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Tapper: Why is WH Ignoring the Economy?
ABC’s Jake Tapper has been trying his best to get the White House to comment on the issues the public cares about — namely, the economy — but it’s been an uphill battle so far. At the WH press briefing today, Tapper pressed Jay Carney on why Obama hasn’t mentioned yesterday’s troubling CBO report:
ABC’s Jake Tapper: “The Congressional Budget Office report is a pretty dire warning about what this nation faces, yet I didn’t hear the president mention it yesterday, is there a reason why?”
White House Spokesman Jay Carney: “Well I think I put out a statement which is the White House’s view and the president’s view. The president talks every day that he’s out there, as he was yesterday, about what we need to do to help build our economy, help it to continue to grow, help it to continue to create jobs and yesterday, and the day before, he was focusing on the need to continue investments in education because he firmly believes that education is a matter of our economy, it’s an economic issue.”
Tapper: That’s not what the Congressional Budget Office was addressing, they were talking about … The president talked about education, he talked about Todd Akin, he talked about Michael Jordan, he talked about a lot of—
Nutjob
August 23rd, 2012
Its golf I tell you. Thats what improves any economy, just look at what its done for him and mooch, they seemed to be doing great.
People are struggling because they don’t play enough golf.
Anonymous
August 23rd, 2012
Jake Tapper didn’t hear Obama say, “The private sectors doing fine?”
Chiefillinicake
August 23rd, 2012
He doesn’t talk about it because he DID build that.
Maudie N Mandeville
August 23rd, 2012
“There’s nothing wrong with the economy. Everyone has their unemployment or welfare checks and food stamps. What the hell are you talking about?”
Stirrin the B.S.
August 23rd, 2012
I like it when reporters ask questions that they already know the answer to – just like a detective. Keep it up Jake!
fullcirclethinker
August 23rd, 2012
@ Nutjob:
I would play more golf to personally help the economy along, but I can’t afford it.
krp
August 23rd, 2012
what economy, stupid?!
CrustyB
August 23rd, 2012
Getting a straight answer out of Jay Carney is like trying to throw a strawberry through a battleship.
Nutjob
August 23rd, 2012
@fullcirclethinker
See thats why we need more stimuls money.
So much is being spent on welfare, foodstamps, utilities, cellphones, college, and other freebies that the free loaders don’t have enough money to golf.
If had golf club membership EBT cards, I’ll bet we’d pull right out of this depression like a rocket, and the next thing you know we’d be vacationing and golfing all the time like our economic mentor president.
Unneutral
August 23rd, 2012
Asking questions like that is unfair and that’s why the dems are allowed to lie.
Moe Tom
August 23rd, 2012
What if The Republicans gave a convention and the Alphabet Networks refused to air it?
Well according to Newsmax, ABC,CBS,and NBC will not broadcast Ann Romney’s address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Monday. Instead they will give the American people “Hawaii-five-O,” “Castle,” and “Grimm.”
Wonder why?
I just hope that future historians will note that the demise of America was due in part to the misuse of
the television industry.
Their design to to keep information from us and feed us leftist,socialist bullshit.
Hotlanta Mike
August 23rd, 2012
@Moe Tom
It won’t be the demise of America. It will be the demise of the American broadcast networks who have propagandized for a political party. People are getting so disgusted that sponsors and viewers will further their reduce their support of these “news organizations”. See the rise and fall of CNN as an example.
Whom
August 23rd, 2012
When can we just drop the pretense that our current WH is anything but seditious, treasonous b*stards?
And act like adults again and treat them as such, instead of like letting spoiled children run amok?
Stephanie Cutter
August 23rd, 2012
Jake, you ignorant slut. We on Team Obama are nothing if not sporting. It would be unfair to talk about the economy, because our efforts have been so successful that Romney/Ryan would not receive a single vote other than those from the irredeemable racist Teabaggers. Seriously, we could trumpet how “over the past, you know, 27 months we’ve created 4.5 million private sector jobs. That’s more jobs than in the Bush recovery, in the Reagan recovery,” but that just wouldn’t be fair to the RethugliKKKans.
Roscoe P. Soultrane
August 23rd, 2012
@MoeTom: “Well according to Newsmax, ABC,CBS,and NBC will not broadcast Ann Romney’s address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Monday. Instead they will give the American people “Hawaii-five-O,” “Castle,” and “Grimm.”
Wonder why?
I just hope that future historians will note that the demise of America was due in part to the misuse of
the television industry.
Their design to to keep information from us and feed us leftist,socialist bullshit.”
No offense to Ann Romney, but what “information” is she really going to present. As a possible First Lady, her speech is probably just going to be some Rah-Rah stuff, not policy positions or anything. Who, beyond political junkies, would give even a tupenny fuck about that?
Moe Tom
August 23rd, 2012
Roscoe She would speak, I am sure, like a lady, with a message to young women of America and wives and mothers of America who have heard nothing but
rot for the last 3 plus years. She would be an answer to Sandra Fluke,Debbie Shultz, and above all, Michelle Obama. She and Mrs. Ryan would be a welcomed breath of fresh air for me. Like Laura Bush was.
Moe Tom
August 23rd, 2012
Hotlanda Mike I hope you are right. Have you seen “Fake Celebrity Prank/ Brett Cohen” On google. Scary
MaryfromMarin
August 24th, 2012
Yeah, @Moe! Keep on standing up for Ann Romney!
I sure as heck would like to hear what she has to say. It takes all the energy I can muster up to keep the current First Dame out of my face. Would love an opportunity to hear someone with class and dignity, someone who loves our country, family, and God, and is not ashamed to say so.
Bob M.
August 24th, 2012
26% Unemployment.
Wouldn’t you avoid it, too?
Rick
August 24th, 2012
Why don`t the Republicans have a war on LIES?