President Windsock
And Will Ferrell thought Dubya made presidenten look hard? Obama just raised the bar.
He does deserve some credit though. It's not easy attempting the Triple Lindy of political sophistry. Not many have the balls to proclaim leader, follower, and bystander status...all at the same time.
John Kerry, wipe that tear away; there's a new sheriff in town.
Just how dumb does this man think we are? Clearly dumb enough to not realize that by turning over the Libyan mission to NATO we're ostensibly handing it over to ourselves. Yep, the U.S. provides the biggest chunk of NATO's budget, and by the way, the commander of the NATO Allied Joint Force is an American Admiral. I think we just paid the MasterCard bill with our Visa.
Oh what a tangled web we weave.
Oddly, had Obama stuck with and defended what appeared to be his initial position—let the Europeans and/or Arabs take the lead because Libya is much more vital to their regional interests—I could have, and probably would have been supportive. Unfortunately, he lost me the moment he launched into his standard gymnastics routine of trying to be everything to every constituency.
Talk about not sticking the landing. Bela Karolyi should have carried him away from the podium. It's not easy walking after you've sprained your credibility.
I also could have been on board for humanitarian reasons—that is until Obama and his acolytes started making ridiculous claims that the President's actions prevented hundreds of thousands of Libyan women and children from being slaughtered. Come on; really? Thousands, or the remote possibility of tens of thousands wasn't enough? You had to blow any and all trustworthiness with absurd exaggerations?
Isn't Obama math amazing? I think he used the same calculator to figure out the number of jobs created or saved from his winning stimulus package. I digress.
Finally, what would an Obama speech be without his favorite rhetorical device—the strawman? You know, that emblematic fallacy based on a misrepresentation of an opponent's position. Well, he didn't disappoint. Among others, he talked about the false choice portrayed by those in Washington regarding intervention as if it were black and white, rather than the nuanced, multidimensional issue it is.
We know better.
Regrettably, the biggest false choice of all was the one made on November 4th, 2008.
Let's try to do better next time.
He does deserve some credit though. It's not easy attempting the Triple Lindy of political sophistry. Not many have the balls to proclaim leader, follower, and bystander status...all at the same time.
John Kerry, wipe that tear away; there's a new sheriff in town.
Just how dumb does this man think we are? Clearly dumb enough to not realize that by turning over the Libyan mission to NATO we're ostensibly handing it over to ourselves. Yep, the U.S. provides the biggest chunk of NATO's budget, and by the way, the commander of the NATO Allied Joint Force is an American Admiral. I think we just paid the MasterCard bill with our Visa.
Oh what a tangled web we weave.
Oddly, had Obama stuck with and defended what appeared to be his initial position—let the Europeans and/or Arabs take the lead because Libya is much more vital to their regional interests—I could have, and probably would have been supportive. Unfortunately, he lost me the moment he launched into his standard gymnastics routine of trying to be everything to every constituency.
Talk about not sticking the landing. Bela Karolyi should have carried him away from the podium. It's not easy walking after you've sprained your credibility.
I also could have been on board for humanitarian reasons—that is until Obama and his acolytes started making ridiculous claims that the President's actions prevented hundreds of thousands of Libyan women and children from being slaughtered. Come on; really? Thousands, or the remote possibility of tens of thousands wasn't enough? You had to blow any and all trustworthiness with absurd exaggerations?
Isn't Obama math amazing? I think he used the same calculator to figure out the number of jobs created or saved from his winning stimulus package. I digress.
Finally, what would an Obama speech be without his favorite rhetorical device—the strawman? You know, that emblematic fallacy based on a misrepresentation of an opponent's position. Well, he didn't disappoint. Among others, he talked about the false choice portrayed by those in Washington regarding intervention as if it were black and white, rather than the nuanced, multidimensional issue it is.
We know better.
Regrettably, the biggest false choice of all was the one made on November 4th, 2008.
Let's try to do better next time.
I've come to the conclusion that the job of President just isn't worth it. It doesn't have enough dictorial power to be able to enact the right kind of legislation immediately because you have to wrangle with congress and it's just too time consuming and messy. Nor can the Commander in Chief silence critics by just shooting them, although that would be not only warranted in certain cases but it would just be cool to watch in a sick way. But I guess that's also messy. So what to do...
I suggest a Presidential stunt double ... Sort of a "Dave" for real kind of a deal. Get a spittin image stunt double, win the election and just take off somewhere and hide on vacation somewhere for four years. But where could you go to hide where you really wouldn't attract any attention.
Oh, I got it ... perfect location. Kenya!! All you'd have to do is avoid the Somali pirates on the way in, bring enough bug spray, SPF 45 and pork rinds and just stop by a Walmart and load up on ammo before a little minor black ops landing exercise (aka the Pakistani approach to Mumbai) on the beach to end up somewhere in the homeland for a nice bit of R&R while your “Double-Dave” did all the BS un-empowered, ironing drudgery work during the term. You could pop out after 3 years, run the re-election and then go back and work on your tan while “Double-Dave” does the 2nd term. Hell, even the Dems in Wisconsin are doing the same thing but they're just too stupid to go any farther than Chicago.
The sad fact is that I honestly have lost passion for politics. I find myself huddled in the middle now and while I embrace small govt and fiscal responsible approach to running the country and absolutely despise the liberal bleeding heart left. I also have a new, almost more fervent disgust for the tea partiers. Hell, I even heard from my mother the other day that she really likes Michelle Bachman. Uggh, mother really. Please tell me my family has not sunk to these depths as to become true ardent supports or the tea party. The Lunacy on both sides is now overwhelming. Between her and my brother the fanatical "man-room" watcher of the Limbaugh and Glenn Beck Glooms-day machinery it’s really turned into conversational suicide during holidays with the family now. I’ve feel like a tiny wildebeest calf in the proverbial lions den starting to stray dangerously close to the frayed edges of the herd.
I would though really like to see Will Ferrell, Geo W and Obama in a little SNL Chechen gymnastics skit while the feign support for John Kerry struggling on the balance beam and finally sympathizing with him after a massive fall to the mat. Hearing Will Ferrell offering Senator Kerry those famous words of consolation. Hey John, why the long face?
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I'm with you on Beck. I despise the constant Chicken Little nonsense. I have a slightly different view on the Tea Party. True, many of its leaders have become over-the-top caricatures, but I consider the true Tea Partiers to be regular folks who are just sick and tired of a government that's spun out of control. They are the lifeblood of the movement and the first real hope we've had in decades to restore any semblance of fiscal sanity. Hopefully the Michelle Bachmann's of the world won't dilute or derail their efforts.
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