Why Won’t Obama Meet with Unemployed?

[The Straight Story]

Why Won’t Obama Meet with Unemployed?

He has crisscrossed the country since his party took a beating in the November elections and expanded his outreach to the corporate community to demonstrate he’s not anti-business. But in the process, President Barack Obama has not visited with unemployed Americans during his recent trips, which has puzzled some political observers.

Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the liberal Greenlining Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area, criticized Obama’s visit to Silicon Valley, telling The Washington Post, “We’re not disappointed he talked to CEOs; we’re disappointed he only talked to CEOs.”

John Powell, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, asked: “Where is the olive branch to the working-class community, the unions, the everyday folks?”

“It’s hard to imagine a Democratic president doing a jobs tour and not meeting with people who are out of work or unions,” he added.

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Why_Wont_Obama_Meet_with_Unemployed_110225

[bluethruandthru]

1. Well, he wouldn't want the republicans to criticize him, now would he? n/t

[RKP5637]

2. Not enough contributions? Money runs this country. n/t

[lob1]

3. And where are the jobs for the unemployed?

[kenny blankenship]

4. It's not that he's a snob, or anything like that

but some of his new friends might not understand.

[cutlassmama]

5. this

[madrchsod]

6. deal with the great unwashed?

he had his chance for two years but now it`s election time....