OBAMA SPEAKING IN RACINE, WI on the economy - dissing Boehner

[flamingdem]

Who's watching?

[Solly Mack]

1. I am

He just got Barton on the apology to BP

[flamingdem]

3. Love it nt

[flamingdem]

2. Obama delivered the ant line to great applause

MSNBC

Mark Murray writes: The White House has released excerpts of President Obama's upcoming speech today in Racine, WI, to signal that he will use his remarks to criticize the Republicans on the economy -- and in particular House Minority Leader John Boehner (though not by name).

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(J)ust yesterday, I was stunned to hear the leader of the Republicans in the House say that financial reform was like using a nuclear weapon to target an ant. That’s right. He compared the financial crisis to an ant. The same financial crisis that led to the loss of nearly eight million jobs. The same crisis that cost people their homes and their lives savings.

Well if the Republican leader is that out of touch with the struggles facing the American people, he should come here to Racine and ask people if they think the financial crisis was an ant. He should ask the men and women who’ve been out of work for months at a time. He should ask the Americans who send me letters every night that talk about how they’re barely hanging on.

These Americans don’t believe the financial crisis was an ant. They know that it’s what led to the worst recession since the Great Depression. And they expect their leaders in Washington to do whatever it takes to make sure a crisis like this never happens again. The Republican leader might want to maintain a status quo on Wall Street. But we want to move America forward.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel emails this response: “The president should be focused on solving the problems of the American people – stopping the leaking oil and cleaning up the Gulf, scrapping his job-killing agenda, repealing and replacing ObamaCare – instead of the House Republican Leader’s choice of metaphors. It's clear Boehner was not minimizing the crisis America faced - he was pointing out that Washington Democrats have produced a bill that will actually kill more jobs and make the situation worse.”

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/06/30/4587884 ...

[gateley]

4. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

The talking heads said he would prob be critical of the Republicans (deservedly so!). Good speech!

[flamingdem]

5. Thanks Gately!

[global1]

6. Can't Find This Being Telecast On CSpan, CNN or MSNBC.....

where can I watch this?

Seems when the President hits back at the Repugs - we never get to see it telecast in its entirety. MSM sucks.

[MBS]

8. livestreaming at CNN

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=str...
hopefully will also be archived, on CNN and/or C-span
Outstanding speech; currently doiong Q and A. HERE's the man I voted for.. .this makes my day.

[gateley]

9. They WERE following it on MSNBC, but cut away. I don't know if it's online. But

if you're interested, Lindsey Graham is doing another dance with Kagan on CSpan3 -- pretty interesting.

[SpiralHawk]

7. The Boehner has ants in his pants?

Well, I suppose that's somewhat of an improvement over wide-stacne Republicon Senators in Diapers out viOLatinG their marriage vOwS by boinKing hOOkers. But not much...

[blm]

12. heheheh...cracking me up.....

as usual




imo, YOU are a DU treasure

[flamingdem]

14. I'd like to see some red army ants on boner if you know what i mean! nt

[FrenchieCat]

10. Twas good, till MSNBC decided the speech was over as the

Town Hall hadn't yet started!

[lpbk2713]

11. Sorry I missed it.

Even though it's common knowledge that Boner is a putz it's still good to get a laugh at his expense now and then.

[newtothegame]

13. Requesting action, not rhetoric.

Would like to see more of us on DU pushing for the administration to follow through on campaign promises, instead of eagerly awaiting "zingers" in some speech.

[flamingdem]

16. Don't waste your time we are all brainwashed Obamabots!

xox

[upi402]

15. His walk, not his talk

That's what I'm watching now. I don't give one whit what his mouth does anymore.

[flamingdem]

17. take it out on the blue dogs nt