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Thursday, April 19, 2012

LCCC Proves ‘Perfect Venue’ for Obama Speech

Trip marks president's second campus visit since 2010.

President Barack Obama’s speech at Lorain County Community College the work force marked his second visit to the campus since January of 2010. This time he spoke to an audience of only 250, but it was an opportunity not just for the president to talk about job creation, but also highlight the county’s community college. Obama’s approximately 20-minute speech, broadcast live on whitehouse.gov, followed a roundtable discussion with out-of-work LCCC students and comments by the college's president, Dr. Roy Church. One student told the story of his struggle after he lost his job. Obama asked, “Should we settle for an economy where only a few are doing well,” or where everyone “gets their fair share.” The president said prospective employees …

T.S.

3:05 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012

And, he finally has a record! Deficit grew $5Trillion under his leadership, when he said it was un-patriotic when GBush grew it $3Trill in 8 years. He said he wanted reduce cost of health care, not sure about you but my premiums when up over 20%. He wanted to distribute the wealth, but instead made more people poor and more reliant on government hand outs. He said energy prices will " necessarily…   more ›

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