Madeleine Morgenstern
The Blaze
12/19/2012
ABC News’ Jake Tapper confronted President Barack Obama about not doing more earlier in his administration to combat gun violence following last week’s horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
“This is not the first issue, the first incident of horrific gun violence of your four years,” Tapper said Wednesday after Obama announced a new task force to bring him “real reforms” to reduce gun violence. “Where have you been?”
“Here’s where I’ve been Jake,” Obama said. “I’ve been president of the United States dealing with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, an auto industry on the verge of collapse, two wars, I don’t think I’ve been on vacation. [emphasis CAJ] I think all of us have to do some reflection on how we prioritize what we do here in Washington.”…
The article continues, with video of the exchange, at The Blaze.
CAJ note: In this blog 48 articles are tagged “vacations” ; 29 articles are tagged “golf.”
The President has been busy, busy, busy! Must be why he’s Time magazine’s Person of the Year again:
via NewsNinja2012
When you think about what we’ve gone through in the last couple of months, a devastating hurricane and now one of the worst tragedies in our memory…. the country deserves folks to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good
Just the way the Obama family compromises…? Anyway, he left out blaming the earthquakes somewhere in the world…
Related: Taxpayers poised to lose billions as feds prepare to sell GM stock
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s short stint in the auto business is coming to an end.
The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it will sell its remaining stake in General Motors by early 2014, writing the final chapter of a $50 billion bailout that saved the auto giant but stoked a heated national debate about the government’s role in private industry.
Taxpayers are sure to lose billions of dollars in the deal, even though GM has bounced back from the darkest days of 2008, when it almost ran out of cash.
The company has racked $16 billion in profits during the past three years and added more than 2,000 American workers. Now GM is looking forward to the day when it can shed the stigma of government ownership and bury the derisive moniker of “Government Motors,” which it says kept customers away from dealerships…
Yes, facism sure keeps a guy busy.
