After fragging Las Vegas, the President has condescended to pay us a visit today. Well, he will be here, but he will not be here to visit the people. He might be afraid. We have really high foreclosures and unemployment, and we got the least amount of stimulus money from the bills he signed. He tells people to avoid coming here. I am honestly surprised he has any fans left in this town.
Obama is here to stump for Harry Reid. He will head first to Aria at City Center, a project for which Reid has taken credit as a boon for jobs. Nevermind all the jobs Harry saved are now gone since construction is over. Then there's an invitation only rally and fundraiser for Harry's campaign. Tomorrow he will speak at UNLV, our local public university, but it will not be open to the public. None of his visit will.
To add insult to injury, Obama's visit will be a pain for the city. In addition to road closures and such, I have no idea at what cost in taxpayer money he comes here. On top of that, it's not for the people. It's for Harry Reid and other Democrat candidates. It's a campaign visit.
My consolation in this is that Obama seems to sink whatever he supports. Candidates for whom he campaigned all lost, and sports games or teams he attended or backed were losers (the World Cup game he watched was the one the US lost). Maybe this bodes poorly for Reid. I can only hope.
It gets on my nerves that Obama comes here and does nothing open to the public. I can't face him, see him, sneer at him, inquire of him, or even fawn over him (assuming I wanted to) unless I happen to be on the street when he drives by. Although I was on the corner in Washington when George W Bush drove by one night, that was only because we couldn't decide where to eat and he passed us as we debated. Vegas is not a town where you spend time on the street during the summer.
You decide. Will Obama's visit be good for Vegas? I guess that really depends on your point of view. Unlike his events, this blog is open to the public.
Obama is here to stump for Harry Reid. He will head first to Aria at City Center, a project for which Reid has taken credit as a boon for jobs. Nevermind all the jobs Harry saved are now gone since construction is over. Then there's an invitation only rally and fundraiser for Harry's campaign. Tomorrow he will speak at UNLV, our local public university, but it will not be open to the public. None of his visit will.
To add insult to injury, Obama's visit will be a pain for the city. In addition to road closures and such, I have no idea at what cost in taxpayer money he comes here. On top of that, it's not for the people. It's for Harry Reid and other Democrat candidates. It's a campaign visit.
My consolation in this is that Obama seems to sink whatever he supports. Candidates for whom he campaigned all lost, and sports games or teams he attended or backed were losers (the World Cup game he watched was the one the US lost). Maybe this bodes poorly for Reid. I can only hope.
It gets on my nerves that Obama comes here and does nothing open to the public. I can't face him, see him, sneer at him, inquire of him, or even fawn over him (assuming I wanted to) unless I happen to be on the street when he drives by. Although I was on the corner in Washington when George W Bush drove by one night, that was only because we couldn't decide where to eat and he passed us as we debated. Vegas is not a town where you spend time on the street during the summer.
You decide. Will Obama's visit be good for Vegas? I guess that really depends on your point of view. Unlike his events, this blog is open to the public.
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