President Obama Appeals for Patience on Economy After Dismal Jobs Report

[SonSeeker]

President Obama said Friday there will be "bumps on the road to recovery," as he appealed for patience on the economy following a government report that showed the pace of hiring slowed dramatically last month.
The report, which showed the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent, fueled Republican demands that the Obama administration change direction on its economic policy. But the president, addressing auto workers at a Chrysler plant in Ohio, said it will continue to take time for the economy to heal after such a massive shock in 2008.
"There's still some headwinds that are coming at us," he said. "There are always going to be bumps on the road to recovery. We're going to pass through some rough terrain." He expressed optimism that the economy would eventually turn around.
According to the Labor Department report Friday, employers hired just 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months. The numbers follow a string of other reports showing a slowdown in manufacturing and deepening slump in the housing market.
The trendlines come at a bad time for Obama, as the official field of 2012 Republican presidential candidates starts to take shape; the candidates are eager to make the economy a central plank in their campaigns.

[SonSeeker]

Patience, huh? Like maybe a few months after the election?

[micah719]

President Obama said Friday there will be "bumps on the road to recovery,"

Those are called "Democrats". Please use reverse gear in case you missed one.

[WazOz]

Those Bumps, should become Speed "Bumps" made up of Dems and Obama their new jobs as speed bumps would be a way of Voters Getting Even lol

[WKUHilltopper]

Yeah, patience. We haven't finished destroying your country yet.

[ProdiGerL]

I really wonder if we had a Republican President, if the left would call this dismal economic recession just a "bump"?

[SonSeeker]

I really wonder if we had a Republican President, if the left would call this dismal economic recession just a "bump"?

I think if we had a Republican President, the economic recession would not be this dismal.

[brethorn56]

Dismal jobs report???

How about a dismal 2-1/2 years for his administration and our country?

[YeuEmMaiMai]

how about they quit spending like drunken sailors

[Sean Osborne]

We've had a Republican-controlled House of Representatives (the holders of the national purse) since the last election.

If spending like drunken sailors is continuing, then there are in fact Republicans also to blame for the current situation.

I happen to be a Reagan Conservative, and I've known since he was President that Government does not occur in a vacuum.

[readytogo]

We've had a Republican-controlled House of Representatives (the holders of the national purse) since the last election.

If spending like drunken sailors is continuing, then there are in fact Republicans also to blame for the current situation.

I happen to be a Reagan Conservative, and I've known since he was President that Government does not occur in a vacuum.

I agree. There's really no difference between Republicans and Democrats anymore. They're just "playing off of each other" to get elected and no one is doing what they say that they will do.

[Chris]

President Obama Appeals for Patience on Economy After Dismal Jobs Report

The economy is going down the toilet and Obama pleads for more time for it to finish flushing.