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Date Posted: 15:08:39 04/19/12 Thu
Author: Rufus Leaking
Subject: Famous Quotes

Quote of the Day

"I tell him, 'Baby, my cash money.'"

-- A Cartagena, Colombia prostitute identified as the woman in a payment dispute with a Secret Service agent that led to the exposure of widespread patronization of prostitutes by President Obama’s advance security team, recounting to the New York Times what she was shouting at the agent during the dispute. She told the Times she was demanding $800 and he was offering $30.



Obama and Vegas – An Unhappy Marriage

"You can't take a trip to Las Vegas or down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers' dime."

-- President Obama at a town hall in Elkhart, Ind. on Feb. 10, 2009 talking about limits on spending by bailed-out companies.



“You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you're trying to save for college.”

-- President Obama, speaking at a town hall in New Hampshire on Feb. 2, 2010.



“Specifically, I ask that you issue a directive or letter to federal agencies indicating that this (informal policy discouraging government meetings in Las Vegas) is not a permissible consideration in selecting locations for government meetings and conferences. Every hotel in America is leisure oriented.”

-- Letter from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on Feb. 2, 2010.



“Before I go any further, let me set the record straight: I love Vegas! I did receive a little bit of heat, I know, maybe from some in this room, when I said folks shouldn't blow their college fund in Vegas. That wasn't a shot at Vegas.”

-- President Obama campaigning with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a Feb. 19 event in Las Vegas.


“…why not enjoy it while we have it and while we can. Ain't gonna last forever."

-- Email from Jeffrey Neely, acting commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Pacific Rim region, in an email inviting friends from outside work to attend a an Oct. 25, 2010 training conference at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas. The event for 280 agency workers cost $840,616.



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