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In a stunning April 1st press conference, President Obama said he regrets the direction his administration has taken since he was elected. "The American people put me in office to represent and protect the middle class, not the interests of banks and corporations. When I see the suffering 8 years of Republican scorched earth policy have caused to so many hard working people and their families, I am ashamed".
Vowing to purge his administration of Wall Street lobbyists and corporate revolving door flunkies, he said "It is time to start taking the promises we made during the campaign seriously".
Perhaps the Easter holiday may have had some bearing on this apparent change of heart. "When I saw Pope Francis flaunting in the face of Santorum Catholics by washing the feet of poor women prisoners, it finally hit me. These are the people I was sworn in to represent, not some 1% crooks. It was a scene that burned into my mind. Then it hit me - I'm the President! I could wash feet all day, or serve food at a soup kitchen, and there wouldn't be a damn thing anybody could do about it! Or maybe declare homelessness and unemployment a national emergency, and start infrastructure job programs, hell, maybe even authorize federal funds to build affordable, safe housing for those most in need! What's the Pope got that I don't?"
demwing
(16,916 posts)I fucking hate it
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)... everyone forgot!!!
Thav
(946 posts)Yup, haven't read a single news story today because of this obsession of spoofing all the news on this day.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Goddammit. it's not like I don't already feel like an idiot every other day of the ever-loving year.
Champion Jack
(5,378 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)quinnox
(20,600 posts)"My fellow Americans, I have decided to stand up once and for all, and say, Yes I am a liberal. And Yes, from henceforth, I will govern as a proud liberal. Thank you, and may God bless America!"
Floyd_Gondolli
(1,277 posts)Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)warrprayer
(4,734 posts)it COULD really happen!
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)happening now
Delusional people believe the darndest things for love.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)mercymechap
(579 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Oh, April Fool's.
Sid
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)disclaimer: clown makeup applied separately
jazzimov
(1,456 posts)you just proved his point. Congratulations!
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)Sid will understand that.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)patrice
(47,992 posts)I love and respect Senator Kerry, btw, but you point about Obama is not an honest one.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)fredamae
(4,458 posts)forestpath
(3,102 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)April fool
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)in a heartbreaking sort of way.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)It's not fair to raise hopes for change like that!
bvar22
(39,909 posts)The only groups that get "Lashed" by this administration are the CBC, Liberals,
and Organized LABOR.
*The Congressional Black Caucus..... admonished by the President to quit whining, "Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes" and get behind the President's agenda after the CBC had the audacity to send a letter to the president asking him to do more for the Poor Black Community.
(When has he EVER spoken to the "Blue Dogs" like that?)
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-tells-blacks-stop-complainin-fight-015928905.html
*Ed Schultz on Obama/Clinton support for DINO Blanche Lincoln against a LABOR candidate in the Arkansas Primary
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/ed-schultz-if-it-wasnt-labor-barack-obama-
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
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Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Even that was a longshot.