"Clown Prince" Weekly Blather; January 23rd

A Patriotic Response To The "Clown Prince" 01/23/2010 Weekly Address January 23, 2010 One of the reasons I ran for President was because I believed so strongly that the voices of everyday Americans, hardworking folks doing everything they can to stay afloat, just weren’t being heard over the powerful voices of the special interests in Washington. And the result was a national agenda too often skewed in favor of those with the power to tilt the tables. In my first year in office, we pushed back on that power by implementing historic reforms to get rid of the influence of those special interests. On my first day in office, we closed the revolving door between lobbying firms and the government so that no one in my administration would make decisions based on the interests of former or future employers. We barred gifts from federal lobbyists to executive branch officials. We imposed tough restrictions to prevent funds for our recovery from lining the pockets of the well-connected, instead of creating jobs for Americans. And for the first time in history, we have publicly disclosed the names of lobbyists and non-lobbyists alike who visit the White House every day, so that you know what’s going on in the White House – the people’s house. [What I'm not telling you: "....the voices of everyday Americans......" are THE LAST VOICES I listen to!! Why do you think--after I campaigned against the influence of lobbyists--that I've hired more than eighty lobbyists and former lobbyists to work in my administration?? Those are the very people who bought my job for me; I HAVE TO listen to them-I DON'T have to listen to you!! They provide me with untold millions of dollars with which to force my fascist plans and ideals upon the unsuspecting American public. On my first day in office I DID close the lobbyists' revolving door to the Whiteout House. What you weren't told is I--at the same time--instituted a very liberal policy of "waivers" for those I owed especially geat amounts of loyalty and legislative preferences. One thing I'll admit that I hadn't "added into the equation" is the effects of the 'Tea Party' movement!! That, my friends, really scares the Hell out of me!! They've brought my obamaCare takeover to a standstill; more importantly, they've taken away my filibuster-proof Senate majority!! This all adds up to negative accomplishments in my first year of rule: All the accomplishments have been for the American people-vs-none for fascism!!] We’ve been making steady progress. But this week, the United States Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the special interests and their lobbyists – and a powerful blow to our efforts to rein in corporate influence. This ruling strikes at our democracy itself. By a 5-4 vote, the Court overturned more than a century of law – including a bipartisan campaign finance law written by Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold that had barred corporations from using their financial clout to directly interfere with elections by running advertisements for or against candidates in the crucial closing weeks. This ruling opens the floodgates for an unlimited amount of special interest money into our democracy. It gives the special interest lobbyists new leverage to spend millions on advertising to persuade elected officials to vote their way – or to punish those who don’t. That means that any public servant who has the courage to stand up to the special interests and stand up for the American people can find himself or herself under assault come election time. Even foreign corporations may now get into the act. I can’t think of anything more devastating to the public interest. The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections. [What I'm not telling you: Who would'da thunk it?? I engineered the approval of that moron Sotomayor as one of "The Supremes"... and what did I get....... just another idiot who goes along with the patriot view of American Democracy. During my "Campaign of Fluff" we had some clever, underhanded ways of getting millions and millions of dollars into my war chest by side-stepping or outright ignoring the existing campaign finance laws. With this latest ruling, the flood gates have opened for ANYONE to receive mega-millions in donations, not just me, Fluffy, the Clown Prince!! That "....hand more influence to lobbyists in Washington....." thingie: The influence I'm referring to is quite acceptable--SO LONG AS I CONTROL IT!!] All of us, regardless of party, should be worried that it will be that much harder to get fair, common-sense financial reforms, or close unwarranted tax loopholes that reward corporations from sheltering their income or shipping American jobs off-shore. It will make it more difficult to pass commonsense laws to promote energy independence because even foreign entities would be allowed to mix in our elections. It would give the health insurance industry even more leverage to fend off reforms that would protect patients. We don’t need to give any more voice to the powerful interests that already drown out the voices of everyday Americans. And we don’t intend to. When this ruling came down, I instructed my administration to get to work immediately with Members of Congress willing to fight for the American people to develop a forceful, bipartisan response to this decision. We have begun that work, and it will be a priority for us until we repair the damage that has been done. [What I'm not telling you: I welcome foreign influence peddlers!! The vast majority of them are fascists like myself; their help will be beneficial in promoting my one-world-government views and the re-distribution of American wealth!! My latest scheme-that of punishing banks for their logical lending rules as opposed to giving just any welfareRat a mortgage-is having equally as much force in outsourcing American jobs as NAFTA has!!! That "Brown-Coakley" fiasco pretty much ruined my hope of obfuscating any congressional moronic discussion concerning ways to circumvent the new system. Everything is such "a priority" that NOTHING GETS DONE!!] A hundred years ago, one of the great Republican Presidents, Teddy Roosevelt, fought to limit special interest spending and influence over American political campaigns and warned of the impact of unbridled, corporate spending. His message rings as true as ever today, in this age of mass communications, when the decks are too often stacked against ordinary Americans. And as long as I’m your President, I’ll never stop fighting to make sure that the most powerful voice in Washington belongs to you. [What I'm not telling you: To steal a phrase from Reba McIntyre..... Teddy Roosevelt "was a fascist when fascism wasn't cool...!!" Those "....decks stacked against the American people...??" That was my idea and a primary plank in my "Campaign of Fluff," that we first had to control the media in all it's forms; audio, video, print and internet. See how well that worked--with the millions of dollars from unions, corporations and other "KoolAid" consumers--I was able to buy my job!! Now I'm working on legislation and media influence to negate any "Tea Party" or patriotic affect on my term as ruler.]