The Happy Warrior
Joined: 10 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:11 am Post subject: Prof. Obama schools lawmakers on Health Reform |
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Milbank on Obama's pedogouguery
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An equal number of Democratic and Republican lawmakers assembled around a table at Blair House, and each had a chance to speak during the seven-hour televised talkathon. But members of the opposition party may not have fully understood that they were stepping into Prof. Obama's classroom, and that they were to be treated like his undisciplined pupils.
Obama controlled the microphone and the clock, and he used both skillfully to limit the Republicans' time, to rebut their arguments and to always have the last word.
It's a safe bet that no minds were changed in that room Thursday, and it's not entirely clear that Obama was even trying to forge a compromise. Though advertised as a consensus-building opportunity, the summit served more as a moment for the president to tell Republicans, with the cameras rolling, why they're wrong and he's right. |
I know, I know. Its ultimately just noise: Obama is condescending and prone to lectures. But still, fun. This characterization coming to an SNL sketch some time soon.
But, Milbank credits the School-Marm-in-Chief with enforcing an atmosphere where:
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| [L]awmakers demonstrated themselves to be serious and knowledgeable leaders as they treated the nation to a discussion about expanding high-risk insurance pools, 60 percent actuarial values and the like. It couldn't hurt Americans to see their leaders arguing substantive points without scripts and attacks. |
Cockiest retort by Obama?
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"You're right, there was an imbalance on the opening statements," he said, "because I'm the president." |
Ha ha. |
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