Kyl to Obama: How about skipping Leno and putting your economic team in order?
posted at 6:47 pm on March 19, 2009 by Allahpundit
Stupid on the merits but good retail politics in how it syncs with the story of Duke’s coach goofing on The One for wasting time on NCAA picks instead of the economy. Politico’s flirting with heresy this afternoon by wondering if our new Great Communicator is really that great after all, in part because his famous temperament is ill suited to the angry spirit of the time. Chitchat in Burbank at ground zero for celebrity worship while the AIG story is roiling and people are screaming for Geithner’s head only underscores their point, although I assume the venue was deliberately chosen by Obama to try to lighten things up a bit and calm people down. If he can do it, more power to him.
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??? skip Leno?!! Surely you jest.
DrStock on March 19, 2009 at 6:50 PM
That was beautifully phrased.
INC on March 19, 2009 at 6:50 PM
More power to Obama? Dude.
Ronnie on March 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Well. I hope that the “populist tone” that these critics are taking doesn’t hurt Obama’s feelings.
watson007 on March 19, 2009 at 6:52 PM
NO! NO! That’s just wrong. Never use that cliche concerning Obama!
Christian Conservative on March 19, 2009 at 6:52 PM
That’s kind of personal?
Personal to ask him to skip Leno and do his job. Of course, he could do the type of job he’s doing…or lack of same….from anywhere.
He can be incompetent on either coast.
originalpechanga on March 19, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I had to turn off ESPN because they’re still going on about Obama’s basketball picks. It’s sickening.
Yeah, dude, you and 50 million other people are in an NCAA pool.
We get it.
JammieWearingFool on March 19, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Why is it stupid? It’s necessary to make some news to wake up every person possible.
Am I the only one around here who’s had just about enough?
RightWinged on March 19, 2009 at 6:54 PM
i sincerely do not believe that Obama has the mental and physical capability to deal with pressure, therefore he must sneak off to a more comfortable environment where he can maintain his self control and composure. When the going gets tough Obama simply escapes to a more friendly and quiet place . . . this time it was Hollywood land.
rplat on March 19, 2009 at 6:54 PM
You have got to be kidding me……………
……….. after eight years what the Liberal Democratic Left had to say towards President Bush?
This is flirting compared to that…….
……. the reporters apparently have the attention span of an ant.
Seven Percent Solution on March 19, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Kyl is great.
Firebird on March 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Well, Leno will certainly challenge Obama:
1. Is AIG an American Company?
2. Do you think Olbermann went to an Ivy League?
3. How do you stay so wonderful?
4. My jokes aren’t too tough on you are they? ( No JAY, they are NON existent.
5. Did Bush force you to hire Geithner?
originalpechanga on March 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I keep wondering what Michelle thinks of Barry flying off and leaving her. Is he ever going to settle down and stay in the WH? IMO, I doubt if he has the discipline to be able to stand the pace of steady work and the isolation from the adoring crowds. Air Force One is going to be burning a lot of fuel.
I’ve moved to another region with small children and had to deal with the transition and their homesickness. It can be hard on kids. To make things more difficult, the Obama girls are not exactly in a neighborhood where they can easily make new friends and have them run in and out of the house.
INC on March 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Wait a minute. I just thought of something. Isn’t he still shaking with outrage? How can he go on Leno if he is still shaking with outrage?
Question? Anyone on this thread have the stomach to watch zero’s late night performance?
DrStock on March 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM
That’s the same thought I had. I was writing my comment when yours was posted.
INC on March 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I’m pretty sure he was already booked on the Tonight Show when he whipped up outrage over AIG two days ago.
Jim Treacher on March 19, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Demint, Kyl, Palin, GOP is firing on all cylinders today. If Geithner’s gone, Odummy will be really toast.
promachus on March 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
OT, but must watch: Rep Corrine Brown (D, FL) being her typical idiotic self. I think this should be an “Obligatory HA topic…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2uQ7Fg_Uk
brogers on March 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Guys I think we’re missing the bigger picture here — I’m worried about us from an international security standpoint. But if Obama manages to drag his heels in the economy like this, it’s only a GOOD thing. The GOP only needs to freeze his actions (which shouldn’t be hard with this kind of questioning) and congress will deadlock and the economy, via the FREE MARKET (remember the free markets?) should work itself out.
Skywise on March 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Funny how she says Republicans are not really pointing fingers but *trying* to point fingers, and they are “getting personal” in the attacks. Lady, don’t deny me my schadenfreude.
chunderroad on March 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
One apearance with “the Chin,” a few broad grins, some light banter…and all will be well again. Expect media orgasm tomorrow.
whitetop on March 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I the old days the King use to have the Court Jester come to him. Now the King goes to the Court Jester. Is that the change he was hoping for? It works for him.
rsl775 on March 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I’ll tune in just to see how Obama makes the transition from Teleprompter to giant Cue Cards.
smfoushee on March 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM
WOW!
Firebird on March 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Who thinks that, with all this adulation coming from these panty-tossing females of the under-25 set, Obama is not going to have a Bubba scandal within the next year or so?
I worked in Chappaqua at the time the Clintons moved there. Every time Bubba was headed down to Starbucks, the crosswalks became mobbed with wealthy suburban moms literally herding their late-teen / early-twenties daughters into the coffee shop in hopes that one of them would catch his eye.
jay12 on March 19, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Allapundit’s right everyone. Oh just calm down.
Pay no attention, everyone, to the Fed’s colossal purchase of Treasuries yesterday, which is a far, far more important story than this AIG piffle.
Toot toot! The inflation train has just left the station! Thanks Uncle Ben!
Let Obama calm you and lighten you up after two days of spinning, pretending, and desperately pointing fingers so that you will continue to be bamboozled, as well as two months of spending, spending, and more spending that is going to result in taxing everything that lawmakers can get away with for many, many years to come.
In fact, once Leno’s over, just smile your sweet little smiles, take your calmed and lightened-up selves straight up to bed and have a sweet, blissful, oblivous night’s sleep, and improve the shining hours on Friday morning.
Edouard on March 19, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Seems BO will do anything to get out of Washington DC. But then he has never been their mush, maybe that is why the ‘present’ votes of the past. People a surprised to see him at the job.
Wade on March 19, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Keep the pressure on, GOP. Geithner needs to go. So does Dodd.
therightwinger on March 19, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Unbelievable.
DrStock on March 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I’m President of my coop board and our meeting is tonight. I’ve put more things on our agenda for this meeting just for this occassion. My moonbat neighbors will go nuts when they see this meeting going late into tonight so they can’t watch their Boy King.
I may be impeached by the end of the week, but it’ll be fun watching them squirm to get home to their Messiah.
Wish me luck.
Knucklehead on March 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM
I seem to remember a few “personal” comments toward the previous resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
cs89 on March 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Bush during a crisis: Don’t worry about this, go out and shop.
Obama during a crisis: You worry about this, I’ll go out and shop.
Dusty on March 19, 2009 at 7:07 PM
He’s going to go on Leno to make fun of people, and to try to get everyone to laugh at his opposition with him.
I already know the drill, and I’m sick of it. It’s unbecoming to a President.
I’ve about had it with this President being snotty about everyone who doesn’t agree with him on everything.
Ridicule of the people you are supposed to represent. It’s sickening, and I don’t plan to tune in for yet another dose.
Alana on March 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Senator Kyl, you are a distraction…
runner on March 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM
ALL OF YOU DO KNOW THAT WHILE WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE AIG BONUS DEBACLE, OBAMA IS TRYING TO PUSH HIS NATIONAL CIVILIAN FORCE BILL, RIGHT?
Ghoul aid on March 19, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Sticking with the sports imagery, I think Obama peaked too early.
innominatus on March 19, 2009 at 7:11 PM
So is he using the populist outrage over the AIG bailouts opportunistically to deflect attention from the Fed’s inflationary move (perhaps even helping to fan those flames a little bit)? Does he think he can control this brush fire once it takes hold? A while ago, I decided that most of what we’ve seen since Inauguration Day is the product of the Obamessiah’s ideology rather than incompetence. Is he going to use this to strengthen his case for the growth of government and for yet further intervention by government in business?
ProfessorMiao on March 19, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Holy crap are you f-ing kidding me????????
Chuck Schick on March 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Obama cannot claim he can do two things at once when one of those things is falling to pieces. Btw, how are those Treasury appointments going?
davenp35 on March 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Come on, we all knew this was gonna be Obama’s M.O. – campaign, campaign some more, and when the going gets tough…get outta town and campaign.
dugan on March 19, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Leno has been taking potshots at Geithner. Anyway Kyl is right Obama needs to be doing his job. More and more everyday Obama is proving he really doesn’t want the job and is why I doubt he will run again in ’12 but just bow out to go on the speaking circuit and write books about how great he is and how the evil GOP blocked his wonderful ideas.
goat on March 19, 2009 at 7:13 PM
I heard that he is not actually going on Leno, he is taping something and Leno will run it or whatever.
Who cares? I have not watched Leno for years anyway.
Yep, the reason the DOW went up was because of the Fed buying up assets. 1.5 trilion. It is Monopoly money now, it does not even feel real. A trillion here, a trillion there.
Obama is a joke. A bad joke.
As for getting personal, after 8 years of nonstop hatred these whiney little crybabies are in no position to act as if they are being badly treated.
Terrye on March 19, 2009 at 7:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df2p6867_pw
Purple boots and alpha-omega chants are not cover….
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/06/middle-school-teacher-suspended-obama-frat-spat/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REmjz0R5PrE&feature=player_embedded
just kids “stomping the yard”…
sven10077 on March 19, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Don’t forget Pelosi, Reid & Franknfurter
izoneguy on March 19, 2009 at 7:16 PM
“Who’s the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?”
-some old fart
omnipotent on March 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM
This is one time I probably will be in the minority but I do not have any problem with Obama going on the Leno program. And I do not have any problem with him beginning his re-election campaign on Nov. 5/2008. And I do not have any problem with Obama wining and dining GOP legislators during the Super Bowl.
Frankly those who whine over Obama’s tactics are like the SD Chargers and Ladainian Tomlinson complaining to the world after losing a playoff game to the Patriots in 2006 that Belichick had no class, that the Patriots were dirty, and the best team didn’t win and that the Patriot players didn’t show the Chargers the proper respect. Simply put the Chargers lost. End of story.
What I carp about however is that GOP is not taking the fight to Obama and is not more vocal and abrasive in their opposition to the Messiah’s socialist agenda. And that the GOP apparently is not taking steps to compete head-on with Obama and his machine in the 2010 midterms.
Instead of focusing on Obama’s team take the necessary steps to get your own team battle-ready. Focus on building your own team and putting an organizational infrastructure in place to best orchestrate substantial gains for the GOP in Nov. 2010. Be prepared for Obama to campaign every day of the week on the campaign trail starting after Labor Day 2010. Accept reality. It is what it is.
technopeasant on March 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
A president presides over the worst terrorist attack in America’s history, then spends six of his eight years in office clearing brush: A-OK.
A second president spends twenty minutes filming Leno instead of focusing on implementing an agenda everyone here hates anyway, and its time to get the impeachment papers a-rollin.
Nuance?
e-pirate on March 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
And yet your esteemed “conservative” GOP senators/representatives are saying what on this matter? BUBKIS. Why? Because they have diddly squat to say on it. I know people are really giddy about this set of events…but I have no clue as to why. You know what’s coming out looking crappy in this event, it’s not “progressive” ideas, it’s another indictment of the disconnect between Wall Street and the rest of America. The “elitism” that’s happening now doesn’t make free market conservatism look good, the public is clamoring for leftist regulation and taxing of individual profit. The egg on Geithner’s face is that he’s reminding people too MUCH of a pro-business Republican, i.e. he’s been exposed as being too far to the RIGHT not being too liberal or socialist. I seriously am clueless as to how your side is excited about this turn of events. The public outrage has only moved the debate further and further to the left. We’re openly talking about AIG as a government property now. Think about it.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
RAAAACCCCIIISSTTTT!!!
omnipotent on March 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
St. Hope and Change is going to be sitting on the couch, laughing it up with Leno while the country goes down the toilet, thanks to him. And some people are still wondering if he’s incompetent or evil? Isn’t it obvious anymore?
No, you’re not.
SerenityFL on March 19, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Obama is going to sing “Malaguena” and then declare that the state is henceforth Calimexico and accept the Emperorship from Ahnold.
profitsbeard on March 19, 2009 at 7:24 PM
The brush clearing worked.
Chuck Schick on March 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
A president presides over the worst terrorist attack in America’s history, then spends six of his eight years in office clearing brush: A-OK.
A second president spends twenty minutes filming Leno instead of focusing on implementing an agenda everyone here hates anyway, and its time to get the impeachment papers a-rollin.
Nuance?
e-pirate on March 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
sweetcheeks, bush kept you safe for all of those years. just wait till our enemies get through walking all over obama and onto our streets doing and commiting god knows what. wait………just wait.
Ghoul aid on March 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Is that a quote from Michelle O?
Wade on March 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
would have worked better with a flaqmethrower and some bigger balls…
we suspected that when the donks took power they’d never go gang of 14….
thus Bush should have played rougher.
sven10077 on March 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
After you finishing spinning like that have you ever thrown up?
Chuck Schick on March 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
This was played on Boston Sport Radio this morning. Unbelievable.
TheBigOldDog on March 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
What part of what I said is not true?
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2uQ7Fg_Uk
brogers on March 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Holy stupid, batman, how did she get elected?
goat on March 19, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Unfreaking real. There are loads of people out of work and that woman is in Congress.
Is this in the budget too? Chris Matthews was lauding the fact that Obama is just going to ram everything through in the budget on an up or down vote only requiring 50 votes. He seemed to think this was genius, I guess. Matthews is pretty nuts but he could be right about the strategy on this.
msmveritas on March 19, 2009 at 7:33 PM
technopeasant on March 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I whole heartedly agree
goat on March 19, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Put me in, corch, I wants to help us…(breath)
get to the championSIP and win…(breath)
a tile!
For God’s sake, woman, take a public speaking class.
SerenityFL on March 19, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Yup, and it works.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 7:35 PM
To pull off this great utopia of state-run everything you dream about, you first need competence.
We’re cheering Obama’s douchebaggery because no one’s going to get behind him if he can’t achieve the most basic of things- like lying correctly. At least Clinton got that right.
Chuck Schick on March 19, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up
Not me,
Not I,
Not me!
So there!
Never gonna be a adult,
I won’t!
Like to see somebody try
And make me.
Anyone who wants to try
And make me turn into an adult,
Catch me if you can.
I won’t grow up.
Not even a hundred billion will I pinch.
I will never learn diplomacy nor will I ever grow an economy,
Or ever give that Rushbo an inch.
‘Cause growing up is awfuller
Than all the awful things that ever were.
I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up,
No sir,
Not I,
Not me,
So there!
- Obamapan, the Boy Emperor
MB4 on March 19, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Why stupid on the merits? Geithner is a failure right now and he’s trying to be the wizard of Oz without a full economic “team”.
StevefromMKE on March 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM
portlandon on March 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM
This is the worst 100 day start I’ve ever seen for a pres. I can’t wait for the final 100 days countdown.
Mojave Mark on March 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
He’s prolly going to need his own nightly variety hour…
Tuari on March 19, 2009 at 7:42 PM
In DeathToMediaHacks’ world everything is schizoganda. Nothing is what it is because everything is what it isn’t. And contrary-wise; what it is, it isn’t, and what it isn’t, it is. You see?
Cheshire Cat on March 19, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Please explain to me how I’m wrong and what the conservative solution to this issue is/would be?
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Hey if you’re such a master of nuance, don’t you think it would fair to at least make note of the fact that the main players in 9/11 were on US soil not only before Bush took office, but before he was even elected? That they entered the country and lived and trained in America under Clinton’s watch? No, I didn’t think so.
ProfessorMiao on March 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
The egg on Geithner’s face is that he’s reminding people too MUCH of a pro-business Republican,
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
And Obama is reminding everyone of a fourth-rate Affirmative Action candidate who is currently drowning in the shallow end of the pool.
He’s in WAY over his head! Or “pay grade” or whatever..
TexasJew on March 19, 2009 at 7:47 PM
DtMH is not completely off base on this one, IMO, though he fails to note the red-on-red game of hot potato between the White House, Congress, and the Treasury Secretary. They own this thing. This is less about AIG than is about Democrat disarray.
Any gain the GOP gets here is pretty much a case of robbing the corpses on the battlefield. Retail politics is the weapon we’ve got, so let’s use it.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Hasn’t this FINALLY taught you that the Democrats are NOT liberals or progressives even in the slightest, with some very few exceptions (Feingold, Sanders). First the GOP was exposed. They tricked people into thinking that becase their social values were like “the people” on issues like gay marriage and abortion that they were also on the people’s side when it came to economic/business policy. Exposed. Now it’s the Democrats turn for exposure and as a progressive I’m pretty much thrilled about it. Conservatism isn’t winning here. The Democrats are taking hits, but not to the benefit of conservative ideology or to free market ideology. Wake up out of your Obama hating stupor because while you’re cheering the debate in this country is moving towards the left. A massive 90%+ tax cut on individual wealth is going to pass with BIPARTISAN support and with massive support from the American people. This is not a good moment for conservatism.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Its not a good moment for the GOP. There’s a difference.
Wont hold up in court anyway, despite your victory laps.
Chuck Schick on March 19, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Irrelevent question. In the real world, the liberals are in power. The GOP would be hardpressed to even muster a filibuster. It is up to the liberals to provide the solution.
I am not impressed thus far. See you in 2010.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Good on Sen. Kyl!
youngTXcon on March 19, 2009 at 7:51 PM
It’s a very tricky game and it’s also cynical. It’s clear Obama knows how popular he still is among the vast middle. The problem for GOPers pouncing on this is that they still don’t have any credibility with the American people yet. A lot of Americans still see this as the nasty and unfortunate untangling of the Bush mess. I know you want him to “own” it super fast. And he’s not making all the best decisions by a long shot. But it’s more than possible for large swaths of Obama supporters to say:
1. I’m not loving this
2. MAN that Bush left him a mess didn’t he?
Like those two thoughts are not exclusive and while Obama will take a hit, there’s nothing to be excited about for your side. Sorry.
The only solution really is to stop donating to the DNC/RNC or any GOP/DEM candidate. I think Obama disollusionment will move people further into considering third parties which can only be good for the country.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:53 PM
And this pleases you? This is a good moment for progressives?
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Kev will help lighten things up a little in the Green Room. Look for Barry to sip from his mug frequently, if youknowwhatimeanithinkyoudo.
/
Christien on March 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Are you being purposefully obtuse? I think the AIG bonus tax is a bad bad bad idea. However look at the terms of the debate, the only thing being articulated is MASSIVE increases in tax on individual wealth or…not so much increase on taxes on individual wealth. A supply side tax cut is dead on arrival if it wasn’t already and tax increases on the wealthy are going to start looking a lot more attractive with this populist outrage. Please dont confuse partisan bumblings with political philosophy.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM
It’s a good moment for those of who have waited for the media to expose the way our political class is owned by corporate interests. Call that progressive if you want.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 7:56 PM
More Power to the Great Tight Sphincter !!!
franksalterego on March 19, 2009 at 8:00 PM
I think you mistake schadenfreude for excitement. Like I said, the GOP is pretty much reduced to looting corpses at this point, but they have got to start somewhere.
And I am not a fan of third parties. It is not as if you wouldn not see the same sad mix of corruption and incompetence from a third party that reached critical mass.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Directly get a copy of “Atlas Shrugged”, read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
Cheshire Cat on March 19, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Fair enough :)
Fair enough and gross, but true.
Maybe the idea is that a diversity of parties prevents that kind of critical mass and reduces the influences of corporate funding.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 8:01 PM
.
Merits are right on. The filthy liar has spent two months talking down the economy in his attempt to destroy capitalism. Arizona’s real Republican is calling out the filthy bastard and that scares the hell out of people like you. McCain’s day has passed and the filthy bastard’s party doesn’t have room for people like you who call themselves conservative (which mean anything less liberal that outright socialist). You can either discredit real Republicans or admit that you were wrong. The former tactic doesn’t force you to admit that all you bastards were wrong during the last election.
Hey Allah! You elected the filthy liar that is in the White House. His presence is all your fault and you had damned well understand that the rest of us have you to blame. Deal with it you rat bastard traitor. You shut out reasonable voices from the debate early on in the name of “electablity.” In your case it was the pathological hatred of mormons.
highhopes on March 19, 2009 at 8:02 PM
No offense, but a cynic might be tempted to believe the political class are well on their way to owning the corporate interests.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Look I love speculative fiction as much as the next bloke. But it’s only a means to articulate a philosophy and can effectively predict national trends. But to claim that it’s a blueprint for an actual revolution or exodus from the country is just a little far fetched. Do you have any non-speculative fiction based arguments?
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 8:04 PM
I am new here, but would I be out of line in suggesting that my esteemed colleague “highhopes” should lighten up?
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 19, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Despite evidence after evidence that everything passed has only continued the status quo while Obama gets on TV and pretends it’s marxism now and Senate Democrats undermine progressive legislation? We own 80% of AIG and the political class continues to bleat that “nationalization is not the way.” If you seriously think they are rapidly moving left…well I don’t know what to say. But the media and the public..they are moving left faster than I ever imagined or dreamed.
DeathToMediaHacks on March 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Holy crap. I actually agree with DtMH. Simply because FAR too many people in this country do not have the slightest clue WHAT is going on in politics and listen to the LSM and other people to make their opinion.
Almost every single one of my co-workers has the mindset that DtMH wrote whether they swooned over the Messiah or not. Many of them do not like what St. Hope and Change is doing, but they also think it’s all Bush’s fault that this is going on. They believe that the Republican party is filled with trailer trash, redneck, bible thumping, racist pr*cks and old, white, over compensated, greedy, corporate fat cats who have “no clue what it’s like to struggle” and want to keep everyone poor.
And not a single one of them understands a thing about the stock market. They know only that “gas prices go up, it’s Bush’s fault. Gas prices go down, St. Hope and Change did it for us.”
It may be nice that we have Becks and Sheps and Santellis saying what should be said but the problem is, most of this is being dusted under the rug by a media with an agenda. The way that we get through to people is to get them the truth. And it must be repeated over and over and over before they start to get it. While people on this site and other sites may be intelligent and know a lot about our government and how it works, sad to say, most of the people in this country are mindless idiots. They are more concerned with how soon it is until 5 o’clock than they are anything going on in the world.
And that is how people like St. Hope and Change get elected in to office.
SerenityFL on March 19, 2009 at 8:08 PM
How about Obama suspends his campaign to focus on … anything.
reaganaut on March 19, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Being the true narcissist that he is, it’s time for his weekly injection of adulation, adoration and fawning.
katy on March 19, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Yep. The honeymoon is definitely over.
ThereGoesTheNeighborhood on March 19, 2009 at 8:13 PM
DTMH: This is not good for Constitutional law.
onlineanalyst on March 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Would somebody please get access to Obaman’s social calender and map how many damn parties he has thrown or attended? Because that is all he has done since 1/21/09.
Blake on March 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Naaw… That’s just hh’s style. It’s how he expresses his endearment for our Communist in Chief.
katy on March 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM
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