Some Economic Stimulus!
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on January 9, 2009 at 8:10 PM in Bamboozling, Barack Obama, Economy, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Rahm Emanuel
Andy Borowitz had the following as his post on January 8. FINALLY, someone acknowledges the power of Obama’s oration:
“Obama Hopes to Calm Americans With Series of Boring Speeches, Economic Address Contains Opposite of Stimulus:Hoping to calm a nation whose nerves have been rattled by economic woes, President-elect Barack Obama today delivered the first in a series of numbingly boring speeches designed to put the nation to sleep.
Viewers who were able to remain awake for the entirety of his speech could boil down Mr. Obama’s economic plan to two points: stimulate the American economy while tranquilizing the American people.
“The President-elect is well aware that Americans are having trouble sleeping,” said chief of staff designee Rahm Emanuel. “These speeches are designed to fix that.”
By that criterion, Mr. Obama’s speech on economic matters today was a huge success, with over half of his audience losing consciousness five minutes in.
“That speech was a home run,” Mr. Emanuel said. “If he gives more speeches like that, you can throw away your Ambien.”
But even as Mr. Emanuel was touting his boss’s sandman-like oratory, Mr. Obama’s Surgeon General nominee, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, offered Americans the following warning: “If you are listening to one of President-elect Obama’s speeches on the radio, do not attempt to operate heavy machinery.”
FINALLY - finally someone acknowledges that Obama is not the Wordsmith he’s been portrayed to be. And honestly, Hillary would not have had to look at notes while speaking on this issue like Obama had to do the other day, swiveling his head left and right looking at his notes, like a bobble head. Don’t take my word for it, just take a look at this (I recommend leaving the sound off myself):
Remember when she was on Jim Cramer? She could speak extemporaneously on a number of economic issues and not miss a beat, and she sure as hell didn’t check any notes:
I have to say, I am really of two minds about this: on the one hand, I am GLAD Clinton isn’t the president during these trying times because you KNOW she would be blamed for the mess this country is in as if she had been in office for the past 8 years. Oh, and everything going on with Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon would be her fault, too.
On the other hand, I wish she WAS our president because I trust HER to actually know how to affect some positive change for the country. Obama? Not so much…To put it mildly.
Okay, so maybe I am just cranky about this comment John Kerry made regarding Clinton’s hearing for her new position (Clinton Confirmation Hearing Set): Kerry said in a statement.
“My friend and colleague Hillary Clinton will bring her years of experience and acute intellect to her position as America’s top diplomat.”
Well, NO DUH, Sherlock!! So why didn’t you back the one with the “years of experience” instead of this unprepared, ill-prepared PEBO we have now?? Holy cow.
Oh, but get this. Besides Dr. Gupta becoming our Surgeon General, guess who might end up being the US Ambassador to Great Britain? Indeed, it is another TV personality, only this one, unlike Dr. Gupta, has no experience for it (there’s that theme again). Are you ready? OPRAH!!!! Yes, Oprah. (Major H/T to alert NQ reader, Capt Howdy for this.) I swear I am absolutely not making this up. Holy frijole.
I feel another head explosion coming on. In honor of Oprah’s potential new gig, how about a song from Duffy? I might add, this could well be the Obots’ theme song (sorry - the embed link has been disabled). Click HERE.
(small, medium and large sizes; for both dogs and cats)
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Obama is still using classic Alinsky methods and the people lap it up like cream to a cat:
The agitator’s job, according to Alinsky, is first to bring folks to the “realization” that they are indeed miserable, that their misery is the fault of unresponsive governments or greedy corporations, then help them to bond together to demand what they deserve, and to make such an almighty stink that the dastardly governments and corporations will see imminent “self-interest” in granting whatever it is that will cause the harassment to cease.
In these methods, euphemistically labeled “community organizing,” Obama had a four-year education, which he often says was the best education he ever got anywhere.
And what happens to those of us who don’t like cream? Or,find the taste decidedly off.
I suspect the answer will not be pleasant!
Maybe: Take thee to a reeducation camp.
RRRAmy…as usual, you ROCK. ROFLMAO. Great one.
PS Oprah sets off my gag reflex. Big time.
Obama is a fraud — My British husband is outraged at the thought of Oprah being made Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Whatever next Jerry Springer being made Ambassador to the Vatican?
This is such BS. Look at some of Hillary’s speeches…she read EVERY word many times. (in fact, there was a very recent one that wasn’t even fact-filled that she read like a wooden pole). that’s all she did…memorize and reiterate what her husband said 10 years ago.
Oh so glad someone said it! His speeches, his voice, have that ambien effect on me. From the first sentence I get sleepy!
It’s like that volken grip Dr. Spock used to do. Go Borowitz Report!
That’s the because he has NO conviction nor clear understanding about what the hell he is talking about.
Plus I do believe he is so into the psych games — use of hypnotism tricks — that listeners are lured into not paying attention. Anyway I find it impossible to listen to him — the sound of his voice makes me physically ill.
Reading the transcript of his words gives a clear indication that he is full of sh*t.
My dear Rev Amy,
Great post!
Oprah as Ambassador to GB??? WTH??? Ambassador?
She is not really a great choice because she can’t seem to tell the truth from a lie — her school, those two supposed autobiographical memoirs she touted on her show that both proved to be lies, The One!!
Not the best judge of character apparently.
Gupta — not great either — remember his b.s. reporting about M. Moore’s “Sicko”???
Yes, Hillary was and is phenomenal on the economy and no, she doesn’t need notes. She’s already done her homework and doesn’t need to cram like a college kid.
Dear Lord, what have they done.
Hey, Ani -
Paul Krugman wrote abt that very thing with Gupta - his incorrect reporting on Moore’s statistics (which were ACCURATE). He was serving someone with those lies…
And Oprah - that just can’t really happen, can it?? Then again, look who the PEBO is - most of us didn’t think THAT could happen, either!!
Obamastoleyourboyfriend, I think we saw abt the same amt of that video! I just do not understand these people who think he is such a great speaker! Spare me! Imustprotest has the right idea abt the mini-teleprompter!
Thanks for the great compliments, y’all!
He took a teleprompter to a DINER!!! He took a teleprompter to a little pit stop speech at a rodeo — they set it up out in the middle of the ring — CNN reported it — this was hilarious.
Lemme tell ya, Amy, if he campaigned on the SAME bloody issues for 2 years and still needed notes and/or to see the words going up the crawl to stay en pointe, that is a sad state of affairs.
If this is any indication of how he deals with stress — what the heck does he think he is going to do when he actually takes the oath as CiC????
Hillary was right — the WH is a pressure cooker — he may not always have time to consult his 300 advisors when he needs an answer on something and frat boy Favreau may not have time to compose a pretty speech for him. Sh*t happens.
As they say in that commercial:
Ani — I am laughing so hard–
He took a teleprompter to a DINER!!!
Actually (though I’m not an Oprah fan) she’s as qualified to be GB ambassador as Gupta is to be SG — which is to say Gupta is NOT qualified to be SG. He may be a neurosurgeon, but he has NO background or experience in public health — and that’s what SG needs to know — How do you keep a population healthy? or make it healthy? or protect its health? Most doctors really know very little about this, unless they have a Masters in Public Health (MPH) or are epidemiologists.
Oh, this brings a name to mind for possible SG–Dr. Lenard Horowitz. He has an amazing blog called “Tetrahedron” in which he proffers alternataive methods of medicine completely undercutting modern practice with common sense approaches.
Horowitz does have degrees in public health programs…that, IMO, may be more important than simply rubber-stamping the edicts of the medical/pharma industry. (Notice I combined these terms; they are one in purpose.)
He melds the spiritual and physical aspects of human life into a plan for self-healing, thus curtailing our need for pharmaceuticals, both prescribed or OTC aids. Of course such thinking would go counter to our pill-oriented
lifestyle.
I really giggled at this post; thanks for making my morning…I needed a mental fix as the thought of putting up with Obamamania and Obots for four years is a real downer.
I can’t get through one of Bambi’s speeches; when he comes on the airwaves, I go on autopilot and hit the snooze button. Don’t need his tranquilizing monotones and jerky cadences to lull me to LaLaland.
Maybe Oprah can do a special show from Britain with the Royals about their disfunctional family. Didn’t you all know that Obama would be come a wee bit tacky?
I could only last 1:05 on that video, even with the sound off. I have never been this turned off by a politician. Quite frankly he makes me want to puke just to see a picture.
Is that the plan of the administration? Make us so incapable of watching him that he can get away with anything/everything because we won’t be paying any attention?
I took your suggestion Rev Amy and watched it with the sound off. You’re right he did look at his notes constantly. He really needs a mini teleprompter with him at all times, perhaps an earpiece too.
I guess She is what He meant by not all of his ambassadorships will have experience!
Oprah will be over in jolly old England seeing which TV shows she’ll want to copy for her Oxygen network!
Obama the savior of womankind
http://tdg.typepad.com/heidi_lis_potpourri/2009/01/this-is-just-incredible.html
sowsear…Please issue a disclaimer with that link…no one should have eaten within 2 hours of checking it out. You’ll be driving the white porcelain bus. OMFG. Does it ever stop? Ewwwww…..
Oh no! Oprah! Wow, the celebrities are doing well this season.
It’s almost funny.
But not as funny as Andy B.’s take on Obama’s stimulus speech. Now, that made me laugh.
Thanks for the piece, Rev. Amy.
well, Obama did make history as our first affirmative action, celebrity president. he’s just spreadin the luv around.
God help us all….. BHO, the fraud, is trying to govern the country on TV, just like the way he ran his campaign. Giving speech about the economy doesn’t produce jobs. Watching him on that video, makes GWB look competent. I can believe America is putting this pig in the White House.
No wonder Obama wants to get rid of Social Security and Medicare. Us oldies remember when a President was someone to be respected and he didn’t have to sell Ginzu Knives in an infomercial.
This is turning into a Whitehouse reality show. I heard that Michelle wants to be paid to be First Lady. Jesus wept
Bambi’s whole campaign was a cleverly-conceived marketing strategy. Without that support system in place, he would not have gotten off the ground, much less been given keys to the people’s White House. Nothing new here. And Rahm Emanuel must
backup his nonstarters with more marketing ploys–”satisfied customer endorsements.”
Remember, it took both Oprah and Ted Kennedy to
boost the Messiah’s presidental credentials.
If you are young and raised in the world of television–images and advertising–you can be easily persuaded; my concern is with the older generations who should know better.
Oprah ?? are you kidding me, geez no I just cant believe that these democrats would sit there and let Obama get away with that nonsense.
Here’s what the obots voted for: The media to run the country.
Shallow? Absolutely!
Nonsense is all the dems can muster.
you are absolutely correct. with this election, democrats voted for a celebrity society. if the MSM doesn’t tell you something’s important, then it doesn’t matter. the media can now elect whoever it wants to, they can sell any bogus policy they want to, they can cover-up any crime they want to, they can destroy anyone’s career they want to; and the new breed of democrat thinks that this is exactly the way it should be.
I’m waiting to see if Obama creates a Department of Entertainment with JayZ and Britney Spears heading the department. Or perhaps he’ll create a Department of Gaming to distribute Wii systems to all the poor. This guy really loves our pop culture.
I knew Oprah was going to be put in there somewhere.
Your link at the beginning of this blog has changed. My Friday evening cocktail now needs to be cleaned off my computer!! I have not laughed so hard since the election!
LOL - sorry for the waste of your cocktail, Kathy, but glad you got a laugh! (Andy has his previous posts in the archives, so I’ll change it, but did you see the one for today? HILARIOUS!)
That’s why I “lost” my cocktail!!!! I am still laughing!
Wow - a comedian who is willing to take on That One and he hit the nail on the head.
I was just telling my husband the other day that Obama was an incredible bore to me. I recalled how I used to listen to every press conference and interview with Bill Clinton in rapt attention because he was so engaging and enthused about whatever he was talking about.
It’s just so weird to me that with all of the talk about how inspiring Obama is that his presence is such a downer. Even some of the Bots are starting to notice. This is the time that we need to feel, for lack of a better word, “HOPE” but he seems to bring none of that to the arena right now.
Regarding John Kerry — he’s dead to me –that horrible joke during the campaign about John McCain wearing diapers provided the final straw of disgust for me.
I wouldn’t know if the Fraud was boring. The last time, literally, that I saw that freak open his mouth was Saddleback and I immediately turned it off. He gave me the willies the FIRST time I saw him speak. All I saw was a LIAR. And that’s what he is. I am soooo WTF about anyone who thinks watching his YAWN crap is interesting. Frankly he’s probably tired and overwhelmed. He’s NOT up for this job. He’s walking into a mess that he has NO idea how to fix and nor do the people around him, for the most part. No, I’m not saying HRC, although I don’t think even SHE can fix the Israel/Hamas mess. But I don’t think Rahm and the rest of the nuts are going to fix this mess and Fraudbama doesn’t seem interested in the work. We didn’t GET a “President” folks. We got a holographic PR creation who is lost.
I still have no freakin clue what people see in this man. Why the hell is he so special? There’s NOTHING there!
It may just be the roar in his voice.
From the “Gladiator”
GRACCHUS
He knows who Rome is. Rome is the
mob. He will conjure magic for them
and they will be distracted. And he
will take their lives. And he will
take their freedom. And still they
will roar. The beating heart of
Rome isn’t the marble of the Senate.
It’s the sand of the Colosseum. He
will give them death. And they will
love him for it.
We all run for the remote when Obama comes on. Accidentally, no one was near yesterday when FOX aired a clip. Everyone can running from various rooms in the house to change the channel. LOL!!!
I think that anything of note that the fraud comes up with will be throughly dissected on NQ.
ROTFLMAO - I can’t hit the “Mute” button fast enough! When I even see that he is going to be coming up, I change the channel just in case!
And Ani, you said it - what is going to happen when he has to deal with a real-life situation RIGHT THEN??? Why DOES he still need a teleprompter after giving the same damn speech day after day after day? Heck, Palin, the one everyone tried to paint as a stupid hick could speak extemporaneously when the situation warranted. Obama would lose his place, no doubt, and there would be a whole lot of, “Uh, Um, Uh, well, Look!” in there. Hillary often spoke off the cuff - remember her dealing with the “Iron My Shirt” neanderthals? She didn’t miss a BEAT!
As we’ve discussed, Hillary KNOWS these issues, she knows policies, she knows what we need to do. Obama, that poseur, can only be a poor substitute for the real thing. With the problems we’re facing, we needed the real thing…
Listen, I was at a fundraiser for her back in April — she stood on stage for ninety minutes and answered random questions that voters had submitted– they were on pieces of paper that were pulled out of a bowl!!!
She was brilliant, warm, engaging and THOROUGH in all of her answers. Talk about someone on top of her game. And despite the way her voters were characterized by the media — the audience looked like the rainbow coalition and were a highly educated, highly informed bunch — who knew ALL the issues.
But the DNC threw her under the bus for this unprepared poseur. It is as unconscionable as it is sad.
Wow, Ani - that must have been an amazing experience!! I am so glad yo got to be there!
Seeing her in person, or even on tv, really put the lie to the meme the MSM tried to frame abt her speaking abilities. I saw her twice during the campaign, and she was inspiring.
Thanks for this!
Oprah seems to be a perfect pick for something in BO’s administration. His memoir is just as fake and embellished as Frey’s was and the other Holocaust guy she endorsed on her show. She seems to like these guys who lie alot. I think people want to believe in something anything so badly that they can’t hear or see the absolute nothingness of BO and his speeches. There’s definitely a state of denial going on.
Hell, it’s That One’s way of getting the STALKERm Oprah out of town. Steadman is lacking and Gayle is jealous and Oprah needs a distraction. Once again paparrazi drama at it’s best.
Stop the lovefest.
The UK gets Oprah as ambassador. Who will he send to Germany? How about Michael Jackson? They like music a lot over there. We found that out when BO had the big reggae concert with his speech, with the free beer and bratwurst. How about Madonna for Italy?
Who to Germany? Why, Heidi Klum and Seal would be great. Also, gotta find a place for Bruce Springsteen. Precious owes The Boss bigtime. Madonna would be good for Italy–she’s got that Catholic name going for her. When her plane lands, they will be playing “Like A Virgin” over the airport loundspeakers.
No, No, No it’s got to be Jay-Z. The German’s would love him:-)
David Hasselhoff has to be on the short list for Germany…lol
Well, Emanuel said one true statement,
That One’s speeches put me to sleep!
Stop the lovefest.
It is the Rip Van Winkle effect. Wake me in four years.
Great post Rev. Amy.
Totally OT but,
Commie Dearest’s (Michelle’s) mother is going to move into the WH. The woman that spawned the hateful mutant faux lady will be gracing the halls.
On the bright side: Maybe Mrs. Robinson will be able to get that son-in-law of hers to actually do some work instead of just being “present” and wasting perfectly good oxygen.
Buzz — Its Sanford and Son.
Doesn’t anyone find it strange that along with a senior economic advisor, David Axelrod was in the meeting today with rebellious to Obama’s econimic plan?
Why was Axelrod there, he is solely an advisor, scared to take any posting and having to undergo investigations, yet able to bill the taxpayers a fortune for his services in advising Obama.
One reason Axelrod was there, because this presidency will be the most media controlled one ever at his filthy hands, as he screwed Illinois electric payers of billions on his Astroturfing lies.
Second, Axelrod works for Daley, who has less than 8 months to provide to the IOC guarantees of infrastructure rebuilds in the multi-billions of dollars or lose any chance of Chicago holding the 2016 Olympic Games.
Wake up folks, the Chicago Daley mafia has entered the nerve center of America’s largest bank, the Whitehouse!
If you study BO’s economic plans, he is a classic con man. It’s as if a giant Ponzi scheme serves as a template for his stimulus package.
As Harp stated, Obama is using classic Alinsky methods to browbeat us that our economy is bad. A President needs to inspire us. With Cupcake, everything is doom and gloom and he is misrepresenting the facts.
Interest rates are at 5%, the lowest in 30 years. BO keeps on saying our economy is badly damaged. Yes, it will be will your welfare plan to create less taxpayers and more government checks to people that do not pay income taxes.
Recovery Investment Act - to jumpstart new businesses - If a company is losing money, it doesn’t matter how much money you throw at them, they will still fail because they are selling a losing product.
Accountablity - It should start with BO and his administration, hardly the parragon of virtue and honesty with Acorn, caucus fraud, buying off super delegates, illegal donations to your campaign, etc.
Do things in a new way & transparency in government - There is nothing transparent about BO when the MSM does not hold him accountable for his past.
How are we suppose to trust the new Madoff?
EWard — You can give failing companies all the money you want but if ordinary people don’t have money they will not buy their goods. I thought it was interesting that Obama felt sorry for Private Industry and then went on about all the money being wasted by Social Security–calling Seniors an interest group. Hello BO? Its an insurance policy pal. We paid in and the Govt. pays out. This is NOT the time to throw old people under the bus.
TRUST seems to be the elusive thing that most of us can’t give Obama. He hasn’t shown himself to be anything but a two-bit hustler with some very shady friends.
Trust Obama? In what universe?
We can’t trust Obama. That is tacitly understood.
Osmokie is such a bore. I turned off the sound, watched about a minute of the usual swivel headed move and the constant looking at the script by his puppet masters. He also looked tired, and, not surprisingly, caught. He’s faked it his whole life, got kudos and positions for doing squat, played Saul Alinsky agitator, which is a perfect fit for a narcissist, lied, cheated and stole with the help of his corrupt puppet masters, and now, he’s caught. He’s in the cage now, where we can watch him and fight back. Fight back we will.
Welcome to reality, bho. PUMA land is watching.
Watching the video clip on the news of Obama introducing the new guy over at CIA nominee, BO has to read from a piece of paper on the podium to get Leon Panetta’s name right.
If you believe Hillary Clinton is a “monster”
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGMhq57PRk&feature=channel_page
The people want war crimes trials…and they want them now.
Make Bambi accountable.
oh, and that reminds me
You might be an Obot if you think MSNBC did a great job in political coverage this past year.
About Oprah, everyone can relax. If Oprah were to accept an ambassador’s job (hell, any government post), it would mean the end of her entertainment empire for her full term of service. No more “Oprah” show. All the money that she would otherwise make from her empire would have to go into an account which she couldn’t touch AT ALL until she left government service.
The Oprah brand would wither away, if not die off completely.
How can a Messiah be boring? Aren’t we supposed to listen and be uplifted by sound of his voice? Sounds like a failed Presidency and he hasn’t taken office yet.
If a Messiah goes too long between miracles, the multitudes tend to lose interest and wander off. Come to think of it, we’re still waiting for Miracle One from this particular Messiah. (Unless you count getting himself anointed “Messiah” as a true miracle.)
By epitomizing perfection in in the realm of boredom, of course. He has it in
spadesmass quantities.Buzz
Amen to your post! What was I thinking…..
Thank you Rev. Amy — another home run — and great comments as well.
Perhaps in a few months people will understand what we mean when we say 0zero is a narcissist — and that he is a passive aggressive.
The impeachment trial should be entertaining.
HA
I am a cesspool of information.