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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 878182" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/09/14/obama-instructs-media-to-help-him-pass-jobs-bill-i-want-you-guys-to-pump-this-up/" target="_blank">Obama Instructs Media To Help Him Pass Jobs Bill: “I Want You Guys To Pump This Up”…</a></p><p>And like good lapdogs they will obey their master’s commands.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0911/the_fight_ahead_43033b83-9d70-48e2-957d-a3688dcd6613.html" target="_blank">(Politico)</a> — President Obama made a “surprise” appearance at a question-and-answer session at the White House Monday afternoon to promote his jobs package.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“I want you guys to pump this up,” Obama told the audience after taking a few questions about the American Jobs Act, which was sent to Congress on Monday. “No, look, we are in a critical juncture here. I’ve been fighting for two-and-a-half years to get through this economic storm, and we have stabilized … but the unemployment rate is still too high, and too many people are still hurting.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Obama predicted “enormous resistance” to his proposal and urged Americans to push lawmakers to pass the bill so that “Congress gets it done, or if Congress doesn’t get it done, people know exactly what’s holding it up.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">According to the White House, guests at the panel included members of black news organizations including News One, Hello Beautiful, Black Planet, The Urban Daily and Grio. Administration officials at the event included Melody Barnes, Shaun Donovan, Valerie Jarrett, Marie Johns, Ron Kirk and Gene Sperling.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 878182, member: 1246"] [URL='http://weaselzippers.us/2011/09/14/obama-instructs-media-to-help-him-pass-jobs-bill-i-want-you-guys-to-pump-this-up/']Obama Instructs Media To Help Him Pass Jobs Bill: “I Want You Guys To Pump This Up”…[/URL] And like good lapdogs they will obey their master’s commands. [INDENT][URL='http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0911/the_fight_ahead_43033b83-9d70-48e2-957d-a3688dcd6613.html'](Politico)[/URL] — President Obama made a “surprise” appearance at a question-and-answer session at the White House Monday afternoon to promote his jobs package. “I want you guys to pump this up,” Obama told the audience after taking a few questions about the American Jobs Act, which was sent to Congress on Monday. “No, look, we are in a critical juncture here. I’ve been fighting for two-and-a-half years to get through this economic storm, and we have stabilized … but the unemployment rate is still too high, and too many people are still hurting.” Obama predicted “enormous resistance” to his proposal and urged Americans to push lawmakers to pass the bill so that “Congress gets it done, or if Congress doesn’t get it done, people know exactly what’s holding it up.” According to the White House, guests at the panel included members of black news organizations including News One, Hello Beautiful, Black Planet, The Urban Daily and Grio. Administration officials at the event included Melody Barnes, Shaun Donovan, Valerie Jarrett, Marie Johns, Ron Kirk and Gene Sperling. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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