Obama: GOP relying on fear, frustration instead of offering new ideas

[jefferson_dem]

Obama: GOP relying on fear, frustration instead of offering new ideas

(CNN) -- With Tea Party protesters gathered outside, President Barack Obama said Thursday he understood the anger and frustration in the country but insisted his policies would move the nation forward.

Speaking at a fundraiser for Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate in Connecticut, Obama said Republicans and special interests were spending millions on negative ads against Democrats instead of offering any new ideas or proposals to spur economic recovery and job creation.

He noted that Blumenthal's GOP opponent, former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon, had more money than the state attorney general and was spending it on attack ads against him.

"I could see how someone who has a background in professional wrestling would think they're right at home in the U.S Senate," Obama joked to the crowd of more than 300 people expected to raise more than $400,000.

However, the president said, public service "is not a game," but instead involves "facing serious challenges that require serious leaders."

Out on the street, conservative protesters withstood stormy weather to express their concerns with signs criticizing Obama and Blumenthal.

Some held Revolutionary War-era flags depicting a coiled snake and the "Don't Tread on Me" slogan, while other placards in the crowd of mostly white, middle-aged demonstrators said "B.O. Stinks," "I am not your ATM," and "Stop Socialism, vote Nov. 2."

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. The Right are about to get annihilated!

we need to stop 'pussy footing around' - this is war against the Right baby.

[ClarkUSA]

2. Do the teabaggers protesting socialism realize that Social Security & Medicare = socialist gov't.?

:shrug: