Posted on 09/08/2011 9:55:21 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama The Aggressive By Chris Cillizza
President Obama delivered a forceful call to action in a speech on jobs tonight to Congress, repeatedly employing rhetoric that sounded like the early stages of his 2012 campaign stump speech.
Many of the proposals in Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan had been previewed before he stepped in front of a joint session of Congress around 7 pm eastern time. But his aggressive tone was something new — and unexpected.
“I am sending Congress a plan that you should pass right away,” Obama urged at the start of the address. It was a sign of things to come as he time and again called on Congress to “pass this bill...right away.”
At the speech’s conclusion, Obama issued a clear warning to those who would stand in the way of the bill; “You should pass it,” he said. “And I intend to take that message to every corner of this country.”
At times, the aggressiveness of Obama’s tone seemed to be a mismatch for the actual meat and potatoes of the speech, which was larded with proposals aimed at the ideological middle.
But, the tone of the speech will be the story — and will almost certainly define how both parties react to it.
For Democrats, the speech was a revelation — a glimpse of “Obama as fighter” that many within his own party have felt had been lacking since he took office in 2009.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Hey Bozo, where’s the Bill?
“And I intend to take that message to every corner of this country.”
Just don’t deliver the “message” from a Christian house of worship.....
God will drop a crane on you.
That explosion you just heard was the media spin hitting the sound barrier.
Sniff, Sniff...
“Pass this bill...or...or...or I’ll do a speech in every town in the country until you do.”
Bingo. They’re trapped on the zero express as much as he is. But there do seem to be a few fumbling for the brake.
More like "Obama the nag."
Sounds like his strategy is to get the taxpayers to pay for his campaign.
Just like the death care bill, you can see it after it is passed and signed into law < / sarc >
> Hey Bozo, where’s the Bill?
Pass this Bill or I'll actually draft one!
Hurry. Pass it before I write it, or else!
The real klinker for me was the THIS BILL IS COMPLETELY PAID FOR! IN TWO WEEKS I’M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW! CONGRESS GET BUSY AND FIGURE OUT HOW! ROFL!
Anybody at the ComPost ever hear the old midwest adage, "Talk's cheap?" No, I didn't think so.
Let's fix it: "Hurry! supplies limited! Order now while supplies last!
“...and I will give my speeches near the finest golf courses and ice cream shops in the country.”
Okay Chris- an empty suit with a history of voting “present” that wears Mom jeans, throws a baseball like a disinterested valley girl, never held a real job, bows to just about any international head of state he meets, hates the work not the perks of the presidency and has a better plane has the stones to get “aggressive” Oh pluueeeez..... since your so far up there Chris can you check for polyps.....
All 57 states must agree, or I’ll...
Let me be clear
hmmm every corner.
FLASH MOBS !!
>> Sounds like his strategy is to get the taxpayers to pay for his campaign.
I didn’t detect any campaign rhetoric in tonight’s call to action...
“God Bless er... America... yeah, that’s it!”
Talk is cheap.
Talk from Zero is cheaper.
Aggressive posturing may impress Zero’s style-over-substance base, but adds no value to the message.
The DNC Media has little credibility left to lose, and risks nothing by pretending that Zero’s theatrics improve his recycled statist ideas.
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