Ohaha’s speech reeked of Rahm and Axelrod’s political calculations.
Some of the phrases used-—the allusion to our fighting men, etc——the Reaganesque “God Bless America”——show the WH mob had calculatedly written the speech using focus-grouped phrases intended to suck Ohaha out of the political sinkhole he’s made for himself.
In fact, the speech was so well-rehearsed, even down to the orchestrated voice inflections-——that Ohaha must have channelled Lee Strassberg.
I watched a Kevin Spacey movie instead(1).
(1) The guy is s nut and prolly gay, but he sure plays weirdos very good.
Then again, for those parts he doesn't have to 'act'. :-)
Every morning a fellow from the Politico does a segment on MSNBC The Morning Joe. He has been predicting that Obama will push for some sort of green energy bill in the Senate this summer, but probably not Cap and Trade since he can’t get that passed in the Senate. Then after the election in the lame duck session he will talk the democrats in the house into passing the Senate Energy bill just like they did with Obama-care. The final bill will have hidden taxes in regulations and even more deficit spending.
That gives Obama three passed reforms to use in 2012 re-election campaign , Obama-care, Banking reform (they assume that will pass) and Energy.
Obama-care is unpopular now but the democrat theory is that Republicans will not be unified in how to attack or repeal it in 2012 when more of the benefits kick in.
” In fact, the speech was so well-rehearsed, even down to the orchestrated voice inflections-——that Ohaha must have channelled Lee Strassberg.”
Ah! The Lee Strassberg Institute for Phony Political Speeches. That was in NYC, wasn’t it??
LOL