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Obama Resolves to Fix the Economy

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Posted on Jan 1, 2011
AP / Karel Navarro

Shamans in Lima, Peru, performing a ritual for good luck in 2011, hold an image of President Barack Obama.

In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Obama committed himself in 2011 to improving the economy, creating jobs and strengthening the middle class. Here’s to a New Year’s resolution that hopefully won’t be broken. —JCL

Reuters:

President Barack Obama has set his New Year’s resolution high for 2011: repair the struggling economy.

In his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday, the vacationing president said recent data showed the economic recovery was gaining traction even as millions of Americans are still out of work.

“Our most important task now is to keep that recovery going,” Obama said. “As president, that’s my commitment to you: to do everything I can to make sure our economy is growing, creating jobs, and strengthening our middle class. That’s my resolution for the coming year.”

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morongobill's avatar

By morongobill, January 2, 2011 at 2:10 pm Link to this comment

Come on now, let’s give the Obummer a break.

After all he had to FIX healthcare as #1 priority!

Hahahahaha!

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By Leefeller, January 2, 2011 at 11:35 am Link to this comment

I would like to see Obama fix those lobbyists running the halls of Congress like a heard of rats,.... I will even offer my help, I have fixed a few cattle in me time then we call them steers, so then what should we call a fixed lobbyist?

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By TAO Walker, January 2, 2011 at 2:05 am Link to this comment

Be it hereby resolved, the eCONomy is FIXED!

HokaHey!

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By PatrickHenry, January 2, 2011 at 12:37 am Link to this comment

Its gonna take a shitload of Shamans.

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By samosamo, January 1, 2011 at 6:21 pm Link to this comment

****************


Old BOZo really is going out on a limb here. So, I
will have to assume it is just some sort of ‘feel
good’ BS that will institute menial measures to
give the 2012 campaign some fluff to attract
voters, for those willing to believe such dribble.

I know o has to be floating after all those
‘extremely critical’ pieces of legislation was
passed in last part of 2010. After all hot air rises,
and for reality in o’s case, believing it will have to
be seeing it.

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By c.d.embrey, January 1, 2011 at 5:15 pm Link to this comment
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Stop listening to what Obama says (Liberal) and start paying attention to
what he does (Conservative).

Obama isn’t being forced by the Republicans to do anything he doesn’t
want to do—he’s a Wall Street Buttboy, doing what’s best for the rich.
And the middle class is of no interest to him now and they never have
been.

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By RayLan, January 1, 2011 at 3:59 pm Link to this comment

More promises from Blah Blah Obama - he’ll do what the opposition let’s him and like it - and they don’t give a crap about poverty or unemployment.

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By bpawk, January 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm Link to this comment

Gee, he’s been in two years and only now resolves to fix the economy and increase the jobs - he took his time because he knows anyone that is remotely liberal or left will vote for him because there’s no one else, having decimated ralph nader et al. Your choice from now on in - right or extreme right.

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