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Obama’s Wet Moment

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What did the Leader of the Free World say? And did his Press Secretary help any when he tried to make sense of it?

During a speech to “Organizing America” (recycled from his campaign), President Obama told the crowd, There’s something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up. I don’t know what it is. But that’s what happens.”

Huh?

At least the context was understandable. Obama was comparing complaints about health care reform to a time in August of 2007 when it seemed unlikely that he would win the Iowa caucus. But, “wee wee’d up?” Give that man his teleprompter back!

As bizarre was Robert Gibb’s attempt to explain to a curious press what he meant: Bed wetting’ would be the more consumer-friendly term.” What does that have to do with Washington?

The pundit who had the most fun with our president’s scatological baby talk was Hot Air’s Howard Portnoy. He uses this event as a segue into describing how this president is making a powerful contribution to our country. His evidence is the huge number of people at Town Hall meetings who are saying, “I have never been involved with politics until now.”

If there’s one thing you can count on, says Portnoy, it’s that history will brand Barack Obama as “the popular-involvement president.” He expects engraved plaques to adorn walls of public buildings throughout the land. The sentiment will read:

This plaque commemorates our nation’s 44th president, Barack Obama, whose haughtiness, deceitfulness, naïveté, and Marxist inclinations so scared the bejesus out of sane, rational Americans that it led legions of them to become involved in current events and the affairs of government.

Will this bumbling administration and inept Congress wake a sleeping giant?

  • http://www.sonicninjakitty.wordpress.com Sonic Ninja Kitty

    Hi Pat, great toon–funny stuff!

    And you certainly poo-pooed that “wee-wee” explanation!

    {I’m sorry everyone–so sorry–I just could not resist!}

  • Diana L. C.

    We can only hope; it would be an ironic epitaph for our Community Organizer POTUS.

  • Cindy

    Maybe wee-weeing on himself will help Obama douse the flames as we all yell “Liar, liar, pants on fire!”

    Thanks for another great post (and cartoon)

  • helenk

    http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/24/a-tough-fall-ahead-for-obama/

    Reposted from down stairs.

    I think backtrack will do a lot of wee-weeing this fall.
    also he will be taking a lot of vacations to run from the problems

    WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS

    PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

  • Stan Davis

    Was it about August-September, when the campaign was all wee-wee’ed up, when Chris Matthews felt that tinkle tingle up his leg?

    Stan Davis
    Lakewood, CO

  • snowhite

    I understood the wee-weed but he also added up to the description so what is wee-weed up?That is not exactly bedwetting.

  • trist

    Doesn’t “wee wee” have something to do with little piggies going to market? Maybe it’s code for the gluttons of wall street causing a stock crash of some sort?
    But leave it to the one to make it a “pig” reference….I at least hope this one wasn’t wearing lipstick!

  • jwrjr

    Is Gibb telling us that Ozero is a bed-wetter?

  • Touchet

    Has anyone checkout the table in the bill that actually gives the amount guidelines one is expected to contribute? Its on page 137.

    Its a shocker and no one is talking about it. I pay about 1400 dollars a year for health care that includes dental and vision. Under Obama’s plan i would be expected to pay almost 10 friggin grand. I swear i will move out of this country if that happens.

    I can’t imagaine people who make around 2 to 3 hundred grand will be paying around 30,000 dollars a year. Thats insane!

    If this bill passes, there will be such an uproar, that i don’t even think the gates of hell will be able to contain it.

  • oowawa

    No trist, I think wee-wee is what I did with my pee-pee when I was about 3 years old. By the time I reached the mature age of 5, I had adopted a more macho form of expression. I’m not sure why the President of the United States is still using this phrase.

    PS–I also did the little wee-wee-wee thing with my little pinkies when I was about 3. I outgrew that too.

  • Deathknyte

    Gibbs should have just said “I have no idea what obama meant by “wee wee” either.”

    Because that would be the truth.

  • clairtx

    Not knowing meaning of the ‘black’ code words this man uses, I took wee-weed to mean peeing. Regardless of what it means, he shows an utter lack of respect for the office he was elected to.

    That doesn’t surprise me however. What still amazes me is that people actually voted for him.

  • TeakWoodKite

    This little piggy went to market,
    This little piggy stayed at home,
    This little piggy had roast beef,
    This little piggy had none.
    And this little piggy went…
    “Wee wee wee” all the way home…

    BO is so fifth toed.

    Love the toon Pat, I feel like I am watching “Finding Nemo”

  • helenk

    http://womenstate.blogspot.com/2009/08/obamas-spokesman-told-reporters-that.html

    I guess along with wee-weeing up backtrack is a slow reader too.

    backtrack and mo are the biggest embarrassment for this country I have ever seen.

    WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY

    PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE

  • Don X

    I think he meant “pissed off” but thought “wee-weed off” would “piss off” fewer prudes.

  • Don X

    I suspect he was referring covertly to all he town brawls that got everybody upset, Or as someone once said “all nerval and setup.” He ust “corned” a new term. Maybe he is trying to be Mr. Malaprop and outdo Bush. Wee weed up should make the next editio of the slang dictionary.

  • Don X

    I suspect he was referring covertly to all he town brawls that got everybody upset, Or as someone once said “all nerval and setup.” He ust “corned” a new term. Maybe he is trying to be Mr. Malaprop and outdo Bush. Wee weed up should make the next edition of the slang dictionary.

  • Don X

    I suspect he was referring covertly to all he town brawls that got everybody upset, Or as someone once said “all nerval and setup.” He ust “corned” a new term. Maybe he is trying to be Mr. Malaprop and outdo Bush. Wee-weed up should make the next edition of the slang dictionary.

  • Rich

    Good cartoon.

    I think I know what Obama meant. During the beginning of his term the congress pissed on the people and only looked out for their own interests and Obama knew this. Then during August and September the people get to tell their government representatives that they know they have been pissed on and they are pissing mad.

    Obama was just telling the truth and being transparent just like he said he would.

    Rich

  • HARP

    Obama should get “wee-weed off” when he reads this:

    Federal Reserve must make records about emergency lending to financial institutions public within five days because it failed to convince a judge the documents should be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

    The Fed has refused to name the borrowers, the amounts of loans or the assets put up as collateral under 11 programs, saying that doing so might set off a run by depositors and unsettle shareholders. Bloomberg LP, the New York-based company majority-owned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, sued Nov. 7 on behalf of its Bloomberg News unit.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMO_r2xLw7e8

  • bayareavoter

    How can you figure out what that table even means? Are you an accountant or something? I have a degree from Cal and it is like reading code!

    That’s what is really wrong about this whole debate–nothing is clear. So much for transparency….

  • http://www.hillaryorbust.com Hillary or Bust

    Wow. And this part of the story really blew my mind:

    “The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet about doubled beginning in September to more than $2 trillion because of a historic attempt to rescue financial institutions. For the week ended Aug. 19, Fed assets rose 2.3 percent to $2.06 trillion as the central bank bought more mortgage-backed securities. Non- government securities were allowed to be purchased by the Fed for the first time.”

    The Fed…consolidating its money and power…yikes.

  • Obamastolemycountry

    I hope he is taking this time on vacation to draft an inspiring word filled, great oratory letter of resignation. We all know the guy has never had a real job and never wanted to work very hard and this job, well, it’s a doozy! It’s ok Backtrack. We’ll understand that it’s too hard and you’re not up for it! I accept his letter of resignation on behalf of the entire country. Can’t we just make up this story for the MSM? They never look for truth anyway. I think I’ll call MSNBC and tell them that I am the czar of Human Resources and Backtrack has decided he accomplished what he set out to do (be the first black POTUS) and now he is resigning. By the time he gets back from Marxist Vineyard, we’ll have all of his stuff back in Chicago where it belongs.

  • http://www.hillaryorbust.com Hillary or Bust

    caught in the spam filter again!

  • sowsear

    Now this explains everything…

    The Dunning–Kruger effect is an example of cognitive bias in which “…people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it”.[1] They therefore suffer an illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average. This leads to a perverse result where people with less competence will rate their ability more highly than people with relatively more competence. It also explains why competence may weaken the projection of confidence because competent individuals falsely assume others are of equivalent understanding. “Thus, the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others.”[1]

  • HARP

    Thanks for clearing that up. I was staying up, pondering that fact. Good night.

  • http://firefox Martha Washington Collier

    You ladies are on a roll. LOL.

  • http://firefox Martha Washington Collier

    Dunning-Kruger. Didn’t they write the health care bill?

  • http://firefox Martha Washington Collier

    I do believe this confirms (following the Mom jeans and the limp pitch at the ball game) that he really is a dork. His followers were fooled into thinking all that “difference” meant he was really cool and hip. But no, they were just hypnotized. It’s all starting to come out and make sense now. They are beginning to feel a bit of chagrin from their error…

  • http://www.rapturealert.com bethtopaz

    This is a GREAT idea!

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

    I think it means that people in Washington get all worked up and excited, and run around pissing on themselves. That’s how I interpreted it.

    “everybody runs around pissing on themselves”

  • Diana L. C.

    Hey, I understand this completely:

    The clue is the word “miscalibration,” which, as you might remember, our Dear Leader used about his own judgment when he shot his incompetent mouth off during Gates gate.

    O is one of those people who

    reach[ed] erroneous conclusions and [made] unfortunate choices but [his] incompetence rob[bed him] of the metacognitive ability to realize it”.[1] [He} therefore suffer[s] an illusory superiority, rating [his] own ability as above average

    It would also go to explain a little Hillary’s self-effacing service to our country, though many of its citizens were incompetent voters:

    It also explains why competence may weaken the projection of confidence because competent individuals falsely assume others are of equivalent understanding.

    That’s how I calibrate my opinion, and I stand by it.

  • devildog666

    He wee-weed because he’s in deep do-do. I expect with his leadership we’ll all be knee deep in it.

  • Portia Elizabeth

    OMG, the man even lies about what he reads. The bar for pathetic just keeps getting lower and lower…

  • Portia Elizabeth

    Of course.
    That’s just the sort of lofty, Ivy-League oratory we would expect from the most brilliant speaker in the history of the world.
    I’m sure Roget used that very phrase in his thesaurus as there couldn’t possibly be a more apt or erudite description for the condition you describe.

  • Docelder

    Well, I guess it’s campaign season indefinitely now. This morning here in Tampa there have been ads for the health insurance reform… yes calling it that as well as AARP ads showing cars blocking an ambulance trying to go down a street. Axelturf must be feeling proud. Idiocracy is just around the corner.

  • Portia Elizabeth

    The mystery of Congress is now cleared up.

  • requiredreading

    Fouad Ajami has a terrific piece in the WSJ today, “Obama’s Summer of Discontent,” that nicely articulates a lot of the things discussed on NQ. He writes that Americans have traditionally trusted “society” more than the “state,” unlike other countries and criticizes Obama, Inc. for trying to put the lid of traditional American grassroots democracy, especially hypocritical coming from a bunch of community organizers. Lot’s more…

    The link is probably good only for today (Tuesday, August 25th) – let me know if it doesn’t work and I’ll copy the article here – it’s worth the read!

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574370301468452872.html

  • requiredreading

    sorry — put the lid “on” not “of”

  • Portia Elizabeth

    TY for the link. Interesting commentary. I’m grateful that some voices are speaking out finally.

  • tzada

    Let’s do our part and vote, it may not be a poll that counts, but it will rocket around the world. He and she were ashamed of us mean Americans? Well we can see your bet and raise you a few million.

    {{{DRUDGE POLL}}} CAN OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY BE SAVED?

    YES 10% 58

    NO 84% 472

    NOT SURE 6% 31

    Total Votes: 561

    http://www.drudgereport.com/

  • tzada

    All one had to do was look at zeros eyes and tell what he was talking about. The only pissing going on is when he pisses on our legs and tells us it is raining.

  • Docelder

    In the American tradition, the “mandate of heaven” is gained and lost every day and people talk back to their leaders. They are not held in thrall by them. The leaders are not infallible or a breed apart. That way is the Third World way, the way it plays out in Arab and Latin American politics.

    I think this sums it up in a way. It sums up America… the idea of American freedom… and it sums up Obama’s change. Obama’s change isn’t new… it is third world. It is banana republic. It isn’t us… it is beneath us.

  • requiredreading

    PE: What is fascinating (and edifying!) to me is how quickly the truth is being “mainstreamed” into the media, even at times the practically-state-run media (MSNBC etc..) The demonization of good ol’ normal Americans — of all races, political orientations, and ages — who are simply expressing their opinions and concerns, didn’t last very long and finally, at least most, of the media is recognizing that in some form or another. I’m at least somewhat relieved — all is not lost!

  • Docelder

    ALso we are seeing the return of Bill Burton and more McCaskill. A desperate attempt to recreate the magic of the campaign season. But the magic was just stage illusion… it wasn’t real. The stage magician believes in his own magic. Pathetic really.

  • tzada

    Go here and vote. We are not alone.

    http://www.drudgereport.com/

  • tzada

    blockquote> Local Top Dem Involved in St. Louis Bombing

    What a shock. A local top Democratic strategist was involved in a bombing last year that seriously injured a St. Louis attorney.
    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:

    A federal search warrant obtained by the Post-Dispatch connects a former Democratic campaign strategist to a Clayton bombing last year that seriously injured an attorney.

    http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

  • Diana L. C.

    Very good read–thanks!

  • tzada

    CAN OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY BE SAVED?

    This poll is ended now. When I last checked it was 49,000 + that said NO 91%

    and under 5,000 who said yes.

  • Cindy

    Maybe Gibbs is trying to say that this is “One Urination, under God, with liberty and justice for all” ??

  • Solara 9

    LOL Stan!

  • Solara 9

    LOL–I was thinking the same thing when I read sowaear’s cmoment.

  • Patience

    Was the implicit condescension of the wee-weed remark lost on the media? Or will dutiful reporters take a Time Out and come back into the fold chastened and obeisant?

    For example, will there be widespread, objective reporting about the huge and expensive PR campaign and astroturfed rallies to push the POTUS’ healthcare agenda? More importantly, does the public have a continued susceptibility to the marketing practices of this POTUS?

  • Katmoon

    ROFLMAO!

  • Katmoon

    There was a link to the Congressional Budget Analysis of the bill – don’t know if that helps.
    here:

    http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10431/07-02-HELPltr.pdf

    The attached tables summarize CBO’s preliminary assessment of the effects of title I on federal revenues and direct spending and its likely
    impact on health insurance coverage. According to that assessment, enacting those provisions would result in a net increase in federal budget
    deficits of $597 billion over the 2010-2019 period—reflecting net costs of $645 billion for the coverage provisions, which would be partially offset by net savings of $48 billion from other provisions of title I. (CBO has also estimated the budgetary impact of provisions in titles III and VI of anearlier draft of the legislation, which would add another $14 billion to the net cost of the proposal.)

  • DAB

    You are forgiven!

  • Ellen D

    I pay about 1400 dollars a year.

    Wow. Some in my company, with families, pay that for health only, for one month.

  • Ellen D

    I think he meant “pissed off” but thought “wee-weed off” would “piss off” fewer prudes.

    I have heard “ticked off” used as an alternative, darn it.

  • Ellen D

    Thanks, Sowsear. That, indeed, explains a lot. I will remember that because it makes a lot of sense.

  • Sassy

    Good work Pat!
    Are the taxpayers on the hook for the
    elitist’s “Depends”?

  • Scout

    I wish B0 would go wee wee wee, all the way home (to Chicago)!

  • http://noquarter foxyladi14

    now that.s a teachable moment..

  • Say What?

    I am one of the many who make up the once “sleeping giant.” I love your cartoons, Pat, and thought-provoking blogs. Thanks also to those who comment and include websites for further reading and education. How odd for a so-called “elegant” man, let alone a U.S. President, to give a speech containing baby talk. Doesn’t he just make ya so proud!?

  • carr50

    It will be when Obama is through!

  • http://www.homestudioessentials.com/ A-Nony-Mouse

    He’s talking about all of the pansy ass Democrats who are bending over for the health insurance industry instead of making a stand for the health care reforms that the American people need.

    Every year nearly one million Americans goes bankrupt due to medical expenses. Most of those have/had private health insurance but it didn’t keep them from going under.

    Every year over 10,000 Americans die due to insufficient health care.

  • arky

    Good one Stan. And howdy.

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