Obama and the Dems just lost Nevada

[zx150]

Open mouth insert foot. I can't believe some people like this guy. We will see how many people still like him on election day.

[Tim_T]

Everyone here knows I am anti Obama, but I just don't see the problem with what he said:

"Obama rubbed quite a few Nevadans the wrong way Tuesday when he suggested rolling the dice on the Vegas Strip wasn’t the wisest move “when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices. It's time your government did the same."

Perhaps that’s not such bad advice. After all, who would suggest gambling with your college tuition?"


If advice like this would have been heeded before Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, most of us would have been fine with it. As far as I am concerned, it might be the most intelligent advice the POTUS has ever given.

[bassiusmaximus]

I understood his point as we all did. But, he keeps pointing the finger at Las Vegas. There are plenty of places people gamble away the money they can't afford to lose, alot of people spend their money on booze and drugs as well.
There are families that depend on the income from the gambling and entertainment industry. Would we feel like it was okay for him to have used the Kentucky Derby twice instead of Las Vegas. Or for him to say we should not go fishing, boating, hunting? It's none of his business.
We need a President, we don't need some guy who thinks he's our daddy. He should spend his time focusing on being a daddy to Congress. Congress and the Pres. are the ones spending all our, kids and grandkids, money. JMO

[Tyme2fish]

He gives a speach, says something else stupid and the DOW goes down another 200 points.

Just shut up already!!! He's the most over exposed POTUS ever.

[gilly]

i can't stand the slimey dems any more than you, but i see this a little differently. i agree with some of what he said. poor people shouldn't go on a cruise or blow their money in a casino. that's a losing situation for sure and their family will suffer. seems like most of the people i see buying lottery tickets are raggedy bums with a car load of dirty younguns. they should be saving their money and they wonder why they can't get ahead. the right should have kept their mouth shut on the vegas subject.

[bassiusmaximus]

the right should have kept their mouth shut on the vegas subject.

FYI This isn't coming from the right. It's Democrats and Independants.


Goodman, an Independent who left the Democratic Party, was similarly steamed a year ago when Obama said in a speech that Wall Street bankers receiving bailout money should not take trips to Las Vegas "on the taxpayers' dime."

The mayor was not the only Nevada official to fire away at the president yesterday. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the entire congressional delegation sent word to the White House that tourism is the struggling city's lifeblood, and rebukes from the commander-in-chief won't help bring the local economy back from the recession.

[RoadToad]

Goodman, an Independent who left the Democratic Party, was similarly steamed a year ago when Obama said in a speech that Wall Street bankers receiving bailout money should not take trips to Las Vegas "on the taxpayers' dime."

Didn't he end up issuing an apology back then? You'd think he would have learned.

[bassiusmaximus]

Didn't he end up issuing an apology back then? You'd think he would have learned.

I think that's what the mayor meant when he said Obama was a slow learner.

[DJD]

Everyone here knows I am anti Obama, but I just don't see the problem with what he said:

"Obama rubbed quite a few Nevadans the wrong way Tuesday when he suggested rolling the dice on the Vegas Strip wasn’t the wisest move “when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices. It's time your government did the same."

Perhaps that’s not such bad advice. After all, who would suggest gambling with your college tuition?"


If advice like this would have been heeded before Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, most of us would have been fine with it. As far as I am concerned, it might be the most intelligent advice the POTUS has ever given.

I just wish he would follow his speech writers advice!

[mhall]

I agree with Tyme which is why I posted this original thread.

Hey Obama SHUT THE HELL UP, at least for a couple of days already, Geeeze. He's killing the economy with his MOUTH!

[RICHYD4U]

Everyone here knows I am anti Obama, but I just don't see the problem with what he said:

"Obama rubbed quite a few Nevadans the wrong way Tuesday when he suggested rolling the dice on the Vegas Strip wasn’t the wisest move “when you’re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices. It's time your government did the same."

Perhaps that’s not such bad advice. After all, who would suggest gambling with your college tuition?"

Tim-
You are exactly right, it was really good advice...the only problem is it isn't his role, as President of the USA, to try and tell people how and when to spend their money. I'm sick of this government trying to tell us what to do all the time. They are the ones that WE should be telling what to do! IMHO.

By the way, my thermostat has stayed at a very comfortable 70 degrees all winter long...........take that Obama!

-Rich