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Americans can’t keep their homes at 72 degrees but Obama keeps the OO hot enough to grow orchids then made fun of the DC people during the ice storm and ignored those suffering a couple of weeks without power due to the storm in Kentucky.

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@Fit fit: The more desperately you sputter the more I am convinced this story is anything but a minor distraction.

Seems to me that if it gets you that upset there must be some fundamental truth you would prefer the American people not hear or see.

P.S. You haven’t heard the call to curtail spending?

Did you bother to read this post? I’ll repeat the subhead as obviously you missed it in your haste to comment:

Remember this? Obama scolded corporate executives: “You can’t get corporate jets. You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas, or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime.”

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@ Fit fit
I don’t have time to dig through every speech, but here’s a bit from a couple:

“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.

But I’m heartened by what I’m seeing: by the willingness of old adversaries to seek out new partnerships; by the progress we’ve made these past months to address many of our toughest challenges. And I’m confident that as a nation we will learn the lessons of our recent past and that we will elevate again those values at the heart of our success as a people: hard work over the easy buck, responsibility over recklessness, and, yes, moderation over extravagance.

And to show the double standard, here’s a few headlines for ya:

Headlines for Bush’s Inauguration:

“Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops die in unarmored Humvees”

“Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times”

“Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft”

Headlines for Obama’s Inauguration:

“Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million”

“Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party”

“Obama shows America how to celebrate”

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I haven’t heard a call to end spending, people not spending is part of our problem. I heard a call for sacrifice. Sacrifice is taking a pay cut so others aren’t laid off (I know people who have done this). Sacrifice is donating your time to charitable causes.

As for Gore, you won’t find me bending over backwards to defend him…

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@ Jay
That’s just assanine. Ad hominem attacks, especially one as vulgar as that have no place in a debate. Pull the rebel flag down off your garage, the 70′s are over.

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Nice post Jay

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@ Fit fit

Fit, you’re missing the point. I don’t think anyone would begrudge President and Mrs. Obama the right to a night out on the taxpayers dime. It has to be one of, if not the most difficult jobs in the world. I actually think it’s great that his has date night with his wife, seriously.

My problem is with him telling everyone else to knock off their extravagant spending while he and the congress (democrats and republicans) completely ignore that advice. It is an elitist attitude. It’s like Gore telling everyone to drive battery cars and turn their thermostats to uncomfortable settings while he jets around the world in a private plane and sucks up have the TVA power grid with his estate.

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[Blatantly racist commentary removed by Moderator. Jay, there may be sites on the Internet that will tolerate that sort of racism, but this isn't one of them - Aye]

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Hey Hard Right, how about you link some BDS posts of mine? I didn’t knock Bush for using taxpayer dollars for fundraising trips here, just pointing out that this stuff happens all the time, and only petty partisans dwell on such things.

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