Woman who questioned Obama on jobs, loses hers

Velma Hart, the woman who questioned President Obama at a CNBC forum, has lost her job, the Washington Post's Singletary reports:

Nobody is safe.

Velma Hart, who burst onto the media scene after telling President Obama she was scared about her financial future, has been laid off. Hart was let go as the chief financial officer for Am Vets, a nonprofit Maryland-based veteran services organization.

Hart has become another casualty of the tough economy in which so many people have lost their jobs.

"It's not anything she did," said Jim King, the national executive director of Am Vets. "She got bit by the same snake that has bit a lot of people. It was a move to cut our bottom line. Most not-for-profits are seeing their money pinched." ...

Hart's comments to Obama became political fodder as proof that the president was losing his die-hard supporters - African American voters. Hart told me at the time that she still supported Obama but that she had expected more changes by now. ...

When contacted Monday, Hart would not discuss the matter.

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Un huh. No connection, none whatsoever. Nope. Just a victim of circumstance.

Right. I believe that. I also believe that elephants roost in trees.

  • 8 votes
Reply#1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:26 PM EST

No Joe you must believe the "Clinton Body Count" email chain letter as well eh? Pray tell how many photoshopped HOAX chain letters you gleefully forward to "friends of NJNB"?

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_clinton_body_count.htm

  • 3 votes
#1.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:22 PM EST

Adidas, war ARE you talking about!

I am on record as saying that Clinton was a far superior president than Obama. He could actually learn from his mistakes, unlike, say, the guy who currently occupies the White House. He also was a governor- so he had actually some experience to bring to the job- again, unlike the current occupant.

Did you have a point? I really do not know what the heck it was supposed to be. . .

  • 3 votes
#1.2 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:37 PM EST

Normally, such a high profile person, and especially one as eloquent as Velma, would have been secure in her job.

I do have to wonder if she offended someone up the ladder at her work that supports Obama and this was their way of 'getting even'.

  • 3 votes
#1.3 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:06 PM EST

Damn dude!

Someone's really batting 1000 on the "I'm a Bat$hit Crazy Moron" Meter today aren't you?

More typical "baseless" inflammatory ultra-right wing conspiracy garbage expected of those who's IQ is lower than their shoe size and probably views Glenn Beck as being "on to" something instead of just being "on" something..

Of course you'd believe something like that because everyone knows the President obviously has nothing better to do with his time except exacting "ridiculously" petty revenge on American citizens for asking "legitimate" questions...I guess he finds time for such nonsense when he's not trying to repair the damage in America-as well as abroad-left in the disastrous wake of our previous "All Republican controlled" administration, House and Senate.

However...

As irony would have it, your baseless and laughably pathetic "poke" at Obama can be easily applied to your "Republican Party" AND the Rupert Murdoch "hate and smear" machine" as a "solid" assessment of how "they've" conduct themselves with PLENTY of blatant examples as evidence to back that statement up!

After all, "your" party along with it's "Fair and Balanced" misinformation and propaganda outlet has blatantly demonstrated "their" hypocrisy, vindictiveness and childish mindset of "extreme" contempt for the well being of this country's struggling citizens-unless you happen to be in the top 2% that is-by systematically undermining and obstructing "any" attempts by President Obama and the Dem's to repair the disaster left for them by the GOP's 2-term reign of stupidity and irresponsibility.

...The "same" Republican idiots you apparently identify with and gleefully voted for during the midterm despite the fact that they've done "nothing" for "2 years" except "openly" behave the way you just blindly accused Obama and his administration of doing with ZERO evidence to back it up...And in "typical" Fox addicted, ultra-right wing loony jackass fashion, I'm sure you probably have "no" f.u.c.k.i.n.g. idea of what I'm talking about when I say "blatant examples" and "evidence" do you?

Of course you don't, because that would actually require applying some basic "common sense" to your thought processes-which would render you no longer capable of watching Fox without shaking your head in total disbelief of the willful perversion of "facts" and absurd twisting of "reality" spewing from this "anti-news" station...

So just because you're a warped "revenge loving" brain-dead a.s.s.hole doesn't mean your diseased mentality instantly apply to everyone in America.

Just because the people "you" idolize and actually want controlling the future of this country have openly "proven" themselves to be nothing more than a bunch of power-mad narcissistic a.s.s.holes who are more concerned with fear-mongering, manipulation of the public, dirty tricks and smear campaigns aimed at seeking "revenge" on those who stand in their way or don't agree with their bull$@!$%# doesn't mean everyone is as f.u.c.k.e.d in the head as you and your "Fox approved" hero's clearly are...

So why don't people like you "take one for the team" do the rest of us "sane" Americans a favor.

Get in your car, disengage the airbag, leave off your seatbelt, floor it and just hit a goddamn tree...

Cheers..

  • 6 votes
#1.4 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:13 PM EST

Why do liberals always seem to want to kill people who disagree with them?

  • 2 votes
#1.5 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:59 PM EST

hypernovalue - sure you wouldn't want to expand on that just a little more???

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#1.6 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:25 PM EST

Hyperbole is a one post, money shot, fruitcake who likes to take a dump in the room and leave. He is about as enlightening as an amoeba. Oh did I mention his wet end foul mouth? He knows how to keep the libs looney and the conservatives determined. Hyperbole, I will cheer you at your wake.

  • 1 vote
#1.7 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:10 AM EST

BUT, he is right. I do believe however that the intelligentsia of this country will rise one more time and save us from the ignorant masses. Unfortunately, the "saving" will end soon as we plow forward to a state of total "idiocracy". I feel so sorry for our kids. I would rather they be in debt up to their arse than live in the ignorant, christian based theocracy we are headed for. It sucks, but what can you do? Repubs will probably have education system destroyed in 5-10 years. Then what?

    #1.8 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:25 AM EST

    Why do liberals always seem to want to kill people who disagree with them?

    Sorry, that's 100% opposite from my observations.

    Hyperbole, I will cheer you at your wake.

    Case in point.

    Now THAT'S the Republican attitude I know and loathe.

      #1.9 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:40 AM EST

      That Velma Hart should lose her job nearly two years after President Obama assumed office only lends force to the comments she made directly, face-to-face, to the President.

      Velma Hart's message to President Obama was merely a preface to the message the electorate sent three weeks ago.

      That's sure a tough way to have your views vindicated...and sadly, on the eve of the holiday season.

        #1.10 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:56 PM EST
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        Now, come on FR, do not play this game. President Obama had nothing to do with her losing her job but heaven knows there will be those here who try to blame him. Obama isn't like Dick Cheney or Karl Rove who play vindictive games with people's lives. There were many people in that audience who made positive comments, offered suggestions, asked great questions and were given substantative answers but the only thing that made the news was this lady's comment.

        • 8 votes
        Reply#2 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:36 PM EST

        I won't blame him personally, but his policies are hurting Americans, because our stimulus package has worked so well. And if you think that Obama isn't vindictive, then I have some ocean front property to sell you in Arizona. (old George Strait song)

        • 6 votes
        #2.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:18 PM EST

        Do you realize that most of the stimulus money hasn't been spent? That's because many Republican governors wouldn't accept the money. It could be that THAT was another tactic by the Republicans to aid in helping President Obama's policys to fail. Why else would a governor not accept money to help his state with their infrastructure problem? It's a sad state of affairs when state's leaders would rather help our nation's leader look like a failure than help their own state with their unemployment problem. That money was, in part, to help the states with their infrastructure projects which would, in turn, put some people to work. The Democrats SHOULD be getting this fact out there but like many opportunities they've had but not taken to explain some things to the American people, they have missed the opportunity, at least, up until now. Hopefully, they'll do better in that area in the future.

        • 5 votes
        #2.2 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:15 PM EST

        No it is the massive mandates that go with them. Obama uses the money to buy votes and Democratic party support. He also managed to make sure all the money only goes to Democratic supporting unions and occupations with laser like precision.

        A trillion dollars after all the administrative fees to disperse it is like putting bubble gum in the hole in the Titanic. Oh boy, a few union construction workers and illegal aliens get jobs. Yep, that ought to just prop up all the people in the other industries. We need mindless construction jobs like we need a hole in the head. How about everyone not in construction? Do we just sit around and watch one tiny industry get all the money and jobs?

        Obama has no clue how to turn this thing around. He just looks at old altered FDR spreadsheets for his wisdom.

        • 4 votes
        #2.3 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:54 PM EST

        Jody, Iowa "Obama isn't like Dick Cheney or Karl Rove who play vindictive games with people's lives."

        I'm sure you are right. Oops, I forgot about the Reverend Wright, Obama's white grandmother, and Bill Ayres, all 'thrown under the bus'.

        Now that the news is out, I suspect Obama will find a Federal job for her to make it look better.

        • 2 votes
        #2.4 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:10 PM EST

        Didn't know Jody was so close to Cheny and Rove. Eh...typical lefty rabble rousing a la Alinsky, but not quite as eloquent. Of couse she made news! How many blacks in America challenge the black messiah? Anyway,poetic justice. However as she is a black woman, $10.00 says the white house reaches out to her...

        • 1 vote
        #2.5 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:53 PM EST

        jody in iowa - Just what does your first sentence have to do with the gal losing her job?

        Your next two sentences are setting up a tremendous spin machine, and your remaining sentences have little to do with the article.

        Obama not vindictive? Didn't he make some comment about putting someone to the back of the bus or was it under?

        • 2 votes
        #2.6 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:46 PM EST

        you guys gotta quit letting pundits interpret your info for you. IDIOTS

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        #2.7 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:27 AM EST
        Reply

        I really could not get the gist of the woman's complaint. She said something about her kids being in private school - I do remember that. I think that she just barely had a foot in the middle class and was worried about staying there. I don't see how the President could have helped her short of directly hiring her. Maybe he will hire her now. He's really a nice guy.

        • 3 votes
        Reply#3 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:52 PM EST

        Her worst nightmare came true. She is a victim of circumstances as we all are. This is why we should give Obama the benefit of the doubt knowing that he is trying but the forces controlling the economy are resisting his best efforts so that he will fail as president.

        • 4 votes
        Reply#4 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:26 PM EST

        poor lady, we all know that obama; radicl ties are never ending. this woman finally stood up and spoke her mind and the media finnaly put it out on the air so just like jaun williams she is paying the price.

          #4.1 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:40 AM EST
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          The Maddow Blog - Please take a look at this chart:

          http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/05/5413214-holy-job-growth-democratic-congress-gets-good-report-on-way-out-the-door

          Just when voters have given the heave to the Democratic majority in the House, the government reports that the lousy economy got better last month. The latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the economy added 151,000 nonfarm jobs in October -- not nearly enough to make up for the 8 million lost during the recession, and yet so much better than we saw in the darkest days of the recession.

          When Republicans coming to power say that getting rid of President Obama is their top priority, the average American's economic prospects are what's pushed down on the agenda. And when voters tell exit pollsters that they want Congress to spend money on creating jobs, numbers like today's are what they're talking about.

          _____________

          Minnesota Vikings coach Childress was fired? I just found out.

          • 4 votes
          Reply#5 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:08 PM EST

          I don't know what's going to happen in 2012, I really don't. There are those in the Republican Party who will never ever vote for President Obama or any Democrat for President. There are those in the Democratic Party who will never ever for a Republican for President. I fall into that category.

          What I will never understand is the GOP supporters who never questioned John Boehner and Mitch McConnell and their absolute refusal to work together with this Administration to attempt to fix the economy. They sat the recession out. And the voters said - okay. Nancy Pelosi is on our side. John Boehner is not. And I read last week that 30% of the country don't know who John Boehner is.

          At least Democrats question President Obama's policies. Every single day. We're sick at what's going to come down with the tax cut extensions for the wealthy. The President will lose support in the Democratic Party if he extends the tax cuts. I understand that.

          What I don't understand is why Boehner and McConnell got a free pass for ignoring this recession.

          President Obama helped the auto industry enormously. Millions of jobs were saved. Why does that not account for something? He works v. hard, not always getting what he wants. That's politics. Where are the GOP supporters when it comes to birthers and racists? You can't say they don't exist. They do.

          President Obama is not incompetent. He has handled himself in a dignified mature manner, tackling everything that he has had to. Especially considering the racism he has been up against.

          Okay. So the GOP don't want to give him any credit. Fine.

          Q: Why hasn't the GOP supporters at the very least, stood up against the racism? They don't stand up for anything that I can see.

          Democrats do.

          • 4 votes
          #5.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:28 PM EST

          pat of boston - sorry I don't follow your logic, Obama didn't include the minority party leaders because he just ignored them. Birthers and rascists, while I don't know what you call a birther I do know what a rascist and bigot are and please don't try to tell us that the left doesn't have them as well, probably even birthers. The following link should give you insight on obama and the minority leaders.

          http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/fineman-what-went-wrong-for-obama-and-the-dems.html?GT1=43002ml

          BTW just what does your post #5.0 have to do with the article??

          • 2 votes
          #5.2 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:58 PM EST
          Reply

          Republicans have a huge voting block of racist Americans in the deep south and other small parts of every state in America. It is that racist voting block, of which Mr. Murdoch and the Koch brothers are a big supporter of that is running the Republicans policies at the moment. These are the people that showed up to vote this last election. Moderate Republicans are mostly still sitting on their hands because they do not like what they see. I don't blame them. Until the Republican party shakes the hold of white supremacist scum, they are doomed to give up general elections for a long time to come.

          • 3 votes
          Reply#6 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:49 PM EST

          ahhhh right banana. You must have had a good time at happy hour right??

          How do the democrat racists and bigots fit into the plan? Any comment on soros?

          And this has what to do with the article at hand?

          • 2 votes
          #6.1 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:04 AM EST

          American,

          Simply by mentioning Soros in a negative light I realize you are a avid Glenn Beck fan. You should thank Mr. Soros for the corrupt totalitarian and communistic governments he has destroyed and replaced. It fits right into Mr. Murdoch's fashion of conservatism. But alas Mr. Murdoch and Glenn Beck are more racist than they are Patriotic. Thus they just harp and harp and harp on anyone or anything our President wants to do or has done and has succeeded with. And you like, the good little boy you are, just sing their song!

          • 1 vote
          #6.2 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:00 AM EST
          Reply

          If any of you believe that this a coincident you must be crazy. I always come to this First Read site for a good laugh. Obama is finished folks, time too wake up. The Democrats are bigger racists than any Republican.

          • 2 votes
          Reply#7 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:05 PM EST

          Obama is finished? Laff. Obama will win in '12 just as Clinton won in '96. People thought he was finished too after the '94 midterms.

          But, hey, unlike those people, at least you provide some solid evidence for your ridiculous claim that Obama "is finished." Oh wait, no you don't...

            #7.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:38 PM EST

            wellwait - obama can win if palin runs against him, or the republicans make some really big errors. Otherwise he will have a very tough time. He can't just sit back and blame the republicans as the party of NO. We expect him to show and promote bipartisanship just as any leader would do and just as clinton did after 1994.

            BTW your evidence that he will win is just as ridiculous.

            • 2 votes
            #7.2 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:13 AM EST

            well wait................... you seem to forget that clinton had to move to the middle and he had a lot more experience and though he loved his women ,he was not a crack head

            • 1 vote
            #7.3 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:47 AM EST
            Reply

             Oh no....here we go again.  Every Republican who disagrees with the current administration's policies is a "racist". Please stop with that nonsense.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#8 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:06 PM EST

            Dear golfnut: I can only speak for myself. It's not true that every Republican who disagrees with the current administration's policies is a "racist".

            Why not say so? The anti-war demonstrators get zero attention on tv, despite huge rallies against the Iraq War. They are called un-American or anti-American or socialists or whatever. They were right. 100% correct in their opposition against the war.

            The racists get huge attention on tv, yet it seems that all the GOP supporters just turn the other way and pretend they don't exist.

            There is no one in this country more un-American than those people holding those pathetic signs, calling on President Obama to produce his birth certificate, etc.

            Where is the outrage in the GOP? No where. Just crickets.

            Why?

            • 2 votes
            #8.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:13 PM EST

            guess I must not watch the right TV, aren't I the lucky one!

              #8.2 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:15 AM EST

              Pat, just crickets? Uhhh, because we like to go camping?

                #8.3 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:17 AM EST
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                 Oh no....here we go again.  Every Republican who disagrees with the current administration's policies is a "racist". Please stop with that nonsense.

                  Reply#9 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:07 PM EST

                  Golfnut. Calling people racists is all the left has. It shows just are desperate they are. Obama is so One and Done.

                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#10 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:22 PM EST

                  No, Lillly 8, the left tends to base a lot of their world view on fact ( like, how many people live on the edge or in poverty in a superpower nation)-- not like the pack of lies often used by the right -- example being an email spamming re a "criminal" great grandfather of Harry Reid. That entire story (which, incredibly, some dummies may believe.... LOL) was a complete fabrication, and was answered to in in big red letters on Snopes: false. Or another example:.....ummmmm...."death panels".....puleeze, republicans, read the document.

                  And JMHO President Obama is --as he begins to back down from his campaign promises-- probably being coerced, maybe even threatened, by the controllers--the " shadow goverment " as I call them-- to give them what they want or else ....JMHO A sad shame.

                  Yo, y'all! Anybody tired of the lies made up by the rich Republican bas343ds who wish to [continue to] control our thinking and who use exorbitant amounts of money to promote such control? Propaganda anyone?

                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#12 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:47 PM EST

                  Superpower? Your affirmative action canidate has seen to the end of that...

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                  #12.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:55 PM EST
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                  Charity is for churches not for political parties to extort money from Americans based on their political needs to capture or retain power. There are thousands of groups of people in need and it is not the governments place to decide which ones get how much and for what reasons.

                  It is an insane agenda for a government and ours sucks at it particularly bad. They choke the system with massive overpaid administration costs that wind up letting about $1 for every $15 collected actually get to the people targeted. They also suck at making sure only those with legitimate needs get the money. They put the unfunded programs up on an auction block and sell them for votes to non taxpaying citizens leaving the taxpayers stuck with the bills.

                  The Democrats have built a bankrupt system with $50 trillion in unfunded entitlements. They just keep passing more charity not having a clue where to get the money from. What they didn't steal from Social Security they borrowed at 5% interest which triples the principal over 20 years. Many of these programs have been incurring interest since the 1960"s.

                  The founders were totally adamant about no charity or wealth redistribution much less racial equalization. It is a failed system as old as time. Nobody has the right to force you to contribute to charity much less the right to decide which ones. The whole attempt is a miserable financial failure.

                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#13 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:07 PM EST

                  The racists get huge attention on tv, yet it seems that all the GOP supporters just turn the other way and pretend they don't exist. Where is the outrage in the GOP? No where. Just crickets.

                  The Obama Presidency should have become the one of the most extraordinary presidencies in our history. I thought this was going to be an exciting time. I thought the mere fact that we elected an African American President would have lifted this country up and blurred the remnants of the racial lines that still separated some Americans. Instead, the exact opposite has occurred.

                  We could disagree with and criticize the policies of our previous Presidents. We could show contempt for the arrogance and elitism of our previous leaders. Some were fierce and downright rude in the rhetoric directed at the previous administrations. But now, voicing an opinion not in line with the President’s makes us racist. We’ve gone backwards. Who are the instigators of our reversal? The very same who claim to be the most tolerant, the most nonjudgmental - the Democrats and the Liberals. Screaming racist is an easy, but weak, way to respond when you can’t think of a good response to a policy position not in line with yours. It’s wrong. And it’s actually racist, in my opinion, to do so.

                  So why don’t you hear the GOP decrying the racists on t.v.? Well, one reason is because you don’t listen. John Boehner and House Republicans have called racist behavior by certain demonstrators “reprehensible.” Andrew Langer, the president of one of the TeaParty groups issued statements condemning racially tinged incidents. To cite a couple of examples.

                  Where’s the outrage? Outrage, really, over what? There’s a small minority, I think, of old school, stuck in the mud, narrow minded, blatantly ignorant people out here. The birthers are one such group. Backwoods skin head groups. The conspiracy theorists are another group. Do these people really deserve our attention? There are irrelevant. Does Reverend Wright, or David Duke deserve our attention? Do Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan…even Sarah Palin deserve such attention? Are any of these people representative of the majority of us? No, they are not. The media covers them because people like looking at train wrecks. We could run around doing nothing but denouncing the behavior of irrelevant kooks but I think we have better and more important things to do.

                  Maybe I live in a different world than everyone else. The only people in my small circle who refused to support President Obama because he is black were life long and hard core Democrats.

                  • 2 votes
                  Reply#14 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:49 PM EST

                  Obama had the most corrupt people in the country (FED bankers) down for the count for the first time in our history. Instead of breaking them up into hundreds of healthy competitive banks he handed them trillions of dollars without even auditing them for solvency. It was unforgivable and we are now stuck in this financial nightmare.

                  Obama is bought and paid for by the same bankster and Wallstreet czars as the Republican party. They say jump and he says "how high?". His financial reform bill addressed ZERO of the root causes of the meltdown and instead gave the Federal Reserve bankers more power and control with less regulation. They are moving quickly towards self regulation and having the US Treasury as their financial backup.

                  Nobody gives a crap about racism except those looking to profit from it. We need jobs and our industries back. We need a balanced budget and an end to unfunded legislation. We need out 401K's to recover and something to replace the bankrupt Social Security so the whole country is not working until they die while paying the government for services they will never see.

                  We need to get the 50% of the country paying no federal taxes to start paying or lose the right to decide what to do with them. Voting themselves endless entitlements and freebies they never pay for is insanity. It is like letting you teenagers decide how your finances will be spent.

                  Farting around with a 2500 year old problem nobody ever solved, like racism, is WAY down the ladder right now.

                  • 1 vote
                  #14.1 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:02 PM EST
                  Reply

                  On topic, it is a sad situation to see any one lose their job. This story is especially poignant because we all know Velma Hart from her 15 minutes of fame. We know she was scared about her future, the direction of the country and the economic times.

                  She may feel very afraid now and very alone. Because the President is so totally out of touch with real people and the real hardships people are facing, all he can offer her is 99 weeks of unemployment checks that will very probably drop her right back below the level of the middle class. And he will probably expect her to be pleased with that.

                  She could scrap her education, experience and skills as a Chief Financial Officer, pick up a shovel already and take up a job on a construction project funded by unspent stimulus funds. No provisions in the policy of the last 2 years have focused on people with her skills. And that's too bad.

                  • 2 votes
                  Reply#15 - Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:07 PM EST

                  "You can have all the hope in the world, but it has to be backed by action" Velma Hart 9/20/10

                  "I'm also a mother. I'm a wife. I'm an American veteran, and I'm one of your middle-class Americans. And, quite frankly, I'm exhausted," she said.

                  "I'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for, and deeply disappointed with where we are right now."

                  "I have two children in private school. The financial recession has taken an enormous toll on my family," Hart said.

                  "My husband and I have joked for years that we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs-and-beans era of our lives. But, quite frankly, it is starting to knock on our door and ring true that that might be where we are headed again."

                  Hart concluded, "Quite frankly, Mr. President, I need you to answer this honestly: Is this my new reality?"

                  Obama responded: "As I said before, times are tough for everybody. So, I understand your frustration."

                  He insisted that the policies he has already implemented, including more college scholarships and consumer protections against credit-card and mortgage companies, will help the Hart family.

                  Obama said Hart represented the "bedrock of America."

                  "The life you describe -- one of responsibility, looking after your family, contributing back to your community -- that's what we want to reward," Obama said.

                  Plainly no person goes to Washington, thinking that they aren't going to make things BETTER in America. Unfortunately, Obama "inherited" more than he knows how to deal with . . . and surrounding himself with Clinton Era Advisers and Cabinet Members - who collectively haven't had an original thought in their heads since the '90s - certainly doesn't help the situation either.

                  Most folks know that to get a car out of the ditch - you don't put it in "D!" and drive it further into the mud . . . first you have to put it in Reverse and then back it out!! Clearly Obama is not a very EXPERIENCED DRIVER either. And his "lame analogies" merely serve to further spin the wheels - without being productive.

                  Quite frankly, the hundreds of thousands of "Velmas & her family" all across the country are STILL hurting, Mr. President. And whoever declared that the recession officially ended in June, 2009 not only needs to have their head examined . . . but obviously "those bobble-headed officials" are NOT living in middle class America - more like an "exclusive gated community" . . . with earplugs & blinders on. At this rate - the rest of us will be lucky if we even have hot dogs & beans left to eat!

                  • 1 vote
                  #15.1 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:19 AM EST
                  Reply

                  "Woman who questioned Obama on jobs, loses hers"

                  What a strange coincidence....

                    Reply#16 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:16 AM EST

                    It's unfortunate that Mrs. Hart lost her job; however, on the day that she lost her job, I can assume that other folks lost their jobs.

                    Blame President Obama, if you like; however, it won't change what has happened. And, more American jobs will be lost while the Republican/Tea Party/Conservatives continue to stall, obstruct and campaign instead of working toward job creation and while corporations and businesses lay back waiting for more tax relief to increase their profits and bonuses. It is a fact that this "tickle-down" hasn't worked since Reagan introduced it and G. W. Bush enhanced it!

                    • 1 vote
                    Reply#17 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:12 AM EST

                    busbus...

                    You left out this important part...

                    "...while the Republican/Tea Party/Conservatives continue to stall, obstruct and campaign..." AGAINST THE LIBERAL OBAMA, PELOSI, AND REID AGENDA.

                    Which is exactly what these REPUBLICAN/TEA PARTY/CONSERVATIVES were elected to do.

                      #17.1 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:00 AM EST

                      How pathetic. They were elected to stall and obstruct? Thanks for admitting your desire to prevent American progress.

                        #17.2 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:27 AM EST

                        fred evil....

                        It's apparent that your screen name is a true reflection of what "pathetic" actually is.

                        And, yes....Americans DO want to stall and obstruct the endless propaganda of division, corruption and arrogance that Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are promoting on a daily basis.... and those who hide behind such positive words such as "progress" are simply promoting these types of endless lies and deceit that America is demanding be stopped in this new Congress !

                          #17.3 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:59 PM EST

                          LOL, if you have to insult a screen name, perhaps you ought to work on the validity of your argument.

                          the endless propaganda of division, corruption and arrogance that Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are promoting on a daily basis

                          Really? I hadn't realized they'd become REPUBLICANS! Grow up dude, you need it, we all need it. The vitriolic silliness you are spreading helps no one.

                          Please elaborate on how the Democrats are 'hiding' behind a word like progress. You've made a (n outlandish) claim, now back it up.

                            #17.4 - Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:03 PM EST
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                            If the president used his power to get people laid off after they asked tough questions, or made rude comments, then a lot of republicans would be let go, and democrats would be working. She did not even work for the government, besides she is black I thought the conspiracy theory was that Obama was against whites.

                              Reply#18 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 12:36 PM EST

                               Boy, the first sentence of this story is spot on but incomplete.  It should read 'Nobody is safe............who disagrees with the facists in charge.'

                                Reply#19 - Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:47 PM EST
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