Today is a big day for protests by American citizens angry that Barack Obama dragged the U.S. military into the civil war in Libya without the legally required congressional authorization. Protests, organized by anti-war groups on the Left, are being held at the following places and times:
- Washington D.C. in front of the White House at Noon
- New Haven, Connecticut at 141 Church Street at 11:00 AM
- Boston, Massachusetts at the Park Street Station (corner of Park and Tremont Streets) at 1:00 PM
- Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico bookstore, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina at the corner of Route 278 and Beach City Road at 10:00 AM
- Seattle at Westlake Park (corner of 4th and Pine) at 2:00 PM
I Am the Very Model of a Democratic President
With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan, authors of I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General
I am the very model of a Democratic president,
Who stumbled into office on a wave of massive discontent.
I’ve organized communities and burdened our state governments,
With help from union activists and other roguish elements.
I’ve found a way to give you unemployment at plus ten percent,
And rammed through legislation that the population does resent,
With stimulus and bailouts that our politicians should prevent,
Increasing sovereign debt to cover all the cash that I have spent.
I’ve made my mark with policies where spending transcends revenue,
And finding businesses that government can stick its mitts into.
In matters that ensure the currency is on a fast descent,
I am the very model of a Democratic president.
I’m very good at hiding in the White House from the fawning press,
Who might ask questions relative to budget or the HHS;
And lacking teleprompter it is darned hard for me to express,
Coherent ways to show our actions have resulted in success.
The Democratic Congress voters all came out to dispossess,
And left me with a GOP Tea Party out in battle dress.
Which puts me in an awkward situation that I must redress,
By threatening to shutter government to rescue PBS.
I’m at my best when making sure that Congress stifles all debate,
And passes measures in the night that guarantee a small growth rate.
In matters that ensure the very height of social discontent,
I am the very model of a Democratic president.
I’m having major problems working out my foreign policy:
My allies are unable to respect my clever repartee;
My country seems upset I bow to every potentate I see;
My enemies seem not content with my constant apology.
I dither and I hesitate for everything’s a quandary,
Until I get pushed in a corner by my dear friend Hillary,
Who teamed up with a rabid Bonaparte with surname Sarkozy,
And forced me to engage in war with Muammar al-Gaddafi.
By knowing absolutely nothing in relation to defense,
I gather coalitions of unwilling states when wars commence;
In matters that determine where our military men are sent,
I am the very model of a Democratic president.
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You can rhyme, Murdock, but that’s about it. Your facts are often not factual. Obama had twice as many news conferences in the first year of his presidency as Bush did, for instance. And a President can’t “make sure Congress stifles all debate,” since it’s a different branch of Congress with one of the Houses controlled by the opposition.
You’re defending BO? You think he’s better than Bush? If so in what way?
Eyeroll.
No, Jon, I’m defending factual accuracy.
Yeah, Obama was gonna be a change in the White House:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/24/obama-curtails-miranda-rights-for-american-terrorism-suspects/
my ass.
I thought I voted for a liberal. I shall not be fooled again!
Voting doesn’t change anything for the better for regular citizens. No matter who you vote for, the minute they’re sworn in they’re taken over by the chummy club of lobbyists, corporate interests and the desire to get re-elected (which funnels them right into the waiting clutches of the corporate sector). We don’t have lobbyists working for us so we don’t count any longer. Elections are a fabrication, an elaborate ruse to make you feel like you’ve participated – it’s a bad joke and we’re the punch line.