Windows, Cowbells, Snuggies and Obamacare

Clearly Nebulous ^ | Sept 23, 2009 | C Moran

[CMoran325]

President Obama has been on television - again and again and again -- making public appearances and sitting down for interviews on every station (exceptFox News, natch!) pushing his proposals for health care reform. Never mind that his directives remain hazy and vague, and his speeches are no different than they were during the campaign, chock-full of boiler plate bromides that make liberals feel warm and fuzzy all over. 

Jonah Goldberg over at the National Review had this to say:

"...the White House still thinks it has a communication problem, and if only it dispels the cloud of 'lies' belched up by the opposition, there will be nothing but blue skies ahead. Funny how the people who run the most sophisticated communication operation in the history of the presidency keep concluding that their difficulties stem from their inability to get their message out and never from what their message actually is."

That quote prompted the most brilliant email response -- I wish I could properly credit the brilliance of the anonymous reader who made this spot-on comparison:

"...No amount of advertising, promotion, bikini-clad showroom girls, or gimmicky give-aways can sell a lousy product or one that consumers do not actually need...

...Obama's health care plan is the Windows Vista of public policy. It's far too complex for anyone to understand why it's better. It's larded up with bloated features that make it impossible to use. And for the vast majority of existing customers, the current system for all its faults, works well enough that the upgrade is worth neither the extra expense nor the risk that it will destroy the entire system. And no amount of advertising can sell it."

In fact, the omnipresent President -- and his belief that if he just speaks the same platitudes to the American people over and over -- has been likened by Goldberg to the SNL skit where the record producer believes that "more cowbell" pounded over and over with increasing intensity will somehow make a difference.

But just like I never bought a Chia Pet, a Thighmaster, a pair of Crocs, or a Snuggie -- I ain't buying Obama's snake oil, no matter how hard he pounds it.

 

[CMoran325]

Ok, I just had to post this -- because we need to get this picture out there -- put it everywhere you can think of! As ubiquitous as the "Joker" poster!

[subterfuge]

Blowhard-In-Chief

[La Lydia]

Hey, don’t knock my Snuggie. It keeps me totally warm while giving me the freedom to use my hands to work the remote, use my laptop or do some reading in total warmth and comfort. It is made with super soft, thick, luxurious fleece with roomy, oversized sleeves that let me do what I want while still being totally wrapped in warmth. If only Obama performed so well on the giving me my freedom thingie.

[La Lydia]

Forgot to say, I want that poster as a bumper sticker. Bad.

[KarlInOhio]

...Obama's health care plan is the Windows Vista of public policy. It's far too complex for anyone to understand why it's better. It's larded up with bloated features that make it impossible to use. And for the vast majority of existing customers, the current system for all its faults, works well enough that the upgrade is worth neither the extra expense nor the risk that it will destroy the entire system. And no amount of advertising can sell it."

Don't forget that the Digital Rights Management makes it difficult to do some things that you were allowed to do with the old system, but now the big boss say "Nope! You can't do that anymore." Kind of like Obamacare's limitations on treatment for those determined unworthy.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

[cubreporter]

Do you wear it in the stands at a football game? Seriously???

[cubreporter]

Do you wear it in the stands at a football game? Seriously???

[CMoran325]

Aha! You can get the t-shirt here!

http://www.zazzle.com/obama_more_cowbell_tshirt-235581555377244957

[La Lydia]

But I don’t wear t-shirts, she whined. I want a bumper sticker.

[La Lydia]

No. Seriously.

[CMoran325]

More t-shirts and posters and stickers — though not the usual bumper sticker shape...

http://www.cafepress.com/RichManAnon/6893676

[Cyber Liberty]

Does it really make you look like a monk?

[La Lydia]

No, because I have the leopard-skin model. (I was quite put out because they didn’t offer the leopard-skin fabric option for my dog.)

[Cyber Liberty]

I saw that model on TV. Lady looks like wild woman. That isn’t you, is it?

:^)

[La Lydia]

I am a wild woman, but that’s not me. I have nicer furniture.

[Cyber Liberty]

They have nicer furniture at Wal-Mart. I’m glad to hear about the wild woman part, though....

:^) again

[givemELL]

Definitive description of HR3200:

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/09/23/hr_3200_will_collapse_global_medicine_97423.html

Collapse of global medicine

[cubreporter]

GOOD!!!! :) :) :)