Most people know by now about the Hustle for the House tonight. The story is that the President sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner (and the media) requesting a joint session of Congress be called Wednesday, September 7. Boehner’s office countered that there would be little time to make security arrangements as it would be the date of the opening of a House session. The White House agreed to September 8 instead.
Here’s the situation. 9/7 is the date of a Republican debate, including two sitting members of Congress. Also, the opening of the session is like the first day of school, so not everything will be ready for a presidential address. Ultimately, Boehner is the Speaker of the House, he gets to decide what happens in his House.
This was a petty disagreement. Jackass thought he could kill a GOP debate with one speech. Boehner figured people wouldn’t give a crap if the speech was Wednesday or Thursday. Most people probably won’t, except that the NFL season begins Thursday. What escalated this was the full-on crazy explanations by Obots as to why this was a great insult to the office of the president.
One Democrat on Hannity tortured logic to Gitmo proportions thusly. Boehner must grant the president any time slot he wants because he is the precious president. What if Congress isn’t in session? Well, he should be able to call a session any time. Then why didn’t he call it for the last two years weeks when he said he had a jobs plan? Because he was waiting for Congress to be in session. There you go. Repeat as necessary.
MSNBC is worked up pretty heavily over this situation. They are offering Jackass any number of schemes to regain the upper hand. Do the speech anyway in another place with an adoring crowd. Call Boehner out for daring to defy his president. Tell America once and for all that Republicans don’t really care about jobs, or they would have had the speech on 9/7. Okay, they have a point. Republicans are not allowed to rhetorically ask where Obama’s job plan is on September 7. Any other day is fine, just like the scheduling.
The Crawdad Hole 
If he thought the GOP was mean, wait til he screws with the NFL fans should they delay the start of the game 😉
I think the football will be telecast and the other channels can carry the speech. Obama will compete with the NFL. One for the NFL and zip for Obama. Nobody cares about his speech.
The season is scheduled to kick off at 8pm EST on NBC. They should air the speech on MSNBC and keep the season opener on schedule. But being NBC, they might delay the kick-off an hour. Not sure if there will also be a Republican statement that follows.
Schadenfreude is a German word.
It goes good with a cold lager.
Yeah. German lager. What can I say. When it comes to beer I don’t like domestic.
When it comes to beer I like beer
15 Reasons Why a Beer is Better Than a Woman
A beer doesn’t get jealous when you grab another beer.
When you go to a bar you know you can always pick up a beer.
A beer won’t get upset if you come home and have beer on your breath.
You don’t have to wine and dine a beer.
If you pour a beer right you’ll always get good head.
Hangovers go away.
When you’re finished with a beer the bottle is still worth 5 cents.
You don’t have to wash a beer before it tastes good.
A beer always goes down easy.
You can share a beer with your friends.
Beer is always wet.
You always know you are the first one to pop a beer.
A frigid beer is a good beer.
You can have more than one beer and not feel guilty.
You can enjoy a beer all month long.
True story
Obama and NBC are so screwed. It’s not just a football game, it’s a tribute, a party, the last two Super Bowl champs …. ratings will go through the roof.
http://www.nfl.com/kickoff/story/09000d5d821d6fd8/article/nfl-kickoff-2011-presented-by-ea-sports-to-celebrate-packers
What will NBC do? heh.
From Lombard Ave blog:
ARE YOU SERIOUS, MR. OBAMA? APOLOGIZE TO THE PACKERS AND SAINTS!
I would be surprised if the game is delayed. No way. Fans are not going to be happy with any changes. They’d throw tomatoes at Obama’s face if the game is delayed. Don’t mess with the fans.
Even crazy Nero had more sense than to fuck with the circuses and gladiators.
Sarah Palin would know not to schedule a speech on an opening game of the NFL…..just sayin
Obama made a power play and he lost. It wasn’t ignorance; it was stupidity. He’s gotta eat humble pie.
Heh heh, Obama just can’t seem to catch a break anymore. Isn’t it great?
Karma’s a b*tch and b*tches vote.
New CNN poll has his approval rating at 41% among women.
Still too high 😉
Whoa.
Yikes. Although ha ha, there’s another moment of historical historicity historicness for The One: reversing the gender gap for Democrats. Go team! Leave no constituency unalienated!
70% of the women supported the empty suit back in February 2009.
Some time between then and now, lots of women became racists.
not this one old bitter clinger 😆
Matt Taibbi: GOP Hearts End-Times Insanity
The koolaid drinking Democrats don’t understand why the Republicans support any of the candidates that are campaigning for the 2012 elections, but the 55 percent who disapprove of Obama don’t understand why the Democrats insist on nominating the empty suit.
Just for that, time for a lovely beer. I’m having a Star Hill Boxcar Pumpkin Porter. Local brewpub. Mmmm.
Peppermint Schnapps! The greatest way to enjoy the BO meltdown! Long-time lurker (since before the Cofluence schism)…first time poster 🙂
ughhh – I meant “Confluence” schism!