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Uncharacteristically feisty Obama slams Rick Perry at campaign fundraiser
By Virginia SmithSeptember 26th, 2011, 8:00 pmComments (18)
Barack Obama got unexpectedly salty at a campaign fundraiser this weekend, making fun of Texas governor Rick Perry by citing the wildfire currently demolishing his state. Obama mocked Perry to a group of donors, calling him a "governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change." The remark came as part of a larger jab at the increasingly insane antics of the Republican party:
"I mean, has anybody been watching the debates lately? You've got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change. You've got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don't have health care and booing a service member in Iraq because they're gay. That's not reflective of who we are. This is a choice about the fundamental direction of our country. 2008 was an important direction. 2012 is a more important election."
So I guess it's official: Obama is back in campaign mode, and probably not a moment too soon given his approval ratings.
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Commentarium (18 Comments)
Please re-elect this man, and clear the deadwood out of the House so we can get things moving again. We need serious, responsible and knowledgeable people in Congress, not the do-nothing Tea Partiers we have now.
Preach.
Yes, let's go back to the days of 9% unemployment at the earliest opportunity.
Nerve Moderators: Above commet is not me, please delete.
Mere minutes until the PR hack bullshit comment army arrives.
In the mean time, right on Kel, not my favorite president (that would be FDR) but he'll do - and a damn sight better than anyone else visible. It all looks discouraging - they're making sure of that - but you have to vote anyway.
What scientific consensus determined that the wildfires in texas are attributable to climate change? Weren't there wildfires before anthropogenic climate change?
shut up.
And look up "irony" in the dictionary.
Doofus.
Oh, that scientific consensus! Question withdrawn!
Increased wildfires in the west have been linked as a possible result due to climate change. Whether the wildfires in Texas now are because of climate change is probably uncertain.
I don't think so. I think the real reason was the syndication of Scrubs. If you check, you'll see that when Scrubs was syndicated, there was an increase in fires.
Hilarious. The above comment is not me. By some miracle it isn't troll material. I guess the "@" troll forgot to switch aliases?
thank you for changing the headline.
Whoever sells Bam short seemingly has forgotten he maneuvered through Chicago politics without getting indicted, rose from the Illinois state senate without getting caught taking a bribe, beat Hillary in the primaries, then dumped Johnny Mac in the general election. He did all that after rising from nothing. The only advantage he's ever had in life is his calm tenacity. Sure, it frustrates plenty of people. Bam frustrates plenty of people. Yet somehow he's on top and we're all looking up. Perhaps if he'd had a bit more cooperation from the disloyal opposition and cowardly Democrats our nation wouldn't be in such a sluggish condition. Let's all work on that in his second term, shall we?
Go gettum Barack, give em the ol left hook.
Ditto! Do as much damage to your political opponents as you've done to the economy and you'll be President for life.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fires-fuel-climate-change
Some of the Texas fires were reportedly set by illegal aliens, so I guess it is a Federal Fire, which the present Justice Dept. will not allow the states to put out.