las vegas was offended

[spanone]

President Obama:
'When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices.'

harry reid was offended.....oy

[blondeatlast]

1. Context, if you please?

See, I read skinner's piece yesterday! ;)

[tonysam]

2. Obama "clarified" his remarks

link

[11 Bravo]

3. Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck.

[Romulox]

4. How many politicians have beaten up on Detroit in the past decade??? What a whiner. nt

[Winterblues]

5. harry reid was offended.....oy

Sleepy head actually woke up and heard something the President had to say????

[TexasObserver]

6. Didn't the president say the same thing last year, with the same outrage?

It's an easy way to get good media coverage for the comment.

[SoCalDem]

7. I don't know why they would be.. Vegas was built on gambling

they should know by now that gambling revenues always drop when people HAVE NO MONEY :)

[Luminous Animal]

8. He was getting ahead of the issue before the Republicans could use it...

for political gain. It was a pure political move to defend his constituency before the Republicans use it as a weapon against him.

"That remark sparked a flurry of condemnations from Nevada Republicans, including Danny Tarkanian and Sue Lowden, two Republicans hoping to unseat Reid this November.

"It is indefensible for Harry Reid to once again sit on his hands when President Obama continues to bash Las Vegas and Nevada's economic engine," Lowden said in a statement e-mailed out to reporters Tuesday afternoon.

But Reid, it turns out, was already on the case."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/02/reid-to-obama-lay-off-las-vegas/?fbid=PnxFq7xao55

[bif]

9. Sheesh! Harry was joking, right?

What an asshole.

[spanone]

10. no