Mark Steyn: Obama's magical thinking on green jobs

Orange County Register ^ | Sept 16, 2011 | Mark Steyn

[passionfruit]

The president has taken to the campaign trail to promote his American Jobs Act. That’s a good name for it: an act. “Pass this bill now!” he declared 24 times at a stop in in Raleigh, North Carolina, and another 18 in Columbus, Ohio, and the act is sufficiently effective that, three years into the Vapidity of Hope, the president can still find crowds of true believers willing to chant along with him: “Pass this bill now!”

Not all supporters are content merely to singalong with the prompter-in-chief. In North Carolina, a still-devoted hopeychanger cried out, “I love you!” Article Tab: image1-Mark Steyn: Obama’s magical thinking on green jobs

“I love you, too,” said the president. “But… .”

Oh, no, here it comes: conditional love. “But, if you love me, you’ve got to help me pass this bill!” You’d be surprised how effective this line is: I tried it on Darlene in the back of my Ford Edsel when I was 17, and we didn’t get home till two in the morning.

[passionfruit]

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[FlingWingFlyer]

I tried it on Darlene in the back of my Ford Edsel when I was 17, and we didn’t get home till two in the morning.

LOL!

[PMAS]

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[passionfruit]

“The Obama administration’s $38.6 billion “clean technology” program was supposed to “create or save” 65,000 jobs. Half the money has been spent – $17.2 billion – and we have 3,545 jobs to show for it. That works out to an impressive $4,851,904.09 per “green job.” A world record!”

Gasp! Is anyone elses blood boiling?

[AnAmericanMother]

Wake up little Susie

[Jim Scott]

But the smartest president in history has calculated that, if he says the same four monosyllables over and over, a nonexistent bill to create nonexistent jobs with nonexistent money will be yet another legislative triumph in the grand tradition of his first stimulus (the original Dumb And Dumber to the sequel’s Stimulus And Stimulusser). - Mark Steyn

[FourtySeven]

Haha, I could hear him in my head, saying each word. WTG Mark!!!!!!!!!!!!! You remain the wordsmith of merit. IMO. :)

[digger48]

Haha, I could hear him in my head, saying each word.

I know exactly what you mean!

[buridan]

People who chant “Pass this bill now!” are apparently able to swallow anything.

[GOPJ]

Is this the one “the One” said “if you love me you’ll help get it passed”... or something like that...

[org.whodat]

Bill clintoons kind of people.

[passionfruit]

Yup.

[carumba]

Barack the Magic...is he all that?

[JLS]

Mark Steyn ping.

Freepmail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.

Thanks for the ping passionfruit.

[irv]

Big Government leaves everything else smaller

In the midst of a very funny column (humor - the weapon egomaniacs hate the most), a bit of true wisdom.

[monkeyshine]

"Just to put it in perspective, the breezy $447 billion price tag for the Pass My Jobs Bill jobs bill is about 20 times higher than the most recent Greek government deficit currently threatening the stability of the entire Eurozone."

[proud American in Canada]

Thanks for posting this—I love reading Mark Steyn. He’s brilliant.

[proud American in Canada]

And thanks for the ping! :)

[Tax-chick]

Pass this bill now, or I’ll say “Pass this bill now!” another two dozen times!

OMG, anything but that!