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Carrying Water for Obama, Hilda Solis Picks a Fight with the Tea Party
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With the team behind President Barack Obama targeting the Sunshine State in their bid for a second term in 2012, the White House sent U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to speak to the Florida Democratic Convention on Saturday.
A day after Vice President Joe Biden told the convention at Walt Disney World that Obama needed to carry Florida to win in 2012, Solis attempted to rally Democrats for the elections and urged them to push for the Obama jobs plan which, with Republicans controlling the U.S. House, has no chance of passing Congress.
Speaking at a luncheon event on Saturday, Solis carried water for Obama, bashing Republicans and praising the administration’s economic policies.
Solis offered harsh words about conservatives. Looking at 2012, Solis slammed the tea party movement, calling them “teabaggers” and promising the Obama administration will take them on.
Combating the noise of a crowd often more concerned with holding their own conversations and eating their lunches than listening to her speech, Solis attempted to defend the Obama economic policies, praising the federal stimulus that the White House backed and the president’s job plan.
Solis claimed that the Obama job plan was backed by 65 percent of the American people and would “put 2 million people, especially construction workers, back to work.”
Besides attempting to sell the Obama jobs plan, Solis took aim at the Republicans. She attacked Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s labor policies, arguing that he is looking to take away collective bargaining and other rights from public-sector employees.
Solis accused Republicans in Florida and other states, including Ohio and Wisconsin, of “picking on” teachers, police officers and other government workers.
Blaming globalization and market changes for the decline of organized labor in the private sector, Solis conceded that government workers retained strong unions. “We’ve seen the movement in the labor house diminish in the private sector,” said Solis.
Solis urged the crowd to back Obama and his jobs plan.“You need to understand that this president is fighting for you,” she insisted.
When Obama took the oath of office in January 2009, the national unemployment rate stood at 7.6 percent. In September 2011, the national unemployment rate was 9.1 percent.
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A day after Vice President Joe Biden told the convention at Walt Disney World that Obama needed to carry Florida to win in 2012, Solis attempted to rally Democrats for the elections and urged them to push for the Obama jobs plan which, with Republicans controlling the U.S. House, has no chance of passing Congress.
Speaking at a luncheon event on Saturday, Solis carried water for Obama, bashing Republicans and praising the administration’s economic policies.
Solis offered harsh words about conservatives. Looking at 2012, Solis slammed the tea party movement, calling them “teabaggers” and promising the Obama administration will take them on.
Combating the noise of a crowd often more concerned with holding their own conversations and eating their lunches than listening to her speech, Solis attempted to defend the Obama economic policies, praising the federal stimulus that the White House backed and the president’s job plan.
Solis claimed that the Obama job plan was backed by 65 percent of the American people and would “put 2 million people, especially construction workers, back to work.”
Besides attempting to sell the Obama jobs plan, Solis took aim at the Republicans. She attacked Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s labor policies, arguing that he is looking to take away collective bargaining and other rights from public-sector employees.
Solis accused Republicans in Florida and other states, including Ohio and Wisconsin, of “picking on” teachers, police officers and other government workers.
Blaming globalization and market changes for the decline of organized labor in the private sector, Solis conceded that government workers retained strong unions. “We’ve seen the movement in the labor house diminish in the private sector,” said Solis.
Solis urged the crowd to back Obama and his jobs plan.“You need to understand that this president is fighting for you,” she insisted.
When Obama took the oath of office in January 2009, the national unemployment rate stood at 7.6 percent. In September 2011, the national unemployment rate was 9.1 percent.
Reach Kevin Derby at kderby@sunshinestatenews.com or at (850) 727-0859.
Comments (685)
It's no wonder that she would call Tea Party people by the nasty, uncouth term, "teabaggers."
She what's wrong with America.
She, and the POTUS she serves (the worst POTUS in history!) must be removed in 2012 -- that is if we want a vibrant and free American future.
Ms. Solis should refrain from using profanity in a political speech. "Teabaggers" are homosexual males that perform a sex act that involves placing the scrotum and testicles of another male in the mouth of another male. I hope there were no children present when Ms. Solis moron used this disgusting term. This matter should raise serious questions about Ms. Solis' morals and personal behavior.
Shame on Obama, shame on his staff and shame on ALL Democrats who think his behavior or that or his administration is acceptable let alone "Presidential". I'd say "shame on liberals" but, I swear, you can't feel shame when you have no standards.
Solis, another liberal success story that has unsheathed the fangs against her own citizenry that don't bow to the 'cause'.
Marxists don't like criticism. I wonder why? Hilda made it to Congre$$ by being born the right color in her district.
You don't like that comment, Tough.
She's from the same neck of the woods of Calfornia as the Sanchez sistas, where they don't win elections, they steal them.
Hope your Astroturf Marching Moochers are enjoying the snow. LOL
Occupy Eddie Vedders House Now!!!
Music should be free, musicians should work for The People, not against them. Stop Capitalist Musicians NOW!
I'm sorry, but clearly they don't understand the difference between our support for the institution of education, police, etc. but at the same time, take issue with the UNIONS that "represent them." I want to be able to fire bad teachers and hire good ones without having to cut through miles of teachers union red tape. It is not in our children's best interest to learn from terrible teachers who refuse to teach.
I respect the police forces of most cities, as well as most teachers, but certainly not the unions who give most of the compulsory union dues they collect to democratic candidates and causes through their political action committees.
I think Jack in the Box has standards.
Where are the jobs this administration assured us were coming with all the $Trillions of dollars from our pockets, and the pockets of future generations, that were promised by you??!!
Just how stupid do you think we are clowns?
Sham on you! Everything I read about the tea party is please lower the cost of government! Your response is use a gay slandering terms to address this? Your resume say your are educated but your actions say your not!
Do the right thing for our county and resign!
How's the frostbite with your mob of Marching Moochers?
'Nuff said.
NOBAMA 2012
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill
A man that squats on top of a womens face and lowers his genitals...
If this is the kind of disrespect that the servants of the American people have for their citizens, then she is right in saying that we should bring it. This is going to be one of them most divisive elections since the civil war.
Obama’s re-election brain trust, Plouf and Axelrod, can’t really be that stupid to believe using Obama and surrogates to deliver increasingly divisive rhetoric is a winning political strategy. After all, Obama was elected because he claimed he was a UNITER. But Plouf and Axelrod’s strategy is making him the DIVIDER.
Obama’s re-election brain trust, Plouf and Axelrod, can’t really be that stupid to believe using Obama and surrogates to deliver increasingly divisive rhetoric is a winning political strategy. After all, Obama was elected because he claimed he was a UNITER. But Plouf and Axelrod’s strategy is making him the DIVIDER.
We also now understand much more clearly due to her obscene slur that the resoluteness of the Tea Party terrifies the Left and the laughable "Fleabagger" useful idiots temporarily unoccupying their parents' basements.
She "needs to understand" that she and her boss will be unemployed in 2012.
you tell a lie long enough, or as goebels once said if you are going to lie tell the big one, they will believe it. i beleive the American public has woken up and will not go along with this cogatta.
They were punks when they were burning their Draft Cards.
They were punks when they were burning their Bra's.
They were punks when they were burning R.O.T.C. buildings.
They were punks when they were collecting money for Ho Chi Minh.
They were punks when they received tenure.
They were punks when they were confirmed as judges.
By golly ! they are still punks !
WHITES 24%
ASIANS 24%
LATINOS 50%
BLACKS 99%
ILLEGAL ALIENS 100%
THE DEAD 100%
SEIU 200%
TEAMSTERS 250%
ABSENTEE MILITARY 000%
(ballots arrive to late to qualify)
*obamma runs unopposed in 7 of the 57 states
"Combating the noise of a crowd often more concerned with holding their own conversations and eating their lunches than listening to her speech, Solis attempted to defend the Obama economic policies"
and BTW.. someone should tell this nit-wit that "teabagger" is a deragatory and disgusting word that has no business being used by someone in her position... shameless
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