Whew, what a relief! After telling Rick Perry what he can and can’t say… and explaining to car makers what they should and shouldn’t sell… President Obama is turning his all-encompassing mind to another problem: joblessness. And he’s going to get to that little issue right after Labor Day! When he gets back from vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. Here’s part of the exciting report from the AP:
Seeking to jolt the economy, President Barack Obama will unveil new ideas to create jobs and help the struggling poor and middle class in a major speech after Labor Day. And then he will try to seize political advantage by spending the fall pressuring Congress to act on his plan.
So hey, have a nice rest-of-the-summer, Unemployed People. And if you’re being unemployed anywhere near the Vineyard, try not to make too much noise and disturb the president in his hammock…
I mean, really… whose idea was it to elect this clown???
There are many things about which this president to resent. Among them are claims that he’s a political genius. I don’t know who his political advisors all are, but they deserve our profound thanks. He is one embodied political gaffe after another.
The only deep fear I have, despite these gaffes, is trusting in the wisdom of the American voter. Far too many stupid people with or without voting credentials could still very well allow this disaster to remain in office after 2012.
No doubt there are a lot of stupid people out there.
But the average person is completely dependent on getting their information from news outlets.
The news that is omitted or twisted coming from 90% of so-called objective news outlets is disgraceful and mis-educates the typical man on the street.
Voter wisdom is not the problem.
You just don’t understand. I have it from a confidential source that teh Won actually does have a fantastic plan. All the unemployed people will be given jobs at the Post Office.
What could go wrong with that? It will put America back to work. :->
Here’s the chart I’d like to see. Three lines:
- Americans 21 to 65
- Americans employed by the private sector
- Americans empolyed by the federal government (and funded by the private sector)
The unemployment statistics are horse manure.
It would also be interesting to see the same chart for Texas.
Obama’s suggestions to reduce unemployment:
- hire twice as many teachers. Unfortunately since he isn’t providing any more money thanks to the evil Tea Party racists each existing teacher will have their salary cut in half
- increase the amount of unemployment payments and food stamp giveouts. If we are able to generate $1.84 in spending for each $1 in handouts, imagine how many more jobs we’ll create.
- Double the staff at the NY Times/Huffington Post/Ed Schultz Non-Biased Media Group to look for racist sayings by Rick Perry (that alone will probably add 1000 jobs) and other racist GOP candidates
- for every wind turbine in the country hire one person (per 8 hour shift) to shoo away birds/eagles/falcons/bats/fairies/pixies from the murderous blades produced by evil, racist, CEOs (they produce them, and force the innocent environmentalists to unknowingly/unwillingly support their installation).
- and hire one person who can pull Barney Frank’s finger before he appears on TV (oh my, where did that come from).
Andrew, I’m a big fan of yours, but because of this line
“I mean, really… whose idea was it to elect this clown???”
you owe apologies to clowns everywhere. The president is no clown. And no one is entertained or amused. Only depressed, saddened and troubled.
OTOH, this was a work of genius: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/06/02/klavans_one-state_solution_give_the_middle_east_to_the_jews.html
Hell, he can stay on the Vineyard and splash around in the waters off Chappaquiddick Island with all of those elitist liberals for the next 16 months for all I care.
Let’s pass over the slur upon the dignity of the clown trade. Obama voters didn’t have an “idea;” they had a reflex:
– For some, it was “Always vote Democrat;”
– For others, it was “Always vote for the younger guy;”
– For still others, it was “You have to prove you’re not a racist;”
– And finally, for a substantial number, it was “He’s gonna pay my mortgage!”
When all the aforementioned groups of Obama voters are accounted for, there might remain a handful of naive souls who were actually persuaded that Obama had superior insight into how to revive the flagging U.S. economy. Mind you, modern science has yet to detect such a voter, but research will continue until the funding runs out.
Everytime Obama opens his mouth the economy takes another dive and no doubt when Wall Street does not like what it hears the markets will react negatively.