Posted on 03/06/2010 10:03:29 AM PST by kristinn
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In a lengthy interview in his office on Wednesday, Mr. Axelrod was often defiant, saying he did not give a “flying” expletive “about what the peanut gallery thinks” and did not live for the approval “of the political community.” He denounced the “rampant lack of responsibility” of people in Washington who refuse to solve problems, and cited the difficulty of trying to communicate through what he calls “the dirty filter” of a city suffused with the “every day is Election Day sort of mentality.”
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Mr. Axelrod’s friends worry about the toll of his job — citing his diet (cold-cut-enriched), his weight (20 pounds heavier than at the start of the presidential campaign), sleep deprivation (five fitful hours a night), separation from family (most back home in Chicago) and the fact that at 55, he is considerably older than many of the wunderkind workaholics of the West Wing. He wakes at 6 in his rented condominium just blocks from the White House and typically returns around 11.
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Sitting at his desk next door to the Oval Office last week, he was tearing into a five-inch corned beef sandwich on rye with a Flintstone-size turkey drumstick waiting on deck. “I am the poster child for the president’s obesity program,” he said.
A few minutes later, Mr. Obama walked in unannounced, scattering two aides like startled pigeons. “Hey,” Mr. Axelrod said by way of greeting (no “sir” or “Mr. President.”) Mr. Obama surveyed the spread on Mr. Axelrod’s desk with a slight smirk.
“What is this, King Arthur’s court?” he asked, then pulled Mr. Axelrod aside to talk about a health care speech he was about to deliver.
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War of the BIG heads.....Any bets?
Obama is learning all his diplomacy from Axelrod.
Axelrod, Rahm and Plouffe are nasty Chicago thugs. They do the political kneecapping for Obama. May they receive what they practice!
Oh for goodness' sake! What a load of baloney from a political hack.
“For me, the question is, why haven’t we broken through more than we have?” Mr. Axelrod said. “Why haven’t we broken through?”
The answer to that question is easy Mr. Axelrod. You HAVE broken through, it is just that the people don’t believe you when you piss all over them and tell them it is raining. The crap sandwich of health care you are trying to shove down our collective throats makes us gag. The $787 billion stimulus you claim has saved so many jobs is a joke and everyone but you and the deluded bunch at the White House know it has been a complete failure. The POTUS world apology tour has only emboldened our enemies (Iran, China, Venezuela, etc) and terrified our allies (Israel, Great Britain, Poland, Czech Republic, etc).
Everything you and your boss have touched has turned to sh!t and you wonder why your message of hope and change does not resonate anymore? Check your meds David, it may be time to get the dosage upped.
Things Obama doesn't want to hear:
1) Three more democrat senators just announced their retirement.
2) Nancy called. She wants another meeting.
3) You have a speech this afternoon in Oklahoma.
4) Michelle's designer just left. She wants to show you what she bought.
5) The new poll numbers are out ...
This gets to the heart of their mission. They want to undo Reagan and the belief in limited government.
The key guy in the white house considers himself a “kibitzer, not a policy guy.” That explains it...why they perfectly look like they have no clue what they’re doing.
As they've watched / presided over this abortion of a healthcare debacle, he asks this question. He's got to be kidding.
I can figure no other motivation for Obiecare than to assert govt. control, which in an of itself raises fears about government. That gets to your thought that Ax thought Obie could convince people to put their faith in his govt. Let me count the ways they've been proven to be untrustworthy.....too numerous to mention, but click off every agenda item for starters.
So it’s Axelrod’s fault Obama is on TV everyday? Whoever has let Obama do that is an idiot. He is overexposed.
Axelrod was often defiant, saying he did not give a "flying" expletive "about what the peanut gallery thinks" and did not live for the approval "of the political community." He denounced the "rampant lack of responsibility" of people in Washington who refuse to solve problems, and cited the difficulty of trying to communicate through what he calls "the dirty filter" of a city suffused with the "every day is Election Day sort of mentality."The "peanut gallery" is the people, [really coarse characterization omitted for fear of mods]. Zero needs to tell Axelrod to apologize to all of us, or resign, or be fired. Thanks kristinn.
1) Three more democrat senators just announced their retirement.
2) Nancy called. She wants another meeting.
3) You have a speech this afternoon in Oklahoma.
4) Michelle's designer just left. She wants to show you what she bought.
5) The new poll numbers are out ...
6) If you happen to drop by my district to campaign for me, don't take any pictures of us together.
7) I'll vote for Healthcare if you promise not to campaign for me.
8) Another Kennedy dropped out.......how does it feel to be a Camelot killer?
He denounced the “rampant lack of responsibility” of people in Washington who refuse to solve problems, and cited the difficulty of trying to communicate through what he calls “the dirty filter” of a city suffused with the “every day is Election Day sort of mentality.”
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Translation... “This coup is turning out to be a lot harder than I thought.”
"At a crucial stage in the 2007 Democratic primaries, Obama rejuvenated his campaign with a barnstorming speech, which ended on a promise of what his victory would produce: "A nation healed. A world repaired. An America that believes again."
Just over a year into his tenure, America's 44th president governs a bitterly divided nation, a world increasingly hard to manage and an America that seems more disillusioned than ever with Washington's ways. What went wrong? "
" I told Daley to kneecap him if he don't shut up."
Everybody’s running to the press going “It wasn’t me!” The fact is, boys and girls, you all suck. Absolutely including your boss.
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