Oops. Obama Does It Again – Bashes Las Vegas …Update: Obama Apologizes to Reid
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 3:26 PM
Oops. He did it again.
Barack Obama took another swipe at cash-strapped Las Vegas today at a speech in New Hampshire. This ought to go over well. The last time Obama bashed Las Vegas the governor demanded an apology.
And get this… He did this while lecturing the crowd on “tightening their belts” during a recession after proposing the largest spending bill in history yesterday.
The Hill reported:
President Barack Obama took another dig at Las Vegas at his New Hampshire town hall Tuesday after similar remarks got him into hot water last year.
Obama said that people should now “blow a bunch of cash in Vegas” during a tough recession. Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman called for Obama to apologize after he made comparable comments last February.
“When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” he said at the forum.” You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
The Harry Reid people will love this. It couldn’t have come at a worse time for the unpopular Senate Majority Leader. Obama is set to campaign with Harry Reid later this month. Oh well.
UPDATE: Barack Obama apologized to Harry Reid tonight.
The Politico reported:
In a letter to Reid, the president backed away from the perceived slight. Addressing the letter “Dear Harry,” Obama wrote: “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.”
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Daniel commented:
heh
How much were those dresses and shoes in the window for Michelle, Barry?
olm commented:
Forget Las Vegas for a second. I can’t believe they let him out anymore. He’s spending our way our of a recession, actually destroying the country with spending and he can say this with a straight face?
I really have gone from disbelief to utter hopelessness in one week.
AMarineMom commented:
How stupid does this man think we are? Dear Lord, I am so tired of his lectures. This is going to be a really long three years…
wanumba commented:
“When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” he said at the forum.” You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
Right, dude, so how come you and the rest of the Democrats in Congress are doing just that – on a magnitude that dwarfs what any scruffy homeowner can POSSIBLY get out of any lender?
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BigJ commented:
Bye bye, Harry.
JB commented:
Thanks, Barack “Tyler Durden” Obama. How about we just follow the example set by our federal government and spend our way out of our financial difficulties?
Jeff commented:
Right Barry …
so don’t blow a wad of cash in Vegas, instead blow a REALLY BIG wad of cash on your Stimulus … or on your weekly parties, or your date night in NYC or on booze on the Pelosi shuttles …
See the difference is if YOU blow your money in Vegas you can only blame yourself but if Barry blows a bunch of cash in Washington why of course you can blame BUSH for it …
Stan25 commented:
Guess he does not Dingy Harry to carry his water anymore. He keeps on bashing Vegas, it has and will reflect on Dingy Harry and cost him the Senate. That will be a good thing. It will also cost “Walks On Water” the state of Nevada in 2012.
kate commented:
The greatest orator the world has ever know!
kate commented:
+n
down with dems commented:
Was that on the teleprompter, or was that another one of his typical foot-in-mouth buffoon comments that he always makes when he’s freestylin’ off script?
Jim commented:
“When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” he said at the forum.” You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
Uhh, gee Mr. President, like uh, wow, you’re really really smart. Did you learn that at HAAVARD?
exceller commented:
What about the people that are doing okay and don’t have kids to put through college? are we allowed to go to Vegas and blow our wad if we want to? Who the hell does he think he is giving lectures on how people should lead their lives. Leaders lead by example moron and the example you set is one of complete arrogance and cluelessness.
Picric commented:
I see he is continuing he quest to offend everyone.
Robb76 commented:
He really is the gift that keeps on giving.
MVH commented:
President Oooooooooh-Bumbler…the gift that keeps on giving
Remember when the godling, DinosaurMedia, and Leftists, ragged on Rush Limbaugh for that “failure” flap? If anyone were listening, they would have heard Limbaugh say he wanted Obama’s Leftist agenda to fail.
Well, now. I think we should all wish for Obama’s success…but…only as long he’s afflicted with foot-in-mouth disease.
After this disparaging remark in New Hampshire today, that fundraiser with the punch-drunk old boxer later this month is going to be something.
P.S. As an aside, why the hell does the godling care who buys what with their own money! Little by little he reveals his true agenda: Totalitarianism.
pm commented:
But we’ll be paying for his trip with wife and kids to Indonesia. Atlasshrugs reporting.
The Narcissist in Chief couldn’t make plans fast enough — remember, we all just learned they want to tear down the statue they just erected of him.
Think they’ll change their minds?
Narcissists are annoying, repulsive – dangerous at times – and, it turns out, very expensive.
wanumba commented:
kate
February 2nd, 2010 | 3:01 pm | #9
The greatest orator the world has ever know!
…………………..
It was perfect like that!
Jim commented:
Expensive doesn’t even begin to describe it.
If the GOP takes over the house next year, there better be a budget battle royale featuring a full fledged government shutdown.
Obama is trying to increase the budget so much, that any compromises in the future will still be far left of center.
At this point we need to be running a surplus of 500 Billion a year for 10 years just to cut this turkey in half
gus commented:
Tighten your belt???? How much do cigarettes cost Chairman Obama?
2 week TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED TRIPS TO HAWAII??? Hmmmmmm.
Pelois Airlines???
ACORN??????
F234ing Marxist.
bill-tb commented:
I wonder what Harry Reid thinks? Some times the lies cross paths.
HarryPrimate commented:
More pearls of wisdom from President Oblivious.
Spider-Man commented:
The guy is from some parallel universe. We don’t need lectures, we need jobs, Jobs, JObs, JOBs, JOBS!
He has installed 10.5% unemployment as the new ‘full’ employment number.
The jobs lost are never coming back, and green jobs don’t exist.
Auntie Em commented:
“Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance” – William Gaddis
Seems to be all Obama does…cultivate ignorance.
TheScribbler commented:
Word on the street is he’s taking his family to Indonesia and then off to Australia for vacation come spring time. You go Barack, walk the walk. Pffft.
By Spring my house will be gone and I’ll be living on the street because people aren’t purchasing products and services because of you. But don’t worry about us, we’ll be there come November to start cleaning house!
Dell commented:
Hey!!
People!
Lighten up!
He made that speech in New Hampshire. Nobody in Nevada heard it. Nooooo problem. When he gets to Nevada he’ll make disparaging comments about the people in New Hampshire!
This administration is like a traveling comedy show…something to laugh at every single day. The only problem is….it’s not funny.
DomesticGoddess commented:
Wow, and I thought Nevada got a lot of money for the state through slots. Way to cripple a source of revenue, Hussein.
annie commented:
Beans and rice for all of the subjects of the great O administration. Is this guy really our President?? He has brought nothing but undignified and arrogant behavior to the office. We the people want our House back…please get out and take your family with you and go tighten your own belts out of our view!
Spider-Man commented:
If we had elected the Republican, and he didn’t touch anything, the recession would have been over, and a strong sustainable recovery would be underway. It is the natural cycle of free market capitalism.
But now because of the extreme left turn we took last year, we will never recover. We have entered a new reality which will include multi-trillion dollar deficits, high unemployment, bogus stimulus, and all the other big government stuff that robs from the private sector.
We’re F**d
jimg commented:
I’m about tired of listening to his constant lectures on what I should or should not do.
I’ll spend my money however I damn well want.
olm commented:
Spend it fast jimg, he’s out to take it.
Finncrisp commented:
I believe that BO wants to turn America into that darn mean country that his wife decried during the campaign. The blame-a-thons, the mean spirited staffers, the classless comments of Rhambo, the attacks on any form of dissent, the lies, especially the lies. I get it – he really is just an angry Marxist who wants us to get in line, or else.
pm commented:
Drudge has this:
–Reuters story: “Backdoor Taxes to Hit Middle Class” [or something close - & it can be read.]
–Reuters pulls “Backdoor Tax” story.
*****
WH must have thought it wouldn’t be “helpful” for us to know…
No Man commented:
Spider-Man is corrcet!
This maniac is going to make the recession last 13 years just like FDR and his war on the private sector caused the Great deprsesion to persist from 1933 until he died.
Health Care Deconstruction; Cap and trade – $8 a gallon fule; massive, destructive, new regulations; tax everything that doesn’t move . . .
Business owners need to have confidence that the all-powerful government squid won’t do a massive cluster folock on the economy and then they’ll start hiring.
Consumers need to spend or we’ll never crawl out of the Great Recession.
I blame Bush.
Robert commented:
Hey federal government;
When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don’t go running a $1.6 Trillion deficit when you can’t even pay your current bills. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Washington D.C. when you’re trying to recover the economy.
USMC Thomas commented:
“You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
Was that spoken in a Negro dialect?
wth commented:
“You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”
So did BO work in a pizza parlor to save for college? Or did he skate through on a scholarship for foreign students?
Enquiring minds want to know.
MarkJ commented:
I suspect Obama is already being called “The Angel of Death” behind his back by nervous Donks up for reelection. Fearless Prediction: Democrats running for reelection will uniformly tell Obama, “Uh, don’t bother campaigning for me–I’d like to survive.”
Callipygian1 commented:
Since he’s on the East Coast, why not engage in equal-opportunity disparaging and slam Atlantic City?
Karen commented:
Obama needs to STFU. Regular working class people can’t tighten our belts anymore than they already are. Tell Pelosi to cut out the snacks and alcohol on her flights cross country in military planes. Leave us alone.
GO MO RED commented:
I guess Nancy Pelosi and her family onterage never got that e-mail.
Eden commented:
Wow, they be pissed off in Vegas! http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/02/obama-dont-blow-cash-vegas-during-tough-times/
CARMELLA commented:
more proof that soetoro is not an American – he keeps falling back on the same cliches, phrases and the same tired euphemisms…his “well of knowledge” about American culture seems quite limited. thus, the robotic, TOTUS inspired spiels. I’d bet you dollars to donuts this dude could recite the koran, verbatim.
Joanne commented:
You don’t throw parties every three days in a recession either, but this doesn’t stop Obama from living the high-life while others suffer.
dacoelec commented:
And to think….. American people put this idiot into this office….. I’m speechless.
mike191 commented:
Tourism, as an engine of the economy , is not a government mandate and President44 is once again,clueless.
Indy Voter commented:
Ah, and why save for college anymore, the Nanny State will take care of you cradle to grave, you don’t need to pay back your loan…you can finish college and then work for the gov’t…and then get a sweet retirement deal and one day (sooner rather than later) we will all be working for the Chinese
2010 elections are critical
Spec Tater commented:
bozero is not ignorant, ignorant is temporary, stupid is forever.
sandy commented:
As a Vegan I can tell you that Obama killed our economy. The Casinos are practically empty. There is no building going on and houses lie vacant. What we offer in this town is a good time and it seems Obama has something against people enjoying themselves.
Steve Wynn, one of the Casino owners says he will spend whatever it takes to defeat Obama. Our Mayor, Oscar Goodman has more moxie than a hundred Harry Reids. Please come to Las Vegas–if for no other reason than Obama will hate you if you do.
sandy commented:
Harry Reid has another problem in this town. 367 Million of Stimulus Money was requested by the Governor in order to stop the high foreclosure rate and enable people to buy homes. The money was never received. Now Harry Reid is blaming Gov. Gibbons–saying he didn’t submit the proper paperwork. Fact is Harry Reid didn’t care about the people of Nevada and the favor will be returned in November.
Vinny B. commented:
I am sure the peope of Nevada will see that clip all over the ads as the election draws near. There are examples out there of conventions moving out of vegas because of it. Some enterprising political guy is going to get it on the air and blame Reid and his pal with the non-negro dialect for it. (Of course, someone will call me a racist without knowing why I used the term)
sandy commented:
We lost 341 Conventions after Obama’s last comment. I hope that our Mayor is true to his word Obama will not be welcomed in Vegas unless we receive a genuine apology.
bandit commented:
I wonder what Harry’s plans are for retirement?
MWTexas commented:
I’m looking at the letter and wondering where the words “I’m sorry I said that” appear. It is supposed to be an apology is it not? To me, it looks more like a statement that he did nothing wrong. I hope “record numbers” turn out when he visits – to join the mayor in booting his sorry a## back to DC.
TrueAmerican commented:
America is dieing! Isn’t that great? Anyway, Mr. Obama…F*** YOU!