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It’s Time for the Taste Test

By Pat Racimora on January 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Current Affairs

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No doubt in anyone’s mind. Barack Obama is the best known brand name on the planet.

He was marketed masterfully, from the almost-Pepsi logo to imposing the best persuasion techniques known to social scientists. “Stealing thunder” and “inoculation” (e.g., “They’re going to try to bamboozle you”) were so deftly applied that disclosures of his past associations that would have driven any other candidate into the ground fell on Obama like a gentle Spring shower.

He is so well-packaged–attractive and able to recite a terrific speech.

And perhaps most importantly, the “other brand” was no longer acceptable to the millions who had quite enough of that unhealthy Elephant Soup during the last 8 years.

But now it is time to open the can and see what’s really inside.

Will it taste OK? Too watery? Too salty? Too fishy? Too much like Elephant Soup?

Or maybe just right?

We’ll know soon enough. The can is about to be opened.

  • AMERICA R.I.P.

    Wow…Amazing Pat, thanks. Personally, Elephant Soup is looking really good to me right now. You are right, now’s the test. I wish I could wish him well. But, honestly, I’m looking forward to getting my “I Told You So” tattoo.

    • wodiej

      LOL…yep, be my first one too…or maybe I should save that for something really special like

      “Palin for President”….

      this generation was sold on a brand because that is their life….material things, nothing substantial like history, the Constitution, religion…they’ll see soon enough.

      • HARP

        Bingo……You can`t build a solid house on a weak foundation.

        • Peggy Sue

          Nor can you build a Presidency on a lie. Or make a leader out of a flat image.

          We’re in for it now! While the Nation cheers, I cringe.

    • UKforDems

      Even if it is pure water, it would be 100% better than the Elephant juice combined with fresh oil spill America was promised McPalin, or the Middle East blood served by Bush over the last 8.

  • Mercedes

    These comments are the nicest, kindest words imaginable to describe the Big Brother fascist-style manner in which the Great Barack Obama was rammed down the throats of the American public. And “Honest Abe” Lincoln is his hero, his role model? O please. It’s true…we do reap what we sow….sooner or later.

    • WildChild

      funny story, when BOBO was a Hawaiian his role model was King Kamehameha.

    • http://truthisgold.blogspot.com truthisgold

      Indeed–would that the truth were so benign.

  • JTomorrow

    Where’s the beef?

  • Margo Lane

    OT, but…

    I just heard about this on the radio (Neil Bortz), went to the Drudge Report, and linked to the NY Post.

    CAROLINE THE ‘CERTAIN’ PICK FOR DAVE: RIVALS

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/01192009/news/columnists/caroline_the_certain_pick_for_dave__riva_150822.htm

    • goldengrahme

      Oh, there’s a shocker! The Princess will be
      standing in D.C. waiting to greet her cousins
      Arnie and Maria when the governator usurps
      the great one, who has fallen on his pretty face.

      That will be about, Jan., 2013, according to the
      Mayan calendar. Film at eleven. lol

      (I pray that I am wrong on this one.)

  • clairtx

    This product has been found to have too much hope and not enough substance in it, therefore will be recalled!

  • http://change.gov Jeff

    Comment threads are pretty quiet today. I take it everybody is out participating in the National Day of Service?

    Volunteering some time or donating to charity is patriotic regardless of your opinion of the incoming administration.

    • Katmoon

      I agree, volunteering is great if you aren’t already working more than one job, just to make end meets. At some point there has to be time for rest and family.

    • wodiej

      If everyone who is on welfare was mandated to a certain number of volunteer hours per week, we would have plenty of people.

      I work full time, go to school full time and still donate money and time to the local SPCA. Why can’t people on welfare be required to at least donate their time in return for the taxpayer benefits they receive?

      • Ferd berfle

        Why can’t people on welfare be required to at least donate their time in return for the taxpayer benefits they receive?

        That should be made a requirement for receiving support. No one should receive any payments if no contribution of some sort is made to society.

        • WildChild

          So my question is, do you provide day care for the single moms getting public assistance when they are out doing their volunteer thing or do they have to use the funds from their meager public assistance check to pay for a sitter?

          • Ferd berfle

            We should provide day-care, of course–I don’t think we should create any more hardships for them. My concern is that people should do SOMETHING for the support they receive, irrespective of how much (or little) it is.

            • WildChild

              Ok, now you have provided day care. Where is that money coming from, out of the pool of assistance dollars or from another source? Also, how do you work the day care, sub it out to the private sector or make it an extension of the public school system?

              • Ferd berfle

                The best answer is for men to keep their pants zipped unless they are willing to care for the child they help create. I mean no disrespect but there has to be some sort of compromise here. Cause and effect are at work. We can’t do anything of substance about the effect until we start to curb the cause.

                • WildChild

                  see, now you are being sexist. It takes more then a man to produce a child.

                  • Ferd berfle

                    I am a man and I know all too well what a lot of guys are really doing out there. If you wish, I could add women too, in the equation but was afraid I’d be called sexist and the PC police would come after me. (I’ve already been accused of things on another thread which were untrue and are now making me curb anything I have to say).

                    • PKJayne

                      Ferd I hope you don’t curb your comments. That was a stupid statement by a nobody who I think is angered you get his goat anytime he chooses to verbally spar with you.

                      Keep your chin up :)

                    • Ferd berfle

                      Thanks, PK. It was a rather unnerving thing to see my name associated with such crap, especially at 430 in the morning while trying to wake up.

                    • WildChild

                      I’m man too and I’ve slept with a lot of women. The truth of the matter is that there isn’t one woman that I slept with, that didn’t want to sleep with me,

                    • oowawa

                      Ferd, as far as I’m concerned, you’re like the canary in the coal mine. If you become silent, the outlook is extremely dire. I’m afraid this forum could become a very quiet place.

                    • Ferd berfle

                      Thanks oowawa. I’m just a little shook up is all. It was a bit disturbing, given rather flimsy excuses that can be used nowdays to haul people in for questioning.

                    • http://baddemocrat08.wordpress.com/ obamastolemyboyfriend

                      Hey ferd,

                      I was a bad girl the other night and know how you feel. It is hard to hold back sometimes and hard to fight for freedom of speech and not go too far! I’m back to behaving and I won’t drink rum whilst blogging anymore! This is a great group of folks here though.

                      My apologies to anyone I may have offended. No excuse for bad behavior, but I was having a bad weekend to start with and got a little stupid. I never want to hurt the NQ family here!

                      I’m trying to lay off too many comments for a while anyway!

          • wodiej

            provide daycare. Something could be set up where the charity could have volunteers that would go in and watch the kids.

            • Ferd berfle

              That might be a viable alternative.

            • WildChild

              a charity isn’t going to have enough money to run the background checks on the volunteers or cover the liability insurance. Then there is a question of location. Is the day care located in the neighborhoods of the assistance recipients or out in the burbs where the volunteers feel safe?

              • Ferd berfle

                Then my question becomes, how do we prevent whatever situation presents itself, which causes a person to need public assistance, from occurring in the first place? We can throw money at this (and have) and never actually do anything at all about the cause(s). We treat the symptoms but never get around to the addressing the cause. Whatever process has brought us to this point is a failed process, which needs to be looked at anew.

                • WildChild

                  ahhh, you see now you’ve asked the right question. During the ascendancy of the conservative wave of hysteria we heard a lot about the conflict between the public and private sectors. The only talk about responsibility was responsibility of the individual. The conservatives taylored their argument so that the individual was the only one responsible for anything. According to them the public sector could be given responsibility because it was either incompetent or was a drag on the private sector. Of course the private sector was only responsible to the investor. In the end investors turned out to be a bunch of greedy little cowards who didn’t seem to care about anything as long as they were making money. They were all for good paying jobs being sent overseas. They were all for “encouraging” higher wage employees to leave so they could be replaced by lower wage employees. If the stable foundation of any family, community or country is good paying jobs, then the only thing we have to ask ourselves is how do we create more good paying jobs, who is responsible for that and what mechanism will we use to hold them accountable.

              • wodiej

                The day care could be at the place of volunteering. Background checks and liability could be covered by grants, foundations etc. If they are done on other volunteers, what would be the cost of a few more?

                In addition, financial counseling and family planning classes should be a requirement. If an attempt is at least not made to educate them and hold them accountable, they are going to keep doing the same thing.

                No more excuses, they should be glad to do something in exchange for the help.

                • WildChild

                  At the place of volunteering… LOL lets not even discus the logistics of getting a child to the place of volunteering. Let’s discuss the inherent weekness of any system set up around a core of people that don’t have to be there when they are needed because they are not under anyones employ. The first few gorgeous day of spring will throw a giant monkey wrench into your plan, even more so when the first kid wonders away because of thin supervision and gets blown away in traffic.

                  • wodiej

                    Excuses can be made until the cows come home but the bottom line is everyone is responsible for themselves and their actions. When you make poor choices, you have to suffer the consequences. If you don’t learn from your mistakes, then you’ll never make your life better. It’s a choice. The government checks w no accountability just enables people.

                    • WildChild

                      You’re making all kinds of assumptions about motive in a very judgmental way. Let’s say I’ve done everything right. Worked hard, did my job, but I worked for circuit city and the economy is so trashed that my company just went out of businesses a now I’m out of a job. What happens when my unemployment runs out and I can’t find new one. Do me and my kids starve? Do we have to bear the burden of failures that occurred many levels above my pay grade in the larger economy. Because the guys who failed there got a bail out which allowed them to keep their money and their jobs. It sounds to me like you’re taking a moral stand rather then dealing with a political reality. Now certainly it’s fine to have a code of morality to follow but that’s a freedom of religion thing that can never be justly imposed on me.

                • brodie

                  Gee- you must live in the city. Out here, in the poverty-stricken boonies, people are lucky to have a car or the gas to go anywhere. While I agree w/the concept of work vs handout, we have to be very careful in painting issues w/ too broad a brush. We don’t have many locations where these facilities could be created and competition for the scarce resources we do have is fierce. I work for a literacy council, so I understand the issues and how little money there really is. We can’t even get high-speed Internet to everyone in our county- and it doesn’t matter how much money they have- it just plain isn’t available. There really are two Americas, and I’m afraid the well-off part has no clue as to what issues the poverty-stricken part faces. Like saying the stimulus check for $300. was nothing- it was a big deal for some of us. Too many rich people making decisions for folks they simply can’t relate to at all.

            • Wisewoman

              The answer is explained below as an example : 25 women are on welfare in a community. Between them they have 50 children. Four of the women can take care of and watch over those 50 kids (12.5 kids/woman). That is a lower ratio than is found in daycare centers. These kids could be housed in community centers, cooperating churches, and possibly in classrooms in the public schools in their communities (declining enrollments free up classroom space). This example leaves the other 21 women to do other community service or better yet get a job with wages subsidized if necessary instead of sitting on their behinds doing nothing and having more babies. The country could help far more people with the same amount of money spent and began to reinstill the work ethnic in the country. That is what Bill Clinton was slowly trying to accomplish with welfare reform when the democratic far left loonies (including Obama) and Clinton haters disparaged his efforts.

              • Ferd berfle

                The country could help far more people with the same amount of money spent and began to reinstill the work ethnic in the country.

                This was part of what I was attempting to get to in a roundabout way. You put it very nicely.

                A related issue is, of course, that other third rail, procreation. Parents are responsible for the the care of their children. If they need help, I’m all for it. However, if circumstances are such that they cannot afford more than, say, one child without further government assistance, then they should have only one. And what would a single mother be doing having a second (or whatever number) child while on government assistance to begin with? It is with this in mind that, imo, birth-control should be readily available and free. Men ought to also consider this, as well. While no paragon of virtue, I did not have any children until I was in my 30s.

                Responsibility. Why is this simple word so difficult to understand?

                • Snickers

                  I agree, Ferd, if you can’t afford to support your children, don’t have them. I’m female and when my biological clock kicked in, I agonized about whether or not to have a child, and realized that my lifestyle would not permit it. I couldn’t afford a child and still have my nifty car, etc. Also, there was the independent thing. I watched my sisters as they raised their kids and helped by babysitting as much as possible and taking their kids to the movies, etc., but decided it was not for me. And now, with our planet in peril, I think it is absolutely vital we start addressing the over population crisis.

          • KintheNorthwest

            As for day care—why could the parents do some volunteer time at their head start or the school their children go to or for that matter a pre school in the neighborhood. There are many places where a parent with children could volunteer.

            Many many welfare parents’ children are all in school.
            I have a feeling the welfare parents find lots of ways to find sitters when it comes to recreation for themselves.
            When there is a will there is a way.

            • Katmoon

              There should be some way to volunteer and give back, when you receiving funds as a single parent. I was a single parent in the 80′, never received any form of government help, nor child support for that matter; and not because of a deadbeat father, it was my choice. If my son needed something his father was more than happy to help get it for him. We have a good relationship to this day, so try to understand I didn’t want to put either of us in a food line. We got by, and it wasn’t easy. Once and only once I attempted to get welfare. I happened to have been wearing a watch that was above average expense that had been a gift to me some years earlier; the social worker advised me to sell the watch or to hide it. I got up and walked out. My son had everything he needed and some things he wanted, his pre-school care was paid for by his father, I was fortunate. His after school care as he got older, came in the form of me adjusting my schedule to get home to him, or he belonged to an activity where I had made arrangements and paid for transportation for him to go. He was always clean, had clothing that was new and he was not ashamed of. I wore most of my clothing from goodwill, as I got a good eye for decent things. I made quilts, had my shoes repaired, and have only owned one new car in my 53 years. For a period of time 3 of us in the same situation shared a house. I managed to feed my son and myself on 25-30 dollars a week. I did not get him into a lunch program at school I made his lunch, and a treat was buying lunch once a week, as fast food was also a treat saved for the $1.00 baseball games we could go to. Museums were free, as were libraries, and some zoos, nature, as in state parks were always free. I managed over the years to save enough to buy a small camper I kept parked at Russian river, where we “vacationed” every spring break, the rent for the space was 7.00 a month. We went to Santa Cruz every labor day weekend, with some of his friends every year before school started, and camped. I volunteered as a CASA, a coach and Red Cross. My son came first every time everyday, he is my heart . I recall one shady moment way back when, I modeled lingerie at a lunchtime sports bar, so I could buy him an upscale 49ers jacket, he never knew I did it. My point is, we managed and our only expectation was one of equal treatment, which did not happen. His father also provided heath care, bought the new baseball bat, paid half his flight fare for visits, and even bought me a decent used car when mine was stolen. We have never been arrested, had wages attahed or had to compromise our morals to survive.

              My son went to THe University of MIchigan before being accepted at West Point(and refusing it), he enlisted and started out as a private, he wanted to work his way up like General Omar Bradley.

              We had an incentive you cannot find today, A mother and father who love him enough not to fight with each other, move past our differences and work together to be kind to each other, thus be kind to him. We both have a work ethic. I did all of the above on anywhere from 400-500 dollars a week. We had to sacrifice, which is what you do is a parent, and that is why now I am finishing my college education. Would I change anything? Not one thing. I was so proud to give birth to that baby boy, I have always been so proud to meet the challenges I face as a parent, and I am proud now to have enough determination to finish my education( Which is either as a political science/paralegal B.S., or go onto law school should I end up with a benefactor; it may happen, being Summa Cum Laude.
              My son is serving his second tour in Iraq, he is a Staff Sgt./MP; whose first tour served to protect Paul Bremmer and company. He and his wife are expecting their second child. We have worked together on their ability to survive on his pay, and my daughter-in-law and son also carry that frugal, adventurous gene, looking to make their own good times for their family, even though it may be under a very tight belt. Christmas 2009 for our family is going to be a “recycled Christmas”, where gifts can only be made or purchased from used goods.
              It is all about perspective, and self respect, and it can be done. IT will not ever be easy, but it sure feels good knowing I did this standing on my own two feet, by the work of my two, never manicured hands.

            • Katmoon

              There should be some way to volunteer and give back, when you receiving funds as a single parent. I was a single parent in the 80′, never received any form of government help, nor child support for that matter; and not because of a deadbeat father, it was my choice. If my son needed something his father was more than happy to help get it for him. We have a good relationship to this day, so try to understand I didn’t want to put either of us in a food line. We got by, and it wasn’t easy. Once and only once I attempted to get welfare. I happened to have been wearing a watch that was above average expense that had been a gift to me some years earlier; the social worker advised me to sell the watch or to hide it. I got up and walked out. My son had everything he needed and some things he wanted, his pre-school care was paid for by his father, I was fortunate. His after school care as he got older, came in the form of me adjusting my schedule to get home to him, or he belonged to an activity where I had made arrangements and paid for transportation for him to go. He was always clean, had clothing that was new and he was not ashamed of. I wore most of my clothing from goodwill, as I got a good eye for decent things. I made quilts, had my shoes repaired, and have only owned one new car in my 53 years. For a period of time 3 of us in the same situation shared a house. I managed to feed my son and myself on 25-30 dollars a week. I did not get him into a lunch program at school I made his lunch, and a treat was buying lunch once a week, as fast food was also a treat saved for the $1.00 baseball games we could go to. Museums were free, as were libraries, and some zoos, nature, as state parks were always free. I managed over the years to save enough to buy a small camper I kept parked at Russian river, where we “vacationed” every spring break, the rent for the space was 7.00 a month. We went to Santa Cruz every Labor Day weekend, with some of his friends every year before school started, and camped. I volunteered as a CASA, a coach and Red Cross. My son came first every time every day, he is my heart. I recall one shady moment way back when, I modeled lingerie at a lunchtime sports bar, so I could buy him an upscale 49ers jacket, and he never knew I did it. My point is, we managed and our only expectation was one of equal treatment, which did not happen. His father also provided heath care, bought the new baseball bat, paid half his flight fare for visits, and even bought me a decent used car when mine was stolen. We have never been arrested, had wages attached or had to compromise our morals to survive. My son went to The University of Michigan before being accepted at West Point(and refusing it), he enlisted and started out as a private, he wanted to work his way up like General Omar Bradley. We had an incentive you cannot find today, a mother and father who love him enough not to fight with each other, move past our differences and work together to be kind to each other, thus be kind to him. We both have a work ethic. I did all of the above on anywhere from 400-500 dollars a week. We had to sacrifice, which is what you do is a parent, and that is why now I am finishing my college education. Would I change anything? Not one thing. I was so proud to give birth to that baby boy, I have always been so proud to meet the challenges I face as a parent, and I am proud now to have enough determination to finish my education (Which is either as a political science/paralegal B.S., or go onto law school should I end up with a benefactor; it may happen, being Summa Cum Laude. My son is serving his second tour in Iraq, he is a Staff Sgt./MP; whose first tour served to protect Paul Bremmer and company. He and his wife are expecting their second child. We have worked together on their ability to survive on his pay, and my daughter-in-law and son also carry that frugal, adventurous gene, looking to make their own good times for their family, even though it may be under a very tight belt. Christmas 2009 for our family is going to be a “recycled Christmas”, where gifts can only be made or purchased from used goods. It is all about perspective, and self respect, and it can be done. IT will not ever be easy, but it sure feels good knowing I did this standing on my own two feet, by the work of my two, never manicured hands.

      • C.S.

        Don’t leave out the Paris Hiltons of the world. Those jail sentences of just two convicted celebrities were fewer hours in jail than most criminals spend getting processed.

  • Nobody Special

    I think it’s going to taste like the colonoscopy prep medication. Clear, watery, slightly salty and vile, with absolutely no substance.

    Then once you’ve consumed it you can’t stay out of the bathroom.

    • clairtx

      Good one!

  • mountainaires

    I think maybe we might need an “official taster” like the Kings of old, so we can be sure we do not get poisoned.

    ;-)

  • Anthony
    • beebop

      Perez Hilton turned on HRC in a flash. Karma, baby, Karma!

      • The Real HC

        Perez endorsed HRC in the end, had a lovely piece on it and her really nice black and white photos. I have no use for him, but he was less on the kool-aid in the primaries than many others.

    • NW Country

      No one should be suprised by this. The Gays may be first under the bus but many more to come I’m sure.

      Obama is a fraud.

  • http://americanpumainitaly.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    NO SOUP FOR YOU! haha

    Cute post Pat!

  • Linda from NY

    Could be “Fishy Swah” or “Spam Chowder” or “BS Broth” topped with bread crumbs and sprinkled with hope since he is 100% for himself, 0% for us IMHO. Not very appetizing to me. Personally, I do not have the stomach for anything he is peddling. There is no hope in the changes he will be selling to the starving masses unless, of course, you enjoy being dependent.

    Sure do love your cartoons, Pat! You have brought a smile to my face many times. Thank you!

  • MrMike

    It gets worse, I was watching playoffs last night when blurbs for new shows came on. They were like that Obama poster art. Red and Blue on a tan background. I see that the Pepsi Logo has change too. It looks more like the Obama logo.

  • beebop

    Too much MSG (MORE of the SAME GARBAGE) for my taste in the 0soup … I really like something made with better ingredients :)

  • Ferd berfle

    The soup?:
    Hogwash.

    No calories
    No carbohydrates
    No proteins
    No vitamins
    No minerals
    No cholesterol
    No oils
    No fats

    Contents under pressure.

    Warning:
    May cause bloating and dyspepsia

    • Solara 7

      LMAO

    • sowsear

      Your comment should be made part of Pat’s article. It’s perfect.

  • mel

    The Hearty Man Beef Soup to be opened tomorrow will be packaged nicely as always, yet to the unexpecting consumer of it, they will be overcome when they finally realize totally that the beef came for mad cows diseased herds in Chicago.

  • NW Country

    Remember the movie Soylent Green?

    Obama Change Soup
    Made from fresh Under the Bus ingredients

    • Tricia Spiegel

      Ewwwewww–human roadkill.

  • wodiej

    Bush just gave clemency to the 2 border patrol agents

    • mountainaires

      Good! I commend him for doing that.

    • Ferd berfle

      I am so glad as this was long overdue.

    • Anthony

      It’s about damned time. Scooter Libby was shopping at Bloomies in two seconds, these guys who were doing their job were almost killed in prison.

      Good riddance to W

      • Ferd berfle

        I was watching a clip from 2007 where Shrub said the jury had made its decision and he shouldn’t get involved with the border patrol agents’ cases.

        Oh…I see. But it *was* OK to get involved with the Libby case, where a real scumbag was convicted by a jury of his peers, and issue a full pardon. Wow, why does this sort of rationalization and moral relativism sound *so* familiar? Any guesses?

    • KintheNorthwest

      Finally Thank God!!!!

  • Katmoon

    Part of the inauguration security is being paid for by a “grant” from homeland security funds~last known amount 12 million.

    • KintheNorthwest

      News reports are saying that the taxpayers portion of the inauguration should be at least 100 million dollars if not double that.
      I know I keep complaining about the inauguration costs, but its looking like the costs will be more than quaduple those of any other president and its not just his security.
      I have a feeling that when all is said and done the total costs will be close to if not more than 1/2 a billion dollars. Maybe not all taxpayers money, but that is still a lot of money considering the financial shape of so many people in America.

      If Obama was really concerned about the financial welfare of America you would think he would tone down his expenses a bit. So far all I have seen is many extras that he seems to be flaunting in our faces.

  • truthorconsequences

    Lincoln/Douglas Debates 1858—- Notice in particular Lincoln’s Speech the 8th and 12th paragraphs. Then in the Second Debate, Lincoln’s Speech and the 2nd paragraph.
    http://www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/debates.htm

    Obama is trying to “bamboozle” everyone that he is following in the footsteps of Lincoln? LOL!! I don’t think so, not by any stretch of the imagination.

    • truthorconsequences

      Should be the 4th debate and not the second–sorry for the error.

  • Rich

    Wonderful cartoon, as always.

    It does not matter who created the soup, who marketed it, or who bought it. We are all in the soup or we all are going to be eating the soup for a long time, so hopefully the soup will turn out good, filling, and satisfying.

    Rich

  • Jean

    Hail to the Thief! Scamelot is going to be filled with nasty tasting soup.

    • JulieD

      Jean –

      SCAMELOT!!! I love it!

      I’ll be using it and your “Hail to the Thief”!!

      It won’t be soup – it will be gruel. For all of the poor people who will find themselves in Credit Card Joe Biden’s new debtor’s prisons.

  • Don X

    Another great cartoon, Pat. As the song goes, “The future’s not ours to see. What will be will be”. I would suggest putting a lid on the can, refrigerate it for six months, and then decide if you want to taste it.

    I do like wodiej’s suggestion that people receiving welfare at taxpayer’s expense should be required to do some volunteer work. I would add, unless they are physically unable to do so.

    The pres-elect was out being photographed painting a wall today to model the notion that we all have to pitch in to make things work in this miserable economy.

    Maybe some of the manic enthusiasm for Obama can translate into some meaningful follow-through by his supporters. The pitch is that the future of the country depends on the willingness of all of us to pitch in to help.

    Remember, the anticipation of failure can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

  • HARP

    Does this can of soup have an expiry date ??????

    • PKJayne

      Dunno know, but a nice bottle of koolaide would would surely compliment the soup.

      • Ferd berfle

        Kool-Aide and hogwash. Mmm-mmm-bad.

  • JohnnyB

    Nice one Pat:

    I think that those who bought the soup can, will now have a hard time first opening the can, then when they taste what’s inside, it won’t live up to their expectations. This soup has never been tasted by anyone. I hope that after eating the soup, the eater will be able to keep it down. It might be hard to swallow. I’m hoping it tastes good, for the sake of our country and the rest of the world.

  • Obama: Dubya II – Electric Boogaloo

    LESS FILLING! TASTES GREAT!
    LESS FILLING! TASTES GREAT!
    LESS FILLING! TASTES GREAT!

    President Lite: everything you wanted in a President, except less.

    • PKJayne

      lmao good one.

  • KintheNorthwest

    Sorry but this is one Presidental can of soup I am not anxious to open. Even though I was not for Bush, I was much more eager to see what laid ahead in his administration. In fact I respected the man much more and still do.
    Yes Bush has had a lot of problems and has done many things that I disagreed with. I at least felt that he earned his place as President of the United States. I also felt that Bush was watching out for all Americans, not just himself.
    With Obama I am keeping my fingers crossed that my worse fears are not true. I am also hoping that when the truth does come forward, Americans do not blame those who tried to find it all these months.
    God Bless America

  • pm317

    Good one, Pat!

    The soup can is empty?!

    (or filled with plain old tap water?) Well, as long as it is not toxic, right?

  • Linda Mac

    From his record as Senator and his record while in office in Illinois, I am pretty sure we can guess what he will turn out to be. I think he will be another flavor of GWBush. Canned and marketed by the same bunch with a different label. It is sad to think that I am going to have to spend another four years (or however long it takes him to get into real trouble) avoiding his face and voice on television and radio. Thank god I love old movie channels.

    • mary

      Linda Mac,

      You read my mind! The Lost Weekend, Citizen Kane, Gone with the Wind, Some Like it Hot, Bullworth, yup!…Anything to avoid looking at this sexist punk’s middleschooler’s face and antics the next 4 years! What a farce. Only good thing Hillary’s SOS–but willl the jerk listen? So much work to be done inernationally to help ENSLAVED GIRLS AND WOMEN. Kristof cited Hillary’s confirmation!!

      Pat’s post here is THERAPEUTIC….thx…

      Inauguration, you say? Bring on the popcorn and the Titanic~ (the movie, not Barky’s presidency!)

  • mary

    Pat

    Can’t wait till you post the video of turning over your knee and giving this middleschooler some old fashined “boomer lecture” to remember for the next 4 years of interminable baby-drivel masquerading as insights.

    Obama sure knows how to attract the “knowledgeable” voters, eh? No wonder he got in without the landslide he expected! Phil De Villis’ l984 HIllary video is despicable in its ignorance of HIllary’s real agenda. I can tell where this punk got his “political Wisdom”–Obama Brown Shirts — frighteningly Mussolini-like in the 30s that led to a disastrous war with Greece that they couldn’t handle, of course, and then Nazis had to intervene to help Mussolini’s young punk-brown-shirts and bulldoze everybody in 1940!

  • basil

    KUDOS, Pat!

    Ironically, I’m doing an article on ‘branding’ for an agricultural group and came across these definitions;

    ‘Defined as “a combination of attributes, communicated through a name, or a symbol, that influences a thought-process in the mind of an audience and creates value,” everyone agreed it’s an essential part of developing the business plan.’

    ‘The ideal ‘brand’ name will have broad market appeal and encourage people to buy products.’

    Looks like BO studied up on that. :evil:

  • Ferd berfle

    If the economy gets any worse, it’ll be Lisa Douglas’ Hooterville Hot Water soup all around, with no seconds.

  • Don X

    Another captivating cartoon, Pat I wouldn’t rush to judgement on the soup. I would pour the soup in a baggie, refrigerate it for several months, and then decide whether to taste it. In the meantime, if you’re in the mood for soup, you might try a can of Progreso.

  • http://baddemocrat08.wordpress.com/ obamastolemyboyfriend

    Hmmmm. So far that soup is missing something! Right now I taste nothing, but later I am hoping it doesn’t leave a bad taste in my mouth!

    I hate it when they change chefs!

    P.S. Oowawa and Linda, thanks for sticking up for this stupid commenter (and it’s my last comment about that…moving on)

  • GBS

    Politics and marketing – 2 peas in a pod. Nice cartoon to illustrate the point.

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  • http://msplaceddemocrat.com navyvet48

    Comment by Ferd berfle | 2009-01-19 12:49:04

    Why can’t people on welfare be required to at least donate their time in return for the taxpayer benefits they receive?

    That should be made a requirement for receiving support. No one should receive any payments if no contribution of some sort is made to society.

    There is a completely free no day care required volunteer program for people on welfare. It will require access to a computer which they can do at the local library…it is called CoCoRahs…we collect weather date for NOAA. The program is in almost all the states now. My husband and I have been involved with the program for three years. Our data helps determine flooding and drought areas across the country.

    One day while watching the weather channel they discussed a hail report from our city. As we were the only ones to make such a report that day, we knew it was ours. (There is a map on the site showing weather reports for your area.

    Here is the website:

    http://www.cocorahs.org/
    Check it out it is a very worthwhile volunteer opportunity. I just hope you don’t mind getting wet or cold once in a while…lol