Political Quotes

“Madam President, the President of the United States earlier today was in Cleveland. He spoke for 54 minutes, yet he said almost nothing--at least certainly nothing that most of us have not heard before. It was 2 years ago this very weekend that the White House announced the start of what it referred to as the ``recovery summer.'' That campaign was an effort to convince the American people that the Obama administration's policies to create jobs were working. David Axelrod, who was the senior adviser to the President, said at the time, talking about the summer of 2010, ``This summer will be the most active Recovery Act season yet.'' Again, that was the summer of 2010. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner wrote an op-ed in the New York Times, and it was entitled ``Welcome to the Recovery.'' Again, that was 2010. Now here we are, 2 years later, and Americans are still waiting for a real recovery. The ``recovery summer'' failed to produce results because it was never more than just a cheap slogan. It was designed to hide the fact that an unaccountable administration had no real solutions. Instead of working to create a healthier economy, President Obama has offered more excuses, more gimmicks, and more empty promises, and he continues to say the economy is about to turn the corner. This past March President Obama said things would get better soon. ``Day by day,'' he promised, ``we're restoring this economy from crisis.'' We have heard this all before.…”