"President Obama urges voters to give him one reason—one goddamn reason—why he should run for POTUS"

[Pirate Smile]

Obama Openly Asks Nation Why On Earth He Would Want To Serve For Another Term


President Obama urges voters to give him one reason—one goddamn reason—why he should run for president in 2012.

PITTSBURGH—Citing three years of exhausting partisan politics, constant gridlock in Congress, and an overall feeling that the entire nation has "completely lost it," President Barack Obama openly asked a campaign-rally crowd Tuesday why he'd want to serve another term as president of "this godforsaken country."
"My fellow Americans, I come to you today to ask, why?" Obama said to 1,200 people gathered inside a gymnasium at Taylor Allderdice High School. "Why can't our congressional leaders work together to create jobs? Why can't Wall Street ever be held accountable? And most important, why on God's green earth would I voluntarily subject myself to this nonsense for another four years?"

"I'm dead serious," the president continued, saying that any reasonable person would have walked away the moment the Senate minority leader announced his main priority—above creating jobs and improving American health care—was to make Obama a one-term president. "I'm asking if anybody out there can come up with even one reason why I'd want to endure this unmitigated shit show for another minute, let alone through 2016. What's in it for me, ex­actly? Can anyone answer that? Anyone at all?"
After a long silence during which crowd members mostly just shuffled their feet and stared at the ground, Obama said, "Yeah, that's what I thought."

-snip-
"I have a pen and some paper right here," Obama said Wednesday morning at a town hall meeting in Ohio. "Let's list the pros and cons of being president. Con: There are people out there who literally want to shoot you dead. Con: We live in a country seriously considering a Newt Gingrich White House. Con: You can help 40 million Americans receive health care, sign legislation that regulates a financial system run amok, give the order to kill Osama bin Laden, help topple Muammar Qaddafi's tyrannical regime without losing the life of one American soldier, end the war in Iraq, repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, stave off a second Great Depression, take out more than 30 top al- Qaeda leaders, and somehow everyone still calls you the next Jimmy Carter."

-snip-
While many Beltway observers questioned Obama's new strategy, saying the president could hurt his chances of serving a second term by saying he doesn't want to serve a second term, others argued Obama seems to have finally rediscovered his voice.
"Whenever I watch him on the stump asking a crowd, 'Why am I fucking here right now?' or saying things like, 'I think I'd rather die than do this job again,' he's so fiery and passionate I'm reminded of the 2007 Obama," Democratic strategist Karen Finney said. "The one who thought he could make a difference before a broken, nonsensical political system and an insane populace robbed him of his humanity, ripped out his heart, and left him for dead.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-openly-asks-nation-why-on-earth-he-would-wan,26933/

heh

[Vincardog]

1. I can't think of one. Why not step down and let a real democrat run?

[JDPriestly]

8. None of the real Democrats want to run either.

So, we are stuck with Obama.

Anyway, Obama is better than Romney -- and he knows it. Not saying mucy, but enough reason for Obama to run.

[Pirate Smile]

9. A good example of why this article rings so true are comments like yours.

[Vincardog]

10. I can't think of a single reason BO should have to endure my abuse.

[SidDithers]

17. +1...nt

Sid

[Number23]

48. And the fact that the unintended irony of that poster's comments probably flew over his head

(along with a whoooooole bunch of other stuff, I imagine) is also why some people's comments here are never taken seriously.

[jefferson_dem]

18. Do you work for "The Onion"?

Your absolutely satire echos theirs.

[FreakinDJ]

20. So his adminstation's FDIC can pay Banks to foreclose on Homes

[demosincebirth]

21. What's a real Democrat to you? Just wondering

[Vincardog]

22. Someone who stands for the working person, the environment civil rights and opposes

the illegal power grab by the rich in the guise of corporations.
FDR comes to mind.
It does not include RAMING UP the illegal failed War on drugs
Pushing and passing laws to legalize the crimes of the bush (mis)administration
Spying on and detaining anyone without evidence or a trial.

[WonderGrunion]

24. FDR doesn't pass your test

Ask all the interned Japanese Americans how they felt about FDR's record on civil rights.

[Vincardog]

30. FDR did OK fighting the corporate power grab. I am not asking for perfection only a sincere effort.

Not someone who concedes his position before the negotiations begin.

[demosincebirth]

26. Wow, and who would you think could do all of those things. Tell us, please. Even include mythical

characters if you want.

[Vincardog]

29. Don't YOU want a President who stands for those things? Or do you want to give up before the

fight is even begun?

[uponit7771]

31. You didn't answer the question, the people who support this meme rarely do

[Vincardog]

32. And? What do YOU want in our president? Do you want him to Fight for your beliefs?

People with this meme rarely do.

[demosincebirth]

43. What you want is a president who can accomplish every single item that is important to you. Am

I right? If so, name one person that you think would be to your liking and satisfy you. Seriously, I'd like to know

[Vincardog]

44. What I want is a president will FIGHT FOR most the things that are important to me and the majority

of people in thins country.
Not one that will compromise his(and My position) from the start in return for NOTHING.
Not one who campaigns on transparent government and change
and then classifies more and puts the same thieves in charge.
I do not want a president who punishes whistle blowers while he lets the banksters
steal trillions more.

What do you want in your president?

[demosincebirth]

45. I did not ask a rhetorical question. nt

[Vincardog]

49. No you tried to get me to buy into your false belief that I wanted my pony NOW.

You seemed to be trying to get me to "Admit" that no one could have gotten everything I want.
I admit that would be very difficult but it will never happen until we elect people who will fight for the
things "WE" feel are important.

[demosincebirth]

53. You are absolutely right you don't have an answer.

[Vincardog]

56. Your answer is? What do you think OUR president should FIGHT for?

[SwampG8r]

55. if mythical guys are ok how about green arrow

he sucks as a super hero but he has executive experience and hes a snappy dresser

well crap i did a quick wiki on him never gonna happen
and he tends to lean right so he is disqualified
i will continue looking through mythos until i find someone appropriate

[demosincebirth]

58. He's gonna have to have super powers...that's a must. Clark Kent?

[SwampG8r]

60. illegal alien no papers and a secret adoption

plus red kryptonite causes an unknown reaction so he isnt really a good candidate
and he is kind of condescending in my view
i mean his secret identity is a parody of human weakness
he is always laughing at us in the back of his mind
clark wont do at all
its hard to get past the law and order obsession with these guys
sue storm would be good and turning invisible would eliminate the need for protection from secret service
one of the problems electing super heros is they tend to attract super villians
keep thinking on it and let me know if you can think of one
peter parker would be good he understands the plight of working america and he knows what being a paycheck away from ruination means
i think he is still too young though
maybe someday stan lee willing

[demosincebirth]

62. He was adopted by his parents when he was found. I'm sure the adoption was legal.

[SwampG8r]

64. how could it have been

the story is the kents were driving at night and saw a meteor streak into a field
after stopping the discovered an alien spacecraft containing a humanoid infant
the kents unable to produce their own children decided to adopt it
they left it at an orphanage and returned the next day to claim the baby
now if this story is even 50% true it is an indictment of the kents fraud in reporting what they had found
the kents manipulated the system and hid evidence of alien technology from the people of earth
no way was the adoption legal

[demosincebirth]

66. I guess.

[MineralMan]

39. Ahh...and satire flies high overhead once again.

[msanthrope]

40. "Whoosh" goes the sound of this thread over some heads....nt

[joshcryer]

50. You have no idea how utterly pleased I am that this was the first comment.

And I'm not saying it because I think you didn't get the joke. I'm saying it because the comment itself just proves the joke is based in reality.

[GusFring]

59. comments like this is why I say more liberals are becoming just as nutty as the right. NT

[scheming daemons]

61. I love it that folks like don't get that THEY are the punchline to the Onion's joke

..

[Matariki]

63. ...

"You can help 40 million Americans receive health care, sign legislation that regulates a financial system run amok, give the order to kill Osama bin Laden, help topple Muammar Qaddafi's tyrannical regime without losing the life of one American soldier, end the war in Iraq, repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, stave off a second Great Depression, take out more than 30 top al- Qaeda leaders, and somehow everyone still calls you the next Jimmy Carter."

and "a fake Democrat", apparently...

[Charlemagne]

65. Not only did you throw a strike

but you were the first one to post.

Well played.

[Old and In the Way]

2. Thank Gawd he's not an extortionist.

"Everyone send me $50.00 or I'll give the Republicans the keys to the White House."

[Scuba]

3. "why on God's green earth would I voluntarily subject myself to this nonsense for another 4 years?"

[NorthCarolina]

4. Damn, I'm drawing blanks on that one.

[Rex]

5. Ah the Onion.

Gr8 stuff!

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. God, for a moment I thought this was serious.

[lamp_shade]

7. Big K&R.

[TBF]

11. That's hilarious. K&R nt

[frazzled]

12. Best line

Con: You can help 40 million Americans receive health care, sign legislation that regulates a financial system run amok, give the order to kill Osama bin Laden, help topple Muammar Qaddafi's tyrannical regime without losing the life of one American soldier, end the war in Iraq, repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, stave off a second Great Depression, take out more than 30 top al- Qaeda leaders, and somehow everyone still calls you the next Jimmy Carter."

[orpupilofnature57]

13. Genius ! Extracting the facts ,instead of imposing them ,

Either people acknowledge what he's done or they don't ,Bee lining to whatever people think is a show of confidence .

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. oh. fucking A!! good one

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

15. God, I was hoping that this article was true. Then again, it would have been all over the

Corporate Media, pundits claiming that Obama is an "angry hothead!"

[Tx4obama]

16. Hahahahaha!!! THE ONION !!!

Damn it, I can't believe I fell for it - I usually look at the links of stuff before reading! LOL

[arcane1]

19. LMAO!

""Whenever I watch him on the stump asking a crowd, 'Why am I fucking here right now?' or saying things like, 'I think I'd rather die than do this job again,' he's so fiery and passionate I'm reminded of the 2007 Obama," Democratic strategist Karen Finney said. "The one who thought he could make a difference before a broken, nonsensical political system and an insane populace robbed him of his humanity, ripped out his heart, and left him for dead."

[joshcryer]

52. That last line is awesome. It sums up my view of Obama completely.

After 4 years I am sure Obama knows that tactic won't work the second go around!

[Robb]

23. I need to work "unmitigated shit show" into a bumper sticker.

[sendero]

25. Don't.

[Pirate Smile]

27. kick

[Pirate Smile]

28. kick

[MFrohike]

33. The funniest part to me

I imagine the president reading this chuckling because it's probably true. I imagine there's plenty of days he'd like nothing better than to walk out to a podium, give everybody the finger, and tell us all to go to hell. Even though I've been known to knock him, I couldn't blame him at all if he did the above.

[Tarheel_Dem]

34. You got me.

[Marrah_G]

35. Holy crap for a minute there I thought he had lost his damn mind...

LOL...gotta love the Onion.

[Romulox]

36. Perhaps less humor magazine time, and more civics? Politicians are supposed to

serve the interest of the voters, not the other way around.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

37. Because, as an ego-trip it can't be beat and it pays well.

[Beacool]

38. It's the Onion, but I can't think of a reason either.

When are they going to add the emoticons? I would have added the shrugging smiley.

[MineralMan]

41. Just type :shrug:

[Beacool]

42. Thank you!!

[joshcryer]

51. Here's the list of emoticons:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240781

[Beacool]

54. Thanks!!!

[dionysus]

57. why, there you are! got something for you Bea...

banky!


i hope you had a wonderful New Year...

[Beacool]

67. Banky!!!!!

Thank you for the lovely banky. I hope that you had a nice holiday.

Happy New Year!!!!

[joeybee12]

46. Almost believable..cheers to the Onion!

[redqueen]

47. Nice.