Uh Oh: Just Words

Hmm. Is the media starting to turn on Obama? I'd settle for realistic, as opposed to against.

In the weekly radio and Internet address which Obama delivers today - one month-plus into the new presidency, we have grown accustomed to a new brand of communication that involves not only a weekly radio communiqué, but also the president himself, appearing in person, via the video wonder of broadband service - the president states, no fewer than six times in today's radio and online address, that, "because of what we did,'' things will get better.

Yet in the past two weeks alone, there is an argument to be made that, because of what the administration has not done -- not adequately explainiing how all of its economic rescue efforts will really work -- financial markets have slid into even worse shape than they stood a month before for lack of confidence that what needs being done is actually getting done.

Speaking of turning, remember the old "slowly I turned" vaudeville bit? Here's Abbott and Costello's movie version. And a stage version by The Three Stooges. I couldn't find Lucille Ball's version, here's the chocolate factory conveyor belt scene instead.

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[Terry Gain]

"Yet in the past two weeks alone, there is an argument to be made that, because of what the administration has not done -- not adequately explainiing how all of its economic rescue efforts will really work -- financial markets have slid into even worse shape than they stood a month before for lack of confidence that what needs being done is actually getting done."

The markets are responding to the fact that during an economic crisis, created in part by excessive government spending, Obama spends billions on Democrat Party patronage projects. The public understands that these projects will be paid with borrowed money which will be paid with higher interest rates and taxes. People are therefore holding on to their money. No amount of splainin from this unqualified POTUS is going to change that.

In fact it will only make things worse as people get tired of this socialist trying to explain how to make a capitalist economy work.

[mary]

"communiqué" ooo man is that a super charged word.

[Sharri]

They is actually a proposed amendment to the constitution to remove the two term limit on an individual as President. You’ve got to get involved in this one!!

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj5/show

Also, there is a major assault on the Second Amendment, it’s HR-45. Firearms licensing and Record of Sale Act. Vote on this as well!!!!

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/show

We will have to watch these people or we won’t have any rights left!!! They is actually a proposed amendment to the constitution to remove the two term limit on an individual as President. You’ve got to get involved in this one!!

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj5/show

Also, there is a major assault on the Second Amendment, it’s HR-45. Firearms licensing and Record of Sale Act. Vote on this as well!!!!

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/show

We will have to watch these people or we won’t have any rights left!!!

[Jim Treacher]

I think that's from the Abbott & Costello TV show.

[Dan Riehl]

I can place the guy's voice in the A&B clip - can't pull up a name.