Want to understand the Obama presidency? Watch "Blazing Saddles."

[Brigid]

That's right -- a movie that came out the year Nixon was run out of office is a near-perfect parody of our first black president's first term and what he has been dealing with. Think of the hostile townspeople as the teabaggers and other extreme Republicans for whom making his life miserable and denying him a second term seems to be their reason for getting out of bed in the morning. The Waco Kid could stand for the few real allies he has in the town of Rock Ridge, which, of course, stands for DC. Like Sheriff Bart, Obama deals with the situation with far more grace than most of us would (my favorite moment is when Sheriff Bart calmly replaces the "welcome" banner the townspeople had torn down when they got their first good look at him). Like Bart, Obama is smarter than most of those opposing him. Also, I believe that, as in the case of Bart, that opposition has more to do with race than anything else.

In the end, Sheriff Bart won over even the morons of Rock Ridge by coming up with creative ways to do his job. Obama has been trying to do the same, and in my estimation he has had more successes than failures. But will that be enough? Only time will tell.

[dhill926]

1. now if we could only get Congress to

"Do what he say.....do what he say...."

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Teabaggers described in Blazing Saddles:

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know. Morons."

[AlinPA]

3. You got that right! Perfect. The scene when the sheriff rode into town the

first time was hilarious - they reacted just like a lot of 'murcans did when Obama was inaugurated.

[unblock]

11. "the new sheriff is a ni<CLANG>!"

"it's twue, it's twue!"

:rofl:




sigh. one of many classic films you just can't imagine could ever get produced today....

[CakeGrrl]

4. We need to get the voters to stop sending morons to Congress.

More needs to be done to show the voters what harm comes to them when they don't know or care who represents them.

The President is doing what he can with these road trips to push the AJA.

[racaulk]

5. Excellent comparison!

K&R!

[izquierdista]

6. So who is Gabby Johnson?

"No, dagnabit, I said the sheriff is a n!!DING!!"

[Brigid]

7. How about Rush Limbaugh?

:evilgrin:

[izquierdista]

10. He does speak in gibberish.

As do all the people on right-wing radio. But is it authentic frontier gibberish?

[red dog 1]

19. Rush Limbaugh' is fat enough to play Mongo.

[Blue_Tires]

13. Who is Mongo?!?!

[Brigid]

18. Glenn Beck.

Or maybe Herman Cain. That interview with Lawrence O'Donnell was -- painful. x(

[red dog 1]

20. Glen Beck can play the guy who has to go back & get a shitload of dimes

[JoePhilly]

22. Sarah Palin ... she speaks some authentic giberish!!!!

[SidDithers]

8. Would be awesome if, the next time he's about to give a speech...

Obama begins with "'scuse me while I whip this out"

:rofl:

Sid

[CakeGrrl]

12. ...and out comes a copy of the AJA

of course.

What else could it be?


:evilgrin:

[uponit7771]

14. +1

[JoePhilly]

23. +100

[LiberalFighter]

9. He probably has to deal with idiots within his administration too.

[Zorra]

15. That's a really interesting parallel. Recommend. nt

[JoePhilly]

16. It is the same thing ...

Like Sarah Palin speaking authentic gibberish ... dag nabbet!!!

[red dog 1]

17. Slim Pickins as "The Turtle" (McConnell) in the famous "Fart Scene"

(Senator Scott Brown to "The Turtle")..."More beans, Mr Taggert?"

(The Turtle replies, as he takes his hat off & waves it back & forth)

"WHEEEWWW, I think you've had enough beans"

[RandomKoolzip]

21. Better yet, watch "Inside Job."

[JoePhilly]

24. What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"?

Marry my daughter"? "You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."