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I failed to find a scary Rahm, found one from a fan instead. I suppose it’s scary on a different level
I first became aware of this as a “strategy” from an Ambinder tweet
Interesting how folks attribute the WH’s health care strategy to Rahm Emanuel. This is Obama’s strategy — make no mistake.
I remembered then how Bobots like Sirota and Greenwald seem to dump all their disappointments in Obama’s betrayals on Emmanuel.
Let me make it absolutely clear: this is not a defense of the man who said that women insulted through the primaries shall return to their knitting – for one thing Rahm – I never stopped knitting – I can multitask.
But this image of the blameless, beloved Obama being held prisoner by evil Rahm… I can see it know – bound and gaged on the railroad in front of an incoming steam locomotive…And Rahm is twirling his moustache (he’d have to have one for this scene!)
In the latest stage of this fantasy, they actually gave it a name – not sure whether it will catch: the rahmflu.
Interestingly enough, Obama seems to be vaccinated as he lays there on the railroad. But congrespeople who waver on the public option, they seem to be catching it.
I know Obama is taking a page from Jr & Rove. But when your followers think you are playing multidimensional chess on Mars, it’s a bit harder to take credit for all successes while blaming your henchman for all the betrayals.
I suppose it’s Rahm’s fault Obama just trivialized his alleged base when talking to conservatives? Such a fiend, must have hypnotic powers for his devilish plots!
Makes me wonder: when freepers were occasionally dissatisfied with Jr, were they actually blaming Rove?
After comiserating with the bonus recipients (from taxpayers money), and having told us Obama lives on a budget, this time, Bloomberg cried in his teacup for Pharma . For the billionaire who bought NYC – twice – they make peanuts
“You know, last time I checked, pharmaceutical companies don’t make a lot of money, their executives don’t make a lot of money – not that they couldn’t do better,” the mayor told WOR host John Gambling as the duo discussed health care from during their weekly radio show.
Bloomberg who championed Obama to the point of threatening to run as 3rd party if the Dems nominated Hillary also ranted against the evil Canadians who would love to compete for prices with our poor little pharma
it’s “wrong” for companies to be selling drugs at a lower price in Canada than here in the US, adding: “We should stop that.”
Hmmm- maybe he should buy them out.
The funny thing was that during the commercial on the radio show he stated those things his handlers might have alerted him that he let the billionaire out again so he retracted. Sorta:
he had done a quick Google search and discovered that some big drug company execs are actually “making a decent amount and more than a decent amount.”
He joked about the reason his view on salaries is skewed
Bloomberg joked that he’s only getting paid $1 a year (which he doesn’t even keep) to be mayor, which makes everyone else’s salaries look big – no matter how much they make
Which would be funny had he not just said Pharma execs’ pay (up to 25-29 million a year) don’t make all that much.
It finally dawned on him: GOP is not his friend – the postpartisan era is not here just yet – just because you said it would be.
On the conservative talk show he whined about what GOP does
‘Look let’s not give him a victory. Maybe we can have a replay of 1993-94 when Clinton came in, he failed on health care and then we won in the midterm elections and we got the majority.’ And I think there are some folks that are taking a page out of that playbook.”
Noooo! Opposition opposes? But, I am not Clinton, I am Teh One!
Maybe if he gave them more concessions they wouldn’t?
Here’s a clue: we just found out the Bush administration used terror alerts politically. Well, most of us hippies knew it, but it got now confirmed.
Everything is political – especially when POTUS is in a permanent campaign mode and stamps his logo on everything,
And where is this conclusion being aired again? On a conservative talk show!
Which conforms Krugman’s latest
It’s hard to avoid the sense that Mr. Obama has wasted months trying to appease people who can’t be appeased, and who take every concession as a sign that he can be rolled.
Yup. Bipartisanship used to mean “let’s surrender to GOP” Postpartisanship, OTOH means…let’s surrender to the GOP”
From Consider this News
Glad we amuse you!
Some gift he has – in one sentence both public option and “the left” get trashed.
Makes me think of that Glen Greenwald article today
As always: even when the dirty leftist hippies are proven right, they’re still Shrill, unSerious Losers who every decent person and “journalist” scorns.
However considering that Greenwald was wrong when supporting Obama I’ll go with Riverdaughter’s
The White House has probably never seen the likes of us. We’re both ignorant bigots and anarchic, civil rights types with a penchant for healthy living. One thing is for sure: Obama wants nothing to do with us and he’s making a point of telling the whole world how utterly repellent we are.
Update
Here’s another excitable leftie - Paul Krugman, whom they managed to bring back on the plantation lately
the Obama administration — which seemed, over the weekend, to be backing away from the “public option” for health insurance — is shocked and surprised at the furious reaction from progressives.
Well, I’m shocked and surprised at their shock and surprise.
And he has arguments too
And let’s be clear: the supposed alternative, nonprofit co-ops, is a sham. That’s not just my opinion; it’s what the market says: stocks of health insurance companies soared on news that the Gang of Six senators trying to negotiate a bipartisan approach to health reform were dropping the public plan. Clearly, investors believe that co-ops would offer little real competition to private insurers.
But that’s OK, because the GOP opposes that too.
Update
We now know that the Senate bill never included a public option
Do you see any way that the gang of six will come out of the Finance Committee with a public option? Snowe: No, I don’t. We have not had the public option on the table. It’s been co ops…”
Granted, it’s a duh type of news but how many times did you see Obama’s broken promises make page one?
Of course there are several levels of irony that the one constituency that gets their broken promises on page one are…used car dealers.
But who knows? Maybe some day, we’ll see the media cover the plight of the anti-war or civil rights constituencies, gays or – even women! Here are some good compilations of all the people who should also get a newspaper page one
Update
meanwhile, this program, cash for clunkers, ends Monday
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