Obama thinks we should pay for this reelection campaign bus tour because, in the now infamous words of Press Secretary Carney:
He’s the President of the United States.
You can see the "context" of Carney's comment below the fold.
The political nature of Obama's trip so blatant that the biased media wing of the Democrats' party is not even trying to hide it:
- The Voice of America calls the bus tour a "Three-State Counteroffensive."
- Reuters refers to the bus tour as "campaign mode" and "unmistakable campaign style."
- The Associated Press reports that Obama starts a "political counteroffensive this week."
The Republican National Committee has dubbed Obama's taxpayer-funded reelection campaign bus tour the RNC has dubbed the trip the “Debt-End Bus Tour,” or “DEBT.”
Even as Obama has fundraiser after fundraiser in his quest for a $1 billion campaign war chest, he thinks taxpayers should pay for his three-state bus campaign bus tour. Isn't it enough that we bought him two $1.1 million buses?
Taxpayers didn't pay for Perry's or Bachmann's campaign bus? Why did we pay for Obama's?
From the transcript of the August 3, 2011 White House press briefing:
Q: Is there anything you can tell us about the bus tour the President plans to take -- where he’s going and why?
MR. CARNEY: Well, I can tell you that it will be from August 15th through the 17th, and that it will be through the Midwest. Further details will be forthcoming later. That’s all I have for you now.
Q: But in terms of the --
MR. CARNEY: I mean, he will get out -- very happily getting out in the country again, after a sustained period here in Washington. And he will -- he looks forward to talking to folks about growing the economy, creating jobs. And we’ll have more details, again, as I said, about the specifics of the trip later.
Q: Did you say out of the country or out of --
MR. CARNEY: Out in the country.
Q: Oh, in the country. I’m sorry.
MR. CARNEY: The Midwest.
Q: I’m sorry.
MR. CARNEY: Yes.
Q: Is that a campaign event or --
MR. CARNEY: Negative. It is an official event.
Q: Okay, so it will be funded by taxpayers?
MR. CARNEY: He’s the President of the United States. Yes.
Q: The bus tour -- it’s certainly a visual, but what are the tangibles?
MR. CARNEY: Again, we’ll have more specifics about this trip itself. The air of cynicism is quite thick. The idea that the President of the United States should not venture forth into the country is ridiculous.
Q: I didn't suggest that.
MR. CARNEY: No, but you implied it in your question. And it is absolutely important for the President, whoever that person is, in the past and in the future, to get out and hear from people in different communities. And the President -- this is a trip that we’ve had on our books for quite a long time, and he very much looks forward to taking it.
Q: So is it more of a listening tour, then?
MR. CARNEY: Well, again, I don't want to -- I know that people want specifics about what he may be announcing or what proposals he might have. It will be very focused on the economy and jobs. Beyond that, you’ll have to wait for when we’re ready to provide more specifics. But he will be listening and addressing these very important issues.
Why is Obama's bus so black?
Why won't some other color do?
Why is Obama's bus so black?
Why it ain't purple, pink, or blue?
Why is Obama's bus so black?
Why it ain't some other hue,
Spots, or dots, or technicolor?
Why won't some other color do?
Posted by: Ben D | Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 02:33 AM