Someone Check What NBC’s Chuck Todd Is Drinking

Consider this question for President Barack Obama during a news conference on Tuesday night. The question is from NBC’s Chuck Todd.

TODD: Some have compared this financial crisis to a war and in times of war past Presidents have called for some form of sacrifice. Some of your programs whether main street or Wall Street have actually cushioned the blow for those that were irresponsible during this economic period of prosperity, supposed prosperity that you were talking about. Why, given this new era of responsibility that you’re asking for why haven’t you asked for something specific that the public should be sacrificing to participate in this economic recovery?

So, is Todd really saying that the American people have not sacrificed enough? Maybe he is not familiar with people losing their homes, homeless people living in tent cities, people who can’t afford to eat, people who are without health care, newspapers (and other businesses) shutting down left and right, people losing their jobs, salaries are being cut, benefits are being slashed and on and on it goes. Todd doesn’t think that is enough?

Crooks and Liars:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/chuck-todd-apparently-thinks-americans-hav

CNN’s Ed Henry Tries To Publicly Talk Tough To President Obama … Gets Owned

CNN’s Ed Henry is no different than a lot of these big-time reporters in the elite media (including those members of the media that get an opportunity to question world leaders like President Barack Obama). He wants to show his brothers and sisters in the media that he is tough on world leaders to score points for himself. President Obama was ready and I doubt Henry liked the response he got about why he felt the president was too slow in expressing outrage about the AIG bonuses. The president gave a straightforward answer that caused a bit of a tense laughter in the room.

Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykostv.com/w/001049/

President Obama Just Can’t Win With Some Critics

When President Barack Obama was filling out his NCAA men’s basketball championship bracket for ESPN’s Andy Katz and when he was appearing on Jay Leno he was accused by critics of having too much fun when the nation’s economy (he inherited from the previous administration) is struggling. When he holds a presidential news conference and is business-like then his critics charge that he’s too boring and serious.

Bobby Jindal Selling His Soul To Conservative Base For Potential 2012 Votes … What A Shame

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal certainly is trying to strengthen his position in the conservative base in the Republican Party. He is doing that even at the cost of perhaps selling his soul to the far Rush Limbaugh wing of the GOP. Jindal is trying to get this done by appealing to those who feel like Limbaugh in that they have had to grab the ankles and hope that President Barack Obama succeeds because he is black. Jindal did not say that, but you have to wonder if the thought (or a similar one) was perhaps swimming around in the back of his head waiting to erupt like a volcano (oops).

Said Jindal, as quoted by CNN:

“Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, ‘Why no sir, I don’t want the president to fail,’ is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism,” Jindal said at a political fundraiser attended by 1,200 people. “This is political correctness run amok.”

Perhaps Jindal has a short memory and simply has forgotten all those who were accused of being anti-American for their opposition to initiatives of former president George W. Bush. That must have slipped Bobby’s mind while he was trying to raise funds and throw red meat at a conservative base that hates (or, at best, strongly dislikes) President Obama.

Jindal further added that he would “not be brow beaten on this, and I will not kowtow to their correctness. My answer to the question is very simple: ‘Do you want the president to fail?’ It depends on what he is trying to do.”

So, with that, Bobby Jindal officially sold his soul to the far right wing of the Republican base … and he did it for some potential votes in 2012. It appears that Michael Steele now has some company. It is amazing how all these people want our president and our commander in chief to fail all of a sudden. For as much as many liberals and moderates disagreed with President Bush, protested and challenged many of his decisions, I can’t remember nearly this amount of regular people and high-ranking public officials in such an open and almost sinister fashion hoping for the president to fail. I guess D.L. Hughley was right when he said that Rush Limbaugh was the de facto leader of the Republican Party. It appears Gov. Bobby Jindal is now taking his orders from Limbaugh.

Bobby Jindal would be wise to watch his step in the Republican Party. Steele stepped out of line and was lashed pretty good by the de facto leader of the GOP.

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/jindal.defense.obama/index.html