with an interview on a popular Spanish-language radio show. He also spoke at a fundraiser for Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
During his four days on the road, the president is reminding audiences of the passion they felt when they helped elect him in 2008, and urging them to keep the feeling alive.
Sun reporters Delen Goldberg and Dylan Scott contributed to this report.
Hundreds of people waiting to see the Harry Reid, Barak Obama love-fest in Las Vegas?
Joe Biden and Harry drew a larger crowd in Reno the other day...
WELCOME TO NEVADA, MR. PRESIDENT...
"Welcome to Nevada, Mr. President," Angle said in a statement. "It's good that you're here to see first-hand what your and Harry's 'recovery' has done to our state. . . . You and Harry together have destroyed the Nevada economy.
"There will be a time when the American people hold you accountable for what you have done to them, but you're not on the ballot this year -- Harry Reid is," she added. "In eleven days, we'll start a real recovery when he's fired and your agenda comes to a screeching halt once and for all."
Great welcome...
GET A LIFE ..You're as ridiculous and just as ignorant crazy mangle..how much of a crowd did she bring..she's hiding in a cave somewhere in vegas..you would like us to move back but that is something you're good at doing,you're the one whose backward and narrow..we're moving and leaving you're ulgy *** behind.
All republicans do is criticize and offer no real solutions. The perceived enthusiasm gap is a media construct. The democratic turn out in early vote is proof but only the end result will show the truth. I hope Sharon Mangle gets trounced.
Yeah, Obama should rewrite his moving forward statment to " moving America forward to Socializim "...
jparker12004 can you define socialism?
can't even spell it right, I doubt you can define it. Keep on drinking the tea.
If Obama wants to help the Las Vegas economy he should pull $1000 from his personal account and sit down at a poker table. I'd be happy to play a few hands with him.
Sorry to say every time Obama comes to Vegas, it ends up costing us all a lot of money. . all other planes are delayed, traffic is stopped, not to mention he comes on the taxpayers dime.
Never, ever vote for a Republicant.
Thank you for coming to Nevada, President Obama!
So why didn't Harry say "jobs, jobs and jobs" back at the start of Obama's term instead of pushing health care reform? Maybe we wouldn't have 15% unemployment today if he had.
MAYBE HARRY REID WILL RAISE OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING
A Gallup Poll report yesterday shows President Obama's approval rating at a new low, 44.7 percent for the most recent quarter of his presidency. The poll also found that 50 percent of Americans view Obama unfavorably, his lowest favorability rating since he took office, according to the poll.
GO OBAMA !!!
GO HARRY REID !!!
GO RORY REID !!!
GO DINA TITUS !!!
Don't let the Teanutz and the GOP take this country into 3rd world status!
He has disgraced the office I first held in this nation I founded. HE was never qualified to be president like your McCain was. My country is going to hell and a handbasket and you sheep need to wake up.
GO HARRY REID!!!
According to a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, just 15% of Americans thought favorably of four term Senator Harry Reid.
You guys can do all the clammering you want......Obama will not get re-elected.Dont bash me Im just telling you he wont get re-elected.Bush got us in a big big big mess and Obama has just called too many wrong shots. Bush killed us and Obama gets the ax for it. My choice......Paul Harvey,but he died.
Bertsos,
Did you know that Dina Titus voted to protect the privacy rights of sex offenders?
"Just last night I hit a flush on the river and cut the budget deficit in half"
Yeah, that's real funny, Barack. Stand-up comedy might be something you should get into after you get run out of Washington.
Reid hates jobs and having people employed...
all his programs are to bankrupt you....
So of course, Reid is losing at the polls...
and he brings int he Deficit King to support him.
Awe - shucks folks...
YOU CAN'T DRIVE! You're not getting the keys back...GO AWAY!
ALL OF YOU ******* republicans bashing the stimulus package and NOT voting for it are now asking for stimulus money according to a news report tonight on CNN..YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITS!
This is sure to help Angle more than Reid. All Obama does is piss everybody off.
THE REPUBLICANS TEANUTS RACIST BIGOTS ARE ALL HYPOCRITS..You don't know how to drive..You're all going down with falin and mengle, we're not taking your ****.anymore.
It was an awesome experience minus my cry baby little son who acted like he was 2 yrs old when he's 9. Obama looks a little thin
I can't think of any President in recent history that has spent so much time out of the Oval Office either campaigning, defending or offending in front of the camera. So un-Presidential and not governing. To think of the cost of all this only adds insult to injury.
MENGLE AND HER MILITIA want to hurt this country..Well,we're ready for you..You want to fight fire with fire..YOU GOT IT.
Why should Obama work on fixing the economy when he has campaigning to do...
Maybe that is why 50% of Americans view Obama unfavorably, his lowest favorability rating since he took office.
OBAMA has the hightest approval than any other president in 20years in their 2nd year of service..OBAMA POWER...Thank for keeping this country safe from the hateful and dangerous hands of the republican party...WE LOVE YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
I'M OUTTA HERE..You republicans have NOTHING to say but talk **** C'EST LA VIE.
Thank you, President Obama.
Thank you, Harry Reid.
YES WE CAN!
We will beat these greedy, crazy republican rats
again.
Democrats are already 5% ahead of stupid
republicans in early voting.
YES WE CAN!
What's new????????????????????????????????
@boftx - He wasn't saying jobs, jobs, jobs, because he was busy creating jobs, jobs, jobs.
@Stephen - seriously? Every president in history has campaigned for critical members of his team.
@pbofbigsiegogolarryjan:
No, you may NOT have the keys back!
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE!
The recession started under Bush, but did not start because of him.
It started when we knew as a county that we were gonna get a democrat for a president (either Hillary or Bo). Knowing that we were gonna get taxed and spent into oblivion is what tanked us. Anyone with anything held on. Anyone without waited for their handout.
That is the biggest reason we tanked!
@Stephen - have you forgotten how much time 'W' spent at his ranch, not even campaigning?
The president is really powerless over public $$, it's controlled by the legislative branch. If one looks back at history, booms and busts have been because of good or bad fiscal policy. The senate majority leader and speaker of the house bring legislation to the floor and dictate what gets presented. The president can present legislation, and signs it or vetos it when it comes to his office. Why is this important? The fiscal policy changes that began in 2007 were severe for which Bush and now Obama are being blamed for. In 2007 the fiscal policy fundementally changed, and Bush signed many items which he shouldn't have. In 2009 Obama has pushed, recieved and rubber stamped pretty much any spending legislation he's had come across his desk. The importance of this? In January 2006 unemployment was 4.4% in NV, and today it's 14.4%. If Obama is referring to going back to 2006 then I am all for it, but realistically not everything is the D's fault. Their policies have been anti business and have historically proven to be disaserous. Simply put we need change. Angle is for smaller government and fiscal conservative values. Reid is for large government and fiscal liberalisim. I can only hope that more people can see through all the character assination going on and realize if Reid continues to set fiscal policy we are only going to continue to experience the problems we've progressively faced since 2007. I'll give 2-3% of the issue to the housing market, but Reid is culpable for our current situation more than any other person in the country, re-electing him is only asking for more of the same.
W was a bad president who gave seats to those allowed him to get elected, just like Obama did. The paralels between the two are uncanny. Both rose to power in a short time, were first term federal officials when the were elected president, came from obscure to prominence in about a year. To be fair to W, he worked out of his crawford ranch office when he was "on vacation". Not sure what he worked on. Obama is a campaigning and talking president, he feels like he has to tell you until you agree with him that he is right. This quality is unattractive to me as I can read and analyze for myself. The real problem with BO is his policies are utopian and not pragmatic. He needs Reid to continue to fundementally transform America into a benevolent elite society where everyone is equal. The problem with this is there is an assumption that everyone in this society is an elite who has morals and ethics and will strive for excellence. The pragmatic reality is people are lazy and will take handouts and only work out of necessity, not because they are driven for excellence. Obama's achillies heel is his naive understanding of human nature. Under he and Reid the capitalisim risk/reward balance is being detierated to the point where innovation and risk taking are dying. He doesn't understand this because he cannot understand that people are lazy. This approach has proven every time to fail and will again, the real question is do we want to minimize the damage on November 2nd by voting out Reid/Pelosi or do we want to endure until we really have no choice? The USSR in the 1970's is a perfect example of where we are heading.
middletoright.....
The Bush-created housing bubble is 50% of the
republican mess and the Iraq war that Bush lied
us in to, plus sending our jobs to COMMUNIST CHINA
IS THE OTHER 50%.
Sharron Angle is WORSE THAN BUSH.
It will take many years to turn this republican
mess around but Democrats will do it.
You would have to be brain-dead to vote for
Sharron Angle.
LIVE BETTER, WORK UNION.
SAVE OUR STATE AND COUNTRY,
VOTE HARRY REID.
The bottom line......
Harry Reid will win.
Teabaggers are the dumbest fools on the face of
the earth.
They destroyed what was left of the republican
party.
NEWYORK.....
You no nothing about labor unions.
My Teamster Union work has always been with
private companies with private health care.
I have never been over-paid.
We work hard for the benefits that we have.
@Uhave..I agree with Steve..no other president in this age, has had the depression like we are having now..he should stay in DC and focus on getting the job done, not ampaigning..budget defficite? How much do you think it costs to fly him around the country?? They are up for a rude awakening come next month..
He actually said the Republicans were sipping on a Slurpee not a sorbet.
BeSafe?????????????????
Why do you choose to disrespect one of our fallen hero's by posting that link in this revolving banter of political BS???
Many veterans are union and many are not...
your disrespect makes no sense. You should remove your post or at least appologize for your poor judgement.
God bless our troops and the USA
I was wondering if the President mentioned the jobless rate in Nevada and Las Vegas. It seems that some good national Bloggers are publishing more interesting news about Nevada than local newspapers.
I read the latest figures and a sprinkle of Las Vegas political revelations in http://www.robbingamerica.com
They have no agenda in revealing the truth.
You cannot forget that before Obama, the White House and the Republicans encouraged businesses to take their operations overseas. The "Core" of our problems is "jobs" that are no longer available "here in the USA" because of the policies of the "same People, the same Group" that helped "big Business" and not the "Middle Class, the working person."
Right now, the true measurement of "any company operating in the USA" and making a profit off "our dollars" is the offering of "Employment."
These companies that have benefitted because of the past administration policies and the fact that those companies calling themselves US companies are not offering employment, but making Huge Profits, are being supported by the same people who say "I want My Country Back". Go figure.
I belived in Las Vegas, I believed in Las Vegas companies that are offering employment to keep Las Vegas economy going. That is the measurment being used today. Talk is cheat, misleading and producing nothing but confusion. It is time to look after, and support, anything "LOCAL" that is supporting our community.
From the L.A. Times ===========================================================================================
1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal workers without a green card.
2. 95% of murder warrants in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in L.A. are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in L.A. are to illegal aliens on Medi-Cal - whose births were paid for by tax- payers.
5. Nearly all inmates in CA detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in L.A. County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in L.A. are most likely illegal aliens.
8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking.
10. In L.A. County - 5.1 million people speak English - 3.9 million speak Spanish. There are 10.2 million people in L.A. County.
11. Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking crops - but 29% are on welfare.
12. Over 70% of the U.S. annual population growth (over 90% in CA, FL, and NY) results from immigration.
13. 29% of inmates in federal prison are illegal aliens.
Had enough yet America? Hopefully so - because it's coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Progressive republicans in our government have allowed this for decades for cheap labor. Progressive democrats have done so for votes. Then people wonder why liberal lala-land is bankrupt. If you like these statistics - vote for a progressive. - P.S. ----- Harry Reid is a progressive democrat who has done nothing to stop illegal aliens from invading America. If you like what L.A. has become Nevada - re-elect Reid. By the end of his next term - Las Vegas will be a carbon copy of it...
Obama says that things could be worse...
Yes, and the economy has been getting worse since Obama took office and Harry Reid became the Senate Leader.
And Harry Reid is so proud to have Obama pander to him.
Obama and Harry Reid just doesn't understand that "its the economy stupid!"
Despite Karl Rove and his Texas billionaire friends trying to buy this election for Sharron Angle, most Nevadans know that Senator Harry Reid is better for Nevada and for America. Rove wants to regain his power in Washington and make his rich friends richer, not only by privatizing Social Security but also by turning Nevada into the country's nuclear waste dump. Sharron Angle, after benefitting from the Rove/Republican spending, would be a rubberstamp for their agenda.
And all the Republican propaganda about President Obama and a lack of enthusiasm by Democrats is brainwashing, pure and simple:
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/22/poll-...
Imagine that the economy is car," Obama started, "and the Republicans drove this car into the ditch."
Now Obama and Harry can not get the car out of the ditch because it has NO REVERSE.
The moral of the story is that IF YOU ARE GOING TO BURN BRIDGES DON'T DO IT UNTIL AFTER YOU GET THE CAR OUT OF THE DITCH AND OVER THE BRIDGE.
Why is it that if Democrats such as EconoVam have to bring race into the discussion?
Are they afraid to discuss the issues without race-bating???
@econo-it's not race. It's the economy, stupid.
Why didn't Obama or Reid respond directly to the unemployment here of 15%. No response equals no vote for Reid.
Obama on his best day couldn't help Dirty Harry win this election. He is finished, done , it's over , end of story. Politicians are like diapers, you gotta change em when they're full of you know what. And that goes for all the incumbents.
Vote Reid, we dont need anymore republicans ruining our economy more they already done enough when Bush was in power, NOT REIDS FAULT CAUSE OF BUSH TOURISMS DOWN
Again, blame Bush for the lack of leadership from the White House and Congress...
This country now has the best leadership it
ever had.
THEY ARE FIXING THE BUSH/REPUBLICAN MESS.
RE-ELECT HARRY REID.
President Obama will be re-elected in 2012.
Keep voting out republican liars, thieves and
crooks.
President Obama Promised that we would have an immigration bill by now, the promised that the public will be able to review bills before they were voted on, he promised that unemployment would not go above 8 percent- unkept promises, spending us into more debt. Selling out to illegal aliens. I am no longer a democrat. President Obama's visit hurt Senator Reid; most Democrats don't want to be seen with the President right about now. In the last few days of the election, Republicans,and independent will make Senator Reid wish that the was a real American. Stop looking out for the interest of forigners above those of Citizens of this country
"Hmmm? EconoVan, out of the 64 comments, you are the first to mention anything about race/racist?"
"Your point, BeSafe?"
Despite a little change in style (now writing LinebyLinebyLine), it's still the same old shill zumabound.
what is funny, is all the partisan idiots who support either side blindly. I am a repub. but bush sucked and was an idiot. at least he was an honest idiot. obummer, reid and pelosi really think they are better and smarter than YOU, that includes the dems who so blindly support them. You can rest assured of one thing. The Tea Party folks will be out protesting against republicans if they continue this same road of ruin that the dems have us on.
econo why is it that you liberals ALWAYS try to pull out the race card? your pres did it from the very beginning. even old harry " he don't talk like a negro" reid did it. Try defending the disastrous laws and regs passed by this bunch of leftists. It's got nothing to do with race, it's the stupid, short sightedness of liberals that we onservatives loathe so much.
econo, i understand you only believe what you see on MSNBC or read in the Sun,but there are other opinions besides yours. just because you put up long rants and call people names does not mean your liberal, leftist ideology is correct or even in the majority. In case it didn't occur to you, your opinions are in the MINORITY here, on a very liberal spot I might add. I will defend your right to say what you feel, but you should do yourself a favor and stop getting your info and opinions from your union and the democrat national committee. Have a nice day.
BTW econ, why is it that obummer and reid have such LOUSY poll numbers across the country? I'm quite sure people watch other news than FOX. Why is it that SO many people of both parties disapprove of them so much? You do know that Bush had higher approval numbers than your demi-god at similar points throught thier first two years?
Exhibit "A" is all of the "Obama as African witch doctor" signs that appeared, and continue to appear, at teabagger events. Exhibit "B" is all of the birther/"Kenyan Muslim perspective" nonsense. I could go on. How long have you got?
really econ... you do know there were only a handful across the entire country and that liberals and dems had MUCH worse signs protesting Bush right? like pictures of him with a rifle cross hairs imposed over it. Imagine what would happen if someone showed up with a picture like that of obummer. I think what really bothers folks like you is the fact your views have been in the minority for so long, now that you have some power and can't get all the marxist ideas you support made into law, it enrages you. You can see the anger and venom in all your posts. You should really sit back and give thanks that your marxist buddies in DC have accompished so much in so short a time.
well, econ, i must go. please make sure you vote, but please honor what is left of the constitution and only vote once.
"IF ONLY the tsunami in Thailand had been THAT kind of tsunami."
The tsunami will start when the tea party turns into religion reformation movement.
"If by "tsunami", bro, you mean "Inquisition", you've got THAT right."
I am not talking about the catholic church - rather of the rise of Atlantis.
That old EconoVan appears to be going around in circles and is about to run out of gas...
Don't you folks remember that Obama took the keys and got the car stuck in the ditch in January of 2009. The car is still stuck in that same ditch because Obama refuses to use the "R" for reverse.
Now, Obama's driver, Harry Reid, could not get his drivers license renewed by the state of Nevada and Harry will be out of a job shortly.
So it appears that Obama will be left by himself to try to get the car moving again.
Obama did send Harry's "HOT" lady friend, Nancy Pelosi, to hitch hike to get help, but no one will stop to pick her up. They holler at Nancy as they speed by:
GET IT OUT YOURSELVES... YOUR THE ONES WHO PUT IT THERE!!!
Obama approval rating drops to 41%...