TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Mar-20-09 03:28 PM
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MSNBC First Read: Despite Gaffe, a Steller Performance by Obama on Jay Leno
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro
*** A stellar performance?
Outside of his crack about the Special Olympics (more on that below), President Obama’s appearance on Leno last night was a big success for the White House, considering the criticism he was receiving going into the interview. As Washington resembles a zombie-horror movie -- with Congress eating banking executives, Republicans eating Democrats, and Democrats eating Democrats (Chris Dodd vs. Treasury) -- Obama gave perhaps his best explanation of the AIG crisis and those bonuses; he looked like the adult compared with Congress; and he bought his embattled Treasury secretary more time. Forty-eight hours ago, we might have agreed with House Minority Leader John Boehner that Geithner was on thin ice. But the White House has doubled down on their man. “This guy has not just a banking crisis; he's got the worst recession since the Great Depression, he's got an auto industry that has been on the verge of collapse,†Obama told Leno. “And he's doing it with grace and good humor.â€
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/20/18449...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38JnVMpzRs
Wow, what balls.Gee, whoda thunk that the AAA affiliate would have something good to say about the big league club. This is like an assistant crack whore praising the BJ skills of the chief crack whore.
