REVOLT!… CEO’s Blow Off Obama’s Big Jobs Summit & Photo-Op

Poor Joe Biden sat all alone!
The CEO’s had better things to do.

When Barack Obama invited several CEO’s to his Wednesday jobs summit discussion and photo-op he didn’t expect this…
They blew him off.
No thank you, Mr. President.
The Politico reported:

Dozens of journalists packed into the East Room at the White House today for the president’s remarks on “in-sourcing,” at least 60 of them lining the press risers and walls.

But what many couldn’t see in press coverage of the event — held with roughly 120 executives to discuss bringing jobs back to America from overseas — were the dozens of empty seats in the audience.

At one point during Obama’s speech, Vice President Joe Biden strolled to the empty section and sat in a row by himself, listening.

A White House spokeswoman, asked about the 49 empty chairs, said some invitees didn’t show up.

“Like with many of these events here at the White House, we invited representatives from outside groups, businesses and community leaders involved in this issue to attend, and unfortunately some folks invited were not able to attend at the last minute,” spokeswoman Amy Brundage said.

More… Glenn Reynolds has more on Joe Biden’s isolation:

Perhaps Joe’s entourage was still locked in the closet.

#1 January 11, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Gride commented:

Ron Paul is a kook nutjob
#2 January 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Mike commented:

49 empty chairs, 1 empty suit.
#3 January 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm
FurryGuy commented:

“Like with many of these events here at the White House, we invited representatives from outside groups, businesses and community leaders involved in this issue to attend, and unfortunately some folks invited were not able to attend at the last minute,” spokeswoman Amy Brundage said.

Unlike the fraud in the WH, business and community leaders have a job other than perpetually campaigning.

Even the Pravda MFM is finding it hard to polish this turd to shiny bright.
#4 January 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Granny commented:

it is a rare and unusual thing for anyone to turn down an invitation to the White House and something that, once accepted, one does not fail to attend barring a death in the immediate family. They don’t really want us to believe that there were 49 dire emergencies at the last minute, do they?
#5 January 11, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Rose commented:

hehehehehe

There may be hope for us, YET!
#6 January 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm
LookUp commented:

ALL did not show…NOT “some”.
#7 January 11, 2012 at 4:48 pm
BAGMAN 25 commented:

This may have been awful hard for O’bama to do today, since he was in Chicago all day today…
ooops somebody goofed…right Jim Hoft
#8 January 11, 2012 at 4:48 pm
chris commented:

That can’t be joe. The guy in the pic has no hair and darned if every photo I see of Mr. Bite-me doesn’t have the appearance of a manly man with a manly mane.
#9 January 11, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Indiana commented:

Who wants to listen to a guy who’s never held a job? Obama is now easily recognized as a “snake oil salesman.”
#10 January 11, 2012 at 5:01 pm
SST commented:

#6…..

According to the story, 120 did.
#11 January 11, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

“Like with many of these events here at the White House, we invited representatives from outside groups, businesses and community leaders involved in this issue to attend, and unfortunately some folks invited were not able to attend at the last minute…”

“…we have their names…and they, and their industries, will be dealt with — swiftly and brutally — by legions of unaccountable bureaucrats occupying dozens of unconstitutional regulatory agencies…for their insolence toward the Fuhrer.”

Unspoken but absolutely and inevitably true. Wait and see.

This is who these people ARE.
#12 January 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Godwin can suck eggs.

Walks like “der ducken”….talks like “der ducken”….
#13 January 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm
FurryGuy commented:

So exactly what is Barry going to tell business leaders that they haven’t already heard from the man? That they aren’t evil capitalists who exploit the workers and unfairly concentrate the wealth? The only business owners who want an audience with “The Won” are those who seek favor to benefit from taxpayer funded giveaways and crony capitalism.
#14 January 11, 2012 at 5:04 pm
cal rifkin commented:

Well, shuckins! Guess the aura of the hopey changy has started to dissipate. Not kissin’ BO’s A$$$ has no consequences anymore, but danger – If business assumes he’ll be out of the picture in 2012, the economy will start clickin’!!
#15 January 11, 2012 at 5:08 pm
FurryGuy commented:

#11 January 11, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Gibson Guitar Corporation comes to mind regarding the depths this administration is willing to plumb in achieving their agenda of neutering the economy.
#16 January 11, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

#13 FurryGuy

The only business owners who want an audience with “The Won” are those who seek favor to benefit from taxpayer funded giveaways and crony capitalism.

TRUTH.
#17 January 11, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

I can remember a few dozen Republican-owned GM dealerships that were closed by these Marxists, in favor of poorer-performing Fellow Traveller dealerships.

Bottom line doesn’t matter. The Democrat “Bottom Line” = “Party Loyalty”.
#18 January 11, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Zilla commented:

Who shines the back of Biden’s chrome dome? Dang that thing is glossy!
#19 January 11, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

OT

Goldman Sachs
Credit Suisse Group
Morgan Stanley
HIG Capital
Barclays
Kirkland & Ellis
Bank of America
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
EMC Corp
JPMorgan Chase & Co

“At least Obama had the decency to lie to America and pretend that he wasn’t going to hold her down while the bankers took turns raping her. If the Republicans are foolish enough to nominate Mitt Romney and he wins the general election, he is going to permit the pillaging of the American economy in a manner that hasn’t been seen since the Roman legions pillaged Carthage.”

http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/hope-and-change-republican-style.html
#20 January 11, 2012 at 5:20 pm
gosh! commented:

CEO don’t want to be use as prop-for Obama’s re-election ………………hehehehehehe………….Look at poor Joe sitting all by his lonely………………….just saying
#21 January 11, 2012 at 5:34 pm
tommy mc donnell commented:

they’ll be back when they want the next bailout.
#22 January 11, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Secret Squirrel commented:

#11 January 11, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

“…we have their names…and they, and their industries, will be dealt with — swiftly and brutally — by legions of unaccountable bureaucrats occupying dozens of unconstitutional regulatory agencies…for their insolence toward the Fuhrer.”

Unspoken but absolutely and inevitably true. Wait and see.

This is who these people ARE.
————-

I fear you are 100% correct in that.
#23 January 11, 2012 at 5:44 pm
USMC Thomas commented:

“Plugs” shiny dome is the brightest thing in the room.
#24 January 11, 2012 at 5:44 pm
InOhio commented:

Was Zero’s buddy Jeff Immelt, head of Obama’s ‘Job’s Council’ and CEO of GE, cheering Obama on and applauding the ‘Insourcing’ speech?

Pretty hypocritical, given that Immelt built plants IN CHINA to manufacture CFL & Halogen light bulbs, coincidentally while the old 100-watts were being phased out.

Sounds like outsourcing to me. This information needs to be made public.
#25 January 11, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Stuart commented:

Hey, If I want to hear BS and bald faced lies I don’t have to go all the way to DC to do it. Any old used car salesman or ambulance chasing liar, oh excuse me, lawyer, can fill the bill. I can hear lies right here in my home town without having to go through the TSA strip search to get to DC.
Perhaps these CEOs have finally figured that out as well.
#26 January 11, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:

I’m surprised they didn’t do what the Clinton did, pack the room with Whitehouse Staff and CALL THEM WHATEVER YOU WANT THEM TO BE!
#27 January 11, 2012 at 6:15 pm
#1AMERICAN commented:

Let the games begin…stuff that in your crack pipe Hussein…you are going down
#30 January 11, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Votemout2012 commented:

Apparently CEO’s are not up for President photo op for his up coming re-election. I think Barry had better come up with some new tricks.
#32 January 11, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Adi commented:

Gotta love the positive spin some lefties give to the event, you know 120 were present n’stuff.

So here’s another one: 120 CEOs did listen to a speech lecturing them how lazy America is, without having to pay $47,500/chair. Of course 49 of them missed the opportunity.
#33 January 11, 2012 at 7:43 pm
Bohica commented:

So lemme see here.. CEOs are supposed to take business advice from a govt that runs everything it touches into the ground and spends way more than it makes. Huh.
#34 January 11, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:

Kneel to thy KING peasant!
#35 January 11, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Texas_Treeroach commented:

Biden was again confused.
He thought he was attending an AA meeting.
(He always stis in the back for those)
#36 January 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm
J JHP commented:

The neo-fascists of the WH will deal with these counter revolutionaries. How dare they decline the invitation of the Dear Leader.
#37 January 11, 2012 at 9:11 pm
charlie commented:

Those that didnt attend were busy re-arranging their sock drawer.

BTW Joe needs afew hair plugs added.
#40 January 11, 2012 at 10:36 pm
J Craigski (the only true Commissar here) commented:

Comrade Craiski was not locked in the closet with comrade VP BIden. We were both enjoying the warm and security of being in the closet along with most of the WH staff. It is well known fact among the enlightened that the WH is well known for being in the closet.

Why do you think Maximum Leader Obama has a lifetime membership to Man’s World in Chicago.
#44 January 12, 2012 at 12:37 am
Billy Sol commented:

it’s great to know that there are 48 CEO’s that showed the good judgement to avoid this Marxist administration . . . . .but, you must admit that joe is great for laughs!!!!
#45 January 12, 2012 at 1:14 am
RickZ commented:

What does “in-sourcing” translate into from Owebama-speak?
#46 January 12, 2012 at 1:23 am
cbinflux commented:

Mebbe if BHO had handed out some cool lab jackets like the ones He gave to the socialist, pro-Obamacare docs and doc stand-ins in a previous photo op..? Or mebbe some CEO for BHO [TM] lapel pins..?
#48 January 12, 2012 at 1:28 am
Jones commented:

Obama’s got the stink of FAIL on him- nobody wants anything to do with him now
#50 January 12, 2012 at 5:25 am
egoist commented:

They break things, then – rather than undo what broke things – they kludge on more crap.
#51 January 12, 2012 at 5:44 am
Jake andrs commented:

This has got to be some kind of joke . Right?

The comments on the event are lame and just represent your ignorance of real life outside of your grandmothers basement.

Cheap shots, weak comments are the hallmark of the proganda of cowards . Just letting you know…..
#52 January 12, 2012 at 7:31 am
Observer commented:

“Cheap shots, weak comments are the hallmark of the proganda of cowards . Just letting you know…..”

Awwww, Mr. Child-of-Alinsky, are we stealing your LeftLibProgg thunder ?
#53 January 12, 2012 at 8:25 am
grannyb commented:

This moron has tried all the ways he can to destroy was is left. He is sinking his own ship. Can we pull the plug now so he can sink faster.
#54 January 12, 2012 at 9:23 am
Silentwind commented:

What is needed is a photo op of all the small business owners who have shut their doors or went tits up during the Obama regime. I would bet there is no stadium in the US that could hold them.

Obama is delusional if he thinks anyone actually believes him. Well, maybe except the bottom 20%, morons who still love him.
#55 January 12, 2012 at 10:41 am
Teddy commented:

#52 Good One! The best reality slap upside the head of a liberal I’ve read in a long time. I may steal the ‘child of Alinsky’ part…..tooo fuuunnny!
#57 January 12, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Questionman commented:

This Not good for the American People. This is not really a blow to Obama as it is bad news for the american People. If CEOs dont want to in-source jobs. And thus did not attend the meeting. This does not leave us better off.
There’s nothing worst that a president being lied about, saying he know nothing about running a business from the same losers who only knows how to run only on thing….their ingorant mouths!