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Mon, 11 Jun 2012|

President Obama’s current Republican rival, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, has this weekend been responding to the President's "The Private Sector is doing fine" comment by echoing Obama's critique of 2008 rival Sen. John McCain when he too appeared out of synch with the electorate. “Is he really that out of touch?” Romney said Friday during an appearance in Council Bluffs, Iowa. “I think he’s really defining what it means to be out of touch with reality.” Howie thought the President dealt himself a fatal blow.

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Now we're to talk about war Obama via and the weekend it's a it was kind of missed it was kind of a bad weekend. For Barack Obama and his minions should know laughter. The the unfortunate statement are fortunate statement by guesses that your Romney supporter. Did you ever think you'd -- Candy Crowley being mean to David Axelrod now. Now -- I have to admit this was you know she she kept trying to watch Jimmy Crowley on CNN kept trying to. Trap trap. David axle rod -- saying that either disagreed re agreed that the economy was spot. And you know which she couldn't deny -- David Axelrod and bring them up Eminem's or what the keeper a busy but she was she was paired -- -- in and the so let's listen to a little bit in this. This is as you know what that does the news of the weekend was. Barack Obama on Friday saying the economy is fine. Obama's senior campaign advisor David Axelrod David thank you as always for being here. Let's start out with a really simple yes or no do you agree with the president of the private sector is doing fine. I agree with the president. Who called the press conference on Friday to say that we need to take a series of very. Urgent steps to accelerate job creation in this country because we have storm crowd clouds rolling in from Europe so can't -- press conference was called. To press for. Hiring to have a tax credit for small businesses to press for. Clearing red tape always so that families who have underwater homes can refinance under today's low interest rates and save thousands of dollars a year and yes to pushed that gives state and local governments help to rehire. A some of the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of teachers firefighters and police who have been laid off about how in this. In -- classical -- we've created four point three. Million private sector jobs in the last 27. Months but we've lost almost half a million public sector jobs and half of those so our teachers so bottom line and is is private sector doing fine. The private sector we need to accelerate job creation in the private sector. One of the ways I can do that. Is putting teachers and firefighters and police -- we're just a little bit -- -- Wellesley -- sector -- help excel but that'll help accelerate the the recovery the private these small business tax cut will help. Of the private sector. The refinancing will help the final -- private sector because people -- more money in there. Pockets to spend there a series of steps that we can take right now. Is that we need to take some urgent action news called on congress to do that they've sat on their hands thus far. They're more a drivers have -- over a bed there are more eager to have a debate over a -- and out of context clause in his remarks and the subs out of what he said. I think that you know that we putting conduct an open you put it in panics on open I just won't wanna know what the administration whether you believe. But the private sector is doing fine. Is it -- better and. I believe we -- -- I believe it's certainly doing better than the public sector -- That's not true either. That's not true -- I bet that's modest quotable I like calls it a clause. But -- secures a clause but private sector. There's your subject. Is. -- You know you could say that you could take a pause out of context but it's harder to take -- -- parents. Out of context the private sector is doing. Fine. This there was this weekend in the in the New York Times but this even the New York Times is as much in this -- as they are. And you know is you know they getting they have the beneficiary of all these leaks by the way up -- ago his name to be fixes. Is the leaker so some guy from the national security administration or agency named. -- bottle Agassi's game and it's going to be on Hannity tonight. But that compelled to even think she knows who the guy is who's in charge of leaking. All of -- stop but even the New York Times has this story about about half the the economy is. On -- forced to early Social Security unemployed pay a steep. Price. This is a steep price in the private economy that's doing fine. This retirement always Palm Springs this retirement senator oasis in the desert. Has -- back in those who want to spend up their golden years playing golf and sitting by the pool in the air and sunshine. But for clear -- -- who turned 62 last fall and cannot find work it feels more like opera is -- Just a few miles from the gated estates of corporate chieftains in Hollywood stars. Ms. Keating lives and a tiny mobile home base barely getting by on little more than house and 82 dollars a month from Social Security. I would rather be functioning and having a job somewhere said ms. Keating whose pixie haircut trim build and creek -- smiled suggests someone much younger than her years I really don't enjoy living like this. I've got too much to -- bill. Currently -- Kimi didn't get the word that the private -- -- Nine. According to an analysis by -- dots chief to -- -- for the Social Security Administration. About 100000. More people filed initial claims in 2009 in 2010. In the economy had predicted before the recession said the trend most likely continued in 2011 and 2000 well. The most likely reason is. No it's not because the economy's doing. It because that joblessness. Joblessness. Drawing Social Security early has repercussions will be hard to overcome even if the economy work prospects improve the odds of that he's like that. Real like it. By collecting four years shy -- for full retirement age ms. -- will receive reduced monthly benefit for the rest of pro life boat to collect early get up that twenty to 30% -- -- month that they had waited. Until full retirement age which varies by year of birth. People and his team -- age bracket are expected -- woman -- to -- -- 23 more years it's. I have I don't know if the economy's going why why did she have to retire or wipe -- -- -- hundreds of thousands close to a million people. Have to retire early why is the number of food stamp recipients up double. Since Obama became president why is the number of people have gone out on disabilities -- the high up ups substantially under Obama why is that. I thought the private sector was going I -- that's what he said it wasn't taken out of context he said the private sector is to win nine. 187746943221. -- this was. Skew to that outline of the story in the calls this from investors business daily. Thanks to unemployment a fourteen million more can watch Obama's say the economy is. Fine. That's right you would -- -- truly astounding that the that the cable news. Networks are losing audience because there's so many there's so many more people at home watching them now than there were 45 years ago. Millions upon millions of people have. You -- left the workforce retired on disability. With the economy the private sector is doing fine. 18774694322. GM your next without -- cargo ahead -- There you don't get a good TV reception down the occupy camp Ali. It was a you know it's got backward in the old days to the private economy was doing good you'd see a bump -- Procter and public tiring. And in the depression they would hold to our teachers take teachers for example they would hold their paycheck from until they would cut their pay and have to. I mean could everybody else to a bad actually it's just reflecting now but it turned right around now. The public sector really -- the priority over the private sector. Right there how can we how can you think that how Morocco I mean hamster Axelrod is not this as stupid as Obama. But I mean how can Obama think that you know hiring public sector workers is gonna help the private economy. It's it just shows that he's a totally arraignments. Yeah and you know. The thing nobody talks about much is GDP which is you know allows you one point 9% last quarter that that's doubt -- need to know right there -- economy's not doing great everybody knows that that those numbers reflect. Yup thanks for the thanks for the call Jim 1877. And 978 on the -- mortgage text line. Because he inherited our recession and you -- yet. We media inherited a recession needed -- recessions and the recession -- in June of 2000 -- remember. And we had recovery summer number one and recovery summer number two and recovery summer number three and now we're having recovery summer number four. With what -- call what recession bid there were the key here is announced CNBC MSNBC have announced. That the recession is over it's over for three years. 1877469432218774694322. How -- for our post four million -- created private sector job shovel ready jobs no the only shovel ready thing in this administration now is the rhetoric as somebody pointed out last week. Can we define the word -- I mean. 187746943221877. Know how with the loss of jobs or -- warm winter late Easter super -- the increase of sunspots looming December 21 and of the world any ridiculous excuse. Don't forget the Japanese tsunami. And don't forget the most important reason for the jobs being lost. George W. Bush. And remember who was piloting -- burden hurricane machine. Hurricane. This or that drove hurricanes in two in the world once that was vice president. And pilot of the clerk Halliburton hurricane machine Dick Cheney. 18774694322. These were all the things that destroyed the couldn't open it could have been Barack Obama's ball is ignorance of basic economy. Economics. Because you with a heart. -- you know and have to be very small part to get into Harvard. They don't just let me me well we do want certain circumstances. That. Failure next with how we cargo ahead dale. Economy so its its its stock -- You know it seems to me like doctor about the -- -- telephone because it. Red tape that's leading leading to -- jobs going overseas and not others stop I was reading an article in the newspaper. It was like you know looking back years and all these companies are talking about at least be able to accept it -- -- rapist or. On an open a business just due to get -- anymore. You know that ten public sector. -- elected people. -- were out with every possible kind of re election you know their ticket to get them bunkers and water well you know in the -- -- the finish. I don't I would decide this bank just that this bank that I have some. I that I have my account with just opened a open a new branch. I thought I was gonna open like months ago bail so when I was in there you know they were given away free food at the opening so I decide to stop by and had better there. And I asked one of the vice president -- so -- velvet take five months get this thing now reopened it was all blockbuster video store. And today and he said what they told us we couldn't do anything in the winner so they shut us down for five months. Howard and a little -- that there's. Thursday storefront that they don't -- apartments over and the zoning out. It stop it from being occupied because repeat at the crops. And it -- aren't you know it's in every and dot. That's just ridiculous until we. Real -- still being held hostage by this bureaucracy. That you know it's it's it's been two world class for God's -- I -- the you know. King and -- city commissioners it's it's ridiculous. -- you know there -- they try to what the hell was that they're trying to stop I was read about it there because I got it back to interpret that ups in the story about. Some something that the liberals want built and now they buy it now now the conservatives have decided to use the old. Endangered species routine to stop them. And they found some kind of -- that I knew more I had never heard of and I'm sure 99 point 99% of the people never heard up. But they're gonna stop this huge I know what it's I think it's the it's beat. The high speed rail in California dale. Try it that's like that the taxpayers don't want it nobody wanted except by the pinky ring union pods and I Governor Brown. And so they're down to -- and they control everything they controlled the courts they control the bureaucracies. So the conservatives. And the people who don't want this idiotic scheme going through -- area haven't -- some new lie -- -- come up with some new animals that they claim we're going to be part. This is like the music and remember professor outfield start debate and you know there's trouble here in river city -- its global warming. You know. I think that they've come up with a over the years you know that silence boring everything else you know millions of people are dying of malaria because we don't use DDT I mean that's one thing. After another and in -- we don't take back. Are our country if we don't take pac. These rugged individualism that created this country not thing -- -- -- -- -- sorry state. I know we're gonna be we're going to be Greece's won't debate and I -- -- to -- that's like going to be much fun. Thanks for the call -- -- they could find that thing where I put that. It was some kind of how did you shoot like a gesture to do that story CNB about fighting back against the the the the high speed rail in California. Don't bet that's what they're down to they've got the they've got new smoke the they've got their version of the 21 century snail barter. Has been deployed to stop this -- only a top box. 18774694322. Will find it here in the bright. I'm -- car. 1877469432218774694322. All right I got a list of the endangered species this is great this is really good that they're turning the the bid determined collapse on tactics on -- in an attempt to stop this insane bullet train. By the way that I was the first win when Scott Walker became. Governor of Wisconsin was the first time he got any national link was the the feds have offered him 800 million dollars or been budgeted. -- were use for a high speed bullet train from I don't know Madison to Milwaukee or somewhere in the -- just said number one. We don't have the matching funds here in Wisconsin. To. To complete this. Boondoggle and number -- it is a boondoggle nobody's gonna take -- damn train anyway. California -- for California bit for I think it's gonna cost 63 billion dollars. So -- -- think of three big bigs and that's what they California bullet train it's gonna cost and you wonder why where we're headed for fiscal luck. -- here but anyway they've come up with eleven endangered species. Including the sat this one I was thinking of the San Joaquin kit fox. The scene at which the -- Sierra Club described as pretty charismatic. Never heard of a charismatic fox. The California tiger Salomon and there. Two types of fairy shrimp fairy shrimp. You'd think certain parts of Hollywood would be behind the theory tramp. -- tadpole shrimp may be in danger. And of course everybody's. Favorite. Animal everybody's favorite -- the valley held a very long -- -- All of these species. Are in danger and it may beat fish -- By the high speed bullet train which is going to be Amir bargain for mere 63. -- AM dollars. 1877469432218774694322. Officer mark says don't forget the George Bush blew up the levees blocked her Halliburton arcade machine was all about after it got after it. Sprinkled the the -- portable wants to get the hurricane going minute Bennett raced to New Orleans to crush the -- It's high speed rail bullet train is violent. -- speech that's route to Europe excuse me there are callable at trade. But anyway officer marxists don't forget George Bush blew up the levees and had -- Halliburton submarine. Torpedo the BP oil. When -- this terrorism and 1877469432218774694322. Is the economy in great shape that I remains the book burning question of the day here is the economy and excuse me I don't let's let's up put it break in his own words. He said the economy is in fine shape and somebody pointed out that much just the simple sentence it to declared seventy is making a declaration. The economy is in fine shape the private sectors and function of the private sectors in fine shape. It's the public sector were having problems really the public sectors having problems. I was not aware. You're a public sectors having so much problems. But yesterday and not Charles pound Bunker -- but my grilled as a very important holiday it usually comes on June 17 but. Next week is next Father's Day is June 17 so -- -- to have Bunker Hill day a week early the parade and -- office the state US representative Mike -- -- used to be the mayor of Somerville. Where bunker held it was a -- Sets Somerville is the legitimate crop spraying of Suffolk County he said the bunker. Old they need to be in national. Nominee in this. I am not making -- Just what we need isn't another another holiday for the album. Well what really after our. 187. I thought -- dispensed when I. Despite the last forty years try to get rid of Bunker Hill day here in Massachusetts we didn't even get rid of that. It just became a floating holiday for all the acts. 187. Say now we want now McAvoy wanna wants to make -- a national. 18774. What a great site there 18774694322. Point eight -- I think we ought to have 365. Holidays a year for the public sector -- they just would never thought they'd never gonna work -- never come to work it would it would improve traffic anyway. If it wouldn't be any time left to lie rafts. Businessman like Mary lose. -- your next with how we cargo ahead Joey. -- do things. In all my years I have never. Heard a present for him an insurgent my -- yeah I've never have done that the press conference yeah a lot for a but discuss this -- -- is is figures National -- Yeah it is it is he he always uses the word I George Bush seldom used the word -- it was always we. Or my administration and or you don't mind your own or my the do you know the I I -- -- -- we have we have been consulting with the leaders of congress that's what Il he always brought in congress to now. Because there's you know there were other branches of government to use you as you know what I'm not sure he does. But I don't think I can I can never call any present for them -- first person. And that's who you talk about grammar. Your article quote most of it is. I knew what they both of their two after the election because -- -- the -- into my reporter. -- have -- President Bush has invited. National. -- white smoke I it and that's pretty common error but for someone -- Harvard educated. Should children be not. Right and you don't you know I was noticing too why I went back this weekend for my call man and got these you know the speech. It was right after he. Won the nomination in June of a 2008 and he and he was using the word like where you should have been used the word add in and I kept thinking to myself. It's -- I I don't I didn't go to Harvard law you know I don't have any post graduate I would I would I would've. I I want to check I was scratched out the light can put in an. That's you know that's that's -- that's basic isn't it I mean if you if you use the -- like where you should use as that's a sign of of ignorance. And by the way that is that's -- that I we gotta get that we gotta get that somebody somewhat text or mansion madam I and I put in my column. But here's a guy who said it in June of 2008 he says let this meeting his -- his nomination he had he been missed accepted the nomination but he won the votes. He said let this beat it beat remembered someday as -- moment when the oceans began receding. When the oceans began receiving just because he was and just as he had won the nomination. Now on Friday and Axelrod repeated it on Sunday. All the housing in the United States is underwater. So he was gonna -- was gonna make the oceans recede. We can't do what do you think about the housing market being underwater. The someone sense but there's a there's a disconnect here. It's gonna handle you -- should you ought to be able. Housing market CNN leave a one -- And the moon -- still lob them. Robert your next with how we cargo ahead Robert. You know these these sorts of medicine to -- Pretty good that -- job. -- -- Why it was -- -- into the room were calling it good to have some in congress. Boom with whom I could do have some sentiment. If we -- -- -- and everybody talks about when -- -- abilities say. It's two years observed most is don't know I think. Said that there were -- Hey there that is -- -- -- probably -- or sixteen or tornados forget the number who have been passed by the house. He would vote democratic Republican support and languishing in the senate -- -- something about it. Right right in the senate has passed a budget of what three years and ended in an until 2010 he controlled his party controlled. Both the senate and the house may have a super majority in the house they can do whatever the hell they please in the house. And it in your right he keeps talking about the do nothing congress but he never mentions that the congress is is still have half controlled by the Democrats. 1877469432. To a car.