As Twitchy reported earlier, President Obama spun madly today during a briefing on the economy and blathered on about headwinds and such. No ‘thingamajigs,’ though. The most damning part was that President Obama said, with a straight face, that the private sector is “doing just fine.” Unemployed with no job in sight? Whatever. You’re doing just fine. Can’t afford gas for your car? Doing just fine! Horrific jobs report? Shaddup! You’re doing just fine!
Twitter was at the ready to go all in on mocking and it didn’t disappoint. In fact, two hashtags sprung up: #headwinds and #DoingJustFine.
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/211116034357338112
Also #headwinds // “@nationaljournal: After dismal week, Obama pins blame on Europe, GOP http://t.co/yvpHXovF”
— Rschrim (@Rschrim) June 8, 2012
#Headwinds From My Father
— David Steinberg (@DavidSPJM) June 8, 2012
Yes, and they're #doingjustfine RT @hmfearny: Are Headwinds the new ATM?
— Megawatt Herb Drench (@mdrache) June 8, 2012
Relax, ppl. The bath salts I snorted will kick in soon and then I'll be #doingjustfine
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) June 8, 2012
#Headwinds keep my #Slurpee cold!
— Slim Pickens (@Mattie96) June 8, 2012
Chevy Volt sales? #DoingJustFine #headwinds
— David Steinberg (@DavidSPJM) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/211115629409878017
I'm sure we'll next hear from Obama that WI unions are #doingjustfine.
— Snowed In (@snowed_in) June 8, 2012
Ed Shultz Tuesday night #doingjustfine
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) June 8, 2012
I would've been #doingjustfine if it weren't for the #headwinds against my dumb ideas.
— Ron (@ConSpearyC) June 8, 2012
Millions of people without jobs. #DoingJustFine
— Doc Is Done (@Doc_68W_) June 8, 2012
Soda in NYC. #DoingJustFine
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/211119993126002691
Senate budget #DoingJustFine
— Jim Jamitis (@anthropocon) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/211115230904844290
Air America #DoingJustFine
— Jim Jamitis (@anthropocon) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/RogueOperator1/status/211121834589032448
MMFA effort to get Rush off the air #DoingJustFine
— Jim Jamitis (@anthropocon) June 8, 2012
David Axelrod's week #doingjustfine
— Sunny (@sunnyright) June 8, 2012
"The private sector is doing just fine" is going to haunt Obama like Kerry's "I voted for it before I voted against it" #doingjustfine
— Aaron (@ArevFTW) June 8, 2012
Yep. Worse, people understand that he didn’t misspeak; he actually meant that. To Obama, government jobs are all that matter. The State should control all. Representative Ellison said as much last week; the most disappointing jobs numbers to him were cuts in government jobs.
https://twitter.com/JasonBWhitman/statuses/208562320727752706
Talk about out of touch. Well, the Ivory Tower is doing just fine.
