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Let's get one part out of the way: After an exhaustive review of transcripts, newspaper stories and videos of Obama's recent campaign speeches, Obama never said the sentence exactly as Young attributed it to him. |
We did find the speech Young was referring to, however. It was given by Obama on Aug. 6 on behalf of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds, and was referenced in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece written by James Taranto a few days later. At one point while writing about the speech, Taranto describes "Obama's... |
That's pretty much what Young relayed to the crowd of Pinellas Republicans. So we tracked down the transcript from the speech itself. |
The Virginia speech focused heavily on the economy and the president's support of a $787 billion stimulus package. He joked with the crowd that some Republicans are trying to blame him for the country's economic woes. |
"You've got folks on the other side of the aisle pointing at the federal budget and somehow trying to put that at our feet. Well, let's look at the history. When I walked in, we had a $1.3 trillion deficit. That was gift-wrapped and waiting for me when I walked in the Oval Office," Obama said. "Without my policies we'd... |
Obama continued, "So you can't go out there and charge up the credit card, go on ... shopping sprees on things that didn't grow the economy, hand over the bill to us, and then say, 'Why haven't you paid it off yet?' I got that bill from (Republicans). So we've got some work to do. I don't mind, by the way, being respon... |
The last half of the quote, the "get out of the way," was picked up by the local newspapers covering the speech and spread from there. Conservative commentators like Taranto said it showed Obama's unwillingness to work with Republicans on bipartisan solutions. |
But the broader context shows that Obama's criticisms were more targeted. Specifically, Obama was criticizing Republicans who blame him for the country's economic problems, when -- he says -- many of the problems were created while Republicans were in power. |
That's a far cry from Young's report of Obama's statement -- "For those who oppose our policies, you should just shut up and go away." Young's statement is much more sweeping and dismissive than anything the president said. We rate Young's claim False. |
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 12:43 p.m. |
OAKLAND — A’s manager Bob Melvin sat one of his hottest hitters Tuesday night in hopes of getting a struggling hitter on track. |
Josh Phegley, author of a nine-game hitting streak and having driven in a run in each of his last six games, was not in the starting lineup at catcher in the series opener against the Houston Astros. Instead, veteran Nick Hundley, coming off an 0-for-10 road trip and hitting .115, was batting ninth and catching starter... |
Phegley so far has rewarded the A’s for their decision not to pursue catcher Jonathan Lucroy, a move that appeared to be a gamble. Phegley split last season between Triple-A Nashville and the A’s and entered the season as a career .223 hitter with 22 homers and 98 RBIs in 271 games. |
Acquired in the 2014 deal which also brought Marcus Semien to the A’s in exchange for Jeff Samardzija, Phegley has had difficulty gaining traction because of injuries and medical issues. A 9-for-23 road trip that included a double, three homers and nine RBIs is the best stretch of his career. |
Phegley said he made subtle adjustments to his swing to take a more direct approach. |
Consistent playing time will also help his defensive skills, Phegley believes. |
As for handling pitchers, something Lucroy was lauded for last season as the A’s burned through injured starters, Phegley believes he can hold his own. |
A’s first baseman Matt Olson is recovering from surgery on his right hand. |
First baseman Matt Olson, on the injured list since March 25 after surgery to remove a hamate bone from his right hand, took some swings with a fungo bat in the Raiders locker room Tuesday night. |
The A’s have hedged on a timetable, given that players heal at different speeds. Olson should be good to go at some point in May. |
A’s and Astros players all wore No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league baseball color barrier on April 15, 1947. |
Local athletes from the Oakland Cal Ripken Babe Ruth League and Skyline and McClymonds high schools took part in an on-field cap exchange before the game. |
The brutal early portion of the A’s schedule is over, having played 17 games in 17 days before a rain out in Texas. The A’s were off Monday and are again on Thursday as well as April 25. |
Melvin is not planning on any changes to the pitching rotation during that time. |
Right-hander Chris Bassitt, out with a leg contusion since March 25, was reinstated from the injured list and sent to Triple-A Las Vegas. There, he’ll eventually be joined by Edwin Jackson, who is currently in Arizona. Daniel Mengden, who has spent time in the A’s rotation in each of the last two years, is also in Las ... |
Analysts at Roth Capital initiated coverage on Gaiam, Inc. (NASDAQ: GAIA) with a Buy rating. |
The target price for Gaiam is set to $8. |
Gaiam shares have dropped 10.76 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has surged 13.21 percent in the same period. |
Gaiam shares fell 3.14 percent to close at $6.47 yesterday. |
According to the folks at XDA who took a look at the phone’s kernel, it seems that the display of the OnePlus 5T has been mounted more “traditionally” this time, meaning that the jelly effect should not be present. For those unfamiliar, the jelly issue seemed to have to do with the display of the OnePlus 5 having been ... |
OnePlus had claimed that the issue was not a defect, but at the same time we can imagine that users probably weren’t too thrilled about it either, defect or not. It seems that with the OnePlus 5T the company might have learnt from their mistakes, although we have yet to check out the phone ourselves so we can’t be 100%... |
The OnePlus 5T is currently set for a release on the 21st of November where it will be priced starting at $499. |
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Gerald Tsai Jr., the former Wall Street analyst and entrepreneur who in the last four years has built a formidable array of financial service businesses at the American Can Company, was named yesterday to succeed William S. Woodside as the company's chief executive. |
Mr. Tsai, 57 years old, has been vice chairman at American Can since June 1983. He joined the company as executive vice president a year earlier, shortly after American Can purchased Associated Madison Companies, an insurance holding company that he had headed since 1978. |
The question of who would succeed Mr. Woodside, who has spent his entire career at American Can and was named chairman and chief executive of the Greenwich, Conn., company in 1980, has been of considerable interest to Wall Street. |
According to analysts and former American Can executives, Mr. Tsai had been considered the front-runner. Some had speculated, however, that Frank J. Conner, the company's 55 year-old president, might be named because of his overall knowledge of the company's operations. |
Although it has invested more than $1 billion in financial services since Mr. Woodside took over as chairman and chief executive, American Can retains considerable manufacturing and packaging operations. |
Mr. Tsai said that ''things won't be much different'' during his tenure as chief executive. ''The strategy that Bill Woodside set five years ago to diversify out of manufacturing and packaging is working well,'' he said. |
A native of Shanghai, Mr. Tsai (pronounced sigh) emigrated to the United States at age 17 and within three years had earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Boston University. |
He began his career on Wall Street at Bache & Company and at age 23 joined the Boston-based Fidelity Management and Research Company as a securities analyst. |
In the next two decades Mr. Tsai made millions for himself and his clients, and in 1978 he bought a controlling interest in Associated Madison for $2.2 million. He sold the company to American Can four years later for a 3.5 percent equity stake in American Can that at the time was valued at $18 million. Today, his hold... |
The line up at the St. Lucie Locks has been steady since Tuesday. State park workers at Sebastian Inlet have been battening down the hatches. Staff and boat owners at marinas and boat yards in Fort Pierce have been busy securing vessels ahead of Hurricane Irma. |
This storm is going to be serious. And the waterfront community is treating it as such. |
When a major hurricane approaches, there is so much to do, and so little time. And when one owns a vessel, that workload increases exponentially. |
A boat is an investment, not just a ticket to fun. When the big winds come, boaters scramble to perform all the same tasks everyone else is faced with — boarding up windows, running to get last minute supplies, taking care of pets, elderly family members, children, businesses and also, their boat. |
There are roughly 77,000 boats registered in the four-county area between Martin and Brevard counties. All week long, boaters have been transporting boats near and far, tying them up, securing them in backyards and driveways, rack storage buildings and even inside homes. |
Many large vessels have been moving from Palm Beach County through Brevard County into the Okeechobee Waterway for hurricane protection in western Martin County, and all the way across Florida to Labelle, Fort Myers and Naples. River Forest Yachting Center, with locations in western Palm City and Labelle offer members ... |
Steve Haigis, general manager of the yet to open Causeway Cove Marina on Seaway Drive in Fort Pierce, has had a heck of a second week on the job. |
"We have 198 slips, and 10 recreational vehicle parking spots, on an 18-acre site," said Haigis, who has managed marinas on the Treasure Coast for more than two decades. "We're not open yet, but hope to be by the end of the month. But I'm nervous. We have 10 miles of open water south of us." |
Causeway Cove is on the Indian River Lagoon just east of the South Bridge in Fort Pierce. Haigis said wind direction is everything with respect to whether the marina's newly-installed fixed docks will suffer damage. Sustained northerly winds along the lagoon would likely cause damage. |
"Plus, we're just coming off the full moon tides, so the water is high," Haigis said. |
Many larger boats have been making preparations all week. Well-known charter boats like the Last Mango and Fins of Fort Pierce, and Floridian from Stuart, have been hauled out to be stored on land at Cracker Boy Boatworks in Fort Pierce. Tour boats like the Island Princess in Stuart sought safety in the St. Lucie Canal... |
Owners of smaller boats on trailers or in rack storage facilities had decisions to make, too. Some chose to put their boats on trailers and are tying them down in yards using anchors, flattening tires, strapping boats to trailers and removing any canvas and electronics. |
Hurricane club members have filled up the storage building at Sebastian Inlet Marina in Micco, too. At Sebastian Inlet State Park, park staff was busy Wednesday removing the grates on the deck of the north jetty. Last year, large waves from Hurricane Matthew pushed out and into the inlet more than 30 of the grates whic... |
Even rowing clubs have had to take action. Tom Lange, coach at Sebastian River High School Crew, said his team has stored four launches and 17 rowing shells inside its two boat houses in Fellsmere. |
Ron Mitchell of Port St. Lucie is one boat owner who went to extremes to protect his vessel. He's a fishing tournament angler and owns a trailerable boat worth about $500,000, he said. |
"I really owe a friend from Georgia," Mitchell said, who is team captain of the tournament boat Bandit. "I went back and forth on what to do with my boat, but the shifting forecast for Irma's path had me really messed up. My friend came down and hauled my truck and boat to a metal building in Georgia. That gave me the ... |
And now all we can hope for is a miss by this powerful storm. |
San Diego-based Biocept, a cancer diagnostics and advanced laboratory services company, recently announced that David Hale has joined its board of directors as executive chairman—a move that could pave the way for Hale to eventually step in as the company’s CEO. Forward Ventures partner Ivor Royston also has joined Bio... |
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Friends Martin Barcelo, left, and Dorothy Smith, both of Crystal Lake, enjoy the autumn scenery on an abnormally warm Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 at Barbara Key Park in Lake In The Hills. |
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com A pair of turtles bask in the sun atop a log at Barbara Key Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 in Lake In The Hills. |
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Alex Zaucha of Algonquin, 4, plays on the playground on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 at Barbara B. Key Park in Lake In The Hills. |
Matthew Apgar - mapgar@shawmedia.com Jessica Zaucha, front, holds onto Cooper Delp, 4, as Jenn Delp, back, carries Callen Delp, 1, all of Algonquin, up a steep hill to an overlook at Barbara Key Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 in Lake In The Hills. |
A pair of turtles bask in the sun atop a log at Barbara Key Park on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 in Lake In The Hills. |
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On the trail of police who storm a village, burn down homes, steal livestock - and murder an 80-year-old man. |
In the German epicentre of anti-immigrant politics lies a haven for refugees. |
A lawyer and his family fled death threats in Pakistan and came to Germany. Now, they're being forced to go home. |
At the start of the refugee crisis, dysfunction and danger awaited those registering for asylum in Germany. |
Two foodies team up to explore the Kenyan city's diverse foreign cuisine, and the entrepreneurs who brought it here. |
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, on Monday, said he is surprised at young glovesman Rishabh Pant's exclusion from India's World Cup squad given his 'exceptionally' good batting form and 'great' improvement in wicket-keeping skills. |
The 33-year-old Dinesh Karthik pipped Pant in the fight for the second wicketkeeper's slot in India's 15-strong squad for the World Cup, starting May 30 in England. Gavaskar said the move is surprising but backed Karthik as a better wicketkeeper. |
"A bit surprised, looking at his (Pant's) form. He was batting exceptionally well, not only in the Indian Premier League but before that also. He was showing great improvement his wicket-keeping as well. He brings that left-handed option in the top-six which is very handy against the bowlers," Gavaskar told India Today... |
Gavaskar said Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar, who made it to the squad for his 'three-dimensional qualities', will be a very useful player for the team. |
Former opener Sanjay Manjrekar, on the other hand felt, "Shankar is a lucky man to make it." |
Former India medium-pacer R P Singh and star of India's 2007 World T20 triumph said he hoped that the decision to pick experience over youth works in the team's favour at the mega-event. |
Manjrekar agreed with Gavaskar on the point that Karthik's inclusion was a bit unexpected. |
"It's impossible to keep everyone happy with team selections but Karthik inclusion surprising. Selectors guilty of showing no consistency in his case. Discarded after Jan 2019 to select straight for the WC," he said. |
Manjrekar said he stands by the prediction he made last month that India's middle order will be be its Achilles heel in England. |
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said India's decision to omit Pant was nothing short of crazy. |
"No @RishabPant777 in the World Cup Squad ... India must be bonkers !!!!!," he tweeted. |
Former batsman Mohammad Kaif foccussed his views on Shami's comeback from a period of personal turbulence but did mention that the Monday's decisions will leave a 'few disappointed players'. |
"Six mnths back, Mohammad Shami was nowhere near being considered for white ball cricket, but some outstanding performances has ensured he plays his 2nd World Cup. Him & Jadeja have fought their way back in...," he tweeted. |
Boxing promoter Bob Arum said Monday he would announce Manny Pacquiao’s next fight Tuesday – be it against Floyd Mayweather Jr. or someone else. |
But Arum said Tuesday from Mexico he was going to have one last conversation with Pacquiao late Tuesday night to see if Pacquiao, who is in the Philippines, would agree to the latest pitch by Team Mayweather regarding the drug-testing that has threatened to kill this fight tentatively scheduled for March 13 at MGM Gran... |
Team Mayweather wants both fighters to undergo Olympic-style drug-testing, which would be anywhere from eight to 12 urine tests and three to five blood tests taken at random, meaning blood could be drawn the day before the fight. |
Pacquiao has balked, saying, among other things that having blood drawn so close to a fight might weaken him. |
“Binkow is going to talk to Todd with their proposal, we’re going to give it to Manny and he is going to make his choice,” Arum said via telephone from Cabo San Lucas. |
Bruce Binkow is an executive with Golden Boy Promotions, which is representing Mayweather. Todd duBoef is president of Arum’s Top Rank Inc. Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, confirmed Binkow and duBoef were talking Tuesday in an effort to reach an accord. |
Neither Arum nor Schaefer on Tuesday discussed what they believe a suitable compromise would be for a final blood test on the fighters. |
Schaefer on Monday said Mayweather still wanted only a two-day cutoff before the fight, but he indicated there might be some flexibility. |
Some of Monday’s discussion centered on Pacquiao being depicted on HBO’s 24/7 series having blood drawn during a pre-fight examination ahead of his May 2 fight with Ricky Hatton. |
Golden Boy issued a statement saying that test was taken approximately 14 days before that fight. Pacquiao’s team has said it does not want any blood drawn inside of 30 days prior to fighting Mayweather. |
Arum on Tuesday said he did some research. |
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