When President Obama took to Jon Stewart's special Washington set on the Daily Show and gave him a full 15-minute interview last night, he demonstrated EXACTLY why voters are deserting him in droves.
He CALMLY told us that his administration has had historic achievements. He agreed that the slogan that helped him win the last presidential election, "Change you can believe in," needed to have the new add-on: "but we have to work on it." He continually repeated that change "is a work in progress."
President Obama, you are right! We the people are unreasonable. We want our change immediately! We want our jobs back! We want our mortgages fixed! We want better education! Lower taxes!
But we weren't sure we want health care, especially after all the crazy ads that have convinced us that Obamacare will raise our premiums and send our grannies to death panels!
In any case, we wanted all the good stuff fast, especially JOBS! Instead, you keep telling us that it will take longer than 18 months to make these things happen.
And when you tell us these things, you say them so quietly and calmly (like you did last night on the Daily Show), we feel gypped!
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Recently, (OCT 28) a NYT Caucus blog headline topic asked, "Is Obama Being Too Timid for Liberal Democrats?"
If Stewart had any real progressive conviction and empathy for our people, our country, and our stolen democracy he would have confronted this Vichy pawn of Empire, Obama, with the following retort to NYT's question:
Is Obama Being Too Timid for Liberal Democrats?
Does Howdy Doody have a wooden ass?
Obama is accurately described to a tee by Chris Hedges new and incomparable "Death of the Liberal Class" ---- as is the NYT and all of the other co-opted, complicit and deceitful sell-outs in the second string Vichy team (the Democratic Party) playing ball for the ruling-elite's global corporate/financial/militarist EMPIRE.
The hell with "Obama Being Too Timid for Liberal Democrats" --- Obama is too gutless and COMPLICIT WITH EMPIRE for democracy and the people!
Alan MacDonald
Sanford, Maine
The Republicans have no regard for the middle class. Bush screwed this country for 8 years and everyone thinks Obama can turn it around in 2? Gimma break! The neocons have no plan other than to make their rich old white friends richer.
It's much more than simply moving slowly.
You got it. Otherwise we come off being like cold oatmeal.
And we are a reasoned country. We make mistakes when we elect people who are great speakers and even honest people but who fail. When we make mistakes we move on but remember and correct them in the next election.
and not to nitpik, but on the 3 videos here at HP, the on air time was more like 26min.
Is this a great country or what???
He looked like he had no sense of humor and irritated at any jokes towards him. Watch anyone else who goes on Jon Stewart, he will say something funny and a guest will laugh off the joke and explain his true position. Everyone should be able to laugh at themselves a little, nobody's perfect. Otherwise, avoid a comedy show!
The only funny parts by Obama were his gaffes. "Heck of a guy", "We've done things people don't even know about", "Yes we can, but...", lol. And Stewart is a friendly, imagine an interview by O'Reilly midway through his presidency. I would pay to see that.