Daschle Before:
Daschle After:
So he screwed up? Really? Ya think? He needs the people to know that there are not two sets of rules, one for the politicians and one for the regular folk. OK, I’d love to take you at your word President Obama, what are you planning on doing with the tax fraudster running the Treasury/IRS? What about the Chairman of the House Ways and Means? What about Chris Dodd and his sweetheart deal mortgages (plural)? The list goes on and on. I’m sorry sir, your words lack action and therefore are simply words meant to sway those that think you to be the do all and end all of all Presidents.
In the clip above, don’t miss the part about the Performance Secretary that also pulled her name. It seems a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, she didn’t pay something like $250 in local taxes, it got lost, and when she finally got it straightened out she paid just under $1000 in tax, interest and penalty. She withdrew her name, now SHE understands (at least partially), unlike Geithner, his fraud was just that, and the amount is significantly more than hers, plus he’s in charge of the bloody IRS now!
Add to all this other things that the President has done. The close Gitmo order. OK that’s fine, order it closed but don’t have a plan. Sounds like the TARP bill to me, spend the money then decide what to do. On top of this, the reaching out the hand, so far Iran has made a mockery of his overtures, North Korea will more than likely be testing a long range missile (capable of hitting the west coast) and they have also stated that they are again breaking all agreements and ties with South Korea. (So much for the progress there in the past 8 years) India has basically chastised the administration saying the things they are hearing from Washington are the same things they heard during the Clinton years that didn’t work, and that the region is much different now. What ever happened to listening and not dictating? On the President’s plus side for Foreign affairs, Castro and Chavez seem to like him.
Of course yesterday was a tough day, the House Republicans (and 11 brave Democrats) had a few days earlier said NO to LardFest. The the two nominees withdraw their names because of tax problems. (How the hell they didn’t know it would be a problem? I guess they were hoping for the supermajority so they could ram that thru as well.) So on the to do list should be, find two more nominees to name, work on the economy, work on state of the union. What did he do. Left the White House.
On the rockiest day of his young administration, President Barack Obama did what surely made him happy for a while.
He left.
With little notice, the president and first lady Michelle Obama bolted the gated compound of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in their tank of a limousine on Tuesday. They ended up at a Washington public school, greeted by children who could not care less about the collapse of a Cabinet secretary nomination.
"We were just tired of being in the White House," the president candidly told the gleeful second-graders at Capital City Public Charter School.
"We got out! They let us out!" Mrs. Obama said as the kids and their teachers laughed.
Wonderful, last week $100/lb beef, this week, things get tough and he’s out the door, “We were just tired of being in the White House.” Doesn’t he understand that every word that comes out of his mouth, whether a joke or not, means something? Doesn’t he understand his position, or hasn’t he gotten to that part of the OJT manual?
In the succession of powers, Vice President Joe Biden would take over as President if something were to happen to President Obama. There’s a wonderful thought. The guy that plagiarized in law school becomes the Head of State. He does hold a high standard though, and he let’s those around him know when they have not performed to expectations. You can bear witness to this in a swearing in he did for White House Staff where he pokes fun at Chief Justice Roberts who made a mistake in Barack Obama’s oath.
BTW, note to Staffers, it says I do solemnly swear or affirm, (you can pick one, you don’t have to say both, some people don’t like to use the word swear). What’s up with the dude with the short hair towards the front, he doesn’t seem to have his right hand up?
Now look at this clip talking about the same thing:
Well the other day Dear Old Joe (I’ve ridden on AMTRACK too), administered the oath of office to Hillary Clinton, Madam Secretary of State (and pantsuits):
Did you hear the comment from the audience at the beginning? “Get it right, get it right…” Well he didn’t, of course he had it harder than Justice Roberts, the Vice President had to read the darn thing off of a card, where Justice Roberts did it from memory.
So the guy that is one step from being leader of the free world is a guy that might be considered a bit unpredictable, or a loose cannon as Bill O. said.
At least VP Biden is also into physical fitness and the arts though……
Next in line we have the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. She is very concerned about the economy so much so that she feels we need to immediatly pass the stimulus bill and have millions upon millions of our tax dollars going to birth control and STD control. Hey Nancy, here’s an idea that covers both and it doesn’t cost a dime, it’s called abstinence. Yeah I know too bad you don’t believe in it. (Too bad your mother didn’t either)
She is so worried about it and I can see why, did you know that according to her each month that they don’t pass the Lardfest bill 500 million Americans lose their jobs, yup, 500,000,000 people each month lose their jobs. That’s really horrible! OMG I didn’t know it was that bad! That means in less than three months we will all be unemployed! (pay attention around 6 second mark)
Your leaders, scared yet? Oh wait, just like on TV we have more.
Here is the chart showing the complete line of succession:
If you aren’t at least nervous, you are not paying attention.
