Karl Rove takes on President Cool
Yesterday I posted video of President Obama’s appearance with Jimmy Fallon, suggesting that in a contest for the youth vote, Mitt Romney might find it hard to compete.
So here’s the video response from Karl Rove’s American Crossroads:
As subtle as a 2-by-4.
Of course, Rove knows cool.
– Jay Bookman
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F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:18 pm
F. Sinkwich.
Awesome cool.
barking frog
April 26th, 2012
7:18 pm
josef
just send the check back,
if you get another one.
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:20 pm
frog
And save the bank the trouble, eh?
*******
Times like this on the blog make me miss WOW and Whiner…
getalife
April 26th, 2012
7:23 pm
“obl is dead, GM is alive” Vice President Joe Biden.
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:27 pm
getalife.
Totally not cool.
Mick
April 26th, 2012
7:28 pm
The more you watch the video, the more you start thinking, “yes I kind of like having a president cool”. Reminds you that romney and the bain wrecking crew are just stuffed shirts slapping high fives about ripping the shirts off the little guy. Nice contrast…
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:28 pm
WOW.
Very cool.
But Jay bounced him.
That was not cool.
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:30 pm
frog
All in all, it’s worth it…we’ve been having the area Pre-K kids who’ll be coming to us next year on tour…the things they say and ask… puts a smile on this old curmudgeon’s face, for sure…
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:30 pm
“Either way, that doesn’t appear to show that Walker’s agenda is working as promised. That is, unless the true motive was to make people pack and leave Wisconsin.”
So what agenda does work, then, Brospehus? Giving out a trillion dollars in student loans that may not ever be recovered? We can all point fingers, can’t we?
barking frog
April 26th, 2012
7:31 pm
F.
Jay is trying to help kyle.
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:32 pm
frog
Went over and checked out Kyle’s just a minute ago…slow day over there, too.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:33 pm
“President Cool”, Jay? Is that what it has come down to? Will coolness save the US from bankruptcy? Has it so far?
barking frog
April 26th, 2012
7:33 pm
josef
a reason for living.
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:33 pm
“First Lady Michelle Obama’s vacation in Spain with her daughter Sasha, several friends, their children, and some White House staffers cost U.S. taxpayers at least $467,585.”
Very not cool.
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
7:34 pm
Kyle does have quite the merry following of Bookman expatriates.
barking frog
April 26th, 2012
7:34 pm
josef
me too. getalife is a star.
Mick
April 26th, 2012
7:35 pm
Sometimes, a slow day is not a bad thing….
sink
War in iraq……not cool
5,000 dead……seriously not cool
30,000 severely wounded….the most seriously not cool
great game…
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:36 pm
“Blue collar Democratic voters, stuck taking depressing “staycations” because they can’t afford gas and hotels, are resentful of the first family’s 17 lavish vacations around the world and don’t want their tax dollars paying for the Obamas’ holidays, according to a new analysis of swing voters.”
People waking up.
Pretty cool.
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:37 pm
Sinkwich:
They’re the wife and daughter of the President of the United States of America and that’s not a high price to pay for their security. Or do suggest they just stay home and do crossword puzzles in front of the tee-vee.
That one is just plain silly…
Mick
April 26th, 2012
7:38 pm
sink
I guess the previous guy never stayed in opulence? As did any other president for that matter, get out of the gutter…
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:38 pm
Hundreds of thousands of dead terrorists.
Really cool.
Brosephus™
April 26th, 2012
7:39 pm
Well they can just take a page out of Obama’s campaign strategy book: Without those changes, things would have been much worse.
They could do that, and I’m sure the party faithful will eat it up like cotton candy. Observant people would question that logic when only three states show a net loss over the same timeframe. I don’t really think it could be
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
7:39 pm
“Or do suggest they just stay home and do crossword puzzles in front of the tee-vee.”
As long as they pay for it.
Would be cool.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:40 pm
“They’re the wife and daughter of the President of the United States of America and that’s not a high price to pay for their security.”
Some animals are more equal than others.
“Or do suggest they just stay home and do crossword puzzles in front of the tee-vee.”
Well, if her husband is going to try to make the case that Romney can’t relate to the average Joe because of his wealth, yeah, I guess I would. How many vacations so far these past three years?
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:40 pm
I guess the first family should fly coach and stay at the Motel Six in Salina, Kansas…
getalife
April 26th, 2012
7:40 pm
Slow news days means competent leadership.
I am not a star.
I am a planet named kolob.
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
7:40 pm
Tomorrow is the last day of finals for our teenage daughter then it’s off to work as a clerk for the summer again. Making all that money and not owing any fed taxes on it. That makes her one of that infamous forty-something % crowd that only has to pay payroll taxes and sales taxes and excise taxes and such. Does that mean she has it easy or hard according to the Republican mentality.
Brosephus™
April 26th, 2012
7:41 pm
*could be proven either way.
Friggin’ android…
getalife
April 26th, 2012
7:42 pm
josef,
It is tit for tat politics because the dems did the same with w’s campaigning .
barking frog
April 26th, 2012
7:42 pm
getalife
stay out of the kool aid.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
7:44 pm
Remember ……… Biden says Obama has a “big stick”.
Mick
April 26th, 2012
7:44 pm
**Hundreds of thousands of dead terrorists**
It’s more like, “Hundreds of thousands of dead innocent iraqi’s”. Al queda is lucky if they ever even had 10k – a motley crue if there ever was one but give them their due, they made the previous guy spend us into ruin, nice work. Hey, the next guy actually eliminated the head of the snake.
Very, very cool
Vladimir Illyich Lenin
April 26th, 2012
7:44 pm
Jm = decidedly not cool
getalife
April 26th, 2012
7:44 pm
frog,
Arizona sweet tea.
getalife
April 26th, 2012
7:46 pm
Scout,
Perv.
He was talking about Iran and the big stick is the military.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
7:47 pm
The presidency used to be a very distinguished office. Stunts like Obama pulls only denegrate it.
barking frog
April 26th, 2012
7:48 pm
getalife
good stuff.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:48 pm
“Hey, the next guy actually eliminated the head of the snake.”
Really? You mean he was involved in all the intelligence gathering through the years and then was with the Seal team that got him? By golly, that is cool. Arnold has nothing on him.
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:49 pm
getalife
What tickles the sh*t out of me is how these water carriers for the wealthy get into a dither over what, all things considered, is chump change.
getalife
April 26th, 2012
7:49 pm
What stunts Scout?
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
7:49 pm
Hopefully the President will be able to change the Secret Service into an agency that takes pride in its responsibilities. It has clearly failed this nation for far too long.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:50 pm
“What tickles the sh*t out of me is how these water carriers for the wealthy get into a dither over what, all things considered, is chump change.”
You mean, like a ten thousand dollar bet during a debate?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
7:50 pm
Well, well, well ……….. thank you Obama. More “Arab Spring” !!
Headline: “Egypt plans ‘farewell intercourse law’ ”
“Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives – for up to six hours after their death.
The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament.
It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women’s rights of getting education and employment.”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2135434/Outrage-Egypt-plans-farewell-intercourse-law-husbands-sex-dead-wives-hours-AFTER-death.html#ixzz1tC3oHHVg
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:52 pm
TOWNCRIER
I was talking about the bloggers….
BROSEPHUS
Ooops, I forgot, IMAUO
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
7:52 pm
TaxPayer:
President Obama has nothing to do with the current problems of the Secret Service.
He is not to be blamed nor is he to be patted on the back for the hard work of thousands of agents (current and retired) who have protected him and other presidents.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:53 pm
“I was talking about the bloggers….”
I was taking about the media.
Brosephus™
April 26th, 2012
7:53 pm
So what agenda does work, then, Brospehus?
How about dropping the partisanship and focusing on rebuilding a solid foundation for our economy. We can start by acknowledging the importance of ALL workers here and not bashing people based on what we do for a living. We could work WITH educators to improve our schools. We could help with matching workers with employers. There’s many “agendas” we could follow if it were not for our fascination with mutually assured destruction of this country.
josef
April 26th, 2012
7:54 pm
TOWNCRIER
You don’t wanna get me started on the media…
Jay
April 26th, 2012
7:57 pm
Oh go ahead and get him started Crier, it’s slow around here …
:>)
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:57 pm
“How about dropping the partisanship and focusing on rebuilding a solid foundation for our economy.”
Agreed. But your comments on Walker struck me as partisan. I personally think there is less good that can be said about unions these days (as opposed to the early 20th century) than bad. They, in many people’s minds are an unfairly advantaged group.
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
7:57 pm
Colbert really outdid himself with this one.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
7:59 pm
“Oh go ahead and get him started Crier, it’s slow around here.”
Well, he used the phrase “water carriers” and I immediately though of….take it away, Joseph
getalife
April 26th, 2012
8:01 pm
Towncrier,
What is bad about the unions?
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:01 pm
Ah, the media! A biased group, they. Scandal mongers. Sh*t stirrers. Trouble makers. Pompous asses and pietists.
But thank G-d we’ve got ‘em. Hate to even consider what a fix we’d be in if they were ever muzzled….
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
8:03 pm
By the way, Jay, I liked your piece on student loans. It brought into focus another serious governmental spending problem. It’s not that student loans shouldn’t be given, but that they have been given out almost indiscriminately. And, again, I think that is because people in government are spending other people’s money and not their own.
Mick
April 26th, 2012
8:05 pm
**Well, well, well ……….. thank you Obama. More “Arab Spring” !!**
See how obama gets blamed for everything but credit for nothing?
I think the egyptian people chose their course, as it should be. Obama made the serious effort to get bin laden, I thought it was campaign bs talk, but errr mission accomplished. You could bet your bottom dollar if it went bad, cons would be crowing till kingdom come. To the victor goes the spoils, give him his due and if you can’t, ask yourself why not???
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
8:05 pm
“What is bad about the unions?”
Google that question and see what has been said. There’s no need for me to repeat it here. If you think they are without blemish, you really need to do some reading.
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
8:05 pm
scout,
Obviously our President Obama is not responsible for the failings of past or present secret service agents. I never claimed he was.
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:06 pm
Oh, scr*w student loans…make it free and be done with it…if you can’t produce a product with marketable job skills in the 13 years of free public education, and require the BA/BS for an entry level clerical position, then, by d*mn, make that part of the free public education…
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
8:07 pm
But thank G-d we’ve got ‘em. Hate to even consider what a fix we’d be in if they were ever muzzled….
A muzzled Murdoch. I could see that as easily being a better world to live in. And the Republicans would get some more of that form of entertainment that they seem to enjoy as well.
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:09 pm
TAXI
I disagree. Murdoch and his ilk (yeah, the ilk are here!) have just as much a right to promote their viewpoint as anyone else…that’s what a free press is all about….
Soothsayer
April 26th, 2012
8:12 pm
God Bless Little Eddie Munster! He’s the best campaigner for the Democrats we could possibly have. Even in the face of being roundly criticized by the Catholic Church he doggedly defends his “budget.”
You really have to hand it to the RepugNOwecan’ts. Everyone else is saying “man, that stinks like shyte.” And they’re saying, “what? I don’t smell anything.”
I just want to go on record as saying that Little Eddie Munster should “keep up the good work.” He’s doing a great job — for the Democrats!
Oscar
April 26th, 2012
8:12 pm
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:06 pm
_________
That’s a good idea except there is no money to pay for it. There should be state schlorships to the extent the state can afford it, but based on grades and performance.
Brosephus™
April 26th, 2012
8:12 pm
josef
—————————
But your comments on Walker struck me as partisan.
What you perceived as partisan was actually personal. I come from a union family. I am a public sector worker, and I am also a union member. Anybody who disparages public sector workers or public sector union members may as well be talking about me. I take that very personal as I work my ass off to do my job to the best of my abilities.
As can be seen, removing collective bargaining didn’t do jack sh*t about creating jobs. Anybody who bought that bullsh*t should be run out of office right along with Walker. DEMAND is what creates jobs. When you fire people, cut their pay, or do anything adverse to their wallets, you screw up demand for goods. That, in turn, screws other people out of employment. It doesn’t matter if they work for the private OR public sector.
I’m not saying that unions should have free reign over the country either. I’d put money on there being a direct relation to the stagnant wages for the working class in spite of growth of companies versus the decline of union representation over the past 30-40 years.
Jm
April 26th, 2012
8:13 pm
Josef
Clerics don’t need a ba
Just a GED
Free college is dumb, though we’re pretty much already there with hope and student loans and state Ed subsidies
Dumb
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
8:13 pm
“What is bad about the unions?”
In the last few decades, everything.
Not cool.
Jm
April 26th, 2012
8:15 pm
Wonder what else irks Josef?
Oscar
April 26th, 2012
8:15 pm
Jm
April 26th, 2012
8:13 pm
______
We should eliminate the 8th grade. Seven years of grade school and four years of high school. And use the mone saved for more scholorships for top students.
Correspondent
April 26th, 2012
8:16 pm
The huddled masses would be living in darkness without the press.
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:16 pm
OSCAR
The whole idea of “scholarships” bothers me. I agree on the merit concept and the idea that any job skill has merit. That post secondary training need not be entirely academic. The Germans have a rather rational approach to this question.
Oscar
April 26th, 2012
8:16 pm
Correspondent
April 26th, 2012
8:16 pm
______
They also need Georgia Power.
Jm
April 26th, 2012
8:16 pm
Oscar
Not a 1/2 bad idea
Lengthen school year too
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
8:17 pm
“I work my ass off to do my job to the best of my abilities.”
Unfortunately, extremely few union members do that.
They are not cool.
Oscar
April 26th, 2012
8:18 pm
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:16 pm
______
I agree we need more tech schools and fewer people in traditionsl colleges.
Correspondent
April 26th, 2012
8:18 pm
GA Power is a corrupt polluting evil greedy company. We bring you the light.
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
8:18 pm
josef,
Where do you draw the line with Freedom of the Press. Should Hannity be free to cut and paste videos together and use the deceitful result to portray something that is not. Should Murdoch’s gang be free to break laws in order to break news. How far do you let a “news” organization go.
Soothsayer
April 26th, 2012
8:19 pm
What we really need — RIGHT NOW! if for King Dumbass the First to make another appearance.
He needs to remind the Party faithful what a great job he did during his tenure on the throne.
Yes, that would be the icing on the cake. Little Eddie Munster pontificating about his budget and King Dumbass the First pontificating about the “accomplishments” of his regime.
Could it get any better than this?
Recon 0311 2533
April 26th, 2012
8:19 pm
President cool f–l will have to do a lot better where 1 in 3 college grads can’t find employment and 85% are unemployed/underemployed living at home with their parents. Romney bests Obama by 13 points among Independents. The Obama campaign managers hope that the presidents recent vote pandering drive to postpone the upcoming rate increase on college loans will gain back some of the youth vote that appears not as supportive as they were in 08. Meanwhile his theatrics only reinforce the growing perception that this president lacks serious competence.
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:20 pm
jm
Yeah, sure…which applicant are YOU going to hire, the one with a GED or the one with a BA…get real.
And “free college” is dumb, free post secondary education/training is not…
What else irks me? People who prove the point that a little education is a dangerous thing!
Oscar
April 26th, 2012
8:20 pm
Correspondent
April 26th, 2012
8:18 pm
___________
Ok. Bundle it up and keep it rolling. Some of that light can get a little hazy and cloudy sometimes. Do you guys have ongoing education on how to keep it pure and sustaining.
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:22 pm
TAXI
The right wing press has no monopoly on that. Did I say anybody should be free to break the law in the name of freedom of the press?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
8:22 pm
TaxPayer:
“Obviously our President Obama is not responsible for the failings of past or present secret service agents.”
I agree.
Nor is he responsible for the tremendous job they do everyday, 24/7, protecting him, his family, the Vice President and his family, former presidents and their spouses, presidential candidates and foreign heads of state who visit the U.S. by the hundreds every year. In addition, the thousands of arrests made for the counterfieting of U.S. currency, forgery of government checks and bonds, credit card fraud, computer fraud and threats against those they are authorized to protect.
I don’t know how many agents will eventually have to answer for unwise “work hard – play hard” off-duty antics but I do know that twenty-nine personnel have died in the line of duty.
The failings of a few agents pales in comparison to the above. There is still no better agency in the world for what they do.
Correspondent
April 26th, 2012
8:24 pm
Oscar
We get constant training in order to provide unbiased reporting.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
8:24 pm
Mick:
He worked hard to get Mubarak out.
Now we will have to deal with something far worse ………….. The Islamic State of Egypt.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
8:25 pm
“Anybody who disparages public sector workers or public sector union members may as well be talking about me. I take that very personal as I work my ass off to do my job to the best of my abilities.”
Well, good for you. I commend you. But to extend that integrity and work ethic to all union workers and claim they are not clearly advantaged in some ways (such as in comparable pay and pensions) would be, I think, dishonest. Also, you may not have been directly partisan, but you were indirectly partisan because it is not Democrats who are trying to redress some of the excesses of unions. Some animals should NOT be more equal than others, in my view.
getalife
April 26th, 2012
8:25 pm
Towncrier,
Answer the question.
Recon 0311 2533
April 26th, 2012
8:29 pm
Another Obama political appointee this time within the EPA makes a stupid comment that unveils the true Obama administration agenda. Do we remember Van Jones. The carnival man press secretary tried to gloss this latest foolishness over but it’s getting increasingly difficult to even do so with the MSM. Incompetence is the trade mark of this administration.
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
8:29 pm
josef,
you came across as defending Murdoch. I’m glad you are not. I mentioned him since it is his organization involved in the phone hacking, for example. Further, I do not defend others for illegal activities by not mentioning them.
Towncrier
April 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
“Answer the question.”
I will not take time to reiterate things that can be easily found on the internet. I don’t care to convince you.
getalife
April 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
“Now we will have to deal with something far worse ………….. The Islamic State of Egypt.”
Oooh, a new boogeyman.
Why does that scare you Scout?
TaxPayer
April 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
scout,
great job President Obama did in getting Osama bin Laden. And what you being so defensive for with your posts about the secret service. If they’re bad, it’s time to root ‘em out. Don’t you agree.
Jm
April 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
Josef
Cool.
F. Sinkwich
April 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
I’ll answer it, getalife.
“who is the biggest doofuss on Jay’s blog?”
getalife is!
I win.
Cool.
josef
April 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
Correspondent…
Not to put too fine a line on it, but in that training does anyone ever bother to define “bias?” Your or my bias can become quite apparent from where you place a comma or when you choose the lower case over the upper case (or vice-versa).
There is nothing wrong with bias. Anybody who thinks has a bias. It’s whether or not we challenge our own bias by considering the alternate bias as having validity.
News reporting? We’ve strayed from, but not given up completely, just the facts, ma’am. It’s not so much faulty reporting as it is faulty editing.
getalife
April 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
Town,
You are probably brainwashed by gop propaganda on unions but they built this country and have accomplishments for the American worker.
Your party attacks the American worker.
Soothsayer
April 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
Chysler’s Profits Highest in 13 Years
DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler had its best quarterly profit in 13 years. Not bad for a company that almost died three years ago.
The company earned $473 million in the first quarter, mainly on the back of strong U.S. sales, which rose 39 percent from January through March. Customers snapped up Ram pickups, Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and Chrysler 200 sedans.
The profit was more than four times what Chrysler made a year earlier. And it was the best performance since the third quarter of 1998 when Chrysler earned $682 million during the pickup truck and SUV boom.
We should’ve just let ‘em go bankrupt!
Mick
April 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
1811
Got any proof about that? Doesn’t matter to me, the egyptian people need to seize their own destiny, we need to pull back into a semi-isolationism and repair our damage within. That should be our focus…
Sink
I think you have it bass ackwards as usual. the majority of union workers bust their azzes off for a decent wage, healthcare, and a pension…If that ain’t the american effin way anymore than you are the problem…
getalife
April 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
filky,
You will never be cool.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
April 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
TaxPayer:
“If they’re bad, it’s time to root ‘em out. Don’t you agree.”
Yes …………. and those that couldn’t cut it or those who screwed up over the years have been rooted out. That’s why it’s such a great agency. They only hire the best and they only keep the best.
Brosephus™
April 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
Unfortunately, extremely few union members do that.
Bullsh*t!!! Border Patrol is union as well as several other law enforcement agencies on the federal level. The whole conservative paranoia about unions is laughable because federal public unions are about as dangerous as a toothless baby nurse shark. Yet, y’all fear them more than campers at Crystal Lake fear hockey masks and machetes.
————————–
Towncrier
You should research what fed unions are ACTUALLY allowed to do before you talk about exceses. By law, fed unions CAN NOT strike, bargain over pay and benefits, or be forced to pay dues even when covered by a CBA. All our union is good for is negotiating things like seniority bids for positions and stuff. Our pay is dictated by the same jackasses who claim we’re a menace to taxpayers. Too bad most people don’t pay attention to that kind of doublespeak and believe that we have some kind of sway on our pay.
I was not being partisaned as I was simply speaking to Wisconsin, which was a GOP initiated issue. I personally don’t care for either party as they both screw us over in turns. As a matter of fact, ask any prior military or gov’t LEO about which party is better for them to be in control, and they’ll tell you the GOP 9 times out of 10. When the GOP is in control, that usually equates to pay increases and such, contrary to the view they try to spread about the Democratic Party.