Barack Obama

[randolph]

Originally Posted by CreativeMind

Actually, I laughed at that Obama editorial cartoon, but NOT for the reason the artist intended...

The gag the cartoonist meant is simply this: as Obama is about to sign the Stimulus Bill, the "bipartisan" pen runs out of ink -- i.e. the analogy/symbolism being that the Republicans are now no longer willing to help.

What DID make me laugh was the size of the pen. So, I would scratch off the word "bipartisan" and simply have Obama saying the pen has gone dry, at which point the cartoon is still funny -- but more important, it would be far more accurate. That's because then we'd see Obama signing a bill SO big and composed of SO many pages that he used up all of the ink in the pen -- even one that humongous -- all because he just signed off on SO MANY RIDICULOUS THINGS!!!!!!!!

The reason I posted the cartoons is to pose the question, what do you think McCain would be doing if he was president?

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

The reason I posted the cartoons is to pose the question, what do you think McCain would be doing if he was president?

McCain mentioned a housing bailout, which I shuddered at. Obama, before the election disagreed with it. Obama changed his mind, maybe McCain would have too. Who knows. I don't think McCain would have been a good conservative now, but I don't think he would be nearly as bad as Obama either. Everytime BO gets on TV, the stock market takes another plunge. The American people have no confidence in him that he can get the economy going. I guess charisma doesn't pay the bills.

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Everytime BO gets on TV, the stock market takes another plunge. The American people have no confidence in him that he can get the economy going. I guess charisma doesn't pay the bills.

TRUE STORY 1:

By now I'm sure you've seen or heard the bit about Chris Matthews on MSNBC last week, and how he blurted out a very sarcastic "Oh God" -- off camera, but into a live, open mic so it got picked up and broadcast -- when Bobby Jindal gave the Republican response to Obama's address. With that in mind...

Last night, I had to pull an all-nighter. So there I was, at my desk and typing away, meanwhile off to the side I had the TV on for some background "white noise" to help keep me awake. Around 3:00 AM, I turned on Morning Joe (Joe Scarborough's show on MSNBC) just to see what they'd be talking about. Scarborough is moderate to say the least, but last night he was actually in rare Republican form and was just RIPPING into the Obama budget and RIPPING into how much Obama's team has dropped the ball every step of the way. A short while later, Joe and his co-host Mika were then interviewing Ray La Hood, Obama's Transportation Secretary. Given his particular cabinet position, La Hood was basically there to talk up the Democrats' desire to rebuild infrastructure, but Scarborough went right back to ripping the budget a new one.

Well, Scarborough and Hood went back and forth arguing over the budget, Scarborough not giving an inch, but no matter how much he confronted Hood about pork and insane levels of spending, Hood remained a loyal foot solder towing the official Obama line. So, in an attempt to try and shut Scarborough down, in order to move on to other talking points, Hood finally said (in a truly jaw-dropping moment): "Come on, Joe. You're not being fair. You can't blame Obama for this budget. You can't pin these numbers and spending him. Remember, this is Bush's budget. Congress is voting on Bush's last budget and all the things that he (Bush) put in there."

At which point, off camera and into his still open mic (ala the Matthews incident), you could hear a stunned Scarborough turning to someone back in the studio and saying: "Did he actually just say this is BUSH'S budget???"

[CreativeMind]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Everytime BO gets on TV, the stock market takes another plunge. The American people have no confidence in him that he can get the economy going. I guess charisma doesn't pay the bills.

TRUE STORY 2:

Going back to Tracy's point about Obama opening his mouth and the stock market dropping, I swear this is true. In fact, now that I think of it, I can't believe that I didn't see this as a clip shown throughout the day simply because it was SO perfect. Then again, that might tell you a little something about media bias and how the mainstream news is doing whatever it can to help Obama...

This morning, I was curious to see if the various cable news channels would show Timothy Geitner or any of the other Obama people giving their latest testimonies on Capitol Hill, since Team Obama was scheduled to try and do various things today to generate positive press about their economic plan. So, I started to watch Fox News, but since I had just pulled an all-nighter, I fell asleep on the couch with the TV still on. A short while later, I woke up literally in time to catch Obama just as he began to answer some questions at the White House, where he was sitting alongside Gordon Brown (the visiting British Prime Minister who is pushing this lame idea of the US and Europe banding together to create a "Global New Deal" that, of course, America is supposed to bank roll).

However, what was truly hysterical was that off to the right hand side of the screen, tucked down in the corner, was a smaller box that showed the current stock market numbers. Well, as Obama started to talk, I noticed the market was at +14 and I thought: "Well, at least it's a positive number today." But then a split second later I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny if the people on Wall Street were watching this too, so we could literally see in real time exactly how they react to anything Obama says?

Well, sure engouh Obama started to answer various reporter questions, and then he launched off into yet another mini-speech to defend his budget and all of the spending he wants to do...

...At which point the +14 went to +13.

Then a moment later it was 12.

Then Obama continued on about the money he wants to spend,
that he anticipates yet ever more stimulus packages, and it went to 11...

Then 10...

...And as I continued to watch, I just laughed out loud and thought: "Wouldn't it be funny if it went from a positive number to a negative one AS he was talking? So that the more he talks, the lower the market goes?

And sure enough, that's exactly what happened. In the short time Obama had talked, the market had literally flipped...gone from positive to negative...and went from +14 to -14. Which put a funny image into my head because I could almost imagine a White House aide standing off camera who was freaking out and who was urgently whispering to him: "Stop talking! Don't even finish your sentence! You're only making it worse!!!"

[randolph]

Since Canada seems to know how to run their finances, why don't we let the Canadians take over the country. We are sitting here letting the "experts" that got us into this mess try to get us out of it. I like Obama but what can he do? The freight train is coming down the tracks and he is desperately trying to get the car started and off the tracks while all these "experts" stand around giving conflicting advice. Meanwhile the Republicans deny the train is coming and believe the car will start by itself!

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

Since Canada seems to know how to run their finances, why don't we let the Canadians take over the country.

Dude, you are so much like these people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13LwVDJb0E

We are perfectly able to handle the mess we're in if the politicians would either get back to the basics or get out of the way. FYI... I was on a telecon with some Canadians today, and they said their economy sucks too.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

Dude, you are so much like these people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13LwVDJb0E

We are perfectly able to handle the mess we're in if the politicians would either get back to the basics or get out of the way. FYI... I was on a telecon with some Canadians today, and they said their economy sucks too.

That tube is very funny!
However you ignored the last sentence of my post. "Meanwhile the Republicans deny the train is coming and believe the car will start by itself!" Again, what would McCain do if he was president?

[randolph]

By Ed Rollins
CNN Contributor

Editor's note: Ed Rollins, who was political director for President Reagan, is a Republican strategist who was national chairman of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign.
Ed Rollins says the Republican Party has lost its relevance amid very low favorable ratings from voters.

Ed Rollins says the Republican Party has lost its relevance amid very low favorable ratings from voters.

(CNN) -- The cold winds of March have obviously affected the intelligence and thought processes of people who need to get their thinking straight.

The idiotic debate raging in Washington this week around Michael Steele, the newly elected chairman of the nearly defunct Republican Party, and Rush Limbaugh, a conservative icon for the past 35 years, is beyond foolish.

The battle to be the "de facto leader" of this party is akin to the question of who wants to steer the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. Who represents the party or its values is not relevant when only 26 percent of voters have a positive impression of the party at all and only 7 percent very positive, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey.

The Democratic Party is the reverse, with 49 percent positive. When 60 percent of the country approves of the job President Obama is doing, every Republican leader is going backward.

Are Republicans able to get their act together? With Rush Limblab going at it, its very doubtful.

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by randolph

That tube is very funny!
However you ignored the last sentence of my post. "Meanwhile the Republicans deny the train is coming and believe the car will start by itself!" Again, what would McCain do if he was president?

I answered you about McCain in post 385. And about that sentence...

Originally Posted by randolph

Meanwhile the Republicans deny the train is coming and believe the car will start by itself!

Republicans have been warning about the oncoming train called Obama since before he was elected. This huge pork filled debt he's generating comes as no surprise to us. And the effect it will have on the economy also will come as no surprise.

Democrats' strategy for the economy is like a car that has run out of gas on a train track. They borrow someone else's gas to restart the car and then turn to drive it straight into the on coming train.

Or like a swimmer who has swam out from shore into the ocean. After a while he starts to become very tired. Instead of swimming back to the shore, he swims with all his might further out to sea until he can't swim another stroke and drowns.