President Obama Cracks Joke About Devastating Texas Wildfires

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  1. Denny Crane

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    Wow. You have TWO democrats and Obama supporters in those links furious with the president for damaging the city's (and state's) tourism business.
     
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    Oh come on, quit being hyperbolic.
     
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    do you honestly feel that a comment telling people not to spend their savings on gambling really made a sizeable dent on the Las Vegas economy?

    People look for all sorts of reasons to complain about stuff. I'm going out of business because XYZ happens (instead of admitting you were a poor businessman or that your business plan sucked).

    He said to not waste money earmarked for other things. Oooh the bastard.
     
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    Again, the Democrats in two of those links who were strong Obama supporters don't agree with you.

    Even Harry Reid took offense:

    http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politi.../Obama-slams-Las-Vegas-again-Reid-upset-again

    Regardless, embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took offense.

    "The President needs to lay off Las Vegas and stop making it the poster child for where people shouldn't be spending their money," Reid said in a statement. "I would much rather tourists and business travelers spend their money in Las Vegas than spend it overseas.

    Nevada Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley concurred with Reid although to illustrate her level of ire, she threw in an exclamation point.

    "Enough is enough!" Berkeley said in a statement. "President Obama needs to stop picking on Las Vegas and he needs to let Americans decide for themselves how and where to spend their hard-earned vacation dollars."

    What's surprising is that the Vegas line made it in his speech again. Perhaps it was a different set of speechwriters this year. Or perhaps they just didn't recall the firestorm from last year.
     
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    gee, people who live in Las Vegas taking umbridge with a trumped up outrage over a "slight" against people wasting money in their state.

    Wow. Burn the summabish!
     
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    Because they feel inadequate debating genuine issues that have serious consequences.
     
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    It's the Republican Outrage of the Day. They'll commit suicide if they can't walk around angry.

    By the way, this guy Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas whom Denny loves, was the famous lawyer for all the Mafia bigwigs before becoming Mayor.
     
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    You mean, like how in Ohio and Oregon it's not the President's policies that cause restaurants to close, but a smoking ban (post 9)...but in Vegas, it's neither a smoking ban nor the President's comments or policies?

    Or how we need to stop using nuclear power and fossil fuels b/c of all the "millions killed" by radioactive zoomies and global warming, but ingesting secondhand smoke isn't a "serious consequence."

    Hard to adequately debate against someone who won't take a consistent position. :dunno:
     
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