Obama Challenges Republicans to Vote on Jobs Bill or Explain Opposition

Thank you, Jake Tapper, for daring to ask one question about Fast and Furious. The public perception is that Attorney General Holder either lied or displayed incompetence during his testimony.

A network reporter has stated publicly that a White House official yelled at her and cursed at her.

Other than your question, wrapped into a larger one, 40 minutes in the sounds of silence from the White House Pet Corps, er, Press Corps, send a very strong message to the public about the fifth estate.

Thanks for asking (at least somewhat) tough questions, Jake. I don’t think they are terribly aggressive by any means, but compared to your peers you are ferocious!! Go, Jake, go, represent the taxpayers in this country.

You just have to love it, blames the republicans and the one who did not let it come to a vote is Sen. Reid oh he is a DEMOCRAT. Defends Holder even that he either lyed or has an incompetent staff. Buts thats ok, he is a DEMOCRAT. Tells the american public that if the republicans have ideas he will look at them, they have brought forward numerous bills and all we hear is NO,NO,NO, but that’s alright it comes from the DEMOCRATS.

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HOW STUPID IS OBAMA??? Doesn’t he know they are other media outlets like drudge that does not carry his water…Harry Reid blocked the vote ASK Harry why he is an obstructionist boyking

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I personally do not want Congress to vote on any bill that is not there for the public to see!

The president is correct to call out the highly unpopular congressional republicans for their failures, partisanship, obstinance and unwillingness to work with or listen to the American people. They have broken the promises they made to listen to the American people and focus on jobs.

A majority of Americans support the jobs bill and the Buffett rule. A majority of Americans also find Obama more trustworthy on the economy and jobs than they find the highly unpopular congressional republicans. A majority of Americans correctly blame the economy, credit downgrade and unemployment on Republicans.

People are sick of the games which is why Occupy Wall Street and its spinoffs are gaining momentum now.

GIV’EM HELL BARRY!

Support us, DUMP DISNEY< DUMP GE< DUMP CBSCORP< DUMP COMCASTS… these low life wall street companies, nothing but GREED
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Dump GE? Good luck…

And he is right they should vote on the 2011 American jobs act, that Republican
Louie Gohmert introduce to the house last month. The Texas congressman brought
it to the floor of congress, before Obama could get a democrat to bring his bill to the floor which still has no co-sponsor.

First off, I am not affiliated with any party.
Dear President Obama,
I’d like to say Cudos on your work with the Credit Card Companies. Now…GET OUT THERE and DO the same with The Banks, Insurance Companies, and Big Corporate Controllers.
Concerning the earlier part of today’s speech, we’ve known the problem sir. We’ve been informed of your solution and Congress did not pass the BILL. Once again, please understand, “THIS BILL IS NOT GOING THROUGH!” So! instead of continueing the thinking in your box come out and give an alternative solution Pronto! Think on your feet, you are the President for Lord’s sake. If the problem calls for immediacy, be immediate. Don’t just blame Party Politica and leave them with an ultimatum; “either pass this or the country (the people” will suffer more.”
Wow! I want a team player like you on my side (sic).
When I finally hear a man who is able to truly and honestly say (AND I DON:T ME ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL) “We the American People instead of “The People” or “The American Public”….I’ll start listening to him with hope.
Sincerely from a True and Proud American

The Democrat Senate doesn’t respect Obama. Harry Reid refuses to put Obama’s Bill to a Vote. It just shows that NOBODY Likes or Respects Obama, even his party.

Will someone please tell the POTUS that the Republicans tried to vote on the bill and Harry Reid would not allow it. Maybe Barry doesn’t get it?

We are a train wreck. “The result is that unemployment is rising to dangerous levels all over the world. Governments, businesses and consumers are awash in debt, and living standards are plummeting. A record one billion human beings—nearly one-seventh of the human race—face hunger and starvation (Rifkin, 2011)”.

We have to lead in solar, we had 7 companies we are down to 4 manufacturers China had 4 and now has over 12. We could do as we did in WW2 and use defunct Federal land, build clean rooms and build aesthetic state of the art solar arrays. A true strategic initiative that will amount to jobs especially if the solar arrays can be made cost effective. The Federal Government has a big role to play here. Almeda Naval Air Stations is but one prime derelict land example. But we don’t and the economic war China and India are waging the West is slowly losing. Be ready to speak another language in 30 years, if this keeps up. Republicans are treasonous in their refusals. Time we stop benefiting the few and the country club lifestyle, and start benefit the working class. As Obama said, when the working class and poor are elevated the wealthy make even more money. This is a no brainer.

Rifkin, Jeremy (2011). The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World (Kindle Locations 108-110). Palgrave Macmillan. Kindle Edition.

Note to Rick: If anyone is practicing dictatorship it is the republicans…their my way or the highway is getting old. As to class warfare..they also have been practicing this for years so no wonder they know exactly what it is….they use this warfare for the rich…..why can’t Obama use it to protect the middle class? This country is lopsided with tax breaks for the wealthy and tax cuts for middle class and it has increased since this tea party/rep. party got in after the 2010 elections. However, the states who voted republican are now suffering buyer’s remorse and are doing everything they can to get rid of those they elected in 2010 and stopping more hardships on the middle class. They are fighting back in Ohio and Wisconsin and Florida. The wall street demonstrations are another example of disgust with the inactivity of the republican party which has been putting party before country for the last three years. They said the second week of Obama’s administration they would not work with him and they have not. Those that did on the health care bill were sanctioned and threatened with no financial support from the party if they do t his again. So let’s not be so quick to say who is the dictator and who is the person trying to right what is wrong with this country. To sign a petition to a nobody like Norquest and refuse to allow revenue is unpatriotic and unproductive for this country. Who is this person who is more important than the American citizens who need this revenue to be passed? Talk about dictatorship…no one in the rep.party dare to go against this petition. At least in the democratic party…they can express different opinions which is healthy for the economy because sometimes better ideas come out of this. They do not live in fear that they will be admonished….that is what America is about…free expression of opinions not being told sign this petition or else. Talk about control….that is what is happening in the rep/tea party and it is hurting our country.

JEFFREY IMMELT – I have a question for you, what companies do you own stocks in? I’M BETTING NONE!

If anyone is practicing dictatorship it is the republicans…their my way or the highway is getting old.

Posted by: Talmag | October 6, 2011, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

You mean the way Democrats rammed Obamacare down our throats? Obama isn’t protecting the middle class. He’s created more poverty than any president in our lifetime. Do you even pay attention to the news? You’ve been deceived. Wake up.

JEFFREY IMMELT – I have a question for you, what companies do you own stocks in? I’M BETTING NONE!
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You be surprised what companies we own “stock” in.

“Republicans who vote against the jobs bill will be gone come November 2012. The unemployed in this country are rapidly becoming a strong demographic force, and they will see to it. Vote against it at your own peril, Republicans………”

Just look what happened in 2010.

Dear, MR. Obama, I’m a disabled VET. and with all this crap on the hill we the people are sick of men and woman acting like a little rich kids that do not have to answer to anyone! By the way you can tell them to arrest and lock up anyone! but back to your bill and the spoiled so called representatives have had a free pass for to long! we the people are sick of all the crap all the fighting and he said she said crap! but this does not stop the fact your loan program is set up for the rich to rob the people, and not hold them accountable for the money we give them! we need more, we want more, but in the same time we need to make them accountable for there action! they took all that money you gave them and ever one new they would fail but no one stopped them or held them accountable as the rich good old boys took part of the money and add it to there own money! this was crap! we all could see this! you and your office new they would fail but every one did nothing and just let it happen and at the end every one just look at each other and said I told you so! this just will not make it in this day and time! if you need help I will help! I know I can do a better job then what just happen! and that’s sad I can’t pay my bill’s but I can see this does not make a difference to the rich fat cats!

Jobs bill? What jobs bill? This is stimulus rehashed…

JRobinson (12:43 AM); “Clearly this should be obvious to SOMEONE at ABC that the infamous jobs bill is just a prop. The dems have resisted any chance to vote on it, or even sponsor it in the house. Please, for once, try and take off the ideologial blinders and look at the game being played; its becoming obvious even to four year olds.” Should be, but apparently not. I chalk it up to total denial resulting from a pathelogical political ideology.

Yes, the Dems also take a load of money too but it’s easy to see WHICH party is lower than a SNAKE and it begins with “R”!!!-

I couldn’t agree more. A real shame..

Americans also find Obama more trustworthy than Obama on jobs and the economy, per the ABC poll. Kimberly | October 6, 2011, 1:01 pm +++++Sorry but Gallup says that a majority of Americans trust repubs over dims when it comes to our prosperity and safety…

Gallup Sept 11 2011 “Americans Give GOP Edge in Handling Nation’s Problems”…Read it and weep.

Dear President Obama

What does the AIFA proposal on pages 91 to 147 of S1549 have to do with creating jobs NOW? Why did you propose creating another super-secret government owned bank to provide infrastructure using ‘blind trust investments’? Why do you think AIFA should be completely exempt from US Code Chapter 91 Title 31?

What about the Public Safety Broandband Corporation on pages 198 to 240 of S1549? If this is such a good idea, why do you propose that this be set up as a 100% private corporation, headed up by people with lifetime appointments that only you, Harry Reid and the Democrat controlled Senate appoint and approve?

If this jobs bill is supposed to help all unemployed Americans, why is almost all of the proposed spending targeted only to unions and construction jobs? Aren’t there millions of unemployed Americans who are not in either the construction fields or government employee fields that also need and deserve some help?

Kimberly (1:01 PM); “Americans also find Obama more trustworthy than Obama on jobs and the economy, per the ABC poll.” Huh?

Obama is hypocrite in chief. He talks out of both sides of his mouth. He needs to go!! Chicago Gangster

we live in the fast and furious gun runners are just like the rich and corrupt nuts running the white house and the all of our representatives have failed all of us! they break our laws, and will not answer to the people that pay there checks, we do not need to know every thing! but this crap of gun running has to stop and the people that did this needs to be locked up! with not fall guys the men that told them to do this needs to pay! they need to be locked up! then we need to stop all the gun grabbers out there as they are breaking the law and no one has put the ATF/ BATF in check! this is nuts! WE THE PEOPLE HAVE LAWS THAT THEY HAVE CRAPPED ON AND THIS NEEDS TO STOP! AND THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE CRAPPING NEED TO BE LOCKED UP! JUST LIKE THE BIG SHOTS TAKING MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYERS AND SPENDING IT ON JUNK BUSINESS READY TO FAIL! COME ON! THE TIME IS NOW WE HAVE SOLDIERS COMING HOME TO NO JOBS AND LIVING IN TENTS, AS WE JUST GIVE MONEY TO THE FAT CATS THAT WE KNOW ARE JUST GOING TO TAKE PART OF THE MONEY AND PUT IT IN A BANK WHERE WE CAN NOT GET TO IT, AS THERE BUSINESS IS FAILING! AND THE SAD PART OF THIS IS THEY KNOW IT WOULD FAIL BEFORE THEY STARTED! THIS IS JUST LIKE THE HOUSING BOOM BUT IN A MUCH SINISTER WAY! LOOP HOLES SET UP TO DO THIS!

demnme | October 6, 2011, 1:15 pm ++++LOL….Uh…Sorry but you are full of crap. Read the article.

“Americans also find Obama more trustworthy than Obama on jobs and the economy, per the ABC poll.” Huh?

Posted by: newcountryman | October 6, 2011, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Americans find Obama more trustworthy than the highly unpopular *congressional Republicans* on jobs and the economy, per the ABC poll.

Wact 1, that was several weeks ago. I cited the gallup poll after that which clearly shows Americans support Obama’s job bill provisions. The ABC poll is also more recent.

The ABC poll is also more recent.

Posted by: Kimberly | October 6, 2011, 1:21 pm +++Sure a couple of weeks and his continued sinking poll numbers would have changed that…Bahahaha!!!!!

TICKED OFF: The majority of the old people in the military are conservatives.

The President does not understand logic! Trying to link a laid off teacher to improved education assumes that one causes the other. Many inner city teachers are laid off because inner city student population has gone down! Changing student population means fewer inner city teachers are needed while more are needed in the suburbs. The book “Who Moved my Cheese” says that people need to understand if the job will come back or if the cheese has moved somewhere else!

Wact 1, according to Behind the numbers, there’s been a sharp turnaround in public sentiment toward the president on jobs since he rolled out his plan in early September. You’re purposely quoting an outdated poll. Bwaahahahahahahaha.

Fact is the majority of Americans support the jobs bill, and the congressional republicans are very unpopular. Extremely unpopular.

Fact is the majority of Americans support the jobs bill, and the congressional republicans are very unpopular. Extremely unpopular.

Posted by: Kimberly | October 6, 2011, 1:45 pm THE GALLUP QUESTIONS DIDN’T ASK ABOUT THE BILL AND OBAMA ISN’T RUNNING FOR REELECTION AGAINST CONGRESS BAHAHAHA!!!!!!

The? Is did anyone actually read the entire bill or are they going to do like the president said ” pass the bill”. Like they did with obamacare, “we need to pass this bill in order to find out what’s in it”. A wise person once said “im not signing a thing till I read it first”.

The Senate minority leader republican Mitch mcConnel asked for a vote on Obumble’s bogus jobs bill on Tuesday and Democrap senetor Harry Reid wouldn’t allow the vote. Obama should talk to democrats about stalling his bill. Democrats don’t want anything to do with that bill.

This is Porkulus 2.

He is positioning himself (again) to play the blame-game. He says we should go another $447 Billion in debt to create 1.9 million jobs (that’s more than $200,000 per job), mostly in the non-productive public sector, that will have to be paid for by taxpayers starting in year two, or eliminated. Some plan!

Taxing millionaires is another hoax since it would take more than 20 years of surcharge revenue to pay for this one program, and that’s assuming millionaires don’t do anything to lessen their tax burden.

Long-term growth HAS to come from the private sector, something for which he has complete disdain, unless they’re willing to make substantial contributions.

protest from the US puplic maybe our last and only hope to end corporate greed and stop our jobs from being sold out to the lowest bidder… support occupy wall street, make yourself heard and seen now.

Obama 2012 Landslide!!!!!

What a joke this President is, Dems do not want to vote on this second stimulus, so tired of the President saying the American people this or that, he has no clue what we want or he would stop campaigning and start listening.

Maybe Obama can explain why his own party doesn’t support his ideas or why the Senate refuses to look at House bills.
Barry is an experiment gone wrong.

Wake up people. The MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX protects the rich and powerful. Pres. IKE warned us in 1959 but no one listen, understood or cared. Then we had Vietnam. WAR is good. Not greed is good. WAR is good. Why? Because it keeps the livestock down when it gets out of control and it makes a lo… more
Wake up people. The MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX protects the rich and powerful. Pres. IKE warned us in 1959 but no one listen, understood or cared. Then we had Vietnam. WAR is good. Not greed is good. WAR is good. Why? Because it keeps the livestock down when it gets out of control and it makes a lot of money.

Obama proposes more of the same Keynesian voo-doo economics that brought us TARP and the 2009 “stimulus” programs … policies that increased unemployment and depressed economic growth while dramatically increasing the size, scope & cost of the federal government. What planet is Obama from, thinking that anyone would back more of the same? Does he really think the people are foolish enough to buy his “we’ve got to do something, even if it’s the wrong thing” rhetoric after nearly 3 years of unbroken failure by his administration? Even his own party is running hard… away from Obama and his legacy of failure.

So Obama wants to fund more bridge and highway projects with federal tax money. Here in NY, our dedicated highway fund was raided by our politicians to pay for other things and now Obama wants to give them more money to divert elsewhere? If he wants to use federal money to speed up federal projects that are already planned but not yet funded and that add real value (not just a bridge to nowhere), then get going. Don’t waste our money funding regional airports that a politician wants but no one uses, and don’t build highways that only a handful of people will (occasionally) use. We don’t need high speed rail that can’t go high speed because it shares track with other lines and goes where no one needs to go. Strategic spending that passes standard cost / benefit analysis makes sense. Here’s an idea – how about funding a project for New Orleans that will raise the city above sea level so people can return and rebuild their homes? How about investing in the construction of state of the art power generation facilities that use coal and replace old, polluting plants and then getting the money back over time?

It would be a lot more helpful if the Republicans would clearly spell out what parts of the American Jobs Act they support, and which they don’t – and give sensible reasons for their support or lack of it!

I see a country that is severely divided. Who is to blame? Obama? really? I just don’t buy into GOP’s claim that he is a : dictator, communist, an elitist, etc. It amazes me because when I see Obama I see a man of great character & compassion. I do not see a ego maniac , I see someone wanting to reach out & work with people. Then I see Republicans do nothing but call him names, say the economy is all his fault (republican denial) …most of all I just see GOP doing anything they can to do a character assasination on him since day 1. It is very symbolic of what I hear that loudmouth Rush Limbaugh talk like. I can not stand Rush Limbaugh & for the life of me can not understand ANYONE who would buy into that mindset. But here we are & I see so many comments that fall lock step in with Rush Limbaugh’s tirade of hate. How long has Rush been hating (just the libs mind you) & all the while GOP’s answer to the economy is to deregulate…I mean , do we just forget Enron , & Wall Street & Big Oil standing in the way of green technologies. How long do we let the status quo RICH control all of us. This is what has happened, & it happens under the blind eye of the GOP for profit’s sake only. And since they have been doing this , our country gets weaker & weaker. And everyday on Fox News they cry about how Obama is ruining this country. My God , what a sham the GOP is. When is truth going to be our guide. I trust Obama to give us the truth way more than I trust Bush, Cheney, Rove , McDonald, McCain, Palin, Bachman, Perry & the list goes on & on. Obama says America tell me what you need & I’ll try to get it done, then fails bc of the repub congress. Then the repubs turn around & say how ineffective HE is. I don’t know how much longer America can stand the strategies (or lack of) of the GOP. I can’t understand the hate for Obama. He is for the good of the people, but it’s the greed of the large corporations that make all the noise & play all the power plays so nothing gets done.
Now seriously, are you really going to vote for the GOP again with this type of mentality? If so, America I really don’t understand your trade of freedom for the GOPs dream of big corporations having everything. I guess it has to do with lobbyist. What a sham.

HHH…let me guess: Your answer is to tax people more and spend more money we don’t have on an ever-increasing, bloated and inefficient government bent on giving us more programs that do nothing to solve problems? Obama has to be responsible for his policies at some point during his four years in office, doesn’t he?

The single factor that controls every decision in our house since our income took a huge hit in 2008 is: do we have the money to pay for it? And, we have no debt other than a mortgage on a house that’s plummeted in value. Is this just another pork-filled stimulus bill (from the POTUS that promised no earmarks) that will benefit Wall Street and government contractors and add to the astronomical debt that our great grandkids will still be paying for? While I agree with some of the bill—hiring the unemployed who’d be collecting federal funds anyway—I’m betting most of it is more repayment for campaign support. I’ve lost all hope that this guy was going to be better than the buffoon we got rid of.

S – why do we talk about cutting the bloated government, then when it’s time to cut things out GIOP wants to cut medicare & not all the frivolous spending. It’s all the pork that politicians put into bills that noone sees that is the crazy spending that should be cut. But that is never mentioned. Also we should not put so much money into war. Think of the cost, think of the reward.. That’s not a good ratio. Plus so much waste (way more than in US) on defense overseas. Trying to be real here. No hate, just don’t understand hating someone that is trying to help us (obama) & those who don’t care to help us only bc they want their party to win (GOP)

Frank | October 6, 2011, 2:14 pm………………..You’ve obviously been listening to Rush Limbaugh. Those people on Wall Street who are protesting on behalf of the 99% have minds of their own. No one is leading or manipulating them. They’re running their camp as a democracy. You should really enlighten yourself. Those “people” (not kids), are using their voice in the way that the Constitution and Founders of this nation intended. And we the People of this nation were given those rights in order to prevent exactly the kind of corrupt activity we see going on in our Congress right now. And, for that matter, in our Judicial System where a corporate entity has been given the same rights and privileges as an individual.

The slackers, takers, scammers, etc., need to get an education and contribute something to society. Collecting checks from Uncle Sam shouldn’t really be life’s ambition. Posted by: s | October 6, 2011, 4:14 pm 4:14 pm ……………….the real slackers, takers, scammers are sitting on billions of dollars that they stole from the American people when they took down the economy with their Wall Street gambling. If you haven’t figured that out yet, you’re a lost cause. Or you’re working for them. Either way, you’re a waste of oxygen.

@ LAGUNATRIMOM – 5:02 post talks about the gluttony of america….have you noticed all the overweight people everywhere? I’m sorry if it struck a sour note. I know GOPers are so fragile.

yes GOP forget the years 2000 – 2008 they were swell. Obama is to blame for everything.

We are supposed to support the President. There has been nothing but the opposite from the day President Obama took his oath. Shame on John Boehner and his “followers”. The lambs are following him to a “slaughter” of sorts. They (Republicans) are cutting their own throats. They have tryed to block President Obama every step of the way. His job is difficult enough without having to be worried about every idea he puts out there being shot down. He is a common sense, no-nonsense person. He wants nothing but the best for his fellow Americans, despite what Boehner and his lambs think. It is going to take more than four years to even TRY to turn around the damage that Bush did.

I’m with the President on this one. The Republicans should describe exactly what they do and don’t support in the American Jobs Act and give their reasonable argument for why they do or don’t support those elements. Enough of the political posturing and game playing.

I’m with the President on this one. The Republicans should describe exactly what they do and don’t support in the American Jobs Act and give their reasonable argument for why they do or don’t support those elements. Enough of the political posturing and game playing.

Posted by: Jim | October 6, 2011, 8:50 pm 8:50 pm
I totally agree.

Have you ever heard of David Frum? He was a Republican until he got kicked out of the party for being too sensible. Today he responds to David Brooks and Ramesh Ponnaru regarding the Republican consensus on the economy, pointing out 13 things Republicans have WRONG. The things they have wrong include the wrongheaded call for money tightening, denying the revenue problem, demanding immediate debt reduction rather than waiting until after the economy recovers, opposing job-creating infrastructure programs, and so forth.

Americans support President Obama’s jobs bill and are sick of the gridlock and the do nothing congress.

I’m with the President on this one. The Republicans should describe exactly what they do and don’t support in the American Jobs Act and give their reasonable argument for why they do or don’t support those elements. Enough of the political posturing and game playing.

Posted by: Jim | October 6, 2011, 8:50 pm 8:50 pm

Absolutely. Enough of the nonsense.

Democrats know not to vote for this bill.

Note to SapienHetero: This president is an American and like it or not he is as much white as he is black…it is a 50/50 thing. He had a black father but a white mother and her family were all white and Americans. He was raised mostly by his white grandparents and whose grandfather fight for us in the war. He saw his dad once for about a few hours…do you think those few hours made him different? He expresses the views taught to him by his mother who woke him up at 5:30 a.m. to study and when she died her parents continued to educated him school wise and American wise. so get off this Kenyanism stuff…you got that word from Limbaugh …get real here….he is an American and as much white as he is black so deal with it.