Posted on 09/05/2009 6:18:49 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
President Barack Obama plans to reach out to Republicans and reassure — rather than confront — his liberal supporters when he addresses an extraordinary joint session of Congress at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday.
But he will warn lawmakers against seeking a perfect plan and then winding up doing nothing, as happened to the last Democratic president back in 1994.
The high-stake speech makes sense because Obama is such a gifted orator. But it is also risky because if poll numbers on health-care reform don’t improve after he speaks, it will be clear that the problem isn’t in the packaging, but in the proposal itself.
The contents of the speech were still being debated over the weekend. But here is what POLTIICO gleaned from conversations with top aides:
1) Obama will lay out a specific “President’s Plan,” even if he doesn’t call it that. He will make clear what’s on the table, and what he thinks warrants further debate, such as how to pay for the overhaul.
2) He will not confront or scold the left. “This is a case for bold action, not a stick in the eye to our supporters,” said an official involved in speech preparation. “That’s not how President Obama thinks. The politics of triangulation don’t live in this White House.”
3) He will make an overture to Republicans. “He will lay out his vision for health reform – taking the best ideas from both parties, make the case for why as a nation we must act now, and dispel the myths and confusion that are affecting public opinion,” the aide said.
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We are Borg.
Prepare to be assimilated.
Resistance is futile.
He will *wow* them again.
I call BULL$HIT.
Now that's the reason I voted for Obama. No dirty politics of triangulation in the White Crib. He da Man!
Keep talking 0,you sfb,doesn’t even realize when he’s in a hole he should stop digging.
He’s an idiot. He will say idiotic things. He will swing his head from side to side, pointing his chin in the air, as he reads words written by others, as he is incapable of a thought or idea that will be acceptable to Americans. He will use all of those gestures in his repertoire of hand choreography that are part of his act. It will bomb.
Oh, boy. Another hour’s worth of teleprompter demagoguery.
He is going to say “Ok, its time” and pull back his facial mask to reveal a flaming skull.
What will “Mack Daddy the Zebra” say?
He can’t talk, does not ever look anyone in the eyes and they wonder what he will say!
He will READ what is on his TV slave master’s screen. It will be proof read, does not really answer anything and can be interrupted any number of different ways.
Turn off the teleprompters and he's a stumble bum -
How many sob stories will he keep referring to in the gallery, surrounding his poorly dressed whitey hating Messus ?
He will say I will meeting you Tea Party folks on the 12th and pick 50 of yall to make a healthcare bill that will satisfy you all. If you leave me the heck alone after that.
I can dream can’t I.
You are going to see an all-time record amount of people watching “So You Think You Can Dance”.
After all the negative response he has gotten over the past few days about this whole idea, I’m sure the speech he gives will not even be close to the original ;-)
Are you serious? Why would anyone want to watch this clown lie to everyone? We have seen enough of the man to last a lifetime. This is not something that should be done before a Joint Session of Congress. This is nothing more then liberal propaganda and anyone believing a word this liar says need their heads examined for brains.
“Winding up doing nothing” works for me. I promise afterwards I will write a letter asking how I can help Our Dear Leader.
President Bobble Head...
We need to point this out constantly - he reads the prompters side to side - NEVER looks at the camera straight on - he'd lose his place.
Ridicule - use their favorite tool against them.
If people hear this, they will forevermore only be aware of his head swinging back and forth, back and forth.
They'll hear little he says - and start realizing he is but a propped up pretty, polished puppet.
Look behind the curtain, people!
(Orator! an orator can speak without a script...and look at the people he's speaking to.)
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