... and comes up with some doozies:
So what went wrong? According to Barack Obama, the problem is he overestimated you dumb rubes' ability to appreciate what he's been doing for you.
"That I do think is a mistake of mine," the president told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "I think the assumption was if I just focus on policy, if I just focus on this provision or that law or if we're making a good rational decision here, then people will get it."
But you schlubs aren't that smart. You didn't get it. And Barack Obama is determined to see that you do. So the president has decided that he needs to start "speaking directly to the American people".
Wait, wait! Come back! Don't all stampede for the hills! He gave only 158 interviews and 411 speeches in his first year (according to CBS News' Mark Knoller). That's more than any previous president -- and maybe more than all of them put together.
...
But what will the president be saying in all these extra interviews? In that interview about how he hadn't given enough interviews, he also explained to Stephanopoulos what that wacky Massachusetts election was all about:
"The same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office," said Obama. "People are angry and they're frustrated, not just because of what's happened in the last year or two years but what's happened over the last eight years."
Got it. People are so angry and frustrated at George W. Bush that they're voting for Republicans. In Massachusetts. Boy, I can't wait for that 159th interview.
That's Mark Steyn. He's got more. It's all spot on.
Crossposted(*).
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So Barry is going to go out... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2010 12:50 PM | Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
So Barry is going to go out and 'speak to the people'. Meaning that his cohorts will round up the usual group of mindless, cheering Obamabots.
AND THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYONE'S MIND?
Maybe we should ask Ellie Light and Mark Spivey.
1. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2010 12:50 PM |
Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 12:50
2. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2010 12:55 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Barry and Company are SCREWED.
The latest CBO budget estimates out Tuesday predict a $1.35 trillion deficit for this year.
The CBO report predicts a sluggish economic recovery and continued high deficits. The red ink hit a record $1.4 trillion last year. The report sees a slow rebound of the economy, with unemployment averaging 10.1 percent this year. It would grow only slightly more next year with an unemployment rate of 9.5 percent.
2. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2010 12:55 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 12:55
3. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | January 26, 2010 1:03 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
In sum, he seems to be saying:
"I understand now. Hey can they realize how brilliant I am if I don't constantly tell them?"
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3. Posted by Paul_In_Houston | January 26, 2010 1:03 PM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 13:03
4. Posted by Jeff | January 26, 2010 1:11 PM | Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
back when I worked on a bond trading desk it was well known that one of our traders was a contrarian indicator. If he made a bet in one direction nearly the entire rest of the desk would go the other way because this guy was ALWAYS wrong. Not sometimes but always.
Obama appears to be such a contrarian judge of the national pulse. His gut is always wrong and he's so sure he's in synch.
If it wasn't for the fact that he is piloting the ship of state it would be funny to watch.
O-3bama ... 0 for 2009 and 2010 elections that he worked on.
4. Posted by Jeff | January 26, 2010 1:11 PM |
Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 13:11
5. Posted by nehemiah | January 26, 2010 1:13 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Remember when ABC gave him that one hour or something to present his health plan without any opposing views allowed? He has also been constantly on TV with talk shows, speeches, etc. No opportunity like this was ever given to Republican presidents.
But, the clown says that the problem is that we haven't heard him enough. Yeah, and the problem with Tera Patrick is that she hasn't been f**d enough.
5. Posted by nehemiah | January 26, 2010 1:13 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 13:13
6. Posted by 914 | January 26, 2010 1:39 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
My God! His ego will stop at nothing to talk about itself.
6. Posted by 914 | January 26, 2010 1:39 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 13:39
7. Posted by WildWillie | January 26, 2010 1:42 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
The idiot and chief. This guy is sooo egocentric. He spoke 144 times on healthcare to the people. This guy lost his ability to wow the crowd. He has been revealed as a rhetorical charicature. As conservatives, we knew he was a cheap empty suit speaking like a used care salesman. Finally the independents awakened to that realization. ww
7. Posted by WildWillie | January 26, 2010 1:42 PM |
Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 13:42
8. Posted by Laura | January 26, 2010 1:56 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
The last eight years he keeps flapping his gums about include his first year in office. What a maroon.
8. Posted by Laura | January 26, 2010 1:56 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 13:56
9. Posted by 914 | January 26, 2010 2:06 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
"Obama analyzes his unpopularity..."
This time it really is all about You Barry.
9. Posted by 914 | January 26, 2010 2:06 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:06
10. Posted by MichelleIndependent | January 26, 2010 2:12 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Dearest Barry,
We don't like your lies, your big government plans, your socialist agenda, your disregard for our precious Constitution, and your intention to diminish our liberty.
Stop acting like a dictator. We don't like it.
Get with the program, Barry. We the people are your employer, and we live in the USA, not the USSA.
The United States is a Constitutional Republic, Barry. We have no dictators here.
Oh, and lose that smug arrogance.
Signed,
We the People
10. Posted by MichelleIndependent | January 26, 2010 2:12 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:12
11. Posted by Jim Addison | January 26, 2010 2:17 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Of course Obama will tackle the problems with more speeches. That's what he can do, speak. He's never done anything else of note.
Heck, he can't even speak very well without a teleprompter.
As the homies say, "Go wid whatcha know."
11. Posted by Jim Addison | January 26, 2010 2:17 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:17
12. Posted by Speller | January 26, 2010 2:22 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Good stuff.
What the people need is for Obama to give them more of Obama and they'll forget all the unemployment and line up behind his new plans to expand his government into every part of their lives.
Hope and change is gonna pay the rent and put food on the table.
Personally, I'm getting tired of seeing his smarmy face and hearing his talking-a-jumper-off-the-ledge voice while he tries to put a lock on my shoulders and step into the abyss.
12. Posted by Speller | January 26, 2010 2:22 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:22
13. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2010 2:35 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
President One-Trick-Pony.
13. Posted by GarandFan | January 26, 2010 2:35 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:35
14. Posted by Jay Guevara | January 26, 2010 2:39 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity....
...are gonna vote your ass out in 2012.
14. Posted by Jay Guevara | January 26, 2010 2:39 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:39
15. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | January 26, 2010 2:49 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Obama's right: liberals in Massachusetts and elsewhere are and always have been as dumb as rocks.
15. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | January 26, 2010 2:49 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 14:49
16. Posted by DaveD | January 26, 2010 4:09 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
"Got it. People are so angry and frustrated at George W. Bush that they're voting for Republicans. In Massachusetts. Boy, I can't wait for that 159th interview."
I know what you mean. Obama's logic boggles the mind, doesn't ??
16. Posted by DaveD | January 26, 2010 4:09 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 26, 2010 16:09
17. Posted by davidt | January 26, 2010 8:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Obama and the Dems figure if the people aren't buying what they're trying to sell, just change the pitch.
And always be closing.
17. Posted by davidt | January 26, 2010 8:57 PM |
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Posted on January 26, 2010 20:57
18. Posted by Flu-Bird | January 27, 2010 2:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Is OBAMA realizing his popularty in the public is falling? I hope he decies to not run for relection in 2012
18. Posted by Flu-Bird | January 27, 2010 2:44 AM |
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Posted on January 27, 2010 02:44