Republicans say they will not hire as long as Obama is president

By Robert "Rob" Redding Jr.

Editor & Publisher

ATLANTA, Sept. 26 , 2010, 10:30 a.m. - As unemployment continues to remain near 10 percent, key Republicans are now saying that they are not hiring as long as President Obama's economic and health care policies continue.

With an unemployment rate at 9.6 percent, Republicans say that business owners are not hiring because they believe the Obama's policies are "socialist" or even stupid.

Billionaire Donald Trump called Obama's policies "stupidity" last week on a segment of "The Situation Room" when he was asked why business owners are not hiring. Trump endorsed Obama's rival Republican Sen. John McCain for president.

"Because they're afraid of stupidity," Trump told Blitzer. "Because they're afraid of uncertainty, they're afraid that people are giving away our country, they are very very concerned."

Trump's comments come as Newt Gingrich, who is thought to be running for the GOP's president nomination, says that people are not hiring because they believe that Obama is a "socialist."

"As I crisscross the country, the number of people who tell me that they are not going to hire anybody as long as Obama is president, because they distrust the administration and think it's socialist," Gingrich said told Fox News last month.