Obama: A Bridge Too Far
Wow! Can Obama EVER tell the truth?!!
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Fact Checker Nails Obama Bridge Pitch
If we grant the administration this tenuous connection between the bridge and the jobs bill, the larger issue is that Obama pointed to this bridge and suggested that Republicans are blocking its reconstruction with their opposition to his legislation. (“Mr. Boehner, Mr. McConnell, help us rebuild this bridge. . . . Pass this bill.”)
Nothing could be further from the truth. There is a long history of bipartisan support for action to fix this bridge, such as this 2009 study announced by Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and then-Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio) to highlight the benefits of the bridge project.
Indeed, the biggest issue in starting the bridge reconstruction is not various approvals, but obtaining the nearly $3 billion needed to complete the reconstruction. There is not enough money under current highway formulas for the two states to do this by themselves. Davis, whose district contains the bridge, testified before Congress earlier this year about the need to solve the funding problem. “The Brent Spence Bridge is one example of a transportation mega-project that is critical infrastructure to the American economy,” he said.
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If you can stomach watching the entire 22 minute video at Conservative Byte you'll see and hear Obama say THIS:
There are people doing well, I'm doing well, don't you think we should give back to the community?
Obama says this touting yet another Tax-N-Spend bill of Ka-Ba-Jillions of $$$$$!!!
1. TAXES are NOT "giving"! Taxes are NOT "charity"!
YOU want to give? YOU give. Do NOT force us via taxation to "give"!
2.The whole thing is a LIE! Republicans have for TWO YEARSsupported measures to take care of that bridge, so Obama LIED when he said Republicans are "standing in the way of rebuilding that bridge"! BTW, we've learned recently that there ARE STILL UNSPENT BILLIONS OF $$$ IN THE LAST 1 OR 2 "Stimulus Bills"...WHY hasn't Obama used any of that money to rebuild that bridge??? Because IF he did so he couldn't stand in front of a dilapidated bridge andblame the Republicans for it, that's why.
-Admin II Rev. Larry Wallenmeyer.
"Disobedience to tyrants is Obedience to God."
-Benjamin Franklin.
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