October 12, 2011
— Ace Oh she's a genius.
I realize that there's a lot of semantic arguing over whether a president "creates jobs." Whenever I say that, I get corrected. Okay: The president is supposed to foster a favorable environment in which private actors may create jobs.
But the Democrats really do believe politicians -- at least Democratic ones -- actually create jobs.
But not anymore. Because, in order to deflect away from the Democrats' atrocious record on job creation, now asserts that the public does not vote for presidents or politicians to create jobs.
Nope. Her claim is that politicians are put into office to "work together."
So that's where the DNC head's spin is at now: Unable to actually do anything of positive substance, she endeavors to shift the debate to "at least we're willing to compromise and work together," which is a strictly proceduralist concern (who gives a fig if politicians are fighting if things are going well?) and furthermore, of course, is entirely untrue to begin with.
"First of all, Eric, I won."
More: Jammie Wearing Fool finds more. This may not just be an idiot's warbling; it might be the coordinated warbling of many idiots.
Because (same link) he finds Michelle Obama making the same damn claim:
First lady Michelle Obama addressed a DNC fundraiser at a private residence in D.C. Tuesday night, emphasizing the importance of working together during difficult economic times.
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Woof Woof, ol' gal.
Posted by: lu at October 12, 2011 07:58 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: EC at October 12, 2011 07:58 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: lu at October 12, 2011 08:00 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:00 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: joncelli at October 12, 2011 08:00 AM (RD7QR)
She's half-right, of course. I don't vote for a President to "create jobs." I vote for the President I think is least likely to interfere with me and my family. The fact that also creates jobs is just a really nice bonus.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:01 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Truman North at October 12, 2011 08:02 AM (I2LwF)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary For the Left
"work together" - /werk 2 gether/ v. "pass the shit WE want passed, when we want it passed. See also compromise: n "adopt OUR political positions"
Posted by: fixerupper at October 12, 2011 08:02 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2011 08:03 AM (UlUS4)
Hey! Look! It landed on: "We don't create jobs - we work together, unlike those racist Repubs!"
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 12, 2011 08:03 AM (f9c2L)
what a difference a D after the Presidents name makes.
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 08:03 AM (h+qn8)
The Democrats:
The economy sucks so here's what I'm gonna do for you: promise to work together in Washington.
Yeah, good plan, Democrats. Go with that.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 12, 2011 08:03 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 12, 2011 08:04 AM (i0App)
So, it isn't the economy, stupid? Voting for the President isn't the equivalent of voting for the CEO of the global economy? And the guy had such a killer resume...
Posted by: Stunned Democrat at October 12, 2011 08:04 AM (nBE5A)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 12, 2011 08:04 AM (UlUS4)
Posted by: Bambi, reading from TOTUS at October 12, 2011 08:04 AM (RD7QR)
Which is precisely why their main tactic is accuse the opposition of being racists.
Posted by: taylork at October 12, 2011 08:04 AM (5wsU9)
They paint us as as bickering boobs, nattering our no-nos, obstructing everything, and trying to confound comportment.
Then they turn around, as she has, and paint themselves as salivating saviors of togetherness.
Disgusting. But they do know how to advance a message, and this is a good one.
Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at October 12, 2011 08:05 AM (4sQwu)
Posted by: EC at October 12, 2011 11:58 AM (GQ8sn)
Speaking of OWS, the damnable Gawker just gave them the equivalent of a hit-list:
Disgusting!… Gawker Incites Violence – Publishes Rich Hit List
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 12, 2011 08:06 AM (9hSKh)
And don't forget, Obama can only do so much.
His main job is to inspire people. Anything more than that is asking too much.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 12, 2011 08:06 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Kall Penn at October 12, 2011 08:06 AM (7BU4a)
"Debbie,
Remember how well everyone worked together to pass Obamacare? "
Yeah they worked together real hard to make sure it wouldn't apply to them!
Posted by: Uncle Joe at October 12, 2011 08:07 AM (s9yut)
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 08:07 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Accurate Obama Slogans at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (7BU4a)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (f9c2L)
Problem with that is that even the Media isn't carrying that water right now. I've seen a few major media outlets point out that the Senate is Democrat Controlled, and that's where the Jobs bill failed.
This is no longer "spin" or "messaging." It's full-on, Baghdad-Bob lying.
Energy.
Good answer.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (8y9MW)
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FIFY....
Posted by: fixerupper at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Truman North at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: chuck in st paul at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (EhYdw)
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at October 12, 2011 08:08 AM (6FaFo)
Posted by: RioBravo at October 12, 2011 08:09 AM (eEfYn)
The Democrats have repreatedly stabbed the American economy, and all they can say is "Hold this knife while I call an ambulance."
Posted by: FireHorse at October 12, 2011 08:09 AM (gyHyY)
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman-Shitz at October 12, 2011 08:09 AM (ehEyA)
i hope this is hung around the Dems neck!
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 08:09 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 12, 2011 08:09 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:10 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dang at October 12, 2011 08:10 AM (BbX1b)
We believe in diversity, so let's all remember to think and say the same things!
Posted by: The Left at October 12, 2011 08:10 AM (7BU4a)
"a handy guide to New York's 1%" - hmm. When will the DC version come out? I'm sure Nancy Pelosi will welcome the people when they picket her home.
Posted by: Uncle Joe at October 12, 2011 08:10 AM (s9yut)
Posted by: lu at October 12, 2011 08:10 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: Bambi, reading from TOTUS at October 12, 2011 08:10 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: ace at October 12, 2011 08:11 AM (nj1bB)
Unfortunately for them, we're the ones who believe in guns.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:11 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dang at October 12, 2011 12:10 PM (BbX1b)
Green Jobs and Unicorns - Obama 2012
Posted by: Accurate Obama Slogans at October 12, 2011 08:11 AM (7BU4a)
Posted by: Truman North at October 12, 2011 08:12 AM (I2LwF)
And since you invested in a Tech company, you're really, really ticked that they're making sausage instead.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:12 AM (8y9MW)
Transcript of FLOTUS's remarks:
"Like, you people sitting there with that uneaten salmon in puff pastry with Bearnaise sauce on your plates: you could be helping to solve the problem of minority hunger. (Applause) Pass that sh*t up to me, crackas! (Subdued laughter) No, I'm serious, all 36 plates-full, I'm hungry! ( More subdued laughter) Michelle ain't nice when she's hungry! (Embarassed titters) Pass that sh*t up here or I grabs a fork and start foraging!! (Murmers) And somebody better get this spinach salad sh*t out of my sight and replace it with, oh, about five pounds of cheese fries! (Gasps) My kiss-a-licious black booty ain't staying world-class without some cheese fries! Get crackin! And then get kissin'! (Submissive applause)"
Posted by: World-Wide News Service at October 12, 2011 08:13 AM (2PTT7)
Posted by: Alte Schule at October 12, 2011 08:13 AM (MLJu8)
shouldn't this be put out there to help some leaning peoples to reject OWS?
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 08:13 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 12, 2011 08:14 AM (eHr/6)
Or did I get that wrong?
Posted by: © Sponge at October 12, 2011 08:14 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Truman North at October 12, 2011 08:14 AM (I2LwF)
Okay, I should have said "19-teens" but that's more cumbersome. I was referring to the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:14 AM (8y9MW)
Average folks who don't want to be bothered by politics might think, oh of course people should work together, progress is when we're all pushing the cart in the same direction, or some such nonsense.
Except that when the dems were completely in charge, they had the US House, a filibuster proof majority in the US Senate, and the Presidency, and they didn't work together with republicans at all. Everything the dems did was based on democrat priorities, and it is because of all those bad decisions in 2009 and 2010 that we find ourselves economically boned today.
Geez, where's zombie Lee Atwater when you need him to make that point?
Posted by: Boots at October 12, 2011 08:15 AM (neKzn)
Rush just said the NYT and USA Today reported it straight, but the AP wire story headline is "Republicans kill jobs bill" and that's what will appear in 4000+ newspapers.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 12, 2011 08:15 AM (Lpdzt)
“If elections have consequences — which I think they do — some of those consequences are getting what you vote for,” Hoyer added. “In this case, many people voted for people who thought compromise was not something that they ought to participate in.”
Boy, between the damn Rethuglicans and the damn voters, our morally and intellectually superior Democratic overlords can catch a break.
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 12, 2011 08:15 AM (Hx5uv)
didn't make sense to me, we're going to get
we're going to get
no we're going to give
we're going to give
give what
give what
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 08:15 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: t-bird at October 12, 2011 08:16 AM (FcR7P)
Obama speaks with forked tongue.
And this is his genius. Genius because he's very good at it and gets away with it.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 12, 2011 08:16 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Demotivartors-R-Us at October 12, 2011 08:16 AM (nBE5A)
Yeah, 1900's Russia.
I wrote a tongue-in cheek paper in a junior highwriting class about how the Soviet Union would drift to the "right" and the United States would drift to the "left", eventually exchanging positions.
Whoudda thunk I was such a visionary....
Posted by: fixerupper at October 12, 2011 08:16 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 12, 2011 08:16 AM (Hx5uv)
Didn't Romney say something last night about "reaching across the isle"?
The Dems are just drooling at the thought of trashing the Filthy Rich Corporatist in the general....whom they can also shred for being a 'crazy Morman cultist'.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 12, 2011 08:17 AM (C9SRm)
Gandhi, Gandhi today is, with respect to all of you, Gandhi today is a tumor that the ruling class is using constantly to mislead us. French Revolution made fundamental transformation. But it was bloody.
India, the result of Gandhi, is 600 million people living in maximum poverty.
So, ultimately, the bourgeoisie wonÂ’t go without violent means. Revolution! Yes, revolution that is led by the working class.
Long live revolution! Long live socialism!
Gandhi was lucky in who his opponents were, but unlike the French, he actually gave the Indians a chance at a free society. The French Revolution gave the French people the Directorate, an Emperor, two decades of war, and finally the return of the old order. In short, it accomplished NOTHING.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 12, 2011 08:17 AM (7BU4a)
The kid says, "how was I supposed to know? I've never tried."
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at October 12, 2011 08:17 AM (ehEyA)
Posted by: Peter Orszag at October 12, 2011 08:17 AM (RD7QR)
In the same sentence he can demonize the Republicans and then make a plea for working together for the common good.
Obama can vilify the job creators/private sector and then say he will do everything possible to get people back to work.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 12, 2011 08:17 AM (sqkOB)
And we've all seen teh SCOAMF's demonstrated ability of "working together". What was that about not giving the keys back and having to sit in the back and not wanting to hear from the "people that caused the problem"? And now he wants his advisors to bypass Congress if they can and push through his magical jobs bill by executive fiat.
Yeah, working together.
Posted by: Marmo at October 12, 2011 08:18 AM (InrkQ)
Posted by: Libertarian Party at October 12, 2011 08:18 AM (SDkq3)
Posted by: t-bird at October 12, 2011 08:19 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 08:20 AM (h+qn8)
Speaking of OWS, the damnable Gawker just gave them the equivalent of a hit-list:
Disgusting!… Gawker Incites Violence – Publishes Rich Hit List
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 12, 2011 12:06 PM (9hSKh)
You know what I think I would do, were I one of the billionaires that were being targeted?
I would go out into the protest at my building, grab one of the protesters and hand them a check for 2 million dollars and see just EXACTLY what they'd do with it.
No strings, no instructions, just money.
Watch what happens........
Posted by: © Sponge at October 12, 2011 08:20 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Ian S.
Fine with me. Nobody in their right minds thinks it's a jobs bill anyway. We all know it's a bill to refill Democrat coffers. Let the Republicans be the ones to "kill" it. Suits me.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at October 12, 2011 08:20 AM (h1p5V)
It's psy-ops. And it's brilliant.
I figured it out. It's a Poison-Honey type of thing. Obama speaks of honey while carefully placing droplets of poison in the mix.
The honey makes people feel good...about Obama. And the poison is to make people hate those who oppose Obama.
Posted by: soothsayer at October 12, 2011 08:22 AM (sqkOB)
Not a check- cash. It wouldn't even have to be 2 million dollars. 50,000 would be sufficient. Hand it to one of them, go back in the house, and have your heavily armed security guards shoot anyone who tries to get in.
The crowd will tear itself to part in minutes.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at October 12, 2011 08:23 AM (8y9MW)
96 also Lerner of SEIU, is asking for protesters to go to the HOMES of the wealthy.
All those union bosses are quite wealthy themselves. Jimmy Hoffa used to boast about his wealth, when he would speak to crowds of truck drivers he would show off his expensive watch, expensive suit, and fancy shoes.
Hoffa said that his union brethern were HAPPY to see that a truck driver just like them could get rich.
Hmm, that sounds kinda right-wing to me...........
Posted by: Boots at October 12, 2011 08:24 AM (neKzn)
Posted by: Smash The System - Re-elect Obama! at October 12, 2011 08:25 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at October 12, 2011 12:21 PM (OWjjx)
Lawyers, Guns, and Money.... funny how something can go from a Warren Zevon Song, to a Survivial Strategy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2011 08:26 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: t-bird at October 12, 2011 08:27 AM (FcR7P)
Oh... and what your watching is the Evolution of the "Post Partisan" President campaign ploy from last election.
They will spin it as Obama was the adult in the room, but no one would cooperate with him... so now the voters need to FORCE the Congress (ie Repub House) to do what Obama wants...
Aint going to work, as the electorate is making Obama Jokes now... but inside the beltway, they are both deluded, and desperate.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 12, 2011 08:29 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: Unclefacts Out Of Commenting Retirement Just For This One Thing at October 12, 2011 08:30 AM (6IReR)
Posted by: bett favre at October 12, 2011 08:33 AM (+56Bh)
Posted by: Mary at October 12, 2011 08:33 AM (+iIXJ)
Posted by: wing at October 12, 2011 08:36 AM (p55Wp)
We control only one branch of government, the House, while the left has the Senate and the White House, and yet it seems as if we are totally in control.
The perfect storm, isn't it? A world-wide economy on the precipice, and the socialistic policies the left has pushed, all exposed as completely wrong.
A narcissistic moron in the White House, starting to act like a bearded reclusive Howard Hughes up on the twelfth floor of his Las Vegas hotel.
Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at October 12, 2011 08:36 AM (4sQwu)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 12, 2011 08:37 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Shiggz at October 12, 2011 08:43 AM (I9fXA)
Posted by: willow at October 12, 2011 12:09 PM (h+qn
By whom?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at October 12, 2011 08:50 AM (K6bNI)
Posted by: Captain Hate at October 12, 2011 09:48 AM (AOB4B)
"First of all, Eric, I won."
Funny how, in a few short years, the "iWon" has become the "iWhine".
Cheers,
Russ(tovich)
Posted by: Russtovich at October 12, 2011 10:51 AM (lw8f3)
Well, this was the best we could come up with in the last month. Give us a break. We were in the middle of Shakespeare when the DNC hired us.
Posted by: A Million Monkeys Typing at October 12, 2011 12:32 PM (REXkU)
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Posted by: steevy at October 12, 2011 12:41 PM (fyOgS)
Surprisingly, that one came out in less time than it took Cheeta to finish his fruit medley. What are the odds?
Posted by: A Million Monkeys Typing at October 12, 2011 12:46 PM (REXkU)
Michelle is a SCOAMF too. A Stupid Cunny of A Mooching Fatty.
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