The GOP Should Have Called Their Debate ‘Dancing with the Stars’; Update: Boehner Asks WH to Change Day of Speech; Update: White House Moves Speech to Day After GOP Debate
**Written by Doug Powers
President Obama must have been pretty impressed with the quality of the lobster Brian Roberts served on the Vineyard, because his spokesman Jay Carney has graciously given NBC permission to move the start time of the GOP debate next Wednesday. This would be so the Republican debate isn’t in direct conflict with the president’s “jobs speech” that just now happens to have been scheduled for the exact same time.
According to Carney, the scheduling is just a coincidence (he really should serve fries with those whoppers).
However, the network says the start time of the GOP debate won’t be changed:
NBC News has confirmed that the Republican presidential debate will go on as scheduled despite President Obama’s request to address a joint session of Congress about his jobs plan at the same time.
[...]
“One debate of many that’s on one channel of many was not enough of a reason” to pick another date, Carney said.
The Republicans should have called the debate “Dancing with the Stars.” Why? Because then the White House might have accommodated them by moving Obama’s speech to a different time:
After some friendly negotiations, all parties agreed to a mutually acceptable time: 7:30 Eastern, which meant the speech on the military situation in Libya could be delivered — and analyzed — in time for the fans of “Dancing,” as well as other scheduled network shows, to see the shows they expected to see at their regularly scheduled times.
[...]
A White House spokesman, Joshua Earnest, sent a statement by e-mail:“The White House routinely works with the networks, as a group, in circumstances like these to find a time that’s respectful of both the networks and their audience – while ensuring that the president has the platform he needs to deliver an important message to the American people.”
And an even better reason for the White House to slide the time of an address by the president is if a network’s regularly scheduled programming revolves around, well, the president:
One of these other shows was a special on volunteerism on NBC, which featured appearances from the four living ex-presidents, as well as a taped message from Mr. Obama himself.
Update: John Boehner is asking Obama to push his “job speech” back one day to next Thursday. Something that’s been mentioned though is that the NFL season gets underway that night at 8:30 ET.
Update II: CBS News’ Mark Knoller Tweets that the White House will “accept Speaker Boehner’s invitation to address Congress on September 8th.” It was all just a big coincidental mix-up, or something…
Some will be disappointed in Obama for pushing it back a day, but it sounds as if the president invited himself to someone else’s house without first finding out if they wanted company that night.
Update III: Even James Carville thinks the White House was out of bounds for trying to schedule Obama’s speech on the same night as the GOP debate.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Wouldn’t it be great if NOBODY watched NOBAMA!
Boehner should say, “Mr.President, is that REALLY the only date you could come up with? We have had our date set for months, and you just “accidentally” pull this particular date out of your arse? And now you want US to change OUR plans? Well, as Joe Biden would say, “I’ve got two words for you. NO”.
I won’t be watching either one.
And why does the POTUS need prime time to give a repeat of his last campaign speech? Tell him to put out a press release. This TV stuff is getting really really old. He is overplaying his hand and it is starting to hurt him, especially when he falls flat on every speech he gives.
If NBC won’t change the time of the debate does this mean they will cut over to the the president’s speech while the debate is going on e.g. “we interrupt this scheduled program to ….”?
I’ll probably just be getting in from the lake. Then sit down and see what’s on the food channel.
Well, Happy, when you put it that way…maybe we SHOULD be encouraging everyone to watch! Heh.
Interesting that the Obama folks put out a notice of the date and time before clearing it with John Boehner, who happens to control whether or not Obama can do it at that time and place. Then they decided to tell Boehner. I just heard that Boehner “respectfully” asked the POTUS to choose another date. The POTUS really has no choice but to back down. Boehner is holding the cards.
Let’s see if this turns out to be an Obama “snit-fit”. That would be hilarious! And rather unpresidential, don’t you think?
My dining room wallpaper is fading very quickly and I don’t want to miss a thing!!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hA.
I volunteer NOT to watch oblamo no matter WHAT show he is on.
I can’t see NBC rescheduling the live debate until after the president’s speech. That would be political suicide for BHO unless I’m missing something.
Wow, 9/7 – GOP debate or O
9/8 – Saints vs Packers or O
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…what to do…..what to do
Nor I. Turns out that’s the evening I’ve scheduled to watch the grass grow. Much more interesting. That Fescue can get pretty rowdy.
And the moron wants to call a Joint Session of Congress to dither about freakin jobs????? Really??? REALLY???
Pfffffttttttt
Will Barry broadcast his jobs speech from his Canadian-made bus?
Just curious Spacey, why not? So.African citizen?
I emphasized that phrase because – well, he’s hurting himself!
So let him.
did anybody see the letter? boehner said nope, try another day.
Well shoot, I can’t boycott Obama since I don’t get NBC anyway.
So nobody misses anything.
Let me be clear…economy we inherited…Congress won’t cooperate…bipartisan…best for all of us.
Replace ellipses with something about him.
Someone (better be Boehner) needs to tell this spoiled rotten brat “no” for once.
Oh and btw as far as jobs go. I am 63 and still got hired.
The power of the remote control. Its powerful.
Yes, and now we wait for the media’s criticism of Boehner and those evil racist Republicans who could care less about ‘jobs’. /sarc of course…
good for you, Mister P.
Boehner suggested Thursday the 8th, and, by a coinkydink, that’s the opening night of the NFL season. Check, Obama, your move.
Perhaps Carney will give the NFL permission to have Barky speak at half time.
I posted this on another thread but felt like repeating it here.
Obamas letter to Congress:
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Leader:)
Our Nation faces unprecedented economic challenges, and millions of hardworking Americans continue to look for jobs. As I have traveled across our country this summer and spoken with our fellow Americans, I have heard a consistent message: Washington needs to put aside politics and start making decisions based on what is best for our country and not what is best for each of our parties in order to grow the economy and create jobs. We must answer this call.
Therefore, I respectfully request the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress on September 7, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. It is my intention to lay out a series of bipartisan proposals that the Congress can take immediately to continue to rebuild the American economy by strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money in the paychecks of the Middle Class and working Americans, while still reducing our deficit and getting our fiscal house in order. It is our responsibility to find bipartisan solutions to help grow our economy, and if we are willing to put country before party, I am confident we can do just that.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
BARACK OBAMA”
Response:
Request denied. If you have something to contribute, please send it to us today so we can get started. This is not the time for political grandstanding or speeches. Please give us your proposal(s)immediately. The unemployed waited while you were on vacation. They can wait no longer. We have been answering the call and have been waiting on you to join us. We asked you for a plan earlier this year. If you have one, please send it over. The Congress and the American people do not need any more speeches. We need action.
Most respectfully and not worthy of being in your presence.
john boehner (eyes cast downward)
I sure hope that that’s not the day The Biggest Loser starts….I just can’t miss any of the wailing, crying, caterwallin’ that goes on before these people get on that bus to “the ranch.” So, don’t bother me.
Yahtzee! ( And good for you btw )
Nailed it, those of us that give a RIP have moved on and found OTHER means to support ourselves. Those close enough to retirement have thrown in the towel.
Child-rearing aged couples have done the coin toss as to whom will work/stay home. Deadbeats & Losers.., well we’ve known where they stand all along.
Ahem, Mr. pResident, we’ve all long since adjusted to your diktat and named our poison. We KNOW what our New Normal entails. Now I gotta’ give Happy a hand w/ that wallpaper damn’it. Take your Job Speech and SHOVE IT!
But enough about the Congressional Black Caucus.
What would have been great is if Boehner had sent the above message in return.
President The World Revolves Around ME, wants to make sure that some one is watching him deliver his next totally scripted, full of no new ideas, teleprompter speech. This way he can say that both houses had to listen to him deliver his plan, without interruption. Then he can continue to blame the GOP for failing to adopt his plan and that’s why the economy stinks. See, it works great! bho looks grand, the GOP looks evil and all’s well with the world. Except, Sir Whines-a-lot will come off like the spoiled brat he has always been.
That would actually be perfect. Obama can speak while the audience goes for bathroom breaks and refreshments. Not to mention he would actually have to start on time and be limited on how long he can drone on.
Well,it’s pure “coincidence” that I won’t be clicking on ANY channel carrying the TOTUS dribble babble next week. In fact, I believe my remote has programmed itself (reaction to severe interference: cacophonous wailing and gnashing of teeth) to “skip mode” any time Urkel’s face appears onscreen. How about a replay of his last bloviation instead?? They’re all the same anyway (“Blah blah Bush’s fault…blah blah TAXES…blah blah spend more money…blah blah not my fault”)—I vote for the Sci-fi channel.
Remember, this is the same guy who sniffed that McCain would be guilty of “political malpractice” if he were to announce his running mate on the night of Obama’s nomination.
Suckers, once again.
If it wern’t for bad luck
Obama would have no luck at all
Gloom, despair and agony, oh me
ahh, another good reason why i dropped comcrap cable.
Obeymenow probably figured (the)Boner would give in, since he has most everything he’s asked for.
T-Bone says it well enough ( Jack, Ginger and Eric a little bettah’ )
Born Under A Bad Sign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1pzXJuvdAY
It must suck to try to assert authority and get the door slamed shut in your face. Of course I am waiting for the host of MSNBC to say it is due to racism.
I like the do as Harry does rule. Just never bring it up and never respond. Leave Obama looking stupid waiting for an answer. When he inevitably attacks you for it, just say, we did the same thing with your request that Harry did with the cut cap and balance bill that was sent to him. Nothing.
BHO couldn’t possibly change the date as TOTUS had prior commitments.
Obviously Obama doesn’t care about upstaging the GOP debate. Cripes, none of those viewers would be voting for him.
But Dancing with the Stars, now that’s another story. Those are his voters. And for the same reason, he won’t conflict with Jerry Springer (is he still on??) or America’s Funniest Home Videos or…
Another approach would be to inform Mr. Obama that he can take his turn on September 7 after the regular business is concluded to get time on the floor for his speech. Oh, and by the way, Mr. President, you are limited to the same ten minutes everybody else gets. No exceptions.
Nobody really tunes in for a RE-RUN anyhow!
Of course.
Note found on the front door of the White House when the Obamas came back from vacation on Marthas Vineyard:
Sorry, we’ve moved on. No forwarding address available.
Signed,
The American People
This little Caligula is more and more beginning to resemble Hugo Chavez.
Revenue enhancement
Infrastructure
Rich fatcats
Revenue enhancement
Shared sacrifice
Transparency
Bi-partisanship
Revenue enhancement
More gasoline taxes
More corporate taxes
Revenue enhancement
Stimulus
Shared sacrifice
HEARD IT BEFORE. NOT INTERESTED. GO AWAY OR I GET THE SHOTGUN.
John Boehner to Obummer, “You delayed a week to tell us your jobs plan so you wouldn’t interrupt your golf game. So, waiting another day or two won’t hurt anything.”
I think the President forgot that he doesn’t have any say over The House since Mrs. Pelosi has lost all her power. He thought he could command the time, and didn’t realize it was because for two years democrat minions were giving him everything he wanted and pulling the right strings. What a difference an election makes. It was presumptuous to announce it without consulting The House. The Audacity of Presumptuousness. I hope he passes out his bill in writing ahead of the speech now that he has extra time.
With the coming of Autumn comes the new college sports season, including cheerleading. Since that seems to be the lone function Constitutionalists are sought after in the Halls of the RNC, I’d like to offer these cheers.)
★★★★
Be it of large import or small, the GOP will yield to all!
★ ★ ★ ★
GOP! GOP! Takes it in the shorts with glee!
★ ★ ★ ★
Speaker Boner! Speaker Boner! White flag waving brain-doner!
★ ★ ★ ★
(cheer overheard coming from The Congressional Speaker’s lounge)
Don’t be late! Dump the Triple-A rate! We must lose the debt bebate!
★ ★ ★ ★
Whatever Obama plans to berate Congress with again, we’ve heard it before. Why would Weepy the Dwarf agree to grant Obama a national platform to bash Republicans again? Grow a pair Weepy, say “Hell no!!!”
Fleuries
I don’t think Obama is pulling any strings at all. Pelosi would have done what she did no matter who was in office. That’s just how she rolls. She’s aggressive and as a matter of truth I have to say she did a good job of rounding up “bluedog” democrat (ie Gabby Giffords, which Arizonans would be wise to consider before voting out of sympathy for her) to slam a health care bill down our throats that on any given week 57% of the country wants REPEALED. Not “maybe/slightly disapprove of”. Repealed.
In fact, I don’t even think the democrats wrote most of the bill. I think lawyers, Soros connections and the Center for American Progress had this sucker drafted for years collecting dust a shelf. I don’t think the democrat politicians have the ambition to grow government to the size they want due soley to their work ethic.
I share your general spirit on the issue, but I don’t think Obama is pulling anyone’s strings. He’s doing whatever his pollsters, campaign managers and the seasoned elite tell him.
The Thug Regime will always press the issue, looking for weakness. They depend on the people they push responsding civilily. They do not have to worry about being civil themselves.
They hold the Oval Office and they can do anything with total confidence that the MSM has their back.
If we are going to deal with Obama, we need to be less like the Marquis of Queensbury and more like Elliot Ness. There is no need to respect Obama in his office as he shows no repsect for it. If he presses in a thuug-like manner the response should be a hard shove.
*My, how far we have sunk with White House spokespeople; Someone with the highest of integrity, Tony Snow, to this lying, sniveling weaselmeister P-BO puppet right out of Pravda!
wow, now football fans need to send a message to obama. now can we get joe wilson a front row seat?
I doubt the POTUS will speak DURING the game…probably right before, while people are still sober. No one will listen anyway. If anything new is said, we’ll hear about it on the news. Why watch?
So what-if both were on at the same time and the GOP debate got higher ratings than Oblabbermouth?
Never mind, opening night NFL will CLOBBER him.
But thanx, Mr. Speaker, for once, at least, not caving to the anointed one.
TOTUS will be watching the game.
I guess the o-no-prezzy-bo blinked. Moving to another night for his speech. I can just hear him sniveling in the corner. Waaahhh.
Someone should alert MamaBama, First Nanny and Official Orthorexic, that her husband is about to commit a food faux pas and violate her healthy eating edict because what he’s about to serve up to the American people is a huge plate of greasy, old, moldy, undigestible REHASH, heaped high with deadly stimulus, extra shots of noxious wealth transfer and those always toxic to the taxpayer shovel ready jobs. There are also several putrid, fetid, foul, stinking, vile-looking items on the agenda that are so far past their expiration date they are unidentifiable.
In a vain attempt to make it seem more palatable, POTUS will serve it up from a hot and shiny TOTUS.
perhaps for a crewl joke on obama, the totus operator can put the game play by play on the totus?
Rep. West threatens in letter to leave the Congressional Black Caucus over tea party bashing
Good for Allen West.
Actually, the operator is not needed. TOTUS beame self-aware on January 21, 2009.
West, like every other conservative black person, doesn’t stand a chance against the race-baiters, the victim-mongers, and white guilt media liberals. But he gets an A+++ for his courage and his effort to bring self-reliance and dignity back to the black community. Until that community follows the lead of black conservatives, nothing will turn around for them.
Folded on debt debate. Dropped from rolls as a deserter.
I didn’t give him absolution
i thought that was the one that committed suicide. i mean i woke up one day, and realized i was the totus, i might ask for sleeping pills, or a large caliber weapon.
I agree. Sadly the majority of the black community are clueless about who held them in slavery and then in suppression following their slavery.
Hardcore man, freakin hardcore!
TOTUS is just waiting to interface with SkyNet.
It’s that river rat thing
I emailed the Speaker and asked him to please give the President my regrets that I
wouldn’tcouldn’t watch his speech of REHASH. I’m a Packer fan so I’ll be watching football instead and I’m sure there’s going to be a mighty long pregame on Packer’s radio that night.***
What to do? Watch Comrade Obama polish up another C**P SANDWICH to cram down the taxpayers throats?
***
Or fire up the fajitas, kick back with some MGD Draft Light, and watch Greenbay and the Saints fight it out?
***
Looks like a no brainer to me. Sorry, Good Comrade–You lose again. Like the American People do every day You and your Ilk stay in power. Go cheeseheads!
***
John Bibb
***
Obama – Ok guys! We got another day to come up with a save jobs plan. Just remember the important points: 1. Jobs means Union Jobs; 2. Growth means taxes; 3. We inherited this mess; and 4. Anyone who disagrees with us does not care for Americans.
As if the petty little man/boy did not know about the debate. Everyday this Sock puppet brings fresh humiliation to this country -
When the ratings for his speech come in showing that fewer people watched then any other speech the President (and the MSM) will blame it on the NFL.
I’ve only ever heard him refer to it as his “Jobs Plan”. I don’t think that necessarily means it will “save” or “create” jobs. Given the new regulations recently announced, I would think it could more accurately be called a “Jobs (Destroying) Plan”.
Ever wonder if there’s a traitor within the Obama circle?
Should have called in Congress early, let the Big “O” read his teleprompters first, then let the Repubs whack away at his statist drivel like a pinata. That would have been fun.
“Nor I. Turns out that’s the evening I’ve scheduled to watch the grass grow. Much more interesting. That Fescue can get pretty rowdy.”
I’m gonna be adding salt to the saltwater pool. Those littel paper packets can be difficult.
Just sayin’ is all…
“Are you ready for some “green jobs?”
“Need some infrastructure spending?”
Well this is ‘ol Obama, here to transform your country.
I’ve got Soros on my left, and Trumka on my right,
Yeah, all my Marxist friends are coming over tonight.
You must do more union forming, and combat that global warming!
If the labor board don’t get you, then my EPA regs will,
I am focused like a laser on my job creating bill.
The Tea Party caused me trouble, in the debt ceiling fight,
Now all my Marxist friends are coming over tonight.
Hmmm, should I watch the Obama speech or watch the Packers?
Let’s see…
1) I’m from Wisconsin. That solves it right there.
Oh yeah, minor detail. We don’t have basic cable either. (Don’t miss it at all except for the Packers games.) But with all of the diaper changing, I don’t get to watch much of that either.
If I had basic cable and the Packers weren’t playing, would I watch Obama?
Nah, I’d scrub the dead mosquitoes and squished bugs off of the wall. Growing a huge pot of 4 ft tall bamboo has a side effect of giving the buggers an available supply of standing water to lay eggs in.
Do you mean besides the Muslim-in-Chief?
On September 1st, 2011 at 9:07 am, GladzKravtz said:
Ever wonder if there isn’t a traitor within the Obama circle?
FIFY.
As I trundle through my daily morning medication&etc routine, instead of simply watching the drip… drip… drip… of the IV into the feed leading to my central line, I distract my self bouncing around the Conserv/Libertarian/Constitutionalist sites. Its an amusement that usually works quite well.
Today, as I performed what amounted to a large population survey of Conserv sites, I seem to be witnessing a phenomenon that I makes me wonder if Conservatives don’t have “abused puppy” syndrome with the GOP as the abusive party.
Almost every entry I’ve read posted by the bloggers themselves, are writing in high ecstasy, “Mr. Speaker’s Da Man! Take THAT B.O.!” And other comments working out to Mr. Boner[sic] having a spine of steel. The commentators on the site, for the most part, fall right into line with the scatophagic simpering tone of groveling employed by the owner-moderator.
While I’m glad that Speaker Boner has stood firm in this thing of small consequence, I’d have much preferred him to show his steel during the budget, or debt ceiling, or any one of many other situations of somewhat more vital import. That he stands firm in fugacious things but can’t stand firm to man a bucket brigade to douse the fire the Progies have set to burnout the last supports of our Liberty (StinkyCare) without invoking that Old and Perennial Refrain “we must have both houses and the Whitehouse, or fugetit!” I find myself warming to the dreaded Third Party way of mind. In essence, then, Boner will rollover unless we REPRODUCE the situation ptevious where this same GOP told Constitutionally minded people to SD&SU.
Are we so abused that absolutely any pushback – even insignificant pushback – causes us to slobber in uncontrollable joy? Though I don’t see this type of response here, I see it most other places.
We’re being nudged, both sides are complicit, and if we don’t wake to that soon, we’re done.