Ready for His Close Up
After this weekend, President Obama will have done every show but my beloved Beany and Cecil cartoon.
You know, Beany—or is it Cecil?—without health care, sea serpents are at risk of stroke, leaving them to be torn bloody chunks of flesh by sharks or, even worse, drowning in the inky depths of the ocean, their breath crushed by its weight. And speaking of oceans, Beany, let me tell you about my cap and trade plan…
He could do Two and a Half Men and they wouldn’t even have to change the name!
But the thrill is gone, baby, the thrill is gone:
Maybe it’s time for another speech! It appears that the president has fallen back to where he started on health care. According to Rasmussen Reports:
One week after President Obama’s speech to Congress, opposition to his health care reform plan has reached a new high of 55%. The latest Rasmussen Reports daily tracking poll shows that just 42% now support the plan, matching the low first reached in August.
A week ago, 44% supported the proposal and 53% were opposed. Following the speech last Wednesday night intended to relaunch the health care initiative, support for the president’s effort bounced as high as 51% (see day-by-day numbers). But the new numbers suggest that support for health care reform is now about the same as it was in August.
As Rasmussen puts it, in the understatement of the decade:
Public opinion on the issue appears to be hardening.
Ha! That’s funny.
But President Obama ain’t laughing:
It’s not just the negative number; it’s the direction it’s going.
And going and going…
Overall, 47% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) now disapprove. Over the past week, the President’s ratings bounced to their highest level in two months but have now retreated to earlier levels.
Now that we know Obama is such in insightful judge of musical talent (Kanye), maybe he should take that open judge’s chair on American Idol. Of course, then he’d lose the lesbian vote.
Carol said,
September 17, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
Jeez, do I have to do all the research for you guys? Beany is the kid. Cecil is “Cecil the sea-sick sea serpent”. So unless you were addressing your sales pitch to Beany because you see a master-servant relationship between Beany and Cecil, which is terribly speciesist, or you addressed Beany because you think sea serpents can’t form a legal contract for insurance, again speciesist, you really need to re-write the post.
Serpents of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your appendages.