Barack Obama and Statements With an Expiration Date – The Caterpillar Edition
Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
Jim Geraghty at National Review OWNS the Obama statements with an expiration date theme. But, this morning’s edition belongs to Bob Krumm.
The Obama statement: “Yesterday, Jim, the head of Caterpillar, said that if Congress passes our plan, this company will be able to rehire some of the folks who were just laid off.”
The “stimulus†passed, so here’s the latest news from Caterpillar:
Oops is right.
But as Geraghty points out, it was not quite what the head of Caterpillar was saying at the time – it was what Obama wanted to hear and spin.
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