Biden Blames GOP for "Undersized" Stimulus But Obama Said It Was Just the "Right Size" (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, July 18, 2010, 12:29 PM
VP Joe Biden blamed the GOP today for the democrat’s stimulus failure telling ABC’s Jake Tapper that the record spending bill was not big enough.
Vice President Biden says the ginormous bill was not large enough.
The Politico reported:
Vice President Joe Biden said that the Recovery Act was undersized because the White House shrunk the economic stimulus package to win Republican votes in Congress to pass it.
“I think it would have been bigger,” he told ABC’s Jake Tapper in an interview airing Sunday. “In fact, what we offered was slightly bigger than that.”
In the end, the administration found three Republican votes to pass the Recovery Act. And, while “a lot” of administration officials believe the emergency spending was too small, Biden said that more than 3 million people are now working because of the federal programs.
But that is not what President Obama said.
Barack Obama told the American people in February 2009 that,
“There are provisions in the package that need to be left out… But, broadly speaking the package is the right size. It is the right scope. It has the right priorities to create 3-4 million jobs and to do it in a way that lays the groundwork for long term growth.”
Here’s the video:
(Around 4:20)
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Subadar Lal Kukhri commented:
There is one of the 43% of Americans that are freaking morons.
Chisum commented:
Joe Biden.
This Joe Biden?
‘Sheriff Joe’ Biden on Stimulus Funds: ‘I’ve Still Got My Badge On’
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/04/sheriff-joe-biden-on-stimulus-funds-ive-still-got-my-badge-on.html?cid=6a00d8341c4df253ef01347fb23f0d970c
How about this Joe Biden?
Biden’s 2008 campaign fined $219K for violations
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38292005
Chrissy B commented:
Do Biden & Obama not get together to keep their stories straight? What a bunch of maroons
bg commented:
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hmmm.. is that along the lines of ‘i was for
it before i was against it’?? /nuanced sarc/
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avery commented:
Stimulus money,went to SEIU and GE,if you a govement worker or working in so called Green Jobs you may out like a Bandit.
Gman commented:
So he is admitting it failed?
mrt commented:
The stimulus failed because the small amount of money which did get spent on infrastructure, went to projects like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbWg-mozGsU&feature=related
squeaky commented:
FREE MONEY……..from a time when the guys
warning us about the government are now the government…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaAFo3oCl7s
bg commented:
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where has the money gone; where
is the “transparency”?? /not sarc/
i’m betting it’s being stowed away collecting
interest for a rainy day.. ie: 2012 Election!!
(not to mention paying off lobbyists
that supposedly don’t exist.. hah!!)
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chuck in st paul commented:
Actually that’s the perennial whine of the libtards – it didn’t work because we didn’t do it big enough. We just have to raise taxes and do it bigger, bigger, bigger.
Insanity, def: doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome each time.
“By their acts ye shall know them.”
Crazy is as libtard does.
Bill Fabrizio commented:
He’ just “Biden” his time until he is thrown out of office in January, 2013!
Robert commented:
If the money “saved and created” any jobs at all,
those were public-sector jobs.
FedUp commented:
I am so sick and tired of this regime blaming the GOP and everyone else for the Dems (legion) shortcomings. The only blame I think the GOP should own up to will be Nov. when they kick the snot out of the Dems and take over the House and Senate!
GOP – keep your head down, eye on the ball and tend to business. We can’t afford another 2 years of this schlock! Don’t screw it up now!
eaglewingz08 commented:
The dems had 60 votes in the filibuster proof Senate, and 259 votes in the House. The WH did not do anything to bring repubs on board for the porkulus and they didn’t even hide their partisanship at the time.
Alan commented:
They simply can’t tell the truth from all the lies.
gus commented:
They allowed ZERO REPUBLICANS on the CONFERENCE COMMITTEE that RAPES US.
They could NOT allow any witnesses to the deals that were cut.
We need to kick them back. Right in the balls.
But we won’t because most Republicans are pathetic sissies.
Espresso Logic - The 6th Sense commented:
I find this very odd. Biden’s a$$hat fits Obama’s head perfectly. Methinks there is a “one size fits all” a$$hat for the Libtards.
Plugs commented:
Maybe Joe should take a look up north for some inspiration about how to create an environment that supports job creation, instead of enacting socialism and killing American jobs. If the US economy was performing the same way as Canada’s, it would have added 932,000 jobs last month (the US economy is 10x the size of Canada’s). Instead, Biden, Obama, Reit, Pelosi and all the other clueless radical dems killed yet more private sector jobs pushing failed socialist policies and give-aways to their supporters:
“Canada’s economy created six times more jobs than forecast in June, a near-record gain that pressures the central bank to raise interest rates again this month even as cracks in the U.S. recovery threaten to cool the country’s scorching growth…Statistics Canada said on Friday that employment surged by 93,200 in June, flying past market expectations for 15,000 jobs… Businesses are generally more confident about the domestic economy than export markets, particularly the United States, where demand for Canadian goods is faltering. That partly explains why services like retail stores and wholesalers created the most jobs in June, while factory owners dismissed workers. The overall gains were the second largest on record after the 108,700 reported in April. The labor market has now nearly recovered the 417,000 jobs lost during the recession…”
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/government/wrapup–canada-rate-hikes-seen-stunning-job-gain-370134179/?cmpid=prn_baynote_Canadas_Economy_Sees_Massive_Jobs_Increase
Anyone want to move to Canada?
Agent99 commented:
OBAMA BLASTS GOP http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/taxes/carte-goodwin-appointment-gives-democrats-path-to-unemployment-e/19557880/ BHO now has his 60 votes back. Gov Joe Manchin (D) WV has appointed Carte Goodwin (D) to fill Sen Byrd’s Senate Seat. So WATCH OUT!! REID/PELOSI et al are now FULL SPEED AHEAD AGAIN!
Espresso Logic - The 5th Sense commented:
Anyone want to move to Canada?
No.
bg commented:
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OT..
Obama Moves away from ‘Freedom of
Religion’ toward ‘Freedom of Worship’?
["This change in phraseology could well be viewed by human rights defenders and by officials in other countries as having concrete policy implications. Freedom of worship is only one aspect of religious freedom and a purposeful change in language could mean a much narrower view of the right, ignoring such components as religiously motivated expression and religious education as well as ignoring incursions such as discrimination in government benefits and privileges or the creation of climates of impunity, where private religiously-motivated violence isn't prevented and punished."
Mark Twain used to say, "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." As Catholics, this is an area where we must remain vigilant. These small changes can be used to change our perception of rights and freedoms. In retrosprect, the past hundred years gives us a number of significant issues in which this has already happened to one degree or another. Abortion, contraception, marriage, the family, and gender have all been re-engineered to fashion a new worldview.
What may seem an innocent shift in language now could possibly end up as a "tipping point" for our religious freedom. Make no mistake; this is the goal and desire of the many inside and outside our current administration.]
if they aren’t busy re-labeling, they are outright busy changing the
meanings of words, you know that’s what prog-libs apparently do
best..
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Chisum commented:
How To Achieve 1.6% Unemployment
BO has the right idea (government jobs), he just pays them too much. Way too much.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/18/finally-americas-candidate-speaks/
squeaky commented:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZiIzZQC0c0
maybe obama shouldn’t answer the knocks at his door. so much for the smartest guy in the world. who’s keeping tabs?
[IG report says Obama GM, Chrysler moves needlessly accelerated job losses]
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/IG-report-says-Obama-GM-Chrysler-moves-needlessly-accelerated-job-losses-98709459.html#ixzz0u5BaFrS3
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/IG-report-says-Obama-GM-Chrysler-moves-needlessly-accelerated-job-losses-98709459.html
wanumba commented:
During the videos, were Biden or Obama idlely scratching their cheeks with their middle fingers again?
AuntieMadder commented:
What I want to know is what’s Baby Bear going to do when he finds out Oilbama got ahold of his “just right” stimulus money and “ate it all up?”
StrngernFiction commented:
We need to kick them back. Right in the balls.
But we won’t because most Republicans are pathetic sissies.
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gus, I think this supports your point (although I’m not sure sissies is the word I’d use — perhaps the lesser statist scum or the enemy withins JV squad):
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/07/18/senate-republicans-to-tea-party-activists-go-to-h-e-double-hockeysticks/
kato commented:
The only thing that is “undersized” is Biden’s brain.
Militant Conservative commented:
A usefull Idiot working for an affirmative action hire. A true trailerpark trash working for a protected class Idiot. Obama knows what he is doing folks, distruction is his middle name.
powder is dry.
bg commented:
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StrngernFiction @ 8:14 pm #29
even though he was railroaded, i never cared much for Trent Lott,
also believe he and Sam Donaldson share the same hairdresser..
and Lindsey Graham needs to be added to the list..
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bg commented:
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Militant Conservative @ 10:40 pm #31
re: [Obama knows what he is doing]
problem is, so do a lot of other people, yet sooner or later, one way or another, he gets exactly what he wants.. and we ain’t seen nothin’ yet, Bush tax cuts expire in 1/11, and i’m sure we’ll find out what’s in those bills he signed soon enough, oh wait..
oh never mind.. i got confused for a second there.. i was thinking about what we’re finding out is not in them they swore would be vs what is in them they swore wouldn’t be..
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