President of the United States
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Community Organizer or Clown In Chief
Posted on 10/27/2010 4:58:16 PM PDT by HearMe
President Obama took his campaign get-out-the-vote blitz to “The Daily Show” on Wednesday, telling the host, Jon Stewart, that he never promised transformational change overnight.
“When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in, it wasn’t change you can believe in in 18 months,’’ Mr. Obama said. “It was change you can believe in but were going to have to work for it.”
The 30-minute interview, before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of 550 at the Harman Center for the Arts in downtown Washington, a short drive from the White House, was Mr. Obama’s first appearance on the show as president, though he was also a guest during his run for the White House in 2008. The president used the appearance to defend his agenda and make a pitch for people to get out and vote; Mr. Stewart used the interview to press the president with the critique he often hears from the left, by characterizing his agenda as timid – a characterization the president fiercely resisted.
“You ran on very high rhetoric, hope and change, and the Democrats this year seem to be running on, ‘Please baby, one more chance’,’’ Mr. Stewart said at one point. At another, he asked the president if he was now running on “Yes we can, with certain conditions.’’
Mr. Obama replied, “I think I would say, ‘Yes we can, but –“
Mr. Stewart, laughing, cut the president off. Mr. Obama jumped in again, finishing his sentence: “But it’s not going to happen overnight.”
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I didn't understand it in 2008, I don't understand it still.
The status quo - for everything- can always be improved, but why is a call to radically CHANGE America attractive. Change it to what? From what?
And is it me? When I was young, the President of the United States commanded the respect of almost a deity, what have this lessor people- particularly Democratic Presidents done to diminish this office to rate as nothing more special then guests of comedy late night shows?
All that talk about change, I see he’s abandoned the hope part.
The New York Times and The Daily Show are just part of the Obama campaign. They see themselves as agents to further his agenda, and they act on their beliefs.
What show will Obama appear on next? South Park? Sesame Street?
Oh, that’s right, Michelle was already on Sesame Street. That’s so yesterday. Time to do the Oprah Winfrey Show again?
"When we promised during the campaign change you can believe in, it wasn't change you can believe in in 18 months," Mr. Obama said. "It was change you can believe in but were going to have to work for it."Funny, I don't *remember* his having said that ever before. I don't remember seeing it in any of his campaign slop. And btw, no surprise that the partisan media shill Jon Stewart would host campaign agitprop. I'll bet he asked *really hard questions* and then made sub-sophomoric and abusive "jokes" that disrespected the Kenyanigma. Thanks HearMe.
Jackass?
MO and BO have both already been on South Park. The creators have taken a few jabs at them both.
“MO and BO” has a nice ring to it. Although she is a little to butch for “MO” and he is a bit to effeminate for “BO.”
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