Bush Tries to Reassure Jittery Ohio Voters on Jobs

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Bush Tries to Reassure Jittery Ohio Voters on Jobs


COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - President Bush on Thursday tried to reassure jittery Ohio voters that his prescriptions for the lackluster U.S. economy are paying off in a state that could be key to his re-election in November.

No Republican has ever won the White House without taking Ohio, and Bush and Democrat John Kerry are locked in a neck-and-neck race that could turn on economic issues.

Since Bush narrowly won the state in 2000, Ohio has lost 225,000 jobs and seen its unemployment rate rise from 3.9 percent to 5.8 percent as of June. Kerry has made a big issue of the economy as he seeks to grab Ohio for himself in the Nov. 2 presidential election, as Bill Clinton did in 1992 and 1996. Bush won in Ohio by 4 percentage points in 2000.

Bush's argument in Ohio, which has lost many manufacturing jobs, was that the U.S. economy is changing and people without jobs should get re-educated with government assistance. Meantime tax relief is leading to new investment that is creating jobs, he said.



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http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5887761

[Mari333]

1. re educated??? get bent you slimy arrogant fratboy

people are losing their homes, their families are falling apart, they cant afford health insurance, the elderly have to choose between food and medicine, parents cant afford to send their kids to the doctor, people are in extreme states of depression, and its getting worse and worse..
You robbed the goddamn treasury , you thieving bastard, to pay for a fraudulent war to make your lowlife friends wealthy..to skim off social monies to pay your corporate bastard friends, and you should be in jail as we speak for the atrocities you and your administration have foisted on the USA.
You are, by far, the worst, the very worst administration ever in the White House..You should have been frog marched out yesterday for what you have done, allowing 919 soldiers to die for NOTHING and thousands dead and wounded for NOTHING , and the horror of what you have inflicted on the US public
You should be in jail, not out using our tax money to campaign, you stinking bastard piece of shit. Rot in Hell.

[asjr]

2. Re-educated! I imagine most of them already

know how to flip hamburgers.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. From yesterday: "$1.9 Billion of Iraq's Money Goes to U.S. Contractors"

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20040804/ts_washpost/a37822_2004aug3

Halliburton Co. and other U.S. contractors are being paid at least $1.9 billion from Iraqi funds under an arrangement set by the U.S.-led occupation authority, according to a review of documents and interviews with government agencies, companies and auditors.

Most of the money is for two controversial deals that originally had been financed with money approved by the U.S. Congress, but later shifted to Iraqi funds that were governed by fewer restrictions and less rigorous oversight.

Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., a subsidiary of Halliburton, was paid $1.66 billion from the Iraqi money, primarily to cover the cost of importing fuel from Kuwait. The job was tacked on to a no-bid contract that was the subject of several investigations after allegations surfaced that a subcontractor for Houston-based KBR overcharged by as much as $61 million for the fuel.

[Jack The Tab]

6. Good god! That is one scary pic on your sig line!!!

I have to go wash out my eyes now..

[TahitiNut]

7. Amen, mari!

Words can hardly express the outrage any sane, moral person must possess regarding this corrupt cabal of thieves and liars.

[llmart]

10. Whoa!!!

Why don't you tell us what you really think, Mari???

Thanks for putting what we are all thinking into the most appropriate words possible.

Get him the F--- out of there now before he destroys the America I love!

[0007]

13. Jeezuschrist they killed Kenny!

[Cocoa]

4. I wonder why he downplayed the flex-time proposal?

is it because Ohio workers have had too much time with their families since Bush took office?

Bush's specific purpose was to appeal to the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would let U.S. workers take time off as an alternative to overtime pay and give an employee the option of working flexible hours over a pay period to get time off for family or education.

He mentioned the proposal far into his speech and only briefly. Leaders of the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives withdrew the legislation in June because of a lack of support and the proposal appears dead for the year.

"I think the government ought to allow employers to say to an employee if you want some time off and work different hours you're allowed to do so," he said. "Government ought to be helping families."

[cthrumatrix]

5. becuase it means less overtime pay .... he's such a scum bag

[poliguru]

12. What the hell does that mean?!?

"I think the government ought to allow employers to say to an employee if you want some time off and work different hours you're allowed to do so," he said. "Government ought to be helping families."


When, exactly, did we live in a world where government was NOT allowing employers to allow employees time off? No wonders my bosses were always pissed when I wanted a day off. They apparently had to go through a bunch of bureaucratic red tape to get permission from the White House!

Once again, he tries to package absolutely nothing. I hope the Ohio voters heard clearly.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi poliguru!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[poliguru]

15. Thanks!

[MichiganVote]

8. Ohio-Once a fucker, always a fucker

This one's a fucker. He knows it and they are all laughing their asses off in the admin. at the American workers, layed off or not.

Think the 1st 4 years have been bad, wait till the 2nd. Some re-education.

[hatrack]

9. "Tries to reassure" - I LOVE that headline!

:evilgrin:

[Maeve]

11. Ohio to Dubya: Re-educate YOURSELF---you're about to lose your job!

And I know a few folks who will tell you what you can do with that ear of corn besides eat it....