The Presidential Planner – Obama Takes SOTU Message on the Road
EmailPresident Obama takes his message on the road this morning after Tuesday night’s State of the Union, launching a three-day tour across five battleground states.
The president will focus today on U.S. manufacturing, one of the four pillars of his “Blueprint for an America Built to Last,” which he outlined in Tuesday night’s address.
The president will tour Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, today before delivering remarks. Obama will visit an Intel campus in Phoenix later.
The president plans to touch on each of his pillars in the coming days. He will focus on energy Thursday with stops in Las Vegas and Denver. Obama will highlight skills for American workers in Detroit Friday.
At every stop along the way, the president will push U.S. values, the fourth pillar, which will include a focus on economic fairness. In his State of the Union address, the president called for an America where everyone pays their “fair share,” including the wealthy.
In addition to outlining his economic agenda, the president’s address Tuesday night clearly set the tone for his upcoming re-election campaign. While the president will spend the next day speaking to voters in critical swing states, the White House says the trip is purely official presidential business.
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The nations racist divider, and class warfare monger is on the road today at Taxpayer expense to campaign on misery brought about by his incompentent administratioon
Posted by: yep I said that | January 25, 2012, 10:31 am 10:31 am
From his SOTU Re-election speech -
“It’s time to apply the same rules from top to bottom: No bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts.” – Barry Hussein O’Bama
Only Obama could indignantly reprimand an action that he himself took with such consternation.
Posted by: Noz | January 25, 2012, 11:00 am 11:00 am
“and class warfare monger”
Class warfare monger??…..did you happen to hear what Mitt Romney is paying in taxes?
Let me play a little one for you…..
Posted by: the world's tiniest violin | January 25, 2012, 11:22 am 11:22 am
POSTED BY: THE WORLD’S TINIEST VIOLIN | JANUARY 25, 2012, 11:22 AM 11:22 AM, so you have a problem with someone paying what he owes, but you have no problem with Geithner, Randle or Buffet’s company not even paying what THEY owe.
Posted by: Lizzie | January 25, 2012, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
He is campaining!!! he is not leading he is back to his Hollywood Obama act.
Posted by: jimrod | January 25, 2012, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm
The state of the Union address was written on the *the 8th grade reading level
the racist divisions and class warfare of this incompentent administration continue
Now you understand how intelligent his supporters are
Posted by: yep I said that | January 25, 2012, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
I found the president’s speech rather uninspiring. Sorry – to me it just sounded like the same old rhetoric we’ve been hearing for years. I got more out of the republican response (and I’m not even a republican) .. I got a chuckle out of one of the witty lines (“the democrats would have you believe that without their benevolent guidance, we couldn’t pick out our own health care plan or find the right schools for our kids. Without them, we can’t even pick out the right light bulb.”). It made me chuckle and reminded me that I needed to change a light bulb in the bathroom.
Posted by: simply moi | January 25, 2012, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm
“Now you understand how intelligent his supporters are”
But they might be smart enough to see the absolute hypocrisy in Mitt Romney asking the working public to make further sacrifices in these hard times while he calls on them to help defend his amazingly low tax rates. -But he did use that wealth and power at Bain to create lots of jobs….oops!—-the music becomes more desperate at this point—-maybe we can use our fallback guy Gingrich instead—then the music becomes somber……
Posted by: the world's tiniest violin | January 25, 2012, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm
Call it what it is……..his campaign speech for his second term, filled with lies, deceit, and hypocrisy!
His record speaks for itself…….a total disaster!
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | January 25, 2012, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
Violin: “to see the absolute hypocrisy in Mitt Romney asking the working public to make further sacrifices in these hard times while he calls on them to help defend his amazingly low tax rates.”
You seem to be criticizing him for following the tax law as it is written. The rate people pay on corporate gains (Romney does not file the regular income tax – he pays corporate gains tax) is lower because it’s double taxation – people pay tax when they buy stocks, etc. then pay again (through capital gains tax) when they earn income from selling. There are valid reasons why it is lower than the standard income tax that most people pay every year – by the way, income is taxed only once. If you don’t like the tax code, lobby congress to change it (but I urge you to research the situation first because you don’t appear to know what you’re talking about) but don’t fault people for following a law they did not write. He paid his taxes the way the law instructed him to. The federal government earned a nice return from him. He did nothing wrong – get over it and move on already.
Posted by: missy me | January 25, 2012, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
i love the ” Class Warfare Monger” label…it fits and no cares about his same old attacks on people who work and pay taxes. you want to level the playing field? then end all welfare individaul and corporate… state of the union…hah ..it was a campaign speech to divide the country and blame everything on people who work, pay taxes and employ people. how lame can you be to follow this guy?
Posted by: catman | January 25, 2012, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
There are valid reasons why it is lower than the standard income tax that most people pay every year
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-and that is exactly what Mitt Romney and the Republicans are going to have to prove to working class Americans this election. Good Luck! -you’re going to need it….because there aren’t any valid reasons besides Bush era Republicans set it up that way. Now another little ditty for all the Republicans whining about class warfare…
Posted by: the world's tiniest violin | January 25, 2012, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
His record speaks for itself…….a total disaster!
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | January 25, 2012, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
Clearly, you’re thinking of the last Republican president.
Posted by: Bob | January 25, 2012, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
because there aren’t any valid reasons besides Bush era Republicans set it up that way. Now another little ditty for all the Republicans whining about class warfare…
Posted by: the world’s tiniest violin
It is valid because a taxpayer like Romney pays TWICE – not once like people who pay income tax. Tax payers who pay the corporate gains tax pay much more than that 15 percent. The federal government doesn’t just make money on the corporate gains end, it makes money on the buying end as well. Why people like you ignore this reality is beyond me it’s almost like you either completely don’t understand the tax system or you are so blinded by rhetoric that you don’t care about reality anymore. Honestly, I don’t know which is worse.
Posted by: somebody's mama | January 25, 2012, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm
Posted by: somebody’s mama | January 25, 2012, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm
Wrong. The capital gains tax of 15% applies only to the PROFITS on the investment, not the capital. So if Romney makes $45 million on his investments, it is only the PROFIT that is taxed – and at a pitifully small rate compared to the tax on the money a secretary makes.
Posted by: Jim | January 25, 2012, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
Tax payers who pay the corporate gains tax pay much more than that 15 percent.
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Mitt Romney payed 13.9% last year period. -trying to outright confuse the issue sets a desperate tone. But he supposedly paid TWICE, even though it was still a smaller share of his income than many working class Americans paid. Oh my, it’s worthy of another sad tune……
Posted by: the world's tiniest violin | January 25, 2012, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm
Posted by: the world’s tiniest violin | January 25, 2012, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm
Obama renewed and took full advantage of the Bush-era tax cuts to save himself $100,000 on his 2010 taxes. Would it hurt Obama to give all of his earnings to the IRS? After all, he’s already a multi-millionaire who doesn’t need the money. He’d also be leading by example.
Posted by: Susan | January 25, 2012, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
Bush contributed a much larger percentage of his income to charity and his income was never as high as Obama’s. I contributed more to charity than Obama did before he was President on a fraction of his income. Obama’s a typical greedy Marxist, only generous with OTHER people’s money.
Posted by: Bill | January 25, 2012, 3:48 pm 3:48 pm
Posted by: Susan | January 25, 2012, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
Just get the Republicans to pass the tax reform and never mind your hypocrisy.
Posted by: Cary | January 25, 2012, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm