While we realize the contradictory nature of these two statements were said to appease the voting public, the first was given to misrepresent the economical state of the country, and the latter given to appease his critics.
However, we believe the statements following his attempted clarification are more important and deserve a critical review. Mr. Obama stated:
"Listen, it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. That's the reason I had the press conference. That's why I spent yesterday, the day before yesterday, this past week, this past month, and this past year talking about how we can make the economy stronger."2
Having documented the President's weekly schedule in our blog, The Traveling Fundraiser, we immediately knew that this was a false statement and another brash attempt to deceive the American public who pays his salary, housing, health care, and travel and entertainment expenses.
The truth is that Mr. Obama did not spend the day before his speech, nor that of 2 days before, nor that of the week before working on the economy.
During that period, he had been traveling the country, appearing in multiple fundraising events, for the sole purpose of receiving campaign donations for his re-election campaign. Lets look at the week:
- Friday, he delivers the statement
- Thursday, he attended a fundraiser in Los Angeles, then flew to Las Vegas and spoke about college affordability
- Wednesday, he flew from DC to San Francisco and attended 2 fundraisers. Then he flew to Los Angeles and attended 2 more fundraisers
- Tuesday, he had no public schedule
- Monday, he flew to New York City and spoke at 3 campaign events
- Sunday, he hosted a reception at the Ford's Theatre
- Friday, he flew to Minneapolis MN, toured a facility, read his "to do list" and attended 3 campaign events. The, he flew to Chicago IL and participated in 3 more campaign events.
He (President Obama) was delivering campaign speeches for the sole purpose of soliciting donations to be spent in his re-election campaign.
The sad reality is that in the week before he implied he was working on the economy, he actually visited 6 different cities and attended 14 different fundraising events.
Yes, he may have spoken about how he could make the economy stronger, but, the speeches made at campaign events are simply political rhetoric targeted at like-minded audiences willing to give the President money.
Let's be truthful here. During that time, the President did not work for and with the country to try to improve the bleak economy. Instead, he took advantage of the perks of his office and used our tax dollars to pay for his lavish fundraising travels.
Attending campaign events and delivering speeches is not really working. While it is indeed time consuming, tedious, and tiring, it is not part of the official duties of the elected office. When a President, such as this one, boldly declines to work for the improvement of the economy and fiscal stability of this country, his attempts to mislead the public by misrepresenting his activities will later become important issues for the voting public.
Total combined fundraisers held for reelection committee and
party committee in third and fourth years of first term.3
party committee in third and fourth years of first term.3
Sources
- Remarks by the President
- Remarks by President Obama and President Aquino of the Philippines after Bilateral Meeting
- Obama Is Spending an Unprecedented Amount of Time Fundraising: Scandal?
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