Obamateurism of the Day
posted at 8:05 am on June 29, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Presidents have made use of the Saturday radio address for several administrations now, usually to press for their policies, to defend an appointment, or to send a message on foreign policy. People looked with great anticipation to the weekly addresses of Barack Obama for his rhetorical skill. Who knew he’d be more Desi Arnaz than FDR? Obama went into re-reruns on Saturday:
In a last-minute re-recording of his weekly address, President Obama praised the House for passing the energy bill on Friday and pressured the Senate to quickly do the same.
The president delivered the same exact speech he gave Thursday in the Rose Garden calling on the House to pass the bill – he just adjusted the tense and changed a few turns of phrase.
“Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean energy economy and a better future for America,” Obama said in his weekly address.
(“Right now, the House of Representatives is moving towards a vote of historic proportions on a piece of legislation that will open the door to a new clean energy economy,” Obama said in the Rose Garden on Thursday.)
That’s the best Obama can do – rehash a speech from earlier in the week? Remember when people thought that this was the era of genius in the White House? We’re in the sixth month of the Obama presidency, and already he’s run out of things to say. George Bush may have tortured syntax and waterboarded vocabulary, but he could handle more than one topic at a time.
Besides, most of Obama’s speeches sound the same anyway. We have a great pressing need for the government to run [fill in the blank], which will save money while we spend trillions of dollars we don’t have. Oh, and I hate deficits, which are the fault of everyone but me. Maybe he should just YouTube that and stick with it for the summer.
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If you repeat a lie long enough, people start to believe it.
Bishop on June 29, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Over his head from day one.
KS Rex on June 29, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Zero.
Maquis on June 29, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Yada,Yada,Yada
heshtesh on June 29, 2009 at 8:10 AM
TOTUS needed a break….
cmsinaz on June 29, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Oh no, something must have happened to TOTUS. Now all he can do is repeat himself.
boomer on June 29, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Hopey has a problem with the radio,
looks like Obama is going to need a,
radio-teleprompter,
or is it a radio-AudioPrompter!!
canopfor on June 29, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Hey, Electorate –
How’s that Hope and Change working out for y’all?
Biggest con job in the history of America.
kingsjester on June 29, 2009 at 8:12 AM
You really have to ask that?
It’s arrogance and laziness that the filthy liar in the White House doesn’t even make an effort to hide the fact that he’s using old material. Far better he let some other Democrat essentially repeat his talking points or have one of his speechwriters actually come up with some new material.
highhopes on June 29, 2009 at 8:14 AM
The great orator is repeating himself because he loves to hear himself speak.
O: Wow did you just hear what I said Michelle?
M: Yes dear, the intonations were amazing, the words mezmerizing, so…beautiful, so you.
O: Yes yes they were weren’t they? I think the little people need to hear me say this one again and again. They’ll never notice. Gosh I am good, aren’t I?
M: uh huh. After all you are the great and power “O”.
Miss Molly on June 29, 2009 at 8:15 AM
I miss W’s waterboarded vocabulary…
ladyingray on June 29, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Just goes to show: this man is not at all what he’s been hyped up to be
ToddonCapeCod on June 29, 2009 at 8:26 AM
O didn’t work on Saturday? Hmmmm. He hasn’t joined a church yet either. Is there any possibility he’s jewish?
JiangxiDad on June 29, 2009 at 8:26 AM
He’s got a 4th of July celebration to plan, don’t you know? Fireworks courtesy of North Korea.
ctmom on June 29, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Don’t you understand?
He’s busy, busy, busy, dammit!
rockbend on June 29, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain… I am the great and powerful O
z…Bama…..doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 8:28 AM
He has spent much of his adult life rehashing his father’s Communist ideology so he’s an experienced rehasher.
BTW, Fox & Friends just made a fool out of Carol Browner, asking her if she read the entire 1000 page bill. Hee hee.
Buy Danish on June 29, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Remember that Göbbels said that if you want people to believe the lie, you have to repeat it over and over.
Kafir on June 29, 2009 at 8:30 AM
The entire presidency of Barack Obama is one big
fat
ugly
amateurism
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:31 AM
You take some mud and sling it against the wall and some will stick. You keep slinging more mud and more will stick until it covers the hole wall.
“O” Dumbo and the leftist way.
It’s called Orwellian Propaganda.
Hmmm Iran not our proablm. Honduras well they should reinstall his cohart in communisim.
Rick007 on June 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM
George Bush may have tortured syntax and waterboarded vocabulary, but he could handle more than one topic at a time.
no, dubya was’nt much on chit chat,but he damm sure had a lot of resolve, he got things done..oboobi will go down as the worst potus evahhhh.
SHARPTOOTH on June 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM
And what about the theme the media is hammering…..sympathy for the man because he is so overworked and under so much pressure. Playing the pity card is pathetic.
sherry on June 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM
It won’t work forever — seriously.
People put in Carter, and when they weren’t better off four years later, they dropped that piece of peanut like a hot potater
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Dorian!
rightside on June 29, 2009 at 8:36 AM
In that case, did you know he’s half black?
JiangxiDad on June 29, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Obama doesn’t write his own speeches. Some 26-year-old does, all Obama does is TelePrompTer them (i.e.: Babble, babble, babble). Maybe having a kid write his speeches is the reason he gets so much history wrong: neither the kid nor Obama ever studied it.
bradley11 on June 29, 2009 at 8:37 AM
GWB believed in what he was saying, even if some of the phrasing sounded tortured. W. believed he represented us.
BHO isn’t sure what he believes, even if the wording sounds eloquent. H. believes he represents himself.
Some people believe words matter. Others believe deeds matter.
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Maybe the dog ate his speech.
BetseyRoss on June 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM
then there’s the letter of condolence that Obama sent the Jackson family. Pvt. William Long’s family, not so much.
Pablo on June 29, 2009 at 8:39 AM
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 8:38 AM
oboobi believes he matters…
SHARPTOOTH on June 29, 2009 at 8:40 AM
I know, I am anxiously awaiting the 2010 castration and the 2012 fall from grace.
sherry on June 29, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Good morning rightside, nice to “see” you Sir. Oh Goddessoftheclassroom stopped by last week, so very nice to “see” her here as well.
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 8:40 AM
The “Let met me clear” and “There are those who say” A-list speech writer needed a day off. Axelrod placed the B-list speech writer for the vacationing A-list writer to assist Obama’s Saturday’s radio address. Axelrod was busy himself boning up for his own Sunday’s curcuit of mythomaniacal escapades.
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Just words… Just speeches…
If they didn’t get it then, they won’t get it now.
brotherjohn on June 29, 2009 at 8:41 AM
so long as we have good candidates
I think we’ll be okay.
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Welcome to another episode of I Love Barry. I wish he’d dress up like Harpo Marx and be silent. Well, there was that famous mirror scene. And Barry is a narcissist. And a Marxist.
Good morning, Ed.
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Hope things are good with you, they are here for me. Feeling very san diego-like here in good ole VA.
rightside on June 29, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Which part do you refer to? The heart and soul?
sherry on June 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM
*Let me be clear
.
Time for more coffee.
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Now THAT would piss off some Muslims. It would put the Cario speech, that saved Lebanon and set fire to Iran, in a whole new light.
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Let met me be clear…
There are those who say…
As I’ve always said…
Be vewy, vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits…
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Run out of words? Go digital, Barry.
petefrt on June 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM
You nailed it spot on.
Miss Molly on June 29, 2009 at 8:45 AM
If all we have are “good candidates” then we are well and truly screwed and deservedly so. The last thing we need are “good candidates”, we have been “good candidates” to death, that is what has gotten us where we are today. What we need is for patriotic citizens to throw the “good candidates” out on their asses and take responsibility for this nation while there is still a nation to take responsibility for.
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 8:46 AM
Does Ogabe stand in front of the full length mirror in the bedroom, clad only in underwear and dark socks, saying in his best sultry voice “Hello there, I’m Barack Ogabe…President. *clears throat, deepens voice* “Hello there, I’m Barack Ogabe…President.”
Bishop on June 29, 2009 at 8:47 AM
He best be careful or PETA might come knocking on Mr. Obamas door for cruelty to animals.
Miss Molly on June 29, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM
BetseyRoss on June 29, 2009 at 8:48 AM
I disagree.
Obarfing totally believes in what he says.
He has a chip on his shoulder for free enterprise, for business, the individual, and most certainly has his prejudices lined up in tilt for the desires and interests of the collective, and of bureaucracies.
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM
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Morning to you too Lox.
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 8:48 AM
well obviously they have to have good ideas
i just figured that was a given
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Actually doing pretty dang good, well except for that whole have to go to work thing, but hey what can I say… The weather here has been unusually cool and cloudy. We only just got our first really warm day of the year this week. 95 whole degrees, on the 25th of June.
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Heh. Classic!
KS Rex on June 29, 2009 at 8:49 AM
You should have figured it out by now that it is all about being the center of attention. The filthy liar gets attention when he sends a letter of condolence to the family of a fallen pop icon. Not so much when having to deal with soldiers gunned down by Muslims.
highhopes on June 29, 2009 at 8:49 AM
tomorrow night, our county Republican party is going door-to-door in my town of 1,100 to drum up interest in our gubernatorial race.
i just want to identify 1 or 2 solid conservatives who want “to take their country back”.
the movement starts at home.
kelley in virginia on June 29, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Has he told any good Rabbi jokes?
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Same here — IDK where f*cking June went
FINALLY it’s become sunny and warm, but for the first time in years its been nothing but 60 degrees and rainy for 6 weeks.
Sucks a fat one
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Hehehehehehe
Bishop on June 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Putz is the strongest word I can use here. Hollywood comes first with this fool.
sherry on June 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM
Bishop on June 29, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Gee thanks, buddy. Like we really needed that image first thing in the morning. Maybe Soros programs those speeches into him subliminally.
kingsjester on June 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM
You seem to have the mistaken impression that substance is more important than style.
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Actually what I am getting at here is that the whole political landscape is so overwhelmingly corrupt that the only solution is to not just vote the incumbents out of office, but vote in people who have zero connections to anyone in the political landscape.
It will do us no good at all to get rid of the corrupt politicians now in office if we just replace them with new faces of the same old corruption.
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 8:53 AM
OK. Is there some kind of synergy at work here? Appearances and attemps to CHANGE appearances? It’s all SO confusing. I had HOPE I could understand all of it, or at least HALF of it.
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 8:55 AM
agreed agreed
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:55 AM
i agree with dorian.
kelley in virginia on June 29, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Look for someone who isnt in the “party”. The parties are the same, totally corrupt and trading an old corrupt politician for a young corrupt politician isnt going to solve anything.
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 8:56 AM
Don’t forget “Make no mistake” while discussing a massive mistake, and/or “Let me be clear” before obfuscating like a mofo.
Jim Treacher on June 29, 2009 at 8:57 AM
We’ve had some rain, but we’ve also had 80s and 90s…its a shame that the heat has been wasted on the mountains instead of being useful at the ocean…
ladyingray on June 29, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Totally agree with you, Dorian…
ladyingray on June 29, 2009 at 8:58 AM
My mama didn’t raise any fools. When my life depends on it I go for substance.
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Really? That’s so depressing.
Cindy Munford on June 29, 2009 at 8:58 AM
+1
well said
cmsinaz on June 29, 2009 at 8:58 AM
I love Let Me Be Clear
can you haiku with that?
–
Let Me Be Clear Now
I am here to destroy you
I am He Who Is
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 8:59 AM
The media and the sheeple are starting to turn on him even now. Thankfully.
He knows he has to hurry with his pogroms, er, programs, as soon as possible before his favorability ratings drop to Booosh-like levels.
rockbend on June 29, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Sigh…. Here in paradise, cough cough San Diego California, cough cough… the weather has apparently been moonlighting somewhere else, as we have had May gray followed by June Gloom over cast and cloudy with temps in the high 60′s. Very unusual for this part of the usually very sunny country.
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 9:00 AM
And no details in the press about that. What if it’s a permanent problem?
Is there anything in the Constitution about TOTUS succession?
logis on June 29, 2009 at 9:01 AM
I see that you’re going to be a trouble maker at DHS Camp.
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Obama is a Deceptecon
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Yeah, Cindy, I thought the same too but then realized it was likely the time that the BarrackOrobots get their subliminal marching orders for the week.
It’s done with the kind of sound only dogs can hear.
tru2tx on June 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM
All right folks, time for me to run off to work, my soapbox and I will be back this afternoon around 4:30 or 5:00pm.
Dont forget… Vote for me… Vote for someone who is not part of the corrupt political machine… Support someone who is not part of the corrupt machine…
doriangrey on June 29, 2009 at 9:04 AM
I think there should be a time limit on the amount of time Congress should be in D.C. to get the business of the nation done. None of them should be allowed to live there. Many state legislatures work that way. A more honest writing of bills would be lovely also. How much time do you think they spend trying to find language that hides what the Bills will actually do?
Cindy Munford on June 29, 2009 at 9:05 AM
I’m starting to think he didn’t lie about never hearing Rev. Wright spout off hate speech. Instead, he lied about being a churchgoer.
hawksruleva on June 29, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Jim Treacher on June 29, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Let met me be clear…
There are those who say…
As I’ve always said…
Make no mistake…
What else?
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 9:06 AM
Term limits would get rid of so many of our problems.
Tee hee
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 9:06 AM
I’m WAY too old to reprogram. Replacing my chips and upgrading my RAM will not change my attitude.
Besides, they would probably be afraid I might take a few of them with me when I go. If they could even locate me here in the boonies of Superior Country.
Me thinks I’ll just sit here and cling-to-things until they decide to…
I LOVE the smell of gun oil and coffee in the morning. ;-)
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 9:11 AM
Obama is a Deceptecon
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 9:03 AM
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Day by Day reader too?
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 9:11 AM
It must have been date night for his speech writer. Just change the tense in a couple of places and you’ll be good to go. Or maybe, Obewon thinks who listens to the radio anymore anyway.
Kissmygrits on June 29, 2009 at 9:13 AM
TOTUS had the day off.
vcferlita on June 29, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Let met me be clear…
There are those who say…
As I’ve always said…
Make no mistake…
What else?
Loxodonta on June 29, 2009 at 9:06 AM
.
If you sh!t in on hand &
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 9:13 AM
*one
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 9:13 AM
nah
the headline on transformers got me thinking about it
TOTUS is really sasha and malia
they transform
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 9:14 AM
they transform
blatantblue on June 29, 2009 at 9:14 AM
.
Check out DaybyDay Sunday’s strip.
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM
FIFY
Yoop on June 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM
With the bills coming out of Congress both hands are full!
HoustonRight on June 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM
I aim to please.
Imagine also while Barry is standing in front of his mirror, the Lieutenant walks by behind him, all hair and teeth and giant paws.
How’s that breakfast stayin’ down?
Bishop on June 29, 2009 at 9:17 AM
hmmm…so I’m not the only one who hits the mute button when Mr. Obama appears…
Miss Molly on June 29, 2009 at 9:20 AM
If only . . .
I never want to hear another syllable come out of the pie hole of this flaming jackass. If only he would just shut his stupid trap and resign.
NoDonkey on June 29, 2009 at 9:23 AM
With the bills coming out of Congress both hands are full!
HoustonRight on June 29, 2009 at 9:16 AM.
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Obama: “Let me be clearer.”
.
If congress sh!ts in one hand & I, Obama sh!ts in the other, what have we have we got?
.
Rejoinder: The systematic destruction of America’s capitalism.
.
Americannodash on June 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM
TOTUS on vacation for 2 weeks.Don’t expect anything good until it’s return.
Jeff from WI on June 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM
The scary thing is that this reminds me of what an 8th grader would do. Change a few words and assume the teacher is too stupid to figure out that it is a retread of an old paper. Except this isn’t 8th grade.
Face it we’ve got an immature, narcissistic, street thug in the White House.
highhopes on June 29, 2009 at 9:31 AM
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