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Obama "pivots" to jobs AGAIN?

Posted 23 Dec 2010 in Barack Obama, Democrats, economy, lies

Seriously, how many times is this man going to make jobs his “number one priority?”

Obama press conference, Dec. 22, 2010:

“And I think we are past the crisis point in the economy, but we now have to pivot and focus on jobs and growth.”

Oh, so NOW he’s going to focus on job creation? Why don’t I believe him? Perhaps because we’ve seen this song and dance before. (h/t: GOPleader.gov)

November 2009: 11,000 jobs lost

  • “President Obama announced Thursday that he would convene a jobs conference at the White House next month…The jobs forum in December will include business leaders, small-business owners, labor union leaders and others. It marks a pivot for Democrats as they head into next year’s midterm elections.” (The New York Times, 11/13/09)
  • “After months in which his focus has been on a health care overhaul and foreign policy issues, President Obama will pivot later this week to the economy…” (New York Times, 11/30/09)

 

December 2009: 85,000 jobs lost

  • “Obama promises to keep focus on job creation” (Associated Press, 12/4/09)

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  •  “SIREN: White House plans ‘very hard pivot to jobs’ next month. … WEST WING MIND MELD — A VERY HARD PIVOT TO JOBS in January: ‘We’ll be very prescriptive on what we want to see on jobs legislation and we’ll work with Congress, [which] has an important role in it. When health care is done (not meaning the president has signed it — once it’s off the front burner), we’re going to make a very hard pivot to jobs in the run-up to the State of the Union.’” (Politico Playbook, 12/23/09)

 

January 2010: 20,000 jobs lost

  • “President Obama pivots to jobs as key theme.” (Politico, 1/8/10)

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  • President Obama: “What they can expect from this administration, and I know what they can expect from you, is that we are going to have a sustained and relentless focus over the next several months on accelerating the pace of job creation, because that’s priority number one.” (Remarks to House Democrats, 1/14/10)

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  • “Beyond health care, the president always planned to pivot this year to a relentless focus on the economy, and that hasn’t changed, says White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.” (NPR, 1/20/10)

 

February 2010: 36,000 jobs lost

  • “An embattled President Obama will focus on jobs and small businesses at a New Hampshire town meeting today meant to reconnect with angry middle-class voters… The Nashua event ‘is part of the post-Massachusetts plan to recalibrate Obama’s focus,’ said Larry Sabato, director of the center for politics at the University of Virginia. ‘They’re trying to pivot him away from health care and towards jobs.’” (Boston Herald, 2/2/10)

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  • ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper: “Every week we’re told that there’s going to be a hard pivot to talk about jobs, and then every week something else happens.” (Fox Business Network, “Imus in the Morning,” 2/17/10)

March 2010: 23,000 jobs lost “unexpectedly”

  • ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper: “White House officials have been saying that President Obama would make a hard pivot to focus on jobs and the economy. But Democrats on Capitol Hill say that the struggle to – pass health care reform legislation will likely last well into this month and perhaps into April.” (ABC’s Good Morning America, 3/1/10)

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  • CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux: “Well, Kiran, certainly what’s at stake, you mentioned this is really the finish line for the president. This is his top domestic priority and he’s been trying to get this — move the ball forward for a whole year now. He would like to pivot to focusing on jobs.” (CNN, 3/8/10)

 

September 2010: 95,000 jobs lost

  • “A wave of government layoffs in September outpaced weak hiring in the private sector, pushing down the nation’s payrolls by a net total of 95,000 jobs. … The jobless rate has now topped 9.5 percent for 14 straight months, the longest stretch since the 1930s.” (Associated Press, 10/8/10)

 

The White House keeps spinning Obama’s dithering as a “pivot.” To me, it looks more like they’re chasing their tails. Ed Morrissey made a convenient list of the Democrat party’s priorities in the lame-duck session:

  • DREAM Act
  • Omnibus spending bill
  • DADT Repeal
  • START treaty
  • 9/11 responder treatment bill
  • Expansion of FDA regulation
  • School lunch regulation
  • Tax deal

Every time the White House announces another “pivot” to job creation, I think of that Friends episode, “The One With The Cop.”

If Democrats weren’t so single-mindedly focused this year on passing Obamacare (which the American people DO NOT WANT), perhaps they could simply get out of the way, remove all this meddling legislative uncertainty, and allow businesses to focus on their top priorities: earning a profit, growing, and adding new employees.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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