I didn’t watch Obama’s speech in Ohio yesterday (other than the clip below), figuring it would just be more of the same. According to Jim Geraghty, it was more of the same – only worse!
But perhaps Obama is in a “stump slump.” Maybe it’s me; maybe I can’t see any Obama speech as a good one these days. But today in Ohio, it seemed like the president was way off his game. But I thought he was defensive, prickly, almost indignant that he’s found himself in the tough spot that he’s in.
He began by talking about how much he didn’t like being in Washington, and apparently said something about the job being stifling. Sir, you spent two years trying to get this job.
One of his rallying cries as, “This is not about me!” Yes, Mr. President, but it’s about the decisions you make and the policies you’re trying to enact.
He made a reference to bankers who “click their heels and watch their stocks skyrocket.” Was he going with a Dorothy in Oz metaphor? Do bankers click their heels?
“I won’t stop fighting to bring back jobs here,” worked as an applause line, but I wondered how it worked outside the venue. That insinuates he’s been doing it for the first year, as unemployment has steadily increased. He’s calling on Congress to “pass a jobs bill.” I thought the stimulus was supposed to do that.
As Caleb Howe noticed, he said “I won’t stop fighting to open up government” while breaking the promise about health care bill negotiations being on C-SPAN.
I realize he’s using it to justify a new tax on banks, but I think “we want our money back” is a dangerous chant for a man who so steadily expands government spending….
Geraghty went on to say he almost felt sorry for the president after hearing some of the questions lobbed at him by the audience. I don’t. He billed himself as the guy who would solve every little problem of every single American. The fact that some people actually believed it is his own fault.
Via Breitbart
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Update: I’m in a hurry and didn’t have time to do a whole new post, but you have to read how POTUS without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine. (via Free Republic) Plus, I just wanted to write POTUS without TOTUS.
