Obama told the Congressional Black Caucus to stop complaining and get to work for him. If any other President had spoken to them that way, we might be reading words like “boss” and “plantation” in the news today. That doesn’t mean there weren’t charges of racism thrown about during the broader event. Those were directed at the usual Tea Party suspects.
Obama also slipped up and said something broadly being interpreted as about a “Jew” tax. He also seemed to address the CBC in what might be called a sorry ya’ll, but I’m slummin’ it vernacular. I’m thinking he didn’t rely on it quite as much when he later addressed a $35,800 a couple fund raiser in a wealthy Washington state suburb. What do you think?
On his West Coast fundraising swing, Obama test-drove a new, more combative tone. Highlights include accusing GOP debate audiences of “cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don’t have health care” and booing a gay service member and calling Rick Perry “a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change.”
Obama was off to L.A.next. Hopefully he’ll meet up with the talent agent, Stephen Hanks, who felt compelled to tell Bristol Palin her Mother was a “whore.” Sounds like he and Obama may have more in common than one might have thought before Obama shifted to campaign mode. So much for civility in politics and any so called new tone.
Coming off the Bush era, during which the media held his foreign policy responsible for everything, it’s interesting how quick some are to infer Obama’s foreign policy is responsible for nothing overseas.
Speaking of Bush, a majority of adults now rate Obama as “same as” or “worse” than President Bush. 34% say Obama is ‘worse than’ Bush, while 22% rate him as “about the same.” Keep in mind, the poll is by Gallup and it is of ‘adults,’ which generally skew more favorable to Democrats. Among likely voters, Obama’s numbers are probably far worse.
It’s said a Euro-Zone rescue plan is beginning to emerge. No word on who or what might rescue us at this point.
DOOM: I’m a crawling king snake and I rules my den
GLOOM: A record 81% of Americans are unhappy with government. The other 19% are probably relatives of public sector employees.
Shutdown! The government’s current stop-gap, short-term spending authority expires at the end of the week. The House has already passed a new short-term spending measure, but the Sen. Reid is refusing to bring it up for a vote. Who are the obstructionists again?
As you likely know by now, Herman Cain upset Rick Perry in the Florida straw poll. Upset and upsetting are two words we’ll likely hear again when it comes to the 2012 GOP presidential field.
In other news, Netflix has secured a streaming deal with DreamWorks. Also, Saudia Arabia will allow women to vote after 2015. Fast, or slow, change is change, I suppose.
The Census Bureau has released its annual American Community Survey. Its a treasure-trove for data geeks.
For Whom the Bull Toils: Barcelona hosted its final bull-fight. The city’s home ‘state’, Catalonia is the first region of Spain to ban the sport.
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