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A Failed Attempt

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…at channelling FDR? John Pitney has a theory about the president’s latest bizarre off-prompter moment:

One can only guess what the president was thinking. I’m the new Roosevelt, right? So what did he do when he was under attack? He told union guys something about a dog. But instead of tossing off some humorous line about Bo the First Canine, he blurted out a bit of witless self-pity.

It was as senseless as it was unfunny. Not even the world’s looniest dog-hater has ever accused a pooch of ignoring the Constitution and a running up a $13 trillion debt.

I like Treacher’s take, myself:

Who’s a good president? Obama’s a good president, isn’t he? Yes he is!

I certainly wouldn’t compare Obama to a dog. Dogs are capable of learning.

Well, the question is, how old is this dog, and can he learn any new tricks in time for either this election, or the next one?

21 thoughts on “A Failed Attempt”

  1. Obama reminds me of my neighbor’s annoying little ankle-biter dog. That dog seems to love the sound of his own voice as he barks for hours at nothing. It has gotten to the point where I can’t stand listening to him any more, and I don’t like the dog, either.

  6. When Obama was sworn in as president, he and Michelle were taken on a tour of the nation’s capital by Reid, Pelosi and the rest of the gang. When Obama was shown the original copy of the Constitution, he turned to the others, very seriously, and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, what we see here is a great document . . . FOR ME TO POOP ON!!!”

    I got a million of ’em, folks.

  8. larry j, like I feel your pain.

    My nekulturny neighbor has this wiener dog, which he gave the same name as my wife. My wife, however, eschews violence and won’t permit me to “meet him on the Field of Honor.”

    The neighbor is an early riser, and the dog gets let out, on a chain, right under the bedroom window, where it lets out a few barks at quarter to six in the morning. If perchance I am able to roll over to get back to sleep, this dog lets out another bark, and just when you think it is done, it lets out a yodeling bark to call attention to itself. The dog has mastered “timing” — not barking all the time but barking and yodeling in the most annoying intervals possible. After this goes on for a while, the dog is winched in on its chain through their back sliding doors.

    Is their a political dog analogy here? Dunno, everytime I see the President on TV, the Recession is worse than he thought and something he inherited, the economy is getting much better on account of what he has done, but in case you think it needs more help, he has yet another piece of spending legislation to end the recession, this time, for sure, only, the Republicans in Congress oppose it as Republicans do, notwithstanding that he has majorities in both Houses and a working (60-seat) majority in the Senate (cough, Susan Collins, cough, Olympia Snow, cough, Scott Brown, cough George Voinovich, cough Lindsey Graham) were he to have the least bit of political experience, which, he doesn’t have.

    Yip . . . yip . . . . . . yahooooooooooo!

  9. @Paul Milenkovic: Damn.

    “he has yet another piece of spending legislation to end the recession.”

    Because the last one worked so well. What’s that definition of insanity?

    BTW, are you taking anything for that cough? 🙂

  10. For that cough I recommend a good dose of Voter Revolt in November and if that doesn’t work tar, feathers and a rail should.

  12. Well, the question is, how old is this dog, and can he learn any new tricks in time for either this election, or the next one?

    He’s 49, not in dog years, and I’ve never heard of a 49-year-old dog learning anything.

    The last two words above are, of course, optional.

  13. The neighbor is an early riser, and the dog gets let out, on a chain, right under the bedroom window, where it lets out a few barks at quarter to six in the morning.

    In addition to the excellent suggestion of a slingshot and ice pellets mentioned above, I believe it is better to give than to receive. May I suggest mowing your lawn at 3 AM?

  15. Obama compared himself to a dog a few months ago when describing his ethnic heritage…didn’t he use the word “mongrel”?

  16. Someone should roll up a paperbound copy of Hayek’s ROAD TO SERFDOM and whack Obama on the nose with it. Bad president! Bad!

  18. Well, after that sad, childish display of self pity, he will no longer be spoken of as if he were a dog–he will be spoken of as if he were a pussy.

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