Archive for November 20th, 2009
Identify Obama's chess pieces for 2012 so they can be removed from the board
Here’s an interesting idea we had, inspired by a comment someone left yesterday relating things political to a chess board.
We started thinking about that, and wondered what “chess pieces” we could all identify that Dr. Utopia will rely on for his 2012 campaign. We would, thus, have three years to work hard to remove these pieces from the proverbial board to weaken his candidacy further in that 2012 race.
Here are his allies that we can readily identify, off the top of our heads:
* ACORN and its affiliates, and whatever ACORN morphs into once the name “ACORN” itself becomes too toxic
* the SEIU
* the Mainstream Media (MSM), but most specifically MSNBC, NBC, CNN, the New Y ork Times, Newsweek, and TIME
* the Black Panthers
* the Race Industry, as led by the likes of Al Sharpton/Henry Gates/Jesse Jackson/Eric Holder
* George Soros
* ACORN-backed Secretaries of State like Jennifer Brunner in Ohio
* Operatives on the ground, at the county level, in early states like Iowa where the DNC’s plan is to game the caucus and install a beatable Republican like Romney or Huckabee as the nominee
David Axelrod now has the full power of the White House to conjure up all sorts of additional allies for 2012, so removing the above pieces won’t mean others couldn’t materialize to take their places. But, ACORN especially was established for YEARS, and if that pawn alone can be obliterated, it’s going to be very hard to rebuild that infrastructure in just 3 years’ time. Booting out as many corrupt Secretaries of State like Jennifer Brunner also will be a huge help towards the goal of fair elections.
What other chess pieces can you identify and what do you think can be done, in a concerted effort, to limit their ability to game 2012 for Dr. Utopia too?
In particular, what do you think could be done about the biggest asset the White House has — the Mainstream Media?
Have you noticed the tabloids reporting a lot on lung cancer for Dr. Utopia?
At the grocery store today, we saw quite a few tabloids with stories on Dr. Utopia having lung cancer, attributing his recent dramatic weight loss and skeletal appearance to that. These aren’t The Enquirer, which is more accurate than the New York Times, but tabs like The Globe and others in that ilk.
We personally believe Dr. Utopia has Parkinson’s, and that Parkinson’s will be the excuse he gives when he chooses not to run for a second term (after it’s clear to him he’s not going to win, he would rather take his toys and go home rather than face that defeat on a national scale…LBJ style).
Parkinson’s helps explain the reliance on the TelePrompTer, since whenever he goes off script he seems addled, confused, and makes ridiculous comments.
It would explain his weight loss and the facial twitches he has.
There’s a direct link between Parkinson’s and heavy cocaine abuse, of which Dr. Utopia freely admits in his book, The Dreams of William Ayers, or whatever it’s called.
Apparently, this Wednesday Utopia said something in an interview that many people was a sign he won’t be seeking a second term. We didn’t see that interview, so please post more information here if you can. It would be interesting that he’d drop that information now. It seems much too soon for that.
There are other theories here in Boystown as to what, exactly, Dr. Utopia has, in terms of illness, that would make him forego a second term. Those are the kinds of diseases a guy who loves to bow as much as Utopia does could pick up at a place like Man’s Country in Andersonville, a place where many here remember a young state senator frequenting before he became nationally famous. But, those aren’t the kind of diseases someone would tap into huge reserves of national sympathy with. Parkinson’s, or lung cancer, are two ailments Utopia would certainly use, to great fanfare, to step down in 2013. But, like Liberace and others before him, he’d fight tooth and nail to keep the other stuff secret, if that’s what, indeed, was wrong with him.
We’re waiting for The National Enquirer to start reporting on any of this. In the BizzarroWorld we live in, the Enquirer is the only reputable journalists left. If they start weighing in on this “no second term”, “he has Parkinson’s”, “it’s lung cancer”, or “AZT makes someone drop weight like that”, then we’ll all know what the real deal is.
Oprah's departure means the Obama presidential library seems likely in Honolulu
Something Oprah said today really caught our attention, and for once it wasn’t the “Give me FOOOOOD! Oprah HUNNNGGGRY!” we hear bellowed from the general direction of Harpo Studios twelve times a day. Right before those military choppers scramble overhead with circus elephants and overstuffed manatees, marinated in teryaki sauce, destination unknown.
No, it was something Oprah said about her move to California in 2011…about how she hated living in Chicago because it’s freezing cold and how she wanted to use her mansion in Monticeto, California as her new home base.
We’ve thought for a long time that Dr. Utopia would screw over Chicago when it came time to select a site for his presidential library. Oprah’s comment is something we could see Mrs. Utopia saying herself: ”Why do we want to go back to Chicago when we can live in Honolulu where it’s warm, and I can wear more ridiculous things than even I could imagine because so many people are on vacation there and dress in costumes most of the time themselves?”.
The University of Chicago has been working hard to secure the Utopia presidential library. The failed Olympics plans included a scheme to build the infrastructure for a library that would have been placed where a temporary stadium would have been built in Washington park.
Mayor Daley wants, and feels that he’s owed, that library.
But just watch, it’s going to go to Hawaii. Presumably, someone as egocentric as Dr. Utopia will want to devote a great deal of time to the “Utopia Institute” or whatever he will call the think tank that is attached to the library. By 2013, when he’s out of office, we hope most of the country has awakened to the realities of what importing so much of Chicago to Washington has done to the country.
We wonder how willing Dr. Utopia will be at that point to underscore all of those negatives by builing that library on the Southside of Chicago, where the Utopias currently have a house they bought with convicted felon Tony Rezko’s help. We’ve long suspected they won’t be living in that house once he leaves the White House. It’s not grand enough, and it’s on too common of a street. After farting through as much silk as they could get their hands on in the White House, with Mrs. Utopia’s mother, Grandma Robinson-Utopia, along for the ride too, there’s no way they’re going to be living in Hyde Park again. Maybe they’ll buy a big estate near their dear friend Jeremiah Wright, who’s living in a big mansion himself these days. But, if you’re going estate shopping, why do it in Chicago…when Honolulu’s calling, baby?
Don’t forget, Oprah and Mrs. Utopia are chit-chat buddies.
If Oprah’s so willing to give up her Chicago turf, of which she presumes herself a queen, to move to nicer weather, we bet Mrs. Utopia will be on that same page, too.
We doubt Mayor Daley will be in office by 2013, and he would be a driving force in trying to use every hook, crook, and cudgel available to get that library. Absent his efforts, we see the building going to Honolulu more and more every day.
Oprah's presidential endorsement last year hurt her more than she will ever admit
Did I do that?
Read this article from Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood Daily. It’s about the end of the Oprah Winfrey Show. What’s really interesting are the comments.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is read by almost everyone in the entertainment industry every day, but it’s not something regular people read normally. It’s very heavy on the behind the scenes deals and contract negotiations of Hollywood, and not the Perez Hilton sensationalism…so the audience it attracts is more mature than an average site, and a lot more informed, too.
Read the comments.
There is no love for Oprah out there, at least not on the level Lake Michigan’s own Charybdis believes.
There is, however, strong indication Oprah did herself great harm in 2008 by pushing Dr. Utopia for president. As we’ve noted before, the first time Oprah endorses a candidate and it happens to be a black candidate. That fact has not been lost on most people. Nor should it be.
Oprah’s ratings are the lowest they have ever been. Sarah Palin’s appearance this week gave her the biggest spike she’s seen since 2006, before the Utopia endorsement. Following Palin’s appearance, ratings dropped back to their normal toilet levels. People tuned in to see Palin, then tuned right back out again.
Oprah will remain on the air through 2011, but will be off the air right before the first primaries start to gear up for the 2012 nominating contests. She’s starting her own cable network called OWN (which stands for Oprah’s Weird Noises, where she’ll film herself, in the bathroom mostly, making “weird noises” her audience will find “unexpected, if not gruesome”. Apparently, this has been “a great dream of (mine) for some time, because some of the noises I make are so interesting that I have to share them with others besides Gayle”).
We believe many liberals, independents, and moderates are loathe to admit they made a mistake with Dr. Utopia.
One way to get them to drop their support for him is to say they were tricked into backing him by Oprah, who called him “The One”, said he was sent from space to save the planet, and promised he would work all sorts of miracles.
If a concerted effort is made to remind people Oprah is largely responsible for everything that’s happening in the White House now, not only will Oprah’s ratings continue to flatline, but so will Dr. Utopia’s poll numbers. Which is a win-win for everyone but Utopia and Winfrey.
“Next time Oprah, keep the Change” would look great on a tee shirt, as would “This is all Oprah’s fault”.
Friday Open Thread: November 20th, 2009
What’s on your mind this Friday?
What do you think the most important or interesting things that happened this week were?
What do you think will be the big stories next week?
