Posted on 07/24/2014 1:36:55 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
President Obama appeared at a fundraiser Wednesday at the home of "Scandal" creator Shonda Rimes and used the popular political thriller to speak about Washington.
"No offense, Scandal is a great show," Obama said at the fundraiser before a crowd that included the show's actress Kerry Washington."But it's not necessarily something we want to be living out."
Speaking at the fundraiser, Obama tore into the Republican party saying that it "has been taken over by people who just don't believe in government."
Republicans he said "obfuscate and they bamboozle and sometimes don't say what's true -- that was a euphemism," he said to laughter.
Obama made the remarks in the middle of a three-day west coast swing, where he's been raising money for Democrats in the midterm election in November.
Speaking at the fundraiser, he urged donors to turn out in the midterm elections, saying that Republicans have larger turnouts on Election Day and that resulted in the GOP taking control of the House and leading to John Boehner's role as Speaker of the House.
"What happened to Nancy Pelosi?" Obama said. "What happened is y'all didn't vote. And that's when all kinds of …stuff happened. That's what it was, stuff."
The president used the big-dollar moment to philosophize, saying that "Sometimes in life, as well as politics, we don't get 100 percent of what we want right away."
But he added, that he doesn't tell his daughters that when they hit an obstacle, "you should quit."
"I've got two years left in this presidency, I want to get a whole bunch of stuff done," Obama said.
“....The international concerns didn’t dampen donor enthusiasm, with about 450 people attending at ticket levels ranging from $1,000 per person up to $32,400 per person, the latter including dinner with the president, according to a DNC official. Millions were expected to be raised from Obama’s series of fundraising events over the last few days, as donors increasingly focus on the possibility that the Democrats may lose control of the Senate in November...........”
............The attendee said that Obama was “the most relaxed I’ve seen him,” even while he spoke “passionately” in rallying the crowd. San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim, who attended, said that one message that resonated was pay equity and raising the minimum wage, as well as “making sure people are engaged every year and not just in a presidential election cycle.”
Held at her Italianate Mediterranean estate, the Rhimes event was the highest profile of all of Obama’s fundraisers during this three-day trip out west, due to the popularity and visibility of “Scandal” even among serious policy types.
Rhimes introduced Obama, saying, “He’s been doing his job like a boss.”.........
Big money and small minds are Obama’s gold mine.
But they “care” about the little people.....
To mow lawns and house keepers.
“What happened to Nancy Pelosi?” Obama said. “What happened is y’all didn’t vote. And that’s when all kinds of …stuff happened. That’s what it was, stuff.”
Nope, Bozo. The TEA Party happened and your performance resulted in a direct call for a return to adversarial government, which requires two sides to sit down, discuss the issues as their respective sides see it, set priorities and negotiate something constructive or just table the subject.
Yo uh enjoy a partisan hack, in the name of Harry “Dick” Greed, who has taken nearly 100 bills presented by the house to the Senate and he simply tabled them, with zero discussion.
That’s not governance. That is outright failure to engage and get things done, to act on house initiatives, a house which is directly elected by the American people who act as the voice and proxy on behalf of the same Americans whise rights you seem more interested in undermining.
You are a putz. A complete buffoon internationally and an anethma to promoting American values and a more interested in your social fantasies than growing Americas economy domestically, while giving our loot to terrorists and adversaries with lucre to sow seeds of chaos, calamity and global unrest.
$47 million to Hamas when Kerry landed to supposedly secure peace? To what end? Israels destruction?
FU and your socialist acolytes.
I hope history treats your tenure appropriately and justly calls you a failure.
Jimmy Carter needs a break from his self righteous arrogance but, feeling set upon each time polls are taken for best presidents and constantly finding his sorry ass at the bottom of the list.
You at least give him hope that things might actually be looking up for his dinky reputation.
I want to be outraged but its true the Republican party does lie about being Conservative, having Conservative principles.
Obama prolly has met with Boehner to discuss how to lie to Conservatives.
Woooo man! The shuckin’ and jivin’ that must have gone on at that soiree!
After many secret meetings she rammed Husseincare down our throats. Big effin' deal.
Good grief... what a dumbass. Why not just say "you've got some more presidentin' to do", you ignorant ass clown?
“Good grief... what a dumbass. Why not just say “you’ve got some more presidentin’ to do”, you ignorant ass clown?”
You know, it would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic.
It would be awesome for TOTUS to get hacked and see what Bh0 would actually read.
obama accusing others of lying is akin to hitler accusing others of anti-semitism....
That movie was ahead of its time...and its premise is happening before our eyes.
Idiocracy is now a documentary.
and and and we we we be be be presidentin and and and dem dem dem re re re republicans be dis dis dis dissin me.
da da da be racist.
The rhetorical brilliance here is staggering. Truly one of the great orators of all time.
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"I've got two years left in this presidency, I want to get a whole bunch of stuff done," Obama said.
Yo, Barack - We Americans have had more than enough of your "stuff"!
Actually that did happen once... I believe the dumbass read the teleprompter through his handler's content and began reading the visiting dignitary's comments. Took the ass clown a while to figure it out and simply said something like "Oh, I think these remarks were intended for you". Of course the socialist-loving, POS-covering enemedia never reported on it (with the exception of Fox). Imagine if Bush would have done the same...
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