I have to admit I stayed up later than usual last night in order to catch President Obama on “The Tonight Show,” just out of curiosity. I find it interesting that our President literally treats his presidency like he is a movie star: promote your work on late night. Although, if I were his advisor, I would have told him to do the exact same thing. It’s a different audience for the most part (as opposed to the ultra-liberal Letterman). At least Jay is a middle of the road guy and makes fun of EVERYONE, instead of just Republicans. But we all know Obama is great at campaigning, and campaigning he shall continue!
During the show, you had an audience full of left-wing followers who applauded after every other word he spoke, and who were about as giddy as Nancy Pelosi was when Obama addressed congress. But aside from all that, I was really interested in what the guy had to say. There were 2 things he said that stuck out to me, so I felt compelled to point out (and finally start writing on my blog again). And it wasn’t even him feeling “stunned” over the AIG bonuses, because we already know that’s just not true.
Firstly, Obama said “the American people are all in a place where they understand it took us a while to get into this mess, it’s going to take a while for us to get out of it.” Translation: Bush is why we are here, and I will try to help you, but if I don’t and it takes too long, it’s still Bush’s fault. I have said it from the get-go that Obama will place blame 100% of the time on Bush when things go wrong. After all, he is still campaigning, and we all heard the phrase “4 more years of Bush” about 787 billion times (one time for every dollar he spent on the stimulus bill, just for fun).
Secondly, Obama tried to joke that Washington, D.C. “is a bit like ‘American idol’ except everybody’s Simon Cowell. Everybody’s got an opinion,” adding, “I welcome the challenge.” Excuse me? Is he sounding like a little victim? Poor President Obama, being scrutinized? Hmph! I’d love to hear how he would deal with the scrutiny Bush received over the last 8 years. Or how McCain/Palin were treated by the press. I’m sorry, but Obama saying he gets treated like American Idol contestants being scrutinized by Simon Cowell is simply laughable. If that is true, then (most) of the American people and the media acts like Paula Abdul: a blubbering drunken idiot who doesn’t know what the hell she is talking about and praises everyone regardless of performance. Oh yes, and Mr. President, you welcome the challenge? Really? Because the last time you were challenged, you diverted the attention to a right-wing talk-show host who you don’t like, and you know doesn’t like you. Is that how you deal with a “challenge?”
Oh the hypocrisy.
