Senior White House Official: Obama Has Accomplished More in Thirty Days Than Any President in American History

Really?

Farcical.

"President Obama has accomplished more in 30 days than any president in modern history," a senior White House official said this morning in a background briefing for TV reporters.

Pointing to legislation on children's health insurance and the "Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act," and most especially the stimulus bill, the official compared President Obama favorably to Presidents Reagan, Clinton and Bush, pointing out that the previous presidents' major economic bills were all months away from becoming enacted into law at this point in their presidencies.

"He has a set of wins under his belt" as he comes to address a joint session of Congress this evening, the senior White House official said, contrasting the president with Bill Clinton, who at this point in his presidency had been dealing with the gays in the military controversy, with passage of Family Medical Leave as a legislative win.

Obama, conversely, can point to a $787 billion bill that made major changes in energy, education and tax policies, the official said, describing the bill as a "major paydown" on what candidate Obama ran on.

Um, his economic bill was forced (it is claimed) by urgent circumstances, whereas others had the time to actually debate and consider their bills. On the basis of a single bill these arrogant cocksuckers are claiming to be more accomplished, at least in their first 30 days, than any other president in history.

The other stuff is just the immediate ideological pen-signing stuff all presidents do.

Astonishing.

This feller seems to have a rather high opinion of himself, don't he?

Thanks again to Geoff.

posted by Ace at 01:55 PM

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