"Pull off the Band-Aid. Eat your peas."

[PDittie]

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"Or I'll have to whip your bratty little ass."

[Drale]

1. Whats with the pea hate today?

Pea's are damn tasty!

[femmocrat]

15. "Give peas a chance"!

;)

[customerserviceguy]

23. Visualize

whirled peas.

[peace frog]

2. You're not my parent

You work for me. Want to keep your job? Make your boss(es) happy.

[EFerrari]

4. If he's speaking as a strong authoritarian father

he's talking to the wrong people.

[KoKo]

16. He seems to become "more above us" with every speech or Presser, lately.

I was disappointed in that he seemed so proud to say today...that "rich people like me don't need these tax breaks." (paraphrase...but if you ever read the transcript of todays Presser...you will see it's there and worse.

He just seems to be enjoying his power with lecturing and scolding. He really wasn't like that on the Campaign Trail...no matter how many DU'ers say that he was just like he is today...I watched most all of his speeches and read all the people on DU who were so envolved with his candidacy who thought he was a "man of the people ...the world, the hopeless, downtrodden and needy."

He just lectures and trashes people who aren't as educated in Harvard, Columbia as he was and managed to make it to Senator and now President along with Millions from Book Deals. He's so proud he can speak to the Wealthy and urge them to give up some money for taxes to help the rest of us.

Watching the speech or reading the transcript of today's Presser would be worth the time for anyone here who wants to see who we will be voting for in 2012.

[Horse with no Name]

20. He is showing off for his real bosses

showing them that he doesn't mind belittling and demeaning us...thus making it acceptable for them to do it.

[dflprincess]

7. He is making his bosses happy

(hint: they aren't us)

[peace frog]

10. Yep

but we put him in office and we can remove him as well. Not that he cares, of course. His statement that he's fine with being a one term president may prove prescient.

[Morning Dew]

3. "this will hurt me a lot more than it will hurt you" is a good one too.

As well as

"Don't make me hit you".

[PDittie]

5. "Bend over and take your medicine."

Positively homoerotic, that one.

[yardwork]

6. Is he talking to the 1% who own everything? If not, why not?

[unkachuck]

8. I like....

....removing my Band-Aid slowly and I love to eat my peas....what's the problem?

[PSPS]

9. Yes, that struck me too.

This guy has to go. Quips like these just remind me of bush. Sure, they may be more correct grammatically. But I don't like this guy talking to me like this. It's disrespectful, condescending and impudent.

[sad sally]

11. You mean ones like this?

"Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, 'Vote for me. I'm an agent of change.' In 2004, I said, 'I'm not interested in change --I want to continue as president.' Every candidate has got to say 'change.' That's what the American people expect." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2008

[Joe the Revelator]

12. It's so clear that some are purposely pretending not to know the real meaning of that comment

Shared sacrifice directed to the political leaders on the other side of the asile who want to continue to put off real fixes to the problems facing our country.

But of course, you guys knew that.....

[LooseWilly]

24. Obama might've meant to refer to leaders only, but that pause between made ears hear it for all.

In the delivery of the speech Obama came to the point of the "pull off the bandaid" metaphor, and delivered it smoothly... and the context made it obvious that he was indeed directing it to political leaders... but then he paused for a couple of beats, looked into the cameras, and said "eat your peas".

That pause had the effect of decoupling that metaphor from the context of what he was saying previously. That pause and that shift of gaze was enough for eyes and ears to interpret that metaphor as being directed to a broader audience... not only to the leaders but to "the led".

You and Obama's press people and talking heads far and wide can try to argue otherwise all you/they would like... but it's a lost cause. It was heard that way, and it was heard that way because of how it was delivered by a president who's praised globally as a gifted speaker.

It might be time to apologize... but if Obama apologizes, how will he follow that with exhortations that "the led" take "their lumps" and "share in the sacrifice" of the deal he's looking to make with Republicans?

He can't... because, like it or not, intentional or not... Obama was telling the public to "eat their peas".

But of course, you knew that...

[gkhouston]

25. Here's the thing.

That "political sacrifice" that the Dems would be making by voting for cuts to our safety net, that's not an abstract sacrifice: it will have a real and painful effect on the lives of a lot of Americans, many of whom are already barely scraping by. You wanna play games with contracts for overpriced screwdrivers for the DoD, that's one thing. Cutting Grandma's monthly check for a political battle that doesn't have jack shit to do with our deficit, that's just lower than whale shit.

[TheKentuckian]

26. He seemed crystal clear that he was talking to legislators on both sides in the context

and those that "don't want to do anything about entitlements" are representing my interests and don't need any fucking peas. I have eaten not only my vegetables but had to chow down about ten portions from Pee Wee Herman's portly nemesis, the stupid spawn of Thurston and Lovie, and fucking Ritchie Rich's plate via force feeding through a tube and by extension, so have those few that actually try for the destitute, poor, struggling, and getting by classes.

He can shove the peas, broccoli, and a whole damn gross of bandaids where the sun don't shine.

[KoKo]

13. I think the "band-aid" was ripped off long before. With the HCR Bill...

and other things.

[Angry Dragon]

14. I am not a professional politician so there is no way I

could ever understand how government works, so I need to step back and let
the professionals take care of the job.


All I need to do is worry about my job (if I am lucky enough to have one)
How I am going to feed my family with less pay
How I am going to pay for that operation without medical insurance
Where I am going to live after my house goes into foreclosure

So you people just worry about the little things and let the big boys take care of the rest

[Telly Savalas]

21. The poll that this response was in reference to

demonstrates that the American public has a pretty limited grasp of the implications of the debt ceiling.

When some cynical asshole at DU says Americans are disengaged because they're sitting on their ass watching American Idol, it's cool.

But when Obama says it's because they're too busy trying to manage their lives, he's an elitist? Really?

[Angry Dragon]

27. And how would he know what the public thinks??

The public is not allowed at the table.
The ceos and everyone else is, but not you and me.
I thought the government was for the people........

I read all the speech and the q and a

I read what boner had to say on the ingraham show

Huge disconnect between these two men
Huge disconnect between these two men and the people

professional politicians........ they give degrees in that now??

We are not children, we are not babies.
If he does not think the American people understand the problems then educate them,
don't talk down to them

That seems to be the biggest problem....these people think of themselves as professional politicians and that they are better than the people ........ that they know best ...... what is in our best interest. I say bullshit.

You say the people are disconnected. You are probably right. Have you asked why?? I have have and the answer I get is because the people do not feel the politicians listen to them. I have called and called my politicians and as of yet not been able to talk to any one of them. If I was a lobbyist I bet I could get in and talk to them. So if there is a disconnect then it is the politicians fault and not the people.........

[HillWilliam]

17. I'm goddam sick of peas.

Once in a great grand while I'd like to have steak like the 1%'ers at the big table.

Why is it we're always the ones with an ever-smaller portion of peas while the 1%'ers keep getting bigger steaks?

Here we go again.
Peas-porridge hot,
Peas-porridge cold.
Peas-porridge in a pot
Nine days old.

[Starry Messenger]

18. "Think of the children in starving Korea" n/t

[MichiganVote]

19. I think he means, "eat shit". Been there, done that--for 8 fucking years of George Bush

[markpkessinger]

22. Could he possibly have been any more condescending? n/t

[QC]

30. Give him time. n/t

[saras]

28. He said "eat your pees", not "eat your peas". When a rich person urinates, YOU SUCK.

It's an utterly despicable way to talk to adult human beings. That's all. If he was talking to legislators, he needed to turn to the camera and tell us that, in plain language.

[Dash87]

29. lol

:P