Obama Swats The GOP!

[FOTD]

When confronted with nonsense, he wastes the idiots...was Sully even there?

Obama vs. House GOP: Best TV ever
The president smoothly mocks House Republicans, in an entertaining U.S. take on the prime minister's question time

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2010/01/29/obama_gop/

"The president smoothly mock[ed] House Republicans, in an entertaining U.S. take on the prime minister's question time. Two days after his feisty State of the Union speech, Obama's trip to the [House Republican conference's] retreat started off slowly....And then the question-and-answer session got started, and the event turned into a spectacle, the kind of thing that hasn't been seen in American politics in years -- and probably won't again, once the people responsible for putting it together go back to look at the video. The ironic, detached style and professorial wonkiness that has sometimes made it hard for Obama to connect on a visceral level since he took office worked perfectly in Baltimore. And what could have been a dangerous event politically.... turned into a presidential seminar, instead. The whole thing basically went like that: Republican asks obnoxious question rooted in Glenn Beck-ian talking points; Obama swats it away, makes the questioner look silly, and then smiles at the end. It got so bad, in fact, that Fox News cut away from the event before it was over. Democratic operatives around Washington watching it had pretty much the same reaction: "Where the hell has this guy been?"


FOTD thinketh the WH boys are polishing up their stilettos...

[guido911]

Loved that part about how stimulus had no earmarks in it.

[Ed W]

I've seen different spins on this story, some saying that the Republicans gave the President a sound drubbing, others, like this Salon piece, had it the other way 'round.  Is there a video tape we can see to decide it for ourselves?

[Hoss]

I've seen different spins on this story, some saying that the Republicans gave the President a sound drubbing, others, like this Salon piece, had it the other way 'round.  Is there a video tape we can see to decide it for ourselves?

Not if you watch FNC.  They only showed about 4 minutes of it.  CNN showed the entire thing.  Some republicans were heard to say 'we should not have let that on camera'.  I think the President stuck it to them.  He made it seem now that all the repubs are out to do is to block everything he's for, instead of the compromise that democracy is about.

[we vs us]

There's a full copy here.  Be warned:  It's an hour+ long.

I watched the whole thing live (yay snow day!) and was blown away.  Obviously I come to it with my own biases but it's pretty clear that Obama demolishes some of the weaker GOP talking points lobbed at him.  Guido will, of course, have a different opinion of what went down.

I think it amounted to the equivalent of the Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament, and it was a hugely necessary back and forth.  I didn't know how important a direct dialogue like that was until it was shown to me.

[nathanm]

I've seen different spins on this story, some saying that the Republicans gave the President a sound drubbing, others, like this Salon piece, had it the other way 'round.  Is there a video tape we can see to decide it for ourselves?

I linked to the C-SPAN video on youtube in another thread when Guido was going on about Obama's supposed lies.

[Conan71]

Not if you watch FNC.  They only showed about 4 minutes of it.  CNN showed the entire thing.  Some republicans were heard to say 'we should not have let that on camera'.  I think the President stuck it to them.  He made it seem now that all the repubs are out to do is to block everything he's for, instead of the compromise that democracy is about.

...and the GOP Congressmen can say that the White House is blocking their progresss, and basically the whole lot of them in DC are playing the proverbial fiddle...

[FOTD]

This you will enjoy....but there's nothing here to like.


Counterpoint?

REPUBLICAN PARTY ADMISSION TEST

http://rackjite.com/archives/4510-REPUBLICAN-PARTY-ADMISSION-TEST.html



REPUBLICAN PARTY ADMISSION TEST

1.  Can you say "my country right or wrong"?    Yes   No
2.  Are you more or less intolerant than you think you are?     More   Less
3.  How much do you hate sharing your stuff?     A lot   Very much
4.  Do you whine about taxes every:    15 seconds   30 seconds   2 minutes
5.  Check number of guns owned:    a dozen   a baker's dozen  Not enough
6.  How many people would you enjoy shooting?    1    more than 1
7.  Who do you hate most?    Blacks   Immigrants   Gays   Liberals
8.  Hours a day spent hating above choice?    8 hrs    12 hrs    24 hrs
9.  Would you kill anyone speaking ill of your mother?    Probably  Yes
10. Are you an Aggie? (If not sure check Yes)    Yes    No
11. What upsets you more?  Nuclear-warfare   Genocide   Affirmative Action?
12. Check machinery you can operate:    Revolver   Pez   can opener
13. What organizations are you a member of?    VFW   KKK   NRA
14. What sports do you participate in?    Shooting    Shooting    Shooting
15. Put these words in the correct order.    God    Race   Country  Family
16. Can you quote Readers Digest without feeling like an idiot?   Yes    No
17. Hours a day do you listen to Rush Limbaugh?  1 hr  2 hrs  3 hrs    
18.Does this questionnaire piss you off?    Yes     No

Circle each answer and send a copy to:
RNC
310 First Street, SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Please include copy of picture ID (you know why)


An audio version is available for illiterate Republicans. Demand for the audio version is high.

[Nik]

I've only listened to about 25 minutes so far, but I'm impressed with Obama's responses. I've got the rest on my iPod. If any of you are still trying to find it, I know that MSNBC had a video of it and I know you can get it on iTunes from one of the White House podcasts.

[Conan71]

One thing I have yet to hear since President Obama took office which I heard many times from snipey libs during the Bush Admin was: "He's not MY President".  Interesting study in class.

[FOTD]

One thing I have yet to hear since President Obama took office which I heard many times from snipey libs during the Bush Admin was: "He's not MY President".  Interesting study in class.

Whore's it!

You see it every day and hear it as well.....it's disguised hatred....at least we were honest about Shrub.

[Conan71]

Whore's it!

You see it every day and hear it as well.....it's disguised hatred....at least we were honest about Shrub.

Yeah, I'm sure hearing pure racism and hatred when people rail on the record spending deficits proposed by POTUS Obama.

[RecycleMichael]

Simmer down you two.

Conan was right. I really disliked the Bush administration. I am sure at times my emotions got to me and I spoke out too strongly, even calling him and the vice-president ugly names.

I've seen less of it toward Obama, but I know some people who keep sending me e-mails that are very unkind and sometimes very racist. It pisses me off and I tell them.

If anything, the fervor has not been focused on the democrat president as much as it has been on all democrats. People badmouth Reid and Pelosi as much as Obama. With Bush, it went more on him.

[we vs us]

One thing I have yet to hear since President Obama took office which I heard many times from snipey libs during the Bush Admin was: "He's not MY President".  Interesting study in class.

I have to admit I haven't heard that precise language, but there're some pretty excellent analogues out there, either delegitimizing his citizenship, making laughable accusations about his radical leftism, his Krazy Kommunist agenda, etc; also some really peachy examples of racist dogwhistle stuff in and amongst the Tea Parties get-togethers (seen any of the Obama-as-Witch-Doctor posters?  classic!). 

I try really hard not to participate in the "your side does it too" equivocation -- everything deserves to be judged on its individual merits.  But I'd say there's just as much anti-Obama out there as there was anti-Bush.  The difference?  Bush actually had several years of f***-up-ery before libs truly got up in arms.  Obama's had one solid year. 

[guido911]

Bush actually had several years of f***-up-ery before libs truly got up in arms.  Obama's had one solid year. 

Someone forgot about the fallout of the 2000 election and how the libs got up in arms over Bush before he was even sworn in.