After Thursday, you’d think President Barack Obama would have a new spring in his step. A new twinkle in his eye. A new lilt in his rich baritone.
Not so much. He’s petulantly begging for cash and mewling like a spoiled baby. Lloyd Grove writes:
President Obama sounded weary and maybe a tad worried late Friday during a rambling conference call with campaign donors whom he repeatedly begged to send money—and send it now.
“The majority on this call maxed out to my campaign last time. I really need you to do the same this time,” the president said in a highly unusual (and presumably legal) fundraising pitch from Air Force One on his way back to Washington from Colorado Springs…
“I’m asking you to meet or exceed what you did in 2008,” the presidential pitchman continued, speaking to donors who were invited to dial in based on their contributions during the last election. “Because we’re going to have to deal with these super PACs in a serious way. And if we don’t, frankly I think the political [scene] is going to be changed permanently. Because the special interests that are financing my opponent’s campaign are just going to consolidate themselves. They’re gonna run Congress and the White House.”
The president’s 18-minute pleading — a recording of which was provided to The Daily Beast by an Obama contributor — hardly sounded like a man doing a victory lap after Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare…
Rather, Obama sounded like a dog-tired idealist forced to grapple painfully with hard reality. “In 2008 everything was new and exciting about our campaign,” Obama said. “And now I’m the incumbent president. I’ve got gray hair. People have seen disappointment because folks had a vision of change happening immediately. And it turns out change is hard, especially when you’ve got an obstructionist Republican Congress.”
Now there’s a winning message: “I’m tired. This is hard. I’m losing my looks. They won’t do what I want and it’s not fair. Please send money so I can keep this awesome plane.” Obama 2012!
But wait, there’s less:
Deadline deal: Give $10 or more before midnight, get a car magnet. Simple as that: OFA.BO/6aCngv
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 1, 2012
Keep cool while you’re canvassing this summer: OFA.BO/7JyjLP #Obama2012
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 1, 2012
Pathetic.