Obama Surrenders To Mob, Mob Unimpressed
Here's one thing you have to say the Obama administration has been remarkably efficient at: managing to piss everyone off. The president's proposed spending freeze is certainly no different: Republicans say it doesn't go far enough, House Democrats say they won't support it, Paul Krugman calls it "a betrayal of everything Obama's supporters thought they were working for. Just like that, Obama has embraced and validated the Republican world-view – and more specifically, he has embraced the policy ideas of the man he defeated in 2008." More importantly, Spencer Ackerman wonders why defense funding will remain untouched in spite of the fact that there's plenty of unnecessary spending that could be cut. Oooh, I can answer that one: The American people are both credulous and inconsistent, and it has now become perfectly clear that rational solutions to our raft of problems can only be employed if they show results within seconds of being put into place. Welcome back to the age of the V-chip!
Phooey on spending freezes. I tried this with itunes. Didn't work.
I am hoping that Obama is like Dr. Who and has some sort of special knowledge of the future.
Ooooh. Where do you think he keeps his TARDIS?
Here: http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Tardis-Powered-Station/dp/B000T5OC4G
"Making the situation worse is that political news coverage, rather than explaining the gulf between voter expectations and political reality, often panders to the electorate's misguided notions."
DING! DING! DING!
Would you like a ping-pong goldfish or an over-sized stuffed animal?
"You people are a pack of fickle mush-heads!"
Dear Democrats,
This is obviously a really shitty plan. Obviously. But Obama is our President for the next threeish years. Things are desperate. He's clearly calling a hail marry.
Instead of bitching about how we're a rushing team and its only second and twelve, how bout we just grunt and try to execute. Let's practice what that'd look like:
- Praise Obama's bipartisanship and courage for tackling a deficit problem millions of Americans are worried about
- Pivot IMMEDIATELY to point out that health care, cap and trade, other awesome progressive things would ALSO reduce the deficit
- Ask pleadingly why Republicans aren't doing more and therefore hate and therefore feast upon the brains of kittens, children, etc…
Or you know we could just get all weepy and listen to "Yes We Can" on repeat while drinking ourselves to death in the darkness.
Hahaha, you think Democrats can buckle down and make plays. That's adorable!
Nah! This is just a meta form of self flagellation where I get to beat up on liberals for the fact they can't help but ALWAYS beat themselves up.
Even worse, the "Don't blame me, I voted for Hillary" brigade.
Ohhh, can I join that one?
Canada, here I come.
I'm thinking Australia. The plants are more interesting.
But everything there's so deadly–snakes, spiders, even the damn octopuses
I'd go with Uruguay. I just got back from there and have never seen more happy people who are completely unaware or unconcerned about anything that we think is important here.
Yeesh. Do I have to do everything? This is so simple.
1. Cut taxes.
2. Create jobs.
3. Eliminate deficit.
4. Coffee and cruller.
5. Win hearts and minds in Iraq and Afghanistan.
6. Get rid of Members Only guy in Iran.
7. Parade bin Laden around Manhattan on a lanyard.
8. Lunch.
9. Send Pelosi and Reid up in Space Shuttle.
10. Oh, yeah. That health care shit.
Well, that's why they make tomorrows.
I'm voting for you.
Me too. Though I worry about the cruller. That's French isn't it?
It might have been but now it rhymes with "Duller". Kind of like how Cairo becomes Cay-roe.
Jelly Freedom Donut would work better.
I guess once you sit in the seat and get a gander at all that TOP SECRET FOR POTUS EYES ONLY stuff your world view changes a bit.
Better question: what in myself do I have to change in order to someday be pandered to by a president? Do I need to use inside-voice less often?
BO..Pls add a line in the SotU addy that if we'd all watch more MGM musicals from the the 40s-60s things would look a lot rosier. Oh yeah, don't forget to mention a lot of us are already in a spending freeze (except on party hats).
Which Simpsons episode is that from btw? Its rare that Homer is part of (rather than the victim of) the violent mob.
And you've got Skinner and Comic guy too. That's one Simpsontastic mob.
"We're here, we're queer, we don't want any more bears!"
oh, of course.
I'm just too tired of all this. The Bush years were so exhausting I was hoping to relax a bit, now I have to get outraged all over again?
Don't get blind with rage, just get blind drunk.
Obama's presidency has just entered "hot mess"/tragedy territory.
Bukaucus.
I like the idea that we just kicked out a bunch of fiscal conservatives, cause it's not like the deficit ballooned under Bush. Clearly, we are reeling from the blows of a small-government-minded republicanism!