Thursday, September 1, 2011

Just Give The Damn Speech Already

That mysterious jobs plan the President has been promising everyone for a month now? Well you won't believe this: first, he wanted to do next week on the 7th. Big no-no. The Republican Presidential Debate is that night and predictably, they threw a fit. So then the President decided to give me a birthday present and do it on my birthday, the 8th.

Which also happens to be the opening day of the NFL season- with the Saints playing the Packers in prime time.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest a couple of things: first, don't do it on the 7th or the 8th- let the Republicans throw a hissy fit. And really, do you want to piss off every NFL fan in the country? Not a good idea.

First, the President needs to remember that he is the President. If he gives a speech. there's gonna be cameras there and someone will watch. Second of all, why do it in Washington? And why do it in front of Congress? The only bunch of people more unpopular than the President right now are Congress- why put yourself in the same room as them and remind the American people of that?

Knock some socks off and show some panache. I'd say hop on Air Force One and head down to Texas- say Austin perhaps or be even more cheeky and stop by Rick Perry's hometown of Paint Creek and tell America on Labor Day just exactly how you're going to get us laboring again.

P.S. Knocking socks off and showing panache does not involve parroting the same talking points you've been reading off of for the past six months. Do something radical- get specific. Raise the retirement age on social security! Abolish the payroll tax! Get rid of useless regulation but remind industry that if they don't play by the rules, then the guv'mint is watching! Combine Commerce and Labor! Get rid of a government department! (Homeland Security for instance, since it's such a pit of bureaucratic doom.)

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