Sleeping Barry Awakes

NYT ^ | September 10, 2011 | MAUREEN DOWD

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

WOW, what a relief.

The president was strong and House Republicans were conciliatory.

There was only one teensy-weensy problem: The president is weak and House Republicans are obstructionist.

Congressional Republicans, heeding polls indicating that their all-out assault on President Obama was risky, finally tempered their public comments after the jobs speech on Thursday and stopped acting like big jerks.

Obama, heeding plummeting polls and beseeching voices from his despairing base, finally deigned to get tough.

In the capital of political tactics, it was just another fine day of faking it.

The president’s supporters had a single reaction to the fiery address to Congress: It’s about time. But as before when Obama had tried to pivot to jobs, an emergency intervened: Democratic surrogates on TV had to talk about the 9/11 plot before being able to talk about the jobs plan.

In case reporters were too dense to get the point, Eric Cantor’s office underlined it in an unsubtle press release. The headline, “Cantor, House Republicans Strike New Tone, Focus On Areas Of Common Ground,” acknowledged that the snarky, obstreperous old tone wasn’t working for them.

Cantor, the House majority leader, who has had an antagonistic relationship with the president, also wrote an op-ed piece for The Richmond Times-Dispatch demurely titled, “Job Creation — A Priority Both Sides Can Agree On.”

Acting less like the bane of Obama’s existence, John Boehner encouraged Republicans to attend the speech and offered no formal response.

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

After this article last week

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2773410/posts

MoDo apparently felt the need to start off in the fan wagon.

The article segues into a bit of qualified adoration like a wife speaking of her husband after five years of marriage.

Then we are left with this zinger, "It’s still impossible to sum up what Obama’s presidency is about right now, except saving his own job."

It's not impossible. It's just disappointing for Liberals to think about it.

[org.whodat]

http://www.google.com/search?gl=us&source=android-browser-type&client=ms-android-verizon&q=catherine+zeta+jones&hl=en&site=images&tbm=isch&biw=569&bih=295#p=0

[Cyber Liberty]

I’m here for the C Z-J pics....

[Pontiac]

Acting less like the bane of Obama’s existence, John Boehner encouraged Republicans to attend the speech and offered no formal response.

Why respond to a campaign speech?

“Pass the Bill”.

What Bill?

[Cyber Liberty]

Doesn’t work for me....I just get a blank page.

[Flag_This]

"What Bill?"

Man, I wish that had been their actual formal response. "What Bill, Mr. President?" and then walk away from the microphones.

[Lazamataz]

WOW, what a relief. The president was strong and House Republicans were conciliatory.

LOL

[org.whodat]

A whole page of jones pictures, dang.

[JRios1968]

[Izzy Dunne]

.I just get a blank page.

Of course - you have to marry the girl to find out what she looks like.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Here ya go.

I decided to pick one that shows her beautiful face, and not the rest of her goods and services.

[JRios1968]

[don-o]

What Bill?

Bill's not here. Must be with Dave.

[DesertRhino]

Rules!

[freebilly]

Lungs got bigger after 8 years. Must be steroids....

[JRios1968]

http://www.newcelebrities.net/galleries/Catherine-Zeta-Jones.jpg

[dfwgator]

And your point is?

[JRios1968]

And your point is?

I see TWO irrefutable points...

[Doc Savage]

Stop it Maureen, your jokes are killing me. Laughing too hard. Must stop.

[org.whodat]

You don't like ms Jones pictures, someone will think you are a little, shall we say off.