Thursday, January 27, 2011

Globe Playing Games With Obama

I'm tired of the old switcheroos.

"Still seeking to convince Americans that some of the unpopular economic decisions he made during the first two years of his administration were necessary, Obama also argued that those policies were responsible for the recovery that's begun to take hold.  

What recovery?  The only people making out are that upper-strata of elite.

Obama's stop in Wisconsin, likely a key battleground state in 2012, underscored just how quickly the White House is refocusing on the president's fast-approaching reelection campaign.  

It's nearly two years away fer cryin' out loud, and we just had an election. 

 Though Obama won Wisconsin in 2008, the state turned sharply to the right during the November midterm elections, when the entire legislature and governor's office flipped from Democratic to Republican. 

The whole nation did (except up here in New England).

Obama's visit to Wisconsin also let him in for some inevitable ribbing over the Green Bay Packers' victory over the president's beloved hometown Chicago Bears this past weekend, which sent the Packers to the Super Bowl and the Bears home. 

I'm so sick of sports being interjected into my "news" stories.

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Related: In Wis., Obama pushes message on the future (By Jackie Calmes, New York Times) 

That's what the web version gives you, and I no longer like reading stink.