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amandabeech

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3. Mr. President, you should've been focusing on the economy all along.
Sat Feb 9, 2013, 12:40 PM
Feb 2013

Instead, as soon as your wall-street-style economic advisers told you that everything was going to be hunky dory (and you had a rough time with the Pugs), you just shimmied over to something else and left JOBS and the economy in a bad place.

Are you now, almost four years later, just starting to realize that things aren't as great as Larry Summers and Time Geithner told you?

By focusing on jobs and the economy do you mean focusing on the Trans Pacific Partnership?

I hate to say it, but the President has disappointed me so many time on this subject that I'll believe it when the U-6 number starts going down below 10.

On edit: improving education might help employment in the long run, but I have my doubts that
reducing the deficit will do much now and in the near future. And those Afghan vets will need jobs. Where will they come from Mr. President?

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Ayn Randian repubs will surely have an insult Kingofalldems Feb 2013 #1
If he even mentions "entitlement reform"... SHRED Feb 2013 #2
Mr. President, you should've been focusing on the economy all along. amandabeech Feb 2013 #3
More non-reality from the TeaLeft. Obama SAVED THE AUTO INDUSTRY, has created MILLIONS of jobs, he RBInMaine Feb 2013 #8
Poverty rate keeps increasing, increasing MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #10
What do you mean by TeaLeft? amandabeech Feb 2013 #12
if you don't swoon you're suspicious, amandabeech Skittles Feb 2013 #18
I'm still waiting for a definition of TeaLeft. amandabeech Feb 2013 #14
It's name calling pure and simple SHRED Feb 2013 #20
Yeah I have the same sentiment Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #11
According to our AG who is staying on, none of the bankers committed any fraud. amandabeech Feb 2013 #13
thanks for posting this SHRED Feb 2013 #22
You're welcome! amandabeech Feb 2013 #23
More AP drivel BumRushDaShow Feb 2013 #4
AP stands for ABSOLUTE PUKE. RBInMaine Feb 2013 #9
What? Not one word about Beyonce lip-syncing? slackmaster Feb 2013 #5
I wonder ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #6
Let me guess: we need to reassure the skittish Job Creators MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #7
Yet another bite at the apple... TiberiusB Feb 2013 #16
that would be nice MR. PRESIDENT CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #15
I appreciate the retoric, but you know the rethugs are about to force the PO let go 120,000 workers. judesedit Feb 2013 #17
He should say ... SHRED Feb 2013 #19
"...refocus..." SHRED Feb 2013 #21
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