Politico left out that Harry Reid also said: ""It's been obvious that they're doing everything they can to make him fail," Reid said. "And I hope, I hope -- and I say this seriously -- I hope that's based on substance and not the fact that he's African-American.""...Harry Reid defamed all Americans in the process of playing the game both sides play which is attempting to fool people into thinking Republicans don't like Obama. GOP 'leaders' love Obama, love the same big gov. things Obama loves. Obama saved the GOP from the Tea Party and they owe him big time.
8/9/13, "Harry Reid hopes President Obama opposition not race-based," Politico, Burgess Everett
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that it’s “obvious” that some Republicans are continuing to do “everything they can” to ensure President Barack Obama’s legislative priorities fail and said he hopes the GOP opposition isn’t based on the president’s race.
On issues like tweaking Obamacare during its implementation and passing the president’s priorities, Reid said on Nevada’s NPR affiliate that he’s still seeing the same Republican obstructionism that he saw in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election.
"Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) subsequently called on Reid to apologize for his comments. Scott, the only African-American in the Senate, said the Democrat leader was “playing to the lowest common denominator” and that Democrats are “trying to hide behind a smokescreen” and avoid talking about the president’s “failed policies.”
“I hope Senator Reid will realize the offensive nature of his remarks and apologize to those who disagree with the President’s policies because of one thing – they are hurting hardworking American families,” Scott said."...
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77% of jobs created in 2013 are part time:
8/2/13, "Obamacare Full Frontal: Of 953,000 Jobs Created In 2013, 77%, Or 731,000 Are Part-Time," Zero Hedge, Durden
"When the payroll report was released last month (6/13), the world finally noticed what we had been saying for nearly three years: that the US was slowly being converted to a part-time worker society. This slow conversion accelerated drastically in the last few months, and especially in June, when part time jobs exploded higher by 360K while full time jobs dropped by 240K. In July we are sad to report that America's conversion to a part-time worker society is not "tapering": according to the Household Survey, of the 266K jobs created (note this number differs from the establishment survey), only 35% of jobs, or 92K, were full time. The rest were... not....
Of the 953K jobs "created" so far in 2013, only 23%, or 222K, were full-time. Part-time jobs? 731K of the 953K total." Source: BLS, St. Louis Fed. thru July 2013."
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8/2/13, "“We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers”: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report," Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance
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1/4/13, "Tim Scott's swearing-in as senator caps his historic rise," Charlotte (NC) Observer, James Rosen, McClatchy
"Tim Scott of South Carolina was sworn into office Thursday on a historic day that saw him become the first African-American United States senator from the South since Reconstruction and the upper chamber’s only current black member....
“I’m certainly aware,” Scott said in an interview. “I haven’t missed the fact that there is a uniqueness about my presence in the Senate, yes.”
Scott, though, said he feels no added pressure because of his increased visibility.
“Each senator has the responsibility of representing their state and the nation,” Scott said. “That’s plenty of pressure by itself.”...
Scott, 47, grew up poor in a single-parent home in North Charleston, raised by a mom, Frances Scott, who worked 16-hour days. Scott became a high school football star, college graduate and State Farm insurance agent before entering politics.
His new U.S. Senate post continues a meteoric rise for Scott. Just over four years ago, he was wrapping up a 13-year tenure on the Charleston County Commission before serving two years in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Then, in 2010, he emerged from a crowded Republican primary field to defeat several well-known opponents and gain election to Congress.
Ryan Frazier, a black Republican businessman who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2010, was among Scott’s friends who joined him in Washington to help celebrate his big day.
“It’s really exciting – for our country, really – to see a guy of his caliber elevated to the Senate,” Frazier said. “I think he’s going to do great things for the country. As an African-American, I’m very proud that Tim is now in the United States Senate. It just says a lot about our country and the fact that we need diverse folks representing us all over this country.”
Among other friends and relatives on hand were Scott’s brother Ben, their aunt, plus the widow, sons and daughters-in-law of the late John Moniz, who became a mentor and father figure to Scott after Moniz hired Scott to work at the Chick-fil-A restaurant he managed.
When Scott entered the Senate to be sworn into office, it was only the second time he’d been in the 19th century chamber.
Just before taking the oath of office, he looked up into the visitors’ gallery and caught the eye of his mother and his brother.
“It’s a new chapter – a new opportunity for me to continue to tell the story that I think is important to the future of our country, which is that a good economy makes all things possible,” Scott said afterward. “Hopefully I can frame it in such way that it helps us grow the economy and have a smarter, easier-to-use tax code for folks to understand that America is great because people believe in hard work and are able to support their families and take care of themselves.”" photo of swearing in rehearsal including Tim Scott's mother from getty
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Comment: Senator Scott once worked at Chick Fil A. That should really drive them nuts.
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The TPM link below has more complete reporting of Harry Reid comments than Politico:
8/9/13, "Reid: ‘I Hope’ GOP Opposition To Obama Is Not Because He’s Black," TPM, Sahil Kapur
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Senator Tim Scott, Republican from South Carolina
"Prior to being appointed to the Senate, Senator Scott
served in the United States House
of Representatives from 2011-2013,
where he was a member of House leadership
and sat
on the influential House Rules
Committee. Tim also served on Charleston County
Council for 13 years, including four terms as Chair
and in the South Carolina House
of Representatives for two years
where he was elected Chairman of the
Freshman Caucus
and House Whip. He was the owner
of Tim Scott Allstate and partner of Pathway
Real Estate Group."
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I noticed the headline and lead below from Daily Caller
on google, twice saying Sen Scott
"blasted" Harry Reid.
If the Politico quotes are factual,
it's a lie to say Sen. Scott "blasted" anyone.
He has no need to "blast" people.
This characterization
borders on defamatory:
8/9/13, "Black senator blasts
Harry Reid
for suggesting Republicans
are racist,"
Daily Caller - 14 hours ago
"The only black lawmaker in the U.S. Senate blasted
Senate majority leader Harry ... Tim Scott, a Republican,
called on the Nevada Democrat to ..."
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