Friday, July 31, 2009

A Mad Tea Party

Photo from Whatever It Is, I'm Against It, who added a link to this leaked, top-secret, eyes-only transcript of the foursome's conversation. It's a pretty good effort, which I expect to see quoted by the clueless, but one giveaway (as well as the chief weakness of the satire) is that it makes Obama seem a lot smarter than he is.
For fuck’s sake, Henry, do you know how far this ridiculous incident has set me back? A month ago Americans were still patting themselves on the back and saying, “Can you believe we elected a black guy as president?” Now they’re pissing their pants in fear and saying, “Can you believe we elected a black guy as president?” I should be out there making the case for hea[l]th care and urging patience on the economy. Instead you’ve turned me into some horrible combination of Al Sharpton and Oprah fucking Winfrey.
"Making the case for health care"? I think virtually all Americans know the case for health care, and almost as many know the case for health care reform. (Some probably even know the case for heath care.) But what Obama is stumping for isn't health care reform; right now it looks like he hopes to convince the American people that "single payer" means "subsidizing the HMOs."