Boner calls Biden a liar about the stimulus but he lied about not getting funds in Ohio

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Wed Jul-08-09 09:52 PM
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Boner calls Biden a liar about the stimulus but he lied about not getting funds in Ohio

Edited on Wed Jul-08-09 09:52 PM by Jennicut

Vice President Joe Biden is invading House Minority Leader John Boehner’s back yard tomorrow to tout the success of the stimulus package, but Boehner is redoubling his attacks, accusing the vice president of lying about the economy.

“I found it ... interesting over the last couple of days to hear Vice President Biden and the president mention the fact that they didn’t realize how difficult an economic circumstance we were in,” Boehner said. “Now this is the greatest fabrication I have seen since I’ve been in Congress.”

“I’ve sat in meetings in the White House with the vice president and the president. There’s not one person that sat in those rooms that didn’t understand how serious our economic crisis was,” Boehner said.

Boehner also took a shot at the idea of a second stimulus – something Biden said he was open to last week.
“All of this talk of a second stimulus bill, I think, is an admission on the part of the administration that their stimulus plan is not working,” Boehner said. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24686.html

Of course, Boner would know a liar when he sees one...because he is the biggest one out there:

House Minority Leader John Boehner added to the narrative this weekend with an appearance on Fox News Sunday, in which he claimed that the stimulus money had yet to lead to a single infrastructure contract in his home state of Ohio. In fact, as the Cleveland Plain-Dealer pointed out, 52 projects had already been approved at an estimated value of $84 million.

Citing “multiple independent fact-checkers,” Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern continued to fight back in a press call this afternoon against Boehner’s claims regarding the economic stimulus. “John really needs to get home and listen to the people in his district. They’re pleased that stimulus dollars are being invested in the local economy and they’re pleased with the hundreds of jobs that are going to be created or retained,” said Redfern.

The state of Ohio was awarded nearly $9 billion in stimulus funding by the federal government, $1.4 billion of which is devoted solely to infrastructure improvement. Only $84 million -- 6% of the total infrastructure funds for the state -- has been approved for use.

As First Read noted earlier today, Boehner's office responded to the Democratic criticism with this statement: "Ohio was very nearly the last state to get the first 50% of its stimulus construction money obligated for construction projects, which is ridiculous. As of late May, approximately, no contracts had been signed. Since that time, some contracts have been belatedly set in motion, but the entire process has been absurdly slow-moving."http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/08/1990340.aspx

But what do we expect from a man with a weird orange glow all over his body?