Town Hall, Not Party Event

1:23 pm EST February 9th, 2009 | News | 13 Comments

President Obama continues to make a clean break from the stain that previously inhabited the White House. (via)

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13 Responses to “Town Hall, Not Party Event”

  1. steno says:
    February 9, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    If you campaign better than you govern, this would be the way to go, I suppose…

    But it will wear thin pretty quickly. Remember what Honest Ob’s hero said: “You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”

  2. ed says:
    February 9, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Amazing to see the difference between fuckin idiot royalty like George Bush Junior and a genuinely intelligent person like President Barack Obama. About like the difference between the Republican party and NotRepublicans.

  3. Duros62 says:
    February 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    If you campaign better than you govern, this would be the way to go, I suppose…

    He’s already shown that.

    Go away.

  4. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 9, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    steno says: “If you campaign better than you govern, this would be the way to go, I suppose…”

    You just described the Republican party (nearly) perfectly.

  5. Tyro says:
    February 9, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    Notably, in part no doubt because of Bush’s “closed session” strategy of holding these Potemkim Town Halls, the more Bush promoted his Social Security plan, the less popular it became. I suspect the dynamic of Obama’s promotion of the stimulus plan will be the exact opposite.

  6. SaveFarris says:
    February 9, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    “I’ve watched the President do town halls from 2004 through 2008, and the audience has never been hand-picked, and neither have the questions.”

    Exactly. They save the hand-picking for the press conferences.

  7. Tyro says:
    February 9, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    SaveFarris, that faux-outrage is pretty rich coming from you now, after 8 years of cowardly slavish bush-support for his Potemkin publicity stunts.

    Save it– you lack the moral judgment or standing. Obama’s a braver and better man than Bush, full stop.

  8. calling all toasters says:
    February 9, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    SaveFarris– it is unfortunate for you that we have a President who plans stuff. He probably doesn’t make funny faces at his press conferences, either. And he *never* calls on someone just because they’re the White House’s resident gay prostitute.

    I know you miss all that, but try to live with it.

  9. Duros62 says:
    February 9, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Exactly. They save the hand-picking for the press conferences.

    What, did Jeff Gannon get his WH job back?

    No?

    He probably doesn’t make funny faces at his press conferences,

    I’ll bet he doesn’t even give the press corps witty nicknames either. What a buzzkill.

  10. Oliver Willis says:
    February 9, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Choose: The president should filter the press or the people? I say the filter goes on the press, eff ‘em.

  11. Randy Brown says:
    February 9, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    Les Kinsolving and World Nut Daily have been yammering about this non-story for nearly two weeks. Good! Time for the wingers to eat schidt for a while.

  12. megamoze says:
    February 10, 2009 at 2:39 am

    “Exactly. They save the hand-picking for the press conferences.”

    They don’t screen the press conferences, doofus. Can conservatives tell the truth about ANYTHING?

    Obama decides who he’s going to call on ahead of time. To even imagine that this is remotely the same as Bush “townhalls” in which people have to sign LOYALTY OATHS and in which people with so much as an anti-war bumper sticker are ejected should give you some idea of the mendacity of the current Republican party.

    SF, if you ever wonder why your party is in the wilderness, it’s because you goons demonstrate time and time again your utter lack of principle, skills at governing, or honesty.

  13. ed says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Loyalty oaths. Jeezus. I’d blocked those out. What a horrible bunch are the Republicans.