Posted on 08/31/2011 6:44:39 PM PDT by maggief
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In agreeing to Boehner's schedule, Obama's address will compete with the opening game of the National Football League season — a conflict the White House wanted to avoid.
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I hope they opt NOT to run his speech, but let’s play some football!
Well at least the puppy is cute
One wonders id there will be HD flat screens scattered about so folks in the hall won’t miss the game?
Umm...Obama....WE WON....
If, instead, Obama resorts to a petulant snipe-fest in which he tries to score debating points against his potential 2012 rivals - he will turn off a huge share of his audience and confirm for many what they already think of him - that he is shallow, partisan and non-Presidential.
Now, it is certainly not out of the question that he will make such a huge mistake (given his equally huge ego), but I would be shocked if his political advisors (David Plouffe, Valerie Jarrett) allowed it. Instead, look for a nominally even-handed "let's-all-work-together-for-the-greater-good" kind of speech, peppered with occasional hints that the GOP needs to agree to meet him halfway.
he can huff and puff all he wants...nobody will be watching. I personally will pick it up on a FReeper thread while I watch the really important event, Thursday Night football.
The puppy will only pee on your rug. Obama will piss on the whole country.
This ought to boost football viewership.
After his performance in office, maybe he should bow to the Burger King.
The Burger King just lost his job, too.
I’ll be watching football as well, both because I’m a rabid fan and also because the sound of Obama’s voice now makes me physically ill.
Boy, this economy is even tough on kings. Who knew? :^)
Post of the day! Good one.
Ala Clinton, one must carefully parse what has been said. The administration claims they "coordinated" with Boehner before they released the letter requesting the meeting. That is probably literally true (and the "coordinating" apparently consisted of informing Boener's office to expect a letter).
However, before the official letter, the administration leaked this to the press. My take is they leaked the information first, called Boehner's office after that, THEN they released the official letter. You have to carefully parse what comes out of this administration. Of course that is expecting to much of the LSM.
On Fox this morning, even Geraldo Rivera (who I certainly do not consider a right-winger) said it was nonsense that the administration didn't realize they would step on the debate (he used a nore colorful word, but I will spare you).
By the way, no matter what the President wanted it could not have been on Tuesday, because the House is not called to session until Wednesday.
I'm already getting sick of the LSM trumpeting that this is first time in history a Presidential request for a joint session has been turned down. Of course there is no mention that this is the first time in history the administration didn't have the common courtesy to check with his host before inviting himself.
I think the President has had a very stimulating effect ... on any number of golf courses. He's helping keep the price of jet fuel from falling by using so much of it. There is also an ice cream stand in Martha's Vineyard that has benefitted from actions of the President. And the makers of "Miss Me Yet?" merchandise are having a very strong year. I understand firms with expertise in bumper sticker removal are also seeing a big pickup in their business (at least in the blue states).
See, there's no President so bad that he doesn't have SOME positive effect for SOMEONE! I think this President has come close, but ...
EBH,
What we CAN do is keep pushing for the release of the information NOW. After all, if it is SOOOOO critical to immediate job creation, we should get the info NOW! (As opposed to waiting another 3 years, or 4 months, or whatever.)
His unwillingness to reveal the info without showboating will expose him as the fraud he is. He could have released a jobs plan before his vacation, but that would have smacked of something too much like a genuine plan instead of a stunt.
If he really wanted to avoid scheduling conflicts, he should have scheduled it for early next week. He didn’t. Not that I intended to watch anyway. I catch the gist the next day, after the “bla bla” has been stripped away.
“I hadn’t planned on watching regardless the schedule.”
Precisely!!! I cannot stand looking at his smug face, and he has absolutely nothing to say that is worth anyone’s time.
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