Obama to America: Yes we Can, but Not For at Least Four Years

Yesterday, President Obama held a press conference (third one in 65 days, I believe -- slow down buddy!) about the economy, supposedly in order to promote/defend his bailout.

He started off with an inspirational speech saying things like: We're all in this together, the recovery is coming, we all need to be patient, etc. etc. basically telling us that all would be well by the end of his first term in office (he says first as if there will be a second - we'll see...) Essentially, it was all the smooth talking we've come to expect from our gracious leader.

But when it came time to give the floor over to the press and answer those hard-hitting questions we were all sure were coming from the mass media, what we got was a bunch of soft-core crap. Even the more hateful reporters (like Major Garrett - nice name, douche -- from darling FOX, of course) were still just lame ducks, basically spoon-feeding the President redundant and meaningless questions, effectively giving him even more time to simply repeat his plans with no real accountability.

Further, many major news sources were left completely out of the picture. The New York Times, who has a full transcript and video of the conference, were conspicuously absent from the questioning process, as were The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal (hello!?!), among others.

Instead, we had someone from Univision asking about border control. Like we'll be able to understand his answer in spanish! Sheesh!

Anyway, having now been greatly affected by this shitbag economy and not seeing any quick fix in the near future, I just want to say that Obama can hold as many prefab press conferences as he wants, but when it comes down to it, the proof is, as they say, in the pudding. So in a year from now we may all be rich, riding high on a new economy. But that's not likely. What's more likely is that in a year from now, when we've all moved in with our parents and defaulted on our student loans, Obama will be there, holding his 100th press conference, repeating the same mantra of patience on the part of the little people.

Remember, people: Sacrifice starts at home. As if we could forget!