Obama's midwest bus tour message backfires

The Guardian ^ | 16 August 2011 | Daniel Denvir

[americanophile]

While on a bus tour this week across a midwest ravaged by deindustrialisation, President Barack Obama has ironically been touting job-killing free trade agreements.

Mitt Romney deemed the road trip, which goes through an archipelago of shuttered factories and mills, as Obama's "Magical Misery Tour", though the former governor and CEO would undoubtedly promote the same free trade policies even more fervently. Obama won Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois in 2008, but is set to lose them in 2012 if he remains on the free trade bandwagon. Last week, he visited Michigan, the epicentre of American manufacturing's decimation.

A May report from the liberal Economic Policy Institute (pdf) finds that the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), which was primarily touted as a job creator, has cost the US 682,900 jobs, 61% of them in manufacturing. Many jobs have moved south to Mexico, resulting in a switch in the two countries' trade deficit. In 1993, the US had a $1.6bn trade surplus with Mexico; in 2010, the tides turned and Mexico held a trade surplus of $97.2bn over the US.

The consequences of Nafta have not been positive in Mexico, either: the US has seen a historic flow of Mexican immigrants across the border, driven by the closure of plants unable to compete with transnational companies, the elimination of peasant agriculture, and rising consumer prices have driven a historic flow of immigrants across the US border. This convoy of economic refugees has weakened only recently, mostly due to the downturn.

[Hotdog]

I know it’s fair game using the “short bus” term to express our feelings of a president who would or should be associated with mental shortfalls... but I have a Grandson who rides on one of those buses at no choice of his... but has a heart of gold and more determination to make others happy than a lot of us...including me...he’s very special and sets a fine example for me and others to follow...THAT is where Obama deserves to be kicked off that bus...he’s NOT one who should be admired and followed...even from a child’s perception!

[txeagle]

While “Magical Misery Tour” and “Short Bus Tour” both have a certain sine qua non, I still prefer “Operation Rolling Blunder”.........

[jonrick46]

You are so correct. Remember when South Carolina Rep Joe Wilson yelled out, “You lie!” during Zer0’s State of the Union Address? Well, Joe Wilson was right! See this link:

http://www.louisville.com/content/looks-rep-joe-wilson-was-right-after-all-obama-lied-arena

[Boogieman]

Ha! That’s the custom built short bus from the Dumb & Dumber sequel.

They took a full size bus and chopped it down so there were only 2 sets of seats on it. I’m probably one of about 2 people who actually watched the DVD extra about the making of the bus :)

[cripplecreek]

I think its cool as hell. I’d love to have it.

[RonDog]

Mitt Romney deemed the road trip, which goes through an archipelago of shuttered factories and mills, as Obama's "Magical Misery Tour" (...)

- Whomever wrote that line for Mittens earned their paycheck for the week. - Yossarian

That phrase was first used by a FReeper...Charles something that helps post the DUmmy Funnies. - Krodg

That would be FReeper Charles Henrickson.

Although, I not sure that he was the **first** to ever use the phrase, "Magical Misery Tour" for Obama's current "Downgrade One" bus tour.

[justsaynomore]

Herman Cain dubbed it “Downgrade One”. lol

[Krodg]

I saw an article earlier that had the time line. My searching isn’t that great. Check PJCOMIX

[Rome2000]

He's like Darth freakin Vader, descending from his death star on wheels and spreading a message of class warfare and vilification of capitalists and real Americans who ACTUALLY PAY federal income tax who want to keep his and his comrades commie hands out of their pockets.

He's completely out of his foreign mind.

It's going to be real comical when the GOP candidate tells the Secret Service to give the other bus to Biden.

[roadcat]

It's going to be real comical when the GOP candidate tells the Secret Service to give the other bus to Biden.

From what I saw in a YouTube video, Obummers bus is black and a second bus is red. Barfman and Rabid? (Takeoff on Batman and Robin, although Biden is too dumb to be a boy wonder.)

[Yossarian]

Isn't this yet another retread of a 70's movie...
...but even worse than the original?

[Charles Henrickson]

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 . . .

[arasina]

Short Bus One has entered the ditch.

ROFL! Good one!

[americanophile]

We all did.