Asking For It
Health care reform isn't dead, though it's on life support. The message to Dems from the public couldn't be much clearer. Yet, I keep hearing supporters say they should still pass it. Indeed, many claim the reason the public is unhappy with Congress is that they've failed to shove this unpopular bill down the people's throats.
I believe I heard Jon Stewart (to pick a notable example) say something like this. He didn't put it as I do, but that's what his advice amounts to. He can't seem to understand why the Dems are so timid. Let me put it this way. Jon, are you willing to quit your show to get this bill passed? Because you seem pretty cavalier about asking politicians, whose lives have been built around gaining power, to give it all up.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:27 AM
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Good analogy w/Jon Stewart. Here's something else to consider:
I've sampled Stewart, Colbert, Letterman, Leno, O'Brien, Ferguson, Fallon, Kimmel, et al...
...and have been amazed that NOT ONE has tried to present themselves as an alternative to the unwritten "hands off" policy that seems to exist concerning jokes about the present administration, and in particular, the President.
Look, I like Obama, too; he seems like a nice guy with his heart in the right place. But he occupies the highest office in the land...
...which should be, by definition, the highest comedic target in the land.
Are all the talk show comics that afraid of losing their jobs?
The response I've heard is that the public hasn't rejected the actual bill, they've rejected the lies that they've been told about the bill, and once the bill is passed and they see that the lies are just that, they'll appropriately blame the real bad guys. I don't buy it, but that's the argument. We'll see if Obama deviates from it or gives it one last good try in the State Of The Union.
Obama as president should be funny but he's not.
His congressional allies are very funny as are the opponents as are the Clintons as are the Palins. He seems too much of good guy and mocking does not seem to appropriate retort as it does with other hubris-filled politicos. Not saying hubris is absent just that he hides his well. Maybe taking on the "cool" approach and playing it up as "cold fish" might work but doesn't seem terribly promising.
I'm in the business so I'll use a car analogy. And I know QG likes Saab, so I'll use them (no offense, QG).
Here it is, folks. The brand-new, latest and greatest, completely redesigned Saab 9-3 convertible (or maybe it's the 9-4 or whatever they want to call it). Yes, it comes with a steep price tag and no, I can't show you how I built it or what's under the hood. Hell, I can't even let you test-drive it. But you love the one you have now, right?
Tell you what, you buy the car from me right now, at sticker - unless you're a union member or from Nebraska, in which case you get a discount - and I promise to fix anything that goes wrong with it for as long as YOU OWN it.
What do you say? *extends hand* Have we got a deal?
Jon Stewart spent a major segment last night making fun of Obama's State of the Union address. This has been a standard approach throughout the year, and even during the campaign. It's simply false that he has a "hands off" approach to Obama.
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