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Kathianne
03-21-2009, 06:46 AM
One of the best of his I've read:

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=Y2UwYjY5YTVkNzVkYjFmZDU5ODVmNTIxOWQxYzE2YWM=


The Outrage Kabuki
And the limits of telepromptered cool.

By Mark Steyn

Are you outraged by these AIG bonuses?

No, no. For Pete’s sake, you’re an A-list congressional bigshot. Try to get a bit of feeling into “outraged.” The president’s teleprompter puts it in italics, bold, capitalized, and underlined: OUTRAGED!

That’s better. Don’t forget to furrow your brow and fume. No, not like a camp waiter when you send back the arugula salad drizzled in an aubergine coulis. We’re looking for primal, righteous anger: You’re outraged, OUTRAGED that bonuses are being handed out at companies the American taxpayer is bailing out. Yes, to be sure, the bonuses were specifically provided for in the legislation, but, like all busy senators and congressmen, you don’t have time to read every footling trillion-dollar bill before you vote in favor of it. And yes, true, the specific passage addressing these particular bonuses was, in fact, added to the bill in your name, but that was nothing to do with you — you just did that because the White House asked you to, and just because their people called your people and some intern in your office drafted some boilerplate with your name on it is no reason for you to be denied ten minutes of grandstanding on MSNBC. It’s an outrage to suggest you’re anything other than outrageously outraged!

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Frank James of the Chicago Tribune criticized the president’s bon mot more in sorrow than in anger: “Obama seems to be a fairly sensitive and compassionate man who wouldn’t purposely set out to offend the disabled . . . ”

Are you sure about that? He might be “a fairly sensitive and compassionate man.” Alternatively, he could be a mean, self-absorbed s.o.b. who regards anyone other than himself as intellectually disabled. The truth is we don’t know, because in the course of the presidential campaign the press declined to do even the most elementary due diligence on him. And, like Congress with the stimulus, the electorate didn’t bother to find out what’s in there before they voted for it.

Still, on the basis of its first 60 days, this is a very odd presidency. In between appearances on Jay Leno and his “March Madness” picks, Barack Oprompta also found time to compare AIG executives to suicide bombers:

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Kathianne
03-22-2009, 09:17 AM
Scrappleface has been right before:

http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3396



Obama to Limit Pay for Wall Street, NFL, NBA, MLB
by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace · 8 Comments

(2009-03-22) — With the debate over AIG executive bonuses nearly bringing official Washington to a standstill in the past three weeks, the Obama administration today expanded its plan to control Wall Street executive pay, adding provisions to limit compensation for star performers in the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB).

“Some of these sports stars, like AIG execs, have negotiated sweetheart deals paying them millions of dollars, and yet they lose games,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. “The president shares the outrage of the American people at these obscene salaries and bonuses. There’s nothing that makes the little people feel littler than the thought of these fat cats getting fatter just because that have specialized skills that are in high demand in a free-market economy.”

Indeed, the White House released a recent poll showing that 75 percent of Americans answered ‘Yes’ to the following question: “Do you believe President Obama should personally limit the compensation of anyone who earns a lot more than you do?”... :laugh2:

bullypulpit
03-22-2009, 08:13 PM
One of the best of his I've read:

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=Y2UwYjY5YTVkNzVkYjFmZDU5ODVmNTIxOWQxYzE2YWM=

I daresay Obama received far more scrutiny from the fourth estate than George W. Bush did during his first presidential campaign and for most of his administration. Sour grapes, dear lady from an embittered GOP and right wing apologists who resent having a Democratic president who is able to discuss ideas in complete and intelligible sentences and is capable of more than simply walking and chewing gum at the same time.

stephanie
03-22-2009, 08:23 PM
:lol:

from some who should know about sour grapes.. you all stomped on so many sour grapes during the Bush years, it turned into rancid grape juice.

Kathianne
03-22-2009, 08:57 PM
I daresay Obama received far more scrutiny from the fourth estate than George W. Bush did during his first presidential campaign and for most of his administration. Sour grapes, dear lady from an embittered GOP and right wing apologists who resent having a Democratic president who is able to discuss ideas in complete and intelligible sentences and is capable of more than simply walking and chewing gum at the same time.

Only with a teleprompter, which has a name, bp, only then.