Video: Governors FRUSTRATED after meeting with ObamaFebruary, 26, 2013 — nicedeb
Via Instapundit, judging from reactions, that meeting Obama held with the National Governors Association,Monday, was not terribly productive, in fact, Gov. Nikki Haley said she could not be more frustrated.
During President Barack Obama’s meeting with U.S. governors at the White House Monday, the president dismissed members of the press to hold a private, hourlong discussion with the visiting state executives. Whatever was said after the cameras left the room especially incensed South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley.
Haley went across the street to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after the meeting, where she joined fellow Republican Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Scott Walker of Wisconsin in berating both Congress and the Obama administration for failing to agree to an alternative to the looming across-the-board federal budget cuts set to trigger March 1.
“I could not be more frustrated than I am right now,” Haley told reporters after the meeting. She said that when she asked Obama if he would consider a last-minute plan to shave about 2 percent from the annual federal budget without increasing taxes, the answer was “no.”
“My kids could go and find $83 billion out of a $4 trillion budget,” Haley said. “This is not rocket science.”
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It would appear that Obama had the media cleared out of the room after he was done pontificating, so they would be unable to report on the governors’ questions.
The most transparent president in modern times knew things were going to get a tad unpleasant, and didn’t want it recorded for posterity.
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