President Obama took his perpetual campaign on the road this afternoon to scare the workers at Newport News Shipbuilding about the looming sequestration cuts.
Obama standing next to a giant propeller for his anti-sequester speech surrounded by glum looking workers
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 26, 2013
Well, no wonder they’re glum! You see, according to Obama, if the minor spending cuts go into effect, we’re in for a heap of trouble:
"In a few days, Congress might allow a series of arbitrary budget cuts to take place—known in Washington as 'the sequester.'” #JobsOverCuts
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2013
Obama: "The sequester uses a meat-cleaver approach to gut critical investments in things like education & national security." #JobsOverCuts
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2013
Meat cleaver? Violent rhetoric alert!
Obama: These cuts "will weaken America’s economic recovery, our military readiness, and the basic services the American people depend on."
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2013
"These cuts are wrong. They’re not smart. They’re not fair. They’re a self-inflicted wound that doesn't have to happen." #JobsOverCuts
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2013
Why is Obama complaining about the sequester. Didn't he promise in a debate that there was no way it would happen?
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 26, 2013
Why yes, yes he did.
https://twitter.com/FigDrewton/status/306471822231207937
Well, if you’re gonna get technical …
President Obama: "We can’t ask seniors and working families like yours to shoulder the entire burden of deficit reduction." #JobsOverCuts
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2013
Obama: "We won’t grow the middle class simply by shifting the cost of health care or college onto families that are already struggling."
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 26, 2013
POTUS @ Newport News Shipbldg, maker VA-class subs: "hundreds of thousands of jobs are in jeopardy because of politics in Washington."
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) February 26, 2013
Shipbuilders and Americans everywhere will ultimately wind up starving, homeless, or worse:
Obama: "Sequester is a pretty bad name. But the effects are even worse than the name."
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) February 26, 2013
Obama on "not smart" cuts: "You don't want to choose between – do I close funding for disabled kid or the poor kid"
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) February 26, 2013
But let him be clear: the last thing we need is more manufactured crises:
Obama: "We've got to stop having these crises manufactured every month. You guys must be tired of these things."
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) February 26, 2013
Obama: "The greatest nation on earth can't just keep drifting from one crisis to another."
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) February 26, 2013
Or blame-gaming:
Obama: "I'm not interested in spin, I'm not interest in playing a blame game. At this point, all I'm interested in is solving problems"
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 26, 2013
No sirree!
Obama says he's "not interested in playing a blame game" just after saying Congress is about to drag country into another Great Recession
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) February 26, 2013
HAHAHAHAHA MT @clusterstock: OBAMA: "I've run my last election. … I'm not interested in spin, I'm not interested in playing a blame game."
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 26, 2013
Obama said he's not interested in playing the blame game. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL http://t.co/IxqPPvnAyR LOLOLOLOLOLOL #tcot #p2 #sequester
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 26, 2013
Just kidding!
POTUS: "too many R's in Congress…refuse to compromise an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes & special interest tax breaks."
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) February 26, 2013
But just so y’all know, he’s still as humble as ever:
Obama: "The one thing about being president is that after four years, you become pretty humble."
— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) February 26, 2013
So we can be grateful for that. We’re not nearly as grateful, however, that we’ve still got nearly four more years of this garbage:
https://twitter.com/thegreatbobo/status/306475288886382592
How, just how does this guy sleep at night? The lies are head spinning.
— Jerome Hudson (@JeromeEHudson) February 26, 2013
Good Lord Obama is shameless.
— Heather Marie (@hfearny) February 26, 2013
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