So far this year: 29 fundraisers, 17 golf outings, three press conferences and we still have six months to go before we can put 2011 behind us.
I really wasn't going to blog about today's press conference. The president doesn't answer the questions, he drones on and on 'til your eyes glaze over, and never fails to take every possible opportunity to bash George Bush and Republicans. All of our economic problems developed "over the last decade," you see (Bush 8 + BHO 2 = 10), so they can't be solved "overnight" (or even in one 4-year term). His failed 'stimulus' and other profligate spending have nothing to do with anything.
And today he compared our representatives in Congress to schoolchildren who don't do their homework. In doing so, he dragged his own daughters into the conversation... the very same children Michelle is so grateful are protected from the public eye by the Obamamedia. Anyway, there are some excellent and dedicated public servants in the Congress (especially since the midterms) and they deserve a show of at least minimal respect from the President. After all, We The People chose them and sent them to Washington; in demonizing Congress, he insults us all.
My other complaint at the top of a long list is that he had the chutzpah to declare that
.... if by the end of this week we have not seen substantial progress then I think members of Congress need to understand we’re going to have to start cancelling things and stay here until we get it done. They’re in one week. They’re out one week. And then they’re saying Obama’s got to step in – you need to be here, I’ve been here, I’ve been doing Afghanistan, bin Laden, and the Greek crisis....
Funny, I thought all he did was campaign, make speeches, play golf and crank up the entertainment events.
Finally, let's get to what was supposed to be the whole point of this post. A blogger at the Washington Examiner, Charlie Spiering, caught this choice bit of flip-floppping:
During President Obama's press conference today, he scolded Republicans for demanding tax cuts for corporate jets.
From the Associated Press in 2009:
Just a few months after lawmakers scolded auto executives for flying to Washington in private jets, Congress approved a tax break in the stimulus package to help businesses buy their own planes.
The incentive -- first used to help plane makers recover from the 2001 terror attacks -- sharply reduces the up front tax bill for companies who buy assets like business planes.
Sometimes attributed to Davy Crocket, and oftentimes misattributed to Barry Goldwater: "A government that is big enough to give you all you want, is big enough to take away everything you have."
Amen. And good-night. I'm going to go read a book :)
Posted by: Tom Glennon | Wednesday, 29 June 2011 at 06:39 PM
Posted by: Mannie Sherberg | Wednesday, 29 June 2011 at 09:00 PM