So what went wrong? According to Barack Obama, the problem is he overestimated you dumb rubes’ ability to appreciate what he’s been doing for you. “That I do think is a mistake of mine,” the president told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “I think the assumption was if I just focus on policy, if I just focus on this provision or that law or if we’re making a good rational decision here, then people will get it.”
But you schlubs aren’t that smart. You didn’t get it. And Barack Obama is determined to see that you do. So the president has decided that he needs to start “speaking directly to the American people.”
Wait, wait! Come back! Don’t all stampede for the hills! He only gave (according to CBS News’s Mark Knoller) 158 interviews and 411 speeches in his first year. That’s more than any previous president — and maybe more than all of them put together. But there may still be some show out there that didn’t get its exclusive Obama interview — I believe the top-rated Grain & Livestock Prices Report — 4 a.m. Update with Herb Torpormeister on WZZZ-AM Dead Buzzard Gulch Junction’s Newstalk Leader is still waiting to hear back from the White House.
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In answer to Mark’s “maybe Brown will sell them his truck”. I have a better idea. I know a fellow who used to own a corral cleaning business. He had a track loader and several Peterbuilt mounted manure spreaders. Should work for what Owebama wants to do,
Oh man, Steyn has so got Obama’s number.
i wonder how many of those 158 interviews and 411 speeches originated with TOTUS ???
Another stellar article by Mr. Steyn. The suggestion that writers/politicians should DO something should really resonate with some of the bureaucrats in both Canada and USA. Rather like arm chair warriors in the Military. Many state paper shufflers can’t change the taps on their own sinks, they can’t read and follow directions to install a TV or hook up an electric stove. They are mentally crippled and should not be in charge of anything, IMO.
Thanks for posting this, Jack.