GOP Calls Obama's Midwest Trip A 'Jobless Tour' In New Ad (VIDEO)

The RNC launched a new ad Monday mocking Obama's ongoing "Main Street tour" as a "jobless tour."

In the video, entitled "Mr. Obama's Wild Ride," a guffawing Obama bounces around the country in a Cruella de Vil-inspired automobile, visiting states that have all experienced growing unemployment rates in recent years.

"Americans don't want another PR tour, they need jobs and want to see the economy improve," said an RNC spokeswoman, according to The Hill. "They are upset with Obama's binge spending agenda that has done nothing but hurt the taxpayers he claims to help."

Obama is set to visit Iowa today on a trip that will forgo meetings with Democratic politicians in place of interactions with everyday Iowans: factory workers, farmers and citizens.

"He's filled his tank with your tax dollars, and [is] flooring it until it runs on empty," the ad says.

Watch the ad:

Comments

[escobar]

04:20 PM on 05/09/2010

The RNC is in the pocket of the financial interests that created this disaster.
The rape and pillage of the US economy is the result of 30 years of Freidman economic theory.
None of this has anything to do with Pres. Obama.
The RNC is anti-worker.

[unclelew]

02:11 PM on 04/28/2010

I agree totally with the GOP job plan. Hmmmm. Now where did I put it? Gotta be here somewhere.

[GrandmaBEE]

02:22 PM on 04/28/2010

LOL. Fanned ya Unc.

[skyryter]

02:30 PM on 04/28/2010

All these folks can do is be critical. Where are the GOP SOLUTIONS to our problems? Are there any critical thinkers on the other side?

[tompoe]

07:36 AM on 04/29/2010

Didn't you know? The Party of Corporate Welfare insisted 40% of Obama's first attempt at a jobs bill be made up of tax cuts for corporations. Apparently, they couldn't grasp the concept that Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy, over and over, during his eight years produced zero jobs creation. Maybe they thought tax cuts might create jobs when Democratic control of the legislature was in place.

[Duppy]

02:05 PM on 04/28/2010

An Obama because his father is from Kenya has a magic wand to fix everything quickly in one swoop.........

[GrandmaBEE]

02:23 PM on 04/28/2010

Dip

[GrandmaBEE]

02:24 PM on 04/28/2010

Sorry I just realized it was sarcasm.

[Duppy]

02:02 PM on 04/28/2010

I have only one thing to say to the GOP. Are we still losing 700,000 jobs per month like we did under George W. ?

[StopMakingSense2]

11:59 AM on 04/28/2010

Of course it ignores the fact that the republicans ran the economy into the ditch and that's why the unemployment rate is high in the first place. What would they have done to correct the problem? Same as they always do, nothing. Things are far better under Obama than they would be under the republicans reign of tyranny.

[Duppy]

02:03 PM on 04/28/2010

They would have cut taxes for their rich friends so that they can buy bigger houses and more expensive cars while the rest of us eat dirt

[power1]

11:32 AM on 04/28/2010

The stimulus did not create any jobs.

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

12:10 PM on 04/28/2010

Of course it didn't. It wasn't meant to.
BTW, you don't create any meaningful postings.

[Gidster]

11:10 AM on 04/28/2010

Republicans know ALL about jobless recoveries..... Reagan's administration presided over one, So did both Bush's, however under Dubya's administration, 11 million jobs went overseas, so only Americans went jobless.

The recession that began in 2007, and the financial meltdown that began in August 2008, and the job losses that followed are now being blamed on Obama......

That is like blaming the new bank manager for the robbery that happened 2 years before he took the job, it is disingenuous and false.

Just like elected Republicans in general now..........

[virmal]

01:07 PM on 04/28/2010

...and Obama did NOT plant a sign in the midwest proclaiming "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" like the previous toostupidtobepresident did

[kgb999]

03:24 PM on 04/28/2010

I disagree. Obama has been in charge for quite some time now. We are now living with the results of his response policy as much as Bush's aftermath. The bankers, oil companies, insurance corporations are all taking record profits while unemployment holding steady at 10% it is considered a "win" for the working people. If he is not aggressive enough on behalf of Main Street's needs, nobody else is to blame but Obama.

We've moved from an observation which was valid when Obama took office to a catch-all excuse for any negative result of this administration's policy decisions.

[Gidster]

03:30 PM on 04/28/2010

The economy is rebounding, and job losses are lessening. I thought Obama should institute a jobs program, but his h8ers scream "Socialism" and demonize every effort, then guys like you tell me Obama now owns it, and it is his fault businesses are not hiring......

Obama is to blame for not starting this investigation sooner, but blaming him for individual corporation's lack of hiring is disingenuous at best.

[emma richmond]

10:43 AM on 04/28/2010

These Republicans just don't think, do they think people are stupid? It's going on two what have they done for the people of their State or this country, except Campaigned, fulibusted againsted everyone President Obama, agenda, for the People and this Country, Rick Perry, of TX. told the Republicans to Reject everything, and Demint told the Republicans to waterloo and Break Him. These fools just don't think before they speak, they haven't "Contribute," they haven't had a plan for nothing but pocketing Money from the Lobbyist, they are sore losers, they have been angry every since the President won. Oh Yes Rick Perry don't mention the money he have begged the Fed. Gov., for, it's coming up again. These Repubs., need to reverse they ad.

[Mafdet]

10:31 AM on 04/28/2010

Not for nuthin, but I am a small business owner who has written to President Obama no fewer than 30 times outlining the problems that I and others face following 2 years of being locked out by the banks. On the White House web site, there is a little box that asks: Do you want a response from us? And I always say that I do. But I have never gotten one.

I get e-mails from the Party asking for contributions to accomplish financial reform, but I won't contribute anymore because Obama is actively protecting the people on Wall Street who locked up OUR cash for a year in order to strangle small banks and along with them small business and throw millions out of work indefinitely. When criminal prosecutions are undertaken, I will support the party again. Obama's unwillingness to serve justice on Wall Street is inexcusable and so how can anyone trust the financial reform that he supports? Does it matter at all what the laws are if the highest levels of government refuse to enforce them?

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

10:46 AM on 04/28/2010

I think your story is being told over and over by other SBOs. I understand your frustration.
Can it be that things are so broken that it simply cannot be turned on a dime?
Call me Mr. Optimistic but I think that in time things will get better for you.
In regard to the WH ignoring your communiques, I think it's irresponsible of them.

[Gidster]

11:12 AM on 04/28/2010

There is of course no evidence to suggest that the White House is ignoring his letters, that is just frustrated anger that Obama did not magically fix things in his first year.

It is easier to blame Obama, than it is to point the blame at the dozens of Congresspeople and bankers that have cause the harm to his business and the greater American economy.

[GrandmaBEE]

10:53 AM on 04/28/2010

I was a small buisness owner, construction. Our buisness dried up in November 2007, never to recover. Obama's fault too? We tried to hang on until September 2008, there was no chance.Layed off 16 workers from December 2007 till we were down to 2 employees when we closed her up in sept 2008. We voted Obama and the Democrats because we were tired of the Failed policies of the conservatives.

[sdried]

10:28 AM on 04/28/2010

Ummm...hello! Republicans caused this recession and bequeathed this debt to us!!!

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

12:10 PM on 04/28/2010

Thank you, Ron Reagan!

[Ima Vegetarian]

10:26 AM on 04/28/2010

When the GOP starts publically encouraging American corporations to stop offshoring development and production work, and mean it, then I'll listen. Until then, they know that these companies are using all this as a continued excuse to remove Americans from their labor force.

[Gidster]

11:13 AM on 04/28/2010

Co-Sign!

[SangZe]

10:04 AM on 04/28/2010

Like it or not, you must admit the republicans know how to produce a campaign that works. The dims are too simple-minded to know how to take advantage of a majority in congress, much less how to inform anyone as to what they have accomplished (assuming they accomplished something worth noting, not some watered down junk to pacify the masses as they happily bow down to their opponents).

[Gidster]

11:18 AM on 04/28/2010

I would be very careful who you call dim.....SUre, Republicans tell some great lies, yet who is it that buys them every time?

YOU conservatives keep voting for policies and candidates that have allowed the financial crisis to happen in the first place!

YOU guys voted for Dubya....TWICE!

YOU guys put the interests of a few Americans way ahead of your own bests interests based on the pipe dream that you will someday be one of the wealthy 2%.....

YOU guys consistently vote for candidates that cut taxes, that's great in the short run, until you watch 350,000 teachers being fired and hundreds of schools closed for want of funding......Creating more overcrowded classrooms so poorly paid teachers have to purchase more school supplies out of pocket....

Sharecropper syndrome......And you don't even see it.......That is pretty dim.......

[cmj707]

09:36 AM on 04/28/2010

What exactly have the Republicans done to produce jobs? That would be ZERO. They voted against the stimulus, healthcare, and the jobs bill. Now they are blocking wall street reform. Only the gullible will be fooled by these idiots.

[Mafdet]

10:22 AM on 04/28/2010

OH, YOU HAVEN'T HEARD! The Republicans are the minority party in both House and Senate, and they lost the presidency in 08. Furthermore, the current president retained ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WHO FACILITATED THE FRAUD PERPETRATED BY WALL STREET. Including Bernanke.

One might argue that had Obama prosecuted Wall Street for their 100s of 1000s of counts of fraud and conspiracy right out of the gate, as has been the custom in this country since before we were a country, the banks would not have locked down OUR cash for a year IN ORDER TO strangle smaller banks (which the big ones now own) and strangle along with them SMALL BUSINESS, which is the CHIEF EMPLOYER of the AMERICAN PUBLIC.

And all those good things the Repubs don't support. They don't have to. We have the majority.

[Gidster]

11:21 AM on 04/28/2010

I agree to that....Obama should have began investigating the financial sector day one, so the Repubs could screech to their fellow h8ters that Obama is doing it ALL for political gain.

You know, like absolutely everything else Obama has done......

Where have you been the last 16 months? Or were you too busy carrying signs decrying "Socalism"?

[Doreen1960]

09:35 AM on 04/28/2010

Yes, Please GOP - tell us all what steps you have taken to help this nation, its people, create
jobs, reform Wall St.. -Please list all your suggestions, and solutions!!!

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

09:37 AM on 04/28/2010

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[LiberalUnderYourBed]

09:37 AM on 04/28/2010

.....crickets.....

[bilmardre]

09:32 AM on 04/28/2010

GOP hopes lie in their belief that the American people are stupid and have short memories.

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

09:38 AM on 04/28/2010

...well, they are correct. You describe their base to a tee!

[Gidster]

11:26 AM on 04/28/2010

With 24/7 propaganda outlet, 500+ total hours a week of h8 radio, zero accountability for lying, slander or libel, it is a wonder anyone in America has any idea or fact based information about ANYTHING!

Just the number of lies told about the health care bill alone would exceed the max word count.

Republicans, and the obviously gullible cretins that slavishly follow the party, have only offered up lies, fear mongering and hate since they lost in 08.

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

11:37 AM on 04/28/2010

"Republicans, and the obviously gullible cretins that slavishly follow the party, have only offered up lies, fear mongering and hate since they lost in 08. "

Gid,
They have been doing this (mainly on AM H8 radio) since Bill Clinton was sworn in.
They are merely ratcheting up the noise and rhetoric since a Dem (and a black one!) has been elected president.