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Obama outlines economic plan in Lorain
Sen. Barack Obama began the second day of his campaign bus trip around Ohio today, Feb. 24 by touring the National Gypsum plant in Lorain and talking with about 100 workers about his plans to get the economy moving. He was to hold a rally in Toledo later.
Obama is scheduled to be in Fairborn for a rally Tuesday, Feb. 25 after making earlier appearances that day in Cincinnati.
In Lorain he also answered questions about consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s plans to run for president as an independent and criticism from conservative bloggers and others challenging Obama’s patriotism.
He said that he would make a $60 billion investment in infrastructure over 10 years to build roads and bridges and put people to work. His economic plan also calls for closing tax loopholes that he said reward companies that move jobs overseas and instead giving tax breaks to companies that create jobs in America.
Obama also said his plan provides money to pay for the projects by closing the tax loopholes and ending the war in Iraq. The nation can’t keep running up its global credit card, he said.
“We cannot build our future on a credit card issued by the bank of China,” he said.
He said he would try to reopen trade agreements such as NAFTA to include better protection for the environment and workers.
Also, he continued to defend mailers his campaign sent out criticizing Sen. Hillary Clinton’s positions on NAFTA and universal health care. Clinton has denounced them as misleading, but Obama said they accurately reflect what she’s said.
Meanwhile, the Web site, FactCheck.org realized a report finding the NAFTA mailing “misleading” and that said the health care mailing strained the facts but was not exactly false. For more, see:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamamailingsfalse.html
As for Nader’s campaign, Obama said he was more interested right now in winning the Democratic nomination. He recalled that in 2000 Nader said there was no difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
“I think people realize Ralph did not know what he was talking about,” said Obama.
On his patriotism, Obama said “I owe everything I am to this country.”
He said some of the criticism seems to have come from an occasion when he was singing the National Anthem at an event but didn’t have his hand over his heart. He said the same omission could apply to “about three-fourths of the people” who have been to a football or baseball game.
Comments
By Mohamed
February 25, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
think people realize Bill did not know what he was talking about. He is NAFTA Daddy look what happent to us in Ohio we loost every thing still they want to us to vote for them,please Bill and Hillary go away.By TheUrbanRevolution
February 25, 2008 12:24 AM | Link to this
I heard that it talks about how educated African Americans have a duty to transfer knowledge, and uplift the less fortunate in their community; because after integration the African American middle class kind of forgot about the lower classes that they used to help prior to integration.By M. A.
February 24, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
Obama is a convincing orator. However, voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas should slow down his momentum just long enough to give voters some time to find out why the Obamas don’t want any voters in the United States to read Michelle’s college senior thesis titled, Princeton Educated Blacks and the Black Community. He and Michelle have temporarily withdrawn it from all viewing or duplication until Nov. 5, one day after the Nov. 4 election. Obama is campaigning on CHANGE. Voters can also effect CHANGE. These three states are in a unique position to make a CHANGE that will give us some time to find out why Obama and Michelle made that decision, along with any other information voters should know about him. The other day I called Princeton University to ask if it’s true what I heard about Michelle Obama’s senior thesis. The person read a prepared statement that I asked her to read slowly so I could write it down. The statement is: Michelle Robinson Obama’s senior thesis has been temporarily withdrawn from all viewing or duplication. This restriction is scheduled to be lifted no later than Nov. 5, 2008. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Cass Cliatt in the Office of Communications, 609-258-6108. (end of statement) Nov. 4 is Election Day. Does it make sense that the Obamas don’t want voters to read her senior thesis on or before Election Day, but it’s ok if they read it after the election? Since Michelle is actively campaigning for her husband and wants to be first lady, voters should be able to have access to this document long before Nov. 4. If there’s nothing of any significance in it, she should lift the restriction. Now I understand that her thesis is posted at www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html.