When is the BIG O going to realize that he IS the President and can quit campaigning???

He doesn't even have a clue what his Cabinet is up to because he's too busy partying and campaigning and blaming things on Bush. HE owned the problems on January 20, 2009 no matter where they came from. They're HIS problems now. He needs to quit looing for scapegoats. The buck stops with HIM now!

He still campaigning, got to keep the kool-aid flowing with his poll numbers falling.

The SAD truth is. IT WAS DEMOCRATS, Chris Dodd, Barney Franks, Charles Rangel NOT Bush that overlooked, illegally negotiated, AND lied to the American People regarding the economy. Remember Dodds "special Mortgage"??? Dodds flip flopping, and don't forget the innability of all the nominees to pay their taxes. Give me a break.

Yes Mr President YOU DID inherit this mess......FROM YOUR OWN PEOPLE. Remember one thing. Bush was a lame duck president for alot longer than his last few months. Democrats controlled this country from 2006 elections until Obama took office. SO STOP BLAMING BUSH you whiners.

Oh goodie! Barack Hollywood Obama's gonna be on my big screen TV tonight! I hope I can get a commemorative photo or plate or something from this HYSTERICAL...I mean HISTORICAL event!!!

I bet he's gonna talk about his wife Michelle and his sweet little girls and their puppy - let's not forget about that puppy!

While the economy is crumbling due to his complete incompetence to actually do something (like work on FIXING it), Mr. Obama is out campaigning for the next election, as usual!

This will be the fluffiest interview - you know Jay can't ask any hard questions - and I'm not sure if Mr. Obama will be able to use his teleprompter - it may interfere with Jay's.

Anyhoo, don't forget to watch! Maybe he needs to actually sit down at his desk that we provide for him and work on some of his great plans to get our country CHANGED. First and foremost, start reading what you're signing, BEFORE you sign it, you aholes. Quit delegating it to the idiots you placed in your cabinet - you know, the tax cheats and the big, fat, rich liars, who are profiting off of you being their puppet.

He is cheapening the Commander in Chief position - by going on an entertainment show. Just keeping up with Hollywood, aren't you, brotha?

You might as well let Obama have Jay's chair.

Another choreographed "impromptu" chit-chat.

What's next........Obama mimics Obama on SNL?

What a renegade!!

What so many of you don't realize is that President Obama is having to do "campaigning" for the change he promised us. Doom and gloom is a self-fulfilling prophecy. He has to keep reminding people that it will get better. He's letting us know that he DOES know what we're facing and he's letting us know what is in the works.

If there weren't so many of you naysayers and Republicans trying to save their party and screw the country, Obama wouldn't have to campaign quite so vigorously.

Personally I'm glad that he's keeping in touch with the real Americans and not hiding out in Washington - or taking constant vacations like Bush did. I'm also glad that he did the NCAA tournament winners bracket thing (obviously I don't do it - lol). Even as president, maybe more so as president, he needs to on that rare occasion think of something besides the extreme problems facing the country. Most of us find if we back off work for a bit that we return with more energy and more insight.

Can we all give the guy a break and let him do his job? No, instead all of you "haterade" (btw- I LOVE that phrase, it's perfect) sitting on your couches think you know so much better. You are utterly clueless.

That's good stuff "JustThinkin"!

Do you have an inside scoop on the show?

I think you just pretty much summed up the interview.

" Let me be clear Jay, I want the American people to know I am a great President.

Even though I don't do anything like a President, I am changing America the way I see fit"

APPLAUSE!! APPLAUSE!! APPLAUSE!!

Jay: "Up next, Coco the dancing chimp!"

I think Celebrity-in-chief would be a more appropriate title for the illustrious Obama......and this interview will be the same as all of his interviews and appearances.....more soft or silly questions which will obvoiusly be handpicked and he will still need his teleprompters...it appears that this so-called "smartest POTUS" we have ever had is always so unprepared and uninformed that he must have his teleprompters in place...he is never prepared to just answer the questions.....he is probably afraid that if he allows the Leno appearance to be covered that someone will get a shot of his teleprompters in place as they always are......he goes nowhere without them.....I feel a little scared, all right, a LOT scared, that Obama is so unsure of himself that he can never just answer a question, himself, but must have it fed to him by whomever is writing his answers for him......and I am getting a little tired of his daily appearances on TV...why can't he just stay at the white house and do his job?

OMG please tell me you really don't mean that. Take your freaking blinders off. Tell me the last time a Sitting President ever had to go on a talk show to re-assure the public? Come on give me one President? What the F is his Tuesday night Presidential Speech for? Oh sorry, the educated part of America actually does watch them things, the rest of the people have to be educated through comedy...sorry, I ask that question.

Thank you thankyou. You could not have said it better. So many people sit back and judge and probably are the ones that don't work and collect welfare and cry when the goverment won't do all there work for them.

The President is only human and yes we did vote him in so why don't we just once try to support him instead of stabbing him in the back.

JustThinkin.....I voted for President Obama and agree with several points you made, but I think I have to draw the line at agreeing with our President being on a comedy show. I like the fact that my President wants me to know he's just a regular guy like the rest of us, but I also believe that the "respect" aspect of the Presidency is diminished by such actions as these.

I personally don't watch late night TV, I go to bed so I can get up go to work and pay my taxes so my government can give our money to their business partners around the world.

Apparently you haven't been keeping up on the latest news stories. Freak-to-mom Nadya Suleman is about the only thing that will drag the viewing public away from American Idol, The Biggest Loser and Vive La Bam on MTV. So who's going to watch Obama's speech?

What I don't get, is that people complain and cry and moan that Obama is an elitist, or the messiah, and then when he does something out of the ordinary, something a "regular guy" might do, you all @!$%# and moan some more. I'm confused.

Are we all just a tad bit bitter still, that the guy you didn't vote for won? The US government is made up of a lot of different people who look out for numero uno all of the time. Be it Republican or Democrat. That's the main reason that I don't affiliate with either party.

For the record, Lindsey Graham, a well known REPUBLICAN senator, complained heartily about pork in the 410 billion spending bill. When asked if he would remove the $600,000 worth of pork for his home state of North Carolina, he said he would vote to take it out of this bill, but then would put it back in later. HUH??

So, lets blame Obama, make him look bad, but then after all is said and done, gimme some of that Obama pork gravy. Now I get it.

This is for "trying to understand-977567"

I have a new bumper sticker on my SUV and it reads:

I'LL GIVE YOUR PRESIDENT THE SAME RESPECT YOU GAVE MINE"

Obama did't win, McCain Lost and so did America.

shekki- just so you know, "regular" guys don't fly airforce 1 to be on Jay Leno.

@ SlyFoxDude - I gave OUR last president the utmost respect. So I guess that means you also give OUR current president respect? What is this crap about yours and mine... sounds like stuff you would hear in the school yard. Unless you are no longer part of the U.S., he is YOUR president, also.

Somehow I get the feeling you were one of the millions of people singing along as the crowd "respectfully" chanted: "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, good bye", as OUR former President left office.

That was so American it almost brought a tear to my eye!

SAVE IT!!!!!!

nwdaisy - NO SH!T! Are we in the fifth grade here?

Fred V, I want to thank you for the first good laugh I have had all week!!

I heard Odumbo is going to be on Jay Walking! Odumbo who is the President of the United States of America? Duh! Pelosi!

@ ClintHorace - No I was not one of those people. Admittedly, there was quite a bit of ignorance and immaturity on both sides of the fence this past election... you, yourself just proved that ignorance comes in all forms.

@ Fred V. - It's people like you that scare the crap out of me. Why would you or anyone even suggest that our president is a terrorist, with absolutely no facts to back this. Are you really that scared of a name or skin color?

get a sense of humor SJ

Sorry nwdaisy... but I don't find anything humorous about referring to the President of the United States as a terrorist. I think it is sick and disgusting and is a slap in the face to anyone that has ever lost a loved one from a terrorist attack or fighting for our freedom from them.

SJ, I can't speak for Fred, but it's not about name or skin color. It's more about a president and the extreme fringe of his party having near rubber stamp dictatorial power, and having an agenda to tear down our system of government, that has served us quite well for over 200 years, and rebuild it in a way that is diametrically opposed to the way most Americans want. Yeah, I know he got the majority vote, some simply by the word "change", but what is going on now and intimated for the future is not what most voted for. We've already sold out our children's future. What's next? Tear up the Bill of Rights. You know, those ten little items that protect us from the ever larger and eventually oppressive government.

My TV will definitely be turned off. He "can work on" all the items he wants but I'd just like to see one work. So far none have except the one where he slaps us with more taxes.

I bet Leno's show ratings will be way, way down.

@ canemah - With all due respect, I do not see how you can compare the way our governemnt ran 200 years ago to the way it ran even 20 years ago. There have been many changes in 200 years. This country today (and even before Obama) is not what was invisioned by our forefathers. To say Obama is solely responsible for tearing down our government is quite the stretch of the imagination.

@ anyone - Can someone please explain to me exactly what Obama has done that makes people think he is a terrorist? Since so many people delude themselves into thinking his skin color or name has nothing to do with it, please give me exact facts of actions he has taken that would make people think this way?

SJ, I agree with you that what we were 20-30 years ago to the present bears no resemblance to what our forefathers envisioned. So does that mean we have to keep going down that slippery slope, or is now the time to say enough, we're sick and tired of the Washington 2 step. We elected leaders and representatives, not masters. And I did not say he was solely responsible for what's happened. Superman himself could not screw things up this badly on his own, much less a mere mortal like Obama. Many in congress and past administrations have brought us here.

References to Obama being a terrorist are just references. Obama's biggest problem is he doesn't know how to be a President. For those of you that want to say he is a "Regular guy' that's not what I want in the White House. A regular guy, by all respects, doens't know how to run a country, so when you say he is a regular guy, I will agree with you, but it doesn't change the fact that he will go down in history as the biggest spending President in History. Take what he has spent to date and double that figure in the next four years. That will be a deficeit you can not correct. I'm now worried for me. I worried for the children of the future. There is NO respect for a President that has a mess in front of him, to go to a late nite talk show and try to keep his charisma up. it's not going to happen and as much as I don't want it, this country will fail severly in the future, because of his inexperience. Don't take my word for it. If you are young, you will be a part of that mess. I feel sorry for parents that are unable to leave their children a dowry with a home that's paid off. Other than that, she could be living in the street in the future. I will make sure that won't happen, but if I were you, I would plan now. And as far as Obama and security of the U.S. I saw the clip this morning of Osama bin Laden. He called Obama a surrogate to the enemy" Just so you know what a surrogate is, "a person appointed to act for another." Now, in a layman's term, Osama was saying "Obama is a person appointed to act for the enemy." In plain words, Osama was saying, "I have a friend in the White House." Live with that. Sorry to those I confused using Obama and Osama.

Those of you Republicans et al, surrogates, lobbiests, etc who want to criticize the President for his appearance on a popular show are probably just jealous that you didn't think of it first. LOL

You can bet your candidate for the Presidency, will be showing up on these shows and no doubt will be doing the same as President Obama is doing now, during his/her term if him/her should win that election. LOL

On a serious note some of you need to realize that not everyone can afford to subscribe to cable or satelite or have access to the internet, therefore many do not have the opportunity to hear, read of see the many news programs that address the many issues in any depth.

Many folks only have national stations/over the air broadcast, and in actuality there are not many of these national stations/over the air broadcast that really deal in any depth, with the issues facing this country or what the govt is trying to do not do. Of course they could try PBS but even on those channels, there are not many programs that cover the issues being discussed all the time like on the news only channels.

National/over the air broadcast stations do present the news but oftentimes in only 1/2 hour formats and also includes local, national and world and other news events all in this limited time frame. To therefore have the President on this program is a plus as it gives these other folks a chance to see, hear and assess for themselves what he is saying without the filter of a talking head or spin.

There are those who criticize the President for not staying in DC or the White House constantly and his going out to other States to talk about, discuss, and be questioned on the plans that he is trying to get in place for the country.

Personally, I don't have a problem with that, because the people all over this country are spotlighted and their need and difficulties are shown/ made visible to everyone, by the many media that follows him around.

The President is also able to hear the opinions and concerns of the regular people himself, instead of depending soley on those around him for this sort of information. This way he is not being 'bubbled' and Washingtonized. He is after all the President of the whole country not just of the Capital and the few States that surround the Capital.

Perhaps it might have helped if President Bush had done some of this sort of thing, as he may have heard what was really on the regular folks minds, than being ' bubbled' like it appeared that was done to him.

You can't make decisions in a vacuum. You can't make decisions based soley on the opinions of those around you. It is better to hear from the electorate also.

Boy Fred, that's some crystal hating ball you're carrying around. Sounds more like wishful thinking than anything resembling reality. You guys just can't stand that we don't want to be a state of hatred and ugliness in our country or around the world. Believe me, we get that the world is not always pretty and we're pretty damn sure Obama gets that too. Hang on to your seat while he proves your fearmongering prophecies wrong.

He connects with us and he connects with the world, if that's being a pied piper, than it is but its a far cry better than following a dry drunk cowboy whose own father shows disdain and shame and had to shy away from all media as to not show his disapproval of his son and his son's evil counterparts. That was a pretty telling reality. 80% of us are not wrong either, no matter your direct perspective. You aren't the only one who has served or is serving. I've heard many many miliitary guys of the highest caliber say exactly the opposite.

With all that being said, there is not a one of us that doesn't have the sincerest sorrow about 9/11 and all those who suffered since. Please don't try to manipulate and misconstrue this for some grandiose fear factor you harbor. The sky is not falling and we won't let it no matter how you or anyone else tries to force it.

Where were you during the Bush presidency? The media cow-towed? Pull your head out of you forth point of contact and get with the program. I enjoy dissenting opinions but it needs to be based in reality. The media tore Bush a new one every time he opened his mouth. Get real!

So, you think the media cow-towed to Bush...you gotta be kidding...what do you think they're doing now....they couldn't be any further up O's B unless they were all proctologists.

You 're unbelievable!! Pour the kool aid down the sink; please. No president has ever disgraced the office of the Presidency as this idiot has. Jetting around the country all the time; just so his mug is on tv....how much is his jetsetting costing the taxpayers; not to mention all of his parties in the WH. Oh yes, he is real intelligent. Have you all heard how his teleprompter goofed up during his St. Patty's day party and he thanked himself for inviting everyone to his party. Talk about an idiot. He actually read thanking himself. He cannot even give a speech at a WH party without having a teleprompter. Don't forget the cheap ass gifts that he and his wife gave to Gordon Brown. He totally insulted him and his family. He is not a KING, although, I get the impression he thinks he is. He represents this country and is disgracing the highest seat in our country. He does not even know what Protocol is. Remember when he spoke in front of Congress? Protocol, acknowledge Speaker of the House, V.P. ,members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, Armed Forces, his cabinet and the citizens of the U.S. Who did this Bozo acknowledge? Speaker of the House, V.P and his wife. Need I say more about how low class this guy is???The lowest that has ever held this seat. Instead of wasting our $ running around the country; he needs to study about what a President is supposed to do and how to act on behalf of the people! No, I am not a Republican; I am an INDEPENDENT!!

Exactly. Well said. This attitude that the president can't go on a TV comedy show, must be a modern phenomenon. Seriously. What's wrong with it?

Before the White House had a fence and double triple security, you could walk right up to the front door, knock and go right in and talk to the president. The president was far more accessible in years past, then he has been since JFK was shot.

I don't see how it is "disgracing the office" to be more accessible to the public.

Patriot- what are you smokin' brother? Other than literally protecting the constitution, the president's job is to represent the people's best interests. I'd rather have him flying around the country telling us what he is doing, then hiding in the White House keeping everything a secret.

You ever try being president? I think it's a tough job. You think you could do better?

jim, you must've missed this story, you know how they were looking for a new dog in the white house? why bother, the media's already the lap dog of His Highness. OMO!

The media cowtowed to BUSH? And was MUZZLED? Please pardon me while clean up the drink I just spit out of my mouth reading that one.

It is really frightening to realize that there are people out there that believe that the media rolled over for George Bush and has been mean to Barack Obama.
What leads to this advanced degree of dementia?

plb...it's not really dementia...it's people who are choosing to live in the land of the uninformed among others who don't want to know the truth.....follow the leader is just fine even though doing so may lead them right over the cliff.....

No SlyFoxDude, I don't think you would make Leno. Maybe Letterman. I hear he's bringing back Stupid Human Tricks.

You seem awfully forgetful of the record deficit, in the trillions, that the previous president left us. That got us real far too didn't it?

Great comeback though. Might just get you a few more votes.

Jim, you must have slept through the entire Bush presidency. What's your secret. I haven't been able to sleep more than 4 hours a night for months. Just to bring you up to speed, the media was on Bush like buzzards on a cr*p wagon during his entire 2nd term and the last part of his 1st.

I'm sorry to disagree but the Media my have at first 'cowtowed' to President Bush. However once people realized that many of his patriotic 'speeches' were merely smoke and mirrors - I think the Media was rather, umm... honest with him.

I think it would be safe to say that President Bush is to the Political Print as Britney Spears is to the Tabloid Print.

bingo!

Frankly, I am not impressed by Obama's multi-tasking skills.

He seems to flit from one big issue to another on a weekly basis.

I realize big issues require time to resolve but what proof do we have that any of these issues are being worked on? All we get is political rhetoric and hand-wringing. And maybe a "summit" or two.

As for his Leno appearance, why couldn't he do an interview from somewhere in DC with a feed to the Tonight Show?

Obama graduated from Clown U, what do you expect?

AMEN.. patriot...

The first 'American Idol' president. At least the advertisers will be happy with him being on Leno.

I'm sorry, but doesn't he have better things to do at the moment? I didn't vote for him, but for those who did, did you elect him for his ability to do public relations as opposed to running the country? >>> lawyergirl

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Well let's see....from my viewpoint; he's actively running the country...and you...you're just actively running your mouth. So...yup I voted for him to do whatever he sees fit to turn this country around...and if that includes sitting in on an evening talk show...I don't have a problem with it! IMO...the President is not only taking responsibility for dealing with the economic mess he inherited...he's also showing his human side and being accessible to the people who elected him...and even the fools who didn't! @@

Jmd...actively running the country and actively running AROUND the country are different.

"the President is not only taking responsibility for dealing with the economic mess he inherited"

Genius, your statement right there is entirely inaccurate...he is not taking responsibility for the economic mess...he's blaming everyone else for the problem and always points out that he "inherited" this problem. No one forced him to push through the 9,000-earmarked spending bill. That was his own problem he created. Bush didn't allow that spending last year - Bush DIDN'T push through that wasteful and wholly retarded spending bill. These projects were NOT Bush policies that Obama had no choice but to pass. This was junk the Dems wanted and didn't get, so Obama "fixed" the problem by sending us into debt we don't need. But hey, he's gonna be on Leno so it's all good.

"he's also showing his human side and being accessible to the people who elected him...and even the fools who didn't!"

First, if not voting for the man who, in less than 100 days, screwed this country beyond recognition is a fool...I will emblazon that label on my forehead and wear it proudly. I am proud to be a non-Obama supporter and will brag to my children that I was one of the wise ones who stood up to Obama and the Dem's rape of our country. Second, I actually prefer him as unaccessible as possible. Stop preempting good shows every week. Get off Leno. Stop making your NCAA brackets. Get to work. He hasn't kept his promises. He lies without ceasing. He's not doing the work he's supposed to.

And for the record, Jmd, Lawyergirl asked a very reasonable question, which, at least for now, she's still allowed to do. And, to be precise, you ran your mouth more than she did.

Yet more proof that he is a figurehead for the democratic party.  He was elected in 2008 and is already campaigning for 2012.

did you elect him for his ability to do public relations as opposed to running the country?

I don't think the people that voted for obama didn't realize that Paris Hilton, P. Diddy, Britney Spears, along with the rest of the Tabloid elitewould not be in office with him.

I am sure if they would have known that they wouldn't have voted for him.

On the bright side, Fox is coming out with a new show called American President. It works like American Idol except instead of a recording contract, the winner gets to run for President.

Jmdona and Jaxdad....

President Obama's taking responsibility for what? He's blaming the Bush admin every chance he gets because he "inherited" the mess and while supposedly fixing the mess, any mistakes created by the fixes will still be Bushes fault because he created the mess...that's taking responsibility all right...the public is getting tired of Obama's "Propaganda Machine" and the continual Glam shots this President is taking. Mr. Obama is "The President" now and, anything that happens from his first day in office is his fault regardless of what the press says.

Jmd...actively running the country and actively running AROUND the country are different.

LOL

I couldn't have said it better myself. I don't care what party you support, at this point it doesn't matter. I think he won the popularity race, now get on with proving that your mouth didn't overload your arse. I think he stepped into big shoes, and he is tripping on the laces.

Thank you - was thinking the same thing. Maybe if he actually went to his office and read the bills he signs we wouldn't be in this mess right now! The campaign is over, it's time to work. Put the teleprompter away and do your job!

Michelle: Send Sean Hannity an email with your suggestion about the Obammy interview. That is one I would not miss for all the world.

Jaxdad - 9,000 earmarks in the spending bill, and they are evenly divided amongst Democrats and Republicans. I have to ask you, isn't it the jobs of our elected representatives to go to Washington and work for us? To get money for projects in their home districts?

When I elect someone to federal office, I EXPECT them to go there and work for me. If that means getting $500,000 to research sea turtles, then so be it. At least that person is bringing home the bacon and putting people to work.

Would you rather we take that $410 billion and send it to Iraq and Afghanistan and just hand it out to all the good people over there? Isn't that socialist? Isn't that wealth re-distribution? Remember when they were just handing out stacks of twenties in Iraq, to get them to help us? It really worked didn't it? Where do you think that money went? IED's maybe?

People like to talk about earmarks and wealth re-distribution, but conveniently forget that we took billions of American taxpayers money and just pissed it away in Iraq. Meanwhile Bin Laden is still out there.

Talk about long winded.....sheesh. Anyway, for the sake of running my mouth, I'm still allowed to do that right? I'll take a stab at answering lawyergirls question.

I expect him to protect, preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States. Good enough answer for ya? What else do you want him to do? He can't control the stock market. He can't control private bankers. He can't launch any nukes. He can't write laws, congress does that. He could make a few phone calls I suppose. But why not do what good businessmen do and meet face to face with your customers? Isn't that what he is doing on TV? Isn't that what he is doing travelling the country? I suppose the next big scandal will be when he starts to travel to other countries.

Even if he could be everywhere at all times, you people would still be moaning and complaining that he is either meddling where he shouldn't be or not doing enough. Your comments Jaxdad are a case in point.

You say that the mess we are in is Obama's responsibility now. Quit blaming Bush. Interesting that you say that, considering that all conservatives did while Bush was president is blame Bill Clinton.

What did you expect to happen in the first 100 days? It took years to get where we are at, did you think it could be solved in the first 100 days? People who voted for Obama didn't think that he would be the messiah and didn't expect him to turn the economy around in his first 100 days. Who's being more realistic here?

Kate....I agree, but did you hear the other day when the teleprompter backed-up on him (didn't have the correct wording) he messed up BIG time. He HAS to have one...I would love to see it removed AND the podium-answer-screen also!

Good post, Shekki

He can't speak on his own. I hear his advisors said he doesn't know what he's doing. He sure can read well, I'll give him that one. His writer needs to sound less like he's campaigning though. Change the style.

What we are seeing with his Highness Obama, is nothing more than dereliction of responsibility. But, I have yet to see any politician actually do any meaningful "work", where they could be faulted for their incompetence. Better to do as Obama and keep up the never ending Campaign, or just maybe he knows nothing else and is continuing his campaign for 2012. After all his has been proven to be of the golden tongue, but his talk the talk,vs walk the walk is total crap. Talk about incompetence in the Financial sectors, we have the true incompetent morons in our own congress leading the way. But, then again, so many folks fell for his BS during the campaign of CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, that many are unwilling to acknowledge that electing this idiot and his minions to cabinet posts and Congress, is the biggest mistake of all. What this Country needs is for government to cease being so corrupt, self serving, mindless morons, and do the job for the country, not their own selfish interests.

shekki,
Obama has not brought back a single troop from Iraq and added 17,000 in Afghanistan. But apparently that's a different kind of piss, ain't it? "Meanwhile bin Laden is still out there"?? How are we suppose to capture him, thru the internet? You come off as contradictory. You didn't mention his cabinet post nominee's, tax cheats. No mention of, "I'll go over line by line" Stimulis bill, but, oh I didn't see that AIG can keep bonus money lie. Porkless, without earmarks, does matter and it's still a lie. His administration has displayed a lack of attention to detail. That could be disastrous for our country. I would like to think our President can handle more than one thing at a time, but Obama's shown he cannot. What did I expect in the first 100 days? Not this. The most surprising thing is Obama's integrity is disappearing before our own eyes. Is this the "change" we were to expect?

As for protecting, preserving, and defending the Constitution. How does one do that and what is Obama doing about that? As far as "being a good businessman and going out to meet face to face with his customers". Well, good businessmen DO NOT leave the office when there is IMPORTANT business that needs tending to AT the office. He is not a Kirby vacuum salesman, or an insurance salesman, he's the PRESIDENT and should act like one. There's work to be done AT the office, he should get back there. But, yes, you're right it's just the first 100 days, oh boy.

Well, good businessmen DO NOT leave the office when there is IMPORTANT business that needs tending to AT the office.

So what is the purpose of the other elected officials? Sit in their office playing tiddleywinks? Perhaps many have stayed in the office too long. Many really need to leave the office now, because it appears some - like many posters here- have forgotten or never knew how to walk and chew gum, i.e. multi-task, or think 'outside the box' or inside it for that matter. LOL

By the way after a while these republicans, surrogates, lobbiests, regurgitators, and spielmiesters are going to end up just feeding/ upchucking on each other.

Everytime one comes to these message boards one sees the usual and customary regurging and spinning as fast as their fingers can move. They can't see the forest for the trees because it is so dense. LOL

The President must be doing something right because of all the head spinning that is going on by the many posters. When he does something wrong like stop helping the people of this country, no doubt we will not hear or see a peep out of these spielmeisters. LOL

On the other hand for as long as he keep doing the right thing for the masses, then we will have to accept that these regurgers are going to be upset. Unfortunately what more can they say that they have not already said. Oh darn they could keep repeating themselves. LOL

Shekki-

Yes, I expect my elected officials to work for me. However, taxing the piss out of me to research sea turtles does NOT work for me. And if you think for one second that your elected officials give one rip about you, you should run for president - apparently we're recruiting the dumbest peopel in America for that position. The politicians are working for themselves, securing their place in government so they never have to deal with what real America is dealing with. I never claimed Republicans are innocent. Any of them loading up the earmarks should be thrown out. You know who that sounds like? Obama. Your memory must be remarkably bad...you seem to forget Obama's stance on earmarks. During the campaign he was 100% against them. And he gave his word to us that he would go line by line, with a scalpel, and eliminate all earmarks. Do you at all see that what he has done is a complete reversal of his campaign promises?

Based on your comments, it's almost pointless to try and debate seriously with you if you can't see the difference between funding a war versus taking money from rich people and giving it to people who don't have money. Seriously? That's socialism to you? Come up with a better argument, friend-o.

But to answer your question, how about the government doesn't take ANY of that money?! Obama has said that only government can fix this mess. Bull. Government can't fix anything. Government has to intentionally break things just so they're needed. You want to stimulate the economy? Cut government spending, stop Congress from giving themselves raises every half-hour and take the $1,000,000,000 and cut a $20,000 check to every family that pays taxes. Problem solved. Because, get this and pay very close attention, I know how to spend my money better than the government.

I never said stop blaming Bush. I simply stated that it is false to say Obama is taking responsibility. Obama doesn't take responsibility for anything...EVER. He's fuming over AIG when it was HIS administration that created the stipulations to allow AIG to do what they did with the money! But I encourage everyone to actually pay attention to how this mess got started. It wasn't a Bush mess. It goes past Clinton. You can follow this mess all the way to Carter. And if you notice, regardless of who caused the mess, you have to evaluate how the current President is dealing with it. And guess what...we are worse off than we were when Bush was in office.

As for your comments to lawyergirl, going on Leno, yukking it up and making insensitive jokes about the special olympics is not "meeting with the customers". It's cute how you defend him, but let's be honest. What he's doing tonight on Leno in no way helps this country. He's not listening to America. He's trying to be likeable again because he realizes that when you start paying attention to what he's saying and doing, he's a despicable president. His only hope is to make people feel like he's a good guy again. Somehow that will fix the economy. We are screwed.

Finally, your statement that I will criticize Obama no matter what is baseless and a lame attempt at an insult. I will criticize Obama for what he is doing. And what he is doing should be considered criminal. Taking money by force from someone who doesn't want to give it up simply because you want it used to be a crime in this country. Honestly, the absolute best thing that could happen to this country would be for Obama to lock himself in his room, play with his new dog and do nothing. I would love for him to "not do enough". Just stop doing whatever it is he's doing!

You are more than welcome to share your comments. I would just encourage you to put thought into them next time.

Yes, I expect my elected officials to work for me. However, taxing the piss out of me to research sea turtles does NOT work for me. And if you think for one second that your elected officials give one rip about you, you should run for president - apparently we're recruiting the dumbest peopel in America for that position.

JaxDad - Apparently you can't debate someone who disagrees with you without insulting them or questioning their intelligence. Nice!

I never said that politicians aren't looking out for themselves. I simply said that I expect them to work for me, and if there is federal money available for projects that benefit local people, then yes, I expect them to work to bring that money home. Call them earmarks, call it handouts, whatever you call them they are a necessary evil. And yes, believe it or not, I agree that earmark reform is necessary.

Obama has been president for two months. Did you expect him to fulfill all of his promises in two months? Name one president who has. Do you remember George Bush - Read my lips, no new taxes, then he went out and raised taxes? Bill Clinton promised health care reform. Did we get it? No. Any reasonable person understands that politicians make promises and most times they fail to keep those promises.

Did you also forget that we have the power to kick people out of office? Personally, I have seen it first hand, state politicians being ousted from office for voting themselves a pay raise. If you think it's just Democrats doing it, then you sir are the one who needs to do a little more research. Let's start with researching those 9,000 earmarks. Can you list the one's that you don't like? Or do you just take what Rush Limbaugh says as gospel? How much of that 410 billion was earmarks? Two Percent of the total. Wow! Back up the armored car!

No I didn't forget what Obama said about earmarks. Obviously you don't know me, who I am, what concerns me, so don't just assume that I am blindly following along. I'm watching what Obama does. But I'm also being realistic. I know that he isn't going to solve all of our problems. In the context of this bailout package, I wish he would have cut out the AIG bonus provision. Did he miss it? I assume so. Do you expect him to not make mistakes? As far as the 410 billion spending bill, did you not hear his statement regarding the earmarks in the bill? Obviously, the guy knows it's important to cut earmarks, but in this economy, I'm assuming that he passed the bill to keep the government working.

Bottom line is I'll bet I can find taxes and earmarks that every person in America disagrees with. So what's the solution? Do away with all taxes? Stop spending money on research? Cut all social programs? Hey I'd love smaller government and less taxes, but in this day and age, it ain't gonna happen. If we want to fight wars in other parts of the world, help homeless people, fight diseases, feed the rest of the planet, explore space, etc - then we're never going to get rid of government, taxes, earmarks and social programs. You know what? This country and it's government may not be perfect in your eyes, but it sure as hell beats the alternatives.

Tell me something, do you pay school taxes? Are you happy with that? Isn't that just paying for a system that allows poor people to have a place to send their kids to school? What about free lunches? Your tax dollars pay for that.

I'm not going to address your comments about recruiting the dumbest people to be president, other than to say that, you are probably right, look at George W. Bush, one of the most idiotic presidents in history. And he was elected to two terms! Yikes! What does that say about the collective intelligence of the electorate?

On to your next comment:

Based on your comments, it's almost pointless to try and debate seriously with you if you can't see the difference between funding a war versus taking money from rich people and giving it to people who don't have money. Seriously? That's socialism to you? Come up with a better argument, friend-o.

Um.....yeah. I understand the difference. Let's not quibble over the details of the Iraq war...mmm-K? You should do a little more research on that too. You seemingly forget that we gave millions, if not billions away to local Iraqis in an attempt to buy their friendship. Do you not remember the stories on national TV showing American military commanders driving around with boxes and boxes of cash, just handing it out to people on the street? Those are our tax dollars being given away to people that obviously don't have any money. Where did that money go? Do we know that it didn't go buy some IED's that ended up killing American troops? No we don't. But I guess that's OK with you because it was for the Iraq war. Maybe it is you who should rethink his comments before posting them.

Next.

Cutting government spending will get us out of this mess. Yes and no. For one, it is government spending on war materials such as submarines, airplanes, tanks, ammo, supplies and gasoline that is helping to keep many parts of our current economy going. Can we do without researching sea turtles right now? Sure. But we cannot cut all government spending. I agree with stopping the government pay raises. I also like your scenario of cutting everyone a check. Imagine that? Apparently I do know how to think.....yuck...yuck.

And guess what...we are worse off than we were when Bush was in office.

No Sh!t Sherlock! Did you expect things to magically get better when Obama took over? I didn't, even though you assume that I am one who did. Obviously this is a problem that goes way back. So if it ain't Bush's fault, tell me how he made the situation any better? How do you help a problem by cutting taxes significantly, then printing more money and then spending more money than you are taking in? You're missing the point of the argument about Bush. It toasts people's oatmeal that he made this mess worse, yet so many people give him a free pass, because he gave us tax cuts.

Again we disagree on his motivations for visiting Leno. You're entitled to your opinion.

Yeah, the Special Olympics comment was not good. He apologized about it.

He's not listening to America. He's trying to be likeable again because he realizes that when you start paying attention to what he's saying and doing, he's a despicable president. His only hope is to make people feel like he's a good guy again. Somehow that will fix the economy. We are screwed.

Here we go again. You say you'd rather Obama did nothing. Then you turn around and criticize him for being on Leno, yucking it up, trying to make people feel good again. Just so I know, which is it? Either you want him to fix the economy or you want him to do nothing. You can't have both. Do you even know what you want?

Which leads me to your final comment:

Finally, your statement that I will criticize Obama no matter what is baseless and a lame attempt at an insult.

I wasn't trying to insult you. I was trying to express my opinion about how I interpreted your comments. Based on your previous statements, I still stand by what I said. You criticize Obama for being on Leno, yucking it up, trying to make people feel good, saying that he should be in Washington working on important things, but then you say that you would rather he did nothing. That to me FRIEND-O, sounds like you would criticize him no matter what he does.

Just for the record:

I would love for him to "not do enough". Just stop doing whatever it is he's doing!

You are more than welcome to share your comments. I would just encourage you to put thought into them next time.

By the way....thanks for that thinly veiled insult.

Did I put enough thought into my comments this time?

bz,
You're a typical sheep, whose easily led and say's, "oh, everything's our President doing is good". If you believe Obama is doing a good job, be specific. I pointed out SPECIFIC issues regarding MY OPINION on the decisions that he has made or claimed. I notice you didn't address those. Address my specific points. Also, tell me, specifically, the decisions Obama has made thus far, that you consider good. Again, what about his cabinet nominees (tax cheats), his campiagn claim that led us to believe he was gonna pull troops out of the Middle East, and then added 17,000 in Afghanistan. If troops were needed you don't make veiled campaign claims just to get votes. That's deceitful. What about I'll go 'line by line" over the Stimulis bill to make sure there is no pork or earmarks, a big lie. I don't care if only 1% or 2% was fat (and that's as low an estimate there is). Still, that's 8 billion-16 billion dollars. Insignificant? And oops, was there a provision in there for AIG to take their bonuses? Obama says he didn't know. Then that means he did not go over it "line by line". If he did go over it , then he lied about not knowing. Either way it's a lie. These are just a few of the issues I have. So, spit out your gum, walk down from out of the back wood hills, and address these issues. Then, again, tell me the decisions you like that have been made by Obama. One other thing, don't start to draw party lines and don't talk in generalities. Be specific, if your capable. I don't care if you're a Democrat, Republican, or Independant. I judge you on your promises, your actions, and your integrity. I will patiently await your response.

made their bed - if you're specifically addressing me, then please say so.

I don't know if you are asking me to answer your questions, or if you are talking to someone else? Please specify who you are talking to.

shekki,
If you post here, its open season. One does NOT HAVE TO SPECIFY TO WHO ITS MEANT FOR, although you can. In my case, I did, it was directed to "bz". Pay attention, if you're going to be a smart azz. You may put your two cents in, also. Nothing has stopped you before. Have at it.

Shekki, I am guessing at this point that Made Their Bed, may possibly be trying to take me to task about whatever I may have supposedly "generalized" in my missives. At this point, I am also going on the belief that 'bz' is or may be the shortened form of BZe1. LOL,

I could be wrong in my interpretation but hey, as a supposed 'sheeple' and Made being a sheeple herder all I can say is baa baa or yaa yaa or haa haa haaaa......

The thing is, from the look and sound of fury that is being tapped tapped tapped and pecked pecked pecked across these message boards, that some of these folks either view themselves as or are, republicans, lobbiests, surrogates, regurgitators, and spielmiesters, and thus have decided to try to be sheeple dog to possibly 'sheepleherd ' me. Haa haaa haaaa....LOL Sorry, I am finding it difficult to take this seriously, when I have been 'sheepled'. LOL

Sheeple herder Maid Their Bed, you have already been taken to school via the wood shed by Shekki, so why be a glutton for punishment? LOL

bz,
That's your response? Baa baa, ya yaa, haa haa, tap, tap,tap, peck, peck, peck?? That's real impressive. I noticed though, you did not address a single issue I brought up. Now, go back and practice some more rhetoric you pick up from those who post here. My advice, bring something original, that has substance. If you're capable.

Leno has once again sold his sole

So he did he sell his shoe to?

I'd line up to buy tickets to see him... on O'Rielly or Hannity!!!!!! Now that would be

worth waiting for and paying for.

This 'style' of posting is what makes for interesting reading. When you want to make a statement, can't you at least proof read/spell check your statement?

A news evet?? Thats (That's). "to get them most unfit cadidted ever". What does that even mean? sold his sole - A sole is on your shoe. Oh, you meant soul?!?!?

Sorry, but it just blows my mind when someone tries to sound intelligent.

O'Reilly and Hannity are nothing but fear-monger, hate spewing idiots. I would hope President Obama will never waste his time with the idiots.

gayle and Enema,

Sorry that common folk are not as edumacated like you liberates. Wow, if you knowed what Marc was talk'n bout why'd ya feel like clear'n up for the rest of us nim-wits?

Thinks alot

Check their ratings.

Gayle,

You can spell mam, go to the head of the class. It's so nice to not be intellectually challenged and put someone who disagrees with you down. You must be a "liberal".

He would be afraid to go on O'Reilly or Hannity because they would actually ask tough questions!! Leno will just slobber all over him & tell him how wonderful he is!

And Chris Matthews wets his pants, so what. Hannity is over the top, I'll agree. But O'Reilly does a pretty good job of getting both sides of an issue out there for everyone to chew on.

HMM!! Maybe the heel has no soul!!LOL!

Those of you Republicans et al, surrogates, lobbiests, etc who want to criticize the President for his appearance on a popular show are probably just jealous that you didn't think of it first. LOL

You can bet your candidate for the Presidency, will be showing up on these shows and no doubt will be doing the same as President Obama is doing now, during his/her term if him/her should win that election. LOL

On a serious note some of you need to realize that not everyone can afford to subscribe to cable or satelite or have access to the internet, therefore many do not have the opportunity to hear, read of see the many news programs that address the many issues in any depth.

Many folks only have national stations/over the air broadcast, and in actuality there are not many of these national stations/over the air broadcast that really deal in any depth, with the issues facing this country or what the govt is trying to do not do. Of course they could try PBS but even on those channels, there are not many programs that cover the issues being discussed all the time like on the news only channels.

National/over the air broadcast stations do present the news but oftentimes in only 1/2 hour formats and also includes local, national and world and other news events all in this limited time frame. To therefore have the President on this program is a plus as it gives these other folks a chance to see, hear and assess for themselves what he is saying without the filter of a talking head or spin.

There are those who criticize the President for not staying in DC or the White House constantly and his going out to other States to talk about, discuss, and be questioned on the plans that he is trying to get in place for the country.

Personally, I don't have a problem with that, because the people all over this country are spotlighted and their need and difficulties are shown/ made visible to everyone, by the many media that follows him around.

The President is also able to hear the opinions and concerns of the regular people himself, instead of depending soley on those around him for this sort of information. This way he is not being 'bubbled' and Washingtonized. He is after all the President of the whole country not just of the Capital and the few States that surround the Capital.

Perhaps it might have helped if President Bush had done some of this sort of thing, as he may have heard what was really on the regular folks minds, than being ' bubbled' like it appeared that was done to him.

You can't make decisions in a vacuum. You can't make decisions based soley on the opinions of those around you. It is better to hear from the electorate directly also.

BZe1,

From one Sheeple to another. Amen. Good post.

I do not like to raise the race card--but, reading some of the posts on Newsvine about President Obama it sure does seem that the color of his skin is a big issue. I don't think it would matter to some of these posters what he did, it would always be wrong.

Lets see if I can put this in writing. First isn't the President a figure head with power? He is not a king or queen or something like that can have complete rule over a country. Queen Elizabeth is a true figure head I think as she has no power over England. It is also my belief that if we let things continue as they are we will have some kind of dictator instead of a President. I could be wrong but this is what I see and believe. As always just my opinion.

We just got rid of a dictator, we have a people's president now!!

He's completely and totally incompetent. Let the impeachment proceedings begin.

People's President? You mean like the People's Republic of the United Socialist States of America?

Open-Minded....Holy crap, you are not. Bush in NO form of fashion was a dictator. Unfortunatley, your Obumma has all the sign of becoming one. He has no business being on Leno !! He is the President and needs to act like one, he is NOT a rock star. Give me a break

I think the criticism of Obama is simply equal to the criticism of Bush, and any other politician, really.

I never voted for Bush...or Clinton... or Obama... so I personally have been right all along, yet no one will listen to me!

VOTE LIBERTARIAN!!!

emma please tell us how anyone has brought up race!

Forever Lost,

Understand your pain but, here's the rub; if President Obama were to not use the media as a propaganda machine for his policies then it might be different. By doing this he is setting himself up not only for criticism but, also failure. When there is such a marriage made in heaven between the press and an admistration the public quickly becomes very distrustful, as the public generally does not believe everything it reads or sees in the media. Karl Marx (maybe Lenin), contextually said that to control the populace keep them ignorant and feed them the "controlled" press. It becomes very obvious when it's too obvious (Yogi Berra).

Forever Lost, and the Rest of Us...

I was not a Bush supporter either, but Obama hasn't even started to feel the heat. Our nation allowed the Press, and everyone else to mock our President while he was in power, which definitely helped create some of our American Image around the world. While President Bush was in office our movie theaters were playing "W". It does not get more disrespectful then that.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't hate Obama, I just don't believe he is different or that he will bring change. All of us will sit here and trade insults, correct each others spelling, criticize our educational backgrounds and even accuse each other of being racist while we support our favorite politicians, mean while they are giving our money out like they have a right to it. The funny part is that any of you think that "your guy" is clean and the "other guy" is dirty.

If big government spending was going to fix our financial issues, would our economy be fine, with all the spending GW did. Ask your self if any of this financial crash makes any sense at all. Who were the two guys knocking themselves out to get the first 700 Billion passed, Obama and Bush. There were senators and house reps on both sides speaking out strongly about how poorly the bill was written and how there was no over-site, how we had no plan to ensure the money was used wisely or that it was going to help the credit crisis. But, there was no time to get it right, it just had to get passed.

I hate to break it to you, there is hardly any difference between GW and Obama, Obama is a bit smoother and more articulate, he also says one thing and does another - and America is currently awe-stuck by a well-spoken, polished President. Also I think Obama will do better with our International Relations because he is a better communicator. Besides that, ... Their actions are not different. Not only is Obama still in Iraq, he has sent more troops to Afghanistan. They are giving our money to their special projects, and blaming each other. Same ole thing.

Lost; Here's a field trip the Prez & the whole congress should take....The Constitution Center in Philadelphia. They can get re-acquainted with the Constitution, any many can read it for the 1st time.

bethy,

I agree what is he doing on Leno. He should be out cutting brush. Oh, that was the last guy.

Bill in Florida - you are correct . And I should know as I live in the Peoples Republic of Illinois. BO came from the ongoing out of control democratic politics in the state of Chicago ( I live in Central IL, south of I-80 that seems to be forgotten in IL politics). Anyway, what can we expect from a "community organizer"? I hate to wish my life away but can't wait for 2012. I will be watching the Illini play tonight and NOT BO on JL. GO ILLINI!

Just in case, you haven't noticed, the BIG O has wracked up more debt in less time than ever in History. At this rate, the country is going to be bankrupt.

You call John McCain an old clown....well one thing is for sure, McCain has never voted for an earmark, but the esteemed Obama just voted for nearly 9000 of them in the porkulus bill he just passed......and as for McCain's "no nothing" sidekick.....did you know that during her (Palin's) first major speech, her teleprompter failed to work, but she was able to continue without a hitch because she was so well prepared....I have seen this happen to Obama several times, and each time, he began stuttering and looking completely lost and was unable to continue, because he apparently relies so much on his teleprompters, that he does not feel it is necessary to actually KNOW his material.....now who is really the "no nothing" here.....

You have no problem exempting Obama for all that is taking place....the koolaid must cause amnesia....did you forget that he was in the Senate and voted.....did you forget that the dems have been in control since 2006.....you may need to go to your room and learn a little history before you comment JMDona

Rushing - looks like I know where you get your information from. Heh, Porkulus, that's funny! It combines two words into one!

The earmarks in the omnibus comprised about 2 percent of the entire bill! 2 PERCENT! That's entirely insignificant. If Obama vetoed the bill, it would have effectively shut down the federal government, seeing as how federal government funding was most of the bill. Also, if you had education about how governmnent works - you'd have known that Obama couldn't have just "crossed out the pork" from the bill. Line-item vetoes were ruled unconstitutional in Clinton v. City of New York back in '97.

Also, Obama didn't "vote for nearly 9000 of them" in the omnibus. He is a president, not a legislator; he can't actually vote on anything.

It was bad when Obama took office and he has made it much worse. I tend to doubt someone who signs bills that he doesn't read.

I'm curious, everyone talks about how bad the last eight years were but no one can give an example

He really should stop and read a Bill before signing it.

Perhaps someone should tell him, the campaign is over, he won!! Now start acting like a President, and have the courage to run this country, not give it away to Pelosi and the rest of the liberal idiots in congress. With all the serious problems this country has surely there is something better to do than to appear on the Tonight Show!!! But wait, with the mess he has made so far, maybe the country would be better off if he was out of Washington! This administration is becoming a disgrace to the country.

Well this is odd, if I remember correctly didn't McCain ask for Obama to go to Town-hall meetings? It just seems odd to me that so many people ask Obama to do something, and when he does; the very same people who asked for him to do it harass him.

Well, at least he's spreading positive vibes around the country. Which is what we need right now, our country is driven more by emotion than anything else. I'm so glad we have such a positive president!

I agree, go cut more brush.

greg-281912,
You mean "line by line"? Obama no can do. Maybe if they put it on a teleprompter.

Something wrong with garnering public support? Do you think presidents should (or do) just impose their will?

Linda, with all due respect, this crisis took a little longer to get into than 8 years. Brush up on some history. This was set in motion during Carter, it just took 30 years to get into it. Funny thing, though...if this had happened in the first 100 days of Bush Jr., most people would've blamed him. See, when you boil it down, it all comes down to party lines. You aren't willing to look at this objectively and as a result, you can't see the crap we're now being subjected to that is being touted as the "solution".

And yes, there is nothing wrong with a president doing a late night talk show. The problem is, when there are people losing their jobs by the millions, retirement funds depleted and rampant corruption in the government, going on an entertainment show and yukking it up to show how personable you are (wonder if he'll use a teleprompter) hurts your image. When 9/11 took place, Bush got criticized for reading a children's story to a class for 7 more minutes. Obama is going Jay-walking and that's supposed to make us feel better about the condition of our country. The people don't need a likeable guy to laugh with right now - we need an executive who will lead with wisdom. None of that is going on.

As for giving Obama a year to fail...

First, it took him 50 days to destroy the DNA of this country. 50 days to abandon the system of capitalism and lead us towards a socialist state. Why in the WORLD would I want to give him another 300 days before deciding if he's a bad President or not? I have a daughter. If she goes out on a first date with a guy and he beats her, would you expect me to say, "Well, maybe he needs another shot. I'll give it until date 10 before I pass judgment"? NO! That would be stupid. And that's exactly what you're asking us to do now. Obama, his administration and the democratic ilk that are raping this country do not get a grace period to figure this out.

Second, he has failed. His poll numbers are steadily dropping because the public, that bother to pay attention, realize that he doesn't have a clue as to what's going on. Wall Street and economists all over publicly slam Obama's policies. The financial guys - the guys WAY smarter than Obama and his fresh-out-of-preschool Treasury Secretary - totally disagree with what Obama is doing.

Further, drop the race card. No one's played it. It's a lame attempt at distracting from the real issue. I don't care what color his skin is. He's a bad president. I'm proud America elected a black man. I just wish it had been a black man that would've been good for this country.

'There is nothing wrong with a sitting president doing a late night show, it is no different than him doing the Today show, Dateline or 60 Minutes. '

When the late night host makes a fool of the BIG O, you will quickly see the difference!!! You haven't seen them make their guests look like total idiots?

Amen!! Ever since Obama announced he was running for President, anyone who did not want him in office was considered a racist, every negative comment about this shark was considered racist........... and he still plays on that..

Just like with the AIG CEO bonuses, he acted very upset and mad that they had the nerve to hand out bonuses to those idiots, how come he wasn't upset when AIG donated $100,000.00 to the dems RIGHT BEFORE they rec'd this last bailout... That's okay tho, right??

JaxDad I agree with you mostly but I do feel he should have held off on a visit to an entertainment show until we could have been in better shape. As I see it right now I don't think I have ever witnessed such a mess in an administration. It is clear to me that people voted him in because they honestly believed he would share the wealth as he put it with those who don't earn or deserve it. This country is in free fall and all this distraction with bailouts, the wars who is evading taxes (most of those he chose for office) is keeping everyone occupied and not paying attention to one real issue. SOCIALISM this man is going to lead this country and the Obamanites right into it. I for one will not sway but for those like myself I am afraid there will be no choice but to fight for the right to stay a free country. The government is looking to crawl into every household in this country and tell you what you can and cannot do. So to say he is a bad president is an understatement he is dangerous.

There is nothing wrong with the color of his skin. A man's skin color does not determine his abilities. Experience would be one factor to consider. Also, eloquent speech is not a criteria. While he appears to have some people believing that he has a gift for speaking, consider what is not being said rather than what you hear.

Also, why is he trying so hard to sell his load of beans? Just because there are some folk who thinks he will do a great job when will it begin? After he has sold this countries worth? Clearly there are biasis on both sides, but who will admit just maybe he is not after all the man he continues to potray himself as. Bush was not all that great and left a mess, but why does Oboma continue to add to the mess and keeps saying he inherited a mess?

Momma always said you have to keep your eyes and ears open and read the hand writing on the wall. It's okay to be disappointed in Oboma, but when we do not hold our politicians accountable we get what Bush gave us and what Oboma and the rest of the no-good-ers in DC keep shuffling our way. I can only speak for me, but I am tired of being tired of politicians who have no ethics and value nothing but their own agendas. It's how I see thing, and my opinion.

Please tell where anyone has mentioned race. I don't understand that point some of you are trying to make. I have not seen a single word about race.

People use the race card to run cover from the real issues. I did not vote for Barry either and quite frankly I have given him a chance. You people who say we should support him are hypocrites. You threw Bush/Cheney under the bus any chance you could and you will continue too. I thought I was going to be able to handle BHO for 4 years but the arrogance, the leftist approach, the lieing and the poor decisions still have me very skeptical of this guy and everyone regardless of party should be. He is changing for the sake of change, spending money to fix problems. Not a good leader so far.

Daisy -- these people don't care about reality, they just love to bray here because nobody else bothers to listen to them, they have no friends, and they've ruined their families because they believe they have an absolute right to impose their will willy nilly on everyone else.

Linda-859187

President Obama did not create this mess, former president Bush and those that were in office for eight years created it. There is nothing wrong with a sitting president doing a late night show, it is no different than him doing the Today show, Dateline or 60 Minutes. -------------

Here is some news... Obama was in office... He voted for the wars, he voted for the bail outs, he voted to not address Fannie and Freddie. I admit he does not have much experience, but he was involved in creating this mess, have you ever looked up the bills that Obama supported? Or do you just listen to his speeches to determine what he is all about?

No matter what the president does some people will not be happy and will not approve of anything he does. I did not like Bush, but I did not criticize him at every turn or decisions he made. Some are not even giving Obama a chance, let him be in office for a year before you have him failing.

I strongly disagree with Obama's decisions and I will not support what I disagree with. By the way, I spoke out stronly against some of Bush's decisions too.

The people that do not like the color of his skin, get used to it. AND REMEMBER WE ARE ALL REALATED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

Seriously, Linda this is a really lame thing to say. I know how I feel about Obama has nothing to do with his skin color and everything to do with his politics. You calling me a racist for not liking his politics is silly, insulting, and doesn't address any of the reasons that I don't like him. I do have to say, one thing that is contributing to my bad feelings about Obama is his nutty supporters who seem to have little to say more intelligent than... You are Racist, You are greedy, why won't you give him a chance, and (drum roll) stupidest defense of all.... At least he is better than BUSH.

I am not greedy, I am not a racist, I don't have to support politics I disagree with. (drum-roll) I hope not all future presidents only have to be better than Bush to earn my support.

Go put your head back into the sand. Obama doesn't know how to run a country so he's trying to cover up all the mess and spending he's done since being in office. the media is up his A$$ and don't report what's going on that is important. Just like the Osama Bin Laden tape that just recently aired. You don't see the media having it all over the web. Osama's word was Obama is a surrogate to the enemy. Then theirs the trillions of dollars he's spending. Best way to cover that, is to get the media to follow your away from the problem. You Democrats voted for this loser and now you can label yourself as losers. His ratings are going downhill fast. You can say what you want about President Bush, but we felt safer with him than with this charlatan that's pretending he knows how to run a country.

Jaxdad, excellent post.

Yup, Doublestandards has given him a chance --- for a whole almost 2 months. Amazing how open-minded he is, and what a terrific alternative plan he's offering. Whatta guy!

Bob,

My alternative plan: Keep Gtmo open, do not hire Tim G, do not spend my money on stem cell research, no bailout money, no stimulus package, reduce taxes, drill oil here, go line item by line item as promised for pork spending. Create a US manufacturing department and get rid of dept of Agriculture. Put a temporary freeze on income taxes to stimulate the economy. Demand an investigation into the housing crisis. Thank the 92% of us who have paid our mortgages. Give employers tax breaks to keep jobs here. Not threaten the hard working people with distribution of wealth. What would you do?

Are you runing? So far you have my vote.

Double Standards-738599, If 92% of people were paying their mortgages this economic meltdown which was supposedly caused by the realestate meltdown, would not have occurred. The instruments packaged and insured/sold by AIG were dependent upon everyone paying their mortgages, and more and more people buying homes and paying their mortgages and on and on until the year dot. Unfortunately these crazy loan plans started resetting and many folks could not continue to pay at these new higher interest rates. Foreclosures that were originally absorbable into the market ramped up until there were more foreclosures happening than homes being sold. Now people are losing their jobs and even more folks will be unable to pay their mortgages and the vicious cycle continues, while everyone is being robbed blind by these institutions, who created the mess in the first place, with their so called retention bonuses.

Part of the problem is that the monthly cost of the 2 wars - about 10 billion dollars per month- that are on going for the past 7 years were not being figured into the various budgets that were being passed, but their cost were still adding up by themselves and not being paid down. You know, like those upside down mortgages.LOL

The present budget and those going forward factored/factors in the ongoing cost of these 2 wars. Some folks do not mention this fact when they talk about/ criticize the present budget for being too high/costly.

Perhaps we should just keep the 10 billion dollars per month that these wars are costing and leave these countries to their own devices. Frankly the terrorist problem is every country's problem, and has been around in some form or other for many years before 9/11, so these other countries should also be ponying up money to pay for the fight against terrorism in general, instead of only the USA who seem to be the one left holding the biggest part of the bag even as most other countries are being protected so to speak imo.

To my mind, these monies would be better spent here where we have the most need from the look of things. Imagine, 3% of the population of Washington DC are infected with HIV/AIDS in this country. This info was stated this past week in the news, yet there is no outcry. It cost about 10 thousand dollars per month for the drugs to treat this disease in this country yet only about 35 hundred dollars in other countries. Yet people do not complain about this, and many are against having universal healthcare in this country even although healtcare cost is prohibitive and people in other first world countries are receiving better care than we do and still pay less. Perhaps these folks do not realize that things like this can cause even more financial damage to this economy as more people lose everything to pay for healthcare or do without and go on to infect someone else, even those of you with insurance coverage.

There is just too much posturing going on by those folks in Congress. They are busy playing politics while the country falls down around the ears of the rest of us who are not guaranteed a salary like they are, or forsee a bonus - retention or otherwise- in our future.

While the republicans et al, are busy criticizing and saying no or playing political games, the very same banks and other financial institutions that received bail out money are hiking interest rates and fees on us, the very same people whose money these banks have borrowed. I do hope these financial institutions are having to pay it back at 30% interest rate and with the same innumerable fees that they charge the rest of the American masses.

One other thing, some of these so called local banks are not as local as one is lead to believe. Many have been bought up or being bought up by many of these bigger banks who received bailout money. The rules, regulations and oversight need to cover all of these institutions large, small, interstate or local, as these local banks may be local one day and part of the bigger problem the next.

Tibby,

Have you lost your job? Are you about to lose your home? Have you lost your retirement savings and now have to work until you die?

I actually have a number of people close to me who have experienced these things. Guess what? They're not interested in a president who can laugh. Screw that. That's idiotic.

The problem with Obamaites is they think that as long as they feel good, everything's fine. Obama is great at making people FEEL like everything is ok - but those are usually the people who are actually pretty ok to begin with and don't understand what it means to actually be hurting. Because I tell you, I'm seeing it happen where I live. Men cannot support their families because they lost the job they've held for 20 years and don't know how to get out of this. We need leadership. Not a smoke-blower who can't slove anything. And that's, unfortunately, what we have.

The 'tone' of the Presidency of the US is not supposed to be humorous. He is the elected leader of the allegedly most powerful country in the world...and he is appearing on a late-night talk show? What happened to respect and dignity of the position? The reast of the world is supposed to respect a man who is trying to sell his multi-trillion dollar corporate welfare on a talk-show. Bush had nothing to do with the level he is sinking the presidency to...even Clinton for all his friends in Hollywood never appeared when he was in office.

How would Obama know how to act as a "role model"? Wasn't his role model Jessie Jackson? It's the blind leading the blind!

So while our government is raping the citizenry we should just show our lighter side by laughing? We need a President of moral and honest character not a want to be comedian. What ever happened to his "the buck stops here"? It sure does, in his and all his cronies pockets. I recall someone once said "let them eat cake" well ........we see how that turned out!

God bless America and we must as a nation pray for those who claim to lead in Washington DC. Only with God's intervention will this crumbling nation return to its former strength and glory.

The way I see it, Obama is the only one doing any laughing....mostly about the way he has fooled a large majority of the American people....I am not lauighing, nor do I want my president laughing...I want him doing his job.......if his going on Leno is supposed to get us all laughing, I really don't think it's going to work......and it is NOT about the color of a man's skin, it's about the content of his character as MLK said......it's not rascist to want him to do the job he was elected to do.......he needs to rid himself of the puppeteers and teleprompters and his crooked, incompetent cabinet, and start preparing for and doing his job....we are allowed to expect that of him.....

I fail to see amy humor in anything that Obama does.The joke is on the American people who are struggling right now. The media has said the people in line are in the age bracket of "20's", that would mean those who voted him in and probably never have paid attention to paying taxes yet, and Hollywood loves him...well they can have him. He's a clown.

Face the facts. Obama should have been a comedian because he sure isn't presidential material. But then again, he's no comedian either.

Tibby-977409

Tibby now I understand... President Obama really wants to be in show business and had to go the long way around to get there. Golly, I hope this country can hang in here long enough for him to make it big.

I agree. Most of the people who post messages here are ignorant and they feed off each other's stupidity. They love to spout off and not one really knows what they are talking about.

ducky,
Welcome to the club. You're in.

How else will he talk?

Ya ever notice, when Obama speaks he never looks to the center. The teleprompters are on the left and the right. He rarely, if ever, looks into the camera.

This is exactly what McCain and the Republican Party warned us against. If we voted Obama in we would get a celebrity. So glad I voted McCain. I hope the rest of the country comes to their senses and impeaches this man.

At the very least, not another "celebrity". We've already had one of those, haven't we? Ronald Reagen!

Gayle: Ronald Reagan was a celebrity and he was the best president ever! Don't even try to compare Obama, the idiot with Reagan.

Absolutely no comparison between Reagan and Obama...the main difference being....Reagan LOVED his country!

Rushing: You are so right. Reagan loved his country and he stood up for the everyday person, not just the rich or poor. Obama could only hope to have as much class as Reagan, but all we get from him is his strut, ears and ummmm's, yahhhhh's.

Raygun was a senile fool with a smiling face. His defense of Iran-Contra was a channeling of Alfred E Newman -- "duh, I didn't know about it -- what, me worry?"

Jezus, where were your concerns when Bush spent 400 days in Crawford?
You guys just can't stand it unless you're @!$%#hing about something. never ceases to make me laugh my asss off at how stupid you guys are with your whining. NO move he makes will make you stop. Well guess what, keep it up, waste your energy. Your day is OVER!

Whether you like it or not--you lost, we won and if you don't think Obama represents you its because he doesn't, we're damn glad of that. He represents us and We LOVE having a president who can relate to modern communicato. Like or not, its the way it is from here on out. Just like everything before you and everything after you, life has always been evolving and progressing. It's only you that's left at the sidelines picking your noses.

Call us whatever you want but what we have now is a great 180 in comparison to the idiotville Bush turned this country's image into. And it will only get better in time. We are pleased and we are happy. DOWN with neo-conservatism. Now and forever!

I've said it before but it always bears repeating: "Sorry about your baaad luck!"

If you're going to stay here, get used to the way WE want our America to be!

Call your BOY and tell him to keep his A$$ in Washington.

What are you 12 years old. We won you lost, nanananana! Seems like you are the one that can't get over you won. What is it the first time you ever voted for the winner and you can't let it go.

As I said. Call your BOY or leader or Messiah and tell him to get his A$$ back to the White House. Remember, this clown is YOUR President. Please tell me what he has done for you to make your life better. I'll believe it when you can do that. but I can tell you now, you are no better of than before him. Losers will always be losers.

No, its your side's whining, threats and smear tactics I'm doggin' on.

You don't do anything with your childish rants but prove our point that you are just whiney assed doucebaggers. If you had something constructive to say, you would have said it. Obama being on Leno has no bearing on the statelyhood of the Presidency. For ONCE, we have a President who wants to actually mingle with the middle class, to hear and be heard and not act like the man behind the curtain. It's a new age, whether you like or not.

I could care less if you like him or his politics, but your whimpers and complaints are like wounded hounddogs and it just gets to be enough already. My post has everything to do with you looking at yourselves. If you held up a mirror, you'd see you ain't pretty and you aren't fooling anyone muchless scaring anyone. Nor do you represent anything intelligent and nary a cogent perspective that is based in any sense of realism or facts. There is no debate here. We won that and yes, I am proud of it, but no, not my first time around this block and it sure the hell won't be my last.

As someone most appropriately wrote on the vine before, it's douchebaggery!

Right Robin. I can remember the "New Age" the Hippie generation. It didn't pan out either. When you grow up to understand how the government works, get back to us.

I think you think governing is done with an iron fist instead of thinking for solutions to problems and working for understanding and cooperation. ach-tung!

Him speaking without one is even better.

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I like that, our new president: President Teleprompter and his sidekick, Barack Obama. That sounds like a nice stage show name for the Tonight Show. Maybe he can land a gig in Hollywood, after all they voted for him.

What with you folks and this teleprompter deal? Why is this thing about a teleprompter important? Who are you suggesting that is in office or in the public view that does not or do not need to use one?

Are you somehow suggesting that because the President is actually an educated, intellegent, articulate, engaging communicator, a former law professor and a former President (?) of the Harvard Law Review, and who is able to get his points across in a manner that everyone understands, without talking down to people, or needing one of those talking heads in the media to interpret (or spin) what he is saying, that somehow by the supposed use of a teleprompter somehow diminishes him? Why?

So there is this surprised that there is someone in the White House or politics who can actually state what he means and what his plans are for the country, and clearly explain issues etc, answer questions that were not chosen/vetted beforehand and generally elucidate, that somehow that is a fault?

Is that why you folks keep showing your bias and ignorance by trying to give the impression that the President can only speak when there is supposedly a teleprompter? Are you suggesting that he does not have a good memory and thus must soley be dependent on the teleprompter? Wow

When last has some of you folks, that are harping on this teleprompter thing, had to speak in public i.e. address a group or over 350plus million people, and billions of people around the world, if ever, even for a/ or more than a couple of minutes and do not bring notes with you? Wow aren't we brilliant then?

Are you suggesting that he is incapable of writing his own speech, put thoughts to paper, speak off the cuff, and thus have to say/read someone else's words to be understood?

The President need to continue to go on these late night programs and address folks in town meeting where people can hear what he has to say in his own words. But then that is not what you folks want, is it? Perhaps he is just too intelligent for you.

Thank goodness the dumbing down of America, the appealling to the lowest common denominator and the dependence on the political talking heads and spinmiesters have come to an end. At long last.

Sorry guys, you will just have to understand as best you can. LOL, Ah the return of the dictionary or pictionary as your needs require. LOL

Give the guy a break, he needs more TV time to make sure he can place the blame for all the problems on someone else. Get ready for some empty rhetoric and billions in expenses, but we'll just get the rich to pay for it.

You think there's something wrong with garnering public support? You think a president should spend all his time posing at his desk, or what? Rule by fiat? I'm sure your advice is needed in this matter.

trackingphonies,; watch what you say, your comments could be perceived as an overt threat to the president. That is a criminal act. If I were you I'd be checking regularly out your window to insure the secret service and the fbi are not already listening in and watching your every action. Heads up !!!!!

They don't have enough agents in the Secret Service to watch all the people that think Obama is a target.

Here is the difference, one has enough class to realize the job isn't about ratings or flying around the country so your adoring fans can gather round and throw flowers at your feet. You guess which one is which.

Goodie38 - well spoken. Only democrats can live in glass houses and throw stones. If they are wrong they have a reason to make it right. When they are wrong they are right and when they are right they are right. If you want to know the truth, ask a neoliberal demokrat.

Did you like that he spent a few million dollars getting there on AF1 or spent money for security? How about all the fuel he burned up getting there and back, you like that too?

If you did not vote for him there is no way in hell you are getting into a town hall meeting let alone ask a question.

Oh please, do you honestly think he cares what the people are saying. This is all "for show." And, who cares about seeing in person the man solely responsible for sending this country into a "tizzy." Yes, we had financial woes, but all this implementing of "change." Who needed it? America will be better off when he GETS OUT!!!

research the town meeting , all questions were already in place.

I remember Nero and Rome, but what comes to mind is Adolph Hitler. Obama is using the same tactics Adolph Hitler used. Win support of people when economic times are rough, by promising them the moon the stars and the sky. Adolph Hitler use to stand in front of a mirror and practice his rhetoric speeches to the people so he would look like a man that knew it all. Problem is, the people followed him like sheep, the same happening here in the U.S. Every day Obama is in office, it makes the Republicans look better. I have friends that voted Democrat and have told me they regret their vote to this day. I am sure there are many others out there that feel the same way.

There were over 58,000,000 legal citizen voters of the United States of America who DIDN'T vote for Obama. These are the people who get to do the "I Told You So!" dance. We just didn't think we'd get to dance so soon.