Vice President says unemployed should ‘hang in there’

[roxiejules]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110128/ts_yblog_theticket/vice-president-says-unemployed-should-hang-in-there

Yahoo! asked Vice President Joe Biden Thursday to give some good advice for the unemployed. He provided a list of recent improvements to the economy, while expressing sympathy for those struggling to get by without a regular income.

"So the message is 'hang in there?'" Yahoo!'s Anna Robertson asked.

"The message is hang in there," he repeated.

[xchrom]

1. while they hang in there -- they can eat cake. nt

[emulatorloo]

4. Yahoo is very good at pulling things out of context. Pretty sure you know that.

VP said lots of other stuff

But in Thursday's interview, Biden stressed that the recovery of the labor economy would be slow and gradual--even though the GOP has harnessed widespread impatience with that view for political gain.

"Things are coming back," Biden said, after noting that the unemployment rate is now dropping "minimally," businesses are investing, banks are lending, and companies are gaining confidence.

"But, again, it's not sufficient that the economy gets back to where it was before. The jobs in the 21st century--the good-paying jobs in the 21st century --are also going to lie in entire new industries, which we have to innovate our way into creating."

[emulatorloo]

2. That's not the only thing he said.

EOM

[golddigger]

3. Let them eat cake! Great communication skills Biden.

:argh: :mad:

[emulatorloo]

Get Past the Dumbass Headline Before Generating Your New BumperSticker n/t

[somone]

5. Thanks, Joe

[roxiejules]

6. Preaching water.....

while drinking wine. - old German proverb

[Robb]

8. For every weevil-filled bean

...god makes a blind grocer.

- old Arabic proverb

[Enrique]

7. at least he didn't tell us to 'buck up'

:thumbsup:

[rfranklin]

9. Here's a rope...hang in there!

You mean, hang myself in the bedroom?

[BeyondGeography]

10. He could have handled that better

The message isn't hang in there, it's "we're doing everything we can to help."

One of those moments that will bite you in the ass.

[LibDemAlways]

11. Poor choice of words. There are long-term unemployed who have

taken that advice literally.

[Demeter]

14. Joe Biden is Gifted With a Tin Ear

and a mouth with no sense of responsibility.

[Laelth]

12. What a tool!

That is a disastrously tone-deaf thing to say, especially given that this administration is proposing to do nothing to aid the plight of the unemployed but, at the same time, is actively seeking to send good jobs to South Korea.

:mad:

-Laelth

[bulloney]

13. Hang in there. We're working on more free trade agreements

that will mean lots and lots of jobs for Americans. Just like NAFTA. Just like WTO. And we'll export beyond our wildest dreams to emerging economies like China, India and Mexico.

:sarcasm: