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"How Come I Would Make the Economy Better" by Barry Obama
In response to a wild day on Wall Street that saw a fairly major restructuring of the financial services sector, Barack Obama sat himself down and wrote an essay about what it all means.
Since Obama's background in financial writing has recently been exposed as something less auspicious than we were originally led to believe, the Presidential hopeful actually faxed off a draft of his statement to his 6th grade social studies teacher, to solicit her feedback.
In a worldwide exclusive, this blog is pleased to present the marked-up version of the document returned to Obama's campaign headquarters late Monday night.
(Yes, this is the real text of Barry's essay.)
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Comments
LOL F-minus. Back a grade.Posted by: Good Lt. | Sep 15, 2008 11:35:59 PM
Grade A snark...Posted by: bmeuppls | Sep 15, 2008 11:37:15 PM
Genius.Posted by: dhawbake | Sep 15, 2008 11:43:08 PM
I'd add some reading assignments -- "what is self-fulfilling prophecy?", for ethics ask if scaring people for political self-interests is morally acceptable, and since there's no body -- what are you proposing to do specifically that would have improved the current situation?Posted by: Suzy | Sep 15, 2008 11:43:23 PM
Being an educator myself, this made my day :) Haha, Barry O, an F.Posted by: Richard Romano | Sep 16, 2008 12:03:00 AM
Thank you so much for this much needed laugh. You certainly deserve an A+. As to Barry, is it possible he made a typo in his title? Perhaps it was supposed to be, "How Come I Would Make the Economy Badder."Posted by: Loxodonta | Sep 16, 2008 12:09:25 AM
Nicely done. Gotta check out more of your stuff. Iowahawk needs some competition to help him stay in top form.Posted by: connertown | Sep 16, 2008 12:12:38 AM
Brilliant!Posted by: ERG | Sep 16, 2008 12:39:21 AM
I forward this to my friends and lots of them are NObama koolaid drinkers. I can see them now screaming and cussing......LMAO!Posted by: Observer | Sep 16, 2008 12:40:06 AM
You know, if he wants to promote new rules and regulations; then he really needs a job in the Legislature where he can actually write and promote Bills; instead of just signing of vetoing what comes across his desk. Maybe he should get a job as a Senator. Then he can work on all the laws and regulations that he thinks we need. Oh wait... nevermind.Posted by: Gekkobear | Sep 16, 2008 12:49:39 AM
Brilliant+! Great read. Yooze good, man.Posted by: Vermont Neighbor | Sep 16, 2008 1:15:50 AM
Obama is clueless on the economy. Here is someone who has never led anything in his life, not a business, not a Senate committee, nothing! He wants to raise taxes on small business and the "rich". For those who state he is cutting taxes on 95%, you are delusional, ignorant, or both. Tax credits are not tax cuts! How does Obama give a tax credit to someone who doesn't pay federal income tax??? Well, he'll just give 'em a check. That's not a tax cut; that's a welfare check through the IRS. The left-wing needs to educate themselves what a tax credit is before inaccurately selling it as a tax cut.Posted by: Malcom Z. | Sep 16, 2008 1:25:03 AM
This is brilliant guys! A+ Come help me fight the Media on Palin smears! Sign and advertise this petition. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/womenforpalin/index.html Thanks, -Paul http://mccainpalin2008.blogspot.comPosted by: Paul | Sep 16, 2008 1:28:57 AM
Bravo!Posted by: Brian in NYC | Sep 16, 2008 1:57:51 AM
LOL. Very clever!Posted by: Heather | Sep 16, 2008 1:58:20 AM
Nicely done.Posted by: Jim - PRS | Sep 16, 2008 3:23:05 AM
He should also avoid saying things like:"For years, I have consistently called for ____________".
It reminds voters they'd never heard of him before about 8 months ago.
Posted by: JeanneB | Sep 16, 2008 4:10:10 AM
That was good for a chuckle this morning...thanks!Posted by: dmarie | Sep 16, 2008 6:03:08 AM
fookin brilliantPosted by: Bono | Sep 16, 2008 6:31:35 AM
Sheer Brilliance! Such feedback has been badly needed since Speech 1 in 2004.Posted by: misslizzi | Sep 16, 2008 6:38:33 AM
Very funny and well done. When the lefties are putting forth insulting photo-shopped pictures of McCain, this is far superior.Posted by: JustMe | Sep 16, 2008 6:58:55 AM
Nice. Suitably Fisked.Posted by: Eric | Sep 16, 2008 7:17:26 AM
Oh, that's goooooooood!Posted by: exDemocrat | Sep 16, 2008 7:22:22 AM
Oh, come on! Barry's essay is certainly trite, and most will agree it lacks the genius Barry's Band touts for him, but it's not an F, even on the senior year of high school or college 101 level Flip is trying to achieve. Flip would make a better English instructor if he didn't capitalize Presidential or insist on a archaic non-rule that one can't end a sentence in a preposition. Of course one can . . . in any medium except a British boarding school. Cool and funny, yes. Brilliant? Come on!Posted by: Chase | Sep 16, 2008 7:47:35 AM
Well done Teach, very crisp! Bazz needs to do much better.Posted by: Bat doo-doo | Sep 16, 2008 8:21:38 AM
