The president's insistence that "you don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas" during a speech in N.H. quickly sparked a flurry of reaction from federal, state and local lawmakers in the Silver State.
LAS VEGAS -- President Barack Obama is known for having a way with words, but some lawmakers from Nevada wish he would pipe down about trips to Sin City.
After sparking a firestorm of criticism from Nevada's elected officials for suggesting that people saving money for college shouldn't blow it in Las Vegas, Obama told U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a letter that he wasn't saying anything negative about Las Vegas.
It was the second time since taking office that Obama singled out Las Vegas as a potential example of spending excessively.
"I was making the simple point that families use vacation dollars, not college tuition money, to have fun," Obama said, according to the letter released by Reid's office. "There is no place better to have fun than Vegas, one of our country's great destinations."
Obama said he always enjoys his visits to Las Vegas.
A White House spokesman referred to Obama's letter to Reid and said the administration had no further comment..................>>>>.........................>>>>..................http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/03/ obama-backs-anti-vegas-remarks/
Sorry, I have to agree with the Pres here....NYS is a perfect example of the state advertising false hope/dreams making it look good in the mean time sticking their hand in our back pockets and taking.......we reap what we sow.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Well mr. obama, perhaps you and your administration should follow by example and CUT SPENDING!!! Don't spend money you don't have!!! Don't be telling us what to do when you are raping us of every dime we have worked so hard for!!! He was way out of line!IMHO
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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