“I sent them a jobs bill that would have put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work repairing our roads, our bridges, schools, transit systems, along with saving the jobs of cops and teachers and firefighters, creating a new tax cut for businesses. They said no. I went to the Speaker’s hometown, stood under a bridge that was crumbling. Everybody acknowledges it needs to be rebuilt. Maybe he doesn’t drive anymore. Maybe he doesn’t notice how messed up it was. They still said no. There are bridges between Kentucky and Ohio where some of the key Republican leadership come from, where folks are having to do detours an extra hour, hour-and-a-half drive every day on their commute because these bridges don’t work. They still said no.”

--President Obama, remarks to the Building and Construction Trades Department conference, April 30, 2012

Obama’s whopper about an Ohio River bridge

By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post


Let’s take a drive down memory lane.

Back in September, when President Obama first unveiled his jobs bill, we gave him Three Pinocchios for remarks he made regarding the aging Brent Spence Bridge on the Ohio River. The bridge connects Kentucky and Ohio, the home states of House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and it was irresistible symbolism for the White House.

The crumbling infrastructure of the nation’s bridges is certainly an important issue, but symbolism can only go so far. The administration could never explain what, if anything, the jobs bill would do to improve the Brent Spence Bridge, especially since construction was not slated to start until 2015 — and Obama’s jobs bill would spend most of its money in its first year.

Moreover, there is a long history of bipartisan support for this project, but Obama framed it as if the Republicans were blocking its reconstruction with their opposition to his legislation.

When we heard the president’s words Monday, we feared he was slipping back into his old habits. Once again he framed it as GOP opposition to fixing the Brent Spence Bridge. But then he upped the ante by mentioning other bridges “between Kentucky and Ohio” that “don’t work.” So what’s he talking about?
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Obama! Not only the Greatest Reneger of all time!
But also the worlds most consummate deceiver!

And fools love this fool!!

Go figure!!!

ahh,, so the tactic of the republican campaign is to repost and repost everywhere they can about how much 'lying' the President does,,,


desperation,,means he has a hell of a chance,,,and I love it


reading comprehension seems to be very subjective, because I saw NOWHERE in the quote where he mentioned 'The Brent Spence Bridge',,,


but I guess its more dangerous when they arent talking about (and paraphrasing) you,,,,then when they are,,,