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On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:52:19 -0700 (PDT), ChasNemo <...@earthlink.net
W0w.....!!!!!!!!
Yup...it's true...even LEFTIST liberal talk show host Bill Maher knows
that Obammy is nothing but a "Chocolate Sockpuppet"...ain't it
GRAND.....!!!!!???
Heehee...:
Here is an _LA Times_ piece of his that sums up the gist of
what he said on tonight's show of June 12 (which is available online
and via your friendly
local cable provider)...
GAWD......!!!!!!!!
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-maher12-2009jun1...
From the Los Angeles Times
Enough with the Obamathon
The president is on TV more than the ShamWow guy, but I want to see a
little
more action.
By Bill Maher
June 12, 2009
"President Obama should just join the cast of "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me
Out
of Here!" It's not that farfetched; he's been on everything else.
I'm still a fan, but there's a fine line between being transparent and
being
overexposed. Every time you turn on the TV, there's Obama. He's
getting a
puppy! He's eating a cheeseburger with Joe Biden! He's taking the wife
to
Broadway and Paris -- this is the best season of "The Bachelor" yet!
I get it: You love being on TV. I love my bong, but I take it out of
my
mouth every once in a while. The other day, I caught myself saying to
a
friend, "Don't tell me if he's fixed the economy yet, I'm Tivo-ing
it."
Remember during the campaign when John McCain attacked Obama for
acting like
a celebrity and we all laughed at the grumpy old shellshocked fool?
Well, it
turns out he was right. Sorry, senator. I'm sending a nice gift basket
of
high-fiber muffins your way.
It's getting to where you can't turn on your TV without seeing Obama.
Who
does he think he is, Dick Cheney? Come on, sir, you don't have to be
on
television every minute of every day. You're the president, not a
rerun of
"Law and Order." Save some charisma for a rainy day. Taking strangers
from a
TV show on a tour of your house? We have that show; it's called
"Cribs." And
letting reporters ask you questions like "You like to be the one who
picks
out the shaving cream, don't you?" Or as it's called today,
"journalism." I
was willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt until I saw him
take
Brian Williams into his bedroom, and at the end of the bed there was
a
teleprompter and it said, "Who's your daddy?"
I mean, selling the personal part to stay popular, I'm all for it, but
you
got us already. We like you, we really like you! You're skinny and in
a
hurry and in love with a nice lady. But so's Lindsay Lohan. And like
Lohan,
we see your name in the paper a lot, but we're kind of wondering when
you're
actually going to do something.
I know that's harsh. But when I read about how you sat on the
sidelines
while bailed-out banks used the money we gave them to hire lobbyists
who got
Congress to stop homeowners from getting renegotiated loans, or how
Congress
is already giving up on healthcare reform, or how scientists say it's
essential to reduce CO2 by 40% in 10 years, but your own bill calls
for 4%,
I say, enough with the character development, let's get on with the
plot.
And let's stop worrying so much about doing anything that might
tarnish the
brand. See, this is why I don't want my president to be a TV star:
Because
TV stars are too worried about being popular -- and too concerned
with
getting renewed.
You can relax about that, Mr. President, knowing that there's a large,
rich
organization doing everything it possibly can to ensure that you'll
get
reelected: It's called the Republican Party.
Speaking of which, if you can't beat Republicans now, when they're so
down
they take orders from Rush Limbaugh, then when? The way to get renewed
for
your reality show that you love so much is to act boldly now.
Obama needs to start putting it on the line in fights against the
banks, the
energy companies and the healthcare industry. I never thought I'd say
this,
but he needs to be more like George W. Bush. Bush was all about,
"You're
with us or against us."
Obama's more like, "You're either with us, or you obviously need to
see
another picture of this adorable puppy!"
Bush had horrible ideas, like torture and deregulation and preemptive
war
and tax cuts for the rich, but he pushed them through, in their full
measure, never mind Congress or the Constitution or the Geneva
Convention or
the Magna Carta or the Code of Hammurabi.
The point is, he didn't care if it made him unpopular with every human
on
the planet not named Cletus or Fred Barnes. Which it did.
And we need to marry the good ideas Obama really believes in with that
Bush
attitude and Bush certitude. I'd love for Obama to come out one day
and say,
"Jesus told me to fix healthcare." Or, "History will decide whether
stopping
the polar ice caps from melting and drowning us all was a good
thing."
In conclusion, Bush was a jerk, but he never cared about being seen
having a
burger with Dick Cheney. He picked up the phone in the White House and
said,
"I'm the president, bring me a burger." And they'd say, "Sir, this is
NORAD.
Would you please stop ordering burgers with the red phone?"
I'm glad that Obama is president, but the "Audacity of Hope" part is
over.
Right now, I'm hoping for a little more audacity...."
Bill Maher is the host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
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