**** Heads Up: President Obama Speaks on the Economy, Live 12:20pm EST ****

[Clio the Leo]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

[Enrique]

1. drinking game,

"jobs of the future" or "jobs of tomorrow"

[Billy Burnett]

2. I really really hope that he reaches out to the republicans, in the spirit of compromise.

Again.

:mad:


edit to add :sarcasm: just in case.

[Clio the Leo]

3. This may start early, stream is up earlier than usual. nt

[Clio the Leo]

5. lol update: this will start LATE! :-) nt

[young but wise]

4. Thanks.

[Clio the Leo]

6. starting now. nt

[Clio the Leo]

7. lol ONE person just booed R Sen Richard Burr.

Now that was not nice! :)

[Carolina Lady]

49. Oh well,

The news here in Charlotte broke in to show him getting of AF1 this morning. I call his Winston Salem office and told them what I think. How dare he have the nerve to be on AF1 after signing the letter with the other 41 gop senators. I let them know that he is a hypocrite and should be embarassed but won't because like the rest of his party, they have no soul. I'm sure that the message will not be given to him like his staff person indicated it would be.

[Clio the Leo]

8. "There are bigger issues than politics." nt

[Clio the Leo]

9. "Our primary challenge is to do WHATEVER it takes to spur economic growth.."

"that includes keeping tax cuts for the middle class."

[Clio the Leo]

10. "we have to come up with a solution, even if it's not what I want or what GOP wants."

(reminder, what GOP wanted was a PERMANENT extenstion, that's not what's likely to happen)

[GOTV]

47. Wrong. It's what the GOP said they wanted. A temporary 2 year extension is FAR better for them ...

... because it gives then a great talking point for the presidential election.

You can't just look at what they say.

[Billy Burnett]

12. We have to compromise. 2:1 - The rich will get richer : unemployed and workers get screwed.

New?

[Clio the Leo]

11. What he's saying about the compromise is too important...

... dont want to miss anything ... I'll post a transcript later.

[Clio the Leo]

13. "The most important competition is NOT between Dems and Repubs..."

"but between America and our competition around the world."

That's the gist of his speech ... wants us to have a Sputnik moment. Just like Sputnik jolted us into the space race, we need to be jolted into the global economic race by strengthening our economic system.

There's more going on in the world friends than whether we "lose" an argument to the GOP.

[jenmito]

14. Surprisingly, MSNBC is still covering this. CNN (and Faux, of course), already cut away. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

16. Shhh, dont jinx it! ;-) nt

[jenmito]

19. Oops-too late. They cut away. At least C-Span 3 is covering this. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

44. see! I told you! lol nt

[Clio the Leo]

15. "once we got UNIFIED .... we were able to surpass the Soviets."

(talking about the space race)

Anyone care to argue with him on that?

[Billy Burnett]

17. Our Germans were better than their Germans.

Oh wait ... :eyes:

[Clio the Leo]

24. lol, good point ....

.... but they weren't the Democrats Germans or the Republicans Germans. ;)

[GOTV]

48. The #1 goal of the GOP: Hurt Obama. Are we supposed to unify a round that?

[Clio the Leo]

18. "We want to create products stamped w/three simple words 'Made in America!'"

.. "that's our goal!"

[Billy Burnett]

20. Maybe we should settle for "Assembled in America".

Unless we go back to tariff and trade, made in America belongs to the military industry.

[Clio the Leo]

23. Maybe you should pick up a mop? nt

[Billy Burnett]

35. Mops, made in China, on sale at Home Despot @ $2.99.

[Clio the Leo]

43. Or better yet, go build a BETTER mop, and build it better and cheaper than the Chinese make...

.... when you're done, hand them out to your friends. Not nearly enough folks mopping.

[Clio the Leo]

21. "Trying to solve the debt crisis by cutting investments in to it is like..."

"trying to make a jet lighter by removing the engine."

[Safetykitten]

22. Invest in skills, send the job overseas. Oh, I get it now.

[Billy Burnett]

25. Yep. And to think that the hi-tech internet caused all of this.

:eyes:


Sadly, what little was available to hear was difficult to listen to. :(

[Safetykitten]

27. Tax credit, tax credit, tax credit, that will not stop you seeing made in China.

[Clio the Leo]

42. Tell us about the specific parts of the Korean trade agreement that you disagree with?

Like Obama, we're all ears.

[Clio the Leo]

26. "I've set a goal of investing 3% of GDP into R&D" nt

[Safetykitten]

28. The promises he makes are so fantasyland.

[Clio the Leo]

30. So who will you find to run against him?

Better get off of DU and go find someone.

[jenmito]

31. Oh, SNAP!

Good one. :)

[Kadie]

34. .

:)

[Clio the Leo]

29. "Latest trade deal w/Korea will support at least 70,000 jobs." nt

[Luciferous]

51. Yeah, sure. Just like all those jobs we were supposed to get with

green manufacturing...

[Safetykitten]

32. Here we go, the republican crying game. Will he just move on and be the leader?

[sammytko]

36. go play in traffic

[Clio the Leo]

37. He's the leader of the Dems and the Republicans, of black and white, those of faith and non faith..

.... but he is NOT the leader of those who offer complaints with no solutions. Those who want to sit and criticize without being willing to help.

IF you consider yourself to be one of those people, might want to see what Jane Hamsher is up to. Maybe you can get her elected.

[Clio the Leo]

33. "Our goal should not be short-term political battles, but winning the future."

Draws huge applause.

[Safetykitten]

38. Now go out and win one for the Gipper!

[Clio the Leo]

41. There ya go!

That Obama charm is getting to you, huh? ;)

Now .. go call your Senators.

[Clio the Leo]

39. "As long as we can look back the disagreements of the moment, and focus on what we share..."

"... we will be fine."

If you disagree, you're more than welcome to go screw off. ;)

[young but wise]

40. Great speech.

[Clio the Leo]

45. lol look at the lady patiently holding her GIANT SMILE until the President gets to her..

... her face is gonna be so sore tomorrow!:)

[truthspeak]

46. While both sides bash...Obama gets the job done

Slowly, quietly but surely Obama is getting the job done while the loonies on both sides bash away...South Korean deal is the latest of many examples.

[truthspeak]

50. Brilliant speech...State of the Union preview?

All he needs is some quick sound bites from this and 2012 is wrapped up...