‘I Got This’

Posted on 01/27/2009 at 5:58 pm by JumpyPants

Admittedly, for the last two days, I’ve been reading articles like this one and finding myself becoming enraged and impatient with the president. He’s conceding way too much to the spazzy pee-pants Republicans! He’s ought to be calling for bolder things with the recovery bill! Where’s mass transit? I think Sirota might be right — the Republicans are sabotaging this thing! Let’s go!

But then, as I read, think and consider the details of what’s happening, the mantra from the campaign keeps popping into my head.

So tonight, raise your glass and declare in your own way: God save the President of the United States. In other words, here’s to hoping that once again he’s “got this.” Now more than ever.

UPDATE: Wrong Huffington Post link corrected.

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  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis D

    At what point does this become blind faith?

  • Curly Lasagna

    >>At what point does this become blind faith?When you can’t find your way home or when you have to cry today?All seriousness aside, I have my worries, but it is way to early to start piling on. Obama is trying, I believe, to keep this as civil as possible. Let’s give the Boner Boys enough rope and see what happens.

  • ceu

    I don’t know…I thought the “I won” spoke volumes. Just because the GOP is all over everything whining, doesn’t mean that anyone’s selling out – yet.He’s done (undone) a lot in a week. It’s too soon to throw up our hands in despair.

  • Mike H.

    He’s only been in a week.

  • http://rick.me Rick Roberts

    Wow, how easily we cut slack. Were it Hillary, would we be so magnanimous? I wonder.

  • sammy1

    From your blog to god’s ears.(About O “having this”, that is)

  • Kat

    Cheers, Bob!

  • Nanotyrannus

    I think we’re in for a surprise.

  • http://www.bobcesca.com Bob Cesca

    >>At what point does this become blind faith?My initial skepticism proves that it’s not. This is about recognizing historic precedent. Time after time, when the Obama strategy/approach has been called into question, more often than not the “I got this” notion has been vindicated.

  • http://www.bobcesca.com Bob Cesca

    >>Wow, how easily we cut slack. Were it Hillary, would we be so magnanimous? I wonder.If Hillary won North Carolina, Indiana and Virginia in utter defiance of expectations from just a month earlier, then yes. We cut slack when a leader has previously confounded expectations and accomplished great, historic things.

  • edzeppelin

    I agree with Bob, time and again the critics hoot and holler and the “chill the fuck out” mantra prevails, Obama hasn’t given me a reason to doubt that he doesn’t “got this”.Step back and look what has been accomplished in one week!Lets see what happens. Right now Obama hasn’t given us a real reason to doubt him, there is only skepticism at this time, which is healthy.Also – was the Citigroup smackdown not awesome! I expect a Republican smackdown soon enough.

  • rogect8

    Hmmm….I dunno, maybe he’s setting us up for this dream scenario?:Democrats propose stimulus bill. Republicans pick out one tiny thing and RAISE A HUGE DAMN FUSS AND GO ON CABLE NEWS AND SAY HOW CAN HE BE SPENDING MONEY ON CONDOMS AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!? Obama pulls the birth control stuff, seeming genuinely bipartisan and conciliatory. Republicans vote ‘no’ anyways (because they’re posturing dicks, and they don’t know anything), and then, in an ironic twist of fate, they come across looking like a bunch of posturing dicks who don’t know anything. The stimulus bill passes in the face of republican opposition. By November 2010, the economy is showing signs of improvement (anything will do at this point). People attribute any economic success to the stimulus package and Obama’s policies in general – even success that had nothing to do with the politics of either side. The democrats are geniuses, the republicans are idiots. Democrats get a 60+ Senate majority in 2010 and start absolutely kicking ass. Obama cruises to victory in 2012. As the economy stabilizes, the social liberalization of America kicks into full gear. In yet another ironic twist of fate, Sarah Palin is forced to pose for Hustler to pay Todd’s medical bills after he is tragically mauled by a moose.Some of that stuff has already happened. Some of it is going to happen. And the rest…well, a man can dream.

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    Travis D,Just imagine it’s 2012. The economy is on the upswing, we have a new health care system, Detroit is building a new generation of low-emission vehicles, Gitmo is a bad memory, schools give actual information about contraception, and the GOP nominee is… Sarah Palin. Who gets trounced on a November Tuesday.Obama has four years. That may sound like a long time, but just think how it will feel to the GOP: like they lost everything in the blink of an eye!

  • AC

    The economy will not be corrected to it’s previous over-inflated bubble. It was UNSUSTAINABLE. If, by some alchemy, it does return to those levels, it will still be unsustainable. In the mind of many Americans, anything less than government profligacy and unfettered consumerism will be a failure.So Obama will be seen as the biggest party-pooper ever. One reason it’s wise to court the Republicans (even if it means making progressives and liberals twitch) is that they’ll have their names on the policy, too.Maybe the Republicans are looking ahead and realizing there’s no way this can “work” and see opportunity in Obama’s “failure.” Does anyone doubt their cynicism?But maybe enough of them will be adult enough to work with the administration and build an economy with strength measured by it’s foundation, rather than fragile, fleeting highpoints.

  • http://www.windonwater.net QueenTiye

    Bob – I have had that exact sequence of thoughts. And I really NEVER get restive where Obama is concerned – and yet, today, I’d just about had enough. Not because I have objections to bipartisanship, but because the Republicans seemed to be acting in bad faith. BUT, then some stuff worked its way through the noise… and I’m not quite settled, but I feel a little better (from your linked article):

    On Monday, he leaned on House Democrats to jettison an item that would make it easier for states to provide family planning funds for the poor under Medicaid, a provision in the legislation that had become a target of ridicule for Republicans. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama supports the concept but wants it included in a different bill.

    and

    One Republican later quoted the president as saying any changes would have to come after the House gives what is expected to be largely party-line approval Wednesday to the Democratic-backed bill. Debate began late in the day on the measure, which includes about $550 billion in spending and roughly $275 billion in tax cuts.

    and

    One Republican senator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the president pledged to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., to have aides review two specific proposals. One would affect businesses that pay down their debt. The other would provide a temporary tax holiday for companies that have money overseas and bring it back to the United States to invest.

    (that one is the kind of republican idea that I think is right for the stimulus package).And then, there’s this…http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18049.htmlObama's campaign is relentless – and it looks like we might not change minds (republicans aren’t going to turn into democrats) but we can get by unnecessary partisanship and engage in real debate… and real good ideas can emerge from the debate.QTQT

  • Kevin

    This is Obama’s rope-a-dope, plain and simple. He’s in the performance now. The prestige will soon come.

  • JDS

    He has GOT this!No worries.