by Charley James
Pres. Lyndon Johnson had many tragic flaws but one thing he knew how to do is get his legislation passed. Members of Congress called it getting “the Johnson treatment” which ranged from flattery, promises of federal money for a pet project back in the district or even rides on Air Force One to [...]
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Obama Needs A Shot Of LBJ
Posted on 02 August 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Blue Dog Democrats, Charley James, Congress, healthcare industry, healthcare reform, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, US Congress, Vietnam
Gordon’s Amazing American Adventure
Posted on 06 March 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, April, disappearance of the Churchill bust, Earth Wind and Fire, Fleet Street, G-20, get real Gordon how many Republican votes can you deliv, Gordon’s Amazing American Adventure, Governors of the 50 US states, HRH Queen Elizabeth II, No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em for the Crown Jewells, Obama’s daughters Malia and Sasha, President Barack Obama, press conference crammed into Oval Office, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, replica Marine One helicopters, The Daily Express’ Julia White, The Telegraph’s Iain Martin, Tony Blair, US Congress, USA and UK, White House, White House gift shop
Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave a well-received address before the US Congress this past week. It was interrupted several times by applause as he spoke of the “special relationship” between the USA and UK. That’s generally the US view of the trip. In the alternate media universe of the UK, focused on the slight of [...]
Obama Finds Pony
Posted on 25 February 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 of budget cuts, 34th day of his Presidency, alternative energy, astonishingly tone deaf, Conservatives (The Tories) toss cement filled flotation, cynicism easy, Denis Campbell, devolved (read secession hopeful) first ministers, drive by Welsh Assembly buildings, education, election cycle where PM Brown and the Labour Party are, energising the American public, Everyone in the Obama White House is putting in 18-hour, fight over £500, first days off over the recent US President’s Day bank, Franklin D. Roosevelt motivational fireside chat moment, here in the UK it is foggy and damp, his dour personality and desperate need of a charisma e, huge percentage of Americans support him, In the UK “courageous” is pejorative, joint session of the US Congress, keep digging in a barn filled to the roof line with man, Labour would get credit and might win, line of the night, Northern Ireland, Obama finds pony, Obama was setting specific goals on healthcare, out of step with the rest of the country, PM Brown on the other hand is invisible, President Barack Obama, President’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, reporters are even easily jaded, Republican response was business as usual, Scotland, snicker as they flail around like frat boys on a drinki, sun is rising on Obama’s Reagan-like “morning in Americ, taking the infamous bully-pulpit and wielding it like a, Talk is cheap, thanks to sitcom “Yes Minister” and Yes Prime Minister”, trying to save the UK economy, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, upbraided Republicans in a fiscal responsibility summit, US Congress, used to describe actions that will send one down in fla, Wales, Westminster, Westminster offices where one could fire a gun across m, world’s economy may be circling down the drain, would rather see the economy crater than lift a finger, “courageous” was used to describe Obama’s speech, “giving up was not just quitting on yourself but quitti, “had not seen them in a month!”
Only President Barack Obama could keep digging in a barn filled to the roof line with manure and find a brand new pony. Yet that is what the country and indeed the world needed in his non-State of the Union budget speech last night to a joint session of the US Congress.
Talk is cheap, cynicism [...]
We Say The Right Things…
Posted on 24 May 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Al Gore, Ali al-Naimi, Business Issues, carbon set-offs, environment, George Bush, Gerald Ford, lame duck. politicians, oil $150 per barrel, plant trees, Saudi Arabia, UK Parliament, US Congress
Everyone wants to do more to reduce our carbon footprints and save the planet. We re-cycle, buy carbon set-offs, plant trees in rain forests, give money to green causes and try as we might, we seem to not make as much progress as is needed. Al Gore raised our awareness level, but with the economy [...]
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