Via Politico, the Smartest President Ever:
President Obama: ‘Campaigning is different than governing’
President Obama offered a lesson for Republicans that he learned the hard way during his first two years in office.
“Campaigning is different than governing,” Obama told reporters Sunday when asked about his meeting with GOP leaders later this week.
“They are flush with victory after a campaign of just saying ‘No,'” he added. “But I’m sure the American people did not vote for more gridlock.”
The president was speaking to reporters when he made a surprise visit to the press cabin of Air Force One during his flight home from Asia. It’s rare for Obama to come to the back of the plane to talk to reporters, but he’s done it twice in the last month.
Obama, who said in India that Republican gains in Congress will require him to make some “midcourse corrections,” blamed his mishandling of politics for his Democratic losses – not his policies.
He vowed to work to make sure his policies are better understood by Americans.
Suuuuuuuure, that’s the ticket! More speeches and Potemkin townhalls. That’s like the CEO of Ford saying:
“The Edsel isn’t selling, we need to increase the advertising budget.”
What a dumbass!
Filed under: 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, General Tagged: | Barack Obama
I can remember, back when Jerry Ford was Preznit, MAD magazine joked that “this Ford may turn out to be another Edsel”. :razz:
Priceless!! :P
Teddy and Pelosi?
First heard that with Shrub as the post turtle.
It was true then too.
Whoever put G.W. on that post, put Obama. I was being facetious. Teddy and Pelosi share the same “whoever”.
Me, too. I’ve heard other Bush jokes adapted to Obama, too. You know it’s bad when it gets hard to tell those two apart.
Krugman: Obama wasn’t ready to deal with the world.
Duh, we knew that.
(emphasis added)
‘Told you so’ isn’t enough.
Asshats.
Hillary 2012
I guess Krugman is surprised that Obama governs as an organizer, but not a leader, but just as part of the body in the organization.
Obama is a climber and a bully. There is nothing leader-ish in his entire personality or background. He sucked up, toadied, lied, conned, and coasted his entire life. He and the Mrs. are the political gravy train hoppers from hell. Play poker with lobbyists and always win, give my wife a job, buy me a house. give me the closed divorce records of my opponent if you know what is good for you, give me a book contract, screw over the legislators who voted for my shit legislation, etc is the history of his life. Krugman has been in the ivory towers too long if he did not see this two bit Chicago hack for what he is. Now he will try to suck up to the Republicans after being hostile and arrogant to their Congressional leaders after his great mandated election in 2008 which the Republicans have wiped out. Creepy Darrell Issa is going to depose the majority of the population of Chicago because he sees though him. We are going to be horrified at tiny amounts of money it takes to buy Chicago hacks. In the overall scales of things they work cheap.
Not so much “wasn’t ready” as “was not, nor is he today” interested.
It was all about the cool AF1, the seal and the title.
And paying back his corrupt big money backers.
Asshat.
Waaa…waaa…presidenting is hard!
Campaigning is different from governing? Shouldn’t he try governing before he says something like that?
Ever had a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich?
It’s a SpongeBob treat!
The Morning Sneeze: not the headline but the responses woke me up this morning with a start
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/morning-sneeze-os-react-to-obama-switching-parties/