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Obama - Jay Leno: Go to the PEOPLE - Not Washington
President Barack Obama will be appearing on the Jay Leno "Tonight Show" tonight at 10:30 central daylight time.
There are some republicans (shock) complaining about Obama taking time away from Washington to go on a talk show. There are also political pundits accusing Obama of "slipping pass" NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, as though it wasn't 'famous' enough for Obama to appear on.
They are all wrong.
President Obama promised to "stay in touch" with the American people. That means going on shows like the Tonight show and having prime time press conferences.
Going on the "Meet the Press" show or any other Sunday talk show gets the attention of political pundits and political nut cases like myself; but if you want to talk to 'normal' people, you go to the root base. Talking on Sunday talk shows is like having a "club" meeting. The members/workers of that club never really get 'all the facts' from any such meeting.
So Obama, have at it! Let the 'people' know how you are doing and what you are thinking about doing. Ignore the Washington and political pundit groups.
There are some republicans (shock) complaining about Obama taking time away from Washington to go on a talk show. There are also political pundits accusing Obama of "slipping pass" NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, as though it wasn't 'famous' enough for Obama to appear on.
They are all wrong.
President Obama promised to "stay in touch" with the American people. That means going on shows like the Tonight show and having prime time press conferences.
Going on the "Meet the Press" show or any other Sunday talk show gets the attention of political pundits and political nut cases like myself; but if you want to talk to 'normal' people, you go to the root base. Talking on Sunday talk shows is like having a "club" meeting. The members/workers of that club never really get 'all the facts' from any such meeting.
So Obama, have at it! Let the 'people' know how you are doing and what you are thinking about doing. Ignore the Washington and political pundit groups.
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Absolutely! I'll bring the popcorn and meet ya in front of the tube.
Thanks.
March 19, 2009 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Make sure there's LOTS of butter on the popcorn and I'll be there.
March 19, 2009 5:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
You'll have to salt your own (I'll provide sea salt) and I'll dump on the real butter!
March 19, 2009 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
exactly right! I'm glad he's doing this and I'm glad he's doing town halls. I hope he does this throughout his presidency. Now how do I get him to Brooklyn....?
March 19, 2009 6:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Republicans concerned about Obama taking time to go on a talk show instead of working?
They never seemed to mind how much vacation time W took. Even during Katrina.
Oh, yeah, Republicans. Aka fundamental hypocrites.
I have my alarm set for the show. Love seeing a REAL prez again. I will be upset if the Tonight Show Band doesn't play "Hail to the Chief"
March 19, 2009 8:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
They did - and they rocked it.
March 20, 2009 12:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
They did :) And I rocked with them!
Great appearance. Loved the bubble comments.
March 20, 2009 2:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
The pubbies are just jealus...see, going on a _talk_ show isn't something that thier boy Bush was capable of doing.
Talking happens to be a talent that Mr. Obama is blessed with, so we should be suprised that he uses it.
I'm sure that if Mr. Bush had any talents, he would have exploited those...come to think of it, he WAS really good at screwing up.
March 20, 2009 1:18 PM | Reply | Permalink