{"id":8423,"date":"2010-02-03T07:15:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=8423"},"modified":"2010-02-03T08:21:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T13:21:12","slug":"the-president-needs-to-lay-off-las-vegas-and-stop-making-it-the-poster-child-for-where-people-shouldnt-be-spending-their-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=8423","title":{"rendered":"“The President needs to lay off Las Vegas and stop making it the poster child for where people shouldn’t be spending their money”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so I’m not going to make a habit of defending the President<\/a> but…uhhh, Senator Reid, it already is.<\/p>\n

I mean c’mon!<\/p>\n

Read that quote.<\/p>\n

Las Vegas is<\/em> the poster child for where people shouldn’t be spending their money…by design!<\/p>\n

A city whose mantra is “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas<\/a>TM<\/sup>” isn’t aiming to be the wholesome venue where Pa Ingalls brings Ma, Half-Pint and the rest of the clan for a family vacation.<\/p>\n

During the president’s town hall meeting<\/a> in Nashua, New Hampshire, he discussed the need to curb spending during tough economic times.\u00a0 “When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” the president said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

True.<\/p>\n

“You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

True.<\/p>\n

You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

True.<\/p>\n

The president’s comments come nearly a year after he criticized companies that received federal money for taking corporate junkets to Las Vegas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Should Americans not <\/em>have a problem with that?<\/p>\n

“You can’t go take that trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on taxpayers’ dime,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(unless your name is Nancy Pelosi)<\/p>\n

” he said at the time. Local business leaders say Nevada tourism suffered last year in part because companies canceled trips to Las Vegas in the wake of the president’s comments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or I might respectfully offer another theory…maybe…just maybe…it was because….of a recession<\/strong>…that occurred…oh…give and take…all of last year<\/strong>?!<\/p>\n

Not to worry: I think America has figured out that there is a very low correlation between reality and whatever the President says.<\/p>\n

Besides…<\/p>\n

President Obama is scheduled to visit Las Vegas this month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…to apologize and find someone to bow to.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said during a hastily called news conference that Obama is no friend to Las Vegas and would not be welcomed here if he visits.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’ll do everything I can to give him the boot,” Goodman said. “This president is a real slow learner.”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so I’m not going to make a habit of defending the President but…uhhh, Senator Reid, it already is. I mean c’mon! Read that quote. Las Vegas is the poster child for where people shouldn’t be spending their money…by design! A city whose mantra is “What happens in Vegas stays in VegasTM” isn’t aiming to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-president-obama","category-stupid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8423"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8453,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8423\/revisions\/8453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}