Obama: I Didn't Cancel W.H. Tours, Secret Service and Congress to Blame

[petegz28]

President Obama says he's not the one who canceled the White House tours. He made the comments in an interview with ABC News.

"[O]ne more question about the spending cuts," said the interviewer from ABC News. "You’ve been takin’ a lotta heat for this cancellation of the White House tours. They get– the Secret Service says it’s costs about $74,000 a week. Was canceling them really necessary?"

"You know, I have to say this was not– a decision that went up to the White House. But th– what the Secret Service explained to us was that they’re gonna have to furlough some folks. What furloughs mean is– is that people lose a day of work and a day of pay," Obama said, in response.

"And, you know, the question for them is, you know, how deeply do they have to furlough their staff and is it worth it to make sure that we’ve got White House tours that means that you got a whole bunch of families who are depending on a paycheck who suddenly are seein’––a 5% or 10%– reduction in their pay. Well, what I’m asking them is are there ways, for example, for us to accommodate school groups– you know, who may have traveled here with some bake sales. Can we make sure that– kids, potentially, can– can still come to tour?"

Obama concluded, "But– but– I’m always amused when people on the one hand say– the sequester doesn’t mean anything and the administration’s exaggerating its effects; and then whatever the specific effects are, they yell and scream and say, “Why are you doin’ that?” Well, there are consequences to Congress not having come up with a more sensible way to reduce the deficit. And what I’m proposing is if we do it smart, if we do it sensibly, if we do it in a balanced way that the American support, including, by the way, a majority of Republicans, then we don’t have to– do arbitrary stuff. We can do it in an intelligent way that’s gonna improve our economy."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...me_707546.html

[petegz28]

Perhaps they should cut down the amount of SS staff for the separate Obama vacations and Royal gatherings and not **** the tax payer out of tours of the building they pay for????

[stonedstooge]

He's gone mad

[petegz28]

Of course, then there is this...

[LiveSteam]

Im all for cancelling the presidency till 2016

[CoMoChief]

its pretty clear you just cant believe a single word that comes out of his mouth.

[stonedstooge]

Wonder who he'll blame when the ObamCare problems kick in

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

Wonder who he'll blame when the ObamCare problems kick in

Mitt

[A Salt Weapon]

Always blaming someone else. Pretty sad. Typically employees with that mentality don't last long in the private sector, sad that they seem to last in the public sector.
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[Fairplay]

Natural born liar.

[Bewbies]

Always campaigning, never governing.

[mikey23545]

Out of all these people who supposedly lost their jobs due to the sequestration, why the hell couldn't one of them been Hussein?

[ClevelandBronco]

Shut the **** up, you lying sack of chimpanzee shit one who sucks the penis.

Sir.

[blaise]

So, they now realize that the situation made them look dumb.

[Comrade Crapski]

He's a pathological liar, but don't be surprised if the house goes back to the democrats next year.

That's the agenda behind these lies.