Thursday, February 12, 2009

Obama’s Lie

One of them, at least. 

President Obama today repeated the claim we asked about yesterday at the press briefing that Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., “said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”

Caterpillar announced 22,000 layoffs last month.

But after the president left the event, Owens said the exact opposite.

Asked if the stimulus package would be able to stop the 22,000 layoffs or not, Owens said, “I think realistically no. The truth is we’re going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again”

“It is going to take some time before that stimulus bill” means re-hiring, he said.

(4) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1941 hrs
Economy + Politics + Politics - General

  1. Obama has lied so much and made has made such big whoppers he can enter the Burlington Liar’s Club contest.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 12, 2009 at 2312 hrs


  2. To quote our resident Obamabots… Never let the facts get in the way of a good TV appearance.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 13, 2009 at 0940 hrs


  3. I am sort of waiting for the ‘Bush did it’ arguement. I seem to see that often since inauguration.

    Posted by fishaddict on February 13, 2009 at 1228 hrs


  4. And I miss the “the Clinton’s did it”.

    I haven’t seen much of that since the inauguration.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 13, 2009 at 1243 hrs


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