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Gibbons Still Angry Over Obama's Comments
2010-07-08
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons refuses to bury the hatchet with President Barack Obama and has no plans to greet the Commander-In-Chief when he arrives in Las Vegas Thursday.

Gibbons, who is in the final months of his term, blames Obama for the state's unemployment crisis, saying his statements about Las Vegas cost 200,000 people their jobs.

"I am hopeful Obama does not make more insulting remarks about Las Vegas and further damage our economy," he said in a statement to FOX5.

Gibbons is referring to comments the president made in February, when he said families shouldn't blow their college savings in Las Vegas.

That statement, which followed a 2009 remark about bailed-out companies scheduling junkets in the city, drew criticism from both sides of the aisle.

"It is ironic that Obama badmouths Las Vegas, puts Nevadans out of work, then comes here to raise money and campaign for Harry Reid," Gibbons said.
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