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| 2010-01-30 |
| Hinkle's got Bambi nailed: This is a complex issue, and the longer it was debated, the more skeptical people became. I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people. --Barack Obama, State of the Union. There's a lot in the bill that people are going to like. It's just a question of understanding it. --ABC's Cokie Roberts, Dec. 20. What are the immediate plans for recalibrating the message or intensifying the message to explain better to the American people what you're trying to do? --Question to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Jan. 20. It mighty big of man with nice voice to take blame like that. Him not need to. Head honchos not often take blame. Most times after big screw-up, head honchos say they have "full confidence" in someone who work for them -- right before pushing someone off edge of cliff, or letting someone twist "slowly, slowly" in wind, like tricky Nixon guy did with man who ran FBI. Man with nice voice not like those other head honchos. Him bring change to Washington already, see? But him right. Him not explain health care good. Use too many big words. Say too many compound-complex sentences. Confuse American people. American people not want that. American people want simple explanation. Simpler the better. Me feel kind of sorry. It must really get on nerves for man with nice voice and people on his side, like lady on TV and cheerleaders in White House press pool. Why can't lamebrain American people get idea through thick skulls? Them not know how to make choices in own best interests! Need enlightened leaders to make choices for them. (Enlightened = smart. Me look this up in thing called "dictionary." Dictionary good! Try sometime!) Read the whole thing - it's a hoot. |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #4 Rulers usually speak down to their |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-30 21:56 |
| #3 it's Saturday evening, TU - you get a pass cuz I can't spell for shit this late and am trying to establish a precedent.. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-01-30 21:34 |
| #2 So, of course, I spell "reason" wrong... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-01-30 21:30 |
| #1 A big reson why Brown won up here... Mr. Brown says it frustrates him that too many politicians still believe that people will be fooled by what they're proposing. "People aren't stupid, and leaders should figure out they're better informed now than ever." Perhaps that explains how Scott Brown was able to pull off his improbable Cinderella story. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-01-30 21:26 |