Up until the Associated Press scandal dragged the media into the administration’s Scandalpalooza, we could count on just about every news report to revolve around one key question: how does this affect Obama? NPR senior Washington editor Ron Elving hasn’t forgotten those special times. His post at NPR.org this evening is a tribute to the true victim of the many mounting Obama administration scandals: the president’s long-deferred dream of bipartisanship. We’ll skip right to the end, so have tissues ready.
We can now be sure that the capital’s pre-existing condition of partisanship will worsen with complications from multiple investigations, probes and Hill hearings as far as the eye can see. Whatever else that means, it means that the President Obama we have will not be the President Obama he wanted to become.
Ace of Spades isn’t happy with the quality of journalism our tax dollars are buying.
Were you joking or retarded? @relving
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
Do you feel the government has a critical role as Employer of Last Resort for the otherwise-unemployable? @relving
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
Do you think you should pay for my blog posts, too, @relving? Have you ever donated?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
What makes the piece even more sad is that Obama tried so hard to work with Republicans in his first term, but not even another four years will allow him to finally enjoy “a sense of capitulation, a season of acceptance.”
I fondly remember that try at bi partisanship when Obama's Campaign Manager said Mitt Romney Killed a Woman @AceofSpadesHQ @relving
— Rob Tam (@robtr2) May 15, 2013
We think this might be Ace’s — that is, Radio Ron’s — audition for a journalism gig at NPR.
obama is my friend
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
obama nad the rupublcsn should just have rice pudding and then be frends
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
https://twitter.com/Travesham/status/334468186235879424
@AceofSpadesHQ For the first time, I've witnessed one of your metamorphoses in real time. Cool!
— If Eating Bats Is Wrong I Don't Wanna Be Right (@RobRitchie) May 15, 2013
https://twitter.com/DestroBadass/status/334469399530590209
.@DestroBadass cheeze is good!
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
i had a hamster but i loved it too much
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
okay I changed it, was too mean, and that kind of joke is too hurtful. plus, played out, as it turns out.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 15, 2013
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