Posted on 08/15/2011 3:14:43 PM PDT by Evil Slayer
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RUSH: Today Obama will go out amongst the peoples on a listen tour to learn (after almost three years) what is bothering the people. No jobs.
Then he's gonna finally figure out what the people want: jobs! And then he's going to ask them what they need: jobs! He doesn't need to leave Washington for this. Now, all presidents have used photo-ops to gain favor, but no president in our history has had such little respect for your intelligence as to do something this absurd, to go on a listen tour. You know what they're gonna hope to find? (Nothing with Obama just happens.) Don't be surprised if they find a bunch of people along the tour who say, "You're not being hard enough on the Republicans! That's what we want. We want you to cream the Republicans. We want you to get nasty. We want you to fight back!" That's what he's going to hear. You're not gonna hear about jobs.
The people on a bus tour, if they cared about jobs, wouldn't be on the sidewalk while Obama's bus tour goes by. So anyway, there are all kinds of potential names here: The Hell in a Handbasket Express. The "Are We There Yet?" Tour. Running On Empty. The Shovel-Ready Tour. The Shovel-Ready Tour. The Magical Misery Tour. (You like that one? Magical Misery Tour?) The Republicans Gotta Sit in the Back Tour. The WTF Tour. Hell on Wheels. (chuckling) The America Under the Bus Tour. Debt Man Driving Tour. The Debt Man Driving Tour.
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RUSH: Okay, it appears there are two buses. Two buses for a three-day tour, and they bought 'em. Normally, they go out there and rent them. They bought two new buses, it appears, for Obama, and they're gonna be using 'em both. So even though the bus trip is a campaign swing, the White House is billing the three day tour as "official," which means that the taxpayers are picking up all the costs of the trip. (interruption) Well, that's the thing. I've been wondering this myself: Are these buses solar powered? Are they wind powered? Do the Obama buses get better mileage than The Beast? That's his limo, his Cadillac limo, armored limo. Maybe it does. I mean, The Beast gets some of the worst miles per gallon on the planet.
But what's the point of going around on a bus again except maybe to try to look like one of the people. When was the last time you think Obama rode a bus on real life. He wants everybody else to but when's the last time he did? You know what? I hope somebody slaps a bumper sticker or two on the back of that bus, something like, "We shall overspend." Instead of, "We shall overcome," it's, "We shall overspend."
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RUSH: We're happy to be with you, telephone number is 800-282-2882. The e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com. All right, these buses that Obama is using, CBS News underreported the cost of the two new Obama buses. They were $1.1 million each. Folks, those buses cost more than my cars, $1.1 million each. Normally you just go out and rent some buses, you decorate them inside whatever you want them to be, $1.1 million. The Politico reported on their planned purchase back in April, "$2.2 Million for Secret Service's New Armored Buses." It was Josh Gerstein doing the reporting. He's a right-winger, you don't hear much from him these days, but he is.
From the article: "The final cost of the two new buses will exceed $2.2 million, because the Service prefers to add its own aftermarket security features to vehicles." The service will do so in this instance as well. So these buses were purchased back in April. Did they know back in April they're gonna be doing a meet-the-public tour in August? They might have. There's a lot of preplanning.
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cBS Radio News just announced: “Officially this is not a campaign tour”
I guess it’s work for the American people.
I wonder if the taxpayers are also paying for all the buses being used to bus in his audience? No one else is going to be allowed near him.
Step right this way for the Barack Obama Magical Misery Tour... Step right this way....
Oeration Rolling Blunder.... Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep those blunders rolling...
The Listening Tour ? Why is he talking ?
Yeah, after three blinkin’ years, where have you been Mr. President?
History repeating itself.
Bambi “let them drink tea” makes me puke!!!
Why is he doing it?
I'm sure it's not 'cause Palin's was so danged successful. < /sarc>
This is such a pathetic case of 'me-tooism' that I would genuinely feel sorry for wittle 0, except for the degree to which it continues to $crew the U.S. taxpayer, at a time when bucks are tight.
Yes, I do, Rush. Did you read it in yesterday's DUmmie FUnnies here on FR?
DUmmie FUnnies 08-14-11 ("Magical Misery Tour": DUmmies throw Obama's bus tour under the bus)
MAGICAL MISERY TOUR
Tune: Magical Mystery Tour
Barack, Barack and the Magical Misery Tour! Step right this way!
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, rolling across the nation
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, but this is no vacation
Barack and his Misery Tour
The Magical Misery Tour is wanting to make you all pay
Wanting to make you all pay
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, he's got everything you need
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, even though it's all wee-weed
Barack and his Misery Tour
The Magical Misery Tour is hoping to make you all pay
Hoping to make you all pay
The misery trip . . .
The Magical Misery Tour
Barack, Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, rolling across the nation
Barack and his Misery Tour
Barack, but this is no vacation
Barack and his Misery Tour
The Magical Misery Tour is coming to make you all pay
Coming to make you all pay
The Magical Misery Tour is trying to make you all pay
Trying to make you all pay, take it away . . .
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