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The Spectacle Blog
Obama’s latest pose was unveiled at his “town hall” performance in Elyria where two dozen times he promised he’d “never stop fighting” for us. (It should be noted that he also said: “But this isn’t about me” and then proceeded to use the personal pronoun and refer to himself in the third person as “Obama” more than 70 times — 4% of his speech.) Obama also ad-libbed that if all he wanted was to be popular he would do nothing at all and he would be loved. Truer words may never have been (unintentionally) uttered.
Barack, the
Populist
By Asher Embry
Will Barack, the Populist, come to town
Driving a pickup like the real Scott Brown?
Clinging to antipathy, guns, and God?
Calling-out elitists like Kerry and Dodd?
Taking the side of the Cambridge cops?
Spurning arugula for other crops?
How can Obama with his turned-up nose
Hope to get away with this of-the-people pose?
It’s a New Populism, Obama-style;
The kind that he’s been practicing all the while:
What the people want, Barack doesn’t heed;
‘Cause he will decide what the people need.
He’s “angry” and “fighting” and “feisty” too.
“No bedwetting” from Barack’s rabid crew.
But by bashing business O quickly will see
That his “populism” mauls the economy.
The more he does, the more it’s clear
That this “man-of-the-people” has a cast-iron ear.
He’ll “fight for you” and we’ll see when he’s done —
How many more Conservatives have run and won.
(You can read more of Asher Embry’s Political Verse at www.politicalverse.com.)
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Martin j smith| 1.25.10 @ 2:36PM
Obama's so called populism is really very destructive. He plays class warfare,gender warfare,race warfare and any other way of keeping Americans divided. That is his game plan. He cannot be trusted and must be under scrutiny always.
Margie| 1.25.10 @ 2:46PM
Pretty good. I couldn't help thinking of Stalin or Mao or Hitler while reading it. Just substitute one of their names.
wbfrank| 1.25.10 @ 3:17PM
Know who he reminds me of?
David Caruso in CSI Miami. Now that is a man that can pose!!!
Grzmlyk| 1.25.10 @ 4:23PM
Did you see that 8-minute Youtube video that's entirely Caruso putting on and taking off his sunglasses on CSI? HILARIOUS.
That is the entire extent of Caruso's acting ability. Both he and Obama are so self-important, so self-impressed, so self-satisfied over so very, very, very little.
Robyn| 1.25.10 @ 4:44PM
Yes, our great Poser in Chief - the Walter Mitty of American Politics . . . .
Yosemeti Sam| 1.25.10 @ 10:04PM
Seriously - do BHO have his own shrink?
Jim Hlavac | 1.26.10 @ 9:03AM
Mr. Smith, above, writes of Obama: "He cannot be trusted and must be under scrutiny always"
Well, I'd rather we put him in Al Gore's lock box and throw away the key. But barring that, he needs to be laughed out of town. Imagine crowds of the teens he thinks we are just giggling and chortling when he speaks. Time to show up at his many many "I-events" and laugh our heads off. He won't come to a Tea Party? Well, we are a mobile society -- bring it to him.