Further Explanations from the Administration
Pat Sajak ·
Oct 13, 2010 at 11:32am
First it's the Vice President claiming all of the administration's achievements are "just too hard to explain." Now the President chimes in to suggest why the masses are so puzzled: "The 24-hour news cycle is just so lightning fast and the attention span I think is so short that sometimes it's difficult to keep everybody focused on the long term."
I guess it's up to us to lengthen our attention spans and try to figure out their complex achievements, and we have less than three weeks to do it!
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May '10
Re: Further Explanations from the Administration
I'm sorry. Did you just say something?
Jul '10
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Well, if we're not paying sufficient attention, the obvious answer is for President Obama to go on Dancing with the Stars.
Jul '10
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"...attention span I think is so short..."
"Yes We Can" "Hope and Change"
Yep, any more than that he would have run the risk of confusing his voters.
Aug '10
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Pat,
I taped a picture of Joe Biden on the wall ,opposite my desk chair. After staring at the picture for a period of time, the picture started talking and explained pretty much everything to me, focusing on current events,recent legislation, and the ins and outs of something called Amtrak (so?). This helped alot, then I went to bed.
Upon awakening, I realized that the elves had stolen all the nine pins, my bowling ball,and my goblet ! ..the beard really scared my dog.
May '10
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There ought to be a law! Maybe Congress could hold some hearings into the length of the news cycle and hear expert testimony about our dwindling attention spans. Thank you Pat for helping to bring this important issue to light!
May '10
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Has anybody but me noticed how much the Veep has started to resemble Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist dummy, Walter?
Jul '10
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Greg Gutfeld could testify!
I understand he suffers from ADHD. And he's way funnier than Stephen Colbert.
Aug '10
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We need a Congressional Blue Ribbon Panel on dwindling attention spans. Wait a second! That's just another term for deflating president syndrome isn't it?
Jul '10
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One hopes that Obamacare will cure our dwindling attention span and that Ritalin will be not only free but compulsory.
Jul '10
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I blame television game shows for America's dwindling attention span.
Wheel of Fortune is the worst offender, with that spinning wheel and those blinking lights ...it's confounding.
My wife and I were discussing it just the other day.
Elena:
"Come on, Kenneth, stop staring at the thing, it just makes you angry."
Kenneth:
"Just because I'm his friend? Just because I'm his friend he won't let me on the show?"
Elena:
"Just let it be, Kenneth."
Kenneth (grabbing car keys):
"You know what? I'm gonna go key his freaking Bentley!"
Elena:
"Oh! Look what a nice sparkly gown she's wearing!"
Kenneth:
"Yeah, that's really nice...(stares at car keys)...uh, where was I going?"
Edited on Oct 13, 2010 at 12:49pmJun '10
Re: Further Explanations from the Administration
Pat Sajak:
I guess it's up to us to lengthen our attention spans and try to figure out their complex achievements, and we have less than three weeks to do it! ·
Hey, at nearly 60 and after several aborted efforts, I recently finished War and Peace (which, in theory, requires a reasonably long attention span). Despite that, I'm "puzzled" at what the Obama administration is trying to do to us (other than bankrupt us).
Obama and Biden have certainly adopted an excellent theme for their policies: "If only you were smarter, you'd thank us."
Aug '10
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EJHill
Has anybody but me noticed how much the Veep has started to resemble Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist dummy, Walter? · Oct 13 at 11:51am
Oh - wow - I will never again see Joe Biden any other way.
Oct '10
Re: Further Explanations from the Administration
This from a guy who went on a gazillion TV shows on a single day!
EJHill
Has anybody but me noticed how much the Veep has started to resemble Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist dummy, Walter? · Oct 13 at 11:51am
Uncanny.
Re: Further Explanations from the Administration
From Page 20 of Crimes Against Liberty:
Candidate Obama overtly cultivated a messianic image, from the grandiose pomp accompanying his campaign speech in Berlin to the Greek columns that adorned his acceptance speech ... His advisers fully bought into the facade, especially to the idea that Obama possessed a superior intellect—so far above the masses that it was difficult to convey his ideas in terms simple enough for the people to understand. At a forum at the Kennedy School of Government, one participant suggested to Obama’s adviser ... Valerie Jarrett, that Obama’s ideas were so complex that the administration should consider writing simple booklets to explain them to ordinary people (including tea partiers), just like the computer industry originally wrote DOS For Dummies. Jarrett said it was an excellent idea. “Everyone understood hope and change” because “they were simple . . . part of our challenge is to find a very simple way of communicating. . . . When I first got here people kept talking about ‘cloture’ and ‘reconciliation’ and ‘people don’t know what that’s talking about.’” ... Jarrett proclaimed, “There’s nobody more selfcritical than President Obama. Part of the burden of being so bright is that he sees his error immediately.”
Oct '10
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When we were in university, I was an Arts student dating my now husband, who studied Engineering Science. I always found that the truly bright engineers could explain their ideas very clearly; it was the poor minds who would say, "Oh, you wouldn't understand what I am working on, it is too difficult." The idea that Obama is brilliant is complete nonsense, as I am sure his transcripts would show.
Jul '10
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Einstein "If you can't explain it to your grandmother, then you don't know it."
Aug '10
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Thanks David LImbaugh, the exposure of Jarrett as a mindless sycophant is a nice shortcut. Hi from Mo, stay outta Chi !
Aug '10
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Anytime someone tells you they're honest, feel for your wallet. Anytime someone tells you that someone else is smart , unless it's their mother - they're getting paid to do it.
We can leave Freud behind, but not very far. Valerie has (a) act mom or (b) play mom ? So we have a Persian surrogate in the WH ?
Strange days .....
May '10
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Pat, perhaps you could assist the administration with their (re)education efforts on behalf of the American public? And by doing so, avoid the Henry Waxman-chaired hearings into Wheel of Fortune that are likely being scheduled as we write. Might I suggest the following helpful phrases for upcoming episodes of Wheel of Fortune:
"But if that same diabetic ends up getting their foot amputated, that's 30,000, 40, $50,000 immediately the surgeon is reimbursed."
"I Do Think At Some Point You've Made Enough Money"
"Unemployment benefits create jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name."
"Groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections."
Some may be a little long or need some work but you get the general idea.
Jul '10
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Actually, I think Wheel of Fortune could be of great service here. If each clue were to represent a key message from the Administration, you could go a long way towards mitigating the ADD of the American people. Kind of a nightly re-education session.
Assuming we were actually watching the Wheel rather than the alluring Vanna......