Satire Goes the Way of Buggy Whips

Obama would really like to tell the truth.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Obama "has talked longingly of ‘going Bulworth,’ a reference to a little-remembered 1998 Warren Beatty movie about a senator who risked it all to say what he really thought."

“Probably every president says that from time to time,” the Times quoted longtime Obama adviser David Axelrod as saying. ''It's probably cathartic just to say it. But the reality is that while you want to be truthful, you want to be straightforward, you also want to be practical about whatever you're saying.'' [link embedded in original]

In other words, it would be nice to be truthful, if the truth were just more convenient and less devastating to one's agenda and political values.  It's too bad we have to lie, but, you can't handle the truth. (I can't verify that link from where I am.  I'll check it later.)

I always liked Jack Nicholson better than Warren Beatty anyway -- except for Bonnie and Clyde.  No, wait, that was because of: 

Essentially, Axelgrease and the Obamanation admit that they are not telling the truth -- which is, to most of us, lying.  This is the same NMP Obama who accused the NRA of lying about the Manchin-Toomey background check bill.  Because, of course, you can trust a guy who admits he is lying to you when he tells you someone who disagrees with him is lying. 

No one is surprised when politicians lie.  We are a little surprised when they come out and admit it.  They should not be surprised if we do not believe them.

Imagine that your spouse or a friend came to you and said, "I'd like to tell you the truth and be straightforward, but that would be impractical."

Yes, they are that stupid, but they are not as stupid as the people who voted for them.