What Hath Pat Sajak Wrought?
I have always thought Pat Sajak canny. I am now beginning to think him a political genius – a manipulator superior to Houdini and more than able to put Karl Rove to shame.
Keep in mind that it was our colleague here at Ricochet who years ago – when no one had heard of the man – gave an obscure Los Angeles sportscaster of some ability named Keith Olbermann – an opportunity to demonstrate his talents, which you will see most fully on display in this memorable assessment of the administration of President Barack Obama.
UPDATE: Here is that assessment -- now available on YouTube.
In positioning Olbermann for his rise to fame, it seems to me Pat has outdone Rush Limbaugh's famous gambit: Operation Chaos. Methinks we and the American people owe our colleague a vote of thanks, and I urge you to express yourself individually on this question.
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Sep '10
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An admirable display of feline perspicuity Mr. Sajak. I salute you.
May '10
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My liberal friends on Facebook are strongly with Olbermann on this one. It's amusing Man, I hope Obama has a primary challenger. No President with a primary challenger has ever gone on to win.
Nov '10
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This just reaffirms my belief that Pat Sajak is the man.
Jul '10
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Wow, Keith is... amazing. 13 months of extended unemployment bennies for the "under 100 weeks crowd." Obviously that is proof that America just doesn't care.
3 years. 36 months. Clearly, that's not nearly enough.
Nov '10
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Certainly not his economics talent. Professor Keynes himself would give this dunce an F.
Aug '10
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So...
Olbermann is voluntarily increasing the amount he pays in taxes next year by the amount they would have gone up without extending the Bush tax rates...right?
He puts his money where is mouth is right?
He pays 70% of every dollar he makes above $1 million right?
"Should the government give the money to the rich?"
Aren't taxes a "taking" of money?
Bah...
May '10
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He is certainly a man of many talents.
May '10
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There is no credible challenger from the left and by the time the primaries roll around Obama will be talking like this too and they'll be with him again. It makes me apoplectic and I am unable to find the humor in it. I only hope that when the time comes we have a spokesperson that will be able to expose this rank class warfare and lay it out for reasonable people to see. And I also hope beyond hope that the Republicans do not choose to elevate (yet again) someone that LOST the last time around.
Jun '10
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tax cuts that "give the money to those who...would keep the money for themselves..."
1) What does it mean to "keep the money for themselves? It means to invest it in business/funds or purchase products and services from individuals/businesses. What a dreadful thing!
2) They earned that money in a free system. To keep it for themselves is just.
Olbermann speaks from and sums up the central ideas of progressives:
a) Your earnings/wealth is the governments first and foremost. If the government let's you "keep" it, that is a gift.
b) The government knows best how to spend all the money there is, and you wanting to keep yours is arrogant, immoral, and disgusting.
c) Any politician, pundit, or person who does not hold this as an absolute principle of leadership and policy will be "weighed in the balance and found wanting."
With friends like this, who needs enemies. Or, to echo Paul's central point, the enemy of our enemy is sometimes our friend...and by "enemy" I mean people who disagree with "us" - right Obama?
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Genius is often not immediately apparent.
Edited on Dec 9, 2010 at 7:18amRe: What Hath Pat Sajak Wrought?
Then, again, often it is. http://bit.ly/edptaE
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Indeed.
Oct '10
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Honestly, why do liberals believe these tax hikes will be effective?
It will raise only 700 billion over ten years. It won't reduce income inequality, it won't raise middle-class incomes--which are limited by the distribution of productivity gains--it won't even raise much money.
Ever wonder if this is just a gambit to throw a bone to liberals while changing nothing? Nah, there not that smart
Edited on Dec 9, 2010 at 3:09pmOct '10
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Sometimes I feel offended at these tax cuts (all of them). I'm in my early 20s, and lower taxes now aren't going to benefit me much, while the implied higher taxation later certainly is going to hurt. It annoys me we're picking on the rich; the middle class tax cuts are far more unaffordable.
The federal budget is going to be Defense, Medicare, and (maybe) Social Security (unless they means-test it).
How many of you support cutting defense? Medicare? If both answers are "no", you have an inconsistent view. For God's sake, you've all seen politicians joke with each other about "waste, fraud and abuse" on C-Span I'm sure. This is Ricochet.
Let's have one more year of tax cuts. But that should be the end of it, for everyone. Why must we wait for a bond market crisis?
Edited on Dec 9, 2010 at 3:26pm